December 1, 1996
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| UTA | 18 | 31 | 19 | 28 | 96 |
| SEA | 15 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 90 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| UTA | 86.5 | .500 | 12.0 | 27.5 | .215 | 111.0 |
| SEA | 86.5 | .500 | 15.0 | 31.0 | .233 | 104.1 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Karl Malone | 43:00 | .491 | .444 | 5.6 | 29.2 | 17.7 | 14.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 6.2 | 36.2 | 104 | 100 |
| John Stockton | 37:00 | .381 | .357 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 4.7 | 45.2 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 20.2 | 12.8 | 104 | 101 |
| Bryon Russell | 27:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 16.9 | 8.7 | 10.6 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 116 | 99 |
| Jeff Hornacek | 21:00 | .400 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 101 | 102 |
| Greg Ostertag | 19:00 | .500 | .500 | 12.6 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 17.6 | 97 | 109 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Antoine Carr | 29:00 | .514 | .400 | 8.3 | 15.8 | 12.1 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 19.2 | 25.8 | 95 | 104 |
| Shandon Anderson | 24:00 | .661 | .571 | 15.0 | 4.8 | 9.8 | 13.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 18.6 | 136 | 112 |
| Chris Morris | 19:00 | .872 | .833 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 19.9 | 146 | 108 |
| Howard Eisley | 11:00 | .500 | .500 | 10.9 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 13.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 13.1 | 90 | 114 |
| Adam Keefe | 8:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 15.0 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 23.9 | 129 | 95 |
| Greg Foster | 2:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 111 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .544 | .500 | 27.5 | 69.0 | 48.8 | 64.9 | 11.6 | 1.4 | 12.0 | 100.0 | 111.0 | 104.1 |
Seattle SuperSonics (14-4)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Gary Payton | 18 | 7 | 4 | 47:00 | 8 | 19 | .421 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Shawn Kemp | 29 | 12 | 3 | 41:00 | 11 | 19 | .579 | 0 | 0 | | 7 | 12 | .583 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Detlef Schrempf | 5 | 10 | 8 | 39:00 | 1 | 8 | .125 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Hersey Hawkins | 12 | 6 | 1 | 35:00 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jim McIlvaine | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14:00 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Sam Perkins | 17 | 3 | 1 | 31:00 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Craig Ehlo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18:00 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Eric Snow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Stewart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 90 | 42 | 18 | 240 | 34 | 73 | .466 | 5 | 18 | .278 | 17 | 27 | .630 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Gary Payton | 47:00 | .453 | .421 | 4.9 | 12.8 | 8.7 | 15.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 21.3 | 106 | 112 |
| Shawn Kemp | 41:00 | .597 | .579 | 11.1 | 23.4 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 19.8 | 35.5 | 104 | 103 |
| Detlef Schrempf | 39:00 | .256 | .125 | 2.9 | 27.7 | 15.0 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 23.5 | 15.7 | 76 | 108 |
| Hersey Hawkins | 35:00 | .711 | .688 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 13.0 | 138 | 115 |
| Jim McIlvaine | 14:00 | .515 | .667 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 34.0 | 20.2 | 67 | 109 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Sam Perkins | 31:00 | .672 | .650 | 3.7 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.6 | 147 | 116 |
| Craig Ehlo | 18:00 | .417 | .417 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 100 | 116 |
| Eric Snow | 8:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 6.0 | 40 | 118 |
| Larry Stewart | 7:00 | | | 0.0 | 17.1 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 6.9 | 0 | 113 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .530 | .500 | 31.0 | 72.5 | 51.2 | 52.9 | 3.5 | 9.1 | 15.0 | 100.0 | 104.1 | 111.0 |
Officials: Hugh Evans, Tom Washington, Leon Wood
Attendance: 17,072