December 19, 1996
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T |
|---|
| UTA | 16 | 22 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 94 |
| MIA | 26 | 16 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 87 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| UTA | 88.4 | .464 | 18.8 | 21.1 | .435 | 96.3 |
| MIA | 88.4 | .413 | 14.9 | 25.5 | .186 | 89.1 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| John Stockton | 45:00 | .558 | .500 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 5.3 | 44.8 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 31.7 | 17.4 | 94 | 93 |
| Karl Malone | 44:00 | .591 | .522 | 6.3 | 33.1 | 21.7 | 43.7 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 34.6 | 126 | 86 |
| Jeff Hornacek | 39:00 | .436 | .375 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 6.1 | 15.9 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 18.8 | 92 | 94 |
| Bryon Russell | 36:00 | .524 | .200 | 3.9 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 44.0 | 18.8 | 64 | 85 |
| Greg Ostertag | 16:00 | .500 | .500 | 8.7 | 32.5 | 22.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 12.4 | 57 | 88 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Antoine Carr | 17:00 | .764 | .800 | 16.4 | 6.1 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.8 | 12.2 | 24.0 | 133 | 89 |
| Shandon Anderson | 17:00 | .644 | .667 | 0.0 | 12.2 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43.6 | 20.1 | 63 | 96 |
| Chris Morris | 15:00 | .434 | .250 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.1 | 97 | 86 |
| Greg Foster | 15:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 20.8 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 0 | 86 |
| Adam Keefe | 13:00 | | | 21.5 | 8.0 | 13.7 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 204 | 73 |
| Howard Eisley | 8:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 7.4 | 37.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 31.1 | 82 | 95 |
| Team Totals | 265 | .543 | .464 | 21.1 | 74.5 | 51.7 | 64.5 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 18.8 | 100.0 | 96.3 | 89.1 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Tim Hardaway | 24 | 2 | 8 | 44:00 | 9 | 23 | .391 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Sasha Danilovic | 11 | 2 | 1 | 44:00 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Dan Majerle | 5 | 6 | 4 | 41:00 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| P.J. Brown | 4 | 8 | 0 | 37:00 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Alonzo Mourning | 13 | 11 | 1 | 30:00 | 4 | 14 | .286 | 0 | 0 | | 5 | 9 | .556 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Isaac Austin | 12 | 4 | 0 | 24:00 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Voshon Lenard | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20:00 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Kurt Thomas | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14:00 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Gary Grant | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 87 | 43 | 17 | 265 | 34 | 86 | .395 | 3 | 18 | .167 | 16 | 25 | .640 | 13 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 30 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tim Hardaway | 44:00 | .445 | .413 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 41.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 31.7 | 95 | 103 |
| Sasha Danilovic | 44:00 | .442 | .417 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 5.9 | 24.3 | 17.4 | 69 | 96 |
| Dan Majerle | 41:00 | .282 | .250 | 5.1 | 13.6 | 8.7 | 16.5 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 25.3 | 13.5 | 64 | 102 |
| P.J. Brown | 37:00 | .400 | .400 | 5.6 | 22.6 | 12.9 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 99 | 89 |
| Alonzo Mourning | 30:00 | .362 | .286 | 10.4 | 37.2 | 21.8 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 10.0 | 30.9 | 79 | 89 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Isaac Austin | 24:00 | .750 | .750 | 8.7 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 17.4 | 130 | 104 |
| Voshon Lenard | 20:00 | .500 | .500 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 10.2 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 20.0 | 23.2 | 86 | 97 |
| Kurt Thomas | 14:00 | .381 | .286 | 14.8 | 59.8 | 34.0 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 20.2 | 32.8 | 73 | 78 |
| Gary Grant | 11:00 | 1.064 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 5.4 | 33.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 221 | 104 |
| Team Totals | 265 | .448 | .413 | 25.5 | 78.9 | 48.3 | 50.0 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 14.9 | 100.0 | 89.1 | 96.3 |
Officials: Paul Mihalak, Joe Borgia, Bill Spooner
Attendance: 14,919