December 22, 1996
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| UTA | 27 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 94 |
| CLE | 27 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 100 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| UTA | 89.6 | .571 | 18.4 | 15.2 | .200 | 104.9 |
| CLE | 89.6 | .521 | 16.0 | 28.1 | .347 | 111.6 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Bryon Russell | 39:00 | .742 | .714 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 5.7 | 18.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 10.2 | 12.3 | 136 | 109 |
| Karl Malone | 37:00 | .527 | .533 | 11.8 | 36.5 | 24.0 | 32.9 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 13.7 | 29.2 | 105 | 110 |
| Jeff Hornacek | 37:00 | .540 | .500 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 12.9 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 21.1 | 99 | 112 |
| John Stockton | 32:00 | .597 | .550 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 18.2 | 127 | 120 |
| Greg Ostertag | 14:00 | .676 | .750 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.4 | 19.1 | 89 | 117 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Shandon Anderson | 23:00 | .571 | .571 | 0.0 | 32.6 | 16.1 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 30.0 | 21.4 | 72 | 97 |
| Howard Eisley | 16:00 | .654 | .667 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 4.6 | 46.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 24.2 | 121 | 118 |
| Adam Keefe | 15:00 | .532 | .000 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 68.0 | 19.3 | 34 | 115 |
| Greg Foster | 14:00 | .667 | .667 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 14.0 | 105 | 120 |
| Antoine Carr | 13:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 5.7 | 24.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 18.9 | 88 | 117 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .590 | .571 | 15.2 | 71.9 | 43.1 | 84.2 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 18.4 | 100.0 | 104.9 | 111.6 |
Cleveland Cavaliers (17-8)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Chris Mills | 18 | 9 | 2 | 47:00 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Terrell Brandon | 33 | 6 | 9 | 39:00 | 11 | 21 | .524 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11 | 11 | 1.000 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Bobby Phills | 23 | 4 | 4 | 38:00 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Tyrone Hill | 18 | 10 | 0 | 36:00 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 6 | 7 | .857 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Danny Ferry | 5 | 2 | 0 | 33:00 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Bob Sura | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:00 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Antonio Lang | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:00 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vitaly Potapenko | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mark West | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 100 | 37 | 22 | 240 | 35 | 72 | .486 | 5 | 17 | .294 | 25 | 27 | .926 | 9 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 25 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Chris Mills | 47:00 | .676 | .625 | 6.4 | 21.7 | 14.1 | 7.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 14.6 | 137 | 105 |
| Terrell Brandon | 39:00 | .639 | .524 | 3.8 | 18.6 | 11.4 | 51.6 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 10.4 | 35.5 | 132 | 97 |
| Bobby Phills | 38:00 | .686 | .633 | 0.0 | 15.3 | 7.8 | 20.3 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 23.7 | 130 | 107 |
| Tyrone Hill | 36:00 | .991 | 1.000 | 16.7 | 24.2 | 20.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 24.8 | 16.1 | 148 | 104 |
| Danny Ferry | 33:00 | .250 | .250 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.6 | 59 | 107 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Bob Sura | 20:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 14.4 | 45 | 106 |
| Antonio Lang | 14:00 | .000 | .000 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 25.0 | 13.7 | 34 | 106 |
| Vitaly Potapenko | 8:00 | .798 | 1.000 | 18.8 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 20.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 61.5 | 29.3 | 70 | 110 |
| Mark West | 5:00 | | | 0.0 | 100.0 | 59.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 9.6 | 0 | 101 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .596 | .521 | 28.1 | 84.8 | 56.9 | 62.9 | 11.2 | 5.5 | 16.0 | 100.0 | 111.6 | 104.9 |
Officials: Joe Crawford, David Jones, Mark Wunderlich
Attendance: 17,205