December 28, 1996
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| CHH | 21 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 75 |
| DET | 26 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 97 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| CHH | 80.1 | .486 | 20.2 | 27.8 | .085 | 93.6 |
| DET | 80.1 | .519 | 11.0 | 48.6 | .175 | 121.1 |
Charlotte Hornets (15-13)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Anthony Mason | 17 | 6 | 5 | 42:00 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Glen Rice | 17 | 3 | 1 | 42:00 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Vlade Divac | 6 | 7 | 3 | 28:00 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 8 | 1 | 6 | 27:00 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Malik Rose | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12:00 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Dell Curry | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24:00 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Matt Geiger | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20:00 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Delk | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rafael Addison | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17:00 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9:00 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 75 | 29 | 22 | 240 | 32 | 71 | .451 | 5 | 17 | .294 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Anthony Mason | 42:00 | .564 | .500 | 3.2 | 15.4 | 9.4 | 22.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.6 | 22.0 | 107 | 123 |
| Glen Rice | 42:00 | .654 | .654 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 23.5 | 20.7 | 95 | 124 |
| Vlade Divac | 28:00 | .429 | .429 | 14.3 | 18.5 | 16.4 | 19.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 16.4 | 91 | 116 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 27:00 | .571 | .571 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 42.9 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 17.0 | 108 | 123 |
| Malik Rose | 12:00 | .333 | .333 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 107 | 127 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Dell Curry | 24:00 | .313 | .313 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 5.5 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 20.0 | 21.3 | 62 | 123 |
| Matt Geiger | 20:00 | .509 | .500 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.6 | 114 | 124 |
| Tony Delk | 19:00 | .750 | .750 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 25.7 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 13.4 | 71 | 113 |
| Rafael Addison | 17:00 | .444 | .444 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 10.0 | 30.1 | 88 | 124 |
| Tony Smith | 9:00 | .250 | .250 | 0.0 | 14.4 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 34.1 | 34 | 123 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .500 | .486 | 27.8 | 51.4 | 39.7 | 68.8 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 20.2 | 100.0 | 93.6 | 121.1 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Grant Hill | 38:00 | .726 | .688 | 3.4 | 24.6 | 13.8 | 29.0 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 16.7 | 30.3 | 137 | 88 |
| Joe Dumars | 38:00 | .581 | .556 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 14.3 | 130 | 105 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 38:00 | .563 | .563 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 10.1 | 12.5 | 124 | 95 |
| Otis Thorpe | 35:00 | .427 | .417 | 29.7 | 26.7 | 28.2 | 20.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 20.4 | 118 | 99 |
| Rick Mahorn | 9:00 | .250 | .250 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 26.7 | 52 | 92 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Terry Mills | 22:00 | .300 | .300 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.9 | 92 | 94 |
| Theo Ratliff | 16:00 | .799 | .833 | 24.3 | 8.3 | 16.4 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 20.7 | 172 | 81 |
| Don Reid | 14:00 | .600 | .600 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 18.8 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 6.3 | 16.7 | 20.6 | 118 | 79 |
| Michael Curry | 14:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 4.7 | 10.3 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 133 | 95 |
| Grant Long | 10:00 | .340 | .200 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 19.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 33.1 | 79 | 95 |
| Litterial Green | 6:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 21.6 | 22.2 | 21.9 | 25.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 202 | 79 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .546 | .519 | 48.6 | 72.2 | 60.3 | 37.5 | 18.7 | 7.7 | 11.0 | 100.0 | 121.1 | 93.6 |
Officials: Ed T. Rush, Joe DeRosa, Jim Kinsey
Attendance: 21,454