January 8, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| CHH | 25 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 97 |
| LAL | 33 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 101 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| CHH | 97.9 | .450 | 13.9 | 22.7 | .313 | 99.1 |
| LAL | 97.9 | .473 | 12.1 | 26.7 | .152 | 103.2 |
Charlotte Hornets (18-15)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Glen Rice | 27 | 7 | 3 | 47:00 | 8 | 23 | .348 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anthony Mason | 20 | 13 | 8 | 45:00 | 8 | 16 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 5 | .800 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Vlade Divac | 22 | 12 | 2 | 41:00 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Tony Smith | 10 | 1 | 3 | 38:00 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Anthony Goldwire | 4 | 0 | 5 | 20:00 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Dell Curry | 10 | 6 | 1 | 26:00 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Tony Delk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:00 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| George Zidek | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10:00 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 97 | 43 | 24 | 240 | 33 | 80 | .413 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 25 | 30 | .833 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 23 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Glen Rice | 47:00 | .509 | .413 | 2.3 | 13.6 | 8.0 | 12.3 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 114 | 104 |
| Anthony Mason | 45:00 | .549 | .500 | 0.0 | 30.8 | 15.6 | 34.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 9.9 | 19.9 | 113 | 96 |
| Vlade Divac | 41:00 | .709 | .625 | 13.3 | 18.2 | 15.8 | 9.4 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 24.4 | 22.2 | 114 | 100 |
| Tony Smith | 38:00 | .530 | .556 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 14.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.5 | 13.4 | 90 | 111 |
| Anthony Goldwire | 20:00 | .340 | .300 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 15.3 | 87 | 107 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Dell Curry | 26:00 | .571 | .500 | 0.0 | 24.6 | 12.4 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 16.7 | 106 | 100 |
| Tony Delk | 13:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.2 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 42.9 | 23.9 | 8 | 107 |
| George Zidek | 10:00 | .410 | .250 | 43.6 | 0.0 | 21.6 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 26.1 | 105 | 110 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .520 | .450 | 22.7 | 73.3 | 48.3 | 72.7 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 13.9 | 100.0 | 99.1 | 103.2 |
Los Angeles Lakers (26-10)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Shaquille O'Neal | 42:00 | .521 | .526 | 7.6 | 33.8 | 20.5 | 11.6 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 12.0 | 24.8 | 101 | 95 |
| Eddie Jones | 42:00 | .439 | .405 | 2.5 | 13.0 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 23.5 | 96 | 101 |
| Nick Van Exel | 36:00 | .623 | .591 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 38.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 19.2 | 120 | 106 |
| Jerome Kersey | 32:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 95 | 106 |
| Elden Campbell | 28:00 | .364 | .364 | 19.0 | 27.3 | 23.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 16.3 | 98 | 98 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Kobe Bryant | 22:00 | .324 | .308 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 13.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 12.6 | 30.0 | 70 | 98 |
| Travis Knight | 18:00 | .827 | .800 | 5.9 | 30.3 | 18.0 | 17.6 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 35.5 | 19.5 | 106 | 91 |
| Derek Fisher | 13:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 29.7 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 139 | 91 |
| Sean Rooks | 7:00 | 1.064 | 1.000 | 15.2 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.7 | 17.1 | 139 | 110 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .497 | .473 | 26.7 | 77.3 | 51.7 | 56.1 | 6.1 | 17.6 | 12.1 | 100.0 | 103.2 | 99.1 |
Officials: Jack Nies, Ron Olesiak, Leon Wood
Attendance: 16,980