January 14, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| DEN | 32 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 101 |
| PHO | 24 | 24 | 34 | 28 | 110 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| DEN | 97.1 | .500 | 14.3 | 26.2 | .135 | 104.0 |
| PHO | 97.1 | .516 | 11.5 | 31.6 | .176 | 113.3 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Mark Jackson | 11 | 4 | 16 | 42:00 | 5 | 15 | .333 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| LaPhonso Ellis | 33 | 6 | 2 | 36:00 | 14 | 27 | .519 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Ervin Johnson | 5 | 15 | 1 | 35:00 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Bryant Stith | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31:00 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Darvin Ham | 10 | 6 | 0 | 25:00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Dale Ellis | 24 | 3 | 2 | 30:00 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ricky Pierce | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17:00 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Hammonds | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17:00 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Elmer Bennett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 101 | 37 | 27 | 240 | 39 | 89 | .438 | 11 | 28 | .393 | 12 | 16 | .750 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 23 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Mark Jackson | 42:00 | .367 | .367 | 2.7 | 9.0 | 5.7 | 54.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 17.3 | 109 | 119 |
| LaPhonso Ellis | 36:00 | .601 | .593 | 3.2 | 17.5 | 10.0 | 13.1 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 35.0 | 113 | 113 |
| Ervin Johnson | 35:00 | .512 | .500 | 6.5 | 46.9 | 25.7 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 29.1 | 8.4 | 88 | 102 |
| Bryant Stith | 31:00 | .421 | .409 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 20.2 | 20.6 | 77 | 118 |
| Darvin Ham | 25:00 | .740 | .600 | 22.9 | 5.1 | 14.4 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 22.8 | 15.0 | 131 | 114 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Dale Ellis | 30:00 | .698 | .667 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 6.0 | 12.2 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 27.4 | 124 | 114 |
| Ricky Pierce | 17:00 | .350 | .350 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.2 | 75 | 109 |
| Tom Hammonds | 17:00 | .174 | .000 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 29.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.0 | 12.3 | 68 | 121 |
| Elmer Bennett | 7:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 6.1 | 0 | 121 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .526 | .500 | 26.2 | 68.4 | 46.3 | 69.2 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 104.0 | 113.3 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Wesley Person | 43:00 | .667 | .667 | 2.9 | 15.9 | 9.8 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 14.3 | 13.9 | 119 | 105 |
| Kevin Johnson | 40:00 | .519 | .429 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 54.5 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 27.7 | 125 | 99 |
| Cedric Ceballos | 38:00 | .603 | .563 | 6.6 | 12.0 | 9.5 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 23.6 | 118 | 107 |
| Loren Meyer | 38:00 | .533 | .563 | 6.6 | 27.1 | 17.4 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 5.6 | 20.0 | 109 | 104 |
| Hot Rod Williams | 37:00 | .506 | .444 | 10.2 | 18.5 | 14.6 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 28.8 | 16.0 | 86 | 106 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
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| Wayman Tisdale | 17:00 | .415 | .375 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.1 | 99 | 111 |
| Ben Davis | 10:00 | .400 | .400 | 50.5 | 11.4 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.3 | 119 | 109 |
| Rumeal Robinson | 9:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 6.7 | 15.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 14.2 | 121 | 109 |
| Steve Nash | 8:00 | .615 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 29.1 | 18.3 | 120 | 99 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .551 | .516 | 31.6 | 73.8 | 53.8 | 58.7 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 11.5 | 100.0 | 113.3 | 104.0 |
Officials: Bill Oakes, David Jones, Scott Foster
Attendance: 19,023