January 15, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| NJN | 30 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 104 |
| CHH | 27 | 20 | 26 | 43 | 116 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| NJN | 97.8 | .488 | 15.1 | 28.2 | .277 | 106.3 |
| CHH | 97.8 | .522 | 11.9 | 38.1 | .244 | 118.6 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Kendall Gill | 30 | 7 | 3 | 44:00 | 11 | 18 | .611 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Jayson Williams | 10 | 7 | 2 | 38:00 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 6 | .667 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Robert Pack | 17 | 2 | 8 | 37:00 | 8 | 17 | .471 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Kerry Kittles | 13 | 4 | 3 | 36:00 | 6 | 16 | .375 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Tony Massenburg | 4 | 6 | 0 | 17:00 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Yinka Dare | 6 | 7 | 1 | 25:00 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 6 | .667 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Ed O'Bannon | 12 | 3 | 0 | 16:00 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Lloyd Daniels | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16:00 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Khalid Reeves | 9 | 1 | 3 | 11:00 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 104 | 37 | 21 | 240 | 38 | 83 | .458 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 23 | 29 | .793 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 25 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Kendall Gill | 44:00 | .697 | .639 | 2.8 | 15.6 | 9.4 | 12.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 22.8 | 136 | 118 |
| Jayson Williams | 38:00 | .342 | .250 | 6.5 | 15.0 | 10.9 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 18.6 | 79 | 120 |
| Robert Pack | 37:00 | .487 | .471 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 37.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 28.1 | 83 | 124 |
| Kerry Kittles | 36:00 | .406 | .406 | 3.4 | 9.5 | 6.6 | 13.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 15.8 | 22.5 | 81 | 117 |
| Tony Massenburg | 17:00 | .410 | .250 | 14.5 | 26.9 | 20.9 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.2 | 113 | 110 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Yinka Dare | 25:00 | .532 | .333 | 14.8 | 18.3 | 16.6 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 139 | 115 |
| Ed O'Bannon | 16:00 | .872 | .833 | 15.4 | 7.1 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 18.3 | 181 | 120 |
| Lloyd Daniels | 16:00 | .300 | .300 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 79 | 126 |
| Khalid Reeves | 11:00 | 1.197 | 1.500 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 5.4 | 44.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44.4 | 26.2 | 128 | 122 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .543 | .488 | 28.2 | 61.9 | 45.7 | 55.3 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 15.1 | 100.0 | 106.3 | 118.6 |
Charlotte Hornets (21-16)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Anthony Mason | 20 | 17 | 8 | 46:00 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 0 | 0 | | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Glen Rice | 35 | 2 | 3 | 45:00 | 13 | 24 | .542 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 6 | 7 | .857 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Vlade Divac | 25 | 12 | 8 | 42:00 | 11 | 18 | .611 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 13 | 2 | 9 | 39:00 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Tony Smith | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:00 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Dell Curry | 13 | 4 | 2 | 30:00 | 5 | 14 | .357 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Delk | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9:00 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jamie Feick | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6:00 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rafael Addison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Zidek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2:00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 116 | 44 | 34 | 240 | 44 | 90 | .489 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 22 | 31 | .710 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Anthony Mason | 46:00 | .605 | .462 | 7.5 | 37.5 | 21.9 | 22.1 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 10.8 | 16.4 | 137 | 100 |
| Glen Rice | 45:00 | .646 | .604 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 10.6 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 27.3 | 124 | 112 |
| Vlade Divac | 42:00 | .619 | .611 | 21.8 | 11.7 | 16.9 | 29.1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 22.9 | 25.5 | 114 | 110 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 39:00 | .813 | .813 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 30.3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 159 | 108 |
| Tony Smith | 18:00 | .200 | .200 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 16.7 | 13.6 | 50 | 107 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Dell Curry | 30:00 | .412 | .393 | 3.8 | 12.3 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 22.8 | 96 | 100 |
| Tony Delk | 9:00 | .158 | .000 | 50.8 | 0.0 | 26.3 | 36.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.7 | 98 | 115 |
| Jamie Feick | 6:00 | .868 | 1.250 | 0.0 | 41.0 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.6 | 117 | 104 |
| Rafael Addison | 3:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 116 |
| George Zidek | 2:00 | .266 | .000 | 0.0 | 61.5 | 29.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.4 | 68 | 99 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .560 | .522 | 38.1 | 71.8 | 54.3 | 77.3 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 11.9 | 100.0 | 118.6 | 106.3 |
Officials: Jack Nies, Tom Washington, Leon Wood
Attendance: 24,042