January 18, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | T |
|---|
| DET | 22 | 20 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 14 | 100 |
| LAL | 19 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 97 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| DET | 77.3 | .440 | 8.8 | 34.0 | .207 | 107.1 |
| LAL | 77.3 | .439 | 10.8 | 40.4 | .112 | 103.9 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Grant Hill | 34 | 15 | 14 | 53:00 | 12 | 23 | .522 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 9 | 11 | .818 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Joe Dumars | 12 | 4 | 2 | 47:00 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Otis Thorpe | 22 | 11 | 4 | 46:00 | 10 | 21 | .476 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 5 | .400 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 14 | 9 | 2 | 46:00 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Don Reid | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14:00 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Terry Mills | 9 | 8 | 2 | 44:00 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Grant Long | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16:00 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Curry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Theo Ratliff | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Litterial Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 100 | 52 | 25 | 290 | 38 | 92 | .413 | 5 | 19 | .263 | 19 | 25 | .760 | 18 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Grant Hill | 53:00 | .611 | .543 | 12.4 | 17.3 | 14.9 | 61.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 29.9 | 134 | 101 |
| Joe Dumars | 47:00 | .455 | .318 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 16.6 | 97 | 111 |
| Otis Thorpe | 46:00 | .474 | .476 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 19.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 27.0 | 109 | 105 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 46:00 | .412 | .412 | 7.1 | 13.3 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 22.3 | 84 | 95 |
| Don Reid | 14:00 | .500 | .500 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.7 | 115 | 113 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Terry Mills | 44:00 | .414 | .350 | 0.0 | 18.5 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 103 | 102 |
| Grant Long | 16:00 | .387 | .333 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 12.4 | 106 | 92 |
| Michael Curry | 15:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 6.8 | 0 | 109 |
| Theo Ratliff | 8:00 | .500 | .500 | 13.7 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 123 | 115 |
| Litterial Green | 1:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 115 |
| Team Totals | 290 | .485 | .440 | 34.0 | 59.6 | 47.3 | 65.8 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 8.8 | 100.0 | 107.1 | 103.9 |
Los Angeles Lakers (28-12)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Shaquille O'Neal | 49:00 | .699 | .750 | 12.5 | 29.0 | 20.4 | 12.1 | 2.5 | 8.1 | 18.9 | 15.6 | 118 | 93 |
| Eddie Jones | 42:00 | .607 | .607 | 2.4 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 18.4 | 119 | 114 |
| Nick Van Exel | 42:00 | .295 | .273 | 2.4 | 10.4 | 6.3 | 34.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 14.8 | 96 | 113 |
| Elden Campbell | 37:00 | .473 | .471 | 19.3 | 11.8 | 15.7 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.2 | 117 | 112 |
| Jerome Kersey | 15:00 | .307 | .250 | 20.4 | 21.9 | 21.1 | 36.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.4 | 99 | 106 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Kobe Bryant | 32:00 | .756 | .731 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 35.5 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 22.4 | 27.0 | 120 | 110 |
| Robert Horry | 32:00 | .152 | .111 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 7.4 | 16.8 | 17.9 | 41 | 109 |
| Travis Knight | 22:00 | .000 | .000 | 13.9 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 16.7 | 13.2 | 27 | 106 |
| Byron Scott | 13:00 | .340 | .200 | 0.0 | 25.3 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.8 | 97 | 95 |
| Sean Rooks | 6:00 | .250 | .250 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.2 | 74 | 118 |
| Team Totals | 290 | .452 | .439 | 40.4 | 66.0 | 52.7 | 67.5 | 5.4 | 13.9 | 10.8 | 100.0 | 103.9 | 107.1 |
Officials: Bill Oakes, David Jones, Scott Foster
Attendance: 17,505