January 28, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| DEN | 23 | 28 | 22 | 26 | 99 |
| UTA | 25 | 18 | 38 | 33 | 114 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| DEN | 96.8 | .458 | 15.7 | 25.5 | .262 | 102.3 |
| UTA | 96.8 | .563 | 13.8 | 34.2 | .316 | 117.8 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Mark Jackson | 20 | 10 | 12 | 46:00 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 9 | .889 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| LaPhonso Ellis | 23 | 5 | 1 | 41:00 | 9 | 26 | .346 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Ervin Johnson | 4 | 7 | 0 | 31:00 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Antonio McDyess | 14 | 5 | 1 | 27:00 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Ricky Pierce | 15 | 1 | 1 | 20:00 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Dale Ellis | 15 | 2 | 0 | 32:00 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kenny Smith | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30:00 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Tom Hammonds | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12:00 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Darvin Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 99 | 37 | 18 | 240 | 35 | 84 | .417 | 7 | 21 | .333 | 22 | 29 | .759 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Mark Jackson | 46:00 | .716 | .600 | 6.7 | 19.2 | 12.3 | 43.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.7 | 15.4 | 142 | 121 |
| LaPhonso Ellis | 41:00 | .414 | .404 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 6.9 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 6.7 | 30.4 | 83 | 116 |
| Ervin Johnson | 31:00 | .291 | .333 | 9.9 | 16.3 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 71 | 108 |
| Antonio McDyess | 27:00 | .478 | .417 | 3.8 | 18.7 | 10.5 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 17.0 | 27.3 | 87 | 111 |
| Ricky Pierce | 20:00 | .615 | .500 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.1 | 29.7 | 114 | 127 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Dale Ellis | 32:00 | .727 | .667 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 14.8 | 136 | 126 |
| Kenny Smith | 30:00 | .500 | .500 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 10.6 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 38.5 | 18.1 | 68 | 122 |
| Tom Hammonds | 12:00 | .000 | .000 | 17.0 | 31.6 | 23.5 | 11.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 13.9 | 42 | 117 |
| Darvin Ham | 1:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 128 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .512 | .458 | 25.5 | 65.8 | 43.5 | 51.4 | 7.2 | 11.1 | 15.7 | 100.0 | 102.3 | 117.8 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Karl Malone | 40:00 | .485 | .417 | 15.8 | 20.4 | 18.4 | 21.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 9.4 | 35.1 | 112 | 100 |
| Bryon Russell | 38:00 | .547 | .545 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 7.8 | 14.9 | 105 | 104 |
| John Stockton | 37:00 | .666 | .550 | 0.0 | 13.8 | 7.6 | 34.8 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 18.5 | 141 | 106 |
| Jeff Hornacek | 35:00 | .881 | .893 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 4.8 | 26.1 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 16.4 | 23.1 | 143 | 97 |
| Greg Foster | 8:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 25.5 | 14.1 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 200 | 92 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Antoine Carr | 23:00 | .580 | .500 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 20.5 | 18.7 | 95 | 107 |
| Greg Ostertag | 22:00 | .665 | .500 | 28.7 | 37.1 | 33.4 | 17.3 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 181 | 94 |
| Howard Eisley | 16:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 7.1 | 48.4 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 25.0 | 22.0 | 102 | 106 |
| Adam Keefe | 13:00 | .250 | .250 | 29.1 | 15.7 | 21.7 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 5.9 | 20.0 | 16.9 | 80 | 96 |
| Chris Morris | 5:00 | 1.064 | 1.500 | 0.0 | 20.4 | 11.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.7 | 25.4 | 90 | 106 |
| Stephen Howard | 3:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 114 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .607 | .563 | 34.2 | 74.5 | 56.5 | 67.5 | 11.4 | 15.4 | 13.8 | 100.0 | 117.8 | 102.3 |
Officials: Bob Delaney, Derrick Stafford, Jim Kinsey
Attendance: 19,911