February 4, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| MIN | 26 | 15 | 34 | 26 | 101 |
| CHH | 23 | 36 | 29 | 27 | 115 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| MIN | 90.8 | .470 | 10.5 | 28.6 | .262 | 111.2 |
| CHH | 90.8 | .594 | 11.5 | 29.4 | .165 | 126.6 |
Minnesota Timberwolves (22-25)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tom Gugliotta | 44:00 | .621 | .500 | 5.2 | 16.0 | 10.0 | 12.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 31.3 | 129 | 126 |
| Kevin Garnett | 42:00 | .388 | .333 | 10.9 | 16.8 | 13.5 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 24.3 | 84 | 126 |
| Dean Garrett | 34:00 | .581 | .500 | 6.7 | 33.2 | 18.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 135 | 122 |
| Terry Porter | 32:00 | .611 | .611 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 17.1 | 112 | 132 |
| Doug West | 28:00 | .571 | .571 | 0.0 | 15.1 | 6.8 | 22.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 132 | 125 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Sam Mitchell | 19:00 | .615 | .500 | 12.0 | 7.4 | 10.0 | 15.3 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 152 | 127 |
| James Robinson | 16:00 | .551 | .500 | 7.1 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.1 | 124 | 130 |
| Shane Heal | 11:00 | .250 | .250 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 5.7 | 25.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 24.9 | 49 | 130 |
| Chris Carr | 10:00 | .333 | .333 | 11.4 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 91 | 121 |
| Cherokee Parks | 4:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 22.8 | 69 | 132 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .537 | .470 | 28.6 | 70.6 | 47.4 | 60.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 10.5 | 100.0 | 111.2 | 126.6 |
Charlotte Hornets (28-19)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Vlade Divac | 8 | 8 | 10 | 46:00 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Anthony Mason | 24 | 15 | 4 | 45:00 | 10 | 21 | .476 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 5 | .800 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Glen Rice | 24 | 4 | 4 | 45:00 | 9 | 20 | .450 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 18 | 2 | 9 | 38:00 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Tony Smith | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21:00 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Dell Curry | 30 | 7 | 2 | 37:00 | 11 | 16 | .688 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Malik Rose | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rafael Addison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Chambers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 115 | 40 | 32 | 240 | 46 | 85 | .541 | 9 | 16 | .563 | 14 | 17 | .824 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Vlade Divac | 46:00 | .444 | .444 | 6.1 | 14.9 | 11.0 | 24.9 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 35.7 | 14.0 | 95 | 107 |
| Anthony Mason | 45:00 | .517 | .476 | 15.7 | 25.4 | 21.1 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 7.9 | 25.7 | 117 | 108 |
| Glen Rice | 45:00 | .530 | .500 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 24.1 | 119 | 117 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 38:00 | .827 | .800 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 30.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 152 | 117 |
| Tony Smith | 21:00 | .583 | .583 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 11.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 17.5 | 93 | 111 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Dell Curry | 37:00 | .845 | .813 | 3.8 | 18.5 | 11.9 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.1 | 173 | 113 |
| Malik Rose | 3:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 76.2 | 42.1 | 53.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.6 | 126 | 94 |
| Rafael Addison | 3:00 | | | 0.0 | 38.1 | 21.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 106 |
| Tom Chambers | 2:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.0 | 200 | 119 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .622 | .594 | 29.4 | 71.4 | 52.6 | 69.6 | 2.2 | 8.7 | 11.5 | 100.0 | 126.6 | 111.2 |
Officials: Joe Forte, Nolan Fine, Michael Smith
Attendance: 24,042