February 12, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| NJN | 27 | 26 | 21 | 26 | 100 |
| CHH | 24 | 25 | 31 | 33 | 113 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| NJN | 92.4 | .426 | 8.9 | 35.3 | .284 | 108.3 |
| CHH | 92.4 | .557 | 12.9 | 33.3 | .184 | 122.3 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Kendall Gill | 45:00 | .505 | .400 | 8.4 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 23.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 25.4 | 122 | 124 |
| Kerry Kittles | 39:00 | .595 | .583 | 7.2 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 29.6 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 23.4 | 125 | 121 |
| Jayson Williams | 33:00 | .391 | .353 | 14.3 | 24.2 | 18.4 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 26.2 | 98 | 121 |
| Khalid Reeves | 31:00 | .376 | .250 | 3.0 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 18.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 14.3 | 97 | 127 |
| Shawn Bradley | 18:00 | .589 | .400 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 20.7 | 22.9 | 101 | 121 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Kevin Edwards | 29:00 | .455 | .455 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 19.2 | 86 | 129 |
| Xavier McDaniel | 16:00 | .333 | .333 | 5.9 | 16.7 | 10.3 | 30.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.1 | 102 | 118 |
| Tony Massenburg | 16:00 | .000 | .000 | 5.9 | 25.0 | 13.8 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 5.4 | 28 | 116 |
| Ed O'Bannon | 13:00 | 1.042 | 1.000 | 7.2 | 30.8 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 218 | 113 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .490 | .426 | 35.3 | 66.7 | 48.3 | 58.3 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 8.9 | 100.0 | 108.3 | 122.3 |
Charlotte Hornets (30-20)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Anthony Mason | 21 | 18 | 8 | 44:00 | 8 | 12 | .667 | 0 | 0 | | 5 | 6 | .833 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Vlade Divac | 18 | 9 | 2 | 41:00 | 9 | 14 | .643 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 16 | 3 | 15 | 37:00 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Glen Rice | 27 | 1 | 1 | 36:00 | 10 | 16 | .625 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Tony Smith | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20:00 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 7 | 4 | 34:00 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rafael Addison | 12 | 2 | 1 | 16:00 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Chambers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6:00 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Malik Rose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:00 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| George Zidek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 113 | 45 | 33 | 240 | 46 | 87 | .529 | 5 | 20 | .250 | 16 | 18 | .889 | 12 | 33 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 21 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Anthony Mason | 44:00 | .717 | .667 | 9.1 | 32.1 | 22.6 | 23.4 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 21.5 | 18.7 | 129 | 102 |
| Vlade Divac | 41:00 | .643 | .643 | 6.5 | 16.1 | 12.1 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 19.2 | 17.6 | 18.3 | 110 | 99 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 37:00 | .576 | .538 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 50.9 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 18.9 | 133 | 112 |
| Glen Rice | 36:00 | .724 | .656 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 24.0 | 144 | 118 |
| Tony Smith | 20:00 | .375 | .375 | 26.7 | 4.7 | 13.8 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 19.8 | 99 | 111 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Dell Curry | 34:00 | .468 | .423 | 7.8 | 13.8 | 11.4 | 14.5 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 20.6 | 104 | 106 |
| Rafael Addison | 16:00 | .872 | .917 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.9 | 173 | 116 |
| Tom Chambers | 6:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.0 | 26 | 118 |
| Malik Rose | 5:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 26.4 | 0 | 119 |
| George Zidek | 1:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 119 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .595 | .557 | 33.3 | 64.7 | 51.7 | 71.7 | 4.3 | 19.4 | 12.9 | 100.0 | 122.3 | 108.3 |
Officials: Jack Nies, Don Vaden, Monty McCutchen
Attendance: 24,042