March 5, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| DET | 25 | 23 | 27 | 17 | 92 |
| MIN | 30 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 88 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| DET | 86.7 | .469 | 7.3 | 17.5 | .213 | 106.1 |
| MIN | 86.7 | .441 | 10.7 | 28.3 | .153 | 101.5 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Lindsey Hunter | 21 | 3 | 3 | 40:00 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Grant Hill | 19 | 8 | 2 | 37:00 | 7 | 19 | .368 | 0 | 0 | | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Otis Thorpe | 14 | 9 | 1 | 36:00 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 6 | .667 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Dumars | 13 | 1 | 3 | 35:00 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Theo Ratliff | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27:00 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Aaron McKie | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21:00 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Grant Long | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18:00 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Terry Mills | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15:00 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Curry | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 92 | 40 | 15 | 240 | 35 | 80 | .438 | 5 | 16 | .313 | 17 | 20 | .850 | 7 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Lindsey Hunter | 40:00 | .691 | .615 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 13.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 6.2 | 20.3 | 138 | 103 |
| Grant Hill | 37:00 | .448 | .368 | 3.2 | 19.7 | 12.1 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 15.9 | 34.1 | 83 | 91 |
| Otis Thorpe | 36:00 | .601 | .556 | 6.7 | 20.3 | 14.0 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.2 | 132 | 101 |
| Joe Dumars | 35:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 15.4 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.6 | 109 | 108 |
| Theo Ratliff | 27:00 | .333 | .333 | 4.4 | 15.5 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 76 | 102 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Aaron McKie | 21:00 | .507 | .438 | 0.0 | 19.9 | 10.6 | 40.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 23.6 | 109 | 104 |
| Grant Long | 18:00 | .512 | .500 | 13.3 | 23.2 | 18.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.6 | 121 | 103 |
| Terry Mills | 15:00 | .375 | .375 | 0.0 | 20.9 | 11.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 78 | 100 |
| Michael Curry | 11:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 5.1 | 14.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 9.1 | 101 | 109 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .518 | .469 | 17.5 | 71.7 | 46.5 | 42.9 | 9.2 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 100.0 | 106.1 | 101.5 |
Minnesota Timberwolves (29-29)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tom Gugliotta | 45:00 | .441 | .348 | 9.3 | 29.3 | 18.6 | 20.2 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 10.3 | 30.2 | 98 | 103 |
| Kevin Garnett | 43:00 | .553 | .526 | 2.4 | 19.5 | 10.4 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 21.6 | 123 | 109 |
| Stephon Marbury | 41:00 | .389 | .389 | 5.1 | 14.6 | 9.5 | 41.8 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 14.3 | 24.0 | 91 | 107 |
| Doug West | 31:00 | .571 | .571 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 22.2 | 13.6 | 93 | 105 |
| Dean Garrett | 30:00 | .820 | .750 | 10.4 | 20.0 | 14.9 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 180 | 110 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Sam Mitchell | 21:00 | .444 | .400 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.1 | 102 | 108 |
| Chris Carr | 18:00 | .200 | .200 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 9.3 | 16.5 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 16.7 | 15.6 | 52 | 99 |
| Terry Porter | 7:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 26.7 | 44 | 114 |
| James Robinson | 4:00 | .750 | .750 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.4 | 140 | 114 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .480 | .441 | 28.3 | 82.5 | 53.5 | 60.0 | 4.6 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 100.0 | 101.5 | 106.1 |
Officials: Joe Crawford, Bruce Alexander, James Capers Jr.
Attendance: 17,003