March 6, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T |
|---|
| BOS | 29 | 33 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 121 |
| CHH | 27 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 122 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| BOS | 91.3 | .522 | 10.1 | 29.2 | .272 | 120.0 |
| CHH | 91.3 | .586 | 11.7 | 27.5 | .230 | 121.0 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| David Wesley | 16 | 7 | 9 | 51:00 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Antoine Walker | 20 | 8 | 7 | 45:00 | 9 | 16 | .563 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Eric Williams | 25 | 7 | 2 | 42:00 | 9 | 20 | .450 | 0 | 0 | | 7 | 10 | .700 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Rick Fox | 18 | 4 | 2 | 42:00 | 5 | 16 | .313 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Brett Szabo | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18:00 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Todd Day | 18 | 2 | 1 | 34:00 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marty Conlon | 15 | 9 | 2 | 29:00 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Steve Hamer | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4:00 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 121 | 43 | 23 | 265 | 44 | 92 | .478 | 8 | 18 | .444 | 25 | 35 | .714 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| David Wesley | 51:00 | .515 | .458 | 4.3 | 13.0 | 8.3 | 24.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 112 | 120 |
| Antoine Walker | 45:00 | .577 | .594 | 7.4 | 14.7 | 10.7 | 24.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 21.0 | 110 | 124 |
| Eric Williams | 42:00 | .512 | .450 | 7.9 | 12.6 | 10.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 7.6 | 27.9 | 110 | 123 |
| Rick Fox | 42:00 | .507 | .438 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 10.1 | 20.9 | 103 | 121 |
| Brett Szabo | 18:00 | .644 | .667 | 6.1 | 22.1 | 13.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 141 | 117 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Todd Day | 34:00 | .571 | .500 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.6 | 132 | 124 |
| Marty Conlon | 29:00 | .697 | .667 | 7.6 | 32.0 | 18.7 | 11.1 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 18.0 | 139 | 117 |
| Steve Hamer | 4:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 27.6 | 33.1 | 30.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 203 | 120 |
| Team Totals | 265 | .563 | .522 | 29.2 | 72.5 | 48.9 | 52.3 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 10.1 | 100.0 | 120.0 | 121.0 |
Charlotte Hornets (39-22)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Glen Rice | 48 | 4 | 1 | 52:00 | 18 | 27 | .667 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Anthony Mason | 19 | 14 | 12 | 51:00 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 0 | 0 | | 7 | 8 | .875 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Vlade Divac | 23 | 18 | 9 | 43:00 | 10 | 18 | .556 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Tony Smith | 8 | 1 | 4 | 28:00 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Ricky Pierce | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10:00 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Dell Curry | 14 | 1 | 2 | 27:00 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Tony Delk | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25:00 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Donald Royal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Matt Geiger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Malik Rose | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 122 | 45 | 33 | 265 | 47 | 87 | .540 | 8 | 19 | .421 | 20 | 26 | .769 | 11 | 34 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Glen Rice | 52:00 | .786 | .759 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 8.9 | 30.7 | 139 | 125 |
| Anthony Mason | 51:00 | .654 | .545 | 7.8 | 23.8 | 16.5 | 30.6 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 12.1 | 15.4 | 145 | 115 |
| Vlade Divac | 43:00 | .582 | .556 | 15.4 | 33.4 | 25.2 | 32.0 | 2.4 | 6.7 | 9.2 | 24.1 | 131 | 108 |
| Tony Smith | 28:00 | .571 | .571 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 19.2 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 11.9 | 135 | 121 |
| Ricky Pierce | 10:00 | .250 | .250 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 23.8 | 42 | 125 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Dell Curry | 27:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 26.4 | 100 | 125 |
| Tony Delk | 25:00 | .300 | .300 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 4.8 | 18.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 11.4 | 85 | 126 |
| Donald Royal | 17:00 | .568 | | 15.6 | 6.5 | 10.6 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 146 | 119 |
| Matt Geiger | 7:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 20.4 | 18 | 127 |
| Malik Rose | 5:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 26.5 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 206 | 118 |
| Team Totals | 265 | .620 | .586 | 27.5 | 70.8 | 51.1 | 70.2 | 6.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 100.0 | 121.0 | 120.0 |
Officials: Hue Hollins, Tommy Nunez Sr., Mike Callahan
Attendance: 24,042