March 7, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T |
|---|
| MIA | 24 | 35 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 108 |
| WSB | 23 | 15 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 105 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| MIA | 89.2 | .539 | 20.5 | 32.5 | .342 | 109.7 |
| WSB | 89.2 | .450 | 13.2 | 37.7 | .267 | 106.7 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Tim Hardaway | 45 | 7 | 7 | 51:00 | 13 | 25 | .520 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 13 | 14 | .929 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Jamal Mashburn | 23 | 8 | 4 | 50:00 | 9 | 17 | .529 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Voshon Lenard | 6 | 5 | 5 | 45:00 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Isaac Austin | 20 | 13 | 2 | 43:00 | 7 | 17 | .412 | 0 | 0 | | 6 | 8 | .750 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| P.J. Brown | 3 | 4 | 0 | 26:00 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Keith Askins | 5 | 3 | 0 | 23:00 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| John Crotty | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ed Pinckney | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Strickland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 108 | 46 | 20 | 265 | 36 | 76 | .474 | 10 | 24 | .417 | 26 | 30 | .867 | 13 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 31 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tim Hardaway | 51:00 | .722 | .640 | 2.6 | 11.8 | 7.8 | 32.3 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 16.1 | 34.4 | 134 | 102 |
| Jamal Mashburn | 50:00 | .643 | .618 | 2.7 | 14.0 | 9.1 | 16.0 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 10.1 | 18.8 | 130 | 104 |
| Voshon Lenard | 45:00 | .318 | .333 | 2.9 | 8.9 | 6.3 | 18.1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 17.5 | 12.0 | 84 | 109 |
| Isaac Austin | 43:00 | .487 | .412 | 18.5 | 16.3 | 17.2 | 9.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 28.1 | 31.3 | 86 | 105 |
| P.J. Brown | 26:00 | .436 | .333 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 46.6 | 11.7 | 47 | 108 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Keith Askins | 23:00 | .625 | .625 | 5.8 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 141 | 111 |
| John Crotty | 15:00 | 1.064 | 1.000 | 8.8 | 13.3 | 11.4 | 21.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.7 | 9.1 | 156 | 109 |
| Ed Pinckney | 10:00 | 1.136 | | 26.5 | 10.0 | 17.1 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 53.2 | 8.9 | 134 | 100 |
| Mark Strickland | 2:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 114 |
| Team Totals | 265 | .605 | .539 | 32.5 | 62.3 | 49.5 | 55.6 | 9.1 | 3.8 | 20.5 | 100.0 | 109.7 | 106.7 |
Washington Bullets (28-32)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Juwan Howard | 47:00 | .551 | .524 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 12.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 25.5 | 120 | 111 |
| Rod Strickland | 43:00 | .542 | .429 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 21.3 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.2 | 135 | 106 |
| Calbert Cheaney | 39:00 | .388 | .333 | 2.6 | 13.6 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 12.7 | 87 | 114 |
| Gheorghe Muresan | 29:00 | .644 | .750 | 13.8 | 27.4 | 19.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 39.2 | 23.1 | 80 | 108 |
| Harvey Grant | 26:00 | .250 | .250 | 7.7 | 15.3 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 10.1 | 64 | 109 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tracy Murray | 38:00 | .398 | .367 | 5.3 | 20.9 | 12.0 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 21.0 | 90 | 109 |
| Jaren Jackson | 13:00 | .510 | .400 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.7 | 123 | 115 |
| Chris Whitney | 13:00 | .563 | .500 | 7.7 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 25.6 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 31.1 | 21.6 | 96 | 106 |
| Ashraf Amaya | 11:00 | .387 | .333 | 27.3 | 24.1 | 25.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 116 | 110 |
| Ben Wallace | 6:00 | | | 16.7 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 7.3 | 40 | 119 |
| Team Totals | 265 | .498 | .450 | 37.7 | 67.5 | 50.5 | 32.5 | 9.1 | 1.3 | 13.2 | 100.0 | 106.7 | 109.7 |
Officials: Dick Bavetta, Luis Grillo, Tom Washington
Attendance: 18,756