April 2, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| NJN | 26 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 89 |
| MIN | 27 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 94 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| NJN | 84.1 | .455 | 12.8 | 38.1 | .247 | 105.8 |
| MIN | 84.1 | .590 | 16.1 | 20.0 | .125 | 111.8 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Jim Jackson | 43:00 | .493 | .452 | 8.0 | 22.3 | 14.0 | 18.6 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 26.6 | 113 | 112 |
| Sam Cassell | 38:00 | .514 | .350 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 25.9 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 19.2 | 19.4 | 107 | 105 |
| Tony Massenburg | 34:00 | .475 | .429 | 23.5 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 8.7 | 16.0 | 113 | 115 |
| Kendall Gill | 33:00 | .582 | .556 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 4.0 | 7.9 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.2 | 130 | 113 |
| Eric Montross | 20:00 | .333 | .333 | 5.7 | 32.0 | 16.7 | 7.8 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 9.4 | 75 | 111 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Kerry Kittles | 23:00 | .250 | .250 | 9.9 | 20.9 | 14.5 | 21.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 18.4 | 78 | 113 |
| Xavier McDaniel | 22:00 | .592 | .600 | 10.4 | 29.1 | 18.2 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 12.9 | 16.6 | 117 | 114 |
| Joe Kleine | 19:00 | .798 | 1.000 | 6.0 | 33.7 | 17.5 | 8.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 61.5 | 12.1 | 65 | 110 |
| Kevin Edwards | 8:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 29.4 | 99 | 119 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .501 | .455 | 38.1 | 80.0 | 55.6 | 57.6 | 13.1 | 8.2 | 12.8 | 100.0 | 105.8 | 111.8 |
Minnesota Timberwolves (36-37)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Stephon Marbury | 21 | 2 | 9 | 42:00 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Tom Gugliotta | 21 | 5 | 9 | 40:00 | 8 | 17 | .471 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Kevin Garnett | 24 | 8 | 2 | 39:00 | 11 | 18 | .611 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Dean Garrett | 7 | 6 | 2 | 35:00 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Doug West | 2 | 2 | 2 | 27:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Terry Porter | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30:00 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sam Mitchell | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19:00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8:00 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 94 | 32 | 27 | 240 | 38 | 72 | .528 | 9 | 16 | .563 | 9 | 14 | .643 | 6 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 18 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Stephon Marbury | 42:00 | .965 | 1.000 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 34.3 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 31.5 | 19.5 | 130 | 114 |
| Tom Gugliotta | 40:00 | .560 | .500 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 8.3 | 38.0 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 27.2 | 33.2 | 96 | 101 |
| Kevin Garnett | 39:00 | .607 | .611 | 12.3 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 10.1 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 26.1 | 129 | 100 |
| Dean Garrett | 35:00 | .444 | .429 | 0.0 | 19.6 | 11.4 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 11.3 | 13.1 | 89 | 104 |
| Doug West | 27:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 4.9 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 5.7 | 90 | 111 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Terry Porter | 30:00 | .507 | .500 | 10.7 | 15.2 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 17.0 | 111 | 104 |
| Sam Mitchell | 19:00 | .600 | .600 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.6 | 115 | 108 |
| James Robinson | 8:00 | .400 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.2 | 79 | 116 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .601 | .590 | 20.0 | 61.9 | 44.4 | 71.1 | 5.9 | 14.3 | 16.1 | 100.0 | 111.8 | 105.8 |
Officials: Jess Kersey, Don Vaden, Monty McCutchen
Attendance: 14,919