April 3, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| CHH | 15 | 24 | 36 | 18 | 93 |
| NJN | 26 | 19 | 10 | 32 | 87 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| CHH | 88.1 | .452 | 11.5 | 27.7 | .202 | 105.6 |
| NJN | 88.1 | .443 | 13.6 | 29.5 | .215 | 98.8 |
Charlotte Hornets (47-26)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Vlade Divac | 13 | 11 | 5 | 43:00 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Glen Rice | 24 | 4 | 1 | 42:00 | 9 | 21 | .429 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 6 | 2 | 9 | 41:00 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Ricky Pierce | 19 | 8 | 5 | 40:00 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Chambers | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8:00 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Matt Geiger | 18 | 8 | 0 | 30:00 | 8 | 14 | .571 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Tony Delk | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14:00 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Malik Rose | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14:00 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rafael Addison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8:00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 93 | 44 | 23 | 240 | 35 | 84 | .417 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 17 | 19 | .895 | 13 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Vlade Divac | 43:00 | .468 | .423 | 9.5 | 17.8 | 13.5 | 19.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 15.9 | 113 | 99 |
| Glen Rice | 42:00 | .517 | .476 | 2.4 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 27.6 | 101 | 106 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 41:00 | .375 | .375 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 32.3 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 20.0 | 11.2 | 93 | 97 |
| Ricky Pierce | 40:00 | .582 | .567 | 2.6 | 19.1 | 10.5 | 23.6 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 19.9 | 122 | 100 |
| Tom Chambers | 8:00 | .205 | .000 | 12.8 | 27.3 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 33.8 | 50 | 97 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Matt Geiger | 30:00 | .605 | .571 | 6.8 | 21.8 | 14.1 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 11.8 | 25.9 | 108 | 88 |
| Tony Delk | 14:00 | .658 | .500 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 12.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.8 | 20.8 | 119 | 106 |
| Malik Rose | 14:00 | .410 | .250 | 21.9 | 23.4 | 22.6 | 21.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 19.3 | 105 | 99 |
| Rafael Addison | 8:00 | .000 | .000 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 11.5 | 29 | 108 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .503 | .452 | 27.7 | 70.5 | 48.4 | 65.7 | 5.7 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 100.0 | 105.6 | 98.8 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Jim Jackson | 46:00 | .643 | .600 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 6.9 | 20.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 12.0 | 132 | 107 |
| Kendall Gill | 39:00 | .553 | .525 | 2.8 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 37.1 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 29.3 | 121 | 109 |
| Tony Massenburg | 38:00 | .676 | .625 | 11.5 | 16.1 | 13.9 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 10.1 | 12.1 | 135 | 107 |
| Sam Cassell | 37:00 | .523 | .433 | 5.9 | 13.8 | 10.0 | 31.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.9 | 26.7 | 102 | 109 |
| Eric Montross | 31:00 | .291 | .333 | 10.6 | 16.5 | 13.6 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 74 | 103 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Xavier McDaniel | 14:00 | .773 | .667 | 15.6 | 21.9 | 18.8 | 28.4 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 43.6 | 22.9 | 99 | 97 |
| Kerry Kittles | 14:00 | .222 | .222 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 33.2 | 50 | 103 |
| Joe Kleine | 13:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 31.4 | 16.2 | 11.9 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 17.9 | 12 | 93 |
| Kevin Edwards | 8:00 | .307 | .250 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 34.2 | 56 | 109 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .488 | .443 | 29.5 | 72.3 | 51.6 | 71.0 | 4.5 | 9.4 | 13.6 | 100.0 | 98.8 | 105.6 |
Officials: Ed T. Rush, Ted Bernhardt, Scott Wall
Attendance: 17,593