April 9, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| BOS | 30 | 23 | 22 | 36 | 111 |
| CHH | 39 | 25 | 36 | 36 | 136 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| BOS | 102.4 | .443 | 13.6 | 45.3 | .171 | 108.4 |
| CHH | 102.4 | .685 | 22.4 | 46.7 | .309 | 132.8 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Antoine Walker | 32 | 4 | 4 | 45:00 | 15 | 31 | .484 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Todd Day | 24 | 3 | 5 | 38:00 | 7 | 19 | .368 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| David Wesley | 17 | 4 | 4 | 32:00 | 7 | 16 | .438 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Marty Conlon | 10 | 5 | 4 | 31:00 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Steve Hamer | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Michael Hawkins | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24:00 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Nate Driggers | 8 | 4 | 0 | 24:00 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brett Szabo | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20:00 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Alton Lister | 3 | 9 | 0 | 14:00 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 111 | 40 | 24 | 240 | 43 | 105 | .410 | 7 | 22 | .318 | 18 | 22 | .818 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 24 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Antoine Walker | 45:00 | .509 | .500 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 15.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 26.9 | 119 | 137 |
| Todd Day | 38:00 | .555 | .500 | 2.4 | 8.4 | 4.6 | 18.5 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 22.5 | 130 | 130 |
| David Wesley | 32:00 | .504 | .469 | 5.7 | 10.0 | 7.2 | 18.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.2 | 23.6 | 101 | 138 |
| Marty Conlon | 31:00 | .571 | .429 | 5.8 | 15.5 | 9.3 | 16.1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 18.6 | 12.6 | 121 | 133 |
| Steve Hamer | 12:00 | .521 | .500 | 0.0 | 53.3 | 19.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.0 | 14.7 | 61 | 127 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Michael Hawkins | 24:00 | .500 | .500 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 30.3 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 18.1 | 111 | 130 |
| Nate Driggers | 24:00 | .353 | .300 | 15.1 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 17.1 | 105 | 135 |
| Brett Szabo | 20:00 | .291 | .167 | 9.1 | 16.0 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 22.5 | 16.1 | 76 | 120 |
| Alton Lister | 14:00 | .307 | .250 | 51.8 | 11.4 | 37.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.1 | 17.8 | 85 | 137 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .484 | .443 | 45.3 | 53.3 | 48.2 | 55.8 | 10.7 | 2.4 | 13.6 | 100.0 | 108.4 | 132.8 |
Charlotte Hornets (50-26)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Anthony Mason | 8 | 15 | 6 | 37:00 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Glen Rice | 29 | 2 | 0 | 32:00 | 10 | 14 | .714 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ricky Pierce | 24 | 3 | 2 | 32:00 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 13 | 4 | 10 | 29:00 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Vlade Divac | 13 | 4 | 5 | 22:00 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Tony Delk | 25 | 2 | 4 | 25:00 | 10 | 17 | .588 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Malik Rose | 11 | 6 | 2 | 21:00 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Donald Royal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18:00 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Matt Geiger | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Rafael Addison | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 136 | 43 | 33 | 240 | 48 | 81 | .593 | 15 | 21 | .714 | 25 | 29 | .862 | 14 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 27 | 26 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Anthony Mason | 37:00 | .368 | .400 | 21.6 | 24.5 | 23.4 | 18.2 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 26.9 | 16.0 | 99 | 102 |
| Glen Rice | 32:00 | .871 | .821 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 21.9 | 173 | 113 |
| Ricky Pierce | 32:00 | .958 | .889 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 13.8 | 18.0 | 174 | 111 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 29:00 | .732 | .688 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 8.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.3 | 16.3 | 147 | 115 |
| Vlade Divac | 22:00 | .604 | .556 | 0.0 | 16.5 | 10.5 | 29.4 | 2.1 | 5.3 | 8.5 | 21.2 | 144 | 106 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tony Delk | 25:00 | .735 | .735 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 26.7 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 19.0 | 33.4 | 130 | 106 |
| Malik Rose | 21:00 | .698 | .714 | 38.1 | 4.3 | 16.5 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 33.7 | 22.5 | 110 | 108 |
| Donald Royal | 18:00 | .510 | .400 | 0.0 | 15.1 | 9.6 | 12.5 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 120 | 108 |
| Matt Geiger | 17:00 | 1.064 | 1.000 | 9.4 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 68.0 | 13.7 | 65 | 120 |
| Rafael Addison | 7:00 | 1.042 | 1.000 | 22.9 | 12.9 | 16.5 | 33.3 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 67.6 | 25.2 | 89 | 100 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .725 | .685 | 46.7 | 54.7 | 51.8 | 68.8 | 14.6 | 10.0 | 22.4 | 100.0 | 132.8 | 108.4 |
Officials: Hugh Evans, Ron Olesiak, Scott Foster
Attendance: 24,042