April 14, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| CLE | 22 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 82 |
| CHH | 15 | 22 | 24 | 33 | 94 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| CLE | 80.0 | .456 | 14.0 | 26.8 | .294 | 102.5 |
| CHH | 80.0 | .594 | 17.3 | 35.5 | .174 | 117.5 |
Cleveland Cavaliers (40-39)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Bob Sura | 46:00 | .495 | .472 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 10.6 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 23.8 | 104 | 123 |
| Danny Ferry | 43:00 | .604 | .556 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 7.8 | 14.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 136 | 117 |
| Terrell Brandon | 41:00 | .495 | .417 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 35.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 16.5 | 30.5 | 96 | 120 |
| Chris Mills | 41:00 | .595 | .500 | 2.9 | 11.3 | 6.5 | 15.1 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 25.4 | 19.9 | 98 | 114 |
| Tyrone Hill | 41:00 | .467 | .429 | 22.8 | 30.2 | 26.0 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 13.4 | 117 | 113 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Donny Marshall | 13:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 11.9 | 0 | 120 |
| Vitaly Potapenko | 10:00 | .615 | .500 | 0.0 | 31.0 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.1 | 17.8 | 86 | 116 |
| Antonio Lang | 2:00 | | | 58.5 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 85.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 51.7 | 42 | 123 |
| Reggie Geary | 1:00 | .798 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 97.2 | 165 | 125 |
| Shawnelle Scott | 1:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 125 |
| Carl Thomas | 1:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 125 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .513 | .456 | 26.8 | 64.5 | 43.1 | 57.1 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 14.0 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 117.5 |
Charlotte Hornets (53-26)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Glen Rice | 25 | 4 | 3 | 44:00 | 9 | 13 | .692 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Anthony Mason | 8 | 7 | 5 | 41:00 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 5 | .400 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Ricky Pierce | 17 | 4 | 2 | 29:00 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vlade Divac | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16:00 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:00 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Matt Geiger | 5 | 8 | 2 | 28:00 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Tony Delk | 9 | 7 | 10 | 27:00 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Dell Curry | 11 | 1 | 2 | 22:00 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Malik Rose | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11:00 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Tony Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Addison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 94 | 41 | 27 | 240 | 37 | 69 | .536 | 8 | 16 | .500 | 12 | 17 | .706 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 25 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Glen Rice | 44:00 | .847 | .808 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 6.1 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.3 | 22.1 | 130 | 109 |
| Anthony Mason | 41:00 | .392 | .375 | 15.1 | 8.6 | 11.4 | 17.5 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 28.2 | 18.0 | 89 | 108 |
| Ricky Pierce | 29:00 | .850 | .850 | 5.3 | 12.1 | 9.2 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.9 | 174 | 108 |
| Vlade Divac | 16:00 | .500 | .500 | 19.4 | 22.0 | 20.8 | 36.0 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 20.0 | 32.4 | 103 | 93 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 16:00 | .250 | .250 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 62 | 102 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Matt Geiger | 28:00 | .425 | .400 | 5.5 | 29.3 | 19.0 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 12.8 | 99 | 101 |
| Tony Delk | 27:00 | .571 | .500 | 5.7 | 26.0 | 17.3 | 56.1 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 27.6 | 20.9 | 123 | 86 |
| Dell Curry | 22:00 | .463 | .455 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 16.7 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.0 | 114 | 101 |
| Malik Rose | 11:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 14.1 | 31.9 | 24.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 33.3 | 14.2 | 115 | 94 |
| Tony Smith | 5:00 | 1.500 | 1.500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 300 | 113 |
| Rafael Addison | 1:00 | 1.136 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53.2 | 97.6 | 106 | 109 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .615 | .594 | 35.5 | 73.2 | 56.9 | 73.0 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 17.3 | 100.0 | 117.5 | 102.5 |
Officials: Ed Middleton, Blane Reichelt, Terry Durham
Attendance: 24,042