November 15, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T |
|---|
| NJN | 23 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 88 |
| DET | 21 | 22 | 13 | 23 | 17 | 96 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| NJN | 82.2 | .430 | 12.5 | 28.6 | .253 | 97.0 |
| DET | 82.2 | .429 | 15.4 | 35.1 | .390 | 105.8 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Jayson Williams | 48:00 | .604 | .556 | 18.4 | 32.8 | 25.2 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 8.5 | 12.4 | 131 | 101 |
| Sam Cassell | 43:00 | .605 | .525 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 47.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 22.6 | 36.6 | 103 | 112 |
| Kendall Gill | 42:00 | .437 | .450 | 6.0 | 13.6 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 28.7 | 85 | 108 |
| Kerry Kittles | 40:00 | .345 | .262 | 3.2 | 7.2 | 5.0 | 20.1 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 32.0 | 81 | 108 |
| Michael Cage | 34:00 | .000 | .000 | 7.4 | 12.6 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 79 | 100 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Sherman Douglas | 25:00 | .595 | .600 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.8 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 119 | 107 |
| Xavier McDaniel | 15:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 19.1 | 8.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 0 | 109 |
| David Benoit | 13:00 | 1.136 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 250 | 106 |
| Yinka Dare | 4:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 200 | 116 |
| Jack Haley | 1:00 | | | 0.0 | 100.0 | 67.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 65 |
| Team Totals | 265 | .482 | .430 | 28.6 | 64.9 | 45.6 | 60.6 | 12.1 | 2.8 | 12.5 | 100.0 | 97.0 | 105.8 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Lindsey Hunter | 35 | 7 | 5 | 53:00 | 9 | 23 | .391 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 16 | 18 | .889 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Bison Dele | 21 | 12 | 2 | 45:00 | 8 | 22 | .364 | 0 | 0 | | 5 | 6 | .833 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Malik Sealy | 22 | 4 | 1 | 42:00 | 8 | 11 | .727 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Theo Ratliff | 6 | 9 | 1 | 38:00 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 4 | .500 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Aaron McKie | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27:00 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Charles O'Bannon | 6 | 3 | 1 | 35:00 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jerome Williams | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18:00 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Grant Long | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 96 | 43 | 13 | 265 | 32 | 77 | .416 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 30 | 38 | .789 | 13 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 29 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Lindsey Hunter | 53:00 | .566 | .413 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 8.9 | 21.7 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 13.9 | 32.4 | 115 | 95 |
| Bison Dele | 45:00 | .426 | .364 | 15.9 | 19.6 | 17.9 | 10.4 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 28.3 | 102 | 99 |
| Malik Sealy | 42:00 | .806 | .773 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 22.7 | 20.1 | 125 | 95 |
| Theo Ratliff | 38:00 | .444 | .400 | 15.1 | 16.6 | 15.9 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 30.7 | 12.3 | 83 | 98 |
| Aaron McKie | 27:00 | .000 | .000 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 12.3 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 5.3 | 47 | 102 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Charles O'Bannon | 35:00 | .387 | .333 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 87 | 97 |
| Jerome Williams | 18:00 | .375 | .375 | 15.9 | 21.0 | 18.6 | 12.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 23.9 | 89 | 101 |
| Grant Long | 7:00 | | | 0.0 | 18.0 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 101 |
| Team Totals | 265 | .512 | .429 | 35.1 | 71.4 | 54.4 | 40.6 | 11.0 | 5.7 | 15.4 | 100.0 | 105.8 | 97.0 |
Officials: Bennett Salvatore, Joe DeRosa, Leroy Richardson
Attendance: 19,191