December 8, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| NJN | 17 | 31 | 18 | 31 | 97 |
| MIA | 31 | 22 | 23 | 29 | 105 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| NJN | 85.8 | .464 | 9.5 | 33.3 | .226 | 113.0 |
| MIA | 85.8 | .512 | 11.4 | 42.1 | .272 | 122.4 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Keith Van Horn | 39:00 | .508 | .500 | 5.5 | 13.0 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 19.6 | 111 | 124 |
| Sam Cassell | 37:00 | .487 | .406 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 26.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 23.5 | 31.4 | 91 | 128 |
| Kendall Gill | 37:00 | .507 | .433 | 8.6 | 13.7 | 10.9 | 13.3 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 20.6 | 127 | 118 |
| Kerry Kittles | 33:00 | .466 | .458 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 13.4 | 20.5 | 91 | 130 |
| Jayson Williams | 32:00 | .450 | .375 | 20.0 | 19.7 | 19.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 10.1 | 14.1 | 112 | 123 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Chris Gatling | 20:00 | .857 | .857 | 5.3 | 25.3 | 14.5 | 21.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.9 | 178 | 121 |
| Sherman Douglas | 17:00 | .524 | .400 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 3.4 | 27.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 129 | 122 |
| David Benoit | 11:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.4 | 114 | 116 |
| Kevin Edwards | 10:00 | .250 | .250 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 5.8 | 14.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 72 | 127 |
| Michael Cage | 4:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 102 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .508 | .464 | 33.3 | 57.9 | 44.6 | 48.6 | 8.2 | 5.7 | 9.5 | 100.0 | 113.0 | 122.4 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Tim Hardaway | 23 | 4 | 9 | 42:00 | 10 | 23 | .435 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jamal Mashburn | 13 | 9 | 6 | 41:00 | 4 | 13 | .308 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Isaac Austin | 17 | 13 | 1 | 38:00 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 0 | 0 | | 5 | 6 | .833 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Voshon Lenard | 17 | 7 | 2 | 30:00 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| P.J. Brown | 7 | 7 | 1 | 26:00 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
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| Terry Mills | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25:00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Eric Murdock | 16 | 1 | 2 | 21:00 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dan Majerle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14:00 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Strickland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 105 | 46 | 23 | 240 | 37 | 81 | .457 | 9 | 23 | .391 | 22 | 27 | .815 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tim Hardaway | 42:00 | .500 | .500 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 40.2 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 26.2 | 130 | 114 |
| Jamal Mashburn | 41:00 | .416 | .308 | 9.2 | 15.6 | 12.7 | 21.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.7 | 24.2 | 87 | 116 |
| Isaac Austin | 38:00 | .511 | .429 | 19.9 | 19.6 | 19.8 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 10.7 | 22.4 | 118 | 110 |
| Voshon Lenard | 30:00 | .957 | 1.000 | 8.4 | 17.8 | 13.5 | 11.7 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 15.1 | 171 | 111 |
| P.J. Brown | 26:00 | .509 | .500 | 9.7 | 20.5 | 15.6 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 12.1 | 131 | 111 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Terry Mills | 25:00 | .735 | .700 | 5.1 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 170 | 109 |
| Eric Murdock | 21:00 | .694 | .500 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 16.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.1 | 168 | 119 |
| Dan Majerle | 14:00 | .410 | .375 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 8.3 | 10.2 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 19.2 | 87 | 108 |
| Mark Strickland | 3:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 15.3 | 0 | 121 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .565 | .512 | 42.1 | 66.7 | 55.4 | 62.2 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 11.4 | 100.0 | 122.4 | 113.0 |
Officials: Ron Garretson, Bennie Adams, Terry Durham
Attendance: 14,387