December 11, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| MIN | 26 | 21 | 31 | 25 | 103 |
| NYK | 21 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 107 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| MIN | 98.1 | .494 | 15.5 | 25.7 | .333 | 105.0 |
| NYK | 98.1 | .428 | 11.3 | 27.7 | .434 | 109.1 |
Minnesota Timberwolves (8-12)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Stephon Marbury | 41:00 | .567 | .467 | 3.3 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 35.2 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 23.8 | 117 | 110 |
| Tom Gugliotta | 40:00 | .649 | .583 | 6.9 | 23.0 | 16.1 | 25.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 19.3 | 122 | 109 |
| Kevin Garnett | 40:00 | .476 | .429 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 7.3 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 18.3 | 104 | 110 |
| Chris Carr | 31:00 | .564 | .438 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 105 | 116 |
| Stanley Roberts | 23:00 | .672 | .643 | 17.9 | 22.2 | 20.4 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 32.0 | 120 | 105 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Terry Porter | 17:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 6.9 | 9.9 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 18.0 | 90 | 107 |
| Tom Hammonds | 16:00 | .725 | 1.000 | 17.1 | 12.8 | 14.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 15.3 | 17.8 | 127 | 109 |
| Sam Mitchell | 15:00 | .167 | .167 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 9.5 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 17.5 | 48 | 105 |
| Cherokee Parks | 10:00 | | | 0.0 | 40.9 | 23.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 8.7 | 0 | 102 |
| DeJuan Wheat | 7:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 29.2 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 18.7 | 0 | 107 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .554 | .494 | 25.7 | 72.3 | 52.4 | 59.5 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 15.5 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 109.1 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Patrick Ewing | 34 | 12 | 0 | 43:00 | 12 | 23 | .522 | 0 | 0 | | 10 | 14 | .714 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Allan Houston | 17 | 3 | 2 | 34:00 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Charles Oakley | 8 | 10 | 2 | 33:00 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Chris Mills | 12 | 5 | 4 | 32:00 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Charlie Ward | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17:00 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Chris Childs | 14 | 2 | 6 | 31:00 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 9 | 10 | .900 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| John Starks | 16 | 2 | 2 | 23:00 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Buck Williams | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20:00 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Dudley | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 107 | 39 | 18 | 240 | 33 | 83 | .398 | 5 | 16 | .313 | 36 | 44 | .818 | 13 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Patrick Ewing | 43:00 | .583 | .522 | 7.1 | 28.7 | 16.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 30.2 | 118 | 104 |
| Allan Houston | 34:00 | .453 | .382 | 0.0 | 12.1 | 5.2 | 11.5 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 13.8 | 26.6 | 87 | 108 |
| Charles Oakley | 33:00 | .515 | .333 | 12.4 | 24.9 | 17.7 | 9.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 122 | 105 |
| Chris Mills | 32:00 | .466 | .417 | 6.4 | 12.9 | 9.1 | 23.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 18.9 | 20.6 | 93 | 106 |
| Charlie Ward | 17:00 | .667 | .667 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 10.3 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 143 | 100 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Chris Childs | 31:00 | .833 | .625 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 31.1 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 12.6 | 169 | 103 |
| John Starks | 23:00 | .546 | .458 | 0.0 | 11.9 | 5.1 | 16.9 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 31.9 | 99 | 107 |
| Buck Williams | 20:00 | .145 | .000 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 54 | 114 |
| Chris Dudley | 7:00 | .000 | | 29.2 | 19.6 | 25.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 91 | 108 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .523 | .428 | 27.7 | 74.3 | 47.6 | 54.5 | 9.2 | 6.0 | 11.3 | 100.0 | 109.1 | 105.0 |
Officials: Steve Javie, Ted Bernhardt, Woody Mayfield
Attendance: 19,763