December 16, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| DET | 16 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 78 |
| NYK | 27 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 83 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| DET | 90.0 | .404 | 18.7 | 31.9 | .192 | 86.6 |
| NYK | 90.0 | .468 | 14.9 | 21.4 | .114 | 92.2 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Bison Dele | 19 | 10 | 1 | 41:00 | 7 | 15 | .467 | 0 | 0 | | 5 | 6 | .833 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Grant Hill | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39:00 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Theo Ratliff | 12 | 9 | 0 | 34:00 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 5 | 7 | 4 | 31:00 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Joe Dumars | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23:00 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
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| Malik Sealy | 10 | 4 | 1 | 30:00 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Aaron McKie | 11 | 9 | 3 | 22:00 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jerome Williams | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20:00 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 78 | 48 | 20 | 240 | 31 | 78 | .397 | 1 | 9 | .111 | 15 | 20 | .750 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 19 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
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| Bison Dele | 41:00 | .539 | .467 | 5.0 | 22.3 | 13.2 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 14.5 | 22.6 | 101 | 90 |
| Grant Hill | 39:00 | .396 | .300 | 2.6 | 11.7 | 6.9 | 27.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 38.8 | 23.8 | 62 | 96 |
| Theo Ratliff | 34:00 | .685 | .571 | 15.0 | 13.4 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 6.1 | 18.6 | 14.2 | 123 | 86 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 31:00 | .230 | .200 | 3.3 | 22.1 | 12.2 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 21.6 | 20.1 | 55 | 94 |
| Joe Dumars | 23:00 | .389 | .389 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 33.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.6 | 104 | 102 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
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| Malik Sealy | 30:00 | .385 | .385 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 21.0 | 80 | 87 |
| Aaron McKie | 22:00 | .619 | .625 | 13.9 | 31.2 | 22.1 | 32.6 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.1 | 140 | 89 |
| Jerome Williams | 20:00 | .333 | .333 | 10.2 | 5.7 | 8.1 | 9.2 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 20.2 | 57 | 95 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .449 | .404 | 31.9 | 78.6 | 53.9 | 64.5 | 10.0 | 8.7 | 18.7 | 100.0 | 86.6 | 92.2 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
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| Patrick Ewing | 36:00 | .582 | .583 | 9.5 | 19.9 | 15.0 | 7.7 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 38.0 | 110 | 77 |
| Charles Oakley | 36:00 | .625 | .625 | 6.3 | 14.2 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 113 | 88 |
| Allan Houston | 34:00 | .379 | .364 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 4.8 | 14.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 89 | 90 |
| Charlie Ward | 29:00 | .761 | .714 | 0.0 | 14.1 | 7.4 | 33.8 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 27.6 | 17.9 | 118 | 84 |
| Larry Johnson | 19:00 | .333 | .333 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 32.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.1 | 99 | 98 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
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| Chris Mills | 25:00 | .380 | .286 | 4.6 | 16.3 | 10.8 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 17.9 | 21.4 | 70 | 86 |
| John Starks | 20:00 | .250 | .250 | 5.7 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 15.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 23.9 | 55 | 93 |
| Chris Childs | 19:00 | .333 | .333 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 24.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 17.6 | 75 | 89 |
| Chris Dudley | 14:00 | .500 | .500 | 8.2 | 36.5 | 23.1 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 13.6 | 56 | 73 |
| Buck Williams | 8:00 | | | 0.0 | 12.8 | 6.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 11.9 | 20 | 92 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .485 | .468 | 21.4 | 68.1 | 46.1 | 55.6 | 10.0 | 7.1 | 14.9 | 100.0 | 92.2 | 86.6 |
Officials: Bob Delaney, Sean Corbin, Kevin Fehr
Attendance: 19,763