December 17, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| DET | 27 | 27 | 12 | 35 | 101 |
| NJN | 28 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 105 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| DET | 96.7 | .500 | 15.7 | 23.8 | .295 | 104.5 |
| NJN | 96.7 | .494 | 13.3 | 31.0 | .262 | 108.6 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Grant Hill | 25 | 10 | 6 | 45:00 | 10 | 19 | .526 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Bison Dele | 18 | 10 | 0 | 41:00 | 9 | 15 | .600 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 11 | 4 | 1 | 34:00 | 3 | 13 | .231 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Dumars | 7 | 0 | 4 | 30:00 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Theo Ratliff | 4 | 5 | 2 | 26:00 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Jerome Williams | 13 | 7 | 1 | 28:00 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 0 | 0 | | 5 | 6 | .833 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Malik Sealy | 15 | 1 | 3 | 22:00 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aaron McKie | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14:00 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 101 | 39 | 21 | 240 | 38 | 78 | .487 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 23 | 30 | .767 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 25 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Grant Hill | 45:00 | .555 | .526 | 5.1 | 20.3 | 12.7 | 23.4 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 21.0 | 28.1 | 97 | 102 |
| Bison Dele | 41:00 | .600 | .600 | 2.8 | 25.1 | 13.9 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 11.8 | 18.4 | 105 | 106 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 34:00 | .373 | .269 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 20.6 | 80 | 114 |
| Joe Dumars | 30:00 | .444 | .357 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 113 | 117 |
| Theo Ratliff | 26:00 | .340 | .200 | 4.4 | 17.6 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 1.9 | 10.4 | 25.4 | 13.4 | 72 | 101 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Jerome Williams | 28:00 | .851 | .800 | 20.4 | 8.2 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 11.6 | 13.7 | 163 | 111 |
| Malik Sealy | 22:00 | .593 | .600 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 26.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 27.5 | 119 | 113 |
| Aaron McKie | 14:00 | .820 | .750 | 0.0 | 16.3 | 8.2 | 49.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.0 | 28.1 | 97 | 112 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .554 | .500 | 23.8 | 69.0 | 46.4 | 55.3 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 15.7 | 100.0 | 104.5 | 108.6 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Jayson Williams | 41:00 | .752 | .667 | 19.5 | 41.8 | 30.7 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 11.1 | 144 | 102 |
| Sam Cassell | 40:00 | .398 | .370 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 44.9 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 7.7 | 27.6 | 100 | 99 |
| Keith Van Horn | 39:00 | .533 | .444 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 25.8 | 105 | 110 |
| Kerry Kittles | 38:00 | .567 | .600 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 7.5 | 18.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 5.4 | 20.9 | 118 | 105 |
| Kendall Gill | 34:00 | .644 | .607 | 3.4 | 23.5 | 13.4 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 10.5 | 23.9 | 122 | 105 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| David Benoit | 20:00 | .581 | .583 | 11.4 | 5.7 | 8.6 | 15.1 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 16.8 | 119 | 105 |
| Sherman Douglas | 11:00 | .266 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.2 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 51.5 | 15.0 | 39 | 102 |
| Michael Cage | 9:00 | | | 0.0 | 12.7 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 109 |
| Kevin Edwards | 8:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 16.0 | 0 | 99 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .538 | .494 | 31.0 | 76.2 | 53.6 | 61.5 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 13.3 | 100.0 | 108.6 | 104.5 |
Officials: Bill Oakes, Ron Olesiak, Tony Brothers
Attendance: 16,028