December 17, 1986
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| UTA | 28 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 107 |
| DET | 35 | 23 | 27 | 37 | 122 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Karl Malone | 37 | 11 | 17 | .647 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 27 | |
| Kelly Tripucka | 33 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| Rickey Green | 32 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Mark Eaton | 28 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Bob Hansen | 17 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Darrell Griffith | 27 | 8 | 17 | .471 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Thurl Bailey | 22 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| John Stockton | 16 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Marc Iavaroni | 11 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| Kent Benson | 11 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dell Curry | 4 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carey Scurry | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 44 | 90 | .489 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 16 | 23 | .696 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 107 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Isiah Thomas | 42 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
| Bill Laimbeer | 35 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | |
| Joe Dumars | 33 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| Adrian Dantley | 27 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .889 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | |
| Sidney Green | 15 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Rick Mahorn | 27 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
| Dennis Rodman | 21 | 9 | 13 | .692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 | |
| Tony Campbell | 21 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| John Salley | 19 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 45 | 83 | .542 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 31 | 38 | .816 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 122 |
| Attendance: | 12,898 |