December 15, 1988
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| UTA | 32 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 116 |
| NYK | 23 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 117 |
| 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 | 42 | 13 | 27 | .481 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 33 | |
| Darrell Griffith | 36 | 9 | 21 | .429 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Mark Eaton | 36 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
| John Stockton | 32 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| Marc Iavaroni | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Thurl Bailey | 38 | 15 | 17 | .882 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 33 | |
| Jim Les | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Bob Hansen | 12 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Eric Leckner | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mike Brown | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 45 | 78 | .577 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 24 | 34 | .706 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 116 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Patrick Ewing | 43 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | |
| Charles Oakley | 35 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Johnny Newman | 34 | 12 | 22 | .545 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 31 |
| Mark Jackson | 32 | 7 | 17 | .412 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| Gerald Wilkins | 32 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Rod Strickland | 16 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Trent Tucker | 16 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Kenny Walker | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Sidney Green | 13 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Eddie Lee Wilkins | 5 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 43 | 92 | .467 | 6 | 20 | .300 | 25 | 30 | .833 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 117 |
| Attendance: | 17,296 |