November 30, 1996
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| SAC | 22 | 26 | 29 | 24 | 101 |
| NYK | 26 | 27 | 21 | 41 | 115 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Olden Polynice | 41 | 9 | 13 | .692 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 21 | |
| Mitch Richmond | 40 | 10 | 20 | .500 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | 37 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Billy Owens | 34 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Corliss Williamson | 26 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Michael Smith | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Tyus Edney | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Lionel Simmons | 14 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Duane Causwell | 9 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Bobby Hurley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lloyd Daniels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 240 | 40 | 73 | .548 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 17 | 27 | .630 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 101 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Charles Oakley | 40 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Patrick Ewing | 32 | 12 | 20 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | |
| Larry Johnson | 30 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Allan Houston | 29 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| Charlie Ward | 21 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Chris Childs | 27 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Buck Williams | 24 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | |
| John Starks | 19 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| John Wallace | 18 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 46 | 86 | .535 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 17 | 24 | .708 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 115 |
| Attendance: | 19,763 |