December 17, 1996
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| UTA | 18 | 27 | 21 | 28 | 94 |
| NYK | 22 | 18 | 35 | 24 | 99 |
| 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 | 12 | 24 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 29 | |
| John Stockton | 38 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| Jeff Hornacek | 36 | 5 | 15 | .333 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Bryon Russell | 27 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Greg Ostertag | 15 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Antoine Carr | 27 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| Adam Keefe | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Shandon Anderson | 15 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Greg Foster | 12 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Howard Eisley | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 34 | 78 | .436 | 4 | 13 | .308 | 22 | 28 | .786 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 23 | 94 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Larry Johnson | 42 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 11 | .909 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Chris Childs | 40 | 9 | 17 | .529 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
| Patrick Ewing | 39 | 10 | 18 | .556 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 25 | |
| Allan Houston | 37 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Charles Oakley | 30 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Buck Williams | 27 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| John Starks | 16 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Charlie Ward | 8 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Scott Brooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 240 | 33 | 66 | .500 | 7 | 17 | .412 | 26 | 28 | .929 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 99 |
| Attendance: | 19,763 |