December 18, 1996
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| SAC | 15 | 19 | 26 | 19 | 79 |
| DEN | 20 | 28 | 16 | 31 | 95 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Mitch Richmond | 43 | 10 | 26 | .385 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 32 |
| Olden Polynice | 41 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Michael Smith | 40 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
| Kevin Gamble | 39 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | 38 | 3 | 13 | .231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Bobby Hurley | 24 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Duane Causwell | 15 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 30 | 83 | .361 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 14 | 19 | .737 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 79 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Mark Jackson | 48 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Ervin Johnson | 43 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | |
| Dale Ellis | 39 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | |
| Bryant Stith | 32 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| Antonio McDyess | 29 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Brooks Thompson | 22 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Tom Hammonds | 22 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| LaSalle Thompson | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Melvin Booker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Darvin Ham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 240 | 36 | 83 | .434 | 7 | 21 | .333 | 16 | 23 | .696 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 95 |