December 21, 1996
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| ATL | 23 | 15 | 17 | 38 | 93 |
| CHH | 22 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 98 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Dikembe Mutombo | 42 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .857 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20 | |
| Mookie Blaylock | 40 | 3 | 14 | .214 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Christian Laettner | 38 | 7 | 16 | .438 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 |
| Steve Smith | 35 | 6 | 21 | .286 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Willie Burton | 17 | 1 | 10 | .100 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Henry James | 28 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
| Eldridge Recasner | 25 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Ivano Newbill | 15 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 32 | 92 | .348 | 8 | 33 | .242 | 21 | 22 | .955 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 93 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Anthony Mason | 44 | 8 | 12 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | |
| Glen Rice | 44 | 4 | 14 | .286 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 37 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | |
| Vlade Divac | 32 | 5 | 15 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| Scott Burrell | 23 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Dell Curry | 29 | 8 | 11 | .727 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| Matt Geiger | 20 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Tony Smith | 11 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 38 | 79 | .481 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 16 | 26 | .615 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 98 |
| Attendance: | 24,042 |