December 21, 1996
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| LAL | 28 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 88 |
| MIN | 21 | 35 | 26 | 21 | 103 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Nick Van Exel | 42 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 41 | 8 | 20 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 21 | |
| Eddie Jones | 41 | 2 | 14 | .143 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Elden Campbell | 39 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Jerome Kersey | 29 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Travis Knight | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| Byron Scott | 15 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Kobe Bryant | 11 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Derek Fisher | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sean Rooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 240 | 31 | 78 | .397 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 20 | 28 | .714 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 88 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Tom Gugliotta | 40 | 7 | 15 | .467 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| Kevin Garnett | 39 | 10 | 21 | .476 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 23 | |
| Stephon Marbury | 32 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| Doug West | 28 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Stojko Vrankovic | 14 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Cherokee Parks | 27 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Sam Mitchell | 19 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Chris Carr | 18 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | |
| Terry Porter | 16 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Dean Garrett | 7 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 39 | 77 | .506 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 19 | 25 | .760 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 103 |
| Attendance: | 18,127 |