December 21, 1996
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| DET | 17 | 24 | 23 | 28 | 92 |
| NYK | 26 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 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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| Joe Dumars | 41 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 41 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Grant Hill | 39 | 6 | 15 | .400 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 12 | 15 | .800 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| Otis Thorpe | 36 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |
| Rick Mahorn | 14 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Terry Mills | 23 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Michael Curry | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Theo Ratliff | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| Litterial Green | 9 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Don Reid | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Grant Long | 5 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 32 | 71 | .451 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 20 | 27 | .741 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 92 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Patrick Ewing | 42 | 11 | 20 | .550 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 30 | |
| Charles Oakley | 37 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| Chris Childs | 34 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | |
| Larry Johnson | 28 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| Allan Houston | 25 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| John Starks | 38 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Charlie Ward | 20 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Buck Williams | 15 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Walter McCarty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 240 | 36 | 76 | .474 | 7 | 19 | .368 | 16 | 19 | .842 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 95 |
| Attendance: | 19,763 |