December 22, 1996
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| UTA | 27 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 94 |
| CLE | 27 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 100 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Bryon Russell | 39 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Karl Malone | 37 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | |
| Jeff Hornacek | 37 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| John Stockton | 32 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Greg Ostertag | 14 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Shandon Anderson | 23 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Howard Eisley | 16 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Adam Keefe | 15 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Greg Foster | 14 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Antoine Carr | 13 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 38 | 70 | .543 | 4 | 13 | .308 | 14 | 22 | .636 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 27 | 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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| Chris Mills | 47 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| Terrell Brandon | 39 | 11 | 21 | .524 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11 | 11 | 1.000 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 33 |
| Bobby Phills | 38 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 23 |
| Tyrone Hill | 36 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .857 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| Danny Ferry | 33 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Bob Sura | 20 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Antonio Lang | 14 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vitaly Potapenko | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Mark West | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 240 | 35 | 72 | .486 | 5 | 17 | .294 | 25 | 27 | .926 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 100 |
| Attendance: | 17,205 |