December 23, 1996
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| UTA | 25 | 29 | 23 | 21 | 98 |
| MIN | 23 | 34 | 26 | 24 | 107 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Karl Malone | 42 | 8 | 18 | .444 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| Bryon Russell | 40 | 6 | 15 | .400 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | |
| John Stockton | 38 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Jeff Hornacek | 34 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Greg Ostertag | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Adam Keefe | 14 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Shandon Anderson | 14 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Antoine Carr | 13 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| Howard Eisley | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Greg Foster | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chris Morris | 6 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 38 | 72 | .528 | 5 | 15 | .333 | 17 | 25 | .680 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 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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| Stephon Marbury | 40 | 11 | 17 | .647 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 9 | 11 | .818 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 33 |
| Tom Gugliotta | 40 | 7 | 17 | .412 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| Kevin Garnett | 39 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | |
| Chris Carr | 16 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Stojko Vrankovic | 15 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Terry Porter | 29 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Sam Mitchell | 28 | 6 | 7 | .857 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| Cherokee Parks | 21 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| James Robinson | 12 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 39 | 72 | .542 | 8 | 14 | .571 | 21 | 26 | .808 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 107 |
| Attendance: | 14,434 |