December 23, 1996
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| ATL | 23 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 76 |
| NYK | 21 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 82 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Christian Laettner | 44 | 6 | 19 | .316 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |
| Steve Smith | 41 | 10 | 22 | .455 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 22 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 41 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Mookie Blaylock | 40 | 4 | 14 | .286 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Henry James | 24 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Willie Burton | 24 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Eldridge Recasner | 18 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ivano Newbill | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 240 | 28 | 78 | .359 | 6 | 20 | .300 | 14 | 17 | .824 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 76 |
| 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 | 40 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | |
| Allan Houston | 40 | 6 | 15 | .400 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Charles Oakley | 40 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| Chris Childs | 34 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| Larry Johnson | 28 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| John Starks | 25 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Buck Williams | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Charlie Ward | 14 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| John Wallace | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 29 | 70 | .414 | 6 | 16 | .375 | 18 | 25 | .720 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 82 |
| Attendance: | 19,763 |