December 23, 1996
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| DEN | 21 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 112 |
| PHO | 26 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 109 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Dale Ellis | 50 | 10 | 23 | .435 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 24 |
| Bryant Stith | 48 | 12 | 21 | .571 | 8 | 12 | .667 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 36 |
| Mark Jackson | 48 | 6 | 15 | .400 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| Antonio McDyess | 40 | 10 | 20 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | |
| Ervin Johnson | 39 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Tom Hammonds | 24 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Brooks Thompson | 8 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Melvin Booker | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| LaSalle Thompson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 265 | 44 | 92 | .478 | 11 | 24 | .458 | 13 | 19 | .684 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 112 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Michael Finley | 44 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Hot Rod Williams | 39 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Kevin Johnson | 31 | 5 | 17 | .294 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| Wesley Person | 28 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |
| A.C. Green | 26 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Rex Chapman | 26 | 7 | 17 | .412 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Danny Manning | 26 | 7 | 14 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Sam Cassell | 22 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |
| Mark Bryant | 19 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Robert Horry | 4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 265 | 49 | 113 | .434 | 8 | 19 | .421 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 109 |
| Attendance: | 19,023 |