December 25, 1996
| Scores |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 23 | 28 | 25 | 32 | 108 |
| PHO | 14 | 31 | 20 | 22 | 87 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaquille O'Neal | 40 | 11 | 24 | .458 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 26 |
| Nick Van Exel | 37 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Eddie Jones | 34 | 9 | 16 | .563 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Elden Campbell | 33 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | |
| Jerome Kersey | 29 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Byron Scott | 24 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Travis Knight | 17 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Rumeal Robinson | 9 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Derek Fisher | 6 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Kobe Bryant | 5 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sean Rooks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Corie Blount | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 240 | 41 | 84 | .488 | 8 | 17 | .471 | 18 | 30 | .600 | 9 | 44 | 53 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 108 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Finley | 25 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Kevin Johnson | 22 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Wesley Person | 20 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Hot Rod Williams | 18 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| A.C. Green | 15 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Rex Chapman | 28 | 5 | 14 | .357 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Sam Cassell | 26 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11 | 15 | .733 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| Danny Manning | 25 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | |
| Robert Horry | 25 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Joe Kleine | 16 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Steve Nash | 10 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mark Bryant | 10 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 26 | 74 | .351 | 4 | 14 | .286 | 31 | 41 | .756 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 87 |
| Attendance: | 19,023 |