December 26, 1996
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| NYK | 24 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 80 |
| MIN | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 88 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Larry Johnson | 40 | 7 | 15 | .467 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| Charles Oakley | 39 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Patrick Ewing | 36 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Chris Childs | 35 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| Allan Houston | 29 | 3 | 15 | .200 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| John Starks | 24 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Buck Williams | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Charlie Ward | 13 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| John Wallace | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 33 | 83 | .398 | 4 | 21 | .190 | 10 | 14 | .714 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 80 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Kevin Garnett | 44 | 6 | 16 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | |
| Stephon Marbury | 43 | 8 | 18 | .444 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
| Tom Gugliotta | 37 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | |
| Stojko Vrankovic | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Chris Carr | 16 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Terry Porter | 32 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Sam Mitchell | 29 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Cherokee Parks | 16 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| James Robinson | 5 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 28 | 68 | .412 | 5 | 14 | .357 | 27 | 34 | .794 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 88 |
| Attendance: | 17,293 |