December 30, 1996
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| SAC | 23 | 15 | 21 | 29 | 88 |
| PHO | 28 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 100 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Mitch Richmond | 43 | 13 | 23 | .565 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 12 | 12 | 1.000 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 40 |
| Billy Owens | 39 | 10 | 19 | .526 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| Olden Polynice | 32 | 2 | 11 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Michael Smith | 31 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Tyus Edney | 19 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Kevin Gamble | 25 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Corliss Williamson | 24 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| Bobby Hurley | 16 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Duane Causwell | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 34 | 83 | .410 | 4 | 15 | .267 | 16 | 20 | .800 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 24 | 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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| Kevin Johnson | 36 | 9 | 13 | .692 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 10 | .900 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Danny Manning | 30 | 11 | 14 | .786 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 23 | |
| Hot Rod Williams | 30 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Mark Bryant | 28 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Robert Horry | 16 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Rex Chapman | 35 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Wesley Person | 21 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Joe Kleine | 17 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| Wayman Tisdale | 14 | 1 | 8 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Steve Nash | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Loren Meyer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 38 | 74 | .514 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 19 | 28 | .679 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 100 |
| Attendance: | 19,023 |