November 23, 1997
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| VAN | 26 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 84 |
| NYK | 26 | 25 | 32 | 21 | 104 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Shareef Abdur-Rahim | 36 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .857 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 16 | |
| Otis Thorpe | 33 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .917 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 17 | |
| Bryant Reeves | 31 | 8 | 14 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 18 | |
| Antonio Daniels | 24 | 0 | 7 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Sam Mack | 23 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Blue Edwards | 25 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Lee Mayberry | 24 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Pete Chilcutt | 19 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| George Lynch | 17 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Ivano Newbill | 8 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 27 | 78 | .346 | 4 | 15 | .267 | 26 | 31 | .839 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 25 | 84 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Charlie Ward | 37 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Allan Houston | 31 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Charles Oakley | 29 | 9 | 14 | .643 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 19 | |
| Patrick Ewing | 28 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | |
| Larry Johnson | 17 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Chris Mills | 32 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| John Starks | 21 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Chris Dudley | 20 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| Buck Williams | 18 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Pete Myers | 7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 41 | 81 | .506 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 19 | 29 | .655 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 104 |
| Attendance: | 19,763 |