December 2, 1997
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| NYK | 21 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 84 |
| SAS | 25 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 90 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Allan Houston | 38 | 8 | 16 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 22 | |
| Patrick Ewing | 37 | 11 | 24 | .458 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | |
| Charles Oakley | 35 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| Chris Mills | 29 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Charlie Ward | 22 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| John Starks | 29 | 5 | 15 | .333 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Chris Childs | 26 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Chris Dudley | 12 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Buck Williams | 12 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 32 | 81 | .395 | 1 | 11 | .091 | 19 | 26 | .731 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 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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| Tim Duncan | 39 | 9 | 15 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | |
| David Robinson | 38 | 6 | 18 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .550 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | |
| Avery Johnson | 38 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Vinny Del Negro | 36 | 7 | 17 | .412 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| Sean Elliott | 22 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Monty Williams | 26 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Will Perdue | 14 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jaren Jackson | 12 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Cory Alexander | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Malik Rose | 5 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 32 | 71 | .451 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 25 | 45 | .556 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 90 |
| Attendance: | 14,967 |