December 20, 1997
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| ATL | 25 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 92 |
| MIA | 27 | 22 | 29 | 21 | 99 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Steve Smith | 44 | 7 | 21 | .333 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 8 | 9 | .889 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| Eldridge Recasner | 44 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 39 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .917 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | |
| Christian Laettner | 28 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tyrone Corbin | 21 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Chucky Brown | 27 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Alan Henderson | 23 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Ed Gray | 8 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Greg Anderson | 6 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 240 | 30 | 81 | .370 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 29 | 34 | .853 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 92 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Jamal Mashburn | 40 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | |
| Tim Hardaway | 37 | 7 | 16 | .438 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| Voshon Lenard | 35 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Alonzo Mourning | 31 | 9 | 16 | .563 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | |
| P.J. Brown | 28 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Dan Majerle | 22 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Isaac Austin | 20 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | |
| Terry Mills | 16 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Eric Murdock | 11 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 240 | 39 | 77 | .506 | 3 | 13 | .231 | 18 | 26 | .692 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 99 |
| Attendance: | 15,200 |