| Box Score | ||||||||||||||||
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| pos | player | min | fgm | fga | ftm | fta | 3gm | 3ga | orb | reb | ast | stl | to | blk | pf | pts |
| PG | Nate McMillan | 35 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| PG | Kenny Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | Michael Jordan | 42 | 17 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 37 |
| SG | Rolando Blackman | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| SF | Harold Pressley | 40 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| PF | Charles D. Smith | 25 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| PF | Kenny Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | Michael Cage | 41 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| C | Roy Hinson | 30 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| PF | Russ Schoene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | Chuck Nevitt | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Knicks | 0 | 36 | 75 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 79 | |
| pos | player | min | fgm | fga | ftm | fta | 3gm | 3ga | orb | reb | ast | stl | to | blk | pf | pts |
| PG | Jay Humphries | 40 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| PG | Danny Young | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| SG | Alvin Robertson | 40 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| SG | Darrell Griffith | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| SF | Derrick McKey | 39 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| SF | Rodney McCray | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| PF | Larry Smith | 28 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| C | Brad Daugherty | 44 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| C | Alton Lister | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| SG | Jeff Grayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | Steve Alford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | Greg Kite | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hornets | 0 | 37 | 79 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 48 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 83 | |
| team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | |||||||||||
| Knicks (50 - 22) | 18 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Hornets (31 - 41) | 23 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 83 | ||||||||||
| ATTENDANCE: 16701 | ||||||||||||||||
| CAPACITY: 24042 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rodney McCray 6 game injury |