W|L 56-26
77 - 93
W|L 64-18
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 3-2
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 25 | 15 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 77 |
| UTA | 27 | 25 | 52 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 93 |
Playoff W|L 4-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-3
Nov. 20 1996UTA@LAL113 - 97
Dec. 04 1996LAL@UTA75 - 101
Apr. 09 1997LAL@UTA89 - 101
Apr. 13 1997UTA@LAL98 - 100
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA77 - 93
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA-| - |-
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL-| - |-
May. 10 1997UTA@LAL-| - |-
May. 12 1997LAL@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 43.7 | 7 | 19 | .368 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| 2. | Eddie Jones | 40.0 | 6 | 15 | .400 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 3. | Shaquille O'Neal | 39.0 | 6 | 16 | .375 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 33.0 | 4 | 13 | .308 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 5. | Robert Horry | 31.0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Jerome Kersey | 20.7 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 14.5 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 3. | Byron Scott | 7.6 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4. | Sean Rooks | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Travis Knight | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Derek Fisher | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 27 | 79 | .342 | 8 | 21 | .381 | 15 | 21 | .714 | 28 | 12 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 77 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 38.4 | 9 | 21 | .429 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 36.8 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3. | Bryon Russell | 34.2 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4. | Greg Ostertag | 31.9 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5. | Jeff Hornacek | 30.9 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 17.4 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 17.1 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 3. | Chris Morris | 13.8 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 11.3 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 8.3 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 33 | 72 | .458 | 7 | 16 | .438 | 20 | 34 | .588 | 37 | 14 | 51 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 93 | |