W|L 50-27-5
37 - 41
W|L 51-23-8
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 4-1-0
| 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 2-2-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-2-1
Nov. 20 1996UTA@LAL67 - 49
Dec. 04 1996LAL@UTA40 - 54
Apr. 09 1997LAL@UTA52 - 50
Apr. 13 1997UTA@LAL55 - 55
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1-0
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA37 - 41
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. | Eddie Jones | 20.8 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2. | Nick Van Exel | 20.7 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 3. | Shaquille O'Neal | 20.4 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4. | Robert Horry | 18.8 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 5. | Elden Campbell | 16.3 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Jerome Kersey | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 8.7 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3. | Byron Scott | 3.9 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Derek Fisher | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5. | Travis Knight | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Sean Rooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 120 | 9 | 41 | .220 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 14 | 17 | .824 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 37 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 24.0 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 18.9 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 18.4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 13.9 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 11.0 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 10.1 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 120 | 12 | 29 | .414 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 14 | 20 | .700 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 41 | |