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 | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eddie Jones | 15 | 20.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .286 | .286 | 7 |
| 2. | Nick Van Exel | 20 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .600 | .400 | 13 |
| 3. | Shaquille O'Neal | 24 | 20.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .857 | 9 |
| 4. | Robert Horry | 15 | 18.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 5. | Elden Campbell | 16 | 16.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .333 | 1 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Jerome Kersey | 8 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 13 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .800 | .000 | 3 |
| 3. | Byron Scott | 3 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Derek Fisher | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 5. | Travis Knight | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Sean Rooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 118 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1.00 | .317 | .415 | 37 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 14 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .714 | .000 | 8 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 24 | 18.9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 10 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 12 | 18.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 5 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 12 | 13.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .333 | .667 | 1 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 4 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 9 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 4 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 12 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | 1.33 | 8 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 3 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 8 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 102 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2.00 | .310 | .690 | 41 | |