W|L 51-23-8
59 - 51
W|L 50-27-5
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 3-4-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 25 | 26 | 51 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 110 |
| LAL | 23 | 22 | 45 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 96 |
Playoff W|L 6-2-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-1-1
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 2-2-0
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA37 - 41
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA46 - 44
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL48 - 55
May. 10 1997UTA@LAL59 - 51
May. 12 1997LAL@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 18 | 24.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | .000 | 13 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 14 | 20.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 19 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | 1.60 | 11 |
| 4. | Karl Malone | 36 | 18.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .625 | 26 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 9 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 9 | 7.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 1 |
| 2. | Greg Foster | 4 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 4 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 116 | 120 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | .116 | .512 | 59 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 13 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | 1.20 | 11 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 32 | 22.9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | 1.11 | 16 |
| 3. | Robert Horry | 18 | 19.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 3 |
| 4. | Eddie Jones | 16 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .167 | .667 | 12 |
| 5. | Elden Campbell | 6 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 1 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kobe Bryant | 11 | 15.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 6 |
| 2. | Jerome Kersey | 7 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 3. | Byron Scott | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Derek Fisher | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Sean Rooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Travis Knight | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 105 | 120 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 1.80 | .355 | .903 | 51 | |