W|L 50-27-5
44 - 34
W|L 51-23-8
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 7-2-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | OT:1 | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 25 | 20 | 45 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 4 | 93 |
| UTA | 31 | 22 | 53 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 9 | 96 |
Playoff W|L 3-5-0
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 3-2-0
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA37 - 41
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA46 - 44
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL48 - 55
May. 10 1997UTA@LAL59 - 51
May. 12 1997LAL@UTA44 - 34
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 17 | 23.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .444 | .222 | 13 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 22 | 19.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .800 | 9 |
| 3. | Eddie Jones | 9 | 18.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 13 | 17.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 5. | Robert Horry | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Jerome Kersey | 15 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 10 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 13 | 14.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .167 | .500 | 9 |
| 3. | Sean Rooks | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 4. | Derek Fisher | 3 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Byron Scott | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Travis Knight | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 96 | 120 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1.75 | .219 | .563 | 44 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 9 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .333 | 8 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 22 | 22.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .571 | 7 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 12 | 21.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .250 | .500 | 4 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 11 | 19.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .250 | .000 | 13 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 9 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 11 | 9.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 5 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 3 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Shandon Anderson | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 85 | 120 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1.00 | .152 | .303 | 34 | |