W|L 56-26
93 - 98
W|L 64-18
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 4-5
| 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 7-1
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 1-4
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA77 - 93
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA101 - 103
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL84 - 104
May. 10 1997UTA@LAL110 - 95
May. 12 1997LAL@UTA93 - 98
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 35 | 50.9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .412 | .353 | 26 |
| 2. | Elden Campbell | 34 | 43.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .308 | 6 |
| 3. | Eddie Jones | 27 | 41.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .357 | .143 | 11 |
| 4. | Shaquille O'Neal | 50 | 36.6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.50 | .000 | .529 | 23 |
| 5. | Robert Horry | 5 | 23.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kobe Bryant | 26 | 28.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .429 | .214 | 11 |
| 2. | Jerome Kersey | 24 | 25.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .833 | 10 |
| 3. | Sean Rooks | 9 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 3 |
| 4. | Travis Knight | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Derek Fisher | 4 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Byron Scott | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 217 | 265 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2.00 | .229 | .373 | 93 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 65 | 48.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .857 | 32 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 24 | 46.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .462 | .462 | 22 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 30 | 44.4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.67 | .400 | .700 | 9 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 23 | 43.8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 | .154 | .154 | 24 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 22 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 16 | 12.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 10 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .000 | 3 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 6 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 8 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 207 | 265 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 26 | 1.39 | .181 | .514 | 98 | |