W|L 60-18
98 - 100
W|L 54-25
Attendance: 17,505
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1
Nov. 20 1996UTA@LAL113 - 97
Dec. 04 1996LAL@UTA75 - 101
Apr. 09 1997LAL@UTA89 - 101
Apr. 13 1997UTA@LAL98 - 100
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | John Stockton | 33 | 38.9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.25 | .308 | .692 | 30 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 41 | 37.6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .579 | 26 |
| 3. | Greg Ostertag | 29 | 35.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 3.00 | 7 |
| 4. | Bryon Russell | 20 | 31.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 | .200 | .400 | 8 |
| 5. | Jeff Hornacek | 20 | 30.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7.00 | .200 | .100 | 7 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 7 | 17.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 3 |
| 2. | Adam Keefe | 7 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 10 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 13 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| 5. | Howard Eisley | 14 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 6. | Stephen Howard | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 195 | 240 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1.67 | .125 | .500 | 98 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robert Horry | 29 | 44.6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 | .625 | .750 | 10 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 64 | 41.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .621 | 39 |
| 3. | Eddie Jones | 28 | 38.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | .500 | .438 | 20 |
| 4. | Nick Van Exel | 20 | 35.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.50 | .444 | .222 | 10 |
| 5. | Jerome Kersey | 17 | 23.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Corie Blount | 16 | 23.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 15 | 15.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | .200 | 1.20 | 12 |
| 3. | Byron Scott | 7 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 3 |
| 4. | Sean Rooks | 7 | 6.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Derek Fisher | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Elden Campbell | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Travis Knight | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 209 | 240 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2.40 | .269 | .500 | 100 | |