W|L 61-18
127 - 122
W|L 39-41
Attendance: 19,023
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1
Dec. 12 1996PHO@UTA95 - 87
Jan. 16 1997PHO@UTA91 - 95
Jan. 22 1997UTA@PHO111 - 99
Apr. 15 1997UTA@PHO127 - 122
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 39.6 | 13 | 21 | .619 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 37.6 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3. | Bryon Russell | 37.5 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 32.7 | 8 | 14 | .571 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 9 | 11 | .818 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 27 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 28.0 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 16.8 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 16.6 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 14.3 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4. | Adam Keefe | 11.3 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 5.7 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 45 | 78 | .577 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 32 | 39 | .821 | 28 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 127 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jason Kidd | 45.9 | 12 | 22 | .545 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 28 |
| 2. | Kevin Johnson | 45.7 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 3. | Rex Chapman | 37.9 | 8 | 14 | .571 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| 4. | Mike Brown | 22.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5. | Wayman Tisdale | 18.2 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Danny Manning | 34.5 | 8 | 17 | .471 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 2. | Cedric Ceballos | 17.6 | 10 | 11 | .909 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 23 |
| 3. | Loren Meyer | 12.6 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4. | Steve Nash | 5.2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5. | Horacio Llamas | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Hot Rod Williams | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Wesley Person | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 47 | 87 | .540 | 9 | 20 | .450 | 19 | 25 | .760 | 25 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 122 | |