W|L 40-42
89 - 101
W|L 63-18
Attendance: 19,911
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-3
Dec. 06 1996MIN@UTA95 - 106
Dec. 23 1996UTA@MIN98 - 107
Mar. 09 1997UTA@MIN115 - 106
Apr. 19 1997MIN@UTA89 - 101
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stephon Marbury | 25 | 37.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.25 | .417 | .167 | 14 |
| 2. | Tom Gugliotta | 34 | 35.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.75 | .167 | .500 | 11 |
| 3. | Kevin Garnett | 30 | 28.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.40 | .000 | .222 | 7 |
| 4. | Dean Garrett | 14 | 19.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 5. | Doug West | 7 | 11.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | James Robinson | 33 | 32.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .737 | .211 | 28 |
| 2. | Sam Mitchell | 23 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 12 |
| 3. | Cherokee Parks | 18 | 21.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .200 | 9 |
| 4. | Stojko Vranković | 9 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Terry Porter | 8 | 10.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.33 | .333 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Reggie Jordan | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 7. | Shane Heal | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 204 | 240 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0.96 | .307 | .227 | 89 |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | John Stockton | 26 | 35.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.00 | .200 | .800 | 14 |
| 2. | Greg Ostertag | 20 | 31.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .600 | 8 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 41 | 25.3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .500 | 26 |
| 4. | Bryon Russell | 28 | 24.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | 1.83 | 12 |
| 5. | Jeff Hornacek | 13 | 24.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .250 | .250 | 7 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 20 | 25.9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 14 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 15 | 24.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .143 | .286 | 8 |
| 3. | Chris Morris | 15 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .625 | .000 | 8 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 9 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Howard Eisley | 9 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Stephen Howard | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 198 | 240 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1.87 | .195 | .442 | 101 |