W|L 20-9
108 - 87
W|L 8-19
Attendance: 19,023
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-0
Nov. 01 1996PHO@LAL82 - 96
Nov. 17 1996LAL@PHO102 - 88
Dec. 25 1996LAL@PHO108 - 87
Apr. 11 1997PHO@LAL-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shaquille O'Neal | 57 | 40.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.50 | .042 | .375 | 26 |
| 2. | Nick Van Exel | 25 | 37.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 | .556 | .333 | 9 |
| 3. | Eddie Jones | 28 | 34.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .313 | .375 | 24 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 31 | 33.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .083 | 13 |
| 5. | Jerome Kersey | 26 | 29.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .143 | .286 | 11 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Byron Scott | 14 | 24.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .800 | .600 | 14 |
| 2. | Travis Knight | 16 | 17.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 5 |
| 3. | Rumeal Robinson | 6 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Derek Fisher | 16 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.33 | 4 |
| 5. | Kobe Bryant | 6 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Corie Blount | 3 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Sean Rooks | 2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 230 | 240 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2.00 | .202 | .357 | 108 |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Michael Finley | 18 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | .091 | .091 | 9 |
| 2. | Kevin Johnson | 15 | 22.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .200 | .800 | 10 |
| 3. | Wesley Person | 12 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .167 | .333 | 4 |
| 4. | Hot Rod Williams | 0 | 18.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | A.C. Green | 12 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Rex Chapman | 26 | 28.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .286 | .286 | 15 |
| 2. | Sam Cassell | 30 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | .250 | 1.88 | 17 |
| 3. | Danny Manning | 25 | 24.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .778 | 15 |
| 4. | Robert Horry | 17 | 24.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .500 | 4 |
| 5. | Joe Kleine | 21 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .286 | 4 |
| 6. | Mark Bryant | 9 | 9.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Steve Nash | 5 | 9.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 5 |
| Team Totals | 210 | 240 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 1.58 | .189 | .554 | 87 |