W|L 46-32-4
40 - 52
W|L 49-29-4
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 1-4-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 25 | 15 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 77 |
| UTA | 27 | 25 | 52 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 93 |
Playoff W|L 4-0-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-2-0
Nov. 20 1996UTA@LAL46 - 48
Dec. 04 1996LAL@UTA35 - 47
Apr. 09 1997LAL@UTA37 - 51
Apr. 13 1997UTA@LAL43 - 45
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1-0
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA40 - 52
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA-| - |-
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL-| - |-
May. 10 1997UTA@LAL-| - |-
May. 12 1997LAL@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 14 | 23.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .333 | .111 | 10 |
| 2. | Eddie Jones | 15 | 19.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | .500 | .000 | 10 |
| 3. | Shaquille O'Neal | 24 | 18.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .222 | 8 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 13 | 16.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| 5. | Robert Horry | 5 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Jerome Kersey | 4 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 5 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .500 | 0 |
| 3. | Sean Rooks | 7 | 5.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Byron Scott | 3 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Travis Knight | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Derek Fisher | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 91 | 120 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1.10 | .211 | .105 | 40 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 11 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 29 | 19.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 13 |
| 3. | Greg Ostertag | 15 | 19.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 7 | 18.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 5 |
| 5. | Jeff Hornacek | 17 | 17.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.33 | .143 | .000 | 9 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 4 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Antoine Carr | 6 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 7 | 5.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 5 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 8 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 112 | 120 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.33 | .163 | .326 | 52 | |