W|L 43-35-4
17 - 23
W|L 42-37-3
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 4-1-0
| 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 2-2-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-2-0
Nov. 20 1996UTA@LAL33 - 28
Dec. 04 1996LAL@UTA26 - 23
Apr. 09 1997LAL@UTA28 - 30
Apr. 13 1997UTA@LAL24 - 26
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1-0
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA17 - 23
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. | Shaquille O'Neal | 10 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 4.00 | 4 |
| 2. | Eddie Jones | 7 | 8.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 3 |
| 3. | Nick Van Exel | 9 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .500 | 5 |
| 4. | Robert Horry | 4 | 6.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Elden Campbell | 5 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Jerome Kersey | 8 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 13 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .800 | .000 | 3 |
| 3. | Byron Scott | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Derek Fisher | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 5. | Travis Knight | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Sean Rooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 61 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.75 | .529 | .412 | 17 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 4 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 10 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 5 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 11 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Greg Ostertag | 2 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Jeff Hornacek | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 11 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | 1.33 | 8 |
| 2. | Antoine Carr | 8 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 4 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Chris Morris | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Howard Eisley | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 56 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.00 | .154 | .231 | 23 | |