W|L 56-26
77 - 93
W|L 64-18
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 3-2
| 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
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-3
Nov. 20 1996UTA@LAL113 - 97
Dec. 04 1996LAL@UTA75 - 101
Apr. 09 1997LAL@UTA89 - 101
Apr. 13 1997UTA@LAL98 - 100
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA77 - 93
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 | 34 | 43.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.33 | .474 | .263 | 23 |
| 2. | Eddie Jones | 30 | 40.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.75 | .400 | .133 | 17 |
| 3. | Shaquille O'Neal | 48 | 39.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.75 | .000 | .500 | 17 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 29 | 33.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .154 | 9 |
| 5. | Robert Horry | 20 | 31.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Jerome Kersey | 12 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 18 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .714 | .143 | 3 |
| 3. | Byron Scott | 6 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Sean Rooks | 7 | 5.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Travis Knight | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Derek Fisher | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 7. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 209 | 240 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1.07 | .266 | .266 | 77 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 53 | 38.4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .476 | 23 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 19 | 36.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .600 | 1.20 | 10 |
| 3. | Bryon Russell | 25 | 34.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .545 | .364 | 9 |
| 4. | Greg Ostertag | 19 | 31.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| 5. | Jeff Hornacek | 29 | 30.9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.75 | .200 | .200 | 10 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 15 | 17.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .400 | 6 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 16 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .250 | 1.00 | 8 |
| 3. | Chris Morris | 15 | 13.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .571 | .286 | 9 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 15 | 11.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | 1.33 | 8 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 8 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 214 | 240 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1.60 | .222 | .472 | 93 | |