W|L 56-26
101 - 103
W|L 64-18
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 3-3
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 24 | 31 | 55 | 30 | 16 | 46 | 101 |
| UTA | 27 | 32 | 59 | 28 | 16 | 44 | 103 |
Playoff W|L 5-0
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 0-2
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA77 - 93
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA101 - 103
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL-| - |-
May. 10 1997UTA@LAL-| - |-
May. 12 1997LAL@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robert Horry | 44.9 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| 2. | Nick Van Exel | 43.5 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 3. | Shaquille O'Neal | 35.0 | 10 | 25 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 25 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 29.8 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 5. | Eddie Jones | 28.2 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Byron Scott | 24.9 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2. | Jerome Kersey | 17.2 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 3. | Travis Knight | 11.6 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4. | Kobe Bryant | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5. | Sean Rooks | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Derek Fisher | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 36 | 73 | .493 | 11 | 18 | .611 | 18 | 26 | .692 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 101 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 43.2 | 12 | 26 | .462 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 31 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 38.3 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 9 | 9 | 1.00 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 37.1 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 4. | Bryon Russell | 33.8 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 19.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 18.4 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2. | Antoine Carr | 15.4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3. | Chris Morris | 13.4 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 10.9 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5. | Shandon Anderson | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 33 | 65 | .508 | 4 | 13 | .308 | 33 | 38 | .868 | 26 | 12 | 38 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 103 | |