W|L 46-32-4
55 - 59
W|L 49-29-4
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 1-5-0
| 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 5-0-0
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 0-2-0
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA40 - 52
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA55 - 59
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 | 34 | 21.6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .294 | 17 |
| 2. | Robert Horry | 10 | 20.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 15 |
| 3. | Nick Van Exel | 12 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 | .333 | .333 | 6 |
| 4. | Eddie Jones | 2 | 17.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Elden Campbell | 9 | 10.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Jerome Kersey | 10 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 3 |
| 2. | Byron Scott | 10 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .600 | .400 | 12 |
| 3. | Kobe Bryant | 5 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Sean Rooks | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Derek Fisher | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Travis Knight | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 93 | 120 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1.71 | .263 | .289 | 55 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 32 | 21.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.20 | .000 | .545 | 17 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 15 | 19.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | 1.00 | 13 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 14 | 18.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.50 | 13 |
| 4. | Bryon Russell | 13 | 17.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | .250 | .500 | 8 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 6 | 10.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 9 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 2. | Antoine Carr | 5 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Chris Morris | 6 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 5 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 5. | Shandon Anderson | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 105 | 120 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2.29 | .129 | .677 | 59 | |