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 | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robert Horry | 15 | 44.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 21 |
| 2. | Nick Van Exel | 30 | 43.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.00 | .353 | .176 | 15 |
| 3. | Shaquille O'Neal | 57 | 35.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.40 | .000 | .400 | 25 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 24 | 29.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .800 | 7 |
| 5. | Eddie Jones | 9 | 28.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Byron Scott | 25 | 24.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .455 | .636 | 24 |
| 2. | Jerome Kersey | 16 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 5 |
| 3. | Travis Knight | 5 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Kobe Bryant | 5 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Sean Rooks | 1 | 0.3 | 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 | 187 | 240 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1.60 | .247 | .356 | 101 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 58 | 43.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.71 | .000 | .346 | 31 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 33 | 38.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .364 | .818 | 21 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 23 | 37.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .889 | 16 |
| 4. | Bryon Russell | 26 | 33.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | .571 | .286 | 14 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 15 | 19.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 20 | 18.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 9 |
| 2. | Antoine Carr | 11 | 15.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 3. | Chris Morris | 12 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 8 | 10.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 4 |
| 5. | Shandon Anderson | 2 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 208 | 240 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 21 | 2.00 | .200 | .585 | 103 | |