W|L 49-29-4
36 - 49
W|L 46-32-4
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 5-1-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 21 | 15 | 36 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 84 |
| LAL | 29 | 20 | 49 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 104 |
Playoff W|L 2-5-0
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 2-1-0
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA40 - 52
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA55 - 59
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL36 - 49
May. 10 1997UTA@LAL-| - |-
May. 12 1997LAL@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 14 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .571 | .286 | 7 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 34 | 20.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .769 | 11 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 14 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | 1.40 | 10 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 18 | 15.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .400 | .800 | 3 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 10 | 6.3 | 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. | Greg Foster | 11 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 6 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 8 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Shandon Anderson | 3 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | 8 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 3 |
| 6. | Chris Morris | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 128 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0.60 | .250 | .568 | 36 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robert Horry | 14 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | 1.67 | 2 |
| 2. | Nick Van Exel | 16 | 16.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .222 | .222 | 10 |
| 3. | Eddie Jones | 9 | 15.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.50 | 5 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 15 | 14.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .286 | 8 |
| 5. | Shaquille O'Neal | 19 | 10.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .750 | 6 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Byron Scott | 11 | 12.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 2.00 | 4 |
| 2. | Sean Rooks | 17 | 9.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 6 |
| 3. | Jerome Kersey | 10 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Kobe Bryant | 6 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 5. | Travis Knight | 3 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Derek Fisher | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 120 | 120 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 1.17 | .171 | .657 | 49 | |