W|L 51-23-8
48 - 55
W|L 50-27-5
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 2-4-0
| 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 6-1-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-1-1
Nov. 20 1996UTA@LAL67 - 49
Dec. 04 1996LAL@UTA40 - 54
Apr. 09 1997LAL@UTA52 - 50
Apr. 13 1997UTA@LAL55 - 55
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-2-0
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA37 - 41
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA46 - 44
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL48 - 55
May. 10 1997UTA@LAL-| - |-
May. 12 1997LAL@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jeff Hornacek | 13 | 18.8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .111 | .000 | 16 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 9 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 14 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .286 | 4 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 9 | 10.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.50 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 5 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 1 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 11 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .250 | .500 | 7 |
| 2. | Adam Keefe | 8 | 11.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 5 | 9.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Stephen Howard | 11 | 8.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 9 |
| 5. | Howard Eisley | 5 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Chris Morris | 11 | 3.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | 2.00 | 5 |
| 7. | Greg Foster | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 104 | 120 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1.67 | .139 | .500 | 48 |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robert Horry | 11 | 19.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .333 | 5 |
| 2. | Elden Campbell | 9 | 15.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 3. | Nick Van Exel | 11 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .400 | .400 | 7 |
| 4. | Eddie Jones | 6 | 10.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | .333 | .333 | 3 |
| 5. | Shaquille O'Neal | 11 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .250 | 5 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kobe Bryant | 23 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | 2.40 | 17 |
| 2. | Travis Knight | 9 | 9.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Jerome Kersey | 8 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Byron Scott | 7 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 5. | Sean Rooks | 7 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 6. | Derek Fisher | 7 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | .333 | .000 | 2 |
| 7. | Corie Blount | 4 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 113 | 120 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1.30 | .162 | .514 | 55 |