W|L 42-37-3
25 - 32
W|L 43-35-4
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 2-3-1
| 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 5-1-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-2-0
Nov. 20 1996UTA@LAL33 - 28
Dec. 04 1996LAL@UTA26 - 23
Apr. 09 1997LAL@UTA28 - 30
Apr. 13 1997UTA@LAL24 - 26
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-1-1
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA17 - 23
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA16 - 16
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL25 - 32
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 | 3 | 6.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 6 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Bryon Russell | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Karl Malone | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 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. | Antoine Carr | 5 | 9.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Adam Keefe | 5 | 8.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Stephen Howard | 11 | 8.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 9 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 11 | 3.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | 2.00 | 5 |
| 6. | Greg Foster | 2 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Howard Eisley | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 59 | 60 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1.17 | .188 | .750 | 25 |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robert Horry | 5 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .500 | 3 |
| 2. | Eddie Jones | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Shaquille O'Neal | 4 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 4 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Nick Van Exel | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kobe Bryant | 21 | 12.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 3.00 | 17 |
| 2. | Travis Knight | 6 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Sean Rooks | 7 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 4. | Derek Fisher | 7 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | .333 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Corie Blount | 4 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Jerome Kersey | 4 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Byron Scott | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 63 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1.75 | .118 | .882 | 32 | |