W|L 64-18
84 - 104
W|L 56-26
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 5-1
| 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 4-3
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1
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 2-1
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA77 - 93
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA101 - 103
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL84 - 104
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 | 27 | 38.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.33 | .214 | .500 | 26 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 23 | 34.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .545 | .182 | 7 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 48 | 34.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .600 | 15 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 27 | 26.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.67 | .333 | 1.00 | 5 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 15 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 1 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 14 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .400 | .400 | 7 |
| 2. | Antoine Carr | 13 | 15.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Adam Keefe | 16 | 15.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 5 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 14 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Howard Eisley | 11 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Stephen Howard | 11 | 8.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 9 |
| 7. | Chris Morris | 13 | 7.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .667 | 1.33 | 5 |
| Team Totals | 232 | 240 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1.29 | .200 | .538 | 84 |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robert Horry | 25 | 40.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 7 |
| 2. | Elden Campbell | 24 | 30.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .167 | 14 |
| 3. | Nick Van Exel | 27 | 28.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 | .286 | .286 | 17 |
| 4. | Eddie Jones | 15 | 26.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .200 | .800 | 8 |
| 5. | Shaquille O'Neal | 30 | 17.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .500 | 11 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Byron Scott | 18 | 21.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .167 | .667 | 10 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 29 | 19.4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .286 | 2.00 | 19 |
| 3. | Jerome Kersey | 18 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Sean Rooks | 24 | 14.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | 1.00 | 8 |
| 5. | Travis Knight | 12 | 13.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 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 | 233 | 240 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 26 | 1.25 | .167 | .583 | 104 |