W|L 45-28-9
21 - 29
W|L 43-37-2
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 3-4-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1-0
Nov. 20 1996UTA@LAL22 - 27
Dec. 04 1996LAL@UTA22 - 24
Apr. 09 1997LAL@UTA18 - 24
Apr. 13 1997UTA@LAL21 - 20
Playoff Match Up
W|L 2-1-0
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA25 - 27
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA24 - 27
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL21 - 29
May. 10 1997UTA@LAL-| - |-
May. 12 1997LAL@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 22 | 41 | 63 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .375 | .512 | 5 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 0 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .576 | 7 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 12 | 61 | 73 | 12 | 61 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .125 | .125 | .376 | 8 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 0 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .129 | 1 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Shandon Anderson | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34 | 221 | 255 | 12 | 128 | 140 | 22 | 93 | 115 | 1 | 17 | .059 | .114 | .356 | 21 | |
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 12 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | .500 | .615 | 6 |
| 2. | Robert Horry | 0 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .192 | 2 |
| 3. | Eddie Jones | 10 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .615 | 3 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 11 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .515 | 4 |
| 5. | Shaquille O'Neal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .602 | 4 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Sean Rooks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .694 | 4 |
| 2. | Byron Scott | 0 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .347 | 2 |
| 3. | Jerome Kersey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 4. | Travis Knight | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 5. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Derek Fisher | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Kobe Bryant | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 41 | 117 | 158 | 47 | 54 | 101 | 0 | 69 | 69 | 9 | 17 | .529 | .450 | .528 | 29 | |