W|L 49-29-4
51 - 45
W|L 46-32-4
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 6-1-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 25 | 26 | 51 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 110 |
| LAL | 23 | 22 | 45 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 96 |
Playoff W|L 2-6-0
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 3-1-0
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA40 - 52
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA55 - 59
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL36 - 49
May. 10 1997UTA@LAL51 - 45
May. 12 1997LAL@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 21 | 23.9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | .500 | .100 | 16 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 26 | 20.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .727 | 16 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 13 | 19.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .400 | .200 | 7 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 7 | 17.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 3 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 8 | 13.6 | 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 | 7 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 4 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 2 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 6 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 3 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 100 | 120 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1.88 | .256 | .308 | 51 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robert Horry | 15 | 21.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .800 | .400 | 10 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 22 | 20.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 18 |
| 3. | Nick Van Exel | 13 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .286 | .000 | 5 |
| 4. | Eddie Jones | 5 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 3 |
| 5. | Elden Campbell | 6 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kobe Bryant | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .000 | 3 |
| 2. | Jerome Kersey | 6 | 12.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Byron Scott | 11 | 11.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | 4.00 | 4 |
| 4. | Travis Knight | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Derek Fisher | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Sean Rooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 92 | 120 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 2.00 | .212 | .394 | 45 | |