W|L 42-37-3
31 - 26
W|L 43-35-4
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 3-3-1
| 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 5-2-1
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 2-1-1
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA17 - 23
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA16 - 16
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL25 - 32
May. 10 1997UTA@LAL31 - 26
May. 12 1997LAL@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .429 | .000 | 8 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 4 | 10.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 20 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .750 | 14 |
| 4. | Greg Ostertag | 3 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Jeff Hornacek | 10 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 5 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 2 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 2 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 3 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 57 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2.50 | .167 | .667 | 31 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 6 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 12 | 10.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 5 |
| 3. | Eddie Jones | 13 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .800 | 10 |
| 4. | Robert Horry | 7 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Elden Campbell | 3 | 6.0 | 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 | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 2. | Jerome Kersey | 3 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Byron Scott | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Derek Fisher | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Sean Rooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Travis Knight | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 54 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2.50 | .353 | .824 | 26 | |