W|L 64-18
110 - 95
W|L 56-26
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 6-1
| 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 4-4
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 3-1
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA77 - 93
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA101 - 103
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL84 - 104
May. 10 1997UTA@LAL110 - 95
May. 12 1997LAL@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 39 | 45.3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.75 | .450 | .050 | 29 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 27 | 39.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 | .167 | .083 | 11 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 62 | 38.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.50 | .000 | .667 | 42 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 26 | 37.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .375 | 1.00 | 14 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 17 | 31.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Foster | 11 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 7 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 15 | 10.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .500 | 3 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 6 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 6 | 2.5 | 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 | 216 | 240 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2.46 | .183 | .415 | 110 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shaquille O'Neal | 54 | 43.1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .789 | 34 |
| 2. | Nick Van Exel | 26 | 42.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.00 | .250 | .500 | 15 |
| 3. | Robert Horry | 33 | 40.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.00 | .875 | .750 | 13 |
| 4. | Eddie Jones | 21 | 26.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .125 | .750 | 15 |
| 5. | Elden Campbell | 12 | 19.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 3 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kobe Bryant | 24 | 28.4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 9 |
| 2. | Jerome Kersey | 13 | 22.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 3. | Byron Scott | 13 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 | .500 | 2.00 | 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 | 197 | 240 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 22 | 1.92 | .281 | .641 | 95 | |