W|L 46-32-4
45 - 53
W|L 49-29-4
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 2-7-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | OT:1 | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 25 | 20 | 45 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 4 | 93 |
| UTA | 31 | 22 | 53 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 9 | 96 |
Playoff W|L 7-1-0
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 1-4-0
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA40 - 52
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA55 - 59
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL36 - 49
May. 10 1997UTA@LAL51 - 45
May. 12 1997LAL@UTA45 - 53
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 18 | 23.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .375 | .500 | 13 |
| 2. | Elden Campbell | 15 | 20.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Robert Horry | 4 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 4. | Eddie Jones | 13 | 18.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .143 | .286 | 11 |
| 5. | Shaquille O'Neal | 28 | 17.7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .417 | 14 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kobe Bryant | 7 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Sean Rooks | 5 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Travis Knight | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Jerome Kersey | 5 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Derek Fisher | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Byron Scott | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 99 | 120 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2.33 | .150 | .275 | 45 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jeff Hornacek | 15 | 24.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .600 | 1.00 | 5 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 35 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.20 | 19 |
| 3. | Greg Ostertag | 10 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 10 | 19.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .000 | 10 |
| 5. | Bryon Russell | 13 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .571 | .286 | 12 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 5 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 3 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 5 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 5 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 104 | 120 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 1.43 | .235 | .618 | 53 | |