W|L 50-27-5
44 - 34
W|L 51-23-8
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 7-2-0
| 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 3-5-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-2-1
Nov. 20 1996UTA@LAL67 - 49
Dec. 04 1996LAL@UTA40 - 54
Apr. 09 1997LAL@UTA52 - 50
Apr. 13 1997UTA@LAL55 - 55
Playoff Match Up
W|L 3-2-0
May. 04 1997LAL@UTA37 - 41
May. 06 1997LAL@UTA46 - 44
May. 08 1997UTA@LAL48 - 55
May. 10 1997UTA@LAL59 - 51
May. 12 1997LAL@UTA44 - 34
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 53 | 79 | 132 | 30 | 10 | 40 | 23 | 69 | 92 | 4 | 5 | .800 | .611 | .658 | 13 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .600 | .600 | .666 | 9 |
| 3. | Eddie Jones | 0 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .347 | 2 |
| 5. | Robert Horry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Jerome Kersey | 16 | 36 | 52 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .600 | .600 | .694 | 10 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 27 | 33 | 60 | 27 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 5 | .600 | .500 | .615 | 9 |
| 3. | Sean Rooks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .568 | 1 |
| 4. | Derek Fisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Byron Scott | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Travis Knight | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 96 | 240 | 336 | 73 | 108 | 181 | 23 | 138 | 161 | 13 | 25 | .520 | .453 | .551 | 44 | |
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 21 | 47 | 68 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 47 | 47 | 3 | 4 | .750 | .500 | .581 | 8 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 17 | 79 | 96 | 17 | 79 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .286 | .286 | .400 | 7 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 10 | 50 | 60 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .250 | .410 | 4 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 61 | 22 | 83 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 25 | 22 | 47 | 5 | 6 | .833 | .813 | .813 | 13 |
| 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. | Antoine Carr | 16 | 13 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .250 | 2 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Shandon Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 125 | 211 | 336 | 100 | 117 | 217 | 25 | 94 | 119 | 12 | 28 | .429 | .409 | .455 | 34 | |