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Miller">Larry H. Miller</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Arena</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #E0E7EF">Results</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Record</th><td class="infobox-data">64–18 (.780)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Place</th><td class="infobox-data">Division: 1st (<a href="/wiki/Midwest_Division_(NBA)" title="Midwest Division (NBA)">Midwest</a>)<br />Conference: 1st (<a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Playoff finish</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_Finals" title="1997 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a><br /><small>(Lost to <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1996–97 Chicago Bulls season">Bulls</a> 2–4)</small></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:100%">Stats at <b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/1997.html">Basketball-Reference.com</a></b></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #E0E7EF">Local media</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Television</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KJZZ-TV" title="KJZZ-TV">KJZZ-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_SportsNet_Rocky_Mountain" title="AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain">Fox Sports Utah</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Radio</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/KNIT_(AM)" title="KNIT (AM)">KFNZ</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><table style="width:100%"><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1995–96 Utah Jazz season">< 1995–96 </a></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1997–98 Utah Jazz season">1997–98 ></a></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season" title="1996–97 NBA season">1996–97 NBA season</a></b> was the Jazz's 23rd season in the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>, and 18th season in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City,_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt Lake City, Utah">Salt Lake City, Utah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the start of the season, the Jazz changed their primary logo that more closely reflects the state of Utah, featuring purple mountains and light blue in the script,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> plus adding new uniforms.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new colors seemed to agree with the Jazz as they went on a 15-game winning streak between November and December after a 2–2 start to the season.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With a 33–14 record at midseason,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Jazz then posted a 31–4 record after the All-Star break, where they posted another 15-game winning streak between March and April,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> winning 19 of their final 20 games, and finishing first place in the Western Conference with a franchise best record of 64–18.<sup id="cite_ref-results_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They made their fourteenth consecutive trip to the playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team also had the second best home record in the league with a 38–3 record at the <a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> averaged 27.4 points, 9.9 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game as he took home <a href="/wiki/Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a> honors, finishing in first place ahead of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> in Most Valuable Player voting,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while being named to the All-NBA First Team and NBA All-Defensive First Team. In addition, <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> averaged 14.4 points, led the league with 10.5 assists, and contributed 2.0 steals per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, and NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Both Malone and Stockton were selected for the <a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1997 NBA All-Star Game">1997 NBA All-Star Game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hornacek" title="Jeff Hornacek">Jeff Hornacek</a> provided the team with 14.5 points and 1.5 steals per game, while <a href="/wiki/Bryon_Russell" title="Bryon Russell">Bryon Russell</a> showed improvement becoming the team's starting small forward, averaging 10.8 points and 1.4 steals per game, second-year center <a href="/wiki/Greg_Ostertag" title="Greg Ostertag">Greg Ostertag</a> averaged 7.3 points and rebounds per game each, and led the team with 2.0 blocks per game, and <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Carr" title="Antoine Carr">Antoine Carr</a> contributed 7.4 points per game off the bench.<sup id="cite_ref-roster_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roster-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1997 NBA Playoffs">playoffs</a>, the Jazz got off to a flying start in the Western Conference First Round sweeping the <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a> in three straight games.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Western Conference Semi-finals, they continued to roll easily knocking the <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1996–97 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> four games to one.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Western Conference Finals, they took a 2–0 series lead over the <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1996–97 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a>, who were led by <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Rockets would even the series at two games a piece, as Rockets forward <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1959)" title="Eddie Johnson (basketball, born 1959)">Eddie Johnson</a> hit a dramatic three-pointer at the buzzer to win Game 4, 95–92.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the Jazz took Game 5 at home, 96–91,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Game 6 would be another battle and appeared to be heading for overtime, until Stockton nailed a three-point buzzer beater that launched the Jazz to the <a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_Finals" title="1997 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> for the first time in franchise history, defeating the Rockets on the road, 103–100.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In their first trip to the finals, the Jazz lost in six games to Jordan, <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a> and the defending champion <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1996–97 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One notable highlight of the season was the Jazz trailing 70–36 at halftime to the <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1996–97 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a> at home on November 27, 1996, but came back from a 34-point deficit, outscoring the Nuggets 71–33 in the second half to win the game, 107–103.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Jazz's new primary logo and uniforms would both remain in use until 2004. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Draft_picks">Draft picks</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 NBA Draft">1996 NBA Draft</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="10%">Round </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="10%">Pick </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="20%">Player </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="15%">Position </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="15%">Nationality </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="20%">College </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center"> <td>1</td> <td>25</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_M%C3%BC%C3%BCrsepp" title="Martin Müürsepp">Martin Müürsepp</a></td> <td>PF/SF</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center"> <td>2</td> <td>54</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shandon_Anderson" title="Shandon Anderson">Shandon Anderson</a></td> <td>SF/SG</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</td> <td>Georgia </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roster">Roster</h2></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC; text-align: center;"><b>1996–97 Utah Jazz roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #008290; color: #FFFFFF;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #008290; color: #FFFFFF;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001400000000000000♠">40</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Shandon_Anderson" title="Shandon Anderson">Anderson, Shandon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">208 lb (94 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1973–12–31 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">Georgia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001550000000000000♠">55</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Antoine_Carr" title="Antoine Carr">Carr, Antoine</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">225 lb (102 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1961–07–23 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Wichita_State_University" title="Wichita State University">Wichita State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001100000000000000♠">10</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Eisley" title="Howard Eisley">Eisley, Howard</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000187960000000000♠"></span>6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">177 lb (80 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1972–12–04 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Boston_College" title="Boston College">Boston College</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001440000000000000♠">44</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Foster_(basketball)" title="Greg Foster (basketball)">Foster, Greg</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000210820000000000♠"></span>6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">240 lb (109 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1968–10–03 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_El_Paso" title="University of Texas at El Paso">UTEP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001140000000000000♠">14</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hornacek" title="Jeff Hornacek">Hornacek, Jeff</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">190 lb (86 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1963–05–03 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Iowa_State_University" title="Iowa State University">Iowa State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001430000000000000♠">43</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Howard_(basketball)" title="Stephen Howard (basketball)">Howard, Stephen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1970–05–15 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/DePaul_University" title="DePaul University">DePaul</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001310000000000000♠">31</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Adam_Keefe_(basketball)" title="Adam Keefe (basketball)">Keefe, Adam</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1970–02–22 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001320000000000000♠">32</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Malone, Karl</a> (C) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">250 lb (113 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1963–07–24 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Tech_University" title="Louisiana Tech University">Louisiana Tech</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001340000000000000♠">34</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Morris_(basketball)" title="Chris Morris (basketball)">Morris, Chris</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1966–01–20 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">00</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Ostertag" title="Greg Ostertag">Ostertag, Greg</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000218440000000000♠"></span>7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">280 lb (127 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1973–03–06 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">Kansas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bryon_Russell" title="Bryon Russell">Russell, Bryon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">225 lb (102 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1970–12–31 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/California_State_University,_Long_Beach" title="California State University, Long Beach">Long Beach State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001120000000000000♠">12</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton, John</a> (C) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000185420000000000♠"></span>6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">170 lb (77 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1962–03–26 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gonzaga_University" title="Gonzaga University">Gonzaga</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sloan" title="Jerry Sloan">Jerry Sloan</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Assistant coach(es)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Chiesa" title="Gordon Chiesa">Gordon Chiesa</a></li> <li>David Fredman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1941)" title="Phil Johnson (basketball, born 1941)">Phil Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Natt" title="Kenny Natt">Kenny Natt</a></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li><b>(DP)</b> Unsigned draft 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Vancouver Grizzlies season">Vancouver Grizzlies</a> </td> <td>14</td> <td>68</td> <td>.171</td> <td>50</td> <td>8–33</td> <td>6–35</td> <td>6–18 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:35em; font-size:95%; text-align:center"> <caption>1996–97 NBA West standings </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="5%" rowspan="2"># </th> <th colspan="5" style="text-align:center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1045256916"><div class="navbar-header"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_West_standings" title="Template:1996–97 NBA West standings"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_West_standings" title="Template talk:1996–97 NBA West standings"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_West_standings" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1996–97 NBA West standings"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th width="35%">Team </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games won"> W </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games lost"> L </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage"> PCT </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind"> GB </abbr> </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"> <th>1 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>c</b>-<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Utah Jazz</a></td> <td>64</td> <td>18</td> <td>.780</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>y</b>-<a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1996–97 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle SuperSonics</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>25</td> <td>.695</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1996–97 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>25</td> <td>.695</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1996–97 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td> <td>56</td> <td>26</td> <td>.683</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1996–97 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a></td> <td>49</td> <td>33</td> <td>.598</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Minnesota_Timberwolves_season" title="1996–97 Minnesota Timberwolves season">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></td> <td>40</td> <td>42</td> <td>.488</td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1996–97 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a></td> <td>40</td> <td>42</td> <td>.488</td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td> <td>36</td> <td>46</td> <td>.439</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="1996–97 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a></td> <td>34</td> <td>48</td> <td>.415</td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1996–97 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>52</td> <td>.366</td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1996–97 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a></td> <td>24</td> <td>58</td> <td>.293</td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1996–97 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>61</td> <td>.256</td> <td>43 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1996–97 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>62</td> <td>.244</td> <td>44 </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Vancouver_Grizzlies_season" title="1996–97 Vancouver Grizzlies season">Vancouver Grizzlies</a></td> <td>14</td> <td>68</td> <td>.171</td> <td>50 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><b>z</b> – clinched division title</dd> <dd><b>y</b> – clinched division title</dd> <dd><b>x</b> – clinched playoff spot</dd></dl> <p><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Record_vs._opponents">Record vs. opponents</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="30">1996-97 NBA Records </th></tr> <tr> <th width="100">Team </th> <th style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFFFFF;width=35">ATL </th> <th style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35">BOS </th> <th style="background:#008080;color:#800080;width=35">CHA </th> <th style="background:#FF0000;color:#000000;width=35">CHI </th> <th style="background:#000000;color:#5787DC;width=35">CLE </th> <th style="background:#00008B;color:#008000;width=35">DAL </th> <th style="background:#141A44;color:#BC2224;width=35">DEN </th> <th style="background:#0C7674;color:#BB222C;width=35">DET </th> <th style="background:#0000FF;color:#FFD700;width=35">GSW </th> <th style="background:#002366;color:#FF0000;width=35">HOU </th> <th style="background:#000080;color:#FFD700;width=35">IND </th> <th style="background:#F9160D;color:#1A2E8B;width=35">LAC </th> <th style="background:#800080;color:#FFD700;width=35">LAL </th> <th style="background:#000000;color:#8B0000;width=35">MIA </th> <th style="background:#00471B;color:#5C378A;width=35">MIL </th> <th style="background:#044D80;color:#000000;width=35">MIN </th> <th style="background:#DC143C;color:#0000CD;width=35">NJN </th> <th style="background:#0000FF;color:#FF8C00;width=35">NYK </th> <th style="background:#0000FF;color:#000000;width=35">ORL </th> <th style="background:#FF0000;color:#0000FF;width=35">PHI </th> <th style="background:#800080;color:#FF4500;width=35">PHX </th> <th style="background:#000000;color:#FF0000;width=35">POR </th> <th style="background:#6846A8;color:#FFFFFF;width=35">SAC </th> <th style="background:#000000;color:#C0C0C0;width=35">SAS </th> <th style="background:#005831;color:#992634;width=35">SEA </th> <th style="background:#7436BF;color:#BE0F34;width=35">TOR </th> <th style="background:#644A9C;color:#149BC7;width=35">UTA </th> <th style="background:#0CB2AC;color:#000000;width=35">VAN </th> <th style="background:#DC143C;color:#0000CD;width=35">WAS </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1996–97 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a> </td> <td>—</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1996–97 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>1–3</td> <td>—</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Charlotte_Hornets_season" title="1996–97 Charlotte Hornets season">Charlotte</a> </td> <td>3–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>—</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>3–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1996–97 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td> <td>3–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>—</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>3–0</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1996–97 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland</a> </td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>—</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>3–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1996–97 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>—</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>0–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1996–97 Denver Nuggets season">Denver</a> </td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>—</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1996–97 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>3–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>—</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>4–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1996–97 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a> </td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>—</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>0–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1996–97 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>—</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1996–97 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana</a> </td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>—</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>3–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers season">L.A. Clippers</a> </td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>—</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>0–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1996–97 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>—</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Miami_Heat_season" title="1996–97 Miami Heat season">Miami</a> </td> <td>2–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>—</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>3–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1996–97 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>0–4</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>—</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Minnesota_Timberwolves_season" title="1996–97 Minnesota Timberwolves season">Minnesota</a> </td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>—</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1996–97 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td>1–3</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>—</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–3</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1996–97 New York Knicks season">New York</a> </td> <td>3–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>—</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>3–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>3–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>4–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Orlando_Magic_season" title="1996–97 Orlando Magic season">Orlando</a> </td> <td>1–3</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>0–3</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>—</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1996–97 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>0–4</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–3</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–3</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>—</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1996–97 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a> </td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>—</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1996–97 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>—</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>0–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="1996–97 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento</a> </td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>—</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>0–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1996–97 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>—</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>0–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1996–97 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>—</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Toronto_Raptors_season" title="1996–97 Toronto Raptors season">Toronto</a> </td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–0</td> <td>0–3</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>—</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Utah </td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>—</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>2–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Vancouver_Grizzlies_season" title="1996–97 Vancouver Grizzlies season">Vancouver</a> </td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>—</td> <td>1–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1996–97 Washington Bullets season">Washington</a> </td> <td>1–2</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>0–4</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–0</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_log">Game log</h3></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; background-color: #f8f9fa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; width:90%; clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC;">1996-97 Game Log </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#008290; color:#FFFFFF; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#008290; color:#FFFFFF"><div style="margin: 0 4em">November: 11–2 (Home: 8–1; Road: 3–1)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>High points</th> <th>High rebounds</th> <th>High assists</th> <th>Location/Attendance</th> <th>Record </th></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>1</td> <td>November 1</td> <td>Seattle</td> <td><b>W</b> 99–91</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (27)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (13)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hornacek" title="Jeff Hornacek">Hornacek</a> (8)</td> <td>Delta Center<br />19,911</td> <td>1–0 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>2</td> <td>November 2</td> <td>@ L.A. Clippers</td> <td><b>W</b> 95–90</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (21)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (12)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (7)</td> <td>Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena<br />13,041</td> <td>2–0 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fbb;"> <td>3</td> <td>November 4</td> <td>Houston</td> <td>L 72–75</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (16)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (14)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hornacek" title="Jeff Hornacek">Jeff Hornacek</a> (5)</td> <td>Delta Center<br />19,911</td> <td>2–1 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fbb;"> <td>4</td> <td>November 9</td> <td>@ Houston</td> <td>L 85–91</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (32)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (11)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (6)</td> <td>The Summit<br />16,285</td> <td>2–2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>5</td> <td>November 13</td> <td>Sacramento</td> <td><b>W</b> 105–74</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (22)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Ostertag" title="Greg Ostertag">Greg Ostertag</a> (13)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (10)</td> <td>Delta Center<br />19,283</td> <td>3–2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>6</td> <td>November 15</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td><b>W</b> 104–96</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (21)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Ostertag" title="Greg Ostertag">Greg Ostertag</a> (20)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (18)</td> <td>Delta Center<br />19,046</td> <td>4–2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>7</td> <td>November 16</td> <td>@ Dallas</td> <td><b>W</b> 88–87</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (23)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bryon_Russell" title="Bryon Russell">Bryon Russell</a> (13)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (8)</td> <td>Reunion Arena<br />15,947</td> <td>5–2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>8</td> <td>November 20</td> <td>@ L.A. Lakers</td> <td><b>W</b> 113–97</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (37)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Ostertag" title="Greg Ostertag">Greg Ostertag</a> (9)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (13)</td> <td>Great Western Fourm<br />16,122</td> <td>6–2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>9</td> <td>November 21</td> <td>Golden State</td> <td><b>W</b> 109–104 (OT)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center<br />18,889</td> <td>7–2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>10</td> <td>November 23</td> <td>Chicago</td> <td><b>W</b>105–100</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center<br />19,911</td> <td>8–2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>11</td> <td>November 25</td> <td>New Jersey</td> <td><b>W</b> 108–92</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center<br />19,132</td> <td>9–2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>12</td> <td>November 27</td> <td>Denver</td> <td><b>W</b> 107–103</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center<br />19,324</td> <td>10–2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>13</td> <td>November 29</td> <td>L.A. Clippers</td> <td><b>W</b> 111–94</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center<br />19,381</td> <td>11–2 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#008290; color:#FFFFFF; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#008290; color:#FFFFFF"><div style="margin: 0 4em">December: 11-5 (Home: 7-1; Road: 4-4)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>High points</th> <th>High rebounds</th> <th>High assists</th> <th>Location/Attendance</th> <th>Record </th></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>14</td> <td>Dec 1</td> <td>at Seattle SuperSonics</td> <td>96-90 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>KeyArena at Seattle Center/17,072</td> <td>12-2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>15</td> <td>Dec 2</td> <td>vs Charlotte Hornets</td> <td>107-97 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center/19,410</td> <td>13-2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>16</td> <td>Dec 4</td> <td>vs Los Angeles Lakers</td> <td>101-75 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center/19,911</td> <td>14-2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>17</td> <td>Dec 6</td> <td>vs Minnesota Timberwolves</td> <td>106-95 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center/19,911</td> <td>15-2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>18</td> <td>Dec 7</td> <td>at Denver Nuggets</td> <td>104-91 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>McNichols Sports Arena/12,837</td> <td>16-2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>19</td> <td>Dec 10</td> <td>vs Indiana Pacers</td> <td>110-86 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center/19,911</td> <td>17-2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fbb;"> <td>20</td> <td>Dec 12</td> <td>vs Phoenix Suns</td> <td>87-95 L</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center/19,911</td> <td>17-3 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>21</td> <td>Dec 14</td> <td>vs Orlando Magic</td> <td>101-68 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center/19,911</td> <td>18-3 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fbb;"> <td>22</td> <td>Dec 17</td> <td>at New York Knicks</td> <td>94-99 L</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Madison Square Garden/19,763</td> <td>18-4 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>23</td> <td>Dec 19</td> <td>at Miami Heat</td> <td>94-87 W OT</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Miami Arena/14,919</td> <td>19-4 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>24</td> <td>Dec 20</td> <td>at Orlando Magic</td> <td>98-93 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Orlando Arena/17,248</td> <td>20-4 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fbb;"> <td>25</td> <td>Dec 22</td> <td>at Cleveland Cavaliers</td> <td>94-100 L</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Gund Arena/17,205</td> <td>20-5 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fbb;"> <td>26</td> <td>Dec 23</td> <td>at Minnesota Timberwolves</td> <td>98-107 L</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Target Center/14,434</td> <td>20-6 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>27</td> <td>Dec 26</td> <td>vs Portland Trail Blazers</td> <td>99-94 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center/19,911</td> <td>21-6 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>28</td> <td>Dec 28</td> <td>vs Philadelphia 76ers</td> <td>110-84 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center/19,911</td> <td>22-6 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fbb;"> <td>29</td> <td>Dec 30</td> <td>at Los Angeles Clippers</td> <td>101-115 L</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena</td> <td>22-7 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#008290; color:#FFFFFF; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#008290; color:#FFFFFF"><div style="margin: 0 4em">January: 9-6 (Home: 5-0; Road: 4-6)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>High points</th> <th>High rebounds</th> <th>High assists</th> <th>Location/Attendance</th> <th>Record </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fbb;"> <td>30</td> <td>Jan 2</td> <td>at San Antonio Spurs</td> <td>80-83 L</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Alamodome/15,220</td> <td>22-8 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>31</td> <td>Jan 4</td> <td>vs Miami Heat</td> <td>83-80 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center</td> <td>23-8 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fbb;"> <td>32</td> <td>Jan 6</td> <td>at Chicago Bulls</td> <td>89-102 L</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>United Center</td> <td>23-9 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fbb;"> <td>33</td> <td>Jan 8</td> <td>at Milwaukee Bucks</td> <td>112-119 L OT</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Bradley Center</td> <td>23-10 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fbb;"> <td>34</td> <td>Jan 9</td> <td>at Toronto Raptors</td> <td>96-110 L</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>SkyDome</td> <td>23-11 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fbb;"> <td>35</td> <td>Jan 11</td> <td>at Detroit Pistons</td> <td>77-87 L</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>The Palace of Auburn Hills</td> <td>23-12 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>36</td> <td>Jan 13</td> <td>at Philadelphia 76ers</td> <td>97-96 W OT</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>CoreStates Center</td> <td>24-12 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>37</td> <td>Jan 16</td> <td>vs Phoenix Suns</td> <td>95-91 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center</td> <td>25-12 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>38</td> <td>Jan 17</td> <td>at Vancouver Grizzlies</td> <td>106-68 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>General Motors Place</td> <td>26-12 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fbb;"> <td>39</td> <td>Jan 19</td> <td>at Portland Trail Blazers</td> <td>96-102 L</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Rose Garden Arena</td> <td>26-13 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>40</td> <td>Jan 20</td> <td>vs Cleveland Cavaliers</td> <td>94-74 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center</td> <td>27-13 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>41</td> <td>Jan 22</td> <td>at Phoenix Suns</td> <td>111-99 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>America West Arena</td> <td>28-13 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>42</td> <td>Jan 25</td> <td>at Houston Rockets</td> <td>105-100 W OT</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>The Summit</td> <td>29-13 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>43</td> <td>Jan 28</td> <td>vs Denver Nuggets</td> <td>114-99 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center</td> <td>30-13 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>44</td> <td>Jan 30</td> <td>vs Atlanta Hawks</td> <td>102-96 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center</td> <td>31-13 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#008290; color:#FFFFFF; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#008290; color:#FFFFFF"><div style="margin: 0 4em">February: 9-3 (Home: 7-1; Road: 2-2)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>High points</th> <th>High rebounds</th> <th>High assists</th> <th>Location/Attendance</th> <th>Record </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fbb;"> <td>45</td> <td>Feb 1</td> <td>at Dallas Mavericks</td> <td>97-100 L</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Reunion Arena</td> <td>31-14 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>46</td> <td>Feb 3</td> <td>vs Washington Bullets</td> <td>111-89 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center</td> <td>32-14 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>47</td> <td>Feb 5</td> <td>at Seattle SuperSonics</td> <td>99-95 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>KeyArena at Seattle Center</td> <td>33-14 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>48</td> <td>Feb 11</td> <td>at Sacramento Kings</td> <td>120-98 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>ARCO Arena</td> <td>34-14 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>49</td> <td>Feb 13</td> <td>vs Portland Trail Blazers</td> <td>110-86 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center</td> <td>35-14 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bfb;"> <td>50</td> <td>Feb 15</td> <td>vs Dallas Mavericks</td> <td>99-84 W</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delta Center</td> <td>36-14 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#008290; color:#FFFFFF; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#008290; color:#FFFFFF"><div style="margin: 0 4em">March</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>High points</th> <th>High rebounds</th> <th>High assists</th> <th>Location/Attendance</th> <th>Record </th></tr></tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#008290; color:#FFFFFF; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#008290; color:#FFFFFF"><div style="margin: 0 4em">April</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>High points</th> <th>High rebounds</th> <th>High assists</th> <th>Location/Attendance</th> <th>Record </th></tr></tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/1997_games.html">1996-97 Schedule</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h2></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; background-color: #f8f9fa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; width:90%; clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #4D1A7F; color: #5DADEC">1997 playoff game log </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background-color: #008290; color: #FFFFFF; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background-color: #008290; color: #FFFFFF"><div style="margin: 0 4em">First Round: 3–0 (home: 2–0; road: 1–0)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Score</th> <th>High points</th> <th>High rebounds</th> <th>High assists</th> <th>Location<br />Attendance</th> <th>Series </th></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>1 </td> <td>April 24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers season">L.A. Clippers</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199704240UTA.html">W 106–86</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (27) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (10) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (17) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a><br />19,911 </td> <td>1–0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>2 </td> <td>April 26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers season">L.A. Clippers</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199704260UTA.html">W 105–99</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (39) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (11) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hornacek" title="Jeff Hornacek">Hornacek</a> (4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a><br />19,911 </td> <td>2–0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>3 </td> <td>April 28 </td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers season">L.A. Clippers</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199704280LAC.html">W 104–92</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (26) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (13) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (13) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Sports_Arena" title="Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena">Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena</a><br />11,747 </td> <td>3–0 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background-color: #008290; color: #FFFFFF; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background-color: #008290; color: #FFFFFF"><div style="margin: 0 4em">Conference Semifinals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Score</th> <th>High points</th> <th>High rebounds</th> <th>High assists</th> <th>Location<br />Attendance</th> <th>Series </th></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>1 </td> <td>May 4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1996–97 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199705040UTA.html">W 93–77</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (23) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (13) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hornacek" title="Jeff Hornacek">Jeff Hornacek</a> (7) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a><br />19,911 </td> <td>1–0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>2 </td> <td>May 6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1996–97 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199705060UTA.html">W 103–101</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (31) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (11) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hornacek" title="Jeff Hornacek">Hornacek</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a> (7) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a><br />19,911 </td> <td>2–0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"> <td>3 </td> <td>May 8 </td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1996–97 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199705080LAL.html">L 84–104</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hornacek" title="Jeff Hornacek">Jeff Hornacek</a> (26) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (10) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (8) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Forum" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Western Forum">Great Western Forum</a><br />17,505 </td> <td>2–1 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>4 </td> <td>May 10 </td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1996–97 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199705100LAL.html">W 110–95</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bryon_Russell" title="Bryon Russell">Bryon Russell</a> (29) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bryon_Russell" title="Bryon Russell">Bryon Russell</a> (10) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (11) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Forum" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Western Forum">Great Western Forum</a><br />17,505 </td> <td>3–1 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>5 </td> <td>May 12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1996–97 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199705120UTA.html">W 98–93 (OT)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (32) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (20) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (10) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a><br />19,911 </td> <td>4–1 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background-color: #008290; color: #FFFFFF; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background-color: #008290; color: #FFFFFF"><div style="margin: 0 4em">Conference Finals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Score</th> <th>High points</th> <th>High rebounds</th> <th>High assists</th> <th>Location<br />Attendance</th> <th>Series </th></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>1 </td> <td>May 19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1996–97 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199705190UTA.html">W 101–86</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (21) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (13) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (13) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a><br />19,911 </td> <td>1–0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>2 </td> <td>May 21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1996–97 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199705210UTA.html">W 104–92</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (26) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (15) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (12) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a><br />19,911 </td> <td>2–0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"> <td>3 </td> <td>May 23 </td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1996–97 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199705230HOU.html">L 100–118</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (21) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Ostertag" title="Greg Ostertag">Greg Ostertag</a> (9) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (10) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a><br />16,285 </td> <td>2–1 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"> <td>4 </td> <td>May 25 </td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1996–97 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199705250HOU.html">L 92–95</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Malone</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a> (22) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (10) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (8) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a><br />16,285 </td> <td>2–2 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>5 </td> <td>May 27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1996–97 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199705270UTA.html">W 96–91</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (29) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (14) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (6) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a><br />19,911 </td> <td>3–2 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>6 </td> <td>May 29 </td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1996–97 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199705290HOU.html">W 103–100</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (25) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Ostertag" title="Greg Ostertag">Greg Ostertag</a> (14) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (13) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a><br />16,285 </td> <td>4–2 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background-color: #008290; color: #FFFFFF; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background-color: #008290; color: #FFFFFF"><div style="margin: 0 4em">NBA Finals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Score</th> <th>High points</th> <th>High rebounds</th> <th>High assists</th> <th>Location<br />Attendance</th> <th>Series </th></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"> <td>1 </td> <td>June 1 </td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1996–97 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199706010CHI.html">L 82–84</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (23) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (15) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (12) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Center" title="United Center">United Center</a><br />24,544 </td> <td>0–1 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"> <td>2 </td> <td>June 4 </td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1996–97 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199706040CHI.html">L 85–97</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (20) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (13) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (7) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Center" title="United Center">United Center</a><br />24,544 </td> <td>0–2 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>3 </td> <td>June 6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1996–97 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199706060UTA.html">W 104–93</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (37) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (10) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (12) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a><br />19,911 </td> <td>1–2 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>4 </td> <td>June 8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1996–97 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199706080UTA.html">W 78–73</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (23) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (10) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (12) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a><br />19,911 </td> <td>2–2 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"> <td>5 </td> <td>June 11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1996–97 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199706110UTA.html">L 88–90</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (19) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Ostertag" title="Greg Ostertag">Greg Ostertag</a> (15) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (6) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a><br />19,911 </td> <td>2–3 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"> <td>6 </td> <td>June 13 </td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1996–97 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199706110UTA.html">L 86–90</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (21) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Ostertag" title="Greg Ostertag">Greg Ostertag</a> (8) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> (5) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Center" title="United Center">United Center</a><br />24,544 </td> <td>2–4 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/1997_games.html">1997 schedule</a> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NBA_Finals">NBA Finals</h3></div> <p>In the Finals, the Jazz faced the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> losing the first two games on the road. However, the Jazz upon arriving at the <a href="/wiki/Delta_Center" title="Delta Center">Delta Center</a> continued their home court advantage by taking Game 3, and Game 4 to even the series. With a chance to take a series lead in Game 5, the Jazz were beaten by a heroic performance by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> playing with the flu like ailment 90–88.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Back in Chicago for Game 6, the Jazz battled the Bulls tightly before falling by four points as the Bulls won their fifth title in seven years.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_statistics">Player statistics</h2></div> <table class="toccolours" style="min-width:40em; white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minute_(basketball)" title="Minute (basketball)">Minutes</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free-throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a> per game </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>NOTE:</b> Please write players statistics in alphabetical order by last name. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season">Season</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="10%">Player </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="6%">GP </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="6%">GS </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="6%">MPG </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="6%">FG% </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="6%">3FG% </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="6%">FT% </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="6%">RPG </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="6%">APG </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="6%">SPG </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="6%">BPG </th> <th style="background:#4D1A7F; color:#5DADEC" width="6%">PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Anderson, Shandon !"><a href="/wiki/Shandon_Anderson" title="Shandon Anderson">Shandon Anderson</a></span> </td> <td>65</td> <td>0</td> <td>16.4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Carr, Antoine !"><a href="/wiki/Antoine_Carr" title="Antoine Carr">Antoine Carr</a></span> </td> <td>82</td> <td>0</td> <td>17.8</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Eisley, Howard !"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Eisley" title="Howard Eisley">Howard Eisley</a></span> </td> <td>82</td> <td>0</td> <td>13.2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Foster, Greg !"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Foster_(basketball)" title="Greg Foster (basketball)">Greg Foster</a></span> </td> <td>79</td> <td>12</td> <td>11.6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Hornacek, Jeff !"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hornacek" title="Jeff Hornacek">Jeff Hornacek</a></span> </td> <td>82</td> <td>82</td> <td>31.6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Howard, Stephen !"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Howard_(basketball)" title="Stephen Howard (basketball)">Stephen Howard</a></span> </td> <td>42</td> <td>0</td> <td>8.3</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Keefe, Adam !"><a href="/wiki/Adam_Keefe_(basketball)" title="Adam Keefe (basketball)">Adam Keefe</a></span> </td> <td>62</td> <td>0</td> <td>14.8</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Malone, Karl !"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a></span> </td> <td>82</td> <td>82</td> <td>36.6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Morris, Chris !"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Morris_(basketball)" title="Chris Morris (basketball)">Chris Morris</a></span> </td> <td>73</td> <td>1</td> <td>13.4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Nembhard, Ruben !"><a href="/wiki/Ruben_Nembhard" title="Ruben Nembhard">Ruben Nembhard</a></span> </td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>11.8</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Ostertag, Greg !"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Ostertag" title="Greg Ostertag">Greg Ostertag</a></span> </td> <td>77</td> <td>70</td> <td>23.6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> 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<td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Hornacek, Jeff !"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hornacek" title="Jeff Hornacek">Jeff Hornacek</a></span> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Howard, Stephen !"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Howard_(basketball)" title="Stephen Howard (basketball)">Stephen Howard</a></span> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Keefe, Adam !"><a href="/wiki/Adam_Keefe_(basketball)" title="Adam Keefe (basketball)">Adam Keefe</a></span> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Malone, Karl !"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl 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