1996–97 Utah Jazz season
Conference champions
Division champions
Head coachJerry Sloan
General managerTim Howells
Owner(s)Larry H. Miller
ArenaDelta Center
Results
Record64–18 (.780)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Midwest)
Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(lost to Bulls 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television
RadioKFNZ

The 1996–97 NBA season was the Jazz's 23rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 18th season in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1] 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,[2][3][4] plus adding new uniforms.[5][6] 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.[7] With a 33–14 record at midseason,[8] 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,[9] winning 19 of their final 20 games, and finishing first place in the Western Conference with a franchise best record of 64–18.[10] They made their fourteenth consecutive trip to the playoffs.[11] The team also had the second best home record in the league with a 38–3 record at the Delta Center.

Karl Malone averaged 27.4 points, 9.9 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game as he took home MVP honors, finishing in first place ahead of Michael Jordan in Most Valuable Player voting,[12][13][14][15][16] while being named to the All-NBA First Team and NBA All-Defensive First Team. In addition, John Stockton 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 1997 NBA All-Star Game.[17][18][19][20][21] Jeff Hornacek provided the team with 14.5 points and 1.5 steals per game, while Bryon Russell showed improvement becoming the team's starting small forward, averaging 10.8 points and 1.4 steals per game, second-year center Greg Ostertag averaged 7.3 points and rebounds per game each, and led the team with 2.0 blocks per game, and Antoine Carr contributed 7.4 points per game off the bench.[22] Head coach Jerry Sloan finished in third place in Coach of the Year voting.[23][24][25][26]

In the playoffs, the Jazz got off to a flying start in the Western Conference First Round sweeping the Los Angeles Clippers in three straight games.[27][28][29][30] In the Western Conference Semi-finals, they continued to roll easily knocking the Los Angeles Lakers four games to one.[31][32][33][34] In the Western Conference finals, they took a 2–0 series lead over the Houston Rockets, who were led by Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley and Clyde Drexler.[35][36][37] However, the Rockets would even the series at two games a piece, as Rockets forward Eddie Johnson hit a dramatic three-pointer at the buzzer to win Game 4, 95–92.[38][39][40] After the Jazz took Game 5 at home, 96–91,[41][42][43] 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 NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, defeating the Rockets on the road, 103–100.[44][45][46][47] In their first trip to the finals, the Jazz lost in six games to Jordan, Scottie Pippen and the defending champion Chicago Bulls.[48][49][50][51][52]

One notable highlight of the season was the Jazz trailing 70–36 at halftime to the Denver Nuggets 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.[53][54][55][56] The Jazz's new primary logo and uniforms would both remain in use until 2004.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
125Martin MüürseppPF/SF Estonia
254Shandon AndersonSF/SG United StatesGeorgia

Roster

1996–97 Utah Jazz roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 40 Anderson, Shandon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1973–12–31 Georgia
F 55 Carr, Antoine 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1961–07–23 Wichita State
G 10 Eisley, Howard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 1972–12–04 Boston College
C 44 Foster, Greg 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1968–10–03 UTEP
G 14 Hornacek, Jeff 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1963–05–03 Iowa State
F 43 Howard, Stephen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1970–05–15 DePaul
F 31 Keefe, Adam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1970–02–22 Stanford
F 32 Malone, Karl (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1963–07–24 Louisiana Tech
F 34 Morris, Chris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1966–01–20 Auburn
C 00 Ostertag, Greg 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1973–03–06 Kansas
F 3 Russell, Bryon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1970–12–31 Long Beach State
G 12 Stockton, John (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1962–03–26 Gonzaga
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 5, 1997

Roster Notes

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Utah Jazz 6418.780–38–326–1519–5
x-Houston Rockets 5725.695730–1127–1419–5
x-Minnesota Timberwolves 4042.4882425–1615–2616–8
Dallas Mavericks 2458.2934014–2710–319–15
Denver Nuggets 2161.2564312–299–327–17
San Antonio Spurs 2062.2444412–298–338–16
Vancouver Grizzlies 1468.171508–336–356–18
1996–97 NBA West standings
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Utah Jazz6418.780–
2 y-Seattle SuperSonics5725.6957
3 x-Houston Rockets5725.6957
4 x-Los Angeles Lakers5626.6838
5 x-Portland Trail Blazers4933.59815
6 x-Minnesota Timberwolves4042.48824
7 x-Phoenix Suns4042.48824
8 x-Los Angeles Clippers3646.43928
9 Sacramento Kings3448.41530
10 Golden State Warriors3052.36634
11 Dallas Mavericks2458.29340
12 Denver Nuggets2161.25643
13 San Antonio Spurs2062.24444
14 Vancouver Grizzlies1468.17150
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

[57]

Record vs. opponents

1996-97 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHX POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA VAN WAS
Atlanta —3–11–31–33–12–01–11–32–01–13–12–01–11–24–02–03–11–33–14–01–12–02–02–01–14–01–12–02–1
Boston 1–3—0–40–41–21–11–10–41–10–21–20–21–10–41–30–20–40–40–41–31–11–10–21–10–23–10–20–20–4
Charlotte 3–14–0—0–43–11–12–02–22–02–02–21–11–11–22–22–04–03–11–24–01–10–22–02–02–02–20–22–03–1
Chicago 3–14–04–0—3–12–02–03–12–01–14–02–01–12–24–02–03–12–23–04–02–02–02–02–02–03–11–12–02–1
Cleveland 1–32–11–31–3—2–01–12–21–10–23–12–01–10–42–22–04–01–32–23–01–11–12–00–20–23–11–12–01–3
Dallas 0–21–11–10–20–2—3–10–20–40–41–12–20–40–20–21–31–11–11–12–01–31–32–21–31–30–21–33–10–2
Denver 1–11–10–20–21–11–3—0–21–31–30–21–30–40–21–10–41–10–20–21–12–20–42–22–20–41–10–43–11–1
Detroit 3–14–02–21–32–22–02–0—2–01–13–12–01–10–43–12–04–01–22–22–10–21–11–12–01–13–11–12–04–0
Golden State 0–21–10–20–21–14–03–10–2—0–41–11–30–40–21–11–32–00–21–12–00–42–21–34–00–42–00–43–10–2
Houston 1–12–00–21–12–04–03–11–14–0—1–13–13–10–21–14–02–01–10–22–02–22–24–03–13–11–12–23–12–0
Indiana 1–32–12–20–41–31–12–01–31–11–1—2–01–11–32–22–02–21–31–33–01–11–11–11–11–14–00–22–01–3
L.A. Clippers 0–22–01–10–20–22–23–10–23–11–30–2—2–20–22–01–31–10–21–11–12–20–42–24–01–32–01–34–00–2
L.A. Lakers 1–11–11–11–11–14–04–01–14–01–31–12–2—1–12–03–12–01–11–12–04–01–34–02–23–11–11–34–02–0
Miami 2–14–02–12–24–02–02–04–02–02–03–12–01–1—4–01–13–11–32–23–12–01–12–02–00–23–10–22–03–1
Milwaukee 0–43–12–20–42–22–01–11–31–11–12–20–20–20–4—0–22–11–22–23–11–10–20–21–11–13–11–12–01–3
Minnesota 0–22–00–20–20–23–14–00–23–10–40–23–11–31–12–0—2–01–11–11–13–12–20–44–00–41–11–34–01–1
New Jersey 1–34–00–41–30–41–11–10–40–20–22–21–10–21–31–20–2—2–21–32–21–10–21–12–01–10–30–22–01–3
New York 3–14–01–32–23–11–12–02–12–01–13–12–01–13–12–11–12–2—3–13–21–11–12–02–00–23–01–12–04–0
Orlando 1–34–02–10–32–21–12–02–21–12–03–11–11–12–22–21–13–11–3—2–21–12–01–11–11–14–00–21–11–3
Philadelphia 0–43–10–40–40–30–21–11–20–20–20–31–10–21–31–31–12–22–32–2—1–11–10–21–10–21–30–22–01–3
Phoenix 1–11–11–10–21–13–12–22–04–02–21–12–20–40–21–11–31–11–11–11–1—1–34–03–12–20–21–32–21–1
Portland 0–21–12–00–21–13–14–01–12–22–21–14–03–11–12–02–22–01–10–21–13–1—2–24–01–30–22–24–00–2
Sacramento 0–22–00–20–20–22–22–21–13–10–41–12–20–40–22–04–01–10–21–12–00–42–2—3–11–31–10–44–00–2
San Antonio 0–21–10–20–22–03–12–20–20–41–31–10–42–20–21–10–40–20–21–11–11–30–41–3—0–41–11–31–30–2
Seattle 1–12–00–20–22–03–14–01–14–01–31–13–11–32–01–14–01–12–01–12–02–23–13–14–0—2–01–34–02–0
Toronto 0–41–32–21–31–32–01–11–30–21–10–40–21–11–31–31–13–00–30–43–12–02–01–11–10–2—1–11–12–2
Utah 1–12–02–01–11–13–14–01–14–02–22–03–13–12–01–13–12–01–12–02–03–12–24–03–13–11–1—4–02–0
Vancouver 0–22–00–20–20–21–31–30–21–31–30–20–40–40–20–20–40–20–21–10–22–20–40–43–10–41–10–4—1–1
Washington 1–24–01–31–23–12–01–10–42–00–23–12–00–21–33–11–13–10–43–13–11–12–02–02–00–22–20–21–1—

Game log

1996-97 game log
November: 11–2 (home: 8–1; road: 3–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1November 1SeattleW 99–91Karl Malone (27)Karl Malone (13)Stockton & Hornacek (8)Delta Center
19,911		1–0
2November 2@ L.A. ClippersW 95–90Karl Malone (21)Karl Malone (12)John Stockton (7)Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
13,041		2–0
3November 4HoustonL 72–75Karl Malone (16)Karl Malone (14)Jeff Hornacek (5)Delta Center
19,911		2–1
4November 9@ HoustonL 85–91Karl Malone (32)Karl Malone (11)John Stockton (6)The Summit
16,285		2–2
5November 13SacramentoW 105–74Karl Malone (22)Greg Ostertag (13)John Stockton (10)Delta Center
19,283		3–2
6November 15VancouverW 104–96Karl Malone (21)Greg Ostertag (20)John Stockton (18)Delta Center
19,046		4–2
7November 16@ DallasW 88–87John Stockton (23)Bryon Russell (13)John Stockton (8)Reunion Arena
15,947		5–2
8November 20@ L.A. LakersW 113–97Karl Malone (37)Greg Ostertag (9)John Stockton (13)Great Western Fourm
16,122		6–2
9November 21Golden StateW 109–104 (OT)Delta Center
18,889		7–2
10November 23ChicagoW105–100Delta Center
19,911		8–2
11November 25New JerseyW 108–92Delta Center
19,132		9–2
12November 27DenverW 107–103Delta Center
19,324		10–2
13November 29L.A. ClippersW 111–94Delta Center
19,381		11–2
December: 11-5 (home: 7-1; road: 4-4)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
14Dec 1at Seattle SuperSonics96-90 WKeyArena at Seattle Center/17,07212-2
15Dec 2vs Charlotte Hornets107-97 WDelta Center/19,41013-2
16Dec 4vs Los Angeles Lakers101-75 WDelta Center/19,91114-2
17Dec 6vs Minnesota Timberwolves106-95 WDelta Center/19,91115-2
18Dec 7at Denver Nuggets104-91 WMcNichols Sports Arena/12,83716-2
19Dec 10vs Indiana Pacers110-86 WDelta Center/19,91117-2
20Dec 12vs Phoenix Suns87-95 LDelta Center/19,91117-3
21Dec 14vs Orlando Magic101-68 WDelta Center/19,91118-3
22Dec 17at New York Knicks94-99 LMadison Square Garden/19,76318-4
23Dec 19at Miami Heat94-87 W OTMiami Arena/14,91919-4
24Dec 20at Orlando Magic98-93 WOrlando Arena/17,24820-4
25Dec 22at Cleveland Cavaliers94-100 LGund Arena/17,20520-5
26Dec 23at Minnesota Timberwolves98-107 LTarget Center/14,43420-6
27Dec 26vs Portland Trail Blazers99-94 WDelta Center/19,91121-6
28Dec 28vs Philadelphia 76ers110-84 WDelta Center/19,91122-6
29Dec 30at Los Angeles Clippers101-115 LLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena22-7
January: 9-6 (home: 5-0; road: 4-6)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30Jan 2at San Antonio Spurs80-83 LAlamodome/15,22022-8
31Jan 4vs Miami Heat83-80 WDelta Center23-8
32Jan 6at Chicago Bulls89-102 LUnited Center23-9
33Jan 8at Milwaukee Bucks112-119 L OTBradley Center23-10
34Jan 9at Toronto Raptors96-110 LSkyDome23-11
35Jan 11at Detroit Pistons77-87 LThe Palace of Auburn Hills23-12
36Jan 13at Philadelphia 76ers97-96 W OTCoreStates Center24-12
37Jan 16vs Phoenix Suns95-91 WDelta Center25-12
38Jan 17at Vancouver Grizzlies106-68 WGeneral Motors Place26-12
39Jan 19at Portland Trail Blazers96-102 LRose Garden Arena26-13
40Jan 20vs Cleveland Cavaliers94-74 WDelta Center27-13
41Jan 22at Phoenix Suns111-99 WAmerica West Arena28-13
42Jan 25at Houston Rockets105-100 W OTThe Summit29-13
43Jan 28vs Denver Nuggets114-99 WDelta Center30-13
44Jan 30vs Atlanta Hawks102-96 WDelta Center31-13
February: 9-3 (home: 7-1; road: 2-2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
45Feb 1at Dallas Mavericks97-100 LReunion Arena31-14
46Feb 3vs Washington Bullets111-89 WDelta Center32-14
47Feb 5at Seattle SuperSonics99-95 WKeyArena at Seattle Center33-14
48Feb 11at Sacramento Kings120-98 WARCO Arena34-14
49Feb 13vs Portland Trail Blazers110-86 WDelta Center35-14
50Feb 15vs Dallas Mavericks99-84 WDelta Center36-14
March
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
April
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1996-97 Schedule

Playoffs

1997 playoff game log
First Round: 3–0 (home: 2–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 24 L.A. Clippers W 106–86 Karl Malone (27) Karl Malone (10) John Stockton (17) Delta Center
19,911		 1–0
2 April 26 L.A. Clippers W 105–99 Karl Malone (39) Karl Malone (11) Stockton, Hornacek (4) Delta Center
19,911		 2–0
3 April 28 @ L.A. Clippers W 104–92 Karl Malone (26) Karl Malone (13) John Stockton (13) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
11,747		 3–0
Conference semifinals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 4 L.A. Lakers W 93–77 Karl Malone (23) Karl Malone (13) Jeff Hornacek (7) Delta Center
19,911		 1–0
2 May 6 L.A. Lakers W 103–101 Karl Malone (31) Karl Malone (11) Hornacek, Stockton (7) Delta Center
19,911		 2–0
3 May 8 @ L.A. Lakers L 84–104 Jeff Hornacek (26) Karl Malone (10) John Stockton (8) Great Western Forum
17,505		 2–1
4 May 10 @ L.A. Lakers W 110–95 Bryon Russell (29) Bryon Russell (10) John Stockton (11) Great Western Forum
17,505		 3–1
5 May 12 L.A. Lakers W 98–93 (OT) Karl Malone (32) Karl Malone (20) John Stockton (10) Delta Center
19,911		 4–1
Conference finals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 19 Houston W 101–86 Karl Malone (21) Karl Malone (13) John Stockton (13) Delta Center
19,911		 1–0
2 May 21 Houston W 104–92 John Stockton (26) Karl Malone (15) John Stockton (12) Delta Center
19,911		 2–0
3 May 23 @ Houston L 100–118 Karl Malone (21) Greg Ostertag (9) John Stockton (10) The Summit
16,285		 2–1
4 May 25 @ Houston L 92–95 Malone, Stockton (22) Karl Malone (10) John Stockton (8) The Summit
16,285		 2–2
5 May 27 Houston W 96–91 Karl Malone (29) Karl Malone (14) John Stockton (6) Delta Center
19,911		 3–2
6 May 29 @ Houston W 103–100 John Stockton (25) Greg Ostertag (14) John Stockton (13) The Summit
16,285		 4–2
NBA Finals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 June 1 @ Chicago L 82–84 Karl Malone (23) Karl Malone (15) John Stockton (12) United Center
24,544		 0–1
2 June 4 @ Chicago L 85–97 Karl Malone (20) Karl Malone (13) John Stockton (7) United Center
24,544		 0–2
3 June 6 Chicago W 104–93 Karl Malone (37) Karl Malone (10) John Stockton (12) Delta Center
19,911		 1–2
4 June 8 Chicago W 78–73 Karl Malone (23) Karl Malone (10) John Stockton (12) Delta Center
19,911		 2–2
5 June 11 Chicago L 88–90 Karl Malone (19) Greg Ostertag (15) Karl Malone (6) Delta Center
19,911		 2–3
6 June 13 @ Chicago L 86–90 Karl Malone (21) Greg Ostertag (8) John Stockton (5) United Center
24,544		 2–4
1997 schedule

NBA Finals

In the Finals, the Jazz faced the Chicago Bulls losing the first two games on the road. However, the Jazz upon arriving at the Delta Center 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 Michael Jordan playing with the flu like ailment 90–88.[58][59][60][61][62] 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.[63]

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

NOTE: Please write players statistics in alphabetical order by last name.

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Shandon Anderson 65016.4
Antoine Carr 82017.8
Howard Eisley 82013.2
Greg Foster 791211.6
Jeff Hornacek 828231.6
Stephen Howard 4208.3
Adam Keefe 62014.8
Karl Malone 828236.6
Chris Morris 73113.4
Ruben Nembhard 8011.8
Greg Ostertag 777023.6
Bryon Russell 818131.2
John Stockton 828235.3
Brooks Thompson 204.0
Jamie Watson 1309.9

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Shandon Anderson
Antoine Carr 14.0
Howard Eisley
Greg Foster
Jeff Hornacek 35.2
Stephen Howard
Adam Keefe
Karl Malone 40.8
Chris Morris
Greg Ostertag 20.3
Bryon Russell 37.9
John Stockton 37.0

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

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