1996-97 Utah Jazz Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 64-18
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 13-7 Lost finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Los Angeles Clippers 3-0
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Houston Rockets 4-2
Finals - Lost to Chicago Bulls 4-2
Coach: Jerry Sloan (64-18)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 813,073, Avg. 19,831 in 41 home dates

1996-97 Utah Jazz Roster
1996-97 Utah Jazz Results

The Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 64 wins and 18 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 13-7.

The Jazz tossed in 8,454 points and surrendered 7,733. Karl Malone scored a team-leading 2,249 points for Utah and contributed 809 rebounds. John Stockton dished out 860 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, John Stockton added 166 steals, while Greg Ostertag blocked 152 shots.

Jerry Sloan coached the team. The 1996-97 Utah Jazz lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Karl Malone	F-C	82	82	2998	1571	864	13	0	690	521	193	616	809	368	113	48	233	217	2249
Jeff Hornacek	G	82	82	2592	856	413	195	72	326	293	60	181	241	361	124	26	134	188	1191
John Stockton	G	82	82	2896	759	416	180	76	325	275	45	183	228	860	166	15	248	194	1183
Bryon Russell	F	81	81	2525	620	297	264	108	244	171	79	252	331	123	129	27	94	237	873
Antoine Carr	F-C	82	0	1460	522	252	3	0	127	99	60	135	195	74	24	63	75	214	603
Greg Ostertag	C	77	70	1818	408	210	4	0	205	139	180	385	565	27	24	152	74	233	559
Shandon Anderson	F-G	65	0	1066	318	147	47	24	99	68	52	127	179	49	27	8	73	113	386
Howard Eisley	G	82	0	1083	308	139	72	20	89	70	20	64	84	198	44	10	110	141	368
Chris Morris	F	73	1	977	299	122	113	31	54	39	37	125	162	43	29	24	45	121	314
Greg Foster	F-C	79	12	920	245	111	3	2	65	54	56	131	187	31	10	20	54	145	278
Adam Keefe	F	62	0	915	160	82	1	0	103	71	75	141	216	32	30	13	45	97	235
Stephen Howard	F	42	0	349	96	55	0	0	67	40	25	51	76	10	11	10	20	55	150
Jamie Watson	F	13	0	129	25	11	3	1	12	10	4	14	18	10	11	2	9	16	33
Ruben Nembhard	G	8	0	94	29	12	4	0	10	8	3	5	8	12	6	0	3	9	32
Brooks Thompson	G	2	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Totals		912	410	19830	6217	3131	902	334	2416	1858	889	2410	3299	2199	748	418	1218	1981	8454

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Karl Malone	F-C	82	82	36.6	55.0	0.0	75.5	2.4	7.5	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	2.8	2.6	27.4
Jeff Hornacek	G	82	82	31.6	48.2	36.9	89.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.4	1.5	0.3	1.6	2.3	14.5
John Stockton	G	82	82	35.3	54.8	42.2	84.6	0.5	2.2	2.8	10.5	2.0	0.2	3.0	2.4	14.4
Bryon Russell	F	81	81	31.2	47.9	40.9	70.1	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.5	1.6	0.3	1.2	2.9	10.8
Antoine Carr	F-C	82	0	17.8	48.3	0.0	78.0	0.7	1.6	2.4	0.9	0.3	0.8	0.9	2.6	7.4
Greg Ostertag	C	77	70	23.6	51.5	0.0	67.8	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.4	0.3	2.0	1.0	3.0	7.3
Shandon Anderson	F-G	65	0	16.4	46.2	51.1	68.7	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.1	1.1	1.7	5.9
Howard Eisley	G	82	0	13.2	45.1	27.8	78.7	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.7	4.5
Chris Morris	F	73	1	13.4	40.8	27.4	72.2	0.5	1.7	2.2	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.7	4.3
Greg Foster	F-C	79	12	11.6	45.3	66.7	83.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.8	3.5
Adam Keefe	F	62	0	14.8	51.3	0.0	68.9	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.6	3.8
Stephen Howard	F	42	0	8.3	57.3		59.7	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.3	3.6
Jamie Watson	F	13	0	9.9	44.0	33.3	83.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.5
Ruben Nembhard	G	8	0	11.8	41.4	0.0	80.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.5	0.8	0.0	0.4	1.1	4.0
Brooks Thompson	G	2	0	4.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0
Averages		912	410	21.7	50.4	37.0	76.9	1.0	2.6	3.6	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.3	2.2	9.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Karl Malone	F-C	20	816	430	187	2	1	200	144	60	168	228	57	27	15	54	59	519
John Stockton	G	20	739	217	113	50	19	90	77	18	60	78	191	33	5	62	52	322
Jeff Hornacek	G	20	704	208	90	53	19	105	92	22	67	89	73	21	4	36	53	291
Bryon Russell	F	20	758	193	89	101	36	43	31	18	74	92	27	21	6	20	59	245
Howard Eisley	G	20	217	76	38	19	9	28	27	4	14	18	40	3	0	17	27	112
Antoine Carr	F-C	20	280	83	40	0	0	24	18	11	29	40	10	6	9	18	64	98
Greg Ostertag	C	20	459	83	34	0	0	35	26	52	85	137	6	10	47	18	76	94
Greg Foster	F-C	20	309	72	28	8	2	30	26	15	41	56	11	4	7	11	53	84
Shandon Anderson	F-G	18	296	66	29	12	5	28	20	20	28	48	13	11	1	13	28	83
Chris Morris	F	20	175	50	20	25	8	15	9	5	27	32	5	8	3	6	18	57
Stephen Howard	F	5	13	6	3	0	0	4	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	9
Adam Keefe	F	8	59	6	2	0	0	6	4	3	13	16	2	2	1	2	5	8
Totals		211	4825	1490	673	270	99	608	477	228	607	835	435	147	98	257	496	1922

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Karl Malone	F-C	20	40.8	43.5	50.0	72.0	3.0	8.4	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	2.7	3.0	26.0
John Stockton	G	20	37.0	52.1	38.0	85.6	0.9	3.0	3.9	9.6	1.7	0.3	3.1	2.6	16.1
Jeff Hornacek	G	20	35.2	43.3	35.8	87.6	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.7	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.7	14.6
Bryon Russell	F	20	37.9	46.1	35.6	72.1	0.9	3.7	4.6	1.4	1.1	0.3	1.0	3.0	12.3
Howard Eisley	G	20	10.9	50.0	47.4	96.4	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.9	1.4	5.6
Antoine Carr	F-C	20	14.0	48.2		75.0	0.6	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.9	3.2	4.9
Greg Ostertag	C	20	23.0	41.0		74.3	2.6	4.3	6.9	0.3	0.5	2.4	0.9	3.8	4.7
Greg Foster	F-C	20	15.5	38.9	25.0	86.7	0.8	2.1	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.6	2.7	4.2
Shandon Anderson	F-G	18	16.4	43.9	41.7	71.4	1.1	1.6	2.7	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.6	4.6
Chris Morris	F	20	8.8	40.0	32.0	60.0	0.3	1.4	1.6	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.9
Stephen Howard	F	5	2.6	50.0		75.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.8
Adam Keefe	F	8	7.4	33.3		66.7	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.0
Averages		912	22.9	45.2	36.7	78.5	1.1	2.9	4.0	2.1	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.4	9.1