# Temporada 1996-97 de los Utah Jazz

La temporada 1996-97 fue la vigesimotercera de los Jazz en la NBA, y la decimoctava en su ubicación en Salt Lake City, tras cinco temporadas en Nueva Orleans. La temporada regular acabó con 64 victorias y 18 derrotas, ocupando el primer puesto de la Conferencia Oeste, clasificádose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en las Finales de la NBA ante los Chicago Bulls.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 25 | Martin Müürsepp | Ala-Pívot | Estonia Estonia | |
| 2 | 54 | Shandon Anderson | Alero | Estados Unidos | Georgia |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Utah Jazz | 64 | 18 | .780 | – | 38–3 | 26–15 | 19–5 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 57 | 25 | .695 | 7 | 30–11 | 27–14 | 19–5 |
| x-Minnesota Timberwolves | 40 | 42 | .488 | 24 | 25–16 | 15–26 | 16–8 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 24 | 58 | .293 | 40 | 14–27 | 10–31 | 9–15 |
| Denver Nuggets | 21 | 61 | .256 | 43 | 12–29 | 9–32 | 7–17 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 20 | 62 | .244 | 44 | 12–29 | 8–33 | 8–16 |
| Vancouver Grizzlies | 14 | 68 | .171 | 50 | 8–33 | 6–35 | 6–18 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Clippers
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 24 de abril | Utah Jazz 106, Los Angeles Clippers 86 | Salt Lake City |
| 26 de abril | Utah Jazz 105, Los Angeles Clippers 99 | Salt Lake City |
| 28 de abril | Los Angeles Clippers 92, Utah Jazz 104 | Los Angeles |
| | Utah Jazz gana las series 3-0 | |

### Semifinales de conferencia

Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 4 de mayo | Utah Jazz 93, Los Angeles Lakers 77 | Salt Lake City |
| 6 de mayo | Utah Jazz 103, Los Angeles Lakers 101 | Salt Lake City |
| 8 de mayo | Los Angeles Lakers 104, Utah Jazz 84 | Inglewood |
| 10 de mayo | Los Angeles Lakers 95, Utah Jazz 110 | Inglewood |
| 12 de mayo | Utah Jazz 98, Los Angeles Lakers 93 | Salt Lake City |
| | Utah Jazz gana las series 4-1 | |

### Finales de Conferencia

Utah Jazz vs. Houston Rockets
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 19 de mayo | Utah Jazz 101, Houston Rockets 86 | Salt Lake City |
| 21 de mayo | Utah Jazz 104, Houston Rockets 92 | Salt Lake City |
| 23 de mayo | Houston Rockets 118, Utah Jazz 100 | Houston |
| 25 de mayo | Houston Rockets 95, Utah Jazz 92 | Houston |
| 27 de mayo | Utah Jazz 96, Houston Rockets 91 | Salt Lake City |
| 29 de mayo | Houston Rockets 100, Utah Jazz 103 | Houston |
| | Utah Jazz gana las series 4-2 | |

### Finales de la NBA

Chicago Bulls vs. Utah Jazz
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 1 de junio | Chicago Bulls 84, Utah Jazz 82 | Chicago |
| 4 de junio | Chicago Bulls 97, Utah Jazz 85 | Chicago |
| 6 de junio | Utah Jazz 104, Chicago Bulls 93 | Salt Lake City |
| 8 de junio | Utah Jazz 78, Chicago Bulls 73 | Salt Lake City |
| 11 de junio | Utah Jazz 88, Chicago Bulls 90 | Salt Lake City |
| 16 de junio | Chicago Bulls 90, Utah Jazz 86 | Chicago |
| | Chicago Bulls gana las finales 4-2 | |

## Estadísticas
### Temporada regular

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | Pos. | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Karl Malone | 33 | PF | 82 | 82 | 36.6 | 10.5 | 19.2 | .550 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .000 | 6.4 | 8.4 | .755 | 2.4 | 7.5 | 9.9 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 27.4 |
| 2 | John Stockton | 34 | PG | 82 | 82 | 35.3 | 5.1 | 9.3 | .548 | 0.9 | 2.2 | .422 | 3.4 | 4.0 | .846 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 10.5 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 14.4 |
| 3 | Jeff Hornacek | 33 | SG | 82 | 82 | 31.6 | 5.0 | 10.4 | .482 | 0.9 | 2.4 | .369 | 3.6 | 4.0 | .899 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 14.5 |
| 4 | Bryon Russell | 26 | SF | 81 | 81 | 31.2 | 3.7 | 7.7 | .479 | 1.3 | 3.3 | .409 | 2.1 | 3.0 | .701 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 10.8 |
| 5 | Greg Ostertag | 23 | C | 77 | 70 | 23.6 | 2.7 | 5.3 | .515 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.8 | 2.7 | .678 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 7.3 |
| 6 | Antoine Carr | 35 | PF | 82 | 0 | 17.8 | 3.1 | 6.4 | .483 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.2 | 1.5 | .780 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 7.4 |
| 7 | Shandon Anderson | 23 | SG | 65 | 0 | 16.4 | 2.3 | 4.9 | .462 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .511 | 1.0 | 1.5 | .687 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 5.9 |
| 8 | Adam Keefe | 26 | C | 62 | 0 | 14.8 | 1.3 | 2.6 | .513 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.1 | 1.7 | .689 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.8 |
| 9 | Chris Morris | 31 | SF | 73 | 1 | 13.4 | 1.7 | 4.1 | .408 | 0.4 | 1.5 | .274 | 0.5 | 0.7 | .722 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.3 |
| 10 | Howard Eisley | 24 | PG | 82 | 0 | 13.2 | 1.7 | 3.8 | .451 | 0.2 | 0.9 | .278 | 0.9 | 1.1 | .787 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 4.5 |
| 11 | Ruben Nembhard | 24 | SG | 8 | 0 | 11.8 | 1.5 | 3.6 | .414 | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .800 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 4.0 |
| 12 | Greg Foster | 28 | C | 79 | 12 | 11.6 | 1.4 | 3.1 | .453 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .667 | 0.7 | 0.8 | .831 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 3.5 |
| 13 | Jamie Watson | 24 | SF | 13 | 0 | 9.9 | 0.8 | 1.9 | .440 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .333 | 0.8 | 0.9 | .833 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
| 14 | Stephen Howard | 26 | SF | 42 | 0 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 2.3 | .573 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.0 | 1.6 | .597 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 3.6 |
| 15 | Brooks Thompson | 26 | PG | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |

### Playoffs

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | Pos. | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Karl Malone | 33 | PF | 20 | 20 | 40.8 | 9.4 | 21.5 | .435 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .500 | 7.2 | 10.0 | .720 | 3.0 | 8.4 | 11.4 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 26.0 |
| 2 | Bryon Russell | 26 | SF | 20 | 20 | 37.9 | 4.5 | 9.7 | .461 | 1.8 | 5.1 | .356 | 1.6 | 2.2 | .721 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 12.3 |
| 3 | John Stockton | 34 | PG | 20 | 20 | 37.0 | 5.7 | 10.9 | .521 | 1.0 | 2.5 | .380 | 3.9 | 4.5 | .856 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 16.1 |
| 4 | Jeff Hornacek | 33 | SG | 20 | 20 | 35.2 | 4.5 | 10.4 | .433 | 1.0 | 2.7 | .358 | 4.6 | 5.3 | .876 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 14.6 |
| 5 | Greg Ostertag | 23 | C | 20 | 20 | 23.0 | 1.7 | 4.2 | .410 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.3 | 1.8 | .743 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 6 | Shandon Anderson | 23 | SG | 18 | 0 | 16.4 | 1.6 | 3.7 | .439 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .417 | 1.1 | 1.6 | .714 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 4.6 |
| 7 | Greg Foster | 28 | C | 20 | 0 | 15.5 | 1.4 | 3.6 | .389 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .250 | 1.3 | 1.5 | .867 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 4.2 |
| 8 | Antoine Carr | 35 | PF | 20 | 0 | 14.0 | 2.0 | 4.2 | .482 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.9 | 1.2 | .750 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 4.9 |
| 9 | Howard Eisley | 24 | PG | 20 | 0 | 10.9 | 1.9 | 3.8 | .500 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .474 | 1.4 | 1.4 | .964 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 5.6 |
| 10 | Chris Morris | 31 | SF | 20 | 0 | 8.8 | 1.0 | 2.5 | .400 | 0.4 | 1.3 | .320 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .600 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.9 |
| 11 | Adam Keefe | 26 | C | 8 | 0 | 7.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 0.8 | .667 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| 12 | Stephen Howard | 26 | SF | 5 | 0 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.6 | 0.8 | .750 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Karl Malone | MVP de la NBA Mejor quinteto de la NBA Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA All-Star |
| John Stockton | 3.er Mejor quinteto de la NBA 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA All-Star |