November 12, 1997
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| VAN | 21 | 12 | 24 | 23 | 80 |
| UTA | 24 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 98 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Antonio Daniels | 31 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Otis Thorpe | 29 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Shareef Abdur-Rahim | 27 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| Anthony Peeler | 22 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Bryant Reeves | 21 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| George Lynch | 20 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tony Massenburg | 19 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Lee Mayberry | 17 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Blue Edwards | 15 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Ivano Newbill | 15 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Sam Mack | 12 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |
| Pete Chilcutt | 12 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 33 | 78 | .423 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 10 | 17 | .588 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 80 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Karl Malone | 31 | 9 | 17 | .529 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 26 | |
| Howard Eisley | 29 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| Jeff Hornacek | 28 | 8 | 16 | .500 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | |
| Greg Foster | 22 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Adam Keefe | 22 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Bryon Russell | 26 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Greg Ostertag | 26 | 1 | 9 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Shandon Anderson | 20 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| Jacque Vaughn | 19 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Antoine Carr | 17 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 39 | 89 | .438 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 15 | 24 | .625 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 98 |
| Attendance: | 19,851 |