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1996-97 Utah Jazz Schedule and Results

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64-18, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jerry Sloan (64-18)

PTS/G: 103.1 (2nd of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 94.3 (8th of 29)
SRS: 7.97 (2nd of 29) ▪ Pace: 90.0 (17th of 29)
Off Rtg: 113.6 (2nd of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 104.0 (9th of 29)
Expected W-L: 64-18 (2nd of 29)

Arena: Delta Center ▪ Attendance: 813,073 (5th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) versus Chicago Bulls
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus Houston Rockets
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Los Angeles Clippers


Western Conf. Champs

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Nov 1, 1996 Seattle SuperSonics W 99 91 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Nov 2, 1996 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 95 90 2 0 W 2
3 Mon, Nov 4, 1996 Houston Rockets L 72 75 2 1 L 1
4 Sat, Nov 9, 1996 @ Houston Rockets L 85 91 2 2 L 2
5 Wed, Nov 13, 1996 Sacramento Kings W 105 74 3 2 W 1
6 Fri, Nov 15, 1996 Vancouver Grizzlies W 104 96 4 2 W 2
7 Sat, Nov 16, 1996 @ Dallas Mavericks W 88 87 5 2 W 3
8 Wed, Nov 20, 1996 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 113 97 6 2 W 4
9 Thu, Nov 21, 1996 Golden State Warriors W OT 109 104 7 2 W 5
10 Sat, Nov 23, 1996 Chicago Bulls W 105 100 8 2 W 6
11 Mon, Nov 25, 1996 New Jersey Nets W 108 92 9 2 W 7
12 Wed, Nov 27, 1996 Denver Nuggets W 107 103 10 2 W 8
13 Fri, Nov 29, 1996 Los Angeles Clippers W 111 94 11 2 W 9
14 Sun, Dec 1, 1996 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 96 90 12 2 W 10
15 Mon, Dec 2, 1996 Charlotte Hornets W 107 97 13 2 W 11
16 Wed, Dec 4, 1996 Los Angeles Lakers W 101 75 14 2 W 12
17 Fri, Dec 6, 1996 Minnesota Timberwolves W 106 95 15 2 W 13
18 Sat, Dec 7, 1996 @ Denver Nuggets W 104 91 16 2 W 14
19 Tue, Dec 10, 1996 Indiana Pacers W 110 86 17 2 W 15
20 Thu, Dec 12, 1996 Phoenix Suns L 87 95 17 3 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 14, 1996 Orlando Magic W 101 68 18 3 W 1
22 Tue, Dec 17, 1996 @ New York Knicks L 94 99 18 4 L 1
23 Thu, Dec 19, 1996 @ Miami Heat W OT 94 87 19 4 W 1
24 Fri, Dec 20, 1996 @ Orlando Magic W 98 93 20 4 W 2
25 Sun, Dec 22, 1996 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 94 100 20 5 L 1
26 Mon, Dec 23, 1996 @ Minnesota Timberwolves L 98 107 20 6 L 2
27 Thu, Dec 26, 1996 Portland Trail Blazers W 99 94 21 6 W 1
28 Sat, Dec 28, 1996 Philadelphia 76ers W 110 84 22 6 W 2
29 Mon, Dec 30, 1996 @ Los Angeles Clippers L 101 115 22 7 L 1
30 Thu, Jan 2, 1997 @ San Antonio Spurs L 80 83 22 8 L 2
31 Sat, Jan 4, 1997 Miami Heat W 83 80 23 8 W 1
32 Mon, Jan 6, 1997 @ Chicago Bulls L 89 102 23 9 L 1
33 Wed, Jan 8, 1997 @ Milwaukee Bucks L OT 112 119 23 10 L 2
34 Thu, Jan 9, 1997 @ Toronto Raptors L 96 110 23 11 L 3
35 Sat, Jan 11, 1997 @ Detroit Pistons L 77 87 23 12 L 4
36 Mon, Jan 13, 1997 @ Philadelphia 76ers W OT 97 96 24 12 W 1
37 Thu, Jan 16, 1997 Phoenix Suns W 95 91 25 12 W 2
38 Fri, Jan 17, 1997 @ Vancouver Grizzlies W 106 68 26 12 W 3
39 Sun, Jan 19, 1997 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 96 102 26 13 L 1
40 Mon, Jan 20, 1997 Cleveland Cavaliers W 94 74 27 13 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 22, 1997 @ Phoenix Suns W 111 99 28 13 W 2
42 Sat, Jan 25, 1997 @ Houston Rockets W OT 105 100 29 13 W 3
43 Tue, Jan 28, 1997 Denver Nuggets W 114 99 30 13 W 4
44 Thu, Jan 30, 1997 Atlanta Hawks W 102 96 31 13 W 5
45 Sat, Feb 1, 1997 @ Dallas Mavericks L 97 100 31 14 L 1
46 Mon, Feb 3, 1997 Washington Bullets W 111 89 32 14 W 1
47 Wed, Feb 5, 1997 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 99 95 33 14 W 2
48 Tue, Feb 11, 1997 @ Sacramento Kings W 120 98 34 14 W 3
49 Thu, Feb 13, 1997 Portland Trail Blazers W 110 86 35 14 W 4
50 Sat, Feb 15, 1997 Dallas Mavericks W 99 84 36 14 W 5
51 Tue, Feb 18, 1997 San Antonio Spurs W 113 105 37 14 W 6
52 Thu, Feb 20, 1997 Boston Celtics W 122 105 38 14 W 7
53 Sun, Feb 23, 1997 Seattle SuperSonics L OT 87 89 38 15 L 1
54 Tue, Feb 25, 1997 New York Knicks W 110 99 39 15 W 1
55 Thu, Feb 27, 1997 Toronto Raptors W 118 114 40 15 W 2
56 Fri, Feb 28, 1997 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 105 115 40 16 L 1
57 Sun, Mar 2, 1997 @ Vancouver Grizzlies W 93 86 41 16 W 1
58 Mon, Mar 3, 1997 @ Golden State Warriors W 111 104 42 16 W 2
59 Wed, Mar 5, 1997 Dallas Mavericks W 96 65 43 16 W 3
60 Fri, Mar 7, 1997 Detroit Pistons W 95 88 44 16 W 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Mar 9, 1997 @ Minnesota Timberwolves W 115 106 45 16 W 5
62 Tue, Mar 11, 1997 @ Atlanta Hawks L 99 106 45 17 L 1
63 Wed, Mar 12, 1997 @ New Jersey Nets W 117 102 46 17 W 1
64 Fri, Mar 14, 1997 @ Indiana Pacers W 105 96 47 17 W 2
65 Sat, Mar 15, 1997 @ Washington Bullets W 100 93 48 17 W 3
66 Mon, Mar 17, 1997 @ Charlotte Hornets W 114 93 49 17 W 4
67 Wed, Mar 19, 1997 @ Boston Celtics W 113 100 50 17 W 5
68 Sat, Mar 22, 1997 Los Angeles Clippers W 107 94 51 17 W 6
69 Sun, Mar 23, 1997 @ Denver Nuggets W 120 103 52 17 W 7
70 Fri, Mar 28, 1997 Milwaukee Bucks W 101 96 53 17 W 8
71 Sat, Mar 29, 1997 @ San Antonio Spurs W 115 102 54 17 W 9
72 Wed, Apr 2, 1997 Sacramento Kings W 118 87 55 17 W 10
73 Fri, Apr 4, 1997 Vancouver Grizzlies W 106 79 56 17 W 11
74 Sun, Apr 6, 1997 @ Golden State Warriors W 114 100 57 17 W 12
75 Mon, Apr 7, 1997 San Antonio Spurs W 116 93 58 17 W 13
76 Wed, Apr 9, 1997 Los Angeles Lakers W 101 89 59 17 W 14
77 Fri, Apr 11, 1997 Houston Rockets W 104 83 60 17 W 15
78 Sun, Apr 13, 1997 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 98 100 60 18 L 1
79 Tue, Apr 15, 1997 @ Phoenix Suns W 127 122 61 18 W 1
80 Thu, Apr 17, 1997 Golden State Warriors W 106 93 62 18 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sat, Apr 19, 1997 Minnesota Timberwolves W 101 89 63 18 W 3
82 Sun, Apr 20, 1997 @ Sacramento Kings W 113 109 64 18 W 4

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 24, 1997 Los Angeles Clippers W 106 86 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Apr 26, 1997 Los Angeles Clippers W 105 99 2 0 W 2
3 Mon, Apr 28, 1997 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 104 92 3 0 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
4 Sun, May 4, 1997 Los Angeles Lakers W 93 77 4 0 W 4
5 Tue, May 6, 1997 Los Angeles Lakers W 103 101 5 0 W 5
6 Thu, May 8, 1997 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 84 104 5 1 L 1
7 Sat, May 10, 1997 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 110 95 6 1 W 1
8 Mon, May 12, 1997 Los Angeles Lakers W OT 98 93 7 1 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
9 Mon, May 19, 1997 Houston Rockets W 101 86 8 1 W 3
10 Wed, May 21, 1997 Houston Rockets W 104 92 9 1 W 4
11 Fri, May 23, 1997 @ Houston Rockets L 100 118 9 2 L 1
12 Sun, May 25, 1997 @ Houston Rockets L 92 95 9 3 L 2
13 Tue, May 27, 1997 Houston Rockets W 96 91 10 3 W 1
14 Thu, May 29, 1997 @ Houston Rockets W 103 100 11 3 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
15 Sun, Jun 1, 1997 @ Chicago Bulls L 82 84 11 4 L 1
16 Wed, Jun 4, 1997 @ Chicago Bulls L 85 97 11 5 L 2
17 Fri, Jun 6, 1997 Chicago Bulls W 104 93 12 5 W 1
18 Sun, Jun 8, 1997 Chicago Bulls W 78 73 13 5 W 2
19 Wed, Jun 11, 1997 Chicago Bulls L 88 90 13 6 L 1
20 Fri, Jun 13, 1997 @ Chicago Bulls L 86 90 13 7 L 2