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Team season

1996-97 Los Angeles Lakers

56–26

Regular season

4–5

Playoffs

4

Conference seed

2

Playoff matchups

Postseason path

Playoff matchups

Western Conference First Round

vs Portland Trail Blazers

4 indexed games · Open complete series →

Western Conference Semifinals

vs Utah Jazz

5 indexed games · Open complete series →

Season highlights

Best games from 1996-97

Postseason stakes and close finishes bring the most consequential games to the top.

VS

1996-97May 6, 1997

Utah Jazz

Los Angeles Lakers

Final

103-101

Score

VS

1996-97May 2, 1997

Blazers vs Lakers

Portland Trail Blazers

Los Angeles Lakers

Final

91-95

Score

VS

1996-97May 12, 1997

Utah Jazz

Los Angeles Lakers

Final

98-93

Score

VS

1996-97Apr 30, 1997

Blazers vs Lakers

Portland Trail Blazers

Los Angeles Lakers

Final

98-90

Score

VS

1996-97Apr 27, 1997

Lakers vs Blazers

Los Angeles Lakers

Portland Trail Blazers

Final

107-93

Score

VS

1996-97May 10, 1997

Los Angeles Lakers

Utah Jazz

Final

95-110

Score

VS

1996-97May 4, 1997

Utah Jazz

Los Angeles Lakers

Final

93-77

Score

VS

1996-97Apr 25, 1997

Lakers vs Blazers

Los Angeles Lakers

Portland Trail Blazers

Final

95-77

Score

VS

1996-97May 8, 1997

Los Angeles Lakers

Utah Jazz

Final

104-84

Score

VS

1996-97Mar 21, 1997

Miami Heat

Los Angeles Lakers

Final

98-97

Score