W|L 61-21
77 - 112
W|L 62-20
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 7-3
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 13 | 22 | 35 | 30 | 12 | 42 | 77 |
| UTA | 24 | 37 | 61 | 30 | 21 | 51 | 112 |
Playoff W|L 8-3
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1
Oct. 31 1997UTA@LAL87 - 104
Nov. 18 1997LAL@UTA97 - 92
Mar. 28 1998LAL@UTA91 - 106
Apr. 19 1998UTA@LAL98 - 102
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA77 - 112
May. 18 1998LAL@UTA-| - |-
May. 22 1998UTA@LAL-| - |-
May. 24 1998UTA@LAL-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shaquille O'Neal | 34.6 | 6 | 16 | .375 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 16 | .438 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 2. | Rick Fox | 32.1 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 3. | Derek Fisher | 25.4 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4. | Eddie Jones | 24.5 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5. | Robert Horry | 21.2 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Kobe Bryant | 31.5 | 4 | 14 | .286 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 8 | 12 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2. | Nick Van Exel | 22.6 | 1 | 9 | .111 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3. | Corie Blount | 16.6 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 14.2 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5. | Jon Barry | 8.0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Sean Rooks | 5.1 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7. | Mario Bennett | 4.3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 240 | 23 | 78 | .295 | 4 | 23 | .174 | 27 | 46 | .587 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 77 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 33.3 | 11 | 21 | .524 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 23.5 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 23.3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 21.7 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 18.9 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 24.8 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2. | Chris Morris | 24.5 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 22.0 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 20.8 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 13.0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | 10.0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | 4.3 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 240 | 43 | 80 | .538 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 23 | 30 | .767 | 39 | 12 | 51 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 112 |