W|L 61-21
95 - 99
W|L 62-20
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 7-4
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 29 | 22 | 51 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 96 |
| UTA | 24 | 25 | 49 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 99 |
Playoff W|L 9-3
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 0-2
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA77 - 112
May. 18 1998LAL@UTA95 - 99
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 | 42.0 | 14 | 21 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 31 |
| 2. | Rick Fox | 37.5 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 3. | Eddie Jones | 31.1 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 8 | 9 | .889 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 4. | Derek Fisher | 21.2 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 5. | Robert Horry | 21.0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 29.0 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2. | Corie Blount | 28.8 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 3. | Kobe Bryant | 21.8 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5. | Jon Barry | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Mario Bennett | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Sean Rooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 34 | 74 | .459 | 4 | 16 | .250 | 23 | 34 | .676 | 30 | 9 | 39 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 33 | 95 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 41.4 | 12 | 18 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 15 | .600 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 40.3 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 30.7 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 27.6 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 16.1 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 20.4 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 17.2 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 3. | Greg Ostertag | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4. | Chris Morris | 14.4 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5. | Antoine Carr | 13.9 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 240 | 35 | 68 | .515 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 27 | 38 | .711 | 32 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 99 |