W|L 50-26-6
29 - 24
W|L 47-31-4
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 6-5-0
| 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 6-6-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-3-0
Oct. 31 1997UTA@LAL28 - 16
Nov. 18 1997LAL@UTA29 - 31
Mar. 28 1998LAL@UTA26 - 31
Apr. 19 1998UTA@LAL19 - 28
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-1-0
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA13 - 24
May. 18 1998LAL@UTA29 - 24
May. 22 1998UTA@LAL-| - |-
May. 24 1998UTA@LAL-| - |-
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rick Fox | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .750 | .694 | 4 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .625 | .625 | .652 | 11 |
| 3. | Derek Fisher | 42 | 55 | 97 | 42 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 48 | 48 | 3 | 4 | .750 | .500 | .543 | 7 |
| 4. | Eddie Jones | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Robert Horry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Corie Blount | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .798 | 3 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 14 | 51 | 65 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 46 | 46 | 2 | 4 | .500 | .400 | .400 | 4 |
| 3. | Nick Van Exel | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Jon Barry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Mario Bennett | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Sean Rooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 83 | 149 | 232 | 64 | 55 | 119 | 25 | 94 | 119 | 11 | 20 | .550 | .521 | .544 | 29 | |
| Starters | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 22 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | .500 | .608 | 7 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 22 | 24 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .750 | .750 | 3 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 61 | 15 | 76 | 61 | 15 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .800 | .800 | .785 | 12 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 5. | John Stockton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Dm | Dx | DT | 2Dm | 2Dx | 2DT | 3Dm | 3Dx | 3DT | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | EFG% | TS% | PTS | |
| 1. | Howard Eisley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Greg Ostertag | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Shandon Anderson | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 105 | 44 | 149 | 83 | 20 | 103 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 7 | 12 | .583 | .607 | .652 | 24 | |