W|L 62-20
109 - 98
W|L 61-21
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 10-3
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 21 | 28 | 49 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 109 |
| LAL | 20 | 23 | 43 | 28 | 27 | 55 | 98 |
Playoff W|L 7-5
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-3
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 3-0
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA77 - 112
May. 18 1998LAL@UTA95 - 99
May. 22 1998UTA@LAL109 - 98
May. 24 1998UTA@LAL-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 48 | 39.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .364 | 26 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 19 | 27.4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.67 | .143 | .571 | 9 |
| 3. | Bryon Russell | 20 | 25.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .667 | 17 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 24 | 25.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .400 | 1.20 | 9 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 12 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Ostertag | 16 | 26.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 6 |
| 2. | Chris Morris | 30 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4.00 | .300 | .300 | 15 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 15 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .143 | .000 | 8 |
| 4. | Shandon Anderson | 15 | 20.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .111 | .222 | 13 |
| 5. | Antoine Carr | 17 | 15.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 216 | 240 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1.93 | .147 | .387 | 109 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eddie Jones | 32 | 45.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 | .263 | .105 | 16 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 71 | 41.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.40 | .000 | .433 | 39 |
| 3. | Rick Fox | 22 | 36.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.00 | .571 | .286 | 9 |
| 4. | Robert Horry | 24 | 33.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.67 | .250 | 1.50 | 8 |
| 5. | Derek Fisher | 11 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 31 | 30.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.00 | .615 | .462 | 10 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 22 | 15.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 | .250 | 1.75 | 9 |
| 3. | Corie Blount | 7 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 12 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 3 |
| 5. | Jon Barry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Mario Bennett | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Sean Rooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 232 | 240 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1.62 | .224 | .447 | 98 | |