W|L 62-20
96 - 92
W|L 61-21
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 11-3
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 20 | 27 | 47 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 96 |
| LAL | 18 | 20 | 38 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 92 |
Playoff W|L 7-6
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 4-0
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA77 - 112
May. 18 1998LAL@UTA95 - 99
May. 22 1998UTA@LAL109 - 98
May. 24 1998UTA@LAL96 - 92
| 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 | 9 | 20 | .450 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 14 | 15 | .933 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 32 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 34.1 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 32.6 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 27.3 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 9.0 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Ostertag | 30.0 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 20.7 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 15.4 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 15.1 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 14.4 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 31 | 65 | .477 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 30 | 33 | .909 | 26 | 8 | 34 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 96 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eddie Jones | 46.2 | 8 | 16 | .500 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 38.9 | 14 | 24 | .583 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 10 | 18 | .556 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 38 |
| 3. | Rick Fox | 29.3 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4. | Robert Horry | 21.9 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 5. | Derek Fisher | 18.4 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 29.6 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 2. | Corie Blount | 24.4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3. | Kobe Bryant | 18.9 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 12.5 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5. | Jon Barry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Mario Bennett | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Sean Rooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 32 | 74 | .432 | 6 | 16 | .375 | 22 | 33 | .667 | 24 | 13 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 92 | |