W|L 48-31-3
42 - 51
W|L 51-22-9
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 6-4-0
| 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 6-3-2
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-2-0
Oct. 31 1997UTA@LAL42 - 61
Nov. 18 1997LAL@UTA50 - 39
Mar. 28 1998LAL@UTA40 - 47
Apr. 19 1998UTA@LAL58 - 54
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1-0
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA42 - 51
May. 18 1998LAL@UTA-| - |-
May. 22 1998UTA@LAL-| - |-
May. 24 1998UTA@LAL-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shaquille O'Neal | 27 | 16.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .900 | 14 |
| 2. | Derek Fisher | 2 | 13.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Rick Fox | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .500 | 7 |
| 4. | Eddie Jones | 5 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Robert Horry | 6 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 5 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kobe Bryant | 16 | 17.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .571 | .571 | 3 |
| 2. | Nick Van Exel | 11 | 10.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .333 | .667 | 4 |
| 3. | Corie Blount | 8 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Jon Barry | 9 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Elden Campbell | 3 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 6. | Sean Rooks | 7 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Mario Bennett | 5 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 107 | 120 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3.50 | .310 | .452 | 42 |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 27 | 14.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.67 | .000 | .727 | 19 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 5 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 5 | 11.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 7 | 11.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 5. | John Stockton | 7 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 5 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 17 | 12.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .250 | 1.00 | 4 |
| 2. | Chris Morris | 8 | 12.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 14 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 3 | 10.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | 8 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 4 |
| 6. | Jacque Vaughn | 3 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 7. | Greg Ostertag | 5 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 109 | 120 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2.14 | .027 | .459 | 51 |