W|L 61-21
77 - 112
W|L 62-20
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 7-3
| 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 8-3
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 0-1
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA77 - 112
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 | 51 | 34.6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 19 |
| 2. | Rick Fox | 19 | 32.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .556 | .222 | 15 |
| 3. | Derek Fisher | 10 | 25.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | 1.33 | 3 |
| 4. | Eddie Jones | 15 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .333 | 6 |
| 5. | Robert Horry | 18 | 21.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .500 | 7 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kobe Bryant | 33 | 31.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .357 | .857 | 16 |
| 2. | Nick Van Exel | 24 | 22.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | .556 | .667 | 6 |
| 3. | Corie Blount | 18 | 16.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 13 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 3 |
| 5. | Jon Barry | 9 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 0 |
| 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 | 222 | 240 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 1.09 | .295 | .590 | 77 |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 46 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.33 | .000 | .381 | 29 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 17 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .429 | 10 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 12 | 23.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .333 | 1 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 17 | 21.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9.00 | .000 | .800 | 9 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 18 | 18.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 10 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Shandon Anderson | 31 | 24.8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.67 | .125 | .750 | 10 |
| 2. | Chris Morris | 22 | 24.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .333 | .500 | 10 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 15 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .125 | .125 | 14 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 22 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 10 |
| 5. | Greg Ostertag | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | 12 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 5 |
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | 4 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 229 | 240 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2.07 | .050 | .375 | 112 |