W|L 52-27-3
51 - 49
W|L 51-28-3
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 8-3-0
| 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@LAL45 - 41
Nov. 18 1997LAL@UTA47 - 53
Mar. 28 1998LAL@UTA51 - 59
Apr. 19 1998UTA@LAL40 - 48
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-1-0
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA35 - 61
May. 18 1998LAL@UTA51 - 49
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 | 26 | 21.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .429 | 19 |
| 2. | Rick Fox | 11 | 17.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | .750 | .500 | 4 |
| 3. | Eddie Jones | 7 | 10.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .500 | 0 |
| 4. | Derek Fisher | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .167 | 7 |
| 5. | Robert Horry | 8 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Corie Blount | 20 | 20.9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 5 |
| 2. | Nick Van Exel | 12 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .250 | .000 | 10 |
| 3. | Kobe Bryant | 13 | 13.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .143 | .000 | 6 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Jon Barry | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Mario Bennett | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Sean Rooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 110 | 120 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1.38 | .178 | .267 | 51 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 16 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.50 | 8 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 27 | 19.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | 1.67 | 15 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 12 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | .143 | .143 | 14 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 7 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Ostertag | 6 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 11 | 7.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.25 | .667 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 7 | 6.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | 3 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Jacque Vaughn | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Chris Morris | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .667 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 109 | 120 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0.92 | .188 | .656 | 49 |