W|L 48-31-3
45 - 50
W|L 51-22-9
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 6-5-0
| 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 7-3-2
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 0-2-0
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA42 - 51
May. 18 1998LAL@UTA45 - 50
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 | 16 | 21.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .286 | 12 |
| 2. | Eddie Jones | 23 | 20.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | 1.00 | 19 |
| 3. | Rick Fox | 9 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 4. | Robert Horry | 8 | 13.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 5. | Derek Fisher | 16 | 12.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.33 | .333 | 1.33 | 5 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 10 | 13.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Corie Blount | 10 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Kobe Bryant | 12 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.33 | 3 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Jon Barry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Mario Bennett | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Sean Rooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 110 | 120 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0.90 | .276 | .759 | 45 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jeff Hornacek | 16 | 23.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | 1.20 | 8 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 13 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 22 | 22.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .417 | 18 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 16 | 14.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.67 | .000 | .800 | 8 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 7 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Howard Eisley | 6 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 6 | 8.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 8 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Greg Ostertag | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 4 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 101 | 120 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2.00 | .083 | .472 | 50 | |