W|L 51-28-3
49 - 43
W|L 52-27-3
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 7-6-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 21 | 28 | 49 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 109 |
| LAL | 20 | 23 | 43 | 28 | 27 | 55 | 98 |
Playoff W|L 8-4-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1-0
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 2-1-0
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA35 - 61
May. 18 1998LAL@UTA51 - 49
May. 22 1998UTA@LAL49 - 43
May. 24 1998UTA@LAL-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 9 | 24.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 10 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 14 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 15 | 15.4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | 1.00 | 9 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 10 | 11.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 7 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Ostertag | 8 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 4 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 8 | 12.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 10 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Shandon Anderson | 5 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .429 | .286 | 10 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 101 | 120 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1.18 | .206 | .235 | 49 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eddie Jones | 18 | 21.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .200 | 4 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 31 | 20.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | .000 | .455 | 14 |
| 3. | Rick Fox | 13 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | .400 | 9 |
| 4. | Robert Horry | 8 | 18.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 3 |
| 5. | Derek Fisher | 9 | 11.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 13 | 11.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | .500 | 4 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 11 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 4 |
| 3. | Elden Campbell | 10 | 5.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 3 |
| 4. | Corie Blount | 3 | 3.7 | 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 | 116 | 120 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.89 | .150 | .475 | 43 | |