W|L 46-29-7
28 - 23
W|L 49-28-5
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 8-5-0
| 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 4-7-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1-0
Oct. 31 1997UTA@LAL17 - 25
Nov. 18 1997LAL@UTA18 - 22
Mar. 28 1998LAL@UTA25 - 28
Apr. 19 1998UTA@LAL21 - 20
Playoff Match Up
W|L 3-0-0
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA22 - 37
May. 18 1998LAL@UTA22 - 25
May. 22 1998UTA@LAL28 - 23
May. 24 1998UTA@LAL-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 4 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 6 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 8 | 3.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Ostertag | 5 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Antoine Carr | 10 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 5 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 5 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 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 | 65 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.86 | .235 | .471 | 28 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shaquille O'Neal | 17 | 11.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.33 | .000 | .500 | 9 |
| 2. | Robert Horry | 4 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 3. | Rick Fox | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .667 | 6 |
| 4. | Eddie Jones | 9 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .667 | 2 |
| 5. | Derek Fisher | 5 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 2 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 9 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 4.00 | 2 |
| 3. | Elden Campbell | 5 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 4. | Corie Blount | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Jon Barry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Mario Bennett | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Sean Rooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 61 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.00 | .188 | .938 | 23 | |