W|L 51-22-9
60 - 55
W|L 48-31-3
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 8-3-2
| 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 6-6-0
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 3-0-0
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA42 - 51
May. 18 1998LAL@UTA45 - 50
May. 22 1998UTA@LAL60 - 55
May. 24 1998UTA@LAL-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 11 | 24.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 2.00 | 7 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 34 | 22.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .533 | 22 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 14 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | 2.00 | 7 |
| 4. | Jeff Hornacek | 4 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 5 | 4.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Ostertag | 8 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 10 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .286 | 11 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 7 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 7 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .333 | 5 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 115 | 120 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | .098 | .512 | 60 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eddie Jones | 14 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 12 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 40 | 20.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .421 | 25 |
| 3. | Rick Fox | 9 | 16.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Robert Horry | 16 | 15.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 2.00 | 5 |
| 5. | Derek Fisher | 2 | 5.2 | 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. | Nick Van Exel | 18 | 19.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .444 | 6 |
| 2. | Corie Blount | 4 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Kobe Bryant | 11 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | 1.50 | 5 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 2 | 3.5 | 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 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3.25 | .289 | .422 | 55 | |