W|L 59-20-3
25 - 28
W|L 47-29-6
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 6-3-4
| 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 8-2-2
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1-0
Oct. 31 1997UTA@LAL19 - 25
Nov. 18 1997LAL@UTA23 - 25
Mar. 28 1998LAL@UTA19 - 24
Apr. 19 1998UTA@LAL33 - 25
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1-2
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA30 - 30
May. 18 1998LAL@UTA21 - 21
May. 22 1998UTA@LAL25 - 28
May. 24 1998UTA@LAL-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 1 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 4 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 19 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .182 | 12 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 6 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 4 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Ostertag | 4 | 6.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 3 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Antoine Carr | 4 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Chris Morris | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .500 | 3 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Shandon Anderson | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 54 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4.00 | .045 | .227 | 25 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eddie Jones | 8 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | .000 | 5 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 16 | 10.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .444 | 13 |
| 3. | Rick Fox | 4 | 10.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Robert Horry | 8 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 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 | 11 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | 1.33 | 4 |
| 2. | Corie Blount | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Kobe Bryant | 4 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 2 | 1.6 | 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 | 57 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.50 | .300 | .600 | 28 | |