W|L 38-39-5
35 - 27
W|L 49-30-3
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 7-4-2
| 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 5-7-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-3-0
Oct. 31 1997UTA@LAL23 - 36
Nov. 18 1997LAL@UTA27 - 14
Mar. 28 1998LAL@UTA21 - 23
Apr. 19 1998UTA@LAL25 - 29
Playoff Match Up
W|L 3-0-0
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA12 - 21
May. 18 1998LAL@UTA24 - 29
May. 22 1998UTA@LAL35 - 27
May. 24 1998UTA@LAL-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 10 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 2.00 | 7 |
| 2. | Karl Malone | 15 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.50 | 10 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 8 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 3 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 3 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Jeff Hornacek | 0 | 0.0 | 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. | Shandon Anderson | 10 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .286 | 11 |
| 2. | Greg Ostertag | 4 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 4 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 3 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 61 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.00 | .158 | .842 | 35 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eddie Jones | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .000 | 7 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 24 | 10.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .400 | 12 |
| 3. | Robert Horry | 8 | 8.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 3 |
| 4. | Rick Fox | 5 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Derek Fisher | 0 | 0.0 | 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. | Nick Van Exel | 7 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 7 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | .500 | 3 |
| 3. | Corie Blount | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 0 | 1.8 | 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 | 59 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.00 | .280 | .280 | 27 | |