W|L 62-20
96 - 92
W|L 61-21
Attendance: 17,505
Playoff W|L 11-3
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 20 | 27 | 47 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 96 |
| LAL | 18 | 20 | 38 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 92 |
Playoff W|L 7-6
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-3
Oct. 31 1997UTA@LAL87 - 104
Nov. 18 1997LAL@UTA97 - 92
Mar. 28 1998LAL@UTA91 - 106
Apr. 19 1998UTA@LAL98 - 102
Playoff Match Up
W|L 4-0
May. 16 1998LAL@UTA77 - 112
May. 18 1998LAL@UTA95 - 99
May. 22 1998UTA@LAL109 - 98
May. 24 1998UTA@LAL96 - 92
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 57 | 41.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | .000 | .750 | 32 |
| 2. | Bryon Russell | 19 | 34.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 8 |
| 3. | Jeff Hornacek | 23 | 32.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .091 | .455 | 15 |
| 4. | John Stockton | 19 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 | .000 | 1.50 | 8 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 11 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .333 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Greg Ostertag | 25 | 30.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .286 | 11 |
| 2. | Howard Eisley | 14 | 20.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.67 | .800 | .000 | 9 |
| 3. | Shandon Anderson | 5 | 15.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 12 | 15.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 8 | 14.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 5 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 193 | 240 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1.92 | .092 | .508 | 96 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eddie Jones | 26 | 46.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.00 | .313 | .125 | 19 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 55 | 38.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .750 | 38 |
| 3. | Rick Fox | 20 | 29.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .556 | .000 | 8 |
| 4. | Robert Horry | 16 | 21.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 5. | Derek Fisher | 10 | 18.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .286 | .000 | 3 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Nick Van Exel | 18 | 29.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.00 | .500 | .500 | 11 |
| 2. | Corie Blount | 11 | 24.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Kobe Bryant | 15 | 18.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.50 | 6 |
| 4. | Elden Campbell | 23 | 12.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .571 | 5 |
| 5. | Jon Barry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Mario Bennett | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Sean Rooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 194 | 240 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2.57 | .216 | .446 | 92 | |