W|L 9-0
97 - 92
W|L 5-5
Attendance: 19,911
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-0
Oct. 31 1997UTA@LAL87 - 104
Nov. 18 1997LAL@UTA97 - 92
Mar. 28 1998LAL@UTA-| - |-
Apr. 19 1998UTA@LAL-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eddie Jones | 43.1 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 2. | Nick Van Exel | 35.8 | 4 | 13 | .308 | 1 | 8 | .125 | 10 | 10 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 3. | Shaquille O'Neal | 35.8 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 4. | Rick Fox | 30.8 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 5. | Elden Campbell | 29.1 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Kobe Bryant | 29.0 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11 | 12 | .917 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 2. | Corie Blount | 15.8 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3. | Derek Fisher | 12.2 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4. | Sean Rooks | 4.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Mario Bennett | 3.9 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Jon Barry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Robert Horry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 30 | 68 | .441 | 5 | 17 | .294 | 32 | 42 | .762 | 27 | 14 | 41 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 97 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 39.8 | 10 | 22 | .455 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 35.3 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 32.3 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 4. | Greg Foster | 26.7 | 6 | 7 | .857 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 5. | Adam Keefe | 25.2 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 25.4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2. | Jacque Vaughn | 15.7 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3. | Greg Ostertag | 14.0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4. | Antoine Carr | 13.0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 5. | Shandon Anderson | 12.8 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 6. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Troy Hudson | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 34 | 75 | .453 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 21 | 27 | .778 | 26 | 13 | 39 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 92 | |