November 14, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | T |
|---|
| LAL | 23 | 30 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 113 |
| HOU | 20 | 18 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 103 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| LAL | 83.1 | .495 | 9.4 | 26.9 | .213 | 112.6 |
| HOU | 83.1 | .431 | 17.2 | 44.2 | .234 | 102.6 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Shaquille O'Neal | 24 | 13 | 8 | 50:00 | 8 | 18 | .444 | 0 | 0 | | 8 | 13 | .615 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Eddie Jones | 19 | 5 | 2 | 48:00 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Horry | 5 | 12 | 1 | 45:00 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Nick Van Exel | 35 | 3 | 6 | 44:00 | 12 | 25 | .480 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rick Fox | 7 | 1 | 1 | 38:00 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Elden Campbell | 9 | 8 | 0 | 33:00 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 5 | 8 | .625 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Derek Fisher | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14:00 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jon Barry | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10:00 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Corie Blount | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 113 | 43 | 21 | 290 | 41 | 94 | .436 | 11 | 28 | .393 | 20 | 28 | .714 | 14 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Shaquille O'Neal | 50:00 | .506 | .444 | 11.2 | 17.8 | 14.5 | 29.3 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 11.2 | 26.4 | 114 | 98 |
| Eddie Jones | 48:00 | .633 | .633 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 138 | 101 |
| Robert Horry | 45:00 | .250 | .250 | 9.9 | 19.8 | 14.9 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 23.1 | 14.3 | 63 | 98 |
| Nick Van Exel | 44:00 | .643 | .600 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 31.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 31.7 | 136 | 111 |
| Rick Fox | 38:00 | .350 | .350 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 82 | 108 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Elden Campbell | 33:00 | .473 | .333 | 10.1 | 16.9 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 9.5 | 15.8 | 105 | 101 |
| Derek Fisher | 14:00 | .581 | .500 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 29.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 27.8 | 115 | 102 |
| Jon Barry | 10:00 | .667 | .667 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.7 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 19.8 | 103 | 103 |
| Corie Blount | 8:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 12.4 | 78 | 116 |
| Team Totals | 290 | .531 | .495 | 26.9 | 55.8 | 41.3 | 51.2 | 13.0 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 100.0 | 112.6 | 102.6 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Clyde Drexler | 52:00 | .570 | .500 | 6.4 | 15.0 | 10.7 | 31.6 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 8.9 | 29.4 | 128 | 111 |
| Charles Barkley | 49:00 | .480 | .385 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 7.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 30.9 | 21.0 | 88 | 110 |
| Mario Elie | 38:00 | .500 | .500 | 2.9 | 11.7 | 7.3 | 13.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 8.4 | 93 | 114 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 32:00 | .182 | .182 | 7.0 | 20.9 | 13.9 | 16.3 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 8.3 | 17.0 | 66 | 110 |
| Matt Maloney | 22:00 | .727 | .750 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 18.1 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 16.2 | 137 | 114 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
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| Emanual Davis | 36:00 | .644 | .500 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 10.0 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 139 | 112 |
| Kevin Willis | 34:00 | .559 | .529 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 15.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.4 | 27.9 | 110 | 116 |
| Rodrick Rhodes | 20:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 22.3 | 11.2 | 31.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 20.4 | 27 | 113 |
| Eddie Johnson | 7:00 | .400 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 38.9 | 73 | 122 |
| Team Totals | 290 | .486 | .431 | 44.2 | 73.1 | 58.7 | 67.6 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 17.2 | 100.0 | 102.6 | 112.6 |
Officials: Bill Oakes, Ken Mauer, Tony Brothers
Attendance: 16,285