December 12, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| HOU | 24 | 27 | 21 | 30 | 102 |
| LAL | 23 | 26 | 36 | 34 | 119 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| HOU | 92.7 | .448 | 9.7 | 39.6 | .276 | 110.0 |
| LAL | 92.7 | .574 | 10.0 | 30.2 | .205 | 128.4 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Charles Barkley | 36:00 | .541 | .429 | 13.9 | 27.9 | 20.5 | 14.1 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 20.7 | 133 | 121 |
| Clyde Drexler | 34:00 | .639 | .625 | 2.9 | 13.1 | 7.8 | 35.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 21.7 | 142 | 130 |
| Kevin Willis | 30:00 | .599 | .556 | 13.3 | 14.9 | 14.1 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 7.4 | 19.1 | 130 | 128 |
| Mario Elie | 25:00 | .500 | .500 | 4.0 | 22.3 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 15.2 | 94 | 128 |
| Matt Maloney | 23:00 | .143 | .143 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 19.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 64 | 128 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Rodrick Rhodes | 23:00 | .489 | .500 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 18.4 | 30.0 | 87 | 123 |
| Matt Bullard | 19:00 | .291 | .167 | 21.1 | 11.8 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.3 | 102 | 130 |
| Emanual Davis | 19:00 | .300 | .300 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 28.6 | 15.6 | 55 | 129 |
| Eddie Johnson | 14:00 | .333 | .333 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 13.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.2 | 92 | 132 |
| Othella Harrington | 6:00 | .840 | .667 | 16.7 | 37.2 | 26.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.6 | 189 | 124 |
| Charles Jones | 6:00 | .798 | 1.000 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 29.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 173 | 134 |
| Brent Price | 5:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 75.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 25.4 | 93 | 134 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .498 | .448 | 39.6 | 69.8 | 53.8 | 60.0 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 9.7 | 100.0 | 110.0 | 128.4 |
Los Angeles Lakers (16-5)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Rick Fox | 30 | 7 | 3 | 39:00 | 12 | 15 | .800 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Robert Horry | 10 | 8 | 4 | 36:00 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Nick Van Exel | 6 | 4 | 8 | 28:00 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Elden Campbell | 13 | 7 | 2 | 27:00 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Eddie Jones | 16 | 2 | 4 | 26:00 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Kobe Bryant | 27 | 5 | 1 | 26:00 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 9 | 10 | .900 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Corie Blount | 7 | 5 | 0 | 22:00 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Derek Fisher | 4 | 0 | 3 | 21:00 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Rooks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mario Bennett | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4:00 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Jon Barry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4:00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 119 | 42 | 26 | 240 | 46 | 88 | .523 | 9 | 21 | .429 | 18 | 25 | .720 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Rick Fox | 39:00 | .919 | .900 | 5.7 | 12.8 | 9.5 | 11.8 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 10.9 | 20.5 | 164 | 110 |
| Robert Horry | 36:00 | .506 | .444 | 9.3 | 13.9 | 11.7 | 13.1 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 16.8 | 14.4 | 113 | 111 |
| Nick Van Exel | 28:00 | .375 | .375 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 7.5 | 33.6 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 14.0 | 109 | 112 |
| Elden Campbell | 27:00 | .611 | .625 | 8.3 | 18.5 | 13.7 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 18.8 | 126 | 113 |
| Eddie Jones | 26:00 | .595 | .615 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 21.1 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 24.2 | 123 | 107 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Kobe Bryant | 26:00 | .696 | .600 | 4.3 | 15.4 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 34.2 | 143 | 106 |
| Corie Blount | 22:00 | .444 | .429 | 15.2 | 9.1 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 7.3 | 11.3 | 17.6 | 101 | 105 |
| Derek Fisher | 21:00 | .286 | .286 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 88 | 124 |
| Sean Rooks | 7:00 | .410 | .500 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 15.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 83 | 107 |
| Mario Bennett | 4:00 | .667 | .667 | 55.8 | 0.0 | 26.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 54.5 | 87 | 119 |
| Jon Barry | 4:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 62 | 124 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .601 | .574 | 30.2 | 60.4 | 46.2 | 56.5 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 100.0 | 128.4 | 110.0 |
Officials: Terry Durham, Dan Crawford, Rodney Mott
Attendance: 17,505