January 2, 1998
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| ATL | 21 | 23 | 33 | 29 | 106 |
| LAL | 27 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 116 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| ATL | 97.1 | .489 | 14.3 | 35.7 | .174 | 109.1 |
| LAL | 97.1 | .548 | 9.5 | 38.6 | .138 | 119.4 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Steve Smith | 45:00 | .626 | .567 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 19.1 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 19.3 | 18.7 | 117 | 126 |
| Christian Laettner | 35:00 | .536 | .441 | 3.3 | 18.7 | 11.2 | 17.5 | 1.4 | 5.5 | 12.8 | 27.2 | 112 | 116 |
| Tyrone Corbin | 31:00 | .222 | .222 | 3.7 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 16.3 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 84 | 120 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 25:00 | .820 | .750 | 27.4 | 26.2 | 26.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 17.0 | 9.5 | 155 | 113 |
| Mookie Blaylock | 5:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 21.8 | 11.2 | 30.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.3 | 129 | 122 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Alan Henderson | 31:00 | .454 | .462 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 14.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 12.3 | 21.3 | 99 | 119 |
| Ed Gray | 27:00 | .530 | .500 | 0.0 | 20.2 | 10.3 | 19.9 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 32.8 | 103 | 118 |
| Eldridge Recasner | 25:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44.4 | 14.6 | 63 | 128 |
| Chucky Brown | 12:00 | .481 | .571 | 19.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 16.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.0 | 110 | 120 |
| Anthony Miller | 3:00 | | | 0.0 | 36.4 | 18.6 | 0.0 | 16.5 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 82 |
| Chris Crawford | 1:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 55.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40.4 | 203 | 130 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .521 | .489 | 35.7 | 61.4 | 48.8 | 58.5 | 7.2 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 109.1 | 119.4 |
Los Angeles Lakers (24-7)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Eddie Jones | 23 | 6 | 4 | 37:00 | 10 | 21 | .476 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Fox | 8 | 6 | 6 | 35:00 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Nick Van Exel | 22 | 5 | 13 | 34:00 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Robert Horry | 3 | 6 | 0 | 34:00 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Elden Campbell | 15 | 7 | 1 | 29:00 | 7 | 16 | .438 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 4 | .250 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Shaquille O'Neal | 22 | 9 | 2 | 24:00 | 10 | 14 | .714 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 7 | .286 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kobe Bryant | 12 | 3 | 4 | 24:00 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Derek Fisher | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13:00 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Sean Rooks | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10:00 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 116 | 44 | 32 | 240 | 48 | 94 | .511 | 7 | 19 | .368 | 13 | 25 | .520 | 17 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 21 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Eddie Jones | 37:00 | .548 | .548 | 2.9 | 15.4 | 9.1 | 14.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 23.5 | 130 | 106 |
| Rick Fox | 35:00 | .429 | .375 | 6.2 | 13.1 | 9.6 | 18.8 | 2.8 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 12.2 | 117 | 107 |
| Nick Van Exel | 34:00 | .624 | .600 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 50.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 25.1 | 137 | 116 |
| Robert Horry | 34:00 | .255 | .200 | 3.2 | 16.8 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 14.5 | 8.4 | 61 | 104 |
| Elden Campbell | 29:00 | .422 | .438 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 10.1 | 28.2 | 93 | 116 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Shaquille O'Neal | 24:00 | .644 | .714 | 13.6 | 28.6 | 20.9 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 29.4 | 136 | 108 |
| Kobe Bryant | 24:00 | .750 | .750 | 4.5 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 21.1 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 27.3 | 19.0 | 115 | 110 |
| Derek Fisher | 13:00 | .773 | .667 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 15.5 | 130 | 113 |
| Sean Rooks | 10:00 | .563 | .500 | 0.0 | 22.9 | 11.2 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.4 | 135 | 113 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .552 | .548 | 38.6 | 64.3 | 51.2 | 66.7 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 9.5 | 100.0 | 119.4 | 109.1 |
Officials: Joe Crawford, Bruce Alexander, Scott Wall
Attendance: 17,505