January 9, 1998
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| LAL | 38 | 34 | 31 | 22 | 125 |
| LAC | 29 | 34 | 24 | 28 | 115 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| LAL | 97.2 | .562 | 8.9 | 25.6 | .420 | 128.7 |
| LAC | 97.2 | .514 | 13.4 | 37.8 | .527 | 118.4 |
Los Angeles Lakers (27-8)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Eddie Jones | 27 | 0 | 2 | 36:00 | 10 | 15 | .667 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rick Fox | 8 | 2 | 2 | 34:00 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | | 6 | 7 | .857 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Nick Van Exel | 17 | 3 | 5 | 33:00 | 5 | 15 | .333 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 32 | 7 | 2 | 31:00 | 14 | 20 | .700 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 11 | .364 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Robert Horry | 7 | 5 | 0 | 20:00 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Kobe Bryant | 15 | 0 | 2 | 27:00 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Corie Blount | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23:00 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Elden Campbell | 13 | 10 | 0 | 21:00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | | 7 | 10 | .700 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Derek Fisher | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 125 | 33 | 16 | 240 | 42 | 81 | .519 | 7 | 14 | .500 | 34 | 49 | .694 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 34 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Eddie Jones | 36:00 | .765 | .767 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.9 | 161 | 112 |
| Rick Fox | 34:00 | .565 | .250 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.8 | 12.6 | 98 | 128 |
| Nick Van Exel | 33:00 | .507 | .467 | 3.7 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 20.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 23.0 | 118 | 127 |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 31:00 | .644 | .700 | 7.9 | 20.9 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 38.3 | 119 | 119 |
| Robert Horry | 20:00 | .518 | .400 | 6.2 | 25.9 | 15.8 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.4 | 122 | 110 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Kobe Bryant | 27:00 | .533 | .364 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 6.6 | 23.8 | 115 | 120 |
| Corie Blount | 23:00 | .500 | .500 | 10.7 | 16.9 | 13.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 11.1 | 85 | 123 |
| Elden Campbell | 21:00 | .691 | .600 | 17.6 | 43.2 | 30.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 19.1 | 158 | 113 |
| Derek Fisher | 15:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 4.2 | 24.7 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 145 | 112 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .609 | .562 | 25.6 | 62.2 | 43.4 | 38.1 | 13.4 | 3.0 | 8.9 | 100.0 | 128.7 | 118.4 |
Los Angeles Clippers (9-26)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Rodney Rogers | 41:00 | .372 | .286 | 12.7 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 22.9 | 27.4 | 76 | 125 |
| Darrick Martin | 40:00 | .606 | .350 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 7.9 | 22.2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 11.9 | 18.1 | 135 | 128 |
| Lamond Murray | 32:00 | .605 | .538 | 12.2 | 7.7 | 9.9 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 23.5 | 135 | 127 |
| Brent Barry | 30:00 | .771 | .750 | 0.0 | 24.6 | 12.6 | 16.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.6 | 18.7 | 114 | 130 |
| Stojko Vrankovic | 18:00 | | | 0.0 | 34.2 | 17.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 100.0 | 2.4 | 0 | 121 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Eric Piatkowski | 28:00 | .595 | .500 | 9.3 | 17.6 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 19.6 | 133 | 131 |
| Maurice Taylor | 24:00 | .697 | .688 | 16.2 | 10.3 | 13.2 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 153 | 128 |
| Keith Closs | 18:00 | .773 | .667 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 175 | 131 |
| Pooh Richardson | 9:00 | .500 | .500 | 14.4 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 133 | 135 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .594 | .514 | 37.8 | 74.4 | 56.6 | 33.3 | 6.2 | 9.8 | 13.4 | 100.0 | 118.4 | 128.7 |
Officials: Tommy Nunez Sr., Tony Brothers, Mark Wunderlich
Attendance: 16,067