April 3, 1998
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| LAL | 25 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 105 |
| CLE | 21 | 26 | 17 | 29 | 93 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| LAL | 89.2 | .571 | 17.2 | 38.2 | .205 | 117.7 |
| CLE | 89.2 | .487 | 13.9 | 22.0 | .218 | 104.3 |
Los Angeles Lakers (54-20)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Eddie Jones | 20 | 8 | 5 | 48:00 | 7 | 14 | .500 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 26 | 11 | 2 | 40:00 | 11 | 23 | .478 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 7 | .571 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Mario Bennett | 21 | 10 | 4 | 35:00 | 10 | 12 | .833 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Rick Fox | 8 | 8 | 4 | 35:00 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Derek Fisher | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16:00 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Nick Van Exel | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32:00 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kobe Bryant | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23:00 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Elden Campbell | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8:00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jon Barry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 105 | 45 | 29 | 240 | 41 | 78 | .526 | 7 | 14 | .500 | 16 | 19 | .842 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 22 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Eddie Jones | 48:00 | .635 | .571 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 14.7 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 11.3 | 17.0 | 137 | 103 |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 40:00 | .498 | .478 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 10.3 | 33.4 | 107 | 107 |
| Mario Bennett | 35:00 | .844 | .833 | 12.1 | 23.4 | 18.3 | 20.1 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 13.9 | 19.0 | 150 | 100 |
| Rick Fox | 35:00 | .680 | .600 | 4.0 | 23.4 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.4 | 10.4 | 125 | 107 |
| Derek Fisher | 16:00 | .420 | .000 | 0.0 | 14.6 | 8.0 | 22.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.7 | 22.3 | 78 | 109 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Nick Van Exel | 32:00 | .750 | .750 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 26.9 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 14.4 | 133 | 103 |
| Kobe Bryant | 23:00 | .438 | .438 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 30.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 27.3 | 22.0 | 88 | 106 |
| Elden Campbell | 8:00 | .643 | .600 | 0.0 | 14.6 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.5 | 37.0 | 108 | 109 |
| Jon Barry | 3:00 | | | 0.0 | 39.0 | 21.3 | 0.0 | 17.9 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 64 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .608 | .571 | 38.2 | 78.0 | 60.0 | 70.7 | 10.1 | 1.6 | 17.2 | 100.0 | 117.7 | 104.3 |
Cleveland Cavaliers (42-32)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Wesley Person | 42:00 | .635 | .571 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 131 | 118 |
| Bob Sura | 40:00 | .431 | .364 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 49.7 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 13.6 | 17.6 | 106 | 115 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 33:00 | .421 | .421 | 17.7 | 29.9 | 23.3 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 13.6 | 31.7 | 83 | 114 |
| Brevin Knight | 27:00 | .383 | .300 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 18.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 24.3 | 81 | 119 |
| Cedric Henderson | 24:00 | .643 | .600 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 42.4 | 18.7 | 69 | 122 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Danny Ferry | 31:00 | .381 | .286 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 4.1 | 9.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 20.2 | 15.2 | 72 | 119 |
| Derek Anderson | 29:00 | .850 | .800 | 4.0 | 9.7 | 6.6 | 39.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 30.6 | 161 | 123 |
| Carl Thomas | 10:00 | .694 | 1.000 | 11.7 | 14.1 | 12.8 | 15.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 154 | 121 |
| Scott Brooks | 4:00 | .333 | .333 | 29.3 | 35.3 | 32.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.7 | 85 | 115 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .536 | .487 | 22.0 | 61.8 | 40.0 | 74.3 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 13.9 | 100.0 | 104.3 | 117.7 |
Officials: Ron Garretson, Jim Kinsey, Tom Washington
Attendance: 20,562