NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final/2OT

Los Angeles Lakers113–103Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 14 November 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 155th meetingof 285 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Nick Van Exel	12–25	6–11	5–5	0	3	3	6	0	0	1	3	35	+16
Shaquille O'Neal	8–18	0–0	8–13	5	8	13	8	2	3	3	3	24	+22
Eddie Jones	8–15	3–6	0–0	2	3	5	2	4	1	0	2	19	+9
Elden Campbell	2–6	0–0	5–8	3	5	8	0	1	1	1	2	9	+4
Derek Fisher	3–6	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	8	-6
Rick Fox	3–10	1–5	0–0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	5	7	+3
Robert Horry	2–10	1–5	0–0	4	8	12	1	2	0	3	5	5	+10
Jon Barry	2–3	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	4	-1
Corie Blount	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	-7
Team totals	41–94	11–28	20–28	14	29	43	21	13	5	11	25	113	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Clyde Drexler	11–25	3–8	10–13	3	7	10	7	1	2	3	2	35	-5
Kevin Willis	9–17	0–0	2–2	4	4	8	2	0	0	3	6	20	+6
Charles Barkley	5–13	0–1	5–6	11	11	22	2	1	0	7	6	15	-6
Emanual Davis	3–6	0–3	4–4	2	1	3	2	2	1	1	4	10	0
Matt Maloney	3–6	3–6	1–2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	10	-10
Mario Elie	2–5	1–2	0–0	1	4	5	3	1	0	2	3	5	-21
Eddie Johnson	2–5	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	-7
Hakeem Olajuwon	2–11	0–0	0–0	2	6	8	3	0	2	1	5	4	-20
Rodrick Rhodes	0–6	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	4	0	0	3	1	0	+13
Team totals	37–94	7–22	22–27	23	38	61	25	6	5	22	28	103	—

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Los Angeles Lakers 3 in NBA 1997-98.

14 Nov 1997113–103 this game
12 Dec 1997Houston Rockets 102–119 Los Angeles Lakers
22 Dec 1997Los Angeles Lakers 94–83 Houston Rockets
15 Feb 1998Houston Rockets 90–88 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 6–0
Houston Rockets: 3–3

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 106, Los Angeles Lakers 179.

7 Mar 1997Houston Rockets 111–90 Los Angeles Lakers
12 Dec 1997Houston Rockets 102–119 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.