NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers98–96Atlanta Hawks

Los Angeles Lakers at Atlanta Hawks

Date: Friday 19 December 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 335th meetingof 389 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kobe Bryant	—	7–16	1–4	4–6	1	1	2	1	3	0	2	2	19	+1
Elden Campbell	—	5–8	0–0	8–9	3	4	7	1	1	4	3	2	18	0
Nick Van Exel	—	7–18	1–4	1–2	3	4	7	7	1	0	1	0	16	0
Robert Horry	—	6–11	0–3	1–4	4	4	8	0	2	2	0	4	13	+1
Eddie Jones	—	4–12	1–5	2–2	0	5	5	1	0	1	1	2	11	-3
Rick Fox	—	2–5	0–0	3–4	0	4	4	4	1	0	3	2	7	+6
Corie Blount	—	3–4	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	2	0	0	2	1	6	+1
Sean Rooks	—	3–6	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	0	1	0	0	4	6	+2
Derek Fisher	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	+2
Team totals	—	38–82	3–16	19–27	15	28	43	18	10	7	12	18	98	—

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Steve Smith	41:02	10–28	3–10	2–3	3	1	4	1	3	0	0	3	25	+1
Christian Laettner	—	6–11	0–1	6–6	3	6	9	1	0	3	7	2	18	+5
Dikembe Mutombo	—	6–6	0–0	2–8	4	4	8	2	2	3	4	4	14	-9
Mookie Blaylock	—	5–11	2–6	0–0	0	9	9	9	3	0	1	2	12	+3
Tyrone Corbin	—	4–10	0–1	0–0	1	5	6	1	0	0	0	4	8	-1
Eldridge Recasner	—	3–7	1–3	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	7	-1
Ed Gray	—	2–4	2–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	5	6	-8
Chucky Brown	—	1–1	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	+4
Alan Henderson	—	1–5	0–0	0–2	2	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	-4
Team totals	41:02	38–83	8–23	12–21	14	29	43	19	10	6	16	22	96	—

This season

Atlanta Hawks 0, Los Angeles Lakers 2 in NBA 1997-98.

19 Dec 199798–96 this game
2 Jan 1998Atlanta Hawks 106–116 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 18–6
Atlanta Hawks: 19–5

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Atlanta Hawks 168, Los Angeles Lakers 221.

28 Feb 1997Los Angeles Lakers 75–86 Atlanta Hawks
2 Jan 1998Atlanta Hawks 106–116 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.