NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets90–88Los Angeles Lakers

Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Sunday 15 February 1998
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 158th meetingof 285 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Charles Barkley	9–16	1–2	7–10	3	4	7	2	1	1	2	0	26	0
Hakeem Olajuwon	5–14	0–0	3–3	2	9	11	4	0	4	1	4	13	+12
Matt Bullard	4–5	3–4	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	11	+9
Matt Maloney	4–6	3–4	0–0	0	2	2	2	3	0	1	0	11	-3
Clyde Drexler	2–16	0–3	6–7	2	9	11	6	4	2	3	2	10	-1
Kevin Willis	4–14	0–1	1–2	6	1	7	1	0	1	3	4	9	-8
Eddie Johnson	2–7	0–0	1–1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	5	-1
Rodrick Rhodes	0–3	0–1	3–4	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	3	-3
Brent Price	0–1	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	2	+5
Team totals	30–82	7–16	23–29	15	29	44	18	11	9	13	17	90	—

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kobe Bryant	8–15	2–5	0–0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	18	+2
Rick Fox	7–12	2–6	2–2	2	5	7	2	0	1	2	5	18	-4
Shaquille O'Neal	7–14	0–0	4–7	5	8	13	1	0	1	5	3	18	-7
Elden Campbell	4–6	0–0	5–8	3	6	9	2	2	3	0	3	13	0
Eddie Jones	4–15	0–4	2–2	1	2	3	2	4	0	2	2	10	-2
Derek Fisher	2–7	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	4	+2
Corie Blount	1–1	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	5	3	+7
Nick Van Exel	0–9	0–3	2–2	0	2	2	9	1	0	1	1	2	-4
Robert Horry	1–2	0–0	0–0	3	3	6	1	0	0	1	1	2	0
Mario Bennett	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4
Team totals	34–81	4–18	16–23	16	28	44	22	8	6	15	23	88	—

This season

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

14 Nov 1997Los Angeles Lakers 113–103 Houston Rockets
12 Dec 1997Houston Rockets 102–119 Los Angeles Lakers
22 Dec 1997Los Angeles Lakers 94–83 Houston Rockets
15 Feb 199890–88 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 24–25
Los Angeles Lakers: 35–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

22 Dec 1997Los Angeles Lakers 94–83 Houston Rockets
5 Feb 1999Houston Rockets 91–99 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.