NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns93–99Los Angeles Lakers

Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Wednesday 18 March 1998
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 203rd meetingof 345 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Antonio McDyess	9–18	0–0	2–2	2	5	7	1	1	2	1	3	20	-3
Clifford Robinson	6–11	0–1	6–8	2	2	4	2	0	2	0	4	18	0
Rex Chapman	4–15	3–7	3–6	0	3	3	0	3	0	1	3	14	+5
Jason Kidd	4–18	2–6	1–1	3	6	9	12	0	0	2	2	11	-7
Kevin Johnson	3–7	0–0	3–3	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	2	9	-10
Mark Bryant	3–4	0–0	2–2	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	3	8	+8
George McCloud	2–6	1–2	0–0	2	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	5	-11
Danny Manning	1–6	0–1	2–2	1	2	3	1	2	0	1	4	4	-5
Hot Rod Williams	2–4	0–0	0–0	3	6	9	2	1	2	1	3	4	-5
Team totals	34–89	6–17	19–24	15	28	43	22	10	6	10	24	93	—

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Shaquille O'Neal	13–28	0–0	7–11	8	14	22	0	0	0	3	3	33	-2
Robert Horry	8–10	1–1	1–1	6	4	10	0	1	0	3	5	18	+8
Eddie Jones	6–13	2–6	1–4	1	1	2	5	2	1	0	1	15	+6
Kobe Bryant	1–10	0–3	8–9	1	2	3	6	0	3	1	1	10	+7
Rick Fox	4–9	0–2	2–5	0	5	5	3	0	0	4	4	10	+1
Nick Van Exel	2–6	1–4	3–4	0	5	5	7	2	0	1	3	8	+1
Derek Fisher	1–3	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	5	1	0	2	1	2	+5
Mario Bennett	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2
Elden Campbell	0–3	0–0	1–2	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	+6
Team totals	36–83	4–17	23–36	16	35	51	26	6	4	15	19	99	—

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 2, Phoenix Suns 2 in NBA 1997-98.

21 Jan 1998Los Angeles Lakers 119–109 Phoenix Suns
18 Feb 1998Los Angeles Lakers 103–110 Phoenix Suns
18 Mar 199893–99 this game
10 Apr 1998Phoenix Suns 114–105 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 44–21
Los Angeles Lakers: 45–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 195, Phoenix Suns 150.

18 Feb 1998Los Angeles Lakers 103–110 Phoenix Suns
10 Apr 1998Phoenix Suns 114–105 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.