NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns114–105Los Angeles Lakers

Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 10 April 1998
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 204th meetingof 345 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Antonio McDyess	15–23	0–0	7–11	3	9	12	3	5	2	2	4	37	+8
Rex Chapman	10–18	4–6	3–3	2	0	2	4	1	0	3	1	27	+13
Kevin Johnson	5–7	0–1	5–6	0	4	4	8	1	0	4	3	15	+14
Clifford Robinson	4–12	0–2	4–4	4	8	12	3	0	3	0	5	12	+6
Jason Kidd	5–9	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	10	1	1	1	1	10	+2
Mark Bryant	3–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	4	6	+12
Horacio Llamas	1–1	0–0	2–4	0	5	5	0	0	1	3	1	4	+3
George McCloud	0–3	0–0	3–4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	-12
Hot Rod Williams	0–2	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	1	0	2	0	4	0	-1
Team totals	43–79	4–9	24–32	13	32	45	32	9	9	13	25	114	—

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Shaquille O'Neal	10–15	0–0	4–9	2	5	7	3	0	3	4	5	24	-2
Mario Bennett	8–15	0–0	2–4	6	8	14	0	4	0	0	3	18	-5
Eddie Jones	5–11	2–4	2–2	2	1	3	1	2	2	1	0	14	-7
Derek Fisher	4–8	2–3	2–2	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	12	-3
Kobe Bryant	2–11	2–6	6–8	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	12	-13
Nick Van Exel	3–11	2–7	2–2	1	3	4	7	1	0	0	0	10	-6
Elden Campbell	2–5	0–0	3–6	2	2	4	1	0	0	1	2	7	-7
Corie Blount	2–4	0–0	0–0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	4	4	+1
Rick Fox	1–12	0–2	2–3	2	3	5	7	0	1	4	5	4	-3
Team totals	37–92	8–22	23–36	21	24	45	25	8	7	12	22	105	—

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 1998Phoenix Suns 93–99 Los Angeles Lakers
10 Apr 1998114–105 this game

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 51–25
Los Angeles Lakers: 56–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

18 Mar 1998Phoenix Suns 93–99 Los Angeles Lakers
1 Mar 1999Los Angeles Lakers 97–91 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.