Los Angeles Lakers Vs Phoenix Suns

Los Angeles Lakers

Mar 18, 1998 99 - 93 Final

Phoenix Suns

Winner

Prediction

57%

43% Based on Proballers' advanced basketball
statistics analysis

Teams

Season standings and results

Record of 61/21 Ranked 3

Last 5 games All competitions

Date	Opponent	Result
5/24/98	vs Utah Jazz	L 92-96
5/23/98	vs Utah Jazz	L 98-109
5/19/98	@ Utah Jazz	L 99-95
5/16/98	@ Utah Jazz	L 112-77
5/13/98	@ Seattle SuperSonics	W 95-110

Vs

Record of 56/26 Ranked 6

Last 5 games All competitions

Date	Opponent	Result
4/30/98	@ San Antonio Spurs	L 99-80
4/28/98	@ San Antonio Spurs	L 100-88
4/25/98	vs San Antonio Spurs	W 108-101
4/24/98	vs San Antonio Spurs	L 96-102
4/19/98	@ Houston Rockets	W 93-123

165 Wins

Vs

Teams Matchup History
in All Competitions

133 Wins

12/27/00

78 - 115

Greatest win

137 - 101

2/15/17

12/6/23

106 - 103

Latest win

123 - 113

2/25/24

108.7

Average score

107.3

Vs

Season Averages Per Game NBA

105.5

Pts

99.6

43.3

Reb

42

24.5

Ast

25.9

9

Stl

9.2

6.8

Blk

5.2

Los Angeles Lakers

Phoenix Suns

Best in the league

PACE Number of possessions

96.26 94.76 96.26

AST/TO Assists per turnover

9.9 12 12.2

TS% True shooting %

55.9 54 56.9

Players

Advanced stats

PER

Shaquille O'Neal 30.0 21.1 Antonio McDyess

Mario Bennett 24.6 20.7 Marko Milic

Kobe Bryant 19.1 20.4 Danny Manning

USG%

Shea Seals 70.5 42.7 Horacio Llamas

Shaquille O'Neal 32.8 35.4 Brooks Thompson

Kobe Bryant 27.3 27.9 Marko Milic

TS%

Eddie Jones 59.2 64.4 Marko Milic

Shaquille O'Neal 58.7 57.1 Antonio McDyess

Mario Bennett 57.3 56.4 Cedric Ceballos

AST/TO

Derek Fisher 38.0 39.9 Jason Kidd

Nick Van Exel 36.6 27.2 Kevin Johnson

Jon Barry 20.9 22.8 Steve Nash

3 PTS attempts rate

Jon Barry 58.7 59.3 Brooks Thompson

Nick Van Exel 42.5 48.7 George McCloud

Shea Seals 37.5 42.6 Dennis Scott

FT attemps rate

Sean Rooks 78.2 53.6 Kevin Johnson

Shaquille O'Neal 59.4 47.6 Horacio Llamas

Elden Campbell 54.8 46.0 John Williams