Los Angeles Lakers Vs Boston Celtics

Los Angeles Lakers

Dec 28, 1997 102 - 108 Final

Boston Celtics

Winner

Prediction

73%

27% 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 36/46 Ranked 21

Last 5 games All competitions

Date	Opponent	Result
4/18/98	@ Washington Wizards	L 112-95
4/17/98	vs Cleveland Cavaliers	W 78-71
4/15/98	vs Milwaukee Bucks	L 109-117
4/14/98	@ Cleveland Cavaliers	L 95-86
4/12/98	vs Indiana Pacers	L 87-93

136 Wins

Vs

Teams Matchup History
in All Competitions

171 Wins

2/10/68

104 - 141

Greatest win

119 - 75

11/10/55

2/2/24

105 - 114

Latest win

115 - 126

12/25/23

104.3

Average score

106.6

Vs

Season Averages Per Game NBA

105.5

Pts

95.9

43.3

Reb

39.5

24.5

Ast

22.1

9

Stl

12

6.8

Blk

4.5

Los Angeles Lakers

Boston Celtics

Best in the league

PACE Number of possessions

96.26 96.08 96.26

AST/TO Assists per turnover

9.9 6.9 12.2

TS% True shooting %

55.9 50.4 56.9

Players

Advanced stats

PER

Shaquille O'Neal 30.0 20.8 Kenny Anderson

Mario Bennett 24.6 19.0 Dana Barros

Kobe Bryant 19.1 18.6 Tyus Edney

USG%

Shea Seals 70.5 34.0 Dontae Jones

Shaquille O'Neal 32.8 29.0 Antoine Walker

Kobe Bryant 27.3 23.5 Tyus Edney

TS%

Eddie Jones 59.2 58.9 Pervis Ellison

Shaquille O'Neal 58.7 58.3 Dana Barros

Mario Bennett 57.3 57.1 John Thomas

AST/TO

Derek Fisher 38.0 35.9 Kenny Anderson

Nick Van Exel 36.6 23.0 Dana Barros

Jon Barry 20.9 22.1 Tyus Edney

3 PTS attempts rate

Jon Barry 58.7 44.3 Dee Brown

Nick Van Exel 42.5 41.6 Chauncey Billups

Shea Seals 37.5 40.4 Dana Barros

FT attemps rate

Sean Rooks 78.2 51.4 Tyus Edney

Shaquille O'Neal 59.4 49.4 Andrew Declercq

Elden Campbell 54.8 48.6 Pervis Ellison