Los Angeles Lakers 108, Dallas Mavericks 103  at Dallas  (December 22)

          1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG   3FG   FG%   FT%
LA Lakers  29  32  19  28 -  108   .564  .438  .535  .641
Dallas     23  18  27  35 -  103   .477  .333  .446  .742
 
Halftime: LA Lakers 61-41
3rd Q: LA Lakers 80-68
Technicals: None
Refs: Dick Bavetta, Jim Kinsey, Sean Corbin
Attendance: 18,201  (sellout)


Los Angeles Lakers                                     REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Rick Fox               34   6-11    3-5     0-0    15  4-12  2  2  3   0   0 
Horace Grant           25   0-2     0-0     0-2     0  1-6   2  1  2   1   0 
Shaquille O'Neal       41   9-14    0-0    10-20   28  1-9   2  4  5   2   0 
Kobe Bryant            46  12-20    1-1    10-10   35  1-4   4  5  5   0   0 
Ron Harper             30   3-5     0-2     2-3     8  2-8   2  4  2   0   1 
Robert Horry           21   1-4     1-3     3-4     6  4-8   3  1  5   0   0 
Isaiah Rider           18   3-7     1-2     0-0     7  0-1   5  1  1   0   0 
Mike Penberthy          8   2-4     1-3     0-0     5  0-0   1  0  1   0   0 
Brian Shaw             17   2-4     0-0     0-0     4  0-2   3  0  1   1   0 
Totals                 48  38-71    7-16   25-39  108 13-50 24 19 25   4   1 

Dallas Mavericks                                       REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Michael Finley         48   8-19    0-2     6-9    22  4-8   8  1  2   4   0 
Dirk Nowitzki          46   9-15    0-3    11-15   29  0-10  2  1  5   0   0 
Christian Laettner     14   2-5     0-0     3-4     7  0-1   1  0  3   1   0 
Howard Eisley          33   6-14    4-7     0-0    16  0-3   2  0  2   1   0 
Steve Nash             42   7-14    1-4     3-3    18  0-2   8  1  3   0   0 
Mark Bryant             5   1-1     0-0     0-0     2  0-1   0  0  6   0   0 
Shawn Bradley           8   0-1     0-0     0-0     0  0-2   0  1  1   0   0 
Hubert Davis           18   1-4     1-2     0-0     3  1-1   0  1  2   0   0 
Donnell Harvey          1   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-0   0  0  1   0   0 
Loy Vaught              5   2-2     0-0     0-0     4  0-0   0  0  3   0   0 
Gary Trent              6   1-3     0-0     0-0     2  0-0   1  0  3   0   0 
Courtney Alexander     14   0-5     0-0     0-0     0  1-2   1  0  1   1   0 
Totals                 48  37-83    6-18   23-31  103  6-30 23  5 32   7   0