Los Angeles Lakers 108, Dallas Mavericks 106  at Los Angeles  (December 27)

          1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG   3FG   FG%   FT%
LA Lakers  31  21  26  30 -  108   .500  .375  .489  .773
Dallas     19  29  23  35 -  106   .413  .556  .441  .667

Halftime: LA Lakers 52-48
3rd Q: LA Lakers 78-71
Dallas never led
Technicals: Cedric Ceballos 11:05 1st
Refs: Mark Wunderlich, Joe Forte, Derek Collins
Attendance: 18,997  (sellout)
Did not play due to injury: Steve Nash (sprained right ankle)


Los Angeles Lakers                                     REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
A.C. Green             18   1-1     0-0     0-0     2  0-3   1  1  0   0   0 
Glen Rice              30   4-10    0-1     1-3     9  2-8   0  1  3   0   1 
Shaquille O'Neal       40  14-26    0-0     7-10   35  6-14  3  7  4   0   3 
Kobe Bryant            42  10-22    1-1     4-4    25  2-9   4  3  3   3   0 
Ron Harper             30   8-9     1-1     0-0    17  0-6   4  0  1   2   0 
Rick Fox               24   2-8     1-1     2-2     7  0-1   3  0  3   1   0 
Derek Fisher           17   0-5     0-4     0-0     0  0-2   2  0  1   0   0 
Robert Horry           27   4-8     0-0     3-3    11  3-8   8  0  3   1   1 
Travis Knight           6   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-2   1  0  0   0   0 
Brian Shaw              6   1-1     0-0     0-0     2  0-2   0  0  0   0   0 
Totals                 48  44-90    3-8    17-22  108 13-55 26 12 18   7   5 

Dallas Mavericks                                       REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Cedric Ceballos        38   4-11    0-2     4-7    12  0-8   2  4  1   0   0 
Dirk Nowitzki          38  10-16    5-7     5-5    30  3-6   1  0  5   1   1 
Gary Trent             36   5-17    0-0     0-4    10  4-13  2  3  5   1   1 
Hubert Davis           27   4-8     1-1     0-0     9  2-4   1  1  1   2   0 
Michael Finley         47  10-22    2-3     2-2    24  1-6   8  2  3   1   0 
Sean Rooks             15   2-6     0-0     0-0     4  0-2   4  0  3   0   1 
Shawn Bradley           9   2-5     0-0     0-0     4  1-4   0  0  1   0   1 
Damon Jones            29   4-8     2-5     3-3    13  1-3   3  0  0   1   0 
Rick Hughes             1   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-0   0  0  0   0   0 
Totals                 48  41-93   10-18   14-21  106 12-46 21 10 19   6   4