Los Angeles Lakers 99, Dallas Mavericks 97  at Los Angeles  (December 3)

          1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG   3FG   FG%   FT%
LA Lakers  23  24  24  28 -   99   .459  .300  .440  .564
Dallas     19  18  26  34 -   97   .547  .182  .500  .818

Halftime: LA Lakers 47-37
3rd Q: LA Lakers 71-63
Technicals: LA Lakers Illegal D 2:33 3rd, LA Lakers Illegal D 7:15 4th
Refs: Ed F. Rush, Mike Callahan, Courtney Kirkland
Attendance: 18,997  (sellout)
Did not play due to injury: Hubert Davis (strained left groin), Steve Nash
(strained right calf), Eduardo Najera (sprained ankle)


Los Angeles Lakers                                     REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Rick Fox               21   2-5     1-1     0-0     5  0-1   1  1  1   0   0 
Horace Grant           23   1-4     0-0     2-2     4  3-5   1  1  3   1   0 
Shaquille O'Neal       38  10-19    0-0     5-19   25  7-14  3  2  5   0   1 
Kobe Bryant            45  15-28    1-3     7-9    38  4-10  6  6  4   2   2 
Ron Harper             31   4-11    0-1     0-0     8  4-9   1  1  3   0   1 
Robert Horry           32   0-4     0-1     2-2     2  3-6   2  1  3   1   2 
Isaiah Rider           26   3-9     1-3     4-4    11  0-2   2  1  2   1   0 
Brian Shaw             17   1-3     0-1     1-1     3  0-1   1  1  1   1   0 
Mike Penberthy          3   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-0   0  1  0   1   0 
Greg Foster             3   1-1     0-0     1-2     3  0-3   1  0  0   0   0 
Devean George           1   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-0   0  0  0   0   0 
Totals                 48  37-84    3-10   22-39   99 21-51 18 15 22   7   6 

Dallas Mavericks                                       REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Michael Finley         44  11-19    0-1     0-0    22  1-2   5  1  1   0   0 
Dirk Nowitzki          38   9-16    2-6     5-6    25  1-11  1  5  1   0   3 
Christian Laettner     20   4-7     0-0     0-0     8  1-2   0  2  3   0   0 
Courtney Alexander     35   6-15    0-1     0-0    12  1-3   2  0  5   1   0 
Howard Eisley          46   6-14    0-3     2-3    14  1-2  10  1  6   4   0 
Greg Buckner           24   3-6     0-0     2-2     8  2-2   1  2  6   0   0 
Shawn Bradley          15   2-4     0-0     0-0     4  1-4   0  0  3   1   1 
Loy Vaught             13   2-5     0-0     0-0     4  1-5   2  0  2   0   0 
Mark Bryant             5   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-1   0  0  4   0   0 
Totals                 48  43-86    2-11    9-11   97  9-32 21 12 31   6   4