Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Keith Closs and Shaquille O'Neal

This is the detail of NBA games in which Keith Closs and Shaquille O'Neal played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 8 times in NBA games. Shaquille O'Neal has an 8-0 winning record over Keith Closs. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Keith Closs:
1997-98 to 1999-00
Shaquille O'Neal:
1992-93 to 2010-11
8 Games played
8 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Keith Closs
0
0
0
Shaquille O'Neal
8
8
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Keith Closs 4.8 2.6 0.0 0.31.4
Shaquille O'Neal 30.5 13.1 1.90.92.6
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Keith Closs 9 5 0 14
Shaquille O'Neal 40 19 4 35
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Keith Closs 0

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0

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0

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0

games
2

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Shaquille O'Neal 8

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8

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8

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4

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4

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Both had same stat 0

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0

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0

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4

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2

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1997-98 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 09, 1998
1. Clippers 115   Keith Closs 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 18 2-3 .667 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Lakers 125   Shaquille O'Neal 32 7 2 1 0 3 5 31 14-20 .700 0-0 - 4-11 .364
Mar. 12, 1998
2. Clippers 85   Keith Closs 4 5 0 0 3 0 2 13 2-6 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 108   Shaquille O'Neal 32 9 2 0 3 5 3 33 16-20 .800 0-0 - 0-5 .000
1998-99 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 25, 1999
3. Clippers 100   Keith Closs 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 05 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 115   Shaquille O'Neal 19 11 4 3 2 0 3 32 7-11 .636 0-0 - 5-8 .625
Mar. 09, 1999
4. Clippers 99   Keith Closs 9 3 0 0 0 0 6 13 4-6 .667 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Lakers 103   Shaquille O'Neal 31 12 2 0 5 6 6 36 10-20 .500 0-0 - 11-16 .688
Mar. 10, 1999
5. Clippers 75   Keith Closs 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 04 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 94   Shaquille O'Neal 31 13 1 1 3 3 0 34 12-23 .522 0-0 - 7-12 .583
1999-00 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 14, 1999
6. Clippers 68   Keith Closs 7 4 0 0 3 0 2 14 3-3 1.000 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Lakers 95   Shaquille O'Neal 21 19 1 1 3 0 1 29 9-18 .500 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Jan. 04, 2000
7. Clippers 98   Keith Closs 6 4 0 0 4 1 3 25 3-8 .375 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 122   Shaquille O'Neal 38 15 2 0 3 1 3 40 17-26 .654 0-0 - 4-9 .444
Jan. 05, 2000
8. Clippers 101   Keith Closs 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 14 2-2 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 118   Shaquille O'Neal 40 19 1 1 2 2 4 35 17-24 .708 0-0 - 6-9 .667