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1997–98 NBA season
1997–98 NBA season
1997–98 NBA season League Sport TV partner/s Draft Top draft pick Picked by Regular season Season MVP Top scorer Playoffs Eastern champions Eastern runners-up Western champions Western runnersup Finals Finals champions Runners-up Finals MVP NBA seasons ← 1996–97 1998–99 → Chicago Bulls Utah Jazz Michael Jordan (Chicago) Chicago Bulls Indiana Pacers Utah Jazz Los Angeles Lakers Michael Jordan (Chicago) Michael Jordan (Chicago) Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs National Basketball Association Basketball NBC, TBS
• The "Washington Bullets" are renamed as the "Washington Wizards". They begin the season at US Airways Arena, then in December, they play their first game at the MCI Center (now Verizon Center) during this season. • Due to the implosion of The Omni and the construction of the new Philips Arena, the Atlanta Hawks split home games between Georgia Tech’s Alexander Coliseum and the Georgia Dome. • Michael Jordan passes Kareem AbdulJabbar as the all-time leader in points scored in the NBA Playoffs. • The Utah Jazz and the Chicago Bulls shared the league’s best record with 62-20. Fittingly, they met each other in the NBA Finals. • Two new records are set in Game 3 of the NBA Finals: biggest margin of victory (42 points) and fewest points scored in an NBA Finals game (54) in the Chicago Bulls’ rout of the Utah Jazz. • Following head coach Phil Jackson’s decision to not return to the Bulls, Michael Jordan announces his second retirement from the NBA during the following offseason. This was Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls. Scottie Pippen was traded for Roy Rogers (who was released in February 1999) and a conditional second round draft pick from the Houston Rockets. Dennis Rodman was not resigned either leading to the end of an era for the Chicago Bulls and the NBA.
The 1997–98 NBA season was the 52nd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Chicago Bulls winning their third straight championship and sixth in the last eight years, beating the Utah Jazz 4 games to 2 in the 1998 NBA Finals. This would also be in many people’s eyes the end of a golden era of basketball with the departure of Michael Jordan and the end of the dynasty for the Chicago Bulls.
Final standings
Eastern Conference Western Conference
C - NBA Champions
Notable occurrences
• The 1998 NBA All-Star Game was played at Madison Square Garden.
1997-98 NBA statistics leaders
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Atlantic Division Team Miami Heat New York Knicks New Jersey Nets Washington Wizards Orlando Magic Boston Celtics Philadelphia 76ers W 55 43 43 42 41 36 31 Central Division Team Chicago Bulls C Indiana Pacers Charlotte Hornets Atlanta Hawks Cleveland Cavaliers Detroit Pistons Milwaukee Bucks Toronto Raptors W 62 58 51 50 47 37 36 16 Midwest Division Team Utah Jazz San Antonio Spurs Minnesota Timberwolves Houston Rockets Dallas Mavericks Vancouver Grizzlies Denver Nuggets Pacific Division Team Seattle SuperSonics Los Angeles Lakers Phoenix Suns Portland Trail Blazers Sacramento Kings Golden State Warriors Los Angeles Clippers W 61 61 56 46 27 19 17 • • • • L 21 21 26 36 55 63 65 W 62 56 45 41 20 19 11 L 20 26 37 41 62 63 71 L 20 24 31 32 35 45 46 66 L 27 39 39 40 41 46 51
1997–98 NBA season
PCT. .671 .524 .524 .512 .500 .439 .378
GB 12 12 13 14 19 24
PCT. .756 .707 .622 .610 .573 .451 .439 .195
GB 4 11 12 15 25 26 46
PCT. .756 .683 .549 .500 .244 .232 .134
GB 6 17 21 42 43 51
PCT. .744 .744 .683 .561 .329 .232 .207
GB 5 15 34 42 44
NBA awards
• Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls • Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs
Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta Hawks Danny Manning, Phoenix Suns Alan Henderson, Atlanta Hawks Larry Bird, Indiana Pacers
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Category Points per game Rebounds per game Assists per game Steals per game Blocks per game FG% FT% 3FG% Player Michael Jordan Dennis Rodman Rod Strickland Mookie Blaylock Marcus Camby Shaquille O’Neal Chris Mullin Dale Ellis • • • • • • • • • • Team Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls
1997–98 NBA season
Stat 28.7 15.0 10.5 2.6 3.7 58.4 93.9 46.4
Washington Wizards Atlanta Hawks Toronto Raptors Los Angeles Lakers Indiana Pacers Seattle SuperSonics
• • F - Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs • F - Karl Malone, Utah Jazz • C - Shaquille O’Neal, Los Angeles Lakers • G - Gary Payton, Seattle SuperSonics • G - Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls • • F - Vin Baker, Seattle SuperSonics • F - Grant Hill, Detroit Pistons • C - David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs • G - Tim Hardaway, Miami Heat • G - Rod Strickland, Washington Wizards • • F - Scottie Pippen, Chicago Bulls • F - Glen Rice, Charlotte Hornets • C - Dikembe Mutumbo, Atlanta Hawks • G - Mitch Richmond, Sacramento Kings • G - Reggie Miller, Indiana Pacers • • F - Scottie Pippen, Chicago Bulls • F - Karl Malone, Utah Jazz • C - Dikembe Mutumbo, Atlanta Hawks • G - Gary Payton, Seattle SuperSonics • G - Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
F - Charles Oakley, New York Knicks F - Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs C - David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs G - Eddie Jones, Los Angeles Lakers G - Mookie Blaylock, Atlanta Hawks Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs Keith Van Horn, New Jersey Nets Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cleveland Cavaliers • Ron Mercer, Boston Celtics • Brevin Knight, Cleveland Cavaliers • • Maurice Taylor, Los Angeles Clippers • Cedric Henderson, Cleveland Cavaliers • Tim Thomas, Philadelphia 76ers • Bobby Jackson, Denver Nuggets • Derek Anderson, Cleveland Cavaliers Note: All information on this page were obtained on the History section on NBA.com
See also
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