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1997 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals

Previous Year

League Champion: Chicago Bulls

Finals MVP: Michael Jordan (32.3/7.0/6.0)

PTS Leader: Michael Jordan (590)
TRB Leader: Karl Malone (228)
AST Leader: John Stockton (191)
WS Leader: Michael Jordan (3.9)

2 Series

Click matchup for composite box score
1 vs. 4 Chicago Bulls vs. Atlanta Hawks CHICAGO BULLS win 4-1
2 vs. 3 Miami Heat vs. New York Knicks MIAMI HEAT win 4-3

Chicago Bulls (4) vs. Atlanta Hawks (1)

Game 1
ATL
CHI
97
100
Game 2
ATL
CHI
103
95
Game 3
CHI
ATL
100
80
Game 4
CHI
ATL
89
80
Game 5
ATL
CHI
92
107

Chicago Bulls

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Michael Jordan 33 5 5 210 54 119 2 17 23 28 16 35 51 26 10 7 16 9 133 .454 .118 .821 42.0 26.6 10.2 5.2 2.0 1.4
2 Scottie Pippen 31 5 5 201 42 98 14 37 13 18 10 18 28 28 6 2 10 11 111 .429 .378 .722 40.2 22.2 5.6 5.6 1.2 0.4
3 Toni Kukoc 28 5 0 119 17 39 6 20 14 23 1 9 10 16 3 0 3 12 54 .436 .300 .609 23.8 10.8 2.0 3.2 0.6 0.0
4 Ron Harper 33 5 5 135 17 36 8 22 7 7 4 19 23 19 5 4 4 8 49 .472 .364 1.000 27.0 9.8 4.6 3.8 1.0 0.8
5 Bison Dele 27 5 0 80 16 30 0 0 5 10 12 9 21 3 6 1 3 15 37 .533 .500 16.0 7.4 4.2 0.6 1.2 0.2
6 Steve Kerr 31 5 0 87 11 24 6 15 2 2 2 4 6 5 5 0 5 6 30 .458 .400 1.000 17.4 6.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.0
7 Luc Longley 28 5 5 121 13 23 0 0 3 10 11 20 31 11 1 4 3 20 29 .565 .300 24.2 5.8 6.2 2.2 0.2 0.8
8 Jason Caffey 23 5 3 81 11 20 0 0 0 0 15 9 24 4 1 0 5 10 22 .550 16.2 4.4 4.8 0.8 0.2 0.0
9 Dennis Rodman 35 5 2 99 6 18 2 4 2 4 10 15 25 6 1 2 6 19 16 .333 .500 .500 19.8 3.2 5.0 1.2 0.2 0.4
10 Jud Buechler 28 5 0 25 2 6 2 3 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 4 6 .333 .667 5.0 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0
11 Randy Brown 28 4 0 24 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 3 4 2 .167 6.0 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.0
12 Robert Parish 43 2 0 18 1 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 3 0 2 2 .143 9.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
Team Totals 5 1200 191 426 40 118 69 102 86 142 228 122 39 23 58 120 491 240.0 98.2 45.6 24.4 7.8 4.6

Atlanta Hawks

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Mookie Blaylock 29 5 5 219 38 84 19 46 8 10 5 28 33 32 9 0 20 8 103 .452 .413 .800 43.8 20.6 6.6 6.4 1.8 0.0
2 Steve Smith 27 5 5 197 23 72 9 29 33 40 6 7 13 8 2 0 10 19 88 .319 .310 .825 39.4 17.6 2.6 1.6 0.4 0.0
3 Christian Laettner 27 5 5 201 26 73 2 10 27 34 12 24 36 13 6 4 17 17 81 .356 .200 .794 40.2 16.2 7.2 2.6 1.2 0.8
4 Dikembe Mutombo 30 5 5 205 21 39 0 0 21 32 20 39 59 8 1 13 12 16 63 .538 .656 41.0 12.6 11.8 1.6 0.2 2.6
5 Tyrone Corbin 34 5 5 166 19 40 6 15 2 2 7 14 21 4 2 1 6 12 46 .475 .400 1.000 33.2 9.2 4.2 0.8 0.4 0.2
6 Alan Henderson 24 5 0 88 13 24 0 0 13 16 7 15 22 0 1 1 4 20 39 .542 .813 17.6 7.8 4.4 0.0 0.2 0.2
7 Eldridge Recasner 29 5 0 64 9 18 3 5 4 7 0 2 2 4 0 0 3 3 25 .500 .600 .571 12.8 5.0 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0
8 Henry James 31 4 0 30 2 9 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 5 .222 .333 7.5 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0
9 Darrin Hancock 25 4 0 25 1 3 0 1 0 3 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 5 2 .333 .000 .000 6.3 0.5 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.3
10 Jon Barry 27 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Priest Lauderdale 23 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 152 362 40 109 108 144 59 132 191 71 23 20 75 105 452 240.0 90.4 38.2 14.2 4.6 4.0

Miami Heat (4) vs. New York Knicks (3)

Game 1
NYK
MIA
88
79
Game 2
NYK
MIA
84
88
Game 3
MIA
NYK
73
77
Game 4
MIA
NYK
76
89
Game 5
NYK
MIA
81
96
Game 6
MIA
NYK
95
90
Game 7
NYK
MIA
90
101

Miami Heat

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Tim Hardaway 30 7 7 292 51 127 21 52 37 49 2 24 26 42 16 0 25 13 160 .402 .404 .755 41.7 22.9 3.7 6.0 2.3 0.0
2 Alonzo Mourning 26 7 7 250 48 103 2 6 36 69 15 49 64 7 7 20 27 36 134 .466 .333 .522 35.7 19.1 9.1 1.0 1.0 2.9
3 Voshon Lenard 23 7 7 217 22 59 8 30 20 22 4 18 22 15 2 1 10 14 72 .373 .267 .909 31.0 10.3 3.1 2.1 0.3 0.1
4 Jamal Mashburn 24 7 7 236 21 58 8 21 11 15 10 21 31 10 9 1 10 21 61 .362 .381 .733 33.7 8.7 4.4 1.4 1.3 0.1
5 Dan Majerle 31 7 2 218 17 44 12 29 13 20 6 34 40 23 9 2 6 12 59 .386 .414 .650 31.1 8.4 5.7 3.3 1.3 0.3
6 P.J. Brown 27 5 5 159 15 34 0 0 14 22 21 29 50 6 4 10 6 16 44 .441 .636 31.8 8.8 10.0 1.2 0.8 2.0
7 Isaac Austin 27 7 0 140 15 37 1 1 6 8 5 22 27 1 5 5 10 19 37 .405 1.000 .750 20.0 5.3 3.9 0.1 0.7 0.7
8 John Crotty 27 7 0 76 8 22 3 7 4 5 4 3 7 4 3 0 8 8 23 .364 .429 .800 10.9 3.3 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.0
9 Willie Anderson 30 4 0 60 6 13 1 3 2 2 1 6 7 5 2 1 7 10 15 .462 .333 1.000 15.0 3.8 1.8 1.3 0.5 0.3
10 Keith Askins 29 3 0 30 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 6 3 .500 .500 10.0 1.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Mark Strickland 26 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 7 1680 204 499 57 151 143 212 69 212 281 113 57 40 109 155 608 240.0 86.9 40.1 16.1 8.1 5.7

New York Knicks

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Patrick Ewing 34 6 6 235 60 123 0 1 22 29 21 48 69 8 2 13 16 19 142 .488 .000 .759 39.2 23.7 11.5 1.3 0.3 2.2
2 Allan Houston 25 6 6 243 36 93 16 34 28 31 2 14 16 14 3 3 17 10 116 .387 .471 .903 40.5 19.3 2.7 2.3 0.5 0.5
3 John Starks 31 6 1 170 26 64 7 27 18 21 4 16 20 14 6 0 14 20 77 .406 .259 .857 28.3 12.8 3.3 2.3 1.0 0.0
4 Larry Johnson 27 6 6 193 22 45 2 6 25 30 9 18 27 14 7 1 11 16 71 .489 .333 .833 32.2 11.8 4.5 2.3 1.2 0.2
5 Charles Oakley 33 7 7 266 26 66 0 1 19 22 18 51 69 10 16 3 16 26 71 .394 .000 .864 38.0 10.1 9.9 1.4 2.3 0.4
6 Chris Childs 29 7 7 236 23 56 4 15 13 17 8 28 36 37 15 0 19 31 63 .411 .267 .765 33.7 9.0 5.1 5.3 2.1 0.0
7 Buck Williams 36 7 1 135 10 24 0 0 5 13 8 17 25 3 1 3 4 22 25 .417 .385 19.3 3.6 3.6 0.4 0.1 0.4
8 Charlie Ward 26 6 0 129 5 19 0 6 3 4 1 17 18 26 13 0 10 15 13 .263 .000 .750 21.5 2.2 3.0 4.3 2.2 0.0
9 John Wallace 22 4 1 40 4 15 0 1 2 2 2 5 7 5 1 2 2 6 10 .267 .000 1.000 10.0 2.5 1.8 1.3 0.3 0.5
10 Walter McCarty 22 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
11 Herb Williams 38 2 0 22 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 .400 11.0 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Scott Brooks 31 4 0 7 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .500 1.000 1.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 7 1680 217 514 29 91 136 170 73 215 288 131 65 25 109 168 599 240.0 85.6 41.1 18.7 9.3 3.6