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1997 NBA Western Conference First Round

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)

4 Series

Click matchup for composite box score
4 vs. 5 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers LOS ANGELES LAKERS win 3-1
2 vs. 7 Seattle SuperSonics vs. Phoenix Suns SEATTLE SUPERSONICS win 3-2
3 vs. 6 Houston Rockets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves HOUSTON ROCKETS win 3-0
1 vs. 8 Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Clippers UTAH JAZZ win 3-0

Los Angeles Lakers (3) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (1)

Game 1
POR
LAL		77
95
Game 2
POR
LAL		93
107
Game 3
LAL
POR		90
98
Game 4
LAL
POR		95
91

Los Angeles Lakers

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 Shaquille O'Neal 24 4 4 154 47 88 0 0 38 59 13 24 37 13 3 7 7 13 132 .534 .644 38.5 33.0 9.3 3.3 0.8 1.8
2 Elden Campbell 28 4 4 123 23 46 1 1 20 24 5 8 13 6 5 3 8 10 67 .500 1.000 .833 30.8 16.8 3.3 1.5 1.3 0.8
3 Eddie Jones 25 4 4 121 16 27 4 11 14 21 4 12 16 17 4 3 5 10 50 .593 .364 .667 30.3 12.5 4.0 4.3 1.0 0.8
4 Nick Van Exel 25 4 4 144 12 40 4 15 6 10 1 11 12 26 2 0 7 8 34 .300 .267 .600 36.0 8.5 3.0 6.5 0.5 0.0
5 Kobe Bryant 18 4 0 39 9 17 2 4 10 12 0 4 4 2 1 0 4 6 30 .529 .500 .833 9.8 7.5 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.0
6 Jerome Kersey 34 4 0 105 8 16 0 1 8 10 13 18 31 8 5 3 3 13 24 .500 .000 .800 26.3 6.0 7.8 2.0 1.3 0.8
7 Travis Knight 22 4 0 58 6 7 0 0 3 4 1 12 13 2 3 2 1 10 15 .857 .750 14.5 3.8 3.3 0.5 0.8 0.5
8 Robert Horry 26 4 4 99 4 14 2 9 4 4 8 9 17 5 2 2 6 12 14 .286 .222 1.000 24.8 3.5 4.3 1.3 0.5 0.5
9 Byron Scott 35 4 0 63 4 12 1 4 4 4 0 8 8 4 1 0 5 6 13 .333 .250 1.000 15.8 3.3 2.0 1.0 0.3 0.0
10 Derek Fisher 22 3 0 26 1 7 0 4 2 2 0 2 2 5 0 0 3 3 4 .143 .000 1.000 8.7 1.3 0.7 1.7 0.0 0.0
11 Sean Rooks 27 4 0 24 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 3 3 .250 .500 6.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.3
12 Corie Blount 28 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 2.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 131 278 14 49 111 154 45 112 157 88 28 21 49 94 387 240.0 96.8 39.3 22.0 7.0 5.3

Portland Trail Blazers

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 Rasheed Wallace 22 4 4 148 33 56 2 5 11 20 8 16 24 6 2 2 6 17 79 .589 .400 .550 37.0 19.8 6.0 1.5 0.5 0.5
2 Kenny Anderson 26 4 4 169 22 46 5 19 19 20 2 15 17 19 7 1 11 10 68 .478 .263 .950 42.3 17.0 4.3 4.8 1.8 0.3
3 Isaiah Rider 25 4 4 161 16 43 6 16 15 17 1 7 8 17 3 0 12 11 53 .372 .375 .882 40.3 13.3 2.0 4.3 0.8 0.0
4 Clifford Robinson 30 4 4 161 17 47 3 16 11 16 12 15 27 12 2 4 10 13 48 .362 .188 .688 40.3 12.0 6.8 3.0 0.5 1.0
5 Arvydas Sabonis 32 4 4 108 18 42 2 8 7 8 8 18 26 9 3 3 9 19 45 .429 .250 .875 27.0 11.3 6.5 2.3 0.8 0.8
6 Gary Trent 22 4 0 61 13 29 0 1 6 11 5 7 12 4 0 1 6 11 32 .448 .000 .545 15.3 8.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.3
7 Chris Dudley 31 4 0 69 5 11 0 0 2 6 10 18 28 3 2 5 0 19 12 .455 .333 17.3 3.0 7.0 0.8 0.5 1.3
8 Dontonio Wingfield 22 3 0 16 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 3 8 1.000 1.000 5.3 2.7 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0
9 Stacey Augmon 28 4 0 35 2 6 0 0 3 4 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 6 7 .333 .750 8.8 1.8 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.0
10 Rumeal Robinson 30 4 0 24 2 6 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 6 5 .333 .000 1.000 6.0 1.3 0.3 1.3 0.3 0.0
11 Mitchell Butler 26 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Jermaine O'Neal 18 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5
Team Totals 4 960 131 292 18 68 79 109 47 101 148 79 22 17 58 115 359 240.0 89.8 37.0 19.8 5.5 4.3

Seattle SuperSonics (3) vs. Phoenix Suns (2)

Game 1
PHO
SEA		106
101
Game 2
PHO
SEA		78
122
Game 3
SEA
PHO		103
110
Game 4
SEA
PHO		122
115
Game 5
PHO
SEA		92
116

Seattle SuperSonics

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 Gary Payton 28 5 5 226 48 117 16 43 15 19 8 19 27 45 6 2 15 9 127 .410 .372 .789 45.2 25.4 5.4 9.0 1.2 0.4
2 Shawn Kemp 27 5 5 188 34 72 2 6 41 50 22 50 72 15 6 6 18 24 111 .472 .333 .820 37.6 22.2 14.4 3.0 1.2 1.2
3 Detlef Schrempf 34 5 5 190 29 66 10 18 20 23 8 25 33 22 7 0 6 18 88 .439 .556 .870 38.0 17.6 6.6 4.4 1.4 0.0
4 Hersey Hawkins 30 5 5 203 29 58 13 27 8 8 8 17 25 14 12 0 12 19 79 .500 .481 1.000 40.6 15.8 5.0 2.8 2.4 0.0
5 Sam Perkins 35 5 0 120 16 39 4 16 8 10 4 16 20 7 4 6 5 11 44 .410 .250 .800 24.0 8.8 4.0 1.4 0.8 1.2
6 Terry Cummings 35 5 5 116 17 32 0 0 9 10 12 16 28 7 4 6 8 14 43 .531 .900 23.2 8.6 5.6 1.4 0.8 1.2
7 David Wingate 33 5 0 83 13 29 7 15 8 12 6 11 17 9 4 1 2 9 41 .448 .467 .667 16.6 8.2 3.4 1.8 0.8 0.2
8 Greg Graham 26 4 0 32 3 10 1 3 3 4 0 4 4 3 1 0 1 4 10 .300 .333 .750 8.0 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.0
9 Larry Stewart 28 2 0 10 3 4 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 8 .750 .000 1.000 5.0 4.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.5
10 Jim McIlvaine 24 2 0 8 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 7 1.000 .500 4.0 3.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0
11 Eric Snow 23 2 0 8 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1.000 1.000 .500 4.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
12 Nate McMillan 32 3 0 41 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 4 5 3 1 0 2 11 0 .000 .000 13.7 0.0 1.7 1.0 0.3 0.0
Team Totals 5 1225 197 434 54 132 116 142 70 163 233 127 49 24 70 122 564 245.0 112.8 46.6 25.4 9.8 4.8

Phoenix Suns

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 Rex Chapman 29 5 5 191 41 83 22 48 17 25 2 14 16 13 2 0 15 14 121 .494 .458 .680 38.2 24.2 3.2 2.6 0.4 0.0
2 Kevin Johnson 30 5 5 208 26 88 3 22 29 33 8 14 22 30 13 0 18 15 84 .295 .136 .879 41.6 16.8 4.4 6.0 2.6 0.0
3 Wesley Person 25 5 1 163 25 53 14 33 14 18 5 28 33 6 4 3 4 5 78 .472 .424 .778 32.6 15.6 6.6 1.2 0.8 0.6
4 Danny Manning 30 5 0 116 26 45 0 3 14 15 4 26 30 7 4 7 8 21 66 .578 .000 .933 23.2 13.2 6.0 1.4 0.8 1.4
5 Jason Kidd 23 5 5 207 21 53 8 22 10 19 4 26 30 49 11 2 13 11 60 .396 .364 .526 41.4 12.0 6.0 9.8 2.2 0.4
6 Cedric Ceballos 27 5 0 107 11 33 3 12 8 8 9 17 26 3 4 3 8 12 33 .333 .250 1.000 21.4 6.6 5.2 0.6 0.8 0.6
7 Hot Rod Williams 34 5 5 105 8 15 0 0 4 10 10 13 23 3 2 8 5 12 20 .533 .400 21.0 4.0 4.6 0.6 0.4 1.6
8 Wayman Tisdale 32 4 4 36 6 15 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 0 0 0 1 5 12 .400 9.0 3.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Mike Brown 33 4 0 27 2 5 0 0 7 8 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 6 11 .400 .875 6.8 2.8 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
10 Mark Bryant 31 4 0 36 4 10 0 0 3 3 1 3 4 0 0 0 2 4 11 .400 1.000 9.0 2.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Steve Nash 22 4 0 15 2 9 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 5 5 .222 .250 3.8 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
12 Loren Meyer 24 3 0 14 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 6 1 0 2 3 0 0 .000 .000 4.7 0.0 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.7
Team Totals 5 1225 172 413 51 145 106 139 50 152 202 114 41 26 80 110 501 245.0 100.2 40.4 22.8 8.2 5.2

Houston Rockets (3) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (0)

Game 1
MIN
HOU		95
112
Game 2
MIN
HOU		84
96
Game 3
HOU
MIN		125
120

Houston Rockets

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 Charles Barkley 33 3 3 102 15 29 2 4 23 34 11 21 32 13 1 1 10 8 55 .517 .500 .676 34.0 18.3 10.7 4.3 0.3 0.3
2 Hakeem Olajuwon 34 3 3 114 25 40 0 1 5 7 8 24 32 11 7 9 8 13 55 .625 .000 .714 38.0 18.3 10.7 3.7 2.3 3.0
3 Mario Elie 33 3 3 114 15 24 8 12 16 18 5 7 12 11 1 0 4 8 54 .625 .667 .889 38.0 18.0 4.0 3.7 0.3 0.0
4 Matt Maloney 25 3 3 99 17 30 12 21 6 7 0 6 6 9 3 0 3 5 52 .567 .571 .857 33.0 17.3 2.0 3.0 1.0 0.0
5 Clyde Drexler 34 3 3 105 16 41 6 19 4 5 4 12 16 24 4 1 4 10 42 .390 .316 .800 35.0 14.0 5.3 8.0 1.3 0.3
6 Kevin Willis 34 3 0 66 10 23 0 0 9 14 0 19 19 6 1 0 6 6 29 .435 .643 22.0 9.7 6.3 2.0 0.3 0.0
7 Eddie Johnson 37 3 0 64 10 30 2 13 3 3 5 7 12 5 1 0 4 4 25 .333 .154 1.000 21.3 8.3 4.0 1.7 0.3 0.0
8 Sedale Threatt 35 3 0 36 5 11 3 9 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 1 1 4 13 .455 .333 12.0 4.3 0.7 1.7 0.3 0.3
9 Matt Bullard 29 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1.000 1.000 3.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Randy Livingston 21 1 0 11 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 .500 1.000 11.0 3.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
11 Othella Harrington 23 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.000 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Charles Jones 39 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 3 720 115 231 35 81 68 90 33 100 133 87 19 12 42 60 333 240.0 111.0 44.3 29.0 6.3 4.0

Minnesota Timberwolves

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 Stephon Marbury 19 3 3 117 26 65 6 20 6 10 2 10 12 23 2 0 9 9 64 .400 .300 .600 39.0 21.3 4.0 7.7 0.7 0.0
2 Tom Gugliotta 27 3 3 121 23 52 3 4 6 10 2 14 16 13 7 2 6 13 55 .442 .750 .600 40.3 18.3 5.3 4.3 2.3 0.7
3 Kevin Garnett 20 3 3 125 24 51 1 1 3 3 14 14 28 11 4 3 4 6 52 .471 1.000 1.000 41.7 17.3 9.3 3.7 1.3 1.0
4 Dean Garrett 30 3 3 118 15 29 0 0 8 10 19 16 35 4 2 3 1 11 38 .517 .800 39.3 12.7 11.7 1.3 0.7 1.0
5 Doug West 29 3 3 87 12 22 0 2 9 9 0 4 4 6 2 1 1 11 33 .545 .000 1.000 29.0 11.0 1.3 2.0 0.7 0.3
6 Sam Mitchell 33 3 0 47 6 13 0 0 5 8 2 5 7 1 1 1 1 9 17 .462 .625 15.7 5.7 2.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
7 Terry Porter 33 3 0 46 5 13 3 9 3 4 1 2 3 9 2 2 2 2 16 .385 .333 .750 15.3 5.3 1.0 3.0 0.7 0.7
8 James Robinson 26 2 0 31 5 12 4 10 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 4 14 .417 .400 15.5 7.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 0.0
9 Shane Heal 26 2 0 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.000 1.000 1.5 3.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
10 Cherokee Parks 24 1 0 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 5 4 .667 11.0 4.0 5.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
11 Chris Carr 22 1 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 8.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
12 Stojko Vrankovic 33 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 3 720 120 266 19 50 40 54 42 74 116 72 23 12 26 70 299 240.0 99.7 38.7 24.0 7.7 4.0

Utah Jazz (3) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (0)

Game 1
LAC
UTA		86
106
Game 2
LAC
UTA		99
105
Game 3
UTA
LAC		104
92

Utah Jazz

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 Karl Malone 33 3 3 123 33 68 0 0 26 35 10 24 34 6 4 3 8 8 92 .485 .743 41.0 30.7 11.3 2.0 1.3 1.0
2 Jeff Hornacek 33 3 3 98 14 30 4 10 19 20 4 13 17 11 4 1 7 9 51 .467 .400 .950 32.7 17.0 5.7 3.7 1.3 0.3
3 John Stockton 34 3 3 109 16 30 4 10 7 8 3 10 13 34 6 0 11 10 43 .533 .400 .875 36.3 14.3 4.3 11.3 2.0 0.0
4 Bryon Russell 26 3 3 101 12 20 1 6 6 12 3 8 11 4 4 0 4 11 31 .600 .167 .500 33.7 10.3 3.7 1.3 1.3 0.0
5 Antoine Carr 35 3 0 60 11 13 0 0 8 10 1 7 8 1 0 3 4 10 30 .846 .800 20.0 10.0 2.7 0.3 0.0 1.0
6 Howard Eisley 24 3 0 35 9 12 3 4 7 7 2 4 6 4 0 0 0 3 28 .750 .750 1.000 11.7 9.3 2.0 1.3 0.0 0.0
7 Shandon Anderson 23 3 0 48 5 9 0 1 4 6 4 4 8 4 1 0 0 7 14 .556 .000 .667 16.0 4.7 2.7 1.3 0.3 0.0
8 Greg Foster 28 3 0 46 4 12 0 0 4 6 0 8 8 3 1 1 1 6 12 .333 .667 15.3 4.0 2.7 1.0 0.3 0.3
9 Chris Morris 31 3 0 30 3 8 1 4 1 2 0 8 8 1 3 0 1 3 8 .375 .250 .500 10.0 2.7 2.7 0.3 1.0 0.0
10 Greg Ostertag 23 3 3 57 3 8 0 0 0 0 6 8 14 1 1 8 3 9 6 .375 19.0 2.0 4.7 0.3 0.3 2.7
11 Stephen Howard 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Adam Keefe 26 2 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 6.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
Team Totals 3 720 110 211 13 35 82 106 33 98 131 69 25 16 39 77 315 240.0 105.0 43.7 23.0 8.3 5.3

Los Angeles Clippers

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 Loy Vaught 28 3 3 90 19 31 1 3 6 9 5 22 27 2 3 2 6 12 45 .613 .333 .667 30.0 15.0 9.0 0.7 1.0 0.7
2 Malik Sealy 26 3 3 79 12 25 1 5 11 15 1 2 3 5 0 0 5 10 36 .480 .200 .733 26.3 12.0 1.0 1.7 0.0 0.0
3 Brent Barry 25 3 0 84 11 27 5 11 8 9 1 6 7 10 4 0 4 10 35 .407 .455 .889 28.0 11.7 2.3 3.3 1.3 0.0
4 Darrick Martin 25 3 3 77 11 25 5 9 6 9 1 1 2 13 0 0 2 9 33 .440 .556 .667 25.7 11.0 0.7 4.3 0.0 0.0
5 Rodney Rogers 25 3 3 85 12 29 2 10 6 8 3 4 7 6 4 3 7 13 32 .414 .200 .750 28.3 10.7 2.3 2.0 1.3 1.0
6 Lorenzen Wright 21 3 3 92 13 32 0 0 5 5 7 15 22 2 3 2 1 6 31 .406 1.000 30.7 10.3 7.3 0.7 1.0 0.7
7 Lamond Murray 23 3 0 65 6 20 2 8 7 7 2 9 11 3 2 3 4 7 21 .300 .250 1.000 21.7 7.0 3.7 1.0 0.7 1.0
8 Eric Piatkowski 26 3 0 38 4 11 2 5 6 7 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 16 .364 .400 .857 12.7 5.3 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0
9 Bo Outlaw 25 3 0 66 6 11 0 1 3 10 6 8 14 4 1 2 3 5 15 .545 .000 .300 22.0 5.0 4.7 1.3 0.3 0.7
10 Rich Manning 26 3 0 21 2 9 0 0 5 6 3 1 4 1 0 1 0 5 9 .222 .833 7.0 3.0 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.3
11 Pooh Richardson 30 2 0 18 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 4 4 .500 .000 .000 9.0 2.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.0
12 Terry Dehere 25 2 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .000 2.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 3 720 98 225 18 54 63 86 31 69 100 49 19 13 34 87 277 240.0 92.3 33.3 16.3 6.3 4.3