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1997 NBA Western 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 Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers UTAH JAZZ win 4-1
2 vs. 3 Seattle SuperSonics vs. Houston Rockets HOUSTON ROCKETS win 4-3

Utah Jazz (4) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (1)

Game 1
LAL
UTA		77
93
Game 2
LAL
UTA		101
103
Game 3
UTA
LAL		84
104
Game 4
UTA
LAL		110
95
Game 5
LAL
UTA		93
98

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 5 5 204 44 115 0 0 55 67 16 47 63 11 5 3 15 14 143 .383 .821 40.8 28.6 12.6 2.2 1.0 0.6
2 Bryon Russell 26 5 5 193 29 62 11 31 12 15 6 22 28 10 4 1 8 15 81 .468 .355 .800 38.6 16.2 5.6 2.0 0.8 0.2
3 Jeff Hornacek 33 5 5 188 23 53 5 16 29 33 7 21 28 26 4 1 10 12 80 .434 .313 .879 37.6 16.0 5.6 5.2 0.8 0.2
4 John Stockton 34 5 5 184 23 45 3 12 17 23 4 14 18 42 10 1 11 16 66 .511 .250 .739 36.8 13.2 3.6 8.4 2.0 0.2
5 Shandon Anderson 23 5 0 66 8 12 2 3 5 8 2 7 9 4 2 0 4 6 23 .667 .667 .625 13.2 4.6 1.8 0.8 0.4 0.0
6 Chris Morris 31 5 0 43 6 16 2 8 7 10 3 2 5 3 2 0 3 6 21 .375 .250 .700 8.6 4.2 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.0
7 Antoine Carr 35 5 0 72 8 22 0 0 3 6 5 3 8 3 2 3 5 18 19 .364 .500 14.4 3.8 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.6
8 Howard Eisley 24 5 0 52 4 12 1 3 6 6 1 3 4 8 0 0 4 10 15 .333 .333 1.000 10.4 3.0 0.8 1.6 0.0 0.0
9 Greg Ostertag 23 5 5 134 5 16 0 0 5 6 14 17 31 2 1 19 4 22 15 .313 .833 26.8 3.0 6.2 0.4 0.2 3.8
10 Greg Foster 28 5 0 64 4 12 0 0 3 4 2 8 10 3 1 3 1 13 11 .333 .750 12.8 2.2 2.0 0.6 0.2 0.6
11 Stephen Howard 26 1 0 9 3 4 0 0 3 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 9 .750 .750 9.0 9.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
12 Adam Keefe 26 1 0 16 1 2 0 0 3 4 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 .500 .750 16.0 5.0 5.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1225 158 371 24 73 148 186 62 148 210 113 32 31 66 134 488 245.0 97.6 42.0 22.6 6.4 6.2

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 5 5 172 42 85 0 0 26 46 25 33 58 16 2 10 15 24 110 .494 .565 34.4 22.0 11.6 3.2 0.4 2.0
2 Nick Van Exel 25 5 5 209 33 79 8 29 22 24 5 14 19 32 8 0 11 11 96 .418 .276 .917 41.8 19.2 3.8 6.4 1.6 0.0
3 Eddie Jones 25 5 5 162 17 45 5 13 12 14 4 11 15 12 5 1 8 14 51 .378 .385 .857 32.4 10.2 3.0 2.4 1.0 0.2
4 Robert Horry 26 5 5 180 13 24 10 19 10 14 4 27 31 8 8 5 5 15 46 .542 .526 .714 36.0 9.2 6.2 1.6 1.6 1.0
5 Kobe Bryant 18 5 0 94 12 38 4 19 16 18 1 6 7 9 2 2 10 17 44 .316 .211 .889 18.8 8.8 1.4 1.8 0.4 0.4
6 Elden Campbell 28 5 5 155 14 47 0 0 11 14 9 17 26 3 2 10 6 20 39 .298 .786 31.0 7.8 5.2 0.6 0.4 2.0
7 Byron Scott 35 4 0 71 11 21 3 7 13 15 0 4 4 7 0 0 3 9 38 .524 .429 .867 17.8 9.5 1.0 1.8 0.0 0.0
8 Jerome Kersey 34 5 0 105 9 19 0 0 7 9 1 16 17 6 4 3 0 21 25 .474 .778 21.0 5.0 3.4 1.2 0.8 0.6
9 Sean Rooks 27 4 0 30 3 5 0 0 5 6 5 5 10 1 1 2 3 7 11 .600 .833 7.5 2.8 2.5 0.3 0.3 0.5
10 Derek Fisher 22 3 0 8 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 4 .500 .000 .000 2.7 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0
11 Travis Knight 22 5 0 35 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 1 1 6 4 .667 7.0 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
12 Corie Blount 28 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1.000 4.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1225 159 371 30 88 122 161 56 137 193 97 33 34 65 147 470 245.0 94.0 38.6 19.4 6.6 6.8

Houston Rockets (4) vs. Seattle SuperSonics (3)

Game 1
SEA
HOU		102
112
Game 2
SEA
HOU		106
101
Game 3
HOU
SEA		97
93
Game 4
HOU
SEA		110
106
Game 5
SEA
HOU		100
94
Game 6
HOU
SEA		96
99
Game 7
SEA
HOU		91
96

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 Hakeem Olajuwon 34 7 7 279 61 106 0 2 30 41 23 63 86 20 14 12 19 29 152 .575 .000 .732 39.9 21.7 12.3 2.9 2.0 1.7
2 Clyde Drexler 34 7 7 286 52 115 17 47 20 29 16 33 49 34 15 2 21 25 141 .452 .362 .690 40.9 20.1 7.0 4.9 2.1 0.3
3 Charles Barkley 33 7 7 270 44 106 6 23 40 50 35 59 94 18 13 3 16 21 134 .415 .261 .800 38.6 19.1 13.4 2.6 1.9 0.4
4 Matt Maloney 25 7 7 239 31 76 22 54 4 9 1 8 9 22 3 0 24 12 88 .408 .407 .444 34.1 12.6 1.3 3.1 0.4 0.0
5 Mario Elie 33 7 7 267 22 47 12 26 17 22 9 10 19 36 8 2 15 27 73 .468 .462 .773 38.1 10.4 2.7 5.1 1.1 0.3
6 Kevin Willis 34 7 0 127 18 47 0 1 10 15 10 17 27 3 4 2 7 21 46 .383 .000 .667 18.1 6.6 3.9 0.4 0.6 0.3
7 Eddie Johnson 37 7 0 98 13 38 2 12 17 17 8 7 15 5 2 0 2 5 45 .342 .167 1.000 14.0 6.4 2.1 0.7 0.3 0.0
8 Sedale Threatt 35 7 0 134 8 25 3 15 4 6 1 6 7 24 4 2 9 18 23 .320 .200 .667 19.1 3.3 1.0 3.4 0.6 0.3
9 Othella Harrington 23 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.000 2.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 7 1705 249 560 62 180 146 193 103 203 306 162 63 23 114 158 706 243.6 100.9 43.7 23.1 9.0 3.3

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 7 7 320 57 138 9 32 35 42 12 26 38 59 20 2 20 17 158 .413 .281 .833 45.7 22.6 5.4 8.4 2.9 0.3
2 Shawn Kemp 27 7 7 254 51 103 0 4 46 55 30 46 76 21 8 10 29 31 148 .495 .000 .836 36.3 21.1 10.9 3.0 1.1 1.4
3 Detlef Schrempf 34 7 7 269 38 76 6 11 33 42 12 24 36 19 6 1 12 22 115 .500 .545 .786 38.4 16.4 5.1 2.7 0.9 0.1
4 Hersey Hawkins 30 7 7 280 33 74 14 32 24 27 9 20 29 20 18 4 9 13 104 .446 .438 .889 40.0 14.9 4.1 2.9 2.6 0.6
5 Terry Cummings 35 7 1 176 28 60 0 0 7 14 16 28 44 7 7 0 6 25 63 .467 .500 25.1 9.0 6.3 1.0 1.0 0.0
6 Sam Perkins 35 7 6 220 15 53 10 29 17 19 11 22 33 8 8 6 8 23 57 .283 .345 .895 31.4 8.1 4.7 1.1 1.1 0.9
7 David Wingate 33 7 0 109 15 37 5 16 1 1 7 13 20 5 1 2 7 13 36 .405 .313 1.000 15.6 5.1 2.9 0.7 0.1 0.3
8 Eric Snow 23 6 0 40 3 9 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 12 3 0 0 7 7 .333 .333 6.7 1.2 0.3 2.0 0.5 0.0
9 Larry Stewart 28 2 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1.000 1.000 3.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Greg Graham 26 2 0 11 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 .250 .000 5.5 1.0 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.0
11 Jim McIlvaine 24 3 0 20 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 2 .250 6.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 7 1705 244 560 46 129 163 200 97 183 280 154 72 25 93 160 697 243.6 99.6 40.0 22.0 10.3 3.6