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1998 NBA Eastern Conference First Round

Previous Year

League Champion: Chicago Bulls

Finals MVP: Michael Jordan (33.5/4.0/2.3)

PTS Leader: Michael Jordan (680)
TRB Leader: Dennis Rodman (248)
AST Leader: John Stockton (155)
WS Leader: Michael Jordan (4.8)

4 Series

Click matchup for composite box score
4 vs. 5 Charlotte Hornets vs. Atlanta Hawks CHARLOTTE HORNETS win 3-1
1 vs. 8 Chicago Bulls vs. New Jersey Nets CHICAGO BULLS win 3-0
3 vs. 6 Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers INDIANA PACERS win 3-1
2 vs. 7 Miami Heat vs. New York Knicks NEW YORK KNICKS win 3-2

Charlotte Hornets (3) vs. Atlanta Hawks (1)

Game 1
ATL
CHH		87
97
Game 2
ATL
CHH		85
92
Game 3
CHH
ATL		64
96
Game 4
CHH
ATL		91
82

Charlotte Hornets

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 Glen Rice 30 4 4 154 37 71 4 12 14 19 5 19 24 3 2 1 6 11 92 .521 .333 .737 38.5 23.0 6.0 0.8 0.5 0.3
2 Anthony Mason 31 4 4 168 32 50 0 0 12 24 7 26 33 11 3 0 9 5 76 .640 .500 42.0 19.0 8.3 2.8 0.8 0.0
3 Vlade Divac 29 4 4 153 21 35 0 0 6 11 5 27 32 17 2 4 10 16 48 .600 .545 38.3 12.0 8.0 4.3 0.5 1.0
4 David Wesley 27 4 4 147 15 42 6 10 12 17 5 7 12 33 6 0 10 10 48 .357 .600 .706 36.8 12.0 3.0 8.3 1.5 0.0
5 Dell Curry 33 4 0 89 12 25 2 6 1 1 2 7 9 8 3 3 1 12 27 .480 .333 1.000 22.3 6.8 2.3 2.0 0.8 0.8
6 Bobby Phills 28 4 4 121 12 29 2 4 1 6 4 10 14 11 4 0 5 11 27 .414 .500 .167 30.3 6.8 3.5 2.8 1.0 0.0
7 J.R. Reid 29 4 0 53 5 16 0 1 5 7 3 6 9 1 3 2 6 11 15 .313 .000 .714 13.3 3.8 2.3 0.3 0.8 0.5
8 B.J. Armstrong 30 4 0 40 2 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 2 4 4 .222 .000 10.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.0
9 Corey Beck 26 2 0 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .667 .000 2.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
10 Donald Royal 31 2 0 15 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 .000 1.000 7.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
11 Travis Williams 28 2 0 11 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 1 .000 .500 5.5 0.5 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.5
12 Matt Geiger 28 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 138 284 14 35 54 89 32 109 141 89 28 11 50 85 344 240.0 86.0 35.3 22.3 7.0 2.8

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 Steve Smith 28 4 4 160 39 68 10 20 11 16 2 9 11 9 2 3 5 17 99 .574 .500 .688 40.0 24.8 2.8 2.3 0.5 0.8
2 Mookie Blaylock 30 4 4 153 22 53 8 27 7 12 6 14 20 33 9 1 9 8 59 .415 .296 .583 38.3 14.8 5.0 8.3 2.3 0.3
3 Alan Henderson 25 4 4 126 20 38 0 1 11 18 10 12 22 4 3 1 6 13 51 .526 .000 .611 31.5 12.8 5.5 1.0 0.8 0.3
4 Christian Laettner 28 4 0 87 12 35 0 3 15 17 3 14 17 4 6 1 8 16 39 .343 .000 .882 21.8 9.8 4.3 1.0 1.5 0.3
5 Dikembe Mutombo 31 4 4 136 11 24 0 0 10 16 13 38 51 1 1 9 8 10 32 .458 .625 34.0 8.0 12.8 0.3 0.3 2.3
6 Eldridge Recasner 30 4 0 89 10 25 7 12 2 2 0 4 4 8 2 0 2 7 29 .400 .583 1.000 22.3 7.3 1.0 2.0 0.5 0.0
7 Chucky Brown 29 4 0 50 7 15 1 2 1 2 1 5 6 4 0 0 2 5 16 .467 .500 .500 12.5 4.0 1.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
8 Tyrone Corbin 35 4 4 113 7 25 1 6 0 0 3 12 15 4 6 1 3 10 15 .280 .167 28.3 3.8 3.8 1.0 1.5 0.3
9 Anthony Miller 26 4 0 33 3 8 0 0 2 2 5 4 9 1 2 1 3 5 8 .375 1.000 8.3 2.0 2.3 0.3 0.5 0.3
10 Chris Crawford 22 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 1.000 4.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
11 Greg Anderson 33 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 .000 4.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
12 Drew Barry 24 2 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 2.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 131 292 27 72 61 89 44 116 160 68 31 19 49 94 350 240.0 87.5 40.0 17.0 7.8 4.8

Chicago Bulls (3) vs. New Jersey Nets (0)

Game 1
NJN
CHI		93
96
Game 2
NJN
CHI		91
96
Game 3
CHI
NJN		116
101

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 34 3 3 130 36 68 2 4 35 45 3 12 15 8 4 3 10 5 109 .529 .500 .778 43.3 36.3 5.0 2.7 1.3 1.0
2 Scottie Pippen 32 3 3 131 17 39 2 7 18 27 6 15 21 18 5 2 5 10 54 .436 .286 .667 43.7 18.0 7.0 6.0 1.7 0.7
3 Toni Kukoc 29 3 3 100 18 37 4 11 5 11 4 11 15 9 5 1 5 8 45 .486 .364 .455 33.3 15.0 5.0 3.0 1.7 0.3
4 Ron Harper 34 3 3 76 12 20 3 4 1 2 0 7 7 7 1 4 5 6 28 .600 .750 .500 25.3 9.3 2.3 2.3 0.3 1.3
5 Scott Burrell 27 3 0 53 11 20 3 6 2 2 4 5 9 7 3 0 1 8 27 .550 .500 1.000 17.7 9.0 3.0 2.3 1.0 0.0
6 Steve Kerr 32 3 0 65 7 13 2 6 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 4 16 .538 .333 .000 21.7 5.3 0.7 1.7 0.3 0.0
7 Dennis Rodman 36 3 3 125 6 25 1 1 1 2 23 18 41 15 3 3 9 15 14 .240 1.000 .500 41.7 4.7 13.7 5.0 1.0 1.0
8 Bill Wennington 34 3 0 23 4 6 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 4 9 .667 .500 7.7 3.0 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.0
9 Dickey Simpkins 25 3 0 29 2 6 0 0 2 3 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 5 6 .333 .667 9.7 2.0 1.3 0.0 0.7 0.0
10 Randy Brown 29 2 0 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 .000 5.5 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
11 Jud Buechler 29 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 3 745 113 236 17 39 65 95 45 74 119 72 26 13 40 68 308 248.3 102.7 39.7 24.0 8.7 4.3

New Jersey Nets

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 Sherman Douglas 31 3 2 125 23 44 2 5 7 10 1 7 8 25 6 0 13 5 55 .523 .400 .700 41.7 18.3 2.7 8.3 2.0 0.0
2 Kerry Kittles 23 3 3 126 17 40 5 13 10 11 0 15 15 8 4 2 7 12 49 .425 .385 .909 42.0 16.3 5.0 2.7 1.3 0.7
3 Chris Gatling 30 3 1 81 19 38 0 0 8 12 6 4 10 2 2 2 3 9 46 .500 .667 27.0 15.3 3.3 0.7 0.7 0.7
4 Kendall Gill 29 3 3 100 18 40 0 0 7 8 3 10 13 3 4 1 4 15 43 .450 .875 33.3 14.3 4.3 1.0 1.3 0.3
5 Keith Van Horn 22 3 3 77 13 29 0 2 12 15 2 7 9 1 0 0 2 7 38 .448 .000 .800 25.7 12.7 3.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
6 Jayson Williams 29 3 2 116 9 21 0 0 3 6 20 22 42 5 2 3 2 8 21 .429 .500 38.7 7.0 14.0 1.7 0.7 1.0
7 Rony Seikaly 32 3 0 37 7 9 0 0 4 6 3 6 9 0 1 0 4 4 18 .778 .667 12.3 6.0 3.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
8 Lucious Harris 27 3 0 52 2 6 0 2 5 6 1 7 8 1 2 0 2 11 9 .333 .000 .833 17.3 3.0 2.7 0.3 0.7 0.0
9 Sam Cassell 28 3 1 26 3 9 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 0 1 2 7 6 .333 8.7 2.0 1.0 1.7 0.0 0.3
10 Brian Evans 24 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 David Vaughn 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Team Totals 3 745 111 236 7 22 56 74 37 81 118 50 21 10 39 78 285 248.3 95.0 39.3 16.7 7.0 3.3

Indiana Pacers (3) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (1)

Game 1
CLE
IND		77
106
Game 2
CLE
IND		86
92
Game 3
IND
CLE		77
86
Game 4
IND
CLE		80
74

Indiana Pacers

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 Reggie Miller 32 4 4 157 23 57 8 24 20 23 0 7 7 12 7 0 12 4 74 .404 .333 .870 39.3 18.5 1.8 3.0 1.8 0.0
2 Rik Smits 31 4 4 107 28 58 0 1 11 12 4 16 20 6 4 5 4 21 67 .483 .000 .917 26.8 16.8 5.0 1.5 1.0 1.3
3 Dale Davis 28 4 4 118 18 23 0 0 8 13 10 16 26 3 2 6 4 15 44 .783 .615 29.5 11.0 6.5 0.8 0.5 1.5
4 Chris Mullin 34 4 4 106 16 26 7 12 3 3 3 13 16 4 4 7 5 3 42 .615 .583 1.000 26.5 10.5 4.0 1.0 1.0 1.8
5 Jalen Rose 25 4 0 96 15 32 1 5 4 7 0 5 5 10 4 2 9 11 35 .469 .200 .571 24.0 8.8 1.3 2.5 1.0 0.5
6 Antonio Davis 29 4 0 105 9 25 0 0 14 17 7 13 20 1 2 4 6 19 32 .360 .824 26.3 8.0 5.0 0.3 0.5 1.0
7 Mark Jackson 32 4 4 132 10 26 2 9 4 7 5 7 12 44 6 0 9 10 26 .385 .222 .571 33.0 6.5 3.0 11.0 1.5 0.0
8 Travis Best 25 4 0 59 4 11 2 4 3 4 1 4 5 6 2 2 4 11 13 .364 .500 .750 14.8 3.3 1.3 1.5 0.5 0.5
9 Derrick McKey 31 4 0 64 5 13 1 2 2 2 3 9 12 3 5 5 3 14 13 .385 .500 1.000 16.0 3.3 3.0 0.8 1.3 1.3
10 Mark Pope 25 2 0 8 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 5 .667 .000 1.000 4.0 2.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
11 Fred Hoiberg 25 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 1.000 3.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Mark West 37 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 131 276 22 59 71 91 34 92 126 90 36 31 56 111 355 240.0 88.8 31.5 22.5 9.0 7.8

Cleveland Cavaliers

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 Shawn Kemp 28 4 4 152 33 71 0 0 38 45 16 25 41 8 5 4 16 12 104 .465 .844 38.0 26.0 10.3 2.0 1.3 1.0
2 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 22 4 4 147 28 49 0 0 13 25 14 16 30 2 2 5 10 22 69 .571 .520 36.8 17.3 7.5 0.5 0.5 1.3
3 Derek Anderson 23 4 0 103 10 22 0 0 23 26 0 9 9 11 5 1 12 10 43 .455 .885 25.8 10.8 2.3 2.8 1.3 0.3
4 Wesley Person 26 4 4 136 11 29 7 19 3 4 2 7 9 10 3 0 1 5 32 .379 .368 .750 34.0 8.0 2.3 2.5 0.8 0.0
5 Cedric Henderson 22 4 4 157 11 28 0 1 8 13 4 13 17 11 6 0 13 14 30 .393 .000 .615 39.3 7.5 4.3 2.8 1.5 0.0
6 Brevin Knight 22 4 4 132 6 21 0 0 6 10 0 16 16 23 10 1 8 16 18 .286 .600 33.0 4.5 4.0 5.8 2.5 0.3
7 Vitaly Potapenko 22 4 0 70 6 15 0 0 5 10 3 8 11 3 2 0 6 8 17 .400 .500 17.5 4.3 2.8 0.8 0.5 0.0
8 Bob Sura 24 3 0 31 1 5 0 2 2 3 0 3 3 4 1 0 2 4 4 .200 .000 .667 10.3 1.3 1.0 1.3 0.3 0.0
9 Scott Brooks 32 1 0 8 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 .000 1.000 8.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
10 Shawnelle Scott 25 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 .500 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
11 Carl Thomas 28 1 0 11 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .667 11.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Danny Ferry 31 3 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 3.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 107 246 7 24 102 141 40 98 138 74 34 12 69 95 323 240.0 80.8 34.5 18.5 8.5 3.0

New York Knicks (3) vs. Miami Heat (2)

Game 1
NYK
MIA		79
94
Game 2
NYK
MIA		96
86
Game 3
MIA
NYK		91
85
Game 4
MIA
NYK		85
90
Game 5
NYK
MIA		98
81

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 Allan Houston 26 5 5 206 39 91 4 14 34 39 4 20 24 15 4 0 17 12 116 .429 .286 .872 41.2 23.2 4.8 3.0 0.8 0.0
2 John Starks 32 5 1 158 28 55 11 23 17 20 3 17 20 10 9 1 6 19 84 .509 .478 .850 31.6 16.8 4.0 2.0 1.8 0.2
3 Larry Johnson 28 4 4 157 29 61 0 1 25 32 14 15 29 6 4 2 12 13 83 .475 .000 .781 39.3 20.8 7.3 1.5 1.0 0.5
4 Charles Oakley 34 5 5 189 17 42 0 0 16 17 11 36 47 10 5 0 8 19 50 .405 .941 37.8 10.0 9.4 2.0 1.0 0.0
5 Chris Childs 30 5 0 122 11 32 3 9 6 10 2 9 11 15 1 0 8 16 31 .344 .333 .600 24.4 6.2 2.2 3.0 0.2 0.0
6 Charlie Ward 27 5 5 136 11 26 2 9 5 10 1 18 19 34 12 1 8 15 29 .423 .222 .500 27.2 5.8 3.8 6.8 2.4 0.2
7 Chris Mills 28 4 2 89 8 19 3 5 3 3 5 11 16 1 1 1 1 12 22 .421 .600 1.000 22.3 5.5 4.0 0.3 0.3 0.3
8 Buck Williams 37 2 0 37 3 8 0 0 6 6 7 9 16 1 0 1 2 2 12 .375 1.000 18.5 6.0 8.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
9 Terry Cummings 36 4 1 66 5 15 0 0 1 5 5 15 20 2 3 1 4 12 11 .333 .200 16.5 2.8 5.0 0.5 0.8 0.3
10 Chris Dudley 32 3 2 22 3 7 0 0 2 4 4 3 7 0 2 0 1 8 8 .429 .500 7.3 2.7 2.3 0.0 0.7 0.0
11 Anthony Bowie 34 5 0 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 2 .500 3.6 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 155 358 23 61 115 146 56 153 209 95 42 7 68 132 448 240.0 89.6 41.8 19.0 8.4 1.4

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 31 5 5 222 42 94 17 39 29 37 3 14 17 33 6 0 18 9 130 .447 .436 .784 44.4 26.0 3.4 6.6 1.2 0.0
2 Alonzo Mourning 27 4 4 138 29 56 0 0 19 29 10 24 34 5 3 10 8 18 77 .518 .655 34.5 19.3 8.5 1.3 0.8 2.5
3 Voshon Lenard 24 5 5 186 24 52 9 26 15 20 1 18 19 7 1 2 11 20 72 .462 .346 .750 37.2 14.4 3.8 1.4 0.2 0.4
4 Eric Murdock 29 5 0 125 11 32 2 9 23 28 3 17 20 15 7 0 4 11 47 .344 .222 .821 25.0 9.4 4.0 3.0 1.4 0.0
5 P.J. Brown 28 5 5 190 19 37 0 0 8 22 15 29 44 4 7 3 6 22 46 .514 .364 38.0 9.2 8.8 0.8 1.4 0.6
6 Jamal Mashburn 25 5 3 129 12 45 4 11 3 4 4 18 22 9 3 1 9 21 31 .267 .364 .750 25.8 6.2 4.4 1.8 0.6 0.2
7 Dan Majerle 32 2 2 62 3 8 2 6 1 2 1 4 5 5 4 1 1 3 9 .375 .333 .500 31.0 4.5 2.5 2.5 2.0 0.5
8 Mark Strickland 27 3 0 28 4 5 0 0 1 2 2 5 7 0 0 1 0 4 9 .800 .500 9.3 3.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.3
9 Marty Conlon 30 3 0 46 3 7 0 0 1 2 1 3 4 3 1 1 6 7 7 .429 .500 15.3 2.3 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.3
10 Keith Askins 30 4 0 58 2 7 1 5 0 0 1 6 7 1 2 0 1 9 5 .286 .200 14.5 1.3 1.8 0.3 0.5 0.0
11 Terry Mills 30 2 0 11 1 5 1 4 1 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 .200 .250 .500 5.5 2.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Duane Causwell 29 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 150 348 36 100 101 148 41 143 184 82 34 19 65 127 437 240.0 87.4 36.8 16.4 6.8 3.8