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1998 NBA Western 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
1 vs. 8 Utah Jazz vs. Houston Rockets UTAH JAZZ win 3-2
2 vs. 7 Seattle SuperSonics vs. Minnesota Timberwolves SEATTLE SUPERSONICS win 3-2
4 vs. 5 Phoenix Suns vs. San Antonio Spurs SAN ANTONIO SPURS win 3-1
3 vs. 6 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers LOS ANGELES LAKERS win 3-1

Utah Jazz (3) vs. Houston Rockets (2)

Game 1
HOU
UTA		103
90
Game 2
HOU
UTA		90
105
Game 3
UTA
HOU		85
89
Game 4
UTA
HOU		93
71
Game 5
HOU
UTA		70
84

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 34 5 5 199 47 102 0 1 39 47 10 53 63 8 7 8 14 18 133 .461 .000 .830 39.8 26.6 12.6 1.6 1.4 1.6
2 Bryon Russell 27 5 1 177 21 43 7 20 14 22 4 23 27 7 11 1 4 12 63 .488 .350 .636 35.4 12.6 5.4 1.4 2.2 0.2
3 John Stockton 35 5 5 147 23 50 2 7 14 21 5 13 18 41 7 0 12 8 62 .460 .286 .667 29.4 12.4 3.6 8.2 1.4 0.0
4 Jeff Hornacek 34 5 5 153 20 42 4 6 12 15 1 11 12 20 6 1 8 11 56 .476 .667 .800 30.6 11.2 2.4 4.0 1.2 0.2
5 Shandon Anderson 24 5 0 92 14 28 2 6 6 12 8 10 18 5 2 0 4 3 36 .500 .333 .500 18.4 7.2 3.6 1.0 0.4 0.0
6 Howard Eisley 25 5 0 90 13 41 1 4 4 5 1 6 7 19 3 1 8 11 31 .317 .250 .800 18.0 6.2 1.4 3.8 0.6 0.2
7 Greg Ostertag 24 5 0 128 9 12 0 0 4 12 8 21 29 1 2 15 3 17 22 .750 .333 25.6 4.4 5.8 0.2 0.4 3.0
8 Greg Foster 29 5 5 82 9 20 0 0 3 4 5 13 18 2 0 0 8 16 21 .450 .750 16.4 4.2 3.6 0.4 0.0 0.0
9 Antoine Carr 36 5 0 61 7 18 0 0 1 1 5 6 11 2 0 3 2 15 15 .389 1.000 12.2 3.0 2.2 0.4 0.0 0.6
10 Adam Keefe 27 5 4 46 3 7 0 0 3 5 1 8 9 0 1 0 0 3 9 .429 .600 9.2 1.8 1.8 0.0 0.2 0.0
11 Jacque Vaughn 22 3 0 5 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.7 1.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
12 Chris Morris 32 3 0 20 1 4 0 0 2 4 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 5 4 .250 .500 6.7 1.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 168 368 17 45 104 150 48 171 219 106 39 29 65 119 457 240.0 91.4 43.8 21.2 7.8 5.8

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 35 5 5 190 39 99 0 1 24 33 9 45 54 12 5 16 13 18 102 .394 .000 .727 38.0 20.4 10.8 2.4 1.0 3.2
2 Clyde Drexler 35 5 5 182 21 68 5 26 28 37 9 18 27 23 8 3 13 15 75 .309 .192 .757 36.4 15.0 5.4 4.6 1.6 0.6
3 Kevin Willis 35 5 5 168 22 55 0 1 12 16 18 35 53 5 8 3 12 21 56 .400 .000 .750 33.6 11.2 10.6 1.0 1.6 0.6
4 Charles Barkley 34 4 0 87 12 23 0 2 12 21 5 16 21 4 5 0 6 12 36 .522 .000 .571 21.8 9.0 5.3 1.0 1.3 0.0
5 Mario Elie 34 5 1 133 12 27 3 9 6 9 3 10 13 6 2 0 5 10 33 .444 .333 .667 26.6 6.6 2.6 1.2 0.4 0.0
6 Matt Maloney 26 5 5 165 10 30 5 20 8 9 0 8 8 18 2 2 4 11 33 .333 .250 .889 33.0 6.6 1.6 3.6 0.4 0.4
7 Eddie Johnson 38 5 0 89 9 27 3 10 7 8 4 4 8 1 0 0 3 10 28 .333 .300 .875 17.8 5.6 1.6 0.2 0.0 0.0
8 Brent Price 29 5 0 75 6 15 5 13 2 3 1 8 9 6 4 0 6 12 19 .400 .385 .667 15.0 3.8 1.8 1.2 0.8 0.0
9 Matt Bullard 30 5 4 70 6 18 3 10 2 2 3 5 8 5 1 0 0 5 17 .333 .300 1.000 14.0 3.4 1.6 1.0 0.2 0.0
10 Othella Harrington 24 3 0 23 6 12 0 1 4 5 3 4 7 0 0 1 0 1 16 .500 .000 .800 7.7 5.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.3
11 Rodrick Rhodes 24 3 0 7 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 .667 .500 2.3 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
12 Charles Jones 40 4 0 11 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 4 2 1.000 2.8 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 145 377 24 93 109 149 56 156 212 81 36 25 63 119 423 240.0 84.6 42.4 16.2 7.2 5.0

Seattle SuperSonics (3) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (2)

Game 1
MIN
SEA		83
108
Game 2
MIN
SEA		98
93
Game 3
SEA
MIN		90
98
Game 4
SEA
MIN		92
88
Game 5
MIN
SEA		84
97

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 29 5 5 212 48 96 10 23 24 27 4 14 18 28 10 1 13 18 130 .500 .435 .889 42.4 26.0 3.6 5.6 2.0 0.2
2 Hersey Hawkins 31 5 5 180 24 51 10 26 21 23 5 23 28 18 10 1 5 14 79 .471 .385 .913 36.0 15.8 5.6 3.6 2.0 0.2
3 Detlef Schrempf 35 5 5 185 30 58 0 7 16 19 9 33 42 21 3 0 9 10 76 .517 .000 .842 37.0 15.2 8.4 4.2 0.6 0.0
4 Vin Baker 26 5 5 189 33 57 0 0 8 20 23 29 52 8 8 9 12 16 74 .579 .400 37.8 14.8 10.4 1.6 1.6 1.8
5 Jerome Kersey 35 5 5 112 16 33 0 3 7 7 6 11 17 8 5 4 6 15 39 .485 .000 1.000 22.4 7.8 3.4 1.6 1.0 0.8
6 Dale Ellis 37 5 0 75 8 25 5 15 2 2 2 2 4 4 0 0 1 3 23 .320 .333 1.000 15.0 4.6 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0
7 Greg Anthony 30 5 0 59 8 23 4 14 2 5 2 5 7 4 1 1 7 10 22 .348 .286 .400 11.8 4.4 1.4 0.8 0.2 0.2
8 Sam Perkins 36 5 0 93 6 20 2 11 4 6 2 17 19 9 1 1 8 9 18 .300 .182 .667 18.6 3.6 3.8 1.8 0.2 0.2
9 Nate McMillan 33 5 0 77 5 13 1 7 2 2 2 12 14 13 3 1 1 12 13 .385 .143 1.000 15.4 2.6 2.8 2.6 0.6 0.2
10 David Wingate 34 1 0 8 2 4 0 0 2 2 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 6 .500 1.000 8.0 6.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
11 Jim McIlvaine 25 1 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 .000 7.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
12 Aaron Williams 26 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 180 383 32 106 88 113 57 148 205 115 42 19 64 112 480 240.0 96.0 41.0 23.0 8.4 3.8

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 Anthony Peeler 28 5 5 213 31 77 15 31 4 4 16 22 38 18 10 3 8 15 81 .403 .484 1.000 42.6 16.2 7.6 3.6 2.0 0.6
2 Kevin Garnett 21 5 5 194 36 75 0 0 7 9 17 31 48 20 4 12 22 17 79 .480 .778 38.8 15.8 9.6 4.0 0.8 2.4
3 Terry Porter 34 5 4 188 27 63 10 25 15 18 7 18 25 16 5 0 4 10 79 .429 .400 .833 37.6 15.8 5.0 3.2 1.0 0.0
4 Sam Mitchell 34 5 5 177 26 58 3 14 17 19 7 20 27 8 1 1 5 18 72 .448 .214 .895 35.4 14.4 5.4 1.6 0.2 0.2
5 Stephon Marbury 20 5 5 209 22 72 7 25 18 23 5 11 16 38 12 0 18 16 69 .306 .280 .783 41.8 13.8 3.2 7.6 2.4 0.0
6 Tom Hammonds 30 5 1 113 12 28 0 0 12 16 10 12 22 2 0 1 4 18 36 .429 .750 22.6 7.2 4.4 0.4 0.0 0.2
7 Micheal Williams 31 4 0 58 6 15 1 2 7 9 2 7 9 11 3 1 3 14 20 .400 .500 .778 14.5 5.0 2.3 2.8 0.8 0.3
8 Reggie Jordan 30 2 0 29 5 8 1 1 1 2 3 6 9 3 1 0 0 5 12 .625 1.000 .500 14.5 6.0 4.5 1.5 0.5 0.0
9 DeJuan Wheat 24 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .500 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
10 Stanley Roberts 27 1 0 8 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .500 8.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Bill Curley 25 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Cherokee Parks 25 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
Team Totals 5 1200 166 399 37 98 82 102 68 129 197 116 37 18 65 113 451 240.0 90.2 39.4 23.2 7.4 3.6

San Antonio Spurs (3) vs. Phoenix Suns (1)

Game 1
SAS
PHO		102
96
Game 2
SAS
PHO		101
108
Game 3
PHO
SAS		88
100
Game 4
PHO
SAS		80
99

San Antonio Spurs

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 Avery Johnson 32 4 4 152 33 51 0 0 16 27 1 5 6 24 3 0 5 12 82 .647 .593 38.0 20.5 1.5 6.0 0.8 0.0
2 Tim Duncan 21 4 4 163 34 61 0 0 13 22 8 31 39 11 2 15 14 12 81 .557 .591 40.8 20.3 9.8 2.8 0.5 3.8
3 David Robinson 32 4 4 160 27 58 0 0 27 45 19 45 64 15 7 11 12 8 81 .466 .600 40.0 20.3 16.0 3.8 1.8 2.8
4 Jaren Jackson 30 4 4 151 15 40 11 32 7 11 4 19 23 7 3 0 7 14 48 .375 .344 .636 37.8 12.0 5.8 1.8 0.8 0.0
5 Vinny Del Negro 31 4 2 139 14 38 1 7 11 11 1 11 12 16 5 0 5 13 40 .368 .143 1.000 34.8 10.0 3.0 4.0 1.3 0.0
6 Chuck Person 33 4 0 74 11 29 10 23 2 2 0 9 9 2 0 0 2 2 34 .379 .435 1.000 18.5 8.5 2.3 0.5 0.0 0.0
7 Will Perdue 32 4 2 74 6 11 0 0 6 7 6 11 17 1 3 3 3 10 18 .545 .857 18.5 4.5 4.3 0.3 0.8 0.8
8 Monty Williams 26 3 0 15 3 4 0 0 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 8 .750 .667 5.0 2.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0
9 Malik Rose 23 3 0 10 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 6 .750 3.3 2.0 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0
10 Reggie Geary 24 4 0 17 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 4 1.000 .500 4.3 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
11 Carl Herrera 31 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Brad Lohaus 33 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 147 298 22 62 86 132 41 136 177 80 25 29 55 79 402 240.0 100.5 44.3 20.0 6.3 7.3

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 Antonio McDyess 23 4 4 147 31 65 0 0 9 14 18 35 53 4 2 6 5 12 71 .477 .643 36.8 17.8 13.3 1.0 0.5 1.5
2 Jason Kidd 24 4 4 171 22 58 0 7 13 16 5 18 23 31 16 2 12 13 57 .379 .000 .813 42.8 14.3 5.8 7.8 4.0 0.5
3 George McCloud 30 4 3 126 21 41 12 21 3 4 2 17 19 8 1 1 6 15 57 .512 .571 .750 31.5 14.3 4.8 2.0 0.3 0.3
4 Kevin Johnson 31 4 1 122 23 42 1 4 8 12 2 7 9 19 2 1 6 6 55 .548 .250 .667 30.5 13.8 2.3 4.8 0.5 0.3
5 Mark Bryant 32 4 1 93 17 34 0 0 6 12 9 14 23 1 4 2 3 16 40 .500 .500 23.3 10.0 5.8 0.3 1.0 0.5
6 Clifford Robinson 31 4 4 92 9 33 0 1 7 9 6 6 12 3 3 2 5 19 25 .273 .000 .778 23.0 6.3 3.0 0.8 0.8 0.5
7 Steve Nash 23 4 1 51 8 18 1 5 5 8 2 8 10 7 2 0 3 7 22 .444 .200 .625 12.8 5.5 2.5 1.8 0.5 0.0
8 Rex Chapman 30 2 2 58 6 23 0 5 6 7 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 1 18 .261 .000 .857 29.0 9.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
9 Dennis Scott 29 4 0 62 7 17 3 8 0 0 2 6 8 1 1 0 2 2 17 .412 .375 15.5 4.3 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.0
10 Hot Rod Williams 35 3 0 33 2 7 0 0 2 3 2 2 4 1 0 2 0 8 6 .286 .667 11.0 2.0 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.7
11 Marko Milic 20 2 0 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 .667 2.0 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0
12 Mike Brown 34 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
Team Totals 4 960 148 341 17 51 59 85 48 114 162 79 34 16 44 100 372 240.0 93.0 40.5 19.8 8.5 4.0

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

Game 1
POR
LAL		102
104
Game 2
POR
LAL		99
108
Game 3
LAL
POR		94
99
Game 4
LAL
POR		110
99

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 25 4 4 160 49 75 0 0 18 42 13 34 47 14 4 10 16 10 116 .653 .429 40.0 29.0 11.8 3.5 1.0 2.5
2 Rick Fox 28 4 4 134 24 46 5 15 11 13 8 12 20 14 2 1 8 13 64 .522 .333 .846 33.5 16.0 5.0 3.5 0.5 0.3
3 Eddie Jones 26 4 4 130 11 29 3 12 26 34 1 11 12 8 10 8 6 12 51 .379 .250 .765 32.5 12.8 3.0 2.0 2.5 2.0
4 Kobe Bryant 19 4 0 103 16 38 2 4 11 15 3 9 12 12 1 4 3 14 45 .421 .500 .733 25.8 11.3 3.0 3.0 0.3 1.0
5 Nick Van Exel 26 4 0 109 12 41 4 16 7 12 2 8 10 13 2 1 4 10 35 .293 .250 .583 27.3 8.8 2.5 3.3 0.5 0.3
6 Elden Campbell 29 4 0 69 10 18 0 0 14 18 5 10 15 5 1 4 2 11 34 .556 .778 17.3 8.5 3.8 1.3 0.3 1.0
7 Robert Horry 27 4 4 139 12 22 1 6 8 12 5 12 17 16 6 4 4 13 33 .545 .167 .667 34.8 8.3 4.3 4.0 1.5 1.0
8 Derek Fisher 23 4 4 82 8 18 3 6 11 16 0 5 5 13 8 0 4 8 30 .444 .500 .688 20.5 7.5 1.3 3.3 2.0 0.0
9 Corie Blount 29 3 0 30 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 10 12 0 1 2 0 6 8 1.000 10.0 2.7 4.0 0.0 0.3 0.7
10 Jon Barry 28 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Mario Bennett 24 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 Sean Rooks 28 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
Team Totals 4 960 146 292 18 60 106 162 39 111 150 95 35 34 47 97 416 240.0 104.0 37.5 23.8 8.8 8.5

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 Isaiah Rider 26 4 4 166 28 67 1 11 20 26 7 13 20 17 5 0 16 11 77 .418 .091 .769 41.5 19.3 5.0 4.3 1.3 0.0
2 Damon Stoudamire 24 4 4 166 25 63 8 22 13 13 6 11 17 38 5 1 16 13 71 .397 .364 1.000 41.5 17.8 4.3 9.5 1.3 0.3
3 Rasheed Wallace 23 4 4 157 23 47 4 5 8 16 7 12 19 11 2 2 5 16 58 .489 .800 .500 39.3 14.5 4.8 2.8 0.5 0.5
4 Brian Grant 25 4 4 135 19 36 0 0 15 18 18 25 43 6 4 3 5 20 53 .528 .833 33.8 13.3 10.8 1.5 1.0 0.8
5 Walt Williams 27 4 0 102 17 31 8 15 11 14 3 11 14 9 1 0 1 18 53 .548 .533 .786 25.5 13.3 3.5 2.3 0.3 0.0
6 Arvydas Sabonis 33 4 4 107 18 40 1 2 12 14 7 24 31 6 7 3 10 19 49 .450 .500 .857 26.8 12.3 7.8 1.5 1.8 0.8
7 Kelvin Cato 23 4 0 58 9 17 0 1 8 11 3 9 12 1 1 7 4 12 26 .529 .000 .727 14.5 6.5 3.0 0.3 0.3 1.8
8 Stacey Augmon 29 4 0 28 2 4 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 5 .500 .500 7.0 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.3
9 Gary Grant 32 4 0 27 2 7 1 4 0 0 2 3 5 7 1 1 2 2 5 .286 .250 6.8 1.3 1.3 1.8 0.3 0.3
10 Alton Lister 39 2 0 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 5 2 .333 5.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
11 Jermaine O'Neal 19 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 .000 .000 3.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Team Totals 4 960 144 318 23 61 88 114 56 111 167 96 28 21 63 119 399 240.0 99.8 41.8 24.0 7.0 5.3