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1997-98 Charlotte Hornets Roster and Statistics

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51-31, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Dave Cowens (51-31)

Points Per Game: 96.6 (11th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 94.6 (14th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 47-35 (12th of 29)

Arena: Charlotte Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 959,634 (2nd of 29)

SRS: 2.45 (12th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 89.4 (20th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 107.5 (11th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.3 (15th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Chicago Bulls
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Atlanta Hawks

1997-98 Charlotte Hornets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 B.J. Armstrong G 6-2 175 September 9, 1967 8 University of Iowa
15 Corey Beck G 6-1 190 May 27, 1971 1 University of Arkansas
1 Muggsy Bogues G 5-3 136 January 9, 1965 10 Wake Forest University
30 Dell Curry G 6-4 190 June 25, 1964 11 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
00 Tony Delk G 6-1 189 January 28, 1974 1 University of Kentucky
12 Vlade Divac C 7-1 243 February 3, 1968 8
8 Tony Farmer F 6-9 244 January 3, 1970 R University of Nebraska
52 Matt Geiger C 7-0 243 September 10, 1969 5 Georgia Institute of Technology
20 Jeff Grayer F-G 6-5 200 December 17, 1965 8 Iowa State University
14 Anthony Mason F 6-7 250 December 14, 1966 8 Tennessee State University
11 Vernon Maxwell G 6-4 180 September 12, 1965 9 University of Florida
42 Michael McDonald C 6-10 232 February 13, 1969 R University of New Orleans
13 Bobby Phills G 6-5 210 December 20, 1969 6 Southern University and A&M College
7 J.R. Reid F 6-9 247 March 31, 1968 7 University of North Carolina
41 Glen Rice F 6-7 215 May 28, 1967 8 University of Michigan
5 Donald Royal F 6-8 210 May 22, 1966 7 University of Notre Dame
4 David Wesley G 6-0 190 November 14, 1970 4 Baylor University
32 Travis Williams F 6-6 215 May 27, 1969 R South Carolina State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19780 2968 6344 .468 346 904 .383 1641 2186 .751 985 2341 3326 1941 691 312 1247 1757 7923 96.6
Opponent 82 19780 2977 6417 .464 369 1063 .347 1436 1964 .731 965 2259 3224 1806 582 372 1240 1902 7759 94.6

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Glen Rice 30 82 82 3295 634 1386 .457 130 300 .433 428 504 .849 89 264 353 182 77 22 182 200 1826
2 David Wesley 27 81 81 2845 383 864 .443 59 170 .347 229 288 .795 49 164 213 529 140 30 226 229 1054
3 Anthony Mason 31 81 80 3148 389 764 .509 0 4 .000 261 402 .649 177 649 826 342 68 18 146 182 1039
4 Matt Geiger 28 78 42 1839 358 709 .505 1 11 .091 168 236 .712 196 325 521 78 68 87 111 191 885
5 Vlade Divac 29 64 41 1805 267 536 .498 3 14 .214 130 188 .691 183 335 518 172 83 94 114 179 667
6 Bobby Phills 28 62 61 1887 246 552 .446 44 114 .386 106 140 .757 59 157 216 187 81 18 108 181 642
7 Dell Curry 33 52 1 971 194 434 .447 61 145 .421 41 52 .788 26 75 101 69 31 4 54 85 490
8 J.R. Reid 29 79 1 1109 146 318 .459 3 8 .375 89 122 .730 72 138 210 51 35 19 65 172 384
9 B.J. Armstrong 30 62 0 772 99 194 .510 9 34 .265 37 43 .860 12 57 69 144 25 0 35 68 244
10 Vernon Maxwell 32 31 0 467 77 180 .428 31 86 .360 25 34 .735 9 35 44 40 14 3 28 51 210
11 Corey Beck 26 59 14 738 73 159 .459 2 4 .500 43 59 .729 27 63 90 98 33 7 70 100 191
12 Travis Williams 28 39 0 365 56 119 .471 0 1 .000 24 46 .522 53 39 92 20 18 5 30 55 136
13 Donald Royal 31 29 5 305 24 63 .381 0 0 26 29 .897 16 21 37 16 6 1 7 30 74
14 Tony Farmer 28 27 2 169 17 53 .321 2 9 .222 31 39 .795 16 16 32 5 10 4 9 23 67
15 Tony Delk 24 3 0 34 3 4 .750 1 1 1.000 1 2 .500 0 2 2 3 0 0 4 8 8
16 Muggsy Bogues 33 2 0 16 2 5 .400 0 0 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 2 6
17 Michael McDonald 28 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
18 Jeff Grayer 32 1 0 11 0 4 .000 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Glen Rice 30 82 82 40.2 7.7 16.9 .457 1.6 3.7 .433 5.2 6.1 .849 1.1 3.2 4.3 2.2 0.9 0.3 2.2 2.4 22.3
2 David Wesley 27 81 81 35.1 4.7 10.7 .443 0.7 2.1 .347 2.8 3.6 .795 0.6 2.0 2.6 6.5 1.7 0.4 2.8 2.8 13.0
3 Anthony Mason 31 81 80 38.9 4.8 9.4 .509 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 5.0 .649 2.2 8.0 10.2 4.2 0.8 0.2 1.8 2.2 12.8
4 Matt Geiger 28 78 42 23.6 4.6 9.1 .505 0.0 0.1 .091 2.2 3.0 .712 2.5 4.2 6.7 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.4 2.4 11.3
5 Vlade Divac 29 64 41 28.2 4.2 8.4 .498 0.0 0.2 .214 2.0 2.9 .691 2.9 5.2 8.1 2.7 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.8 10.4
6 Bobby Phills 28 62 61 30.4 4.0 8.9 .446 0.7 1.8 .386 1.7 2.3 .757 1.0 2.5 3.5 3.0 1.3 0.3 1.7 2.9 10.4
7 Dell Curry 33 52 1 18.7 3.7 8.3 .447 1.2 2.8 .421 0.8 1.0 .788 0.5 1.4 1.9 1.3 0.6 0.1 1.0 1.6 9.4
8 Vernon Maxwell 32 31 0 15.1 2.5 5.8 .428 1.0 2.8 .360 0.8 1.1 .735 0.3 1.1 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.6 6.8
9 J.R. Reid 29 79 1 14.0 1.8 4.0 .459 0.0 0.1 .375 1.1 1.5 .730 0.9 1.7 2.7 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.8 2.2 4.9
10 B.J. Armstrong 30 62 0 12.5 1.6 3.1 .510 0.1 0.5 .265 0.6 0.7 .860 0.2 0.9 1.1 2.3 0.4 0.0 0.6 1.1 3.9
11 Travis Williams 28 39 0 9.4 1.4 3.1 .471 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 1.2 .522 1.4 1.0 2.4 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.4 3.5
12 Corey Beck 26 59 14 12.5 1.2 2.7 .459 0.0 0.1 .500 0.7 1.0 .729 0.5 1.1 1.5 1.7 0.6 0.1 1.2 1.7 3.2
13 Muggsy Bogues 33 2 0 8.0 1.0 2.5 .400 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.5 0.5 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 3.0
14 Tony Delk 24 3 0 11.3 1.0 1.3 .750 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.3 0.7 .500 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.7 2.7
15 Donald Royal 31 29 5 10.5 0.8 2.2 .381 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.0 .897 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 1.0 2.6
16 Tony Farmer 28 27 2 6.3 0.6 2.0 .321 0.1 0.3 .222 1.1 1.4 .795 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.9 2.5
17 Michael McDonald 28 1 0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
18 Jeff Grayer 32 1 0 11.0 0.0 4.0 .000 0.0 3.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Glen Rice 30 82 82 3295 6.9 15.1 .457 1.4 3.3 .433 4.7 5.5 .849 1.0 2.9 3.9 2.0 0.8 0.2 2.0 2.2 20.0
2 Dell Curry 33 52 1 971 7.2 16.1 .447 2.3 5.4 .421 1.5 1.9 .788 1.0 2.8 3.7 2.6 1.1 0.1 2.0 3.2 18.2
3 Matt Geiger 28 78 42 1839 7.0 13.9 .505 0.0 0.2 .091 3.3 4.6 .712 3.8 6.4 10.2 1.5 1.3 1.7 2.2 3.7 17.3
4 Vernon Maxwell 32 31 0 467 5.9 13.9 .428 2.4 6.6 .360 1.9 2.6 .735 0.7 2.7 3.4 3.1 1.1 0.2 2.2 3.9 16.2
5 Tony Farmer 28 27 2 169 3.6 11.3 .321 0.4 1.9 .222 6.6 8.3 .795 3.4 3.4 6.8 1.1 2.1 0.9 1.9 4.9 14.3
6 Muggsy Bogues 33 2 0 16 4.5 11.3 .400 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.000 0.0 2.3 2.3 9.0 4.5 0.0 2.3 4.5 13.5
7 Travis Williams 28 39 0 365 5.5 11.7 .471 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 4.5 .522 5.2 3.8 9.1 2.0 1.8 0.5 3.0 5.4 13.4
8 Vlade Divac 29 64 41 1805 5.3 10.7 .498 0.1 0.3 .214 2.6 3.7 .691 3.6 6.7 10.3 3.4 1.7 1.9 2.3 3.6 13.3
9 David Wesley 27 81 81 2845 4.8 10.9 .443 0.7 2.2 .347 2.9 3.6 .795 0.6 2.1 2.7 6.7 1.8 0.4 2.9 2.9 13.3
10 J.R. Reid 29 79 1 1109 4.7 10.3 .459 0.1 0.3 .375 2.9 4.0 .730 2.3 4.5 6.8 1.7 1.1 0.6 2.1 5.6 12.5
11 Bobby Phills 28 62 61 1887 4.7 10.5 .446 0.8 2.2 .386 2.0 2.7 .757 1.1 3.0 4.1 3.6 1.5 0.3 2.1 3.5 12.2
12 Anthony Mason 31 81 80 3148 4.4 8.7 .509 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 4.6 .649 2.0 7.4 9.4 3.9 0.8 0.2 1.7 2.1 11.9
13 B.J. Armstrong 30 62 0 772 4.6 9.0 .510 0.4 1.6 .265 1.7 2.0 .860 0.6 2.7 3.2 6.7 1.2 0.0 1.6 3.2 11.4
14 Corey Beck 26 59 14 738 3.6 7.8 .459 0.1 0.2 .500 2.1 2.9 .729 1.3 3.1 4.4 4.8 1.6 0.3 3.4 4.9 9.3
15 Donald Royal 31 29 5 305 2.8 7.4 .381 0.0 0.0 3.1 3.4 .897 1.9 2.5 4.4 1.9 0.7 0.1 0.8 3.5 8.7
16 Tony Delk 24 3 0 34 3.2 4.2 .750 1.1 1.1 1.000 1.1 2.1 .500 0.0 2.1 2.1 3.2 0.0 0.0 4.2 8.5 8.5
17 Michael McDonald 28 1 0 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.0
18 Jeff Grayer 32 1 0 11 0.0 13.1 .000 0.0 9.8 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 0.0 0.0 6.5 0.0 0.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Anthony Mason 31 81 3148 16.4 .552 .509 6.9 24.7 15.8 17.3 1.2 0.4 13.4 16.0 114 104 5.7 3.5 9.3
2 Glen Rice 30 82 3295 17.4 .568 .504 3.3 9.6 6.5 9.9 1.3 0.5 10.2 25.1 112 109 7.4 2.0 9.3
3 Matt Geiger 28 78 1839 20.2 .544 .506 13.0 21.1 17.1 7.6 2.0 3.5 12.0 23.2 109 101 3.2 2.7 5.9
4 Vlade Divac 29 64 1805 19.4 .539 .501 12.4 22.2 17.3 15.8 2.5 3.8 15.6 18.8 110 100 2.9 3.0 5.9
5 David Wesley 27 81 2845 15.2 .532 .477 2.1 6.9 4.5 30.2 2.6 0.8 18.6 19.8 106 106 3.3 2.5 5.8
6 Bobby Phills 28 62 1887 12.5 .523 .486 3.8 10.0 6.9 16.0 2.3 0.7 15.0 17.7 104 106 1.5 1.7 3.2
7 B.J. Armstrong 30 62 772 15.2 .573 .534 1.9 8.8 5.4 30.0 1.7 0.0 14.1 14.9 120 108 1.8 0.5 2.3
8 J.R. Reid 29 79 1109 11.3 .517 .464 7.9 14.9 11.4 7.4 1.7 1.3 14.9 18.2 102 105 0.6 1.1 1.8
9 Dell Curry 33 52 971 15.1 .536 .517 3.3 9.2 6.3 12.9 1.7 0.3 10.6 24.3 104 108 1.0 0.7 1.7
10 Vernon Maxwell 32 31 467 13.2 .539 .514 2.4 9.0 5.7 14.6 1.6 0.5 12.6 22.1 104 108 0.5 0.3 0.8
11 Travis Williams 28 39 365 13.7 .488 .471 17.7 12.8 15.2 9.2 2.6 1.0 17.7 21.4 98 104 0.1 0.4 0.5
12 Donald Royal 31 29 305 8.9 .488 .381 6.4 8.2 7.3 7.8 1.1 0.2 8.5 12.6 112 109 0.4 0.1 0.5
13 Tony Farmer 28 27 169 13.9 .477 .340 11.5 11.3 11.4 4.6 3.2 1.7 11.4 21.7 104 103 0.2 0.2 0.4
14 Corey Beck 26 59 738 9.3 .516 .465 4.5 10.2 7.4 20.4 2.4 0.7 27.5 16.0 93 106 -0.3 0.7 0.4
15 Muggsy Bogues 33 2 16 20.6 .510 .400 0.0 7.5 3.8 40.0 6.7 0.0 14.5 19.9 113 98 0.0 0.0 0.1
16 Tony Delk 24 3 34 2.4 .820 .875 0.0 7.0 3.6 13.3 0.0 0.0 45.0 12.1 87 112 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Michael McDonald 28 1 4 -22.1 30.5 0.0 15.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 23.1 27 114 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
18 Jeff Grayer 32 1 11 -20.0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.1 0.0 0.0 33.3 25.2 10 115 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Glen Rice 30 9 369 82 173 11 36 30 36 11 51 13 5 3 13 26 205 .474 .306 .833 41.0 22.8 5.7 1.4
2 Anthony Mason 31 9 367 57 99 0 1 25 42 17 71 31 8 0 22 17 139 .576 .000 .595 40.8 15.4 7.9 3.4
3 Vlade Divac 29 9 345 42 87 0 1 20 33 25 98 31 7 14 22 34 104 .483 .000 .606 38.3 11.6 10.9 3.4
4 David Wesley 27 9 285 33 83 9 21 15 21 5 18 60 7 0 19 25 90 .398 .429 .714 31.7 10.0 2.0 6.7
5 Bobby Phills 28 9 269 25 64 5 17 2 8 4 23 24 10 2 13 24 57 .391 .294 .250 29.9 6.3 2.6 2.7
6 Dell Curry 33 9 171 21 52 4 16 6 7 6 19 10 7 3 5 21 52 .404 .250 .857 19.0 5.8 2.1 1.1
7 B.J. Armstrong 30 9 146 16 42 2 5 3 4 2 10 18 6 0 6 11 37 .381 .400 .750 16.2 4.1 1.1 2.0
8 J.R. Reid 29 9 114 11 28 0 1 8 10 7 20 2 3 2 11 23 30 .393 .000 .800 12.7 3.3 2.2 0.2
9 Corey Beck 26 6 26 6 12 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 4 15 .500 .500 1.000 4.3 2.5 0.2 0.0
10 Donald Royal 31 4 28 3 7 0 0 3 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 4 9 .429 .750 7.0 2.3 1.0 0.3
11 Travis Williams 28 4 18 1 3 0 0 3 4 1 5 0 1 1 0 3 5 .333 .750 4.5 1.3 1.3 0.0
12 Matt Geiger 28 4 22 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 2 .167 5.5 0.5 1.3 0.3

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Glen Rice 30 9 369 18.2 .543 .506 3.7 13.3 8.6 7.5 0.8 0.6 6.4 27.5 107 109 0.6 0.2 0.8
2 Anthony Mason 31 9 367 16.8 .592 .576 5.8 18.1 12.0 15.8 1.3 0.0 15.8 19.1 109 106 0.5 0.3 0.8
3 Vlade Divac 29 9 345 15.5 .512 .483 9.1 26.0 17.6 15.8 1.2 3.2 17.8 18.0 100 101 0.1 0.5 0.6
4 David Wesley 27 9 285 13.0 .488 .452 2.2 5.6 3.9 36.7 1.4 0.0 17.1 19.6 101 110 0.1 0.1 0.3
5 Dell Curry 33 9 171 11.2 .472 .442 4.4 9.4 6.9 10.3 2.3 1.4 8.3 17.7 98 106 0.0 0.2 0.2
6 Travis Williams 28 4 18 16.6 .525 .333 7.0 27.4 17.2 0.0 3.2 4.4 0.0 13.3 123 96 0.0 0.0 0.1
7 Corey Beck 26 6 26 19.2 .582 .542 4.8 0.0 2.4 0.0 8.8 0.0 18.9 30.7 91 96 0.0 0.1 0.0
8 B.J. Armstrong 30 9 146 9.4 .423 .405 1.7 6.7 4.3 21.2 2.4 0.0 12.1 17.2 91 108 -0.1 0.1 0.0
9 Donald Royal 31 4 28 7.9 .514 .429 0.0 17.6 8.9 6.1 0.0 0.0 10.2 17.5 99 109 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Bobby Phills 28 9 269 6.9 .422 .430 1.9 8.7 5.3 14.9 2.1 0.6 16.1 15.1 84 107 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
11 Matt Geiger 28 4 22 -0.5 .167 .167 17.1 11.2 14.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 14.3 16.0 61 111 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
12 J.R. Reid 29 9 114 4.2 .463 .393 7.7 14.0 10.9 3.0 1.5 1.4 25.3 19.2 78 106 -0.3 0.1 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Vlade Divac $4,833,333
2 Glen Rice $4,702,000
3 Dell Curry $3,660,000
4 Anthony Mason $3,471,500
5 Bobby Phills $2,900,000
6 B.J. Armstrong $2,600,000
7 Muggsy Bogues $1,800,000
8 David Wesley $1,800,000
9 Matt Geiger $1,402,000
10 Tony Delk $1,000,680
11 J.R. Reid $650,000
12 Jeff Grayer *$272,500
13 Vernon Maxwell *$272,500
14 Donald Royal *$272,500
15 Corey Beck $272,250
16 Tony Farmer $272,250
17 Michael McDonald *$242,000
18 Travis Williams $242,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)