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1997-98 Chicago Bulls Roster and Statistics

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62-20, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Phil Jackson (62-20)

1997-98 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 96.7 (9th of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 89.6 (3rd of 29)
SRS: 7.24 (1st of 29) ▪ Pace: 89.0 (22nd of 29)
Off Rtg: 107.7 (9th of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 99.8 (3rd of 29)
Expected W-L: 61-21 (1st of 29)

Arena: United Center ▪ Attendance: 983,517 (1st of 29)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Utah Jazz
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Indiana Pacers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Charlotte Hornets
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus New Jersey Nets


NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
22 Keith Booth F 6-6 226 October 9, 1974 R University of Maryland
0 Randy Brown G 6-2 190 May 22, 1968 6 New Mexico State University
30 Jud Buechler F-G 6-6 220 June 19, 1968 7 University of Arizona
24 Scott Burrell G-F 6-7 218 January 12, 1971 4 University of Connecticut
35 Jason Caffey F 6-8 255 June 12, 1973 2 University of Alabama
9 Ron Harper G-F 6-6 185 January 20, 1964 11 Miami University
23 Michael Jordan G-F 6-6 195 February 17, 1963 12 University of North Carolina
25 Steve Kerr G 6-3 175 September 27, 1965 9 University of Arizona
53 Joe Kleine C 6-11 255 January 4, 1962 12 University of Arkansas
7 Toni Kukoc F 6-10 192 September 18, 1968 4
5 Rusty LaRue G 6-2 210 December 10, 1973 R Wake Forest University
13 Luc Longley C 7-2 265 January 19, 1969 6 University of New Mexico
33 Scottie Pippen F-G 6-8 210 September 25, 1965 10 University of Central Arkansas
91 Dennis Rodman F 6-7 210 May 13, 1961 11 Southeastern Oklahoma State University
8 Dickey Simpkins F 6-9 248 April 6, 1972 3 Providence College
David Vaughn F 6-9 240 March 23, 1973 2 University of Memphis
34 Bill Wennington C 7-0 245 December 26, 1963 10 St. John's University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19855 3064 6801 .451 311 962 .323 1492 2009 .743 1243 2438 3681 1952 696 353 1178 1691 7931 96.7
Lg Rank 9 5 7 16 17 14 23 19 24 14 3 6 2 7 10 23 5 25 9 9
Opponent 82 19855 2797 6483 .431 329 1022 .322 1425 1956 .729 1016 2239 3255 1595 657 356 1268 1774 7348 89.6
Lg Rank 9 6 14 5 6 12 4 5 5 6 9 7 8 4 12 3 11 9 3 3

Totals

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 Michael Jordan 34 82 82 3181 881 1893 .465 30 126 .238 565 721 .784 130 345 475 283 141 45 185 151 2357
2 Toni Kukoc 29 74 52 2235 383 841 .455 63 174 .362 155 219 .708 121 206 327 314 76 37 154 149 984
3 Scottie Pippen 32 44 44 1652 315 704 .447 61 192 .318 150 193 .777 53 174 227 254 79 43 109 116 841
4 Ron Harper 34 82 82 2284 293 665 .441 16 84 .190 162 216 .750 107 183 290 241 108 48 91 181 764
5 Luc Longley 29 58 58 1703 277 609 .455 0 0 109 148 .736 113 228 341 161 34 62 130 206 663
6 Scott Burrell 27 80 3 1096 159 375 .424 51 144 .354 47 64 .734 80 118 198 65 64 37 50 131 416
7 Steve Kerr 32 50 0 1119 137 302 .454 57 130 .438 45 49 .918 14 63 77 96 26 5 27 71 376
8 Dennis Rodman 36 80 66 2856 155 360 .431 4 23 .174 61 111 .550 421 780 1201 230 47 18 147 238 375
9 Randy Brown 29 71 6 1147 116 302 .384 0 5 .000 56 78 .718 34 60 94 151 71 12 63 118 288
10 Jason Caffey 24 51 8 710 100 199 .503 0 1 .000 68 103 .660 76 97 173 36 13 17 48 92 268
11 Jud Buechler 29 74 0 608 85 176 .483 25 65 .385 3 6 .500 24 53 77 49 22 15 21 47 198
12 Bill Wennington 34 48 8 467 75 172 .436 0 0 17 21 .810 32 48 80 19 4 5 16 77 167
13 Joe Kleine 36 46 1 397 39 106 .368 0 0 15 18 .833 27 50 77 30 4 5 28 63 93
14 Dickey Simpkins 25 21 0 237 26 41 .634 0 1 .000 26 44 .591 8 23 31 17 4 3 13 35 78
15 Rusty LaRue 24 14 0 140 20 49 .408 4 16 .250 5 8 .625 1 7 8 5 3 1 6 12 49
16 Keith Booth 23 6 0 17 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 6 6 1.000 2 2 4 1 0 0 3 3 10
17 David Vaughn 24 3 0 6 1 1 1.000 0 0 2 4 .500 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4

Per Game

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 Michael Jordan 34 82 82 38.8 10.7 23.1 .465 0.4 1.5 .238 6.9 8.8 .784 1.6 4.2 5.8 3.5 1.7 0.5 2.3 1.8 28.7
2 Scottie Pippen 32 44 44 37.5 7.2 16.0 .447 1.4 4.4 .318 3.4 4.4 .777 1.2 4.0 5.2 5.8 1.8 1.0 2.5 2.6 19.1
3 Toni Kukoc 29 74 52 30.2 5.2 11.4 .455 0.9 2.4 .362 2.1 3.0 .708 1.6 2.8 4.4 4.2 1.0 0.5 2.1 2.0 13.3
4 Luc Longley 29 58 58 29.4 4.8 10.5 .455 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.6 .736 1.9 3.9 5.9 2.8 0.6 1.1 2.2 3.6 11.4
5 Ron Harper 34 82 82 27.9 3.6 8.1 .441 0.2 1.0 .190 2.0 2.6 .750 1.3 2.2 3.5 2.9 1.3 0.6 1.1 2.2 9.3
6 Steve Kerr 32 50 0 22.4 2.7 6.0 .454 1.1 2.6 .438 0.9 1.0 .918 0.3 1.3 1.5 1.9 0.5 0.1 0.5 1.4 7.5
7 Jason Caffey 24 51 8 13.9 2.0 3.9 .503 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.0 .660 1.5 1.9 3.4 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.8 5.3
8 Scott Burrell 27 80 3 13.7 2.0 4.7 .424 0.6 1.8 .354 0.6 0.8 .734 1.0 1.5 2.5 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.6 1.6 5.2
9 Dennis Rodman 36 80 66 35.7 1.9 4.5 .431 0.1 0.3 .174 0.8 1.4 .550 5.3 9.8 15.0 2.9 0.6 0.2 1.8 3.0 4.7
10 Randy Brown 29 71 6 16.2 1.6 4.3 .384 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.1 .718 0.5 0.8 1.3 2.1 1.0 0.2 0.9 1.7 4.1
11 Dickey Simpkins 25 21 0 11.3 1.2 2.0 .634 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 2.1 .591 0.4 1.1 1.5 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.6 1.7 3.7
12 Rusty LaRue 24 14 0 10.0 1.4 3.5 .408 0.3 1.1 .250 0.4 0.6 .625 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.9 3.5
13 Bill Wennington 34 48 8 9.7 1.6 3.6 .436 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 .810 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.6 3.5
14 Jud Buechler 29 74 0 8.2 1.1 2.4 .483 0.3 0.9 .385 0.0 0.1 .500 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.6 2.7
15 Joe Kleine 36 46 1 8.6 0.8 2.3 .368 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 .833 0.6 1.1 1.7 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.4 2.0
16 Keith Booth 23 6 0 2.8 0.3 1.0 .333 0.0 0.2 .000 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.7
17 David Vaughn 24 3 0 2.0 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.3 .500 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.3

Per 36 Minutes

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 Michael Jordan 34 82 82 3181 10.0 21.4 .465 0.3 1.4 .238 6.4 8.2 .784 1.5 3.9 5.4 3.2 1.6 0.5 2.1 1.7 26.7
2 David Vaughn 24 3 0 6 6.0 6.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 12.0 24.0 .500 0.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 24.0
3 Keith Booth 23 6 0 17 4.2 12.7 .333 0.0 2.1 .000 12.7 12.7 1.000 4.2 4.2 8.5 2.1 0.0 0.0 6.4 6.4 21.2
4 Scottie Pippen 32 44 44 1652 6.9 15.3 .447 1.3 4.2 .318 3.3 4.2 .777 1.2 3.8 4.9 5.5 1.7 0.9 2.4 2.5 18.3
5 Toni Kukoc 29 74 52 2235 6.2 13.5 .455 1.0 2.8 .362 2.5 3.5 .708 1.9 3.3 5.3 5.1 1.2 0.6 2.5 2.4 15.8
6 Luc Longley 29 58 58 1703 5.9 12.9 .455 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.1 .736 2.4 4.8 7.2 3.4 0.7 1.3 2.7 4.4 14.0
7 Scott Burrell 27 80 3 1096 5.2 12.3 .424 1.7 4.7 .354 1.5 2.1 .734 2.6 3.9 6.5 2.1 2.1 1.2 1.6 4.3 13.7
8 Jason Caffey 24 51 8 710 5.1 10.1 .503 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 5.2 .660 3.9 4.9 8.8 1.8 0.7 0.9 2.4 4.7 13.6
9 Bill Wennington 34 48 8 467 5.8 13.3 .436 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.6 .810 2.5 3.7 6.2 1.5 0.3 0.4 1.2 5.9 12.9
10 Rusty LaRue 24 14 0 140 5.1 12.6 .408 1.0 4.1 .250 1.3 2.1 .625 0.3 1.8 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.3 1.5 3.1 12.6
11 Steve Kerr 32 50 0 1119 4.4 9.7 .454 1.8 4.2 .438 1.4 1.6 .918 0.5 2.0 2.5 3.1 0.8 0.2 0.9 2.3 12.1
12 Ron Harper 34 82 82 2284 4.6 10.5 .441 0.3 1.3 .190 2.6 3.4 .750 1.7 2.9 4.6 3.8 1.7 0.8 1.4 2.9 12.0
13 Dickey Simpkins 25 21 0 237 3.9 6.2 .634 0.0 0.2 .000 3.9 6.7 .591 1.2 3.5 4.7 2.6 0.6 0.5 2.0 5.3 11.8
14 Jud Buechler 29 74 0 608 5.0 10.4 .483 1.5 3.8 .385 0.2 0.4 .500 1.4 3.1 4.6 2.9 1.3 0.9 1.2 2.8 11.7
15 Randy Brown 29 71 6 1147 3.6 9.5 .384 0.0 0.2 .000 1.8 2.4 .718 1.1 1.9 3.0 4.7 2.2 0.4 2.0 3.7 9.0
16 Joe Kleine 36 46 1 397 3.5 9.6 .368 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.6 .833 2.4 4.5 7.0 2.7 0.4 0.5 2.5 5.7 8.4
17 Dennis Rodman 36 80 66 2856 2.0 4.5 .431 0.1 0.3 .174 0.8 1.4 .550 5.3 9.8 15.1 2.9 0.6 0.2 1.9 3.0 4.7

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Michael Jordan 34 82 3181 25.2 .533 .473 4.7 12.5 8.5 18.0 2.4 1.0 7.7 33.7 114 100 10.4 5.4 15.8 .238
2 Dennis Rodman 36 80 2856 12.4 .459 .436 16.8 31.4 24.1 11.2 0.9 0.5 26.4 8.7 106 97 1.9 5.9 7.8 .131
3 Ron Harper 34 82 2284 14.7 .503 .453 5.3 9.2 7.3 16.4 2.5 1.5 10.7 16.7 111 100 3.4 3.7 7.2 .151
4 Toni Kukoc 29 74 2235 17.3 .525 .493 6.2 10.6 8.4 23.4 1.8 1.2 14.1 21.9 109 101 3.7 3.3 7.0 .150
5 Scottie Pippen 32 44 1652 20.4 .533 .491 3.7 12.1 7.9 26.5 2.6 1.9 12.1 24.4 112 99 3.7 3.0 6.6 .193
6 Steve Kerr 32 50 1119 12.9 .581 .548 1.4 6.5 3.9 13.2 1.3 0.3 7.7 14.0 124 105 2.5 1.2 3.8 .161
7 Scott Burrell 27 80 1096 15.7 .516 .492 8.3 12.4 10.3 9.5 3.1 2.5 11.0 18.5 109 97 1.5 2.2 3.7 .163
8 Luc Longley 29 58 1703 13.5 .492 .455 7.6 15.4 11.5 15.5 1.1 2.6 16.2 21.2 99 100 0.6 2.8 3.4 .096
9 Jason Caffey 24 51 710 14.4 .548 .503 12.2 15.7 14.0 8.0 1.0 1.7 16.4 18.4 108 101 0.9 1.1 2.0 .138
10 Jud Buechler 29 74 608 14.1 .554 .554 4.5 10.0 7.3 12.8 2.0 1.8 10.5 14.7 115 101 1.0 0.9 1.9 .151
11 Randy Brown 29 71 1147 10.1 .428 .384 3.4 6.0 4.7 19.6 3.3 0.8 15.8 15.6 96 100 -0.1 1.9 1.8 .075
12 Bill Wennington 34 48 467 9.4 .461 .436 7.8 11.8 9.8 6.7 0.5 0.8 8.1 18.9 102 104 0.3 0.6 0.8 .085
13 Dickey Simpkins 25 21 237 11.9 .646 .634 3.8 11.2 7.5 10.8 0.9 0.9 17.7 13.9 117 103 0.4 0.3 0.7 .146
14 Rusty LaRue 24 14 140 7.3 .466 .449 0.8 5.7 3.3 5.7 1.2 0.5 10.3 18.7 95 105 0.0 0.1 0.1 .040
15 Joe Kleine 36 46 397 5.5 .408 .368 7.8 14.5 11.1 11.2 0.5 0.9 19.7 16.0 87 103 -0.4 0.5 0.1 .016
16 David Vaughn 24 3 6 23.3 .725 1.000 0.0 19.2 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.6 143 103 0.0 0.0 0.0 .315
17 Keith Booth 23 6 17 13.8 .579 .333 13.4 13.5 13.5 9.0 0.0 0.0 25.8 30.7 102 105 0.0 0.0 0.0 .107

Playoffs

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 Michael Jordan 34 21 872 243 526 13 43 181 223 33 107 74 32 12 45 47 680 .462 .302 .812 41.5 32.4 5.1 3.5
2 Scottie Pippen 32 21 836 122 294 18 79 91 134 49 150 110 45 20 51 66 353 .415 .228 .679 39.8 16.8 7.1 5.2
3 Toni Kukoc 29 21 637 106 218 23 61 40 62 24 81 60 26 10 27 57 275 .486 .377 .645 30.3 13.1 3.9 2.9
4 Luc Longley 29 18 456 54 120 0 0 34 39 34 90 35 12 15 36 73 142 .450 .872 25.3 7.9 5.0 1.9
5 Ron Harper 34 21 563 56 122 5 19 24 39 22 77 48 20 18 18 42 141 .459 .263 .615 26.8 6.7 3.7 2.3
6 Steve Kerr 32 21 415 33 76 19 41 18 22 8 17 35 7 0 5 26 103 .434 .463 .818 19.8 4.9 0.8 1.7
7 Dennis Rodman 36 21 722 39 105 1 4 23 38 99 248 41 14 13 35 88 102 .371 .250 .605 34.4 4.9 11.8 2.0
8 Scott Burrell 27 21 261 32 73 6 20 10 11 11 43 10 19 3 11 33 80 .438 .300 .909 12.4 3.8 2.0 0.5
9 Bill Wennington 34 16 119 20 38 0 0 4 8 3 14 3 6 2 8 23 44 .526 .500 7.4 2.8 0.9 0.2
10 Dickey Simpkins 25 13 74 6 16 0 0 4 9 4 13 3 2 1 3 10 16 .375 .444 5.7 1.2 1.0 0.2
11 Jud Buechler 29 16 64 4 11 3 5 0 0 4 11 3 3 1 1 7 11 .364 .600 4.0 0.7 0.7 0.2
12 Randy Brown 29 14 71 2 12 0 0 5 6 3 9 9 2 0 7 6 9 .167 .833 5.1 0.6 0.6 0.6

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Michael Jordan 34 21 872 28.1 .545 .474 4.5 11.0 7.6 19.9 2.1 1.1 6.7 36.6 117 103 3.6 1.2 4.8 .265
2 Scottie Pippen 32 21 836 19.5 .500 .446 7.0 15.7 11.1 23.6 3.1 1.9 12.6 23.0 108 99 1.4 1.5 2.9 .166
3 Toni Kukoc 29 21 637 18.5 .561 .539 4.5 11.6 7.9 17.5 2.3 1.3 9.9 20.4 116 102 1.5 0.9 2.4 .182
4 Dennis Rodman 36 21 722 10.8 .419 .376 16.3 26.9 21.3 8.7 1.1 1.4 22.3 10.3 101 100 0.2 1.2 1.5 .097
5 Ron Harper 34 21 563 13.3 .507 .480 4.6 12.7 8.5 14.1 2.0 2.6 11.5 13.3 110 102 0.6 0.9 1.5 .126
6 Steve Kerr 32 21 415 11.3 .601 .559 2.3 2.8 2.5 13.5 1.0 0.0 5.5 10.4 135 108 1.0 0.3 1.3 .149
7 Luc Longley 29 18 456 12.3 .518 .450 8.9 16.0 12.3 13.1 1.5 2.6 20.8 18.1 100 101 0.2 0.7 0.9 .092
8 Scott Burrell 27 21 261 13.5 .514 .479 5.0 16.0 10.2 6.6 4.2 0.9 12.4 16.2 104 97 0.2 0.5 0.7 .132
9 Bill Wennington 34 16 119 10.4 .530 .526 3.0 12.0 7.3 4.7 2.9 1.3 16.2 19.8 94 100 0.0 0.2 0.2 .062
10 Jud Buechler 29 16 64 10.8 .500 .500 7.4 14.2 10.7 7.3 2.7 1.3 8.3 8.9 119 101 0.1 0.1 0.2 .137
11 Dickey Simpkins 25 13 74 6.6 .401 .375 6.4 15.8 10.9 6.5 1.5 1.1 13.1 14.8 88 103 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .028
12 Randy Brown 29 14 71 2.5 .307 .167 5.0 11.0 7.9 18.7 1.6 0.0 32.3 14.5 69 105 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.076

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Michael Jordan $33,140,000
2 Ron Harper $4,560,000
3 Toni Kukoc $4,560,000
4 Dennis Rodman $4,500,000
5 Luc Longley $3,184,900
6 Scottie Pippen $2,775,000
7 Bill Wennington $1,800,000
8 Scott Burrell $1,430,000
9 Randy Brown $1,260,000
10 Robert Parish $1,150,000
11 Jason Caffey $850,920
12 Steve Kerr $750,000
13 Keith Booth $597,600
14 Jud Buechler $500,000
15 Joe Kleine $272,250