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1997-98 Indiana Pacers Roster and Statistics

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58-24, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Larry Bird (58-24)

Points Per Game: 96.0 (12th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 89.9 (5th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 59-23 (5th of 29)

Arena: Market Square Arena ▪ Attendance: 645,302 (22nd of 29)

SRS: 6.25 (4th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 87.9 (27th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 108.4 (4th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 101.6 (5th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Chicago Bulls
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Cleveland Cavaliers

1997-98 Indiana Pacers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
4 Travis Best G 5-11 182 July 12, 1972 2 Georgia Institute of Technology
21 Etdrick Bohannon F 6-9 220 May 29, 1973 R Auburn University at Montgomery
44 Austin Croshere F 6-9 235 May 1, 1975 R Providence College
33 Antonio Davis F-C 6-9 215 October 31, 1968 4 University of Texas at El Paso
32 Dale Davis F 6-11 230 March 25, 1969 6 Clemson University
20 Fred Hoiberg G 6-4 203 October 15, 1972 2 Iowa State University
Mark Jackson G 6-1 180 April 1, 1965 10 St. John's University
9 Derrick McKey F-C 6-9 205 October 10, 1966 10 University of Alabama
31 Reggie Miller G-F 6-7 185 August 24, 1965 10 University of California, Los Angeles
17 Chris Mullin F-G 6-6 200 July 30, 1963 12 St. John's University
43 Mark Pope F 6-10 235 September 11, 1972 R University of Kentucky
5 Jalen Rose G 6-8 210 January 30, 1973 3 University of Michigan
45 Rik Smits C 7-4 250 August 23, 1966 9 Marist College
41 Mark West C-F 6-10 230 November 5, 1960 14 Old Dominion 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 19830 2921 6223 .469 401 1029 .390 1631 2136 .764 874 2348 3222 1889 645 368 1168 1859 7874 96.0
Opponent 82 19830 2788 6451 .432 274 867 .316 1525 2096 .728 1114 2254 3368 1591 644 366 1237 1847 7375 89.9

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 Reggie Miller 32 81 81 2795 516 1081 .477 164 382 .429 382 440 .868 46 186 232 171 78 11 128 148 1578
2 Rik Smits 31 73 69 2085 514 1038 .495 0 3 .000 188 240 .783 127 378 505 101 40 88 134 243 1216
3 Chris Mullin 34 82 82 2177 333 692 .481 107 243 .440 154 164 .939 38 211 249 186 95 39 117 186 927
4 Antonio Davis 29 82 12 2191 254 528 .481 0 3 .000 277 398 .696 192 368 560 61 45 72 103 234 785
5 Jalen Rose 25 82 0 1706 290 607 .478 25 73 .342 166 228 .728 28 167 195 155 56 14 132 171 771
6 Mark Jackson 32 82 82 2413 249 598 .416 43 137 .314 137 180 .761 67 255 322 713 84 2 174 132 678
7 Dale Davis 28 78 78 2174 273 498 .548 0 0 80 172 .465 233 378 611 70 51 87 73 209 626
8 Travis Best 25 82 0 1547 201 480 .419 21 70 .300 112 131 .855 28 94 122 281 85 5 111 193 535
9 Derrick McKey 31 57 4 1316 150 327 .459 4 17 .235 55 77 .714 74 137 211 88 57 30 79 156 359
10 Fred Hoiberg 25 65 1 874 85 222 .383 32 85 .376 59 69 .855 14 109 123 45 40 3 22 101 261
11 Austin Croshere 22 26 0 243 32 86 .372 4 13 .308 8 14 .571 10 35 45 8 9 5 13 32 76
12 Mark Pope 25 28 0 193 14 41 .341 1 3 .333 10 17 .588 9 17 26 7 3 6 10 36 39
13 Mark West 37 15 1 105 10 21 .476 0 0 3 6 .500 6 9 15 2 2 4 8 15 23
14 Etdrick Bohannon 24 5 0 11 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 1 0 2 3 3 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 Reggie Miller 32 81 81 34.5 6.4 13.3 .477 2.0 4.7 .429 4.7 5.4 .868 0.6 2.3 2.9 2.1 1.0 0.1 1.6 1.8 19.5
2 Rik Smits 31 73 69 28.6 7.0 14.2 .495 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.3 .783 1.7 5.2 6.9 1.4 0.5 1.2 1.8 3.3 16.7
3 Chris Mullin 34 82 82 26.5 4.1 8.4 .481 1.3 3.0 .440 1.9 2.0 .939 0.5 2.6 3.0 2.3 1.2 0.5 1.4 2.3 11.3
4 Antonio Davis 29 82 12 26.7 3.1 6.4 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 4.9 .696 2.3 4.5 6.8 0.7 0.5 0.9 1.3 2.9 9.6
5 Jalen Rose 25 82 0 20.8 3.5 7.4 .478 0.3 0.9 .342 2.0 2.8 .728 0.3 2.0 2.4 1.9 0.7 0.2 1.6 2.1 9.4
6 Mark Jackson 32 82 82 29.4 3.0 7.3 .416 0.5 1.7 .314 1.7 2.2 .761 0.8 3.1 3.9 8.7 1.0 0.0 2.1 1.6 8.3
7 Dale Davis 28 78 78 27.9 3.5 6.4 .548 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.2 .465 3.0 4.8 7.8 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.9 2.7 8.0
8 Travis Best 25 82 0 18.9 2.5 5.9 .419 0.3 0.9 .300 1.4 1.6 .855 0.3 1.1 1.5 3.4 1.0 0.1 1.4 2.4 6.5
9 Derrick McKey 31 57 4 23.1 2.6 5.7 .459 0.1 0.3 .235 1.0 1.4 .714 1.3 2.4 3.7 1.5 1.0 0.5 1.4 2.7 6.3
10 Fred Hoiberg 25 65 1 13.4 1.3 3.4 .383 0.5 1.3 .376 0.9 1.1 .855 0.2 1.7 1.9 0.7 0.6 0.0 0.3 1.6 4.0
11 Austin Croshere 22 26 0 9.3 1.2 3.3 .372 0.2 0.5 .308 0.3 0.5 .571 0.4 1.3 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.2 2.9
12 Mark West 37 15 1 7.0 0.7 1.4 .476 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .500 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.0 1.5
13 Mark Pope 25 28 0 6.9 0.5 1.5 .341 0.0 0.1 .333 0.4 0.6 .588 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.3 1.4
14 Etdrick Bohannon 24 5 0 2.2 0.0 0.8 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.6 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 Rik Smits 31 73 69 2085 8.9 17.9 .495 0.0 0.1 .000 3.2 4.1 .783 2.2 6.5 8.7 1.7 0.7 1.5 2.3 4.2 21.0
2 Reggie Miller 32 81 81 2795 6.6 13.9 .477 2.1 4.9 .429 4.9 5.7 .868 0.6 2.4 3.0 2.2 1.0 0.1 1.6 1.9 20.3
3 Jalen Rose 25 82 0 1706 6.1 12.8 .478 0.5 1.5 .342 3.5 4.8 .728 0.6 3.5 4.1 3.3 1.2 0.3 2.8 3.6 16.3
4 Chris Mullin 34 82 82 2177 5.5 11.4 .481 1.8 4.0 .440 2.5 2.7 .939 0.6 3.5 4.1 3.1 1.6 0.6 1.9 3.1 15.3
5 Antonio Davis 29 82 12 2191 4.2 8.7 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 6.5 .696 3.2 6.0 9.2 1.0 0.7 1.2 1.7 3.8 12.9
6 Travis Best 25 82 0 1547 4.7 11.2 .419 0.5 1.6 .300 2.6 3.0 .855 0.7 2.2 2.8 6.5 2.0 0.1 2.6 4.5 12.4
7 Austin Croshere 22 26 0 243 4.7 12.7 .372 0.6 1.9 .308 1.2 2.1 .571 1.5 5.2 6.7 1.2 1.3 0.7 1.9 4.7 11.3
8 Fred Hoiberg 25 65 1 874 3.5 9.1 .383 1.3 3.5 .376 2.4 2.8 .855 0.6 4.5 5.1 1.9 1.6 0.1 0.9 4.2 10.8
9 Dale Davis 28 78 78 2174 4.5 8.2 .548 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.8 .465 3.9 6.3 10.1 1.2 0.8 1.4 1.2 3.5 10.4
10 Mark Jackson 32 82 82 2413 3.7 8.9 .416 0.6 2.0 .314 2.0 2.7 .761 1.0 3.8 4.8 10.6 1.3 0.0 2.6 2.0 10.1
11 Derrick McKey 31 57 4 1316 4.1 8.9 .459 0.1 0.5 .235 1.5 2.1 .714 2.0 3.7 5.8 2.4 1.6 0.8 2.2 4.3 9.8
12 Mark West 37 15 1 105 3.4 7.2 .476 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.1 .500 2.1 3.1 5.1 0.7 0.7 1.4 2.7 5.1 7.9
13 Mark Pope 25 28 0 193 2.6 7.6 .341 0.2 0.6 .333 1.9 3.2 .588 1.7 3.2 4.8 1.3 0.6 1.1 1.9 6.7 7.3
14 Etdrick Bohannon 24 5 0 11 0.0 13.1 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 13.1 19.6 3.3 0.0 6.5 9.8 9.8 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 Reggie Miller 32 81 2795 19.8 .619 .553 2.1 7.6 5.0 11.1 1.5 0.3 9.1 23.9 121 105 9.2 2.8 12.0
2 Chris Mullin 34 82 2177 16.9 .607 .559 2.2 11.1 6.9 14.6 2.4 1.3 13.3 19.3 114 101 4.4 3.2 7.6
3 Mark Jackson 32 82 2413 17.2 .501 .452 3.5 12.1 8.0 46.7 1.9 0.1 20.4 16.8 111 103 4.4 3.1 7.5
4 Antonio Davis 29 82 2191 15.3 .558 .481 11.1 19.2 15.4 4.5 1.1 2.3 12.8 17.5 113 100 3.8 3.6 7.4
5 Dale Davis 28 78 2174 15.2 .546 .548 13.6 19.9 16.9 5.3 1.3 2.8 11.3 14.2 114 99 3.4 3.8 7.1
6 Rik Smits 31 73 2085 19.9 .532 .495 7.7 20.8 14.6 9.9 1.0 3.0 10.5 29.2 104 99 2.5 3.6 6.1
7 Travis Best 25 82 1547 13.6 .498 .441 2.3 7.0 4.7 29.9 3.0 0.2 17.1 20.0 103 102 1.2 2.1 3.3
8 Jalen Rose 25 82 1706 14.1 .545 .498 2.1 11.2 6.9 16.0 1.8 0.6 15.7 23.4 101 103 1.1 2.2 3.3
9 Fred Hoiberg 25 65 874 11.2 .517 .455 2.0 14.3 8.5 8.1 2.5 0.2 8.0 14.9 109 101 0.9 1.4 2.3
10 Derrick McKey 31 57 1316 10.7 .497 .465 7.1 11.9 9.6 10.7 2.4 1.6 18.0 15.9 97 101 0.1 2.1 2.1
11 Mark Pope 25 28 193 3.4 .402 .354 5.9 10.1 8.1 5.5 0.8 2.2 17.1 14.4 83 104 -0.2 0.2 0.0
12 Austin Croshere 22 26 243 7.7 .412 .395 5.2 16.5 11.1 5.4 2.0 1.5 12.4 20.6 83 100 -0.4 0.4 0.0
13 Mark West 37 15 105 5.1 .486 .476 7.2 9.8 8.6 3.0 1.0 2.7 25.3 14.3 82 104 -0.1 0.1 0.0
14 Etdrick Bohannon 24 5 11 -10.3 .000 .000 23.1 41.7 32.8 12.3 0.0 12.9 42.9 30.3 27 87 -0.2 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 Reggie Miller 32 16 628 98 230 38 95 85 94 5 28 32 19 3 27 26 319 .426 .400 .904 39.3 19.9 1.8 2.0
2 Rik Smits 31 16 476 105 209 0 1 55 64 17 85 20 8 14 21 67 265 .502 .000 .859 29.8 16.6 5.3 1.3
3 Antonio Davis 29 16 459 42 91 0 0 63 94 37 108 14 12 18 25 65 147 .462 .670 28.7 9.2 6.8 0.9
4 Mark Jackson 32 16 494 53 127 14 37 27 34 18 73 133 23 0 47 28 147 .417 .378 .794 30.9 9.2 4.6 8.3
5 Chris Mullin 34 16 412 52 113 20 52 18 21 13 57 23 15 9 24 32 142 .460 .385 .857 25.8 8.9 3.6 1.4
6 Dale Davis 28 16 466 56 86 0 0 29 64 44 120 12 5 18 21 42 141 .651 .453 29.1 8.8 7.5 0.8
7 Jalen Rose 25 15 293 48 100 6 16 20 27 1 27 28 11 6 25 37 122 .480 .375 .741 19.5 8.1 1.8 1.9
8 Travis Best 25 16 280 27 72 5 18 38 43 1 16 31 11 3 19 36 97 .375 .278 .884 17.5 6.1 1.0 1.9
9 Derrick McKey 31 15 284 23 69 3 10 18 23 8 40 11 9 8 11 50 67 .333 .300 .783 18.9 4.5 2.7 0.7
10 Mark Pope 25 7 42 4 6 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 0 1 8 9 .667 .000 1.000 6.0 1.3 0.7 0.1
11 Fred Hoiberg 25 2 20 3 8 1 2 2 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 9 .375 .500 1.000 10.0 4.5 2.0 0.5
12 Mark West 37 4 11 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 .500 .333 2.8 0.8 0.3 0.0

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 Reggie Miller 32 16 628 17.4 .588 .509 1.1 4.6 2.9 10.1 1.7 0.4 9.0 23.6 116 109 1.6 0.4 2.0
2 Rik Smits 31 16 476 19.6 .559 .502 4.8 17.9 11.6 9.5 0.9 2.3 8.1 27.0 111 104 1.0 0.6 1.6
3 Dale Davis 28 16 466 15.7 .618 .651 12.6 20.4 16.7 4.7 0.6 3.0 15.5 14.4 116 103 0.8 0.6 1.4
4 Antonio Davis 29 16 459 14.2 .555 .462 10.8 19.4 15.2 5.3 1.5 3.1 15.9 17.1 109 102 0.6 0.7 1.3
5 Mark Jackson 32 16 494 17.5 .518 .472 4.9 13.9 9.6 48.5 2.6 0.0 24.9 19.0 106 103 0.6 0.6 1.2
6 Chris Mullin 34 16 412 13.9 .581 .549 4.2 13.4 9.0 10.4 2.1 1.7 16.4 17.7 105 104 0.4 0.5 0.9
7 Travis Best 25 16 280 11.6 .533 .410 0.5 6.7 3.7 19.6 2.2 0.8 17.3 19.5 103 106 0.2 0.3 0.5
8 Jalen Rose 25 15 293 13.1 .545 .510 0.5 11.1 6.0 19.2 2.1 1.6 18.3 23.2 97 104 0.0 0.4 0.3
9 Derrick McKey 31 15 284 6.5 .423 .355 3.8 14.1 9.1 6.7 1.8 2.2 12.2 15.8 89 103 -0.2 0.4 0.1
10 Fred Hoiberg 25 2 20 19.1 .507 .438 6.7 18.8 12.9 9.8 2.8 0.0 0.0 22.1 118 101 0.1 0.0 0.1
11 Mark Pope 25 7 42 8.9 .699 .667 6.4 8.9 7.7 4.2 1.3 0.0 13.4 8.8 130 107 0.1 0.0 0.1
12 Mark West 37 4 11 2.9 .452 .500 12.2 0.0 5.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.0 106 113 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Reggie Miller $9,031,850
2 Dale Davis $5,273,333
3 Antonio Davis $4,500,000
4 Rik Smits $4,000,000
5 Derrick McKey $3,600,000
6 Mark Jackson $3,200,000
7 Chris Mullin $2,941,500
8 Jalen Rose $1,852,500
9 Haywoode Workman $1,260,000
10 Austin Croshere $1,165,440
11 Travis Best $752,000
12 Mark West $650,000
13 Fred Hoiberg $356,400
14 Etdrick Bohannon $272,250
15 Mark Pope $242,000
16 Ron Riley $50,000
17 Todd Lindeman $15,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)