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1997-98 New Jersey Nets Roster and Statistics

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43-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: John Calipari (43-39)

Points Per Game: 99.6 (5th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 98.1 (21st of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 46-36 (14th of 29)

Arena: Continental Airlines Arena ▪ Attendance: 718,523 (12th of 29)

SRS: 1.89 (14th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.0 (11th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 108.3 (5th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.6 (21st of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Chicago Bulls

1997-98 New Jersey Nets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
2 David Benoit F 6-8 220 May 9, 1968 5 University of Alabama
45 Michael Cage F-C 6-9 224 January 28, 1962 13 San Diego State University
10 Sam Cassell G 6-3 185 November 18, 1969 4 Florida State University
33 Yinka Dare C 7-0 265 October 10, 1972 3 George Washington University
20 Sherman Douglas G 6-0 180 September 15, 1966 8 Syracuse University
21 Kevin Edwards G 6-3 190 October 30, 1965 9 DePaul University
11 Brian Evans F 6-8 220 September 13, 1973 1 Indiana University
15 Chris Gatling F-C 6-10 220 September 3, 1967 6 Old Dominion University
13 Kendall Gill G 6-5 195 May 25, 1968 7 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
54 Jack Haley C-F 6-10 240 January 27, 1964 8 University of California, Los Angeles
12 Lucious Harris G 6-5 190 December 18, 1970 4 California State University, Long Beach
30 Kerry Kittles G 6-5 179 June 12, 1974 1 Villanova University
24 Don MacLean F 6-10 235 January 16, 1970 5 University of California, Los Angeles
34 Xavier McDaniel F 6-7 205 June 4, 1963 11 Wichita State University
2 Rony Seikaly C 6-11 230 May 10, 1965 9 Syracuse University
44 Keith Van Horn F 6-10 220 October 23, 1975 R University of Utah
42 David Vaughn F 6-9 240 March 23, 1973 2 University of Memphis
55 Jayson Williams F-C 6-9 240 February 22, 1968 7 St. John's 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 19880 3055 6928 .441 310 937 .331 1750 2351 .744 1344 2137 3481 1685 777 314 1180 1917 8170 99.6
Opponent 82 19880 3016 6406 .471 356 1030 .346 1653 2211 .748 1079 2316 3395 1771 616 515 1482 2023 8041 98.1

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 Sam Cassell 28 75 72 2606 510 1156 .441 15 80 .188 436 507 .860 73 155 228 603 121 20 269 262 1471
2 Kerry Kittles 23 77 76 2814 508 1154 .440 110 263 .418 202 250 .808 132 230 362 176 132 37 106 152 1328
3 Keith Van Horn 22 62 62 2325 446 1047 .426 69 224 .308 258 305 .846 142 266 408 106 64 25 164 216 1219
4 Kendall Gill 29 81 81 2733 418 974 .429 26 101 .257 225 327 .688 112 279 391 200 156 64 124 268 1087
5 Jayson Williams 29 65 65 2343 321 645 .498 0 4 .000 195 293 .666 443 440 883 67 45 49 95 236 837
6 Chris Gatling 30 57 16 1359 248 545 .455 1 4 .250 159 265 .600 118 216 334 53 52 29 99 152 656
7 Sherman Douglas 31 80 11 1699 255 515 .495 14 46 .304 115 172 .669 52 83 135 319 55 7 110 156 639
8 David Benoit 29 53 0 799 102 269 .379 41 119 .345 37 44 .841 42 99 141 17 26 16 39 120 282
9 Lucious Harris 27 50 0 671 69 177 .390 12 39 .308 41 55 .745 21 31 52 42 42 5 21 77 191
10 Brian Evans 24 28 1 332 46 106 .434 17 42 .405 6 9 .667 18 34 52 24 7 5 14 44 115
11 Michael Cage 36 79 17 1201 43 84 .512 0 1 .000 20 36 .556 115 193 308 32 45 44 23 105 106
12 Kevin Edwards 32 27 5 352 37 106 .349 4 11 .364 13 15 .867 11 23 34 26 21 0 20 20 91
13 David Vaughn 24 15 2 161 19 33 .576 0 0 6 9 .667 19 30 49 2 5 4 9 34 44
14 Rony Seikaly 32 9 2 152 13 41 .317 0 0 16 27 .593 16 20 36 8 3 4 12 27 42
15 Xavier McDaniel 34 20 0 180 10 30 .333 0 0 5 8 .625 12 19 31 9 3 2 8 23 25
16 Jack Haley 34 16 0 51 5 18 .278 0 1 .000 12 21 .571 5 10 15 0 0 1 4 9 22
17 Yinka Dare 25 10 0 60 4 18 .222 0 0 4 8 .500 10 7 17 1 0 2 2 9 12
18 Don MacLean 28 9 0 42 1 10 .100 1 2 .500 0 0 3 2 5 0 0 0 2 7 3

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 Keith Van Horn 22 62 62 37.5 7.2 16.9 .426 1.1 3.6 .308 4.2 4.9 .846 2.3 4.3 6.6 1.7 1.0 0.4 2.6 3.5 19.7
2 Sam Cassell 28 75 72 34.7 6.8 15.4 .441 0.2 1.1 .188 5.8 6.8 .860 1.0 2.1 3.0 8.0 1.6 0.3 3.6 3.5 19.6
3 Kerry Kittles 23 77 76 36.5 6.6 15.0 .440 1.4 3.4 .418 2.6 3.2 .808 1.7 3.0 4.7 2.3 1.7 0.5 1.4 2.0 17.2
4 Kendall Gill 29 81 81 33.7 5.2 12.0 .429 0.3 1.2 .257 2.8 4.0 .688 1.4 3.4 4.8 2.5 1.9 0.8 1.5 3.3 13.4
5 Jayson Williams 29 65 65 36.0 4.9 9.9 .498 0.0 0.1 .000 3.0 4.5 .666 6.8 6.8 13.6 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.5 3.6 12.9
6 Chris Gatling 30 57 16 23.8 4.4 9.6 .455 0.0 0.1 .250 2.8 4.6 .600 2.1 3.8 5.9 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.7 2.7 11.5
7 Sherman Douglas 31 80 11 21.2 3.2 6.4 .495 0.2 0.6 .304 1.4 2.2 .669 0.7 1.0 1.7 4.0 0.7 0.1 1.4 2.0 8.0
8 David Benoit 29 53 0 15.1 1.9 5.1 .379 0.8 2.2 .345 0.7 0.8 .841 0.8 1.9 2.7 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.7 2.3 5.3
9 Rony Seikaly 32 9 2 16.9 1.4 4.6 .317 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.0 .593 1.8 2.2 4.0 0.9 0.3 0.4 1.3 3.0 4.7
10 Brian Evans 24 28 1 11.9 1.6 3.8 .434 0.6 1.5 .405 0.2 0.3 .667 0.6 1.2 1.9 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.6 4.1
11 Lucious Harris 27 50 0 13.4 1.4 3.5 .390 0.2 0.8 .308 0.8 1.1 .745 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.1 0.4 1.5 3.8
12 Kevin Edwards 32 27 5 13.0 1.4 3.9 .349 0.1 0.4 .364 0.5 0.6 .867 0.4 0.9 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.7 0.7 3.4
13 David Vaughn 24 15 2 10.7 1.3 2.2 .576 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 .667 1.3 2.0 3.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.6 2.3 2.9
14 Jack Haley 34 16 0 3.2 0.3 1.1 .278 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.3 .571 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.4
15 Xavier McDaniel 34 20 0 9.0 0.5 1.5 .333 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 .625 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.2 1.3
16 Michael Cage 36 79 17 15.2 0.5 1.1 .512 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.5 .556 1.5 2.4 3.9 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.3 1.3 1.3
17 Yinka Dare 25 10 0 6.0 0.4 1.8 .222 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 .500 1.0 0.7 1.7 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.9 1.2
18 Don MacLean 28 9 0 4.7 0.1 1.1 .100 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.3

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 Sam Cassell 28 75 72 2606 7.0 16.0 .441 0.2 1.1 .188 6.0 7.0 .860 1.0 2.1 3.1 8.3 1.7 0.3 3.7 3.6 20.3
2 Keith Van Horn 22 62 62 2325 6.9 16.2 .426 1.1 3.5 .308 4.0 4.7 .846 2.2 4.1 6.3 1.6 1.0 0.4 2.5 3.3 18.9
3 Chris Gatling 30 57 16 1359 6.6 14.4 .455 0.0 0.1 .250 4.2 7.0 .600 3.1 5.7 8.8 1.4 1.4 0.8 2.6 4.0 17.4
4 Kerry Kittles 23 77 76 2814 6.5 14.8 .440 1.4 3.4 .418 2.6 3.2 .808 1.7 2.9 4.6 2.3 1.7 0.5 1.4 1.9 17.0
5 Jack Haley 34 16 0 51 3.5 12.7 .278 0.0 0.7 .000 8.5 14.8 .571 3.5 7.1 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.8 6.4 15.5
6 Kendall Gill 29 81 81 2733 5.5 12.8 .429 0.3 1.3 .257 3.0 4.3 .688 1.5 3.7 5.2 2.6 2.1 0.8 1.6 3.5 14.3
7 Sherman Douglas 31 80 11 1699 5.4 10.9 .495 0.3 1.0 .304 2.4 3.6 .669 1.1 1.8 2.9 6.8 1.2 0.1 2.3 3.3 13.5
8 Jayson Williams 29 65 65 2343 4.9 9.9 .498 0.0 0.1 .000 3.0 4.5 .666 6.8 6.8 13.6 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.5 3.6 12.9
9 David Benoit 29 53 0 799 4.6 12.1 .379 1.8 5.4 .345 1.7 2.0 .841 1.9 4.5 6.4 0.8 1.2 0.7 1.8 5.4 12.7
10 Brian Evans 24 28 1 332 5.0 11.5 .434 1.8 4.6 .405 0.7 1.0 .667 2.0 3.7 5.6 2.6 0.8 0.5 1.5 4.8 12.5
11 Lucious Harris 27 50 0 671 3.7 9.5 .390 0.6 2.1 .308 2.2 3.0 .745 1.1 1.7 2.8 2.3 2.3 0.3 1.1 4.1 10.2
12 Rony Seikaly 32 9 2 152 3.1 9.7 .317 0.0 0.0 3.8 6.4 .593 3.8 4.7 8.5 1.9 0.7 0.9 2.8 6.4 9.9
13 David Vaughn 24 15 2 161 4.2 7.4 .576 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.0 .667 4.2 6.7 11.0 0.4 1.1 0.9 2.0 7.6 9.8
14 Kevin Edwards 32 27 5 352 3.8 10.8 .349 0.4 1.1 .364 1.3 1.5 .867 1.1 2.4 3.5 2.7 2.1 0.0 2.0 2.0 9.3
15 Yinka Dare 25 10 0 60 2.4 10.8 .222 0.0 0.0 2.4 4.8 .500 6.0 4.2 10.2 0.6 0.0 1.2 1.2 5.4 7.2
16 Xavier McDaniel 34 20 0 180 2.0 6.0 .333 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.6 .625 2.4 3.8 6.2 1.8 0.6 0.4 1.6 4.6 5.0
17 Michael Cage 36 79 17 1201 1.3 2.5 .512 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 1.1 .556 3.4 5.8 9.2 1.0 1.3 1.3 0.7 3.1 3.2
18 Don MacLean 28 9 0 42 0.9 8.6 .100 0.9 1.7 .500 0.0 0.0 2.6 1.7 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 6.0 2.6

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 Jayson Williams 29 65 2343 18.7 .541 .498 20.5 23.2 21.8 4.5 1.0 1.5 10.9 16.1 121 105 6.1 2.3 8.4
2 Kerry Kittles 23 77 2814 17.5 .525 .488 5.1 10.1 7.4 10.6 2.5 1.0 7.7 21.2 115 107 6.2 2.2 8.4
3 Sam Cassell 28 75 2606 21.0 .533 .448 3.0 7.4 5.1 40.4 2.4 0.6 16.3 27.5 111 108 6.6 1.7 8.3
4 Kendall Gill 29 81 2733 14.9 .486 .443 4.5 12.6 8.3 11.9 3.0 1.7 10.0 19.8 106 105 2.9 3.0 5.9
5 Keith Van Horn 22 62 2325 15.7 .516 .459 6.6 14.1 10.1 7.9 1.5 0.8 12.2 25.2 106 108 3.2 1.6 4.8
6 Sherman Douglas 31 80 1699 15.6 .541 .509 3.3 6.0 4.6 30.4 1.7 0.3 15.7 17.9 113 110 3.3 0.7 4.0
7 Michael Cage 36 79 1201 10.1 .531 .512 10.4 19.9 14.8 3.6 2.0 2.7 18.7 4.4 122 104 1.1 1.4 2.5
8 Chris Gatling 30 57 1359 16.0 .496 .456 9.4 19.7 14.2 6.7 2.0 1.6 13.0 24.3 101 104 0.9 1.5 2.4
9 Lucious Harris 27 50 671 10.4 .475 .424 3.4 5.7 4.5 9.4 3.3 0.6 9.5 14.4 107 107 0.6 0.5 1.1
10 David Benoit 29 53 799 10.0 .489 .455 5.7 15.3 10.2 3.3 1.7 1.5 11.9 17.8 102 106 0.4 0.7 1.1
11 Brian Evans 24 28 332 12.0 .523 .514 5.9 12.7 9.1 11.5 1.1 1.1 11.3 16.2 112 109 0.5 0.2 0.7
12 David Vaughn 24 15 161 12.1 .595 .576 12.8 23.0 17.6 1.9 1.6 1.8 19.6 12.4 111 104 0.2 0.2 0.4
13 Jack Haley 34 16 51 7.2 .404 .278 10.7 24.2 17.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 12.8 26.6 87 107 -0.1 0.0 0.0
14 Xavier McDaniel 34 20 180 4.3 .373 .333 7.2 13.1 10.0 7.0 0.9 0.8 19.3 10.0 87 109 -0.1 0.1 0.0
15 Kevin Edwards 32 27 352 8.1 .404 .368 3.4 8.1 5.6 11.1 3.1 0.0 15.1 16.4 88 107 -0.3 0.3 0.0
16 Rony Seikaly 32 9 152 6.8 .397 .317 11.4 16.3 13.7 7.7 1.0 1.9 18.5 18.6 87 107 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
17 Yinka Dare 25 10 60 4.5 .279 .222 18.1 14.4 16.4 2.4 0.0 2.5 8.5 17.0 82 110 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
18 Don MacLean 28 9 42 -6.5 .150 .150 7.8 5.9 6.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 12.4 46 114 -0.1 0.0 -0.2

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 Sherman Douglas 31 3 125 23 44 2 5 7 10 1 8 25 6 0 13 5 55 .523 .400 .700 41.7 18.3 2.7 8.3
2 Kerry Kittles 23 3 126 17 40 5 13 10 11 0 15 8 4 2 7 12 49 .425 .385 .909 42.0 16.3 5.0 2.7
3 Chris Gatling 30 3 81 19 38 0 0 8 12 6 10 2 2 2 3 9 46 .500 .667 27.0 15.3 3.3 0.7
4 Kendall Gill 29 3 100 18 40 0 0 7 8 3 13 3 4 1 4 15 43 .450 .875 33.3 14.3 4.3 1.0
5 Keith Van Horn 22 3 77 13 29 0 2 12 15 2 9 1 0 0 2 7 38 .448 .000 .800 25.7 12.7 3.0 0.3
6 Jayson Williams 29 3 116 9 21 0 0 3 6 20 42 5 2 3 2 8 21 .429 .500 38.7 7.0 14.0 1.7
7 Rony Seikaly 32 3 37 7 9 0 0 4 6 3 9 0 1 0 4 4 18 .778 .667 12.3 6.0 3.0 0.0
8 Lucious Harris 27 3 52 2 6 0 2 5 6 1 8 1 2 0 2 11 9 .333 .000 .833 17.3 3.0 2.7 0.3
9 Sam Cassell 28 3 26 3 9 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 1 2 7 6 .333 8.7 2.0 1.0 1.7
10 Brian Evans 24 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
11 David Vaughn 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 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 Jayson Williams 29 3 116 15.7 .444 .429 23.1 22.4 22.8 6.5 1.0 2.0 7.8 10.7 121 113 0.2 0.0 0.2
2 Sherman Douglas 31 3 125 19.1 .568 .545 1.1 6.6 4.0 35.7 2.7 0.0 21.2 23.7 107 116 0.2 0.0 0.2
3 Kerry Kittles 23 3 126 13.8 .546 .488 0.0 14.1 7.5 10.4 1.8 1.2 13.5 19.9 108 114 0.2 0.0 0.2
4 Chris Gatling 30 3 81 20.4 .531 .500 9.9 5.8 7.8 4.8 1.4 1.9 6.5 27.6 114 118 0.2 0.0 0.2
5 Keith Van Horn 22 3 77 15.1 .534 .448 3.5 10.8 7.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 5.3 23.6 116 120 0.2 -0.1 0.1
6 Rony Seikaly 32 3 37 20.1 .773 .778 10.9 19.2 15.3 0.0 1.5 0.0 25.6 20.4 116 114 0.1 0.0 0.1
7 Kendall Gill 29 3 100 13.7 .494 .450 4.0 11.8 8.2 5.3 2.2 0.8 8.4 22.9 105 114 0.1 0.0 0.1
8 Brian Evans 24 3 4 4.1 0.0 29.6 15.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Lucious Harris 27 3 52 5.3 .521 .333 2.6 15.9 9.7 2.7 2.2 0.0 18.8 9.9 101 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 David Vaughn 24 1 1 40.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 75.6 0.0 80 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Sam Cassell 28 3 26 4.4 .333 .333 5.2 9.1 7.3 30.5 0.0 2.9 18.2 20.4 83 118 0.0 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Kendall Gill $4,400,000
2 Sherman Douglas $4,297,250
3 Rony Seikaly $4,002,000
4 Chris Gatling $3,656,400
5 Keith Van Horn $2,655,360
6 Kevin Edwards $2,640,000
7 Jayson Williams $2,500,000
8 Sam Cassell $2,500,000
9 Don MacLean $2,120,000
10 Michael Cage $2,055,421
11 Kerry Kittles $1,559,040
12 Yinka Dare $1,552,500
13 Lucious Harris $1,440,000
14 David Vaughn $693,840
15 David Benoit $609,096
16 Brian Evans $607,545
17 Xavier McDaniel *$272,500
18 Jack Haley $272,250
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)