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1997-98 Orlando Magic

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41-41, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 90.1 points per game, Allowed 91.2 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 38-44)
Coached by Chuck Daly (41-41)

Arena: Orlando Arena / Attendance: 701,647 (14th of 29 available)

SRS: -0.53 (18th of 29) / Pace Factor: 87.1 (29th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 102.6 (22nd of 29) / Defensive Rating: 103.8 (12th of 29)

1997-98 Statistics / Schedule / Game Log / Splits / Starting Lineups

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 31, 1997 Atlanta Hawks L 99 105 0 1 L 1
2 Sun, Nov 2, 1997 @ Boston Celtics W 107 96 1 1 W 1
3 Tue, Nov 4, 1997 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 76 110 1 2 L 1
4 Wed, Nov 5, 1997 @ Chicago Bulls L 81 94 1 3 L 2
5 Fri, Nov 7, 1997 @ Detroit Pistons W 89 84 2 3 W 1
6 Sat, Nov 8, 1997 Toronto Raptors W 96 87 3 3 W 2
7 Wed, Nov 12, 1997 Sacramento Kings L 89 115 3 4 L 1
8 Fri, Nov 14, 1997 Denver Nuggets W 103 85 4 4 W 1
9 Sat, Nov 15, 1997 @ Washington Wizards W 102 91 5 4 W 2
10 Tue, Nov 18, 1997 Los Angeles Clippers W 112 94 6 4 W 3
11 Wed, Nov 19, 1997 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W OT 96 93 7 4 W 4
12 Sat, Nov 22, 1997 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 108 94 8 4 W 5
13 Mon, Nov 24, 1997 Washington Wizards W 95 87 9 4 W 6
14 Wed, Nov 26, 1997 Miami Heat L 60 84 9 5 L 1
15 Fri, Nov 28, 1997 Milwaukee Bucks W 94 90 10 5 W 1
16 Sun, Nov 30, 1997 @ Seattle Supersonics L 81 103 10 6 L 1
17 Tue, Dec 2, 1997 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 89 88 11 6 W 1
18 Wed, Dec 3, 1997 @ Vancouver Grizzlies W 101 97 12 6 W 2
19 Fri, Dec 5, 1997 @ Golden State Warriors L 89 104 12 7 L 1
20 Sat, Dec 6, 1997 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 83 79 13 7 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Mon, Dec 8, 1997 Philadelphia 76ers W 95 86 14 7 W 2
22 Wed, Dec 10, 1997 Chicago Bulls W 106 98 15 7 W 3
23 Thu, Dec 11, 1997 @ Dallas Mavericks W 100 90 16 7 W 4
24 Sat, Dec 13, 1997 @ San Antonio Spurs L 78 107 16 8 L 1
25 Thu, Dec 18, 1997 Utah Jazz L 73 85 16 9 L 2
26 Sat, Dec 20, 1997 Indiana Pacers L 92 95 16 10 L 3
27 Mon, Dec 22, 1997 New Jersey Nets L 88 99 16 11 L 4
28 Fri, Dec 26, 1997 @ Indiana Pacers L 81 107 16 12 L 5
29 Sat, Dec 27, 1997 Charlotte Hornets W 96 87 17 12 W 1
30 Tue, Dec 30, 1997 New York Knickerbockers L 79 84 17 13 L 1
31 Fri, Jan 2, 1998 Cleveland Cavaliers L 71 81 17 14 L 2
32 Sat, Jan 3, 1998 @ New York Knickerbockers L 84 88 17 15 L 3
33 Mon, Jan 5, 1998 San Antonio Spurs L 69 74 17 16 L 4
34 Wed, Jan 7, 1998 @ Toronto Raptors W 83 81 18 16 W 1
35 Thu, Jan 8, 1998 @ New Jersey Nets L 87 89 18 17 L 1
36 Sat, Jan 10, 1998 Boston Celtics W 90 82 19 17 W 1
37 Tue, Jan 13, 1998 @ Denver Nuggets W 98 84 20 17 W 2
38 Wed, Jan 14, 1998 @ Sacramento Kings L 96 108 20 18 L 1
39 Fri, Jan 16, 1998 @ Phoenix Suns L 86 111 20 19 L 2
40 Sat, Jan 17, 1998 @ Utah Jazz L 93 107 20 20 L 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Mon, Jan 19, 1998 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 89 92 20 21 L 4
42 Wed, Jan 21, 1998 Milwaukee Bucks L 84 91 20 22 L 5
43 Fri, Jan 23, 1998 @ Miami Heat L 90 102 20 23 L 6
44 Wed, Jan 28, 1998 @ Detroit Pistons L 86 91 20 24 L 7
45 Thu, Jan 29, 1998 @ Houston Rockets W 95 88 21 24 W 1
46 Sat, Jan 31, 1998 Phoenix Suns L 94 96 21 25 L 1
47 Tue, Feb 3, 1998 Atlanta Hawks W 91 90 22 25 W 1
48 Thu, Feb 5, 1998 Washington Wizards W 93 83 23 25 W 2
49 Tue, Feb 10, 1998 @ Indiana Pacers L 66 85 23 26 L 1
50 Wed, Feb 11, 1998 @ Minnesota Timberwolves W 96 89 24 26 W 1
51 Fri, Feb 13, 1998 New York Knickerbockers L 83 99 24 27 L 1
52 Mon, Feb 16, 1998 @ Atlanta Hawks W 85 81 25 27 W 1
53 Wed, Feb 18, 1998 Minnesota Timberwolves W 115 102 26 27 W 2
54 Fri, Feb 20, 1998 Indiana Pacers W 93 91 27 27 W 3
55 Sun, Feb 22, 1998 Los Angeles Lakers W 96 94 28 27 W 4
56 Wed, Feb 25, 1998 Dallas Mavericks W 100 79 29 27 W 5
57 Fri, Feb 27, 1998 Toronto Raptors L 3OT 107 115 29 28 L 1
58 Sat, Feb 28, 1998 @ Charlotte Hornets L 80 90 29 29 L 2
59 Wed, Mar 4, 1998 Seattle Supersonics W 96 83 30 29 W 1
60 Fri, Mar 6, 1998 Cleveland Cavaliers W OT 91 89 31 29 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Mon, Mar 9, 1998 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 88 78 32 29 W 3
62 Tue, Mar 10, 1998 @ New York Knickerbockers L 78 85 32 30 L 1
63 Fri, Mar 13, 1998 Charlotte Hornets L 82 100 32 31 L 2
64 Sun, Mar 15, 1998 Miami Heat L 76 79 32 32 L 3
65 Tue, Mar 17, 1998 Vancouver Grizzlies W 99 92 33 32 W 1
66 Thu, Mar 19, 1998 @ New Jersey Nets L 87 93 33 33 L 1
67 Fri, Mar 20, 1998 Portland Trail Blazers W 102 87 34 33 W 1
68 Sun, Mar 22, 1998 Golden State Warriors W 92 83 35 33 W 2
69 Tue, Mar 24, 1998 @ Atlanta Hawks L 73 85 35 34 L 1
70 Wed, Mar 25, 1998 Chicago Bulls L 70 85 35 35 L 2
71 Fri, Mar 27, 1998 Houston Rockets W 100 75 36 35 W 1
72 Sun, Mar 29, 1998 @ Toronto Raptors W 95 68 37 35 W 2
73 Tue, Mar 31, 1998 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 86 93 37 36 L 1
74 Wed, Apr 1, 1998 Boston Celtics L 87 98 37 37 L 2
75 Sun, Apr 5, 1998 @ Washington Wizards L 85 88 37 38 L 3
76 Mon, Apr 6, 1998 Philadelphia 76ers W 113 92 38 38 W 1
77 Wed, Apr 8, 1998 Detroit Pistons W 95 87 39 38 W 2
78 Fri, Apr 10, 1998 @ Boston Celtics L OT 80 82 39 39 L 1
79 Sat, Apr 11, 1998 @ Chicago Bulls L 78 87 39 40 L 2
80 Wed, Apr 15, 1998 @ Miami Heat W 99 87 40 40 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 17, 1998 New Jersey Nets W 121 109 41 40 W 2
82 Sun, Apr 19, 1998 @ Charlotte Hornets L 76 89 41 41 L 1