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1997-98 Phoenix Suns Schedule and Results

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56-26, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Danny Ainge (56-26)

PTS/G: 99.6 (6th of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 94.4 (12th of 29)
SRS: 4.44 (7th of 29) ▪ Pace: 91.4 (10th of 29)
Off Rtg: 107.4 (12th of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 101.8 (6th of 29)
Expected W-L: 56-26 (6th of 29)

Arena: America West Arena ▪ Attendance: 779,943 (9th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus San Antonio Spurs

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 31, 1997 Los Angeles Clippers W 110 100 1 0 W 1
2 Tue, Nov 4, 1997 Utah Jazz W 106 84 2 0 W 2
3 Thu, Nov 6, 1997 New York Knicks L 75 105 2 1 L 1
4 Sat, Nov 8, 1997 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 123 105 3 1 W 1 at Anaheim, CA
5 Wed, Nov 12, 1997 Milwaukee Bucks W 103 95 4 1 W 2
6 Fri, Nov 14, 1997 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 4OT 140 139 5 1 W 3
7 Sun, Nov 16, 1997 Houston Rockets W 96 94 6 1 W 4
8 Tue, Nov 18, 1997 Minnesota Timberwolves L 90 108 6 2 L 1
9 Thu, Nov 20, 1997 Chicago Bulls W 89 85 7 2 W 1
10 Wed, Nov 26, 1997 New Jersey Nets W 111 99 8 2 W 2
11 Fri, Nov 28, 1997 @ Boston Celtics W OT 112 108 9 2 W 3
12 Sat, Nov 29, 1997 @ New York Knicks L 80 102 9 3 L 1
13 Tue, Dec 2, 1997 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 90 86 10 3 W 1
14 Wed, Dec 3, 1997 @ Detroit Pistons L 3OT 103 108 10 4 L 1
15 Fri, Dec 5, 1997 Toronto Raptors W 110 91 11 4 W 1
16 Sun, Dec 7, 1997 Indiana Pacers L OT 97 99 11 5 L 1
17 Tue, Dec 9, 1997 Vancouver Grizzlies W 107 85 12 5 W 1
18 Thu, Dec 11, 1997 Atlanta Hawks W 94 78 13 5 W 2
19 Sat, Dec 13, 1997 @ Minnesota Timberwolves L 101 112 13 6 L 1
20 Mon, Dec 15, 1997 @ Chicago Bulls L 104 111 13 7 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Dec 16, 1997 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 90 103 13 8 L 3
22 Thu, Dec 18, 1997 @ Dallas Mavericks W 89 75 14 8 W 1
23 Sat, Dec 20, 1997 @ Denver Nuggets W 102 81 15 8 W 2
24 Mon, Dec 22, 1997 Golden State Warriors W 91 76 16 8 W 3
25 Fri, Dec 26, 1997 @ Vancouver Grizzlies W 118 100 17 8 W 4
26 Sun, Dec 28, 1997 Seattle SuperSonics L 97 106 17 9 L 1
27 Tue, Dec 30, 1997 Boston Celtics W 100 90 18 9 W 1
28 Fri, Jan 2, 1998 Dallas Mavericks W 92 85 19 9 W 2
29 Sun, Jan 4, 1998 @ Washington Wizards L 99 109 19 10 L 1
30 Tue, Jan 6, 1998 @ Indiana Pacers W 81 80 20 10 W 1
31 Wed, Jan 7, 1998 @ Minnesota Timberwolves W 92 77 21 10 W 2
32 Fri, Jan 9, 1998 San Antonio Spurs W 100 79 22 10 W 3
33 Mon, Jan 12, 1998 @ Sacramento Kings L 90 96 22 11 L 1
34 Tue, Jan 13, 1998 Cleveland Cavaliers L 84 102 22 12 L 2
35 Fri, Jan 16, 1998 Orlando Magic W 111 86 23 12 W 1
36 Sun, Jan 18, 1998 Miami Heat W 96 87 24 12 W 2
37 Tue, Jan 20, 1998 @ Golden State Warriors W 87 69 25 12 W 3
38 Wed, Jan 21, 1998 Los Angeles Lakers L 109 119 25 13 L 1
39 Fri, Jan 23, 1998 Denver Nuggets W 93 77 26 13 W 1
40 Mon, Jan 26, 1998 @ Atlanta Hawks W 96 91 27 13 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 27, 1998 @ Charlotte Hornets L 2OT 113 120 27 14 L 1
42 Fri, Jan 30, 1998 @ Miami Heat W 74 71 28 14 W 1
43 Sat, Jan 31, 1998 @ Orlando Magic W 96 94 29 14 W 2
44 Mon, Feb 2, 1998 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 106 97 30 14 W 3
45 Tue, Feb 3, 1998 @ Toronto Raptors W 110 105 31 14 W 4
46 Thu, Feb 5, 1998 @ New Jersey Nets L 94 106 31 15 L 1
47 Tue, Feb 10, 1998 Sacramento Kings W 88 86 32 15 W 1
48 Thu, Feb 12, 1998 Portland Trail Blazers L 110 115 32 16 L 1
49 Sat, Feb 14, 1998 @ San Antonio Spurs W 94 81 33 16 W 1
50 Tue, Feb 17, 1998 @ Dallas Mavericks W 95 77 34 16 W 2
51 Wed, Feb 18, 1998 Los Angeles Lakers W 110 103 35 16 W 3
52 Fri, Feb 20, 1998 Charlotte Hornets W 115 99 36 16 W 4
53 Sun, Feb 22, 1998 San Antonio Spurs W 97 79 37 16 W 5
54 Tue, Feb 24, 1998 Philadelphia 76ers L 84 85 37 17 L 1
55 Thu, Feb 26, 1998 @ Utah Jazz L 97 108 37 18 L 2
56 Fri, Feb 27, 1998 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 104 99 38 18 W 1
57 Sun, Mar 1, 1998 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 87 89 38 19 L 1
58 Tue, Mar 3, 1998 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 93 98 38 20 L 2
59 Thu, Mar 5, 1998 Detroit Pistons W 102 93 39 20 W 1
60 Sat, Mar 7, 1998 Houston Rockets L 89 108 39 21 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Mon, Mar 9, 1998 Los Angeles Clippers W 134 105 40 21 W 1
62 Tue, Mar 10, 1998 @ Denver Nuggets W 100 76 41 21 W 2
63 Fri, Mar 13, 1998 Golden State Warriors W 101 77 42 21 W 3
64 Sun, Mar 15, 1998 Dallas Mavericks W 100 90 43 21 W 4
65 Tue, Mar 17, 1998 Sacramento Kings W 107 80 44 21 W 5
66 Wed, Mar 18, 1998 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 93 99 44 22 L 1
67 Sat, Mar 21, 1998 Seattle SuperSonics W 109 102 45 22 W 1
68 Sun, Mar 22, 1998 @ San Antonio Spurs L 83 93 45 23 L 1
69 Tue, Mar 24, 1998 @ Utah Jazz L 73 92 45 24 L 2
70 Wed, Mar 25, 1998 Minnesota Timberwolves L 97 99 45 25 L 3
71 Fri, Mar 27, 1998 Washington Wizards W 89 85 46 25 W 1
72 Sun, Mar 29, 1998 Vancouver Grizzlies W 106 98 47 25 W 2
73 Tue, Mar 31, 1998 @ Houston Rockets W 97 86 48 25 W 3
74 Sat, Apr 4, 1998 Portland Trail Blazers W 90 83 49 25 W 4
75 Mon, Apr 6, 1998 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 102 92 50 25 W 5
76 Tue, Apr 7, 1998 @ Sacramento Kings W 103 97 51 25 W 6
77 Fri, Apr 10, 1998 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 114 105 52 25 W 7
78 Sun, Apr 12, 1998 @ Vancouver Grizzlies W 129 106 53 25 W 8
79 Mon, Apr 13, 1998 @ Golden State Warriors W 105 97 54 25 W 9
80 Wed, Apr 15, 1998 Denver Nuggets W 96 89 55 25 W 10
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 17, 1998 Utah Jazz L 99 102 55 26 L 1
82 Sun, Apr 19, 1998 @ Houston Rockets W 123 93 56 26 W 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 23, 1998 San Antonio Spurs L 96 102 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Apr 25, 1998 San Antonio Spurs W 108 101 1 1 W 1
3 Mon, Apr 27, 1998 @ San Antonio Spurs L 88 100 1 2 L 1
4 Wed, Apr 29, 1998 @ San Antonio Spurs L 80 99 1 3 L 2