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1997-98 Washington Wizards Roster and Statistics

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42-40, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bernie Bickerstaff (42-40)

Points Per Game: 97.2 (8th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 96.6 (17th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-39 (17th of 29)

Arena: MCI Center ▪ Attendance: 801,240 (6th of 29)

SRS: 1.11 (15th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.8 (8th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 105.2 (14th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.5 (14th of 29)

1997-98 Washington Wizards:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
40 Calbert Cheaney G-F 6-7 209 July 17, 1971 4 Indiana University
52 Terry Davis F-C 6-9 225 June 17, 1967 7 Virginia Union University
21 Ledell Eackles G-F 6-5 220 November 24, 1966 6 University of New Orleans
44 Harvey Grant F 6-8 195 July 4, 1965 9 University of Oklahoma
31 Darvin Ham F 6-7 220 July 23, 1973 1 Texas Tech University
5 Juwan Howard F 6-9 240 February 7, 1973 3 University of Michigan
23 Tim Legler G 6-4 200 December 26, 1966 7 La Salle University
3 Lawrence Moten G 6-5 185 March 25, 1972 2 Syracuse University
35 Tracy Murray F 6-7 225 July 25, 1971 5 University of California, Los Angeles
33 Jimmy Oliver G-F 6-5 205 July 12, 1969 3 Purdue University
2 God Shammgod G 6-0 169 April 29, 1976 R Providence College
1 Rod Strickland G 6-3 175 July 11, 1966 9 DePaul University
30 Ben Wallace F-C 6-9 240 September 10, 1974 1 Virginia Union University
4 Chris Webber F-C 6-9 245 March 1, 1973 4 University of Michigan
12 Chris Whitney G 6-0 168 October 5, 1971 4 Clemson University
43 Lorenzo Williams F-C 6-9 200 July 15, 1969 5 Stetson 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 19805 3080 6811 .452 320 944 .339 1489 2156 .691 1121 2341 3462 1900 689 379 1156 1839 7969 97.2
Opponent 82 19805 2975 6540 .455 348 977 .356 1623 2172 .747 1029 2468 3497 1725 632 372 1328 1924 7921 96.6

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 Chris Webber 24 71 71 2809 647 1341 .482 65 205 .317 196 333 .589 176 498 674 273 111 124 185 269 1555
2 Rod Strickland 31 76 76 3020 490 1130 .434 12 48 .250 357 492 .726 112 293 405 801 126 25 266 182 1349
3 Tracy Murray 26 82 12 2227 449 1007 .446 158 403 .392 182 209 .871 75 202 277 84 67 25 102 167 1238
4 Juwan Howard 24 64 64 2559 463 991 .467 0 2 .000 258 358 .721 161 288 449 208 82 23 185 225 1184
5 Calbert Cheaney 26 82 82 2841 448 981 .457 15 53 .283 139 215 .647 82 242 324 173 96 36 104 264 1050
6 Chris Whitney 26 82 6 1073 126 355 .355 52 169 .308 118 129 .915 16 99 115 196 34 6 65 106 422
7 Terry Davis 30 74 66 1705 127 256 .496 0 1 .000 69 119 .580 209 271 480 30 41 24 56 193 323
8 Ledell Eackles 31 42 0 547 75 175 .429 16 46 .348 52 59 .881 25 50 75 16 17 0 29 43 218
9 Ben Wallace 23 67 16 1124 85 164 .518 0 0 35 98 .357 112 212 324 18 61 72 28 116 205
10 Harvey Grant 32 65 8 895 75 196 .383 1 6 .167 19 30 .633 60 108 168 39 23 15 26 94 170
11 Darvin Ham 24 71 3 635 55 104 .529 0 0 35 74 .473 72 59 131 16 21 25 37 118 145
12 God Shammgod 21 20 0 146 19 58 .328 0 2 .000 23 30 .767 2 5 7 36 7 1 21 27 61
13 Lorenzo Williams 28 14 6 111 13 17 .765 0 0 0 2 .000 16 10 26 3 2 3 2 17 26
14 Tim Legler 31 8 0 76 3 19 .158 0 6 .000 3 4 .750 2 2 4 3 1 0 4 11 9
15 Lawrence Moten 25 8 0 27 3 13 .231 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 9
16 Jimmy Oliver 28 1 0 10 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 5

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 Chris Webber 24 71 71 39.6 9.1 18.9 .482 0.9 2.9 .317 2.8 4.7 .589 2.5 7.0 9.5 3.8 1.6 1.7 2.6 3.8 21.9
2 Juwan Howard 24 64 64 40.0 7.2 15.5 .467 0.0 0.0 .000 4.0 5.6 .721 2.5 4.5 7.0 3.3 1.3 0.4 2.9 3.5 18.5
3 Rod Strickland 31 76 76 39.7 6.4 14.9 .434 0.2 0.6 .250 4.7 6.5 .726 1.5 3.9 5.3 10.5 1.7 0.3 3.5 2.4 17.8
4 Tracy Murray 26 82 12 27.2 5.5 12.3 .446 1.9 4.9 .392 2.2 2.5 .871 0.9 2.5 3.4 1.0 0.8 0.3 1.2 2.0 15.1
5 Calbert Cheaney 26 82 82 34.6 5.5 12.0 .457 0.2 0.6 .283 1.7 2.6 .647 1.0 3.0 4.0 2.1 1.2 0.4 1.3 3.2 12.8
6 Ledell Eackles 31 42 0 13.0 1.8 4.2 .429 0.4 1.1 .348 1.2 1.4 .881 0.6 1.2 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.7 1.0 5.2
7 Chris Whitney 26 82 6 13.1 1.5 4.3 .355 0.6 2.1 .308 1.4 1.6 .915 0.2 1.2 1.4 2.4 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.3 5.1
8 Jimmy Oliver 28 1 0 10.0 2.0 4.0 .500 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 5.0
9 Terry Davis 30 74 66 23.0 1.7 3.5 .496 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.6 .580 2.8 3.7 6.5 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.8 2.6 4.4
10 God Shammgod 21 20 0 7.3 1.0 2.9 .328 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.5 .767 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.8 0.4 0.1 1.1 1.4 3.1
11 Ben Wallace 23 67 16 16.8 1.3 2.4 .518 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 .357 1.7 3.2 4.8 0.3 0.9 1.1 0.4 1.7 3.1
12 Harvey Grant 32 65 8 13.8 1.2 3.0 .383 0.0 0.1 .167 0.3 0.5 .633 0.9 1.7 2.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.4 2.6
13 Darvin Ham 24 71 3 8.9 0.8 1.5 .529 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .473 1.0 0.8 1.8 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 1.7 2.0
14 Lorenzo Williams 28 14 6 7.9 0.9 1.2 .765 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 0.7 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.2 1.9
15 Tim Legler 31 8 0 9.5 0.4 2.4 .158 0.0 0.8 .000 0.4 0.5 .750 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.5 1.4 1.1
16 Lawrence Moten 25 8 0 3.4 0.4 1.6 .231 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.5 .750 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.1

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 Tracy Murray 26 82 12 2227 7.3 16.3 .446 2.6 6.5 .392 2.9 3.4 .871 1.2 3.3 4.5 1.4 1.1 0.4 1.6 2.7 20.0
2 Chris Webber 24 71 71 2809 8.3 17.2 .482 0.8 2.6 .317 2.5 4.3 .589 2.3 6.4 8.6 3.5 1.4 1.6 2.4 3.4 19.9
3 Jimmy Oliver 28 1 0 10 7.2 14.4 .500 3.6 7.2 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 7.2 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 18.0
4 Juwan Howard 24 64 64 2559 6.5 13.9 .467 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 5.0 .721 2.3 4.1 6.3 2.9 1.2 0.3 2.6 3.2 16.7
5 Rod Strickland 31 76 76 3020 5.8 13.5 .434 0.1 0.6 .250 4.3 5.9 .726 1.3 3.5 4.8 9.5 1.5 0.3 3.2 2.2 16.1
6 God Shammgod 21 20 0 146 4.7 14.3 .328 0.0 0.5 .000 5.7 7.4 .767 0.5 1.2 1.7 8.9 1.7 0.2 5.2 6.7 15.0
7 Ledell Eackles 31 42 0 547 4.9 11.5 .429 1.1 3.0 .348 3.4 3.9 .881 1.6 3.3 4.9 1.1 1.1 0.0 1.9 2.8 14.3
8 Chris Whitney 26 82 6 1073 4.2 11.9 .355 1.7 5.7 .308 4.0 4.3 .915 0.5 3.3 3.9 6.6 1.1 0.2 2.2 3.6 14.2
9 Calbert Cheaney 26 82 82 2841 5.7 12.4 .457 0.2 0.7 .283 1.8 2.7 .647 1.0 3.1 4.1 2.2 1.2 0.5 1.3 3.3 13.3
10 Lawrence Moten 25 8 0 27 4.0 17.3 .231 0.0 1.3 .000 4.0 5.3 .750 1.3 0.0 1.3 4.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 8.0 12.0
11 Lorenzo Williams 28 14 6 111 4.2 5.5 .765 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 .000 5.2 3.2 8.4 1.0 0.6 1.0 0.6 5.5 8.4
12 Darvin Ham 24 71 3 635 3.1 5.9 .529 0.0 0.0 2.0 4.2 .473 4.1 3.3 7.4 0.9 1.2 1.4 2.1 6.7 8.2
13 Harvey Grant 32 65 8 895 3.0 7.9 .383 0.0 0.2 .167 0.8 1.2 .633 2.4 4.3 6.8 1.6 0.9 0.6 1.0 3.8 6.8
14 Terry Davis 30 74 66 1705 2.7 5.4 .496 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.5 .580 4.4 5.7 10.1 0.6 0.9 0.5 1.2 4.1 6.8
15 Ben Wallace 23 67 16 1124 2.7 5.3 .518 0.0 0.0 1.1 3.1 .357 3.6 6.8 10.4 0.6 2.0 2.3 0.9 3.7 6.6
16 Tim Legler 31 8 0 76 1.4 9.0 .158 0.0 2.8 .000 1.4 1.9 .750 0.9 0.9 1.9 1.4 0.5 0.0 1.9 5.2 4.3

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 Chris Webber 24 71 2809 20.9 .523 .507 6.9 20.8 13.7 17.8 2.1 3.1 11.1 26.5 106 101 3.9 4.4 8.3
2 Rod Strickland 31 76 3020 19.6 .501 .439 4.1 11.4 7.6 43.1 2.2 0.6 16.5 23.7 107 105 5.1 3.0 8.1
3 Tracy Murray 26 82 2227 17.3 .563 .524 3.7 10.7 7.1 6.5 1.6 0.8 8.5 24.0 112 107 4.6 1.9 6.5
4 Juwan Howard 24 64 2559 15.2 .515 .467 6.9 13.2 10.0 13.6 1.7 0.6 13.9 23.2 103 106 2.1 2.4 4.6
5 Calbert Cheaney 26 82 2841 11.7 .488 .464 3.2 10.0 6.5 9.8 1.8 0.9 8.8 18.4 102 106 1.6 2.5 4.1
6 Terry Davis 30 74 1705 10.5 .524 .496 13.5 18.7 16.0 2.5 1.3 1.0 15.4 9.5 112 104 1.8 1.9 3.6
7 Ben Wallace 23 67 1124 13.4 .495 .518 11.0 22.2 16.4 2.3 2.8 4.6 11.9 9.3 107 98 0.8 2.2 2.9
8 Chris Whitney 26 82 1073 14.8 .512 .428 1.6 10.8 6.1 27.7 1.7 0.4 13.6 19.7 110 107 1.8 0.9 2.7
9 Ledell Eackles 31 42 547 12.2 .542 .474 5.0 10.7 7.8 4.6 1.6 0.0 12.6 18.7 106 107 0.6 0.4 1.0
10 Darvin Ham 24 71 635 9.2 .531 .529 12.5 10.9 11.7 3.6 1.7 2.8 21.3 12.1 101 105 0.2 0.7 0.9
11 Harvey Grant 32 65 895 7.5 .406 .385 7.4 14.2 10.7 6.3 1.3 1.2 11.1 11.7 94 106 -0.2 0.9 0.7
12 Lorenzo Williams 28 14 111 14.1 .727 .765 15.9 10.6 13.3 4.1 0.9 1.9 10.1 8.0 145 107 0.3 0.1 0.4
13 Jimmy Oliver 28 1 10 19.7 .625 .625 0.0 23.5 11.4 17.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.8 137 106 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 God Shammgod 21 20 146 9.2 .428 .328 1.5 4.0 2.7 38.1 2.5 0.5 22.8 28.1 87 107 -0.3 0.1 -0.1
15 Lawrence Moten 25 8 27 -0.2 .305 .231 4.1 0.0 2.1 16.7 0.0 0.0 6.3 25.9 78 113 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
16 Tim Legler 31 8 76 -4.5 .217 .158 2.9 3.1 3.0 5.3 0.7 0.0 16.2 14.5 53 111 -0.3 0.0 -0.3

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Juwan Howard $11,250,000
2 Chris Webber $9,000,000
3 Harvey Grant $4,671,875
4 Calbert Cheaney $3,600,000
5 Rod Strickland $3,450,000
6 Tracy Murray $2,040,000
7 Gheorghe Muresan $1,887,500
8 Chris Whitney $1,200,000
9 Lorenzo Williams $1,128,000
10 Tim Legler $1,105,000
11 Ben Wallace $326,700
12 Ledell Eackles *$272,500
13 Lawrence Moten *$272,500
14 Jimmy Oliver $272,250
15 Terry Davis $272,250
16 Darvin Ham $272,250
17 God Shammgod $242,250
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)