1997 NBA Playoffs Summary

1996 Playoffs Summary 1998 Playoffs Summary

League Champion: Chicago Bulls

Finals MVP: Michael Jordan (32.3 / 7.0 / 6.0)

1997 Playoff Leaders:

PTS: Michael Jordan (590)

TRB: Karl Malone (228)

AST: John Stockton (191)

WS: Michael Jordan (3.9)

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Playoff Series

Playoff Series Table

Chicago Bulls over Utah Jazz (4-2)

Series Stats

Game 1	Sun, June 1	Utah Jazz	82	@ Chicago Bulls	84
Game 2	Wed, June 4	Utah Jazz	85	@ Chicago Bulls	97
Game 3	Fri, June 6	Chicago Bulls	93	@ Utah Jazz	104
Game 4	Sun, June 8	Chicago Bulls	73	@ Utah Jazz	78
Game 5	Wed, June 11	Chicago Bulls	90	@ Utah Jazz	88
Game 6	Fri, June 13	Utah Jazz	86	@ Chicago Bulls	90

Chicago Bulls over Miami Heat (4-1)

Series Stats

Game 1	Tue, May 20	Miami Heat	77	@ Chicago Bulls	84
Game 2	Thu, May 22	Miami Heat	68	@ Chicago Bulls	75
Game 3	Sat, May 24	Chicago Bulls	98	@ Miami Heat	74
Game 4	Mon, May 26	Chicago Bulls	80	@ Miami Heat	87
Game 5	Wed, May 28	Miami Heat	87	@ Chicago Bulls	100

Utah Jazz over Houston Rockets (4-2)

Series Stats

Game 1	Mon, May 19	Houston Rockets	86	@ Utah Jazz	101
Game 2	Wed, May 21	Houston Rockets	92	@ Utah Jazz	104
Game 3	Fri, May 23	Utah Jazz	100	@ Houston Rockets	118
Game 4	Sun, May 25	Utah Jazz	92	@ Houston Rockets	95
Game 5	Tue, May 27	Houston Rockets	91	@ Utah Jazz	96
Game 6	Thu, May 29	Utah Jazz	103	@ Houston Rockets	100

Chicago Bulls over Atlanta Hawks (4-1)

Series Stats

Game 1	Tue, May 6	Atlanta Hawks	97	@ Chicago Bulls	100
Game 2	Thu, May 8	Atlanta Hawks	103	@ Chicago Bulls	95
Game 3	Sat, May 10	Chicago Bulls	100	@ Atlanta Hawks	80
Game 4	Sun, May 11	Chicago Bulls	89	@ Atlanta Hawks	80
Game 5	Tue, May 13	Atlanta Hawks	92	@ Chicago Bulls	107

Miami Heat over New York Knicks (4-3)

Series Stats

Game 1	Wed, May 7	New York Knicks	88	@ Miami Heat	79
Game 2	Fri, May 9	New York Knicks	84	@ Miami Heat	88
Game 3	Sun, May 11	Miami Heat	73	@ New York Knicks	77
Game 4	Mon, May 12	Miami Heat	76	@ New York Knicks	89
Game 5	Wed, May 14	New York Knicks	81	@ Miami Heat	96
Game 6	Fri, May 16	Miami Heat	95	@ New York Knicks	90
Game 7	Sun, May 18	New York Knicks	90	@ Miami Heat	101

Houston Rockets over Seattle SuperSonics (4-3)

Series Stats

Game 1	Mon, May 5	Seattle SuperSonics	102	@ Houston Rockets	112
Game 2	Wed, May 7	Seattle SuperSonics	106	@ Houston Rockets	101
Game 3	Fri, May 9	Houston Rockets	97	@ Seattle SuperSonics	93
Game 4	Sun, May 11	Houston Rockets	110	@ Seattle SuperSonics	106
Game 5	Tue, May 13	Seattle SuperSonics	100	@ Houston Rockets	94
Game 6	Thu, May 15	Houston Rockets	96	@ Seattle SuperSonics	99
Game 7	Sat, May 17	Seattle SuperSonics	91	@ Houston Rockets	96

Utah Jazz over Los Angeles Lakers (4-1)

Series Stats

Game 1	Sun, May 4	Los Angeles Lakers	77	@ Utah Jazz	93
Game 2	Tue, May 6	Los Angeles Lakers	101	@ Utah Jazz	103
Game 3	Thu, May 8	Utah Jazz	84	@ Los Angeles Lakers	104
Game 4	Sat, May 10	Utah Jazz	110	@ Los Angeles Lakers	95
Game 5	Mon, May 12	Los Angeles Lakers	93	@ Utah Jazz	98

Atlanta Hawks over Detroit Pistons (3-2)

Series Stats

Game 1	Fri, April 25	Detroit Pistons	75	@ Atlanta Hawks	89
Game 2	Sun, April 27	Detroit Pistons	93	@ Atlanta Hawks	80
Game 3	Tue, April 29	Atlanta Hawks	91	@ Detroit Pistons	99
Game 4	Fri, May 2	Atlanta Hawks	94	@ Detroit Pistons	82
Game 5	Sun, May 4	Detroit Pistons	79	@ Atlanta Hawks	84

Chicago Bulls over Washington Bullets (3-0)

Series Stats

Game 1	Fri, April 25	Washington Bullets	86	@ Chicago Bulls	98
Game 2	Sun, April 27	Washington Bullets	104	@ Chicago Bulls	109
Game 3	Wed, April 30	Chicago Bulls	96	@ Washington Bullets	95

Miami Heat over Orlando Magic (3-2)

Series Stats

Game 1	Thu, April 24	Orlando Magic	64	@ Miami Heat	99
Game 2	Sun, April 27	Orlando Magic	87	@ Miami Heat	104
Game 3	Tue, April 29	Miami Heat	75	@ Orlando Magic	88
Game 4	Thu, May 1	Miami Heat	91	@ Orlando Magic	99
Game 5	Sun, May 4	Orlando Magic	83	@ Miami Heat	91

New York Knicks over Charlotte Hornets (3-0)

Series Stats

Game 1	Thu, April 24	Charlotte Hornets	99	@ New York Knicks	109
Game 2	Sat, April 26	Charlotte Hornets	93	@ New York Knicks	100
Game 3	Mon, April 28	New York Knicks	104	@ Charlotte Hornets	95

Houston Rockets over Minnesota Timberwolves (3-0)

Series Stats

Game 1	Thu, April 24	Minnesota Timberwolves	95	@ Houston Rockets	112
Game 2	Sat, April 26	Minnesota Timberwolves	84	@ Houston Rockets	96
Game 3	Tue, April 29	Houston Rockets	125	@ Minnesota Timberwolves	120

Los Angeles Lakers over Portland Trail Blazers (3-1)

Series Stats

Game 1	Fri, April 25	Portland Trail Blazers	77	@ Los Angeles Lakers	95
Game 2	Sun, April 27	Portland Trail Blazers	93	@ Los Angeles Lakers	107
Game 3	Wed, April 30	Los Angeles Lakers	90	@ Portland Trail Blazers	98
Game 4	Fri, May 2	Los Angeles Lakers	95	@ Portland Trail Blazers	91

Seattle SuperSonics over Phoenix Suns (3-2)

Series Stats

Game 1	Fri, April 25	Phoenix Suns	106	@ Seattle SuperSonics	101
Game 2	Sun, April 27	Phoenix Suns	78	@ Seattle SuperSonics	122
Game 3	Tue, April 29	Seattle SuperSonics	103	@ Phoenix Suns	110
Game 4	Thu, May 1	Seattle SuperSonics	122	@ Phoenix Suns	115
Game 5	Sat, May 3	Phoenix Suns	92	@ Seattle SuperSonics	116

Utah Jazz over Los Angeles Clippers (3-0)

Series Stats

Game 1	Thu, April 24	Los Angeles Clippers	86	@ Utah Jazz	106
Game 2	Sat, April 26	Los Angeles Clippers	99	@ Utah Jazz	105
Game 3	Mon, April 28	Utah Jazz	104	@ Los Angeles Clippers	92

Team Per Game Stats

Team Per Game Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P	2P	2PA	2P	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Utah Jazz	20	241.3	33.7	74.5	.452	5.0	13.5	.367	28.7	61.0	.470	23.9	30.4	.785	11.4	30.4	41.8	21.8	7.4	4.9	13.3	24.8	96.1
2	Chicago Bulls	19	240.0	34.7	80.2	.432	6.1	19.2	.319	28.6	61.1	.468	17.1	23.2	.735	14.9	28.6	43.5	20.7	8.5	4.8	12.4	24.3	92.5
3	Houston Rockets	16	241.6	35.3	77.1	.458	8.9	24.5	.362	26.4	52.6	.503	21.8	28.4	.767	12.3	29.3	41.5	23.1	7.7	4.4	15.2	21.9	101.3
4	Miami Heat	17	240.0	29.5	72.1	.409	8.4	23.8	.351	21.2	48.3	.438	18.5	26.8	.692	11.1	30.2	41.3	17.2	6.7	5.1	16.2	22.6	85.9
5	Seattle Supersonics	12	244.2	36.8	82.8	.444	8.3	21.8	.383	28.4	61.1	.465	23.3	28.5	.816	13.9	28.8	42.8	23.4	10.1	4.1	13.6	23.5	105.1
6	New York Knicks	10	240.0	34.3	73.5	.467	5.5	14.8	.372	28.8	58.7	.491	17.1	22.2	.770	9.7	29.8	39.5	21.1	8.6	3.5	15.7	23.4	91.2
7	Atlanta Hawks	10	240.0	30.9	70.8	.436	6.9	21.9	.315	24.0	48.9	.491	20.3	26.1	.778	11.0	29.0	40.0	15.4	4.5	4.3	16.1	19.9	89.0
8	Los Angeles Lakers	9	242.8	32.2	72.1	.447	4.9	15.2	.321	27.3	56.9	.480	25.9	35.0	.740	11.2	27.7	38.9	20.6	6.8	6.1	13.3	26.8	95.2
9	Phoenix Suns	5	245.0	34.4	82.6	.416	10.2	29.0	.352	24.2	53.6	.451	21.2	27.8	.763	10.0	30.4	40.4	22.8	8.2	5.2	16.2	22.0	100.2
10	Detroit Pistons	5	240.0	32.4	74.8	.433	5.6	17.0	.329	26.8	57.8	.464	15.2	19.8	.768	8.6	23.2	31.8	13.6	7.0	2.4	9.6	20.2	85.6
11	Orlando Magic	5	240.0	29.8	73.0	.408	5.8	18.0	.322	24.0	55.0	.436	18.8	25.2	.746	9.6	28.0	37.6	13.2	6.4	5.2	12.4	19.0	84.2
12	Portland Trail Blazers	4	240.0	32.8	73.0	.449	4.5	17.0	.265	28.3	56.0	.504	19.8	27.3	.725	11.8	25.3	37.0	19.8	5.5	4.3	15.5	28.8	89.8
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	3	240.0	40.0	88.7	.451	6.3	16.7	.380	33.7	72.0	.468	13.3	18.0	.741	14.0	24.7	38.7	24.0	7.7	4.0	9.3	23.3	99.7
14	Charlotte Hornets	3	240.0	36.3	80.3	.452	6.3	17.0	.373	30.0	63.3	.474	16.7	20.7	.806	12.7	24.3	37.0	18.3	6.7	3.0	13.3	21.0	95.7
15	Washington Bullets	3	240.0	34.0	71.7	.474	4.3	10.3	.419	29.7	61.3	.484	22.7	29.0	.782	11.3	24.3	35.7	17.0	4.7	6.3	18.7	25.7	95.0
16	Los Angeles Clippers	3	240.0	32.7	75.0	.436	6.0	18.0	.333	26.7	57.0	.468	21.0	28.7	.733	10.3	23.0	33.3	16.3	6.3	4.3	12.0	29.0	92.3
	League Average	9	241.0	33.5	76.0	.441	6.7	19.2	.347	26.8	56.8	.472	20.3	26.8	.758	11.8	28.6	40.4	20.0	7.4	4.6	14.1	23.4	94.0