The 1997–98 NBA season was the 52nd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Chicago Bulls winning their third straight championship and sixth in the last eight years, beating the Utah Jazz 4 games to 2 in the 1998 NBA Finals. It also marked the departure of Michael Jordan and the end of the dynasty for the Chicago Bulls.
The 1998 NBA All-Star Game was played at Madison Square Garden. However, the Slam Dunk Contest was not held, due to the risk of player injuries, lack of new dunking tricks and lack of big-name players in recent competitions. Instead, a 2Ball competition was held.[1]Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant became the youngest All-Star starter at age 19. The East beat the West, 135–114 for the third consecutive year, as Michael Jordan won his third All-Star MVP.[2][3]
The Washington Bullets were renamed the "Wizards". They began the season at US Airways Arena, then in December, they played their first game at the MCI Center (later Verizon Center, now Capital One Arena) during this season.[4][5][6]
Due to the demolition of The Omni and the construction of the new Philips Arena, the Atlanta Hawks split home games between Georgia Tech's Alexander Coliseum (Their original home where they played for four seasons when they moved to Atlanta in 1968.) and the Georgia Dome.[7]
Golden State Warriors swingman Latrell Sprewell made headlines by choking Warriors head coach P. J. Carlesimo during practice on December 1, 1997. Sprewell was ultimately suspended for 68 games, at the time the longest in NBA history. Sprewell would be traded to the New York Knicks in the off-season that followed.[8][9][10]
Michael Jordan passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the all-time leader in points scored in the NBA Playoffs. The record stood for nearly 20 years until it was broken by LeBron James in 2017.
The Utah Jazz and the Chicago Bulls shared the league's best record at 62–20, and met each other in the NBA Finals. The Jazz had home-court advantage by virtue of the head-to-head match-up (the Jazz won the season series 2–0).
Two new records were set in Game 3 of the NBA Finals: biggest margin of victory (42 points) and fewest points scored in an NBA Finals game (54) in the Bulls' rout of the Jazz.
Following head coach Phil Jackson's decision to not return to the Bulls, Michael Jordan announced his second retirement from the NBA during the following offseason. This was Jordan's final season with the Chicago Bulls. Scottie Pippen was traded for Roy Rogers (who was released in February 1999) and a conditional second-round draft pick from the Houston Rockets. Dennis Rodman was not re-signed either, leading to the end of an era for the Bulls and the NBA.
On February 27, the Indiana Pacers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 124–59, marking the first time in NBA history that one team scored more than twice as many points as its opponent.[14][15]
All the Western Conference teams who missed the playoffs had 55 or more losses. Four of them lost more than 62 games. The ninth-placed Sacramento Kings finished the season with a 27–55 record, losing nineteen of their last twenty games. The Kings finished fourteen games behind the #8 seeded Houston Rockets, who finished with a 41–41 record, while the tenth-placed Dallas Mavericks ended with a 20–62 record. All the Eastern Conference teams who missed the playoffs had 31 or more wins except for the Toronto Raptors, who finished with a 16–66 record.
Violet Palmer and Dee Kantner became the first two female officials in NBA history (as well as any of the four major professional sports leagues). Kantner would be fired following the 2001–02 season, while Palmer would go on to have long 19-year career before retiring after the 2015–16 season.
The Golden State Warriors changed their logo and uniforms, changing their colors to navy, orange and gold.
The Indiana Pacers changed their uniforms adding pinstripes with side panels to their jerseys and shorts.
The New Jersey Nets changed their logo and uniforms, replacing blue with navy to go with red and grey to their color scheme, added side panels to their jerseys and shorts.
The New York Knicks changed their home uniforms, adding blue side panels to their jerseys and shorts. Meanwhile, the blue alternate road uniforms with black side panels to their jerseys and shorts they wore for the past two seasons became their primary road jersey.
The Philadelphia 76ers changed their logo and uniforms, replacing their red, white and blue colors with black and gold.
The Washington Bullets changed their name to the Washington Wizards, and got a new logo and new uniforms. They scrap the red, white and blue colors to blue, old gold and black. Also in December that season, they moved into their new home arena called the MCI Center (later the Verizon Center, now Capital One Arena).
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions are marked by an asterisk. Home court advantage does not necessarily belong to the higher-seeded team, but instead the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.
^"NBA Gets Rid of Dunk Contest". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. December 16, 1997. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^Roberts, Selena (February 9, 1998). "N.B.A. ALL-STAR GAME; Jordan Stars One Last Time (Probably)". The New York Times. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^"1998 NBA All-Star Game: East 135, West 114". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^"SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO BASKETBALL; Bullets Will Be Wizards". The New York Times. February 23, 1996. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^Justice, Richard (February 23, 1996). "For Bullets, 'Wizards' Casts Magic Spell". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^Adande, J.A. (May 16, 1997). "They're the Wizards of Ahhhhs". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^Hill, Karen (July 22, 1997). "Demolition Experts Place Explosives Around Omni". Associated Press. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^Wise, Mike (December 3, 1997). "BASKETBALL; Sprewell Attack Stuns League". The New York Times. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^Heisler, Mark (December 5, 1997). "Sprewell Is Suspended by the NBA". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^Bucher, Ric (December 5, 1997). "Sprewell Is Given One-Year Suspension by NBA". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^Drape, Tom (May 4, 1998). "THE N.B.A. PLAYOFFS; Youthful Sprint Wears Out Houston". The New York Times. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^White, Lonnie (November 29, 1998). "Shifting Into Overglide". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^"They're Iron Men at Heart". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. November 21, 1997. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^"N.B.A.: LAST NIGHT; Pacers Make History in Doubling Portland". The New York Times. Associated Press. February 28, 1998. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^"Indiana Doubles Its Pleasure in Victory". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. February 28, 1998. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1997 98 NBA season news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message The 1997 98 NBA season was the 52nd season of the National Basketball Association The season ended with the Chicago Bulls winning their third straight championship and sixth in the last eight years beating the Utah Jazz 4 games to 2 in the 1998 NBA Finals It also marked the departure of Michael Jordan and the end of the dynasty for the Chicago Bulls 1997 98 NBA SeasonLeagueNational Basketball AssociationSportBasketballDurationOctober 31 1997 April 19 1998April 23 May 31 1998 Playoffs June 3 14 1998 Finals Number of teams29TV partner s NBC TBS TNTDraftTop draft pickTim DuncanPicked bySan Antonio SpursRegular seasonTop seedUtah JazzSeason MVPMichael Jordan Chicago Top scorerMichael Jordan Chicago PlayoffsEastern championsChicago Bulls Eastern runners upIndiana PacersWestern championsUtah Jazz Western runners upLos Angeles LakersFinalsChampionsChicago Bulls Runners upUtah JazzFinals MVPMichael Jordan Chicago NBA seasons 1996 971998 99 This was the last time that both NBA and NHL regular seasons ended on the same day Contents 1 Notable occurrences 2 1997 98 NBA changes 3 Final standings 3 1 By division 3 2 By conference 4 Playoffs 5 Statistics leaders 6 NBA awards 6 1 Yearly awards 6 2 Player of the week 6 3 Player of the month 6 4 Rookie of the month 6 5 Coach of the month 7 See also 8 ReferencesNotable occurrences editCoaching changes Offseason Team 1996 97 coach 1997 98 coach Boston Celtics M L Carr Rick Pitino Denver Nuggets Dick Motta Bill Hanzlik Golden State Warriors Rick Adelman P J Carlesimo Indiana Pacers Larry Brown Larry Bird Orlando Magic Richie Adubato Chuck Daly Philadelphia 76ers Johnny Davis Larry Brown Portland Trail Blazers P J Carlesimo Mike Dunleavy Sr Vancouver Grizzlies Stu Jackson Brian Hill In season Team Outgoing coach Incoming coach Dallas Mavericks Jim Cleamons Don Nelson Detroit Pistons Doug Collins Alvin Gentry Toronto Raptors Darrell Walker Butch Carter The 1998 NBA All Star Game was played at Madison Square Garden However the Slam Dunk Contest was not held due to the risk of player injuries lack of new dunking tricks and lack of big name players in recent competitions Instead a 2Ball competition was held 1 Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant became the youngest All Star starter at age 19 The East beat the West 135 114 for the third consecutive year as Michael Jordan won his third All Star MVP 2 3 The Washington Bullets were renamed the Wizards They began the season at US Airways Arena then in December they played their first game at the MCI Center later Verizon Center now Capital One Arena during this season 4 5 6 Due to the demolition of The Omni and the construction of the new Philips Arena the Atlanta Hawks split home games between Georgia Tech s Alexander Coliseum Their original home where they played for four seasons when they moved to Atlanta in 1968 and the Georgia Dome 7 Golden State Warriors swingman Latrell Sprewell made headlines by choking Warriors head coach P J Carlesimo during practice on December 1 1997 Sprewell was ultimately suspended for 68 games at the time the longest in NBA history Sprewell would be traded to the New York Knicks in the off season that followed 8 9 10 Michael Jordan passed Kareem Abdul Jabbar as the all time leader in points scored in the NBA Playoffs The record stood for nearly 20 years until it was broken by LeBron James in 2017 The Utah Jazz and the Chicago Bulls shared the league s best record at 62 20 and met each other in the NBA Finals The Jazz had home court advantage by virtue of the head to head match up the Jazz won the season series 2 0 Two new records were set in Game 3 of the NBA Finals biggest margin of victory 42 points and fewest points scored in an NBA Finals game 54 in the Bulls rout of the Jazz The San Antonio Spurs set a league record for the biggest single season turnaround 36 wins breaking their own record set in the 1989 90 NBA season it was later broken by the 2007 08 Boston Celtics Following head coach Phil Jackson s decision to not return to the Bulls Michael Jordan announced his second retirement from the NBA during the following offseason This was Jordan s final season with the Chicago Bulls Scottie Pippen was traded for Roy Rogers who was released in February 1999 and a conditional second round draft pick from the Houston Rockets Dennis Rodman was not re signed either leading to the end of an era for the Bulls and the NBA Houston Rockets guard Clyde Drexler retired after fifteen seasons twelve of which he spent with the Portland Trail Blazers where he led the team to two NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992 He won his only NBA championship in 1995 while playing for the Rockets 11 12 Dallas Mavericks forward A C Green breaks the NBA s Iron Man Streak of most consecutive games played surpassing Randy Smith who played 906 consecutive games 13 The restricted area arc known as the no charge zone was allowed The NBA reverted the three point field goal line back to 23 ft 9 inch from a uniform 22 ft beginning in 1994 95 season On February 27 the Indiana Pacers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 124 59 marking the first time in NBA history that one team scored more than twice as many points as its opponent 14 15 Nike became the official outfitter for select NBA teams Boston Celtics Chicago Bulls Dallas Mavericks Detroit Pistons Los Angeles Lakers Miami Heat Portland Trail Blazers San Antonio Spurs Toronto Raptors and Washington Wizards which ran for seven years Other NBA teams were outfitted by Starter Clothing Line Puma Reebok or Champion The Denver Nuggets lost 71 games joining the 1972 73 Philadelphia 76ers 1986 87 Los Angeles Clippers and 1992 93 Dallas Mavericks plus subsequently the 2009 10 Nets and 2015 16 76ers as the only teams to lose 70 games in a season The Nuggets also equaled the longest single season losing streak with 23 consecutive losses sharing the mark with the 1995 96 Vancouver Grizzlies All the Western Conference teams who missed the playoffs had 55 or more losses Four of them lost more than 62 games The ninth placed Sacramento Kings finished the season with a 27 55 record losing nineteen of their last twenty games The Kings finished fourteen games behind the 8 seeded Houston Rockets who finished with a 41 41 record while the tenth placed Dallas Mavericks ended with a 20 62 record All the Eastern Conference teams who missed the playoffs had 31 or more wins except for the Toronto Raptors who finished with a 16 66 record Violet Palmer and Dee Kantner became the first two female officials in NBA history as well as any of the four major professional sports leagues Kantner would be fired following the 2001 02 season while Palmer would go on to have long 19 year career before retiring after the 2015 16 season 1997 98 NBA changes editThe Atlanta Hawks split their home games playing in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum and the Georgia Dome due to the demolition of The Omni The Charlotte Hornets changed their uniforms adding teal home and purple road to the side panels to their jerseys and shorts The Chicago Bulls removed the pinstripes from their black alternate uniforms The Cleveland Cavaliers slightly changed their uniforms The Golden State Warriors changed their logo and uniforms changing their colors to navy orange and gold The Indiana Pacers changed their uniforms adding pinstripes with side panels to their jerseys and shorts The New Jersey Nets changed their logo and uniforms replacing blue with navy to go with red and grey to their color scheme added side panels to their jerseys and shorts The New York Knicks changed their home uniforms adding blue side panels to their jerseys and shorts Meanwhile the blue alternate road uniforms with black side panels to their jerseys and shorts they wore for the past two seasons became their primary road jersey The Philadelphia 76ers changed their logo and uniforms replacing their red white and blue colors with black and gold The Vancouver Grizzlies added new black road alternate uniforms The Washington Bullets changed their name to the Washington Wizards and got a new logo and new uniforms They scrap the red white and blue colors to blue old gold and black Also in December that season they moved into their new home arena called the MCI Center later the Verizon Center now Capital One Arena Final standings editBy division edit Eastern Conference Atlantic Divisionvte W L PCT GB Home Road Div y Miami Heat 55 27 671 30 11 25 16 18 6 x New York Knicks 43 39 524 12 28 13 15 26 13 11 x New Jersey Nets 43 39 524 12 26 15 17 24 12 12 Washington Wizards 42 40 512 13 24 17 18 23 12 13 Orlando Magic 41 41 500 14 24 17 17 24 11 13 Boston Celtics 36 46 439 19 24 17 12 29 12 12 Philadelphia 76ers 31 51 378 24 19 22 12 29 7 17 Central Divisionvte W L PCT GB Home Road Div y Chicago Bulls 62 20 756 37 4 25 16 21 7 x Indiana Pacers 58 24 707 4 32 9 26 15 19 9 x Charlotte Hornets 51 31 622 11 32 9 19 22 16 12 x Atlanta Hawks 50 32 610 12 29 12 21 20 19 9 x Cleveland Cavaliers 47 35 573 15 27 14 20 21 14 14 Detroit Pistons 37 45 451 25 25 16 12 29 12 16 Milwaukee Bucks 36 46 439 26 21 20 15 26 9 19 Toronto Raptors 16 66 195 46 9 32 7 34 2 26 Western Conference Midwest Divisionvte W L PCT GB Home Road Div z Utah Jazz 62 20 756 36 5 26 15 22 2 x San Antonio Spurs 56 26 683 6 31 10 25 16 18 6 x Minnesota Timberwolves 45 37 549 17 26 15 19 22 14 10 x Houston Rockets 41 41 500 21 24 17 17 24 14 10 Dallas Mavericks 20 62 244 42 13 28 7 34 9 15 Vancouver Grizzlies 19 63 232 43 14 27 5 36 4 20 Denver Nuggets 11 71 134 51 9 32 2 39 3 21 Pacific Divisionvte W L PCT GB Home Road Div y Seattle SuperSonics 61 21 744 35 6 26 15 19 5 x Los Angeles Lakers 61 21 744 33 8 28 13 16 8 x Phoenix Suns 56 26 683 5 30 11 26 15 17 7 x Portland Trail Blazers 46 36 561 15 26 15 20 21 14 10 Sacramento Kings 27 55 329 34 21 20 6 35 6 18 Golden State Warriors 19 63 232 42 12 29 7 34 6 18 Los Angeles Clippers 17 65 207 44 11 30 6 35 6 18 By conference edit Eastern Conferencevte Team W L PCT GB 1 c Chicago Bulls 62 20 756 2 y Miami Heat 55 27 671 7 3 x Indiana Pacers 58 24 707 4 4 x Charlotte Hornets 51 31 622 11 5 x Atlanta Hawks 50 32 610 12 6 x Cleveland Cavaliers 47 35 573 15 7 x New York Knicks 43 39 524 19 8 x New Jersey Nets 43 39 524 19 9 Washington Wizards 42 40 512 20 10 Orlando Magic 41 41 500 21 11 Detroit Pistons 37 45 451 25 12 Boston Celtics 36 46 439 26 12 Milwaukee Bucks 36 46 439 26 14 Philadelphia 76ers 31 51 378 31 15 Toronto Raptors 16 66 195 46 Western Conferencevte Team W L PCT GB 1 z Utah Jazz 62 20 756 2 y Seattle SuperSonics 61 21 744 1 3 x Los Angeles Lakers 61 21 744 1 4 x Phoenix Suns 56 26 683 6 5 x San Antonio Spurs 56 26 683 6 6 x Portland Trail Blazers 46 36 561 16 7 x Minnesota Timberwolves 45 37 549 17 8 x Houston Rockets 41 41 500 21 9 Sacramento Kings 27 55 329 35 10 Dallas Mavericks 20 62 244 42 11 Vancouver Grizzlies 19 63 232 43 11 Golden State Warriors 19 63 232 43 13 Los Angeles Clippers 17 65 207 45 14 Denver Nuggets 11 71 134 51 Notes z Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs c Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs y Clinched division title x Clinched playoff spotPlayoffs editMain article 1998 NBA playoffs Teams in bold advanced to the next round The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team s seeding in its conference and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round The division champions are marked by an asterisk Home court advantage does not necessarily belong to the higher seeded team but instead the team with the better regular season record teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics First RoundConference SemifinalsConference FinalsNBA Finals E1Chicago 3E8New Jersey0E1Chicago 4E4Charlotte1E4Charlotte3E5Atlanta1E1Chicago 4Eastern ConferenceE3Indiana3E3Indiana3E6Cleveland1E3Indiana4E7New York1E2Miami 2E7New York3E1Chicago 4W1Utah 2W1Utah 3W8Houston2W1Utah 4W5San Antonio1W4Phoenix1W5San Antonio3W1Utah 4Western ConferenceW3LA Lakers0W3LA Lakers3W6Portland1W3LA Lakers4W2Seattle 1W2Seattle 3W7Minnesota2 Division winnerBold Series winnerItalic Team with home court advantageStatistics leaders editCategory Player Team Stat Points per game Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls 28 7 Rebounds per game Dennis Rodman Chicago Bulls 15 0 Assists per game Rod Strickland Washington Wizards 10 5 Steals per game Mookie Blaylock Atlanta Hawks 2 61 Blocks per game Marcus Camby Toronto Raptors 3 65 FG Shaquille O Neal Los Angeles Lakers 584 FT Chris Mullin Indiana Pacers 939 3FG Dale Ellis Seattle SuperSonics 464NBA awards editYearly awards edit Most Valuable Player Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls Rookie of the Year Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs Defensive Player of the Year Dikembe Mutombo Atlanta Hawks Sixth Man of the Year Danny Manning Phoenix Suns Most Improved Player Alan Henderson Atlanta Hawks Coach of the Year Larry Bird Indiana Pacers All NBA First Team F Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs F Karl Malone Utah Jazz C Shaquille O Neal Los Angeles Lakers G Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls G Gary Payton Seattle SuperSonics All NBA Second Team F Vin Baker Seattle SuperSonics F Grant Hill Detroit Pistons C David Robinson San Antonio Spurs G Tim Hardaway Miami Heat G Rod Strickland Washington Wizards All NBA Third Team F Scottie Pippen Chicago Bulls F Glen Rice Charlotte Hornets C Dikembe Mutombo Atlanta Hawks G Mitch Richmond Sacramento Kings G Reggie Miller Indiana Pacers NBA All Defensive First Team F Scottie Pippen Chicago Bulls F Karl Malone Utah Jazz C Dikembe Mutombo Atlanta Hawks G Gary Payton Seattle SuperSonics G Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls NBA All Defensive Second Team F Charles Oakley New York Knicks F Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs C David Robinson San Antonio Spurs G Eddie Jones Los Angeles Lakers G Mookie Blaylock Atlanta Hawks All NBA Rookie First Team Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs Keith Van Horn New Jersey Nets Zydrunas Ilgauskas Cleveland Cavaliers Ron Mercer Boston Celtics Brevin Knight Cleveland Cavaliers All NBA Rookie Second Team Maurice Taylor Los Angeles Clippers Cedric Henderson Cleveland Cavaliers Tim Thomas Philadelphia 76ers Bobby Jackson Denver Nuggets Derek Anderson Cleveland Cavaliers Player of the week edit The following players were named NBA Player of the Week Week Player Oct 31 Nov 8 Dikembe Mutombo Atlanta Hawks Nov 9 Nov 15 Shaquille O Neal Los Angeles Lakers Nov 16 Nov 22 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls Nov 23 Nov 29 Karl Malone Utah Jazz Nov 30 Dec 6 Wesley Person Cleveland Cavaliers Dec 7 Dec 13 Glen Rice Charlotte Hornets Dec 14 Dec 20 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls Dec 21 Dec 27 David Robinson San Antonio Spurs Dec 28 Jan 3 Rik Smits Indiana Pacers Jan 4 Jan 10 Steve Smith Atlanta Hawks Jan 11 Jan 17 Allen Iverson Philadelphia 76ers Jan 18 Jan 24 Jayson Williams New Jersey Nets Jan 25 Jan 31 David Robinson San Antonio Spurs Feb 10 Feb 14 Karl Malone Utah Jazz Feb 15 Feb 21 Nick Anderson Orlando Magic Feb 22 Feb 28 Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs Mar 1 Mar 7 Karl Malone Utah Jazz Mar 8 Mar 14 Jason Kidd Phoenix Suns Mar 15 Mar 21 Shaquille O Neal Los Angeles Lakers Mar 22 Mar 28 Alonzo Mourning Miami Heat Mar 29 Apr 4 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls Apr 5 Apr 11 Sam Cassell New Jersey Nets Apr 12 Apr 18 Jason Kidd Phoenix Suns Player of the month edit The following players were named NBA Player of the Month Month Player November Eddie Jones Los Angeles Lakers December Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls January Shaquille O Neal Los Angeles Lakers February Karl Malone Utah Jazz March Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls April Shaquille O Neal Los Angeles Lakers Rookie of the month edit The following players were named NBA Rookie of the Month Month Rookie November Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs December Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs January Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs February Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs March Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs April Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs Coach of the month edit The following coaches were named NBA Coach of the Month Month Coach November Lenny Wilkens Atlanta Hawks December George Karl Seattle SuperSonics January Larry Bird Indiana Pacers February Pat Riley Miami Heat March Jerry Sloan Utah Jazz April Del Harris Los Angeles Lakers See also editList of NBA regular season recordsReferences edit NBA Gets Rid of Dunk Contest Los Angeles Times Associated Press December 16 1997 Retrieved September 18 2022 Roberts Selena February 9 1998 N B A ALL STAR GAME Jordan Stars One Last Time Probably The New York Times Retrieved September 18 2022 1998 NBA All Star Game East 135 West 114 Basketball Reference Retrieved September 18 2022 SPORTS PEOPLE PRO BASKETBALL Bullets Will Be Wizards The New York Times February 23 1996 Retrieved September 18 2022 Justice Richard February 23 1996 For Bullets Wizards Casts Magic Spell The Washington Post Retrieved September 18 2022 Adande J A May 16 1997 They re the Wizards of Ahhhhs The Washington Post Retrieved September 18 2022 Hill Karen July 22 1997 Demolition Experts Place Explosives Around Omni Associated Press Retrieved September 18 2022 Wise Mike December 3 1997 BASKETBALL Sprewell Attack Stuns League The New York Times Retrieved September 18 2022 Heisler Mark December 5 1997 Sprewell Is Suspended by the NBA Los Angeles Times Retrieved September 18 2022 Bucher Ric December 5 1997 Sprewell Is Given One Year Suspension by NBA The Washington Post Retrieved September 18 2022 Drape Tom May 4 1998 THE N B A PLAYOFFS Youthful Sprint Wears Out Houston The New York Times Retrieved September 18 2022 White Lonnie November 29 1998 Shifting Into Overglide Los Angeles Times Retrieved September 18 2022 They re Iron Men at Heart Los Angeles Times Associated Press November 21 1997 Retrieved September 18 2022 N B A LAST NIGHT Pacers Make History in Doubling Portland The New York Times Associated Press February 28 1998 Retrieved September 18 2022 Indiana Doubles Its Pleasure in Victory Los Angeles Times Associated Press February 28 1998 Retrieved September 18 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 98 NBA season amp oldid 1219147243, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
