The teams that took part in the 8th edition of the tournament were the Chicago Bulls, Paris Basket Racing (France), Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece), Atenas de Cordoba (Argentina), Benetton Treviso (Italy) and FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (Spain). The 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996 & 1997 NBA champions, the Chicago Bulls won it beating Olympiacos in the final at the Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy, in Paris. Surprisingly, both the Italian and Spanish champions, traditional European powerhouses Benetton and FC Barcelona, lost their preliminary stage games and were forced to battle for 5th place. The Chicago Bulls instead led by Michael Jordan, and without Scottie Pippen managed to win their semifinal game against the hosts PSG Racing coached by Božidar Maljković, by 89-82. In the final game Chicago Bulls faced European champions Olympiacos Piraeus. The Greek side coached by legendary Serbian coach Dušan Ivković proved stronger than PSG Racing, but the Bulls pulled the best of their abilities and cruised to an easy 104-78 win.
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Michael Jordan helped Champions Chicago Bulls win the 1997 McDonald's Championship.
1997, mcdonald, championship, took, place, palais, omnisports, paris, bercy, paris, france, leaguemcdonald, championshipsportbasketballduration16, octobertop, scorermichael, jordanfinals, championschicago, bulls, runners, upolympiacosfinals, mvpmichael, jordan. The 1997 McDonald s Championship took place at Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy in Paris France 1997 McDonald s ChampionshipLeagueMcDonald s ChampionshipSportBasketballDuration16 18 OctoberTop scorerMichael JordanFinals championsChicago Bulls Runners upOlympiacosFinals MVPMichael JordanMcDonald s Championship seasons 1995 McDonald s Championship1999 McDonald s Championship Contents 1 Summary 2 Participants 3 Bracket 3 1 Final 4 Final standings 5 Sources 6 External linksSummary editThe teams that took part in the 8th edition of the tournament were the Chicago Bulls Paris Basket Racing France Olympiacos Piraeus Greece Atenas de Cordoba Argentina Benetton Treviso Italy and FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Spain The 1991 1992 1993 1996 amp 1997 NBA champions the Chicago Bulls won it beating Olympiacos in the final at the Palais Omnisport de Paris Bercy in Paris Surprisingly both the Italian and Spanish champions traditional European powerhouses Benetton and FC Barcelona lost their preliminary stage games and were forced to battle for 5th place The Chicago Bulls instead led by Michael Jordan and without Scottie Pippen managed to win their semifinal game against the hosts PSG Racing coached by Bozidar Maljkovic by 89 82 In the final game Chicago Bulls faced European champions Olympiacos Piraeus The Greek side coached by legendary Serbian coach Dusan Ivkovic proved stronger than PSG Racing but the Bulls pulled the best of their abilities and cruised to an easy 104 78 win Participants edit nbsp Michael Jordan helped Champions Chicago Bulls win the 1997 McDonald s Championship Continent Teams Clubs Europe 4 nbsp FC Barcelona Banca Catalana nbsp PSG Racing nbsp Olympiacos nbsp Benetton Treviso North America 1 nbsp Chicago Bulls South America 1 nbsp AtenasBracket edit Preliminary roundSemi finalsFinals October 16 nbsp PSG Racing97 October 17 nbsp FCB Banca Catalana84 nbsp Chicago Bulls89 nbsp PSG Racing82 October 18 nbsp Chicago Bulls104 October 16 nbsp Olympiacos78 nbsp Atenas87 October 17 nbsp Benetton Treviso78 nbsp Olympiacos89 nbsp Atenas86Third place October 18 nbsp PSG Racing78 nbsp Atenas88 Fifth place October 18 nbsp FCB Banca Catalana103 nbsp Benetton Treviso106 Final edit October 18 CET Chicago Bulls nbsp 104 78 nbsp Olympiacos Scoring by quarter 30 20 24 23 21 17 29 18Pts Michael Jordan 27 Pts Arturas Karnisovas 19 Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy Paris Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan 27 Randy Brown 12 Steve Kerr 10 Luc Longley 9 Bill Wennington 8 Toni Kukoc 5 Boris Gorenc 7 Jason Caffey 6 Ron Harper 6 Jud Buechler 6 Scott Burrell 4 Joe Kleine 2 Keith Booth 2 Dante Calabria Rusty LaRue Coach Phil Jackson Olympiacos Arturas Karnisovas 19 Franko Nakic 16 Dragan Tarlac 14 Michael Hawkins 12 Dimitris Karaplis 6 Johnny Rogers 4 Milan Tomic 3 Aleksey Savrasenko 2 Nikos Michalos 2 Dusan Vukcevic Efthimis Bakatsias Anatoly Zourpenko Nikos Pettas Coach Dusan IvkovicFinal standings editClub Record nbsp nbsp Chicago Bulls 2 0 nbsp nbsp Olympiacos 1 1 nbsp nbsp Atenas 2 1 4 nbsp PSG Racing 1 2 5 nbsp Benetton Treviso 1 1 6 nbsp FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 0 2 1997 McDonald s Champions nbsp Chicago BullsSources edit1997 editionExternal links editraisport rai it NBA International Pre Season and Regular Season Games List of champions at a d c Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 McDonald 27s Championship amp oldid 1221792587, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
