LOVE 1997-98

REGULAR SEASON (62-20) R A PTS
Oct 31 @BOS L 92-85 6 4
30
Nov 1 PHI W 94-74 7 2
16
Nov 3 SA W 87-83 13 4
29
Nov 5 ORL W 94-81 17 4
29
Nov 7 @ATL L 80-78 9 6
27
Nov 8 NJ W 99-86 5 2
15
Nov 11 @CLE L 101-80 6 1
19
Nov 12 WAS L 90-83 7 3
28
Nov 14 CHA W 105-92 4 7
28
Nov 15 CLE W 79-70 2 4
27
Nov 20 @PHO L 89-85 6 3
30
Nov 21 @LAC W 111-102 5 5
49
Nov 23 @SAC W 103-88 3 5
33
Nov 25 @SEA L 91-90 6 5
26
Nov 28 @IND L 94-83 7 2
26
Nov 29 @WAS W 88-83 4 3
29
Dec 3 @BOS W 97-87 9 5
29
Dec 5 MIL W 84-62 9 2
13
Dec 9 NY W 100-82 4 4
29
Dec 10 @ORL L 106-98 2 5
25
Dec 12 @CHA L 79-77 9 5
28
Dec 13 TOR W 97-70 6 2
11
Dec 15 PHO W 111-104 9 4
31
Dec 17 LAL W 104-83 5 4
36
Dec 20 @NJ W 100-92 5 3
24
Dec 23 LAC W 94-89 12 4
27
Dec 25 MIA W 90-80 11 4
24
Dec 27 ATL W 97-80 4 2
47
Dec 29 DAL W 111-105 7 0
41
Dec 30 @MIN L 99-95 4 1
33
Jan 2 MIL W 114-100 5 1
44
Jan 3 @DET W 105-96 9 9
34
Jan 6 BOS W 90-79 3 4
19
Jan 7 @MIA L 99-72 4 1
26
Jan 9 @NY W 90-89 4 2
44
Jan 10 GS W 87-82 6 3
32
Jan 13 SEA W 101-91 1 2
40
Jan 15 @PHI L 106-96 9 4
20
Jan 16 @MIL W 96-86 8 2
27
Jan 18 HOU W 106-100 3 3
45
Jan 21 CHA W 110-79 5 6
33
Jan 23 @NJ W 100-98 5 1
32
Jan 25 UTA L 101-94 5 7
32
Jan 27 @VAN W 103-85 0 3
20
Jan 29 @POR W 100-87 5 4
29
Jan 30 @GS W 87-80 8 3
14
Feb 1 @LAL L 112-87 5 2
31
Feb 2 @DEN W 111-72 6 3
15
Feb 4 @UTA L 101-93 7 3
40
Feb 10 TOR W 93-86 5 1
18
Feb 11 @CHA W 92-90 4 6
29
Feb 13 ATL W 112-100 7 1
37
Feb 15 DET W 99-90 12 5
21
Feb 17 IND W 105-97 4 6
27
Feb 19 @TOR W 123-86 4 5
16
Feb 21 @WAS W 94-88 8 3
19
Feb 23 CLE W 97-75 7 6
17
Feb 25 POR L 106-101 4 3
33
Feb 28 SAC W 109-94 2 2
28
Mar 3 DEN W 118-90 7 2
30
Mar 8 @NY W 102-89 8 6
42
Mar 10 MIA W 106-91 4 4
37
Mar 12 @DAL L 104-97 7 3
26
Mar 14 @SA W 96-86 5 3
30
Mar 16 NJ W 88-72 7 1
17
Mar 17 @IND W 90-84 4 2
35
Mar 20 VAN W 98-92 4 3
24
Mar 22 @TOR W 102-100 4 3
33
Mar 23 BOS W 111-88 7 2
24
Mar 25 @ORL W 85-70 7 8
17
Mar 27 @ATL W 89-74 5 4
34
Mar 29 @MIL W 104-87 2 0
30
Mar 31 DET W 106-101 3 8
26
Apr 3 MIN W 107-93 6 4
41
Apr 5 @HOU W 109-94 4 3
40
Apr 7 WAS W 103-85 4 3
30
Apr 9 @CLE L 91-85 6 4
29
Apr 11 ORL W 87-78 4 2
37
Apr 13 IND L 114-105 4 3
27
Apr 15 @DET L 87-79 6 4
19
Apr 17 @PHI W 87-80 6 2
24
Apr 18 NY W 111-109 3 3
44
Season AVG 5.8 3.5
28.7

PLAYOFFS   R A PTS
First Round (3-0)      
Apr 24 NJ W 96-93 7 3
39
Apr 26 NJ W 96-91 4 2
32
Apr 29 @NJ W 116-101 4 3
38

Conference Semis (4-1)      
May 3 CHA W 83-70 11 4
35
May 6 CHA L 78-76 5 6
22
May 8 @CHA W 103-89 5 6
27
May 10 @CHA W 94-80 3 4
31
May 13 CHA W 93-84 4 3
33

Conference Finals (4-3)      
May 17 IND W 85-79 6 1
31
May 19 IND W 104-98 4 5
41
May 23 @IND L 107-105 4 7
30
May 25 @IND L 96-94 7 2
28
May 27 IND W 106-87 7 4
29
May 29 @IND L 92-89 5 2
35
May 31 IND W 88-83 9 8
28

NBA Finals (4-2)      
Jun 3 @UTA L 88-85 3 2
33
Jun 5 @UTA W 93-88 5 3
37
Jun 7 UTA W 96-54 3 2
24
Jun 10 UTA W 86-82 8 2
34
Jun 12 UTA L 83-81 4 4
28
Jun 14 @UTA W 87-86 1 1
45
Playoffs AVG 5.1 3.5
32.4


Click to go back to mainpage1997-98:
Named NBA Most Valuable Player for the fifth time in 1997-98 and a unanimous selection to the 1997-98 All-NBA First Team....Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team for a record ninth time in 1997-98....Named to the 1997-98 NBA All-Interview First Team....Totaled a game-high 44 points (22-24 FT), 3 rebounds and 3 assists in a 111-109 victory over the New York Knicks on 4/18....Notched his 5,000th career assist, recording a game-high 37 points, 4 rebounds and 4 steals, in an 87-78 win over the Orlando Magic on 4/11....Registered a game-high 40 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals in a 109-94 victory over the Houston Rockets on 4/5....Named NBA Player of the Week for the week ending 4/5, averaging a league-high 35.7 ppg, 5.0 apg and 4.3 rpg for the 3-0 Bulls....Scored his 29,000th career point, posting a game-high 41 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, in a 107-93 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on 4/3....Named NBA Player of the Month for March, averaging a league-leading 28.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 3.5 apg and 2.07 spg for the 13-1 Bulls....Totalled a game-high 42 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in a 102-89 victory over the New York Knicks on 3/8....Named All-Star Game MVP for the third time, recording a game-high 23 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds and 3 steals, in the 1998 NBA All-Star Game in New York....Registered a game-high 40 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists against the Utah Jazz on 2/4....Posted a game-high 45 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals in a 106-100 victory over the Houston Rockets on 1/18....Totalled a game-high 44 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals in a 90-89 victory over the New York Knicks on 1/9....Recorded game-highs of 34 points and 9 assists and grabbed 9 rebounds in a 105-96 win over the Detroit Pistons on 1/3....Registered a game-high 44 points (15-22 FG) and 5 rebounds in a 114-100 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on 1/2....Named NBA Player of the Month for December, averaging a league-best 28.4 ppg, 6.9 rpg and 3.2 apg for the 11-3 Bulls Broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA record by scoring in double-digits for the 788th consecutive game, scoring a game-high 33 points, against the Minnesota Timberwolves on 12/30 Posted a game-high 47 points (18-26 FG, 11-13 FT), 4 rebounds and 3 steals in a 97-90 win over the Atlanta Hawks on 12/27 Named NBA Player of the Week for the week ending 12/21, averaging 30.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 3.7 apg and 2.00 spg to lead the Bulls to a 3-0 week Scored a game-high 29 points, moving past Moses Malone into 3rd place on the NBA all-time scoring list, in a 100-82 victory over the New York Knicks on 12/9 Named NBA Player of the Week for the week ending 11/23, averaging 37.3 ppg (.500 FG), 4.7 rpg, 4.3 apg and 1.33 spg for the 2-1 Bulls. Totalled a season-high 49 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in a 111-102 double-overtime win over the L.A. Clippers on 11/21 Recorded 29 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists in a 94-81 victory over the Orlando Magic on 11/5.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • Wins All-Star MVP, Season MVP and Finals MVP.
  • Wins 6th championship trophy by hitting game winning jumper with 6.6 secs left on the clock.
  • Highest paid athlete in a season with his US$33.6 million Bulls contract.

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