1997-98 Chicago Bulls Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 62-20
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 15-6 Won NBA championship
Conference First Round - Defeated New Jersey Nets 3-0
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Charlotte Hornets 4-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Indiana Pacers 4-3
Finals - Defeated Utah Jazz 4-2
Coach: Phil Jackson (62-20)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 983,517, Avg. 23,988 in 41 home dates

1997-98 Chicago Bulls Roster
1997-98 Chicago Bulls Results

The Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 62 wins and 20 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 15-6.

Chicago scored 7,931 points and conceded 7,348. Michael Jordan netted a team-leading 2,357 points for the Bulls, while Dennis Rodman contributed 1,201 rebounds. Toni Kukoc dished out 314 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Michael Jordan added 141 steals.

Phil Jackson coached the team. The 1997-98 Chicago Bulls won the NBA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Michael Jordan	G-F	82	82	3181	1893	881	126	30	721	565	130	345	475	283	141	45	185	151	2357
Toni Kukoc	G-F	74	52	2235	841	383	174	63	219	155	121	206	327	314	76	37	154	149	984
Scottie Pippen	F-G	44	44	1652	704	315	192	61	193	150	53	174	227	254	79	43	109	116	841
Ron Harper	G-F	82	82	2284	665	293	84	16	216	162	107	183	290	241	108	48	91	181	764
Luc Longley	C	58	58	1703	609	277	0	0	148	109	113	228	341	161	34	62	130	206	663
Scott Burrell	G-F	80	3	1096	375	159	144	51	64	47	80	118	198	65	64	37	50	131	416
Steve Kerr	G	50	0	1119	302	137	130	57	49	45	14	63	77	96	26	5	27	71	376
Dennis Rodman	F	80	66	2856	360	155	23	4	111	61	421	780	1201	230	47	18	147	238	375
Randy Brown	G	71	6	1147	302	116	5	0	78	56	34	60	94	151	71	12	63	118	288
Jason Caffey	F	51	8	710	199	100	1	0	103	68	76	97	173	36	13	17	48	92	268
Jud Buechler	F-G	74	0	608	176	85	65	25	6	3	24	53	77	49	22	15	21	47	198
Bill Wennington	C	48	8	467	172	75	0	0	21	17	32	48	80	19	4	5	16	77	167
Joe Kleine	C	46	1	397	106	39	0	0	18	15	27	50	77	30	4	5	28	63	93
Dickey Simpkins	F	21	0	237	41	26	1	0	44	26	8	23	31	17	4	3	13	35	78
Rusty LaRue	G	14	0	140	49	20	16	4	8	5	1	7	8	5	3	1	6	12	49
Keith Booth	F	6	0	17	6	2	1	0	6	6	2	2	4	1	0	0	3	3	10
David Vaughn	F-C	3	0	6	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
Totals		884	410	19855	6801	3064	962	311	2009	1492	1243	2438	3681	1952	696	353	1091	1691	7931

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Michael Jordan	G-F	82	82	38.8	46.5	23.8	78.4	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	1.8	28.7
Toni Kukoc	G-F	74	52	30.2	45.5	36.2	70.8	1.6	2.8	4.4	4.2	1.0	0.5	2.1	2.0	13.3
Scottie Pippen	F-G	44	44	37.5	44.7	31.8	77.7	1.2	4.0	5.2	5.8	1.8	1.0	2.5	2.6	19.1
Ron Harper	G-F	82	82	27.9	44.1	19.0	75.0	1.3	2.2	3.5	2.9	1.3	0.6	1.1	2.2	9.3
Luc Longley	C	58	58	29.4	45.5		73.6	1.9	3.9	5.9	2.8	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.6	11.4
Scott Burrell	G-F	80	3	13.7	42.4	35.4	73.4	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.6	1.6	5.2
Steve Kerr	G	50	0	22.4	45.4	43.8	91.8	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.4	7.5
Dennis Rodman	F	80	66	35.7	43.1	17.4	55.0	5.3	9.8	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.8	3.0	4.7
Randy Brown	G	71	6	16.2	38.4	0.0	71.8	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.0	0.2	0.9	1.7	4.1
Jason Caffey	F	51	8	13.9	50.3	0.0	66.0	1.5	1.9	3.4	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.8	5.3
Jud Buechler	F-G	74	0	8.2	48.3	38.5	50.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.6	2.7
Bill Wennington	C	48	8	9.7	43.6		81.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.6	3.5
Joe Kleine	C	46	1	8.6	36.8		83.3	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.4	2.0
Dickey Simpkins	F	21	0	11.3	63.4	0.0	59.1	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.7	3.7
Rusty LaRue	G	14	0	10.0	40.8	25.0	62.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.9	3.5
Keith Booth	F	6	0	2.8	33.3	0.0	100.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.7
David Vaughn	F-C	3	0	2.0	100.0		50.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3
Averages		884	410	22.5	45.1	32.3	74.3	1.4	2.8	4.2	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.9	9.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Michael Jordan	G-F	21	872	526	243	43	13	223	181	33	74	107	74	32	12	45	47	680
Scottie Pippen	F-G	21	836	294	122	79	18	134	91	49	101	150	110	45	20	51	66	353
Toni Kukoc	G-F	21	637	218	106	61	23	62	40	24	57	81	60	26	10	27	57	275
Luc Longley	C	18	456	120	54	0	0	39	34	34	56	90	35	12	15	36	73	142
Ron Harper	G-F	21	563	122	56	19	5	39	24	22	55	77	48	20	18	18	42	141
Steve Kerr	G	21	415	76	33	41	19	22	18	8	9	17	35	7	0	5	26	103
Dennis Rodman	F	21	722	105	39	4	1	38	23	99	149	248	41	14	13	35	88	102
Scott Burrell	G-F	21	261	73	32	20	6	11	10	11	32	43	10	19	3	11	33	80
Bill Wennington	C	16	119	38	20	0	0	8	4	3	11	14	3	6	2	8	23	44
Dickey Simpkins	F	13	74	16	6	0	0	9	4	4	9	13	3	2	1	3	10	16
Jud Buechler	F-G	16	64	11	4	5	3	0	0	4	7	11	3	3	1	1	7	11
Randy Brown	G	14	71	12	2	0	0	6	5	3	6	9	9	2	0	7	6	9
Totals		224	5090	1611	717	272	88	591	434	294	566	860	431	188	95	247	478	1956

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Michael Jordan	G-F	21	41.5	46.2	30.2	81.2	1.6	3.5	5.1	3.5	1.5	0.6	2.1	2.2	32.4
Scottie Pippen	F-G	21	39.8	41.5	22.8	67.9	2.3	4.8	7.1	5.2	2.1	1.0	2.4	3.1	16.8
Toni Kukoc	G-F	21	30.3	48.6	37.7	64.5	1.1	2.7	3.9	2.9	1.2	0.5	1.3	2.7	13.1
Luc Longley	C	18	25.3	45.0		87.2	1.9	3.1	5.0	1.9	0.7	0.8	2.0	4.1	7.9
Ron Harper	G-F	21	26.8	45.9	26.3	61.5	1.0	2.6	3.7	2.3	1.0	0.9	0.9	2.0	6.7
Steve Kerr	G	21	19.8	43.4	46.3	81.8	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.2	4.9
Dennis Rodman	F	21	34.4	37.1	25.0	60.5	4.7	7.1	11.8	2.0	0.7	0.6	1.7	4.2	4.9
Scott Burrell	G-F	21	12.4	43.8	30.0	90.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.5	1.6	3.8
Bill Wennington	C	16	7.4	52.6		50.0	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.8
Dickey Simpkins	F	13	5.7	37.5		44.4	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.8	1.2
Jud Buechler	F-G	16	4.0	36.4	60.0		0.3	0.4	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.7
Randy Brown	G	14	5.1	16.7		83.3	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.4	0.6
Averages		884	22.7	44.5	32.4	73.4	1.3	2.5	3.8	1.9	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.1	8.7