1998 nba finals

Sun, May 17 Indiana Pacers 79 @ Chicago Bulls 85 Tue, May 19 Indiana Pacers 98 @ Chicago Bulls 104 Sat, May 23 Chicago Bulls 105 @ Indiana Pacers 107 Mon, May 25 Chicago Bulls 94 @ Indiana Pacers 96 Wed, May 27 Indiana Pacers 87 @ Chicago Bulls 106 Fri, May 29 Chicago Bulls 89 @ Indiana Pacers 92 Sun, May 31 Indiana Pacers 83 @ Chicago Bulls 88 Western Conference Finals Mon, May 4 Los Angeles Lakers 92 @ Seattle SuperSonics 106 Wed, May 6 Los Angeles Lakers 92 @ Seattle SuperSonics 68 Fri, May 8 Seattle SuperSonics 103 @ Los Angeles Lakers 119 Sun, May 10 Seattle SuperSonics 100 @ Los Angeles Lakers 112 Tue, May 12 Los Angeles Lakers 110 @ Seattle SuperSonics 95 Western Conference Semifinals Fri, April 24 Minnesota Timberwolves 83 @ Seattle SuperSonics 108 Sun, April 26 Minnesota Timberwolves 98 @ Seattle SuperSonics 93 Tue, April 28 Seattle SuperSonics 90 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 98 Thu, April 30 Seattle SuperSonics 92 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 88 Sat, May 2 Minnesota Timberwolves 84 @ Seattle SuperSonics 97 Western Conference First Round Per Game Stats Table Rk Tm G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS 1 13 240.0 35.6 75.1 .474 6.0 17.5 .344 29.6 57.6 .514 23.0 35.4 .650 13.4 26.7 40.1 22.7 7.4 7.8 12.9 24.6 100.2 2 4 240.0 36.0 79.5 .453 5.8 15.3 .377 30.3 64.3 .471 22.0 28.5 .772 14.0 27.8 41.8 24.0 7.0 5.3 16.3 29.8 99.8 3 10 240.0 35.6 78.3 .455 6.6 19.2 .344 29.0 59.1 .491 17.4 23.1 .753 12.7 26.1 38.8 22.0 8.7 4.3 12.7 23...

There have been many famous, infamous and exciting last moments in NBA history. What's special about this one—spoiler alert coming here; the Bulls win the game—is that the amazing career of the basketball player most regard as the game's greatest showed why he is the most special one in that Game 6 one minute of play for victory. It was Jordan as cynosure. But with everything on display at the most crucial and pressure laden time to demonstrate the brilliant scoring, the imperturbable calm, peripatetic defense and preternatural intelligence and instincts. In a bare minute of play you could imagine and understand the 10 scoring championships, nine-time all-defensive first team and Defensive Player of the Year, five Most Valuable player awards, six championships and selected as an All-Star every year of his career including when he was injured. The lyrical Last Dance season had taken a lot out of the Bulls, the Jazz earning the home court advantage for the Finals despite identical 62-20 records with a regular season 2-0 sweep of the Bulls. This time it was the Jazz with the long rest, dominating the Western Conference after a tough opening round series with Houston. Utah had 10 days off after sweeping the Lakers in the conference finals—Nick Van Exel's famous "one, two, three, Cancun" practice chant before Game 4 easing Utah's road—while the Bulls struggled through a rugged seven-game series with the Indiana Pacers. With Utah players home since winning in Los Angeles May 24,...

1998 basketball championship series 1998 NBA Finals Team Coach Wins 4 2 Dates June 3–14 (Chicago Bulls) Bulls: Jazz: Coaches: Officials: ← The 1998 NBA Finals was the championship round of the The 1998 Finals garnered the highest The Bulls headed into the series as the underdogs. Bulls' small forward Scottie Pippen stated, "It's a different feeling. We’ve never been in this situation where we’ve sort of been written off. It’s a great feeling being the underdog because you want to go out now and prove everybody wrong." Background [ ] The series marked the first time since 1989 that the same two teams met in the Finals in consecutive years. The Jazz earned the league's best record by virtue of sweeping the two-game regular season series with the Bulls despite both teams finishing at 62 wins. In the playoffs, the Jazz were pushed to the brink by the Road to the Finals [ ] • v • t • e Team W L PCT GB 1 z- 62 20 .756 – 2 y- 61 21 .744 1 3 x- 61 21 .744 1 4 x- 56 26 .683 6 5 x- 56 26 .683 6 6 x- 46 36 .561 16 7 x- 45 37 .549 17 8 x- 41 41 .500 21 9 27 55 .329 35 10 20 62 .244 42 11 19 63 .232 43 11 19 63 .232 43 13 17 65 .207 45 14 11 71 .134 51 First seed in the West, best league record # • v • t • e Team W L PCT GB 1 c- 62 20 .756 – 2 y- 55 27 .671 7 3 x- 58 24 .707 4 4 x- 51 31 .622 11 5 x- 50 32 .610 12 6 x- 47 35 .573 15 7 x- 43 39 .524 19 8 x- 43 39 .524 19 9 42 40 .512 20 10 41 41 .500 21 11 37 45 .451 25 12 36 46 .439 26 12 36 46 .439 26 14 31 51 .378 31 15 16 66 .195 46...

Sun, May 17 Indiana Pacers 79 @ Chicago Bulls 85 Tue, May 19 Indiana Pacers 98 @ Chicago Bulls 104 Sat, May 23 Chicago Bulls 105 @ Indiana Pacers 107 Mon, May 25 Chicago Bulls 94 @ Indiana Pacers 96 Wed, May 27 Indiana Pacers 87 @ Chicago Bulls 106 Fri, May 29 Chicago Bulls 89 @ Indiana Pacers 92 Sun, May 31 Indiana Pacers 83 @ Chicago Bulls 88 Western Conference Finals Mon, May 4 Los Angeles Lakers 92 @ Seattle SuperSonics 106 Wed, May 6 Los Angeles Lakers 92 @ Seattle SuperSonics 68 Fri, May 8 Seattle SuperSonics 103 @ Los Angeles Lakers 119 Sun, May 10 Seattle SuperSonics 100 @ Los Angeles Lakers 112 Tue, May 12 Los Angeles Lakers 110 @ Seattle SuperSonics 95 Western Conference Semifinals Fri, April 24 Minnesota Timberwolves 83 @ Seattle SuperSonics 108 Sun, April 26 Minnesota Timberwolves 98 @ Seattle SuperSonics 93 Tue, April 28 Seattle SuperSonics 90 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 98 Thu, April 30 Seattle SuperSonics 92 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 88 Sat, May 2 Minnesota Timberwolves 84 @ Seattle SuperSonics 97 Western Conference First Round Per Game Stats Table Rk Tm G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS 1 13 240.0 35.6 75.1 .474 6.0 17.5 .344 29.6 57.6 .514 23.0 35.4 .650 13.4 26.7 40.1 22.7 7.4 7.8 12.9 24.6 100.2 2 4 240.0 36.0 79.5 .453 5.8 15.3 .377 30.3 64.3 .471 22.0 28.5 .772 14.0 27.8 41.8 24.0 7.0 5.3 16.3 29.8 99.8 3 10 240.0 35.6 78.3 .455 6.6 19.2 .344 29.0 59.1 .491 17.4 23.1 .753 12.7 26.1 38.8 22.0 8.7 4.3 12.7 23...

1998 basketball championship series 1998 NBA Finals Team Coach Wins 4 2 Dates June 3–14 (Chicago Bulls) Bulls: Jazz: Coaches: Officials: ← The 1998 NBA Finals was the championship round of the The 1998 Finals garnered the highest The Bulls headed into the series as the underdogs. Bulls' small forward Scottie Pippen stated, "It's a different feeling. We’ve never been in this situation where we’ve sort of been written off. It’s a great feeling being the underdog because you want to go out now and prove everybody wrong." Background [ ] The series marked the first time since 1989 that the same two teams met in the Finals in consecutive years. The Jazz earned the league's best record by virtue of sweeping the two-game regular season series with the Bulls despite both teams finishing at 62 wins. In the playoffs, the Jazz were pushed to the brink by the Road to the Finals [ ] • v • t • e Team W L PCT GB 1 z- 62 20 .756 – 2 y- 61 21 .744 1 3 x- 61 21 .744 1 4 x- 56 26 .683 6 5 x- 56 26 .683 6 6 x- 46 36 .561 16 7 x- 45 37 .549 17 8 x- 41 41 .500 21 9 27 55 .329 35 10 20 62 .244 42 11 19 63 .232 43 11 19 63 .232 43 13 17 65 .207 45 14 11 71 .134 51 First seed in the West, best league record # • v • t • e Team W L PCT GB 1 c- 62 20 .756 – 2 y- 55 27 .671 7 3 x- 58 24 .707 4 4 x- 51 31 .622 11 5 x- 50 32 .610 12 6 x- 47 35 .573 15 7 x- 43 39 .524 19 8 x- 43 39 .524 19 9 42 40 .512 20 10 41 41 .500 21 11 37 45 .451 25 12 36 46 .439 26 12 36 46 .439 26 14 31 51 .378 31 15 16 66 .195 46...

There have been many famous, infamous and exciting last moments in NBA history. What's special about this one—spoiler alert coming here; the Bulls win the game—is that the amazing career of the basketball player most regard as the game's greatest showed why he is the most special one in that Game 6 one minute of play for victory. It was Jordan as cynosure. But with everything on display at the most crucial and pressure laden time to demonstrate the brilliant scoring, the imperturbable calm, peripatetic defense and preternatural intelligence and instincts. In a bare minute of play you could imagine and understand the 10 scoring championships, nine-time all-defensive first team and Defensive Player of the Year, five Most Valuable player awards, six championships and selected as an All-Star every year of his career including when he was injured. The lyrical Last Dance season had taken a lot out of the Bulls, the Jazz earning the home court advantage for the Finals despite identical 62-20 records with a regular season 2-0 sweep of the Bulls. This time it was the Jazz with the long rest, dominating the Western Conference after a tough opening round series with Houston. Utah had 10 days off after sweeping the Lakers in the conference finals—Nick Van Exel's famous "one, two, three, Cancun" practice chant before Game 4 easing Utah's road—while the Bulls struggled through a rugged seven-game series with the Indiana Pacers. With Utah players home since winning in Los Angeles May 24,...

There have been many famous, infamous and exciting last moments in NBA history. What's special about this one—spoiler alert coming here; the Bulls win the game—is that the amazing career of the basketball player most regard as the game's greatest showed why he is the most special one in that Game 6 one minute of play for victory. It was Jordan as cynosure. But with everything on display at the most crucial and pressure laden time to demonstrate the brilliant scoring, the imperturbable calm, peripatetic defense and preternatural intelligence and instincts. In a bare minute of play you could imagine and understand the 10 scoring championships, nine-time all-defensive first team and Defensive Player of the Year, five Most Valuable player awards, six championships and selected as an All-Star every year of his career including when he was injured. The lyrical Last Dance season had taken a lot out of the Bulls, the Jazz earning the home court advantage for the Finals despite identical 62-20 records with a regular season 2-0 sweep of the Bulls. This time it was the Jazz with the long rest, dominating the Western Conference after a tough opening round series with Houston. Utah had 10 days off after sweeping the Lakers in the conference finals—Nick Van Exel's famous "one, two, three, Cancun" practice chant before Game 4 easing Utah's road—while the Bulls struggled through a rugged seven-game series with the Indiana Pacers. With Utah players home since winning in Los Angeles May 24,...

Sun, May 17 Indiana Pacers 79 @ Chicago Bulls 85 Tue, May 19 Indiana Pacers 98 @ Chicago Bulls 104 Sat, May 23 Chicago Bulls 105 @ Indiana Pacers 107 Mon, May 25 Chicago Bulls 94 @ Indiana Pacers 96 Wed, May 27 Indiana Pacers 87 @ Chicago Bulls 106 Fri, May 29 Chicago Bulls 89 @ Indiana Pacers 92 Sun, May 31 Indiana Pacers 83 @ Chicago Bulls 88 Western Conference Finals Mon, May 4 Los Angeles Lakers 92 @ Seattle SuperSonics 106 Wed, May 6 Los Angeles Lakers 92 @ Seattle SuperSonics 68 Fri, May 8 Seattle SuperSonics 103 @ Los Angeles Lakers 119 Sun, May 10 Seattle SuperSonics 100 @ Los Angeles Lakers 112 Tue, May 12 Los Angeles Lakers 110 @ Seattle SuperSonics 95 Western Conference Semifinals Fri, April 24 Minnesota Timberwolves 83 @ Seattle SuperSonics 108 Sun, April 26 Minnesota Timberwolves 98 @ Seattle SuperSonics 93 Tue, April 28 Seattle SuperSonics 90 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 98 Thu, April 30 Seattle SuperSonics 92 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 88 Sat, May 2 Minnesota Timberwolves 84 @ Seattle SuperSonics 97 Western Conference First Round Per Game Stats Table Rk Tm G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS 1 13 240.0 35.6 75.1 .474 6.0 17.5 .344 29.6 57.6 .514 23.0 35.4 .650 13.4 26.7 40.1 22.7 7.4 7.8 12.9 24.6 100.2 2 4 240.0 36.0 79.5 .453 5.8 15.3 .377 30.3 64.3 .471 22.0 28.5 .772 14.0 27.8 41.8 24.0 7.0 5.3 16.3 29.8 99.8 3 10 240.0 35.6 78.3 .455 6.6 19.2 .344 29.0 59.1 .491 17.4 23.1 .753 12.7 26.1 38.8 22.0 8.7 4.3 12.7 23...

1998 basketball championship series 1998 NBA Finals Team Coach Wins 4 2 Dates June 3–14 (Chicago Bulls) Bulls: Jazz: Coaches: Officials: ← The 1998 NBA Finals was the championship round of the The 1998 Finals garnered the highest The Bulls headed into the series as the underdogs. Bulls' small forward Scottie Pippen stated, "It's a different feeling. We’ve never been in this situation where we’ve sort of been written off. It’s a great feeling being the underdog because you want to go out now and prove everybody wrong." Background [ ] The series marked the first time since 1989 that the same two teams met in the Finals in consecutive years. The Jazz earned the league's best record by virtue of sweeping the two-game regular season series with the Bulls despite both teams finishing at 62 wins. In the playoffs, the Jazz were pushed to the brink by the Road to the Finals [ ] • v • t • e Team W L PCT GB 1 z- 62 20 .756 – 2 y- 61 21 .744 1 3 x- 61 21 .744 1 4 x- 56 26 .683 6 5 x- 56 26 .683 6 6 x- 46 36 .561 16 7 x- 45 37 .549 17 8 x- 41 41 .500 21 9 27 55 .329 35 10 20 62 .244 42 11 19 63 .232 43 11 19 63 .232 43 13 17 65 .207 45 14 11 71 .134 51 First seed in the West, best league record # • v • t • e Team W L PCT GB 1 c- 62 20 .756 – 2 y- 55 27 .671 7 3 x- 58 24 .707 4 4 x- 51 31 .622 11 5 x- 50 32 .610 12 6 x- 47 35 .573 15 7 x- 43 39 .524 19 8 x- 43 39 .524 19 9 42 40 .512 20 10 41 41 .500 21 11 37 45 .451 25 12 36 46 .439 26 12 36 46 .439 26 14 31 51 .378 31 15 16 66 .195 46...

1998 basketball championship series 1998 NBA Finals Team Coach Wins 4 2 Dates June 3–14 (Chicago Bulls) Bulls: Jazz: Coaches: Officials: ← The 1998 NBA Finals was the championship round of the The 1998 Finals garnered the highest The Bulls headed into the series as the underdogs. Bulls' small forward Scottie Pippen stated, "It's a different feeling. We’ve never been in this situation where we’ve sort of been written off. It’s a great feeling being the underdog because you want to go out now and prove everybody wrong." Background [ ] The series marked the first time since 1989 that the same two teams met in the Finals in consecutive years. The Jazz earned the league's best record by virtue of sweeping the two-game regular season series with the Bulls despite both teams finishing at 62 wins. In the playoffs, the Jazz were pushed to the brink by the Road to the Finals [ ] • v • t • e Team W L PCT GB 1 z- 62 20 .756 – 2 y- 61 21 .744 1 3 x- 61 21 .744 1 4 x- 56 26 .683 6 5 x- 56 26 .683 6 6 x- 46 36 .561 16 7 x- 45 37 .549 17 8 x- 41 41 .500 21 9 27 55 .329 35 10 20 62 .244 42 11 19 63 .232 43 11 19 63 .232 43 13 17 65 .207 45 14 11 71 .134 51 First seed in the West, best league record # • v • t • e Team W L PCT GB 1 c- 62 20 .756 – 2 y- 55 27 .671 7 3 x- 58 24 .707 4 4 x- 51 31 .622 11 5 x- 50 32 .610 12 6 x- 47 35 .573 15 7 x- 43 39 .524 19 8 x- 43 39 .524 19 9 42 40 .512 20 10 41 41 .500 21 11 37 45 .451 25 12 36 46 .439 26 12 36 46 .439 26 14 31 51 .378 31 15 16 66 .195 46...