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The 1997–98 NBA season was the 22nd season for the
Indiana Pacers The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Ea ...
in the
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, and their 31st season as a franchise. During the off-season, the Pacers hired former
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, and
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All-Star legend
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as their new head coach, acquired All-Star forward
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from the
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, and signed free agent Mark West; Bird and Mullin were once teammates on the "Dream Team" from the
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in
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. The Pacers struggled early in the regular season losing five of their first seven games, but then won 15 of their next 18 games, and held the best record in the Eastern Conference at 33–13 before the All-Star break. The Pacers won nine of their final eleven games of the season, and returned to the
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after a one-year absence, finishing in second place in the Central Division with a 58–24 record, and earning the #3 seed in the Eastern Conference; it was also the first time since joining the NBA that the Pacers finished with a winning road record. The Pacers had the fifth best team defensive rating in the NBA.
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led the Pacers in scoring averaging 19.5 points per game, led them with 164 three-point field goals, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, while Rik Smits averaged 16.7 points and 6.9 rebounds per game, and Mullin provided the team with 11.3 points per game and 107 three-point field goals. In addition, Dale Davis provided with 8.0 points and 7.8 rebounds per game, and Mark Jackson contributed 8.3 points and 8.7 assists per game. Off the bench, sixth man Antonio Davis averaged 9.6 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, while
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contributed 9.4 points per game, Travis Best provided with 6.5 points and 3.4 assists per game, and Derrick McKey contributed 6.3 points per game, but only played 57 games due to a ruptured Achilles tendon. Miller, Smits and coach Bird represented the Eastern Conference during the
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; it was also Smits' only All-Star appearance. Bird was named the
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, after leading the Pacers to a 19-game improvement over the previous season. Meanwhile, Miller and Smits both finished tied in sixteenth place in
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voting, and Rose finished tied in thirteenth place in Most Improved Player voting. In the 1998 NBA playoffs, the Pacers would defeat the
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, three games to one in the Eastern Conference First Round, then defeat the 7th-seeded
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, four games to one in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals. In the Eastern Conference finals, the Pacers faced off against
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, Scottie Pippen, and the 2-time defending champion
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; however, with the series tied at 3–3, the Pacers would lose to the Bulls in a hard fought seven-game series. The Bulls would go on to defeat the
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in six games in the 1998 NBA Finals for their third consecutive championship, and sixth overall in eight years. Following the season, West signed as a free agent with the
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, and Haywoode Workman, who missed the entire regular season due to a knee injury, was released to free agency and signed with the
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midway through the next season. A notable highlight of the regular season was the Pacers defeating the visiting
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, 124–59 at the Market Square Arena on February 27, 1998, which marked the first time in NBA history that a team scored twice as more points than its opponent. For the season, the team sported new pinstripe uniforms with golden yellow side panels, which would remain in use until 2005.


Draft picks


Roster


Roster Notes

* Point guard Haywoode Workman was on the
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due to a knee injury, and missed the entire regular season.


Regular season


Season standings

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Record vs. opponents


Game log


Regular season

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Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

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Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

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Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

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Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

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Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...

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16,630 , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 , May 7, 1998 , New York
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19,763 , 2–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 4 , May 10, 1998 , @ New York
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16,767 , 4–1 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 1 , May 17, 1998 , @
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Miller A miller is a person who operates a mill, a machine to grind a grain (for example corn or wheat) to make flour. Milling is among the oldest of human occupations. "Miller", "Milne" and other variants are common surnames, as are their equivalents ...
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16,576 , 1–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 4 , May 25, 1998 ,
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A. Davis,
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Player statistics


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Playoffs


Awards

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Larry Bird Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Hick from French Lick" and "Larry Legend" Bird is widely regarded a ...
,
NBA Coach of the Year Award The National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1962–63 NBA season. The winner receives the Red Auerbach Trophy, which is named in honor of the head coach who l ...
*
Larry Bird Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Hick from French Lick" and "Larry Legend" Bird is widely regarded a ...
, All-Star East Head Coach *
Reggie Miller Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise, played his entire 18-year career in the National Basketball Assoc ...
,
NBA All-Star Game The National Basketball Association All-Star Game is the annual all-star game hosted each February by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and showcases 24 of the league's All-star, star players. Since 2022, it was held on the third Sunday of ...
* Rik Smits,
NBA All-Star Game The National Basketball Association All-Star Game is the annual all-star game hosted each February by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and showcases 24 of the league's All-star, star players. Since 2022, it was held on the third Sunday of ...
*
Reggie Miller Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise, played his entire 18-year career in the National Basketball Assoc ...
, All-NBA Third Team


Transactions


See also

* 1997–98 NBA season


References

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Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...