The Bulls, meanwhile, endured a hard-fought series against a resurgent Indiana Pacers team helmed by Larry Bird (in his first year as head coach). League Champion: Chicago Bulls. He scored only 8 points the whole game. As the labor dispute continued into September, the preseason was shortened to just two games instead of the normal eight, and training camps were postponed indefinitely.An agreement between the owners and players was eventually reached on January 18, 1999. The following players were named the Players of the Month. The 1997–98 NBA season was the 52nd season of the National Basketball Association.The season ended with the Chicago Bulls winning their third straight championship and sixth in the last eight years, beating the Utah Jazz 4 games to 2 in the 1998 NBA Finals.It also marked the departure of Michael Jordan and the end of the dynasty for the Chicago Bulls. Totals; Per Game; Per 36 … As they arrived at the Delta Center for Game 6, things didn't look good for the Bulls. The series returned to Utah with the Bulls leading 3-2. 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. Finals MVP: Michael Jordan (33.5 / 4.0 / 2.3) 1998 Playoff Leaders: PTS: Michael Jordan (680) TRB: Dennis Rodman (248) AST: John Stockton (155) WS: Michael Jordan (4.8) More playoffs info. When John Stockton passed the ball to Karl Malone, Jordan stole the ball away and dribbled down the court. All 29 teams played a shortened 50-game regular season schedule and the 16 … Predictions of a Jazz championship were strengthened with their 88–85 Game 1 victory in overtime in Utah, with Scottie Pippen just missing a 3-pointer at the buzzer. True to form, the Bulls tied the series in Game 2 while putting together a huge fourth-quarter run to silence the Delta Center and holding on to win 93–88, finally securing their first victory against Utah all season. The Jazz had won both regular season meetings with the Bulls, and many analysts predicted a hard-fought seven-game series. The following coaches were named Coaches of the Month. Les San Antonio Spurs remportent le titre NBA en battant en finale les Knicks de New York par 4 victoires à 1. To keep pace with Utah, the Bulls were forced to rely almost entirely on Jordan, who scored 23 points in the first half. The 1998–99 NBA season was the 53rd season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The following players were named the Rookies of the Month. Guarding him was The 1998 NBA season documentary "Unforgettabulls" was the first of five narrated by Will Lyman through Phil Jackson declined an offer from the team president to coach another season.The Jazz would continue to make the postseason until The 2005–06 postseason saw the retirement or departure from the NBA of these former members of the 1998 Finals teams: 1998 NBA Playoffs; Standings ; Schedule and Results; Leaders; Stats. In the playoffs, the Jazz were pushed to the brink by the Unlike the 1997 Finals, the Jazz and Bulls entered this series as equals. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. 1998 NBA Playoffs ; Standings; Schedule and Results; Leaders; Stats. The two teams entered the Finals on completely different notes; the Jazz uneventfully swept the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals and had a total of ten days' rest before the Finals began. Finals MVP: Michael Jordan (33.5 / 4.0 / 2.3) 1998 Playoff Leaders: PTS: Michael Jordan (680) TRB: Dennis Rodman (248) AST: John Stockton (155) WS: Michael Jordan (4.8) More playoffs info. To preserve games between teams in the same conference, much of the time missed was made up for by skipping well over half of the games played between teams in the opposite conference. Referee After Jordan made a layup to make it 86–85, the Bulls needed to stop the Jazz from scoring again. 1998 NBA Finals Bulls vs. Jazz 1997 Finals 1999 Finals. When play resumed, the regular season was shortened to 50 games per team, as opposed to the normal 82. In a 96–54 loss, the Jazz set the record for the lowest points scored in Finals history, as well as the lowest number of points scored in any NBA game (since eclipsed by a score of 49 from the Bulls on April 10, 1999) since the inception of the Chicago won Game 4 86-82, and Utah took Game 5 83–81 despite nearly blowing a seven-point lead in the last two minutes.
Due to a lockout, the season did not start until February 5, 1999, after a new six-year Collective Bargaining Agreement was reached between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association. Karl Malone had his best game of the series with 39 points, while Antoine Carr made all five of his field goal attempts.
The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. La saison NBA 1998-1999 est la 50 e saison de la NBA (la 53 e en comptant les 3 saisons BAA). Emotions ran high at the Delta Center when the Jazz suffered a critical shot clock violation in the second quarter. The National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of its postseason.All Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in 1950 when the Eastern Division champion faced the winner … Scottie Pippen, whose back was already injured going into the game, aggravated his injury when he dunked the opening basket of the game. En 1998, les propriétaires entament une grève qui dure 191 jours qui se termine le 18 janvier 1999. They would need all seven games to get past the Pacers and would have only two days' rest before having to travel to Utah. The division champions are marked by an asterisk. 1998 NBA Playoffs Summary 1997 ... League Champion: Chicago Bulls. The 1998 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1998 playoffs of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the conclusion of the 1997–98 NBA season.The defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls played against the Western Conference champion Utah Jazz, with the Jazz holding home-court advantage for the first 2 games in Salt …