1997-98 Charlotte Hornets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 51-31
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 4-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Atlanta Hawks 3-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Chicago Bulls 4-1
Coach: Dave Cowens (51-31)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 959,634, Avg. 23,406 in 41 home dates

1997-98 Charlotte Hornets Roster
1997-98 Charlotte Hornets Results

The Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 51 wins and 31 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-5.

The Hornets scored 7,923 points and gave up 7,759. Glen Rice scored a team-best 1,826 points for Charlotte, and Anthony Mason contributed 826 rebounds. David Wesley dished out 529 assists for the squad.

Defensively, David Wesley added 140 steals.

Dave Cowens coached the team. The 1997-98 Charlotte Hornets lost in the conference semifinals.

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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
Glen Rice	F-G	82	82	3295	1386	634	300	130	504	428	89	264	353	182	77	22	182	200	1826
David Wesley	G	81	81	2845	864	383	170	59	288	229	49	164	213	529	140	30	226	229	1054
Anthony Mason	F	81	80	3148	764	389	4	0	402	261	177	649	826	342	68	18	146	182	1039
Matt Geiger	C	78	42	1839	709	358	11	1	236	168	196	325	521	78	68	87	111	191	885
Vlade Divac	C	64	41	1805	536	267	14	3	188	130	183	335	518	172	83	94	114	179	667
Bobby Phills	G	62	61	1887	552	246	114	44	140	106	59	157	216	187	81	18	108	181	642
Dell Curry	G	52	1	971	434	194	145	61	52	41	26	75	101	69	31	4	54	85	490
J.R. Reid	F-C	79	1	1109	318	146	8	3	122	89	72	138	210	51	35	19	65	172	384
B.J. Armstrong	G	62	0	772	194	99	34	9	43	37	12	57	69	144	25	0	35	68	244
Vernon Maxwell	G	31	0	467	180	77	86	31	34	25	9	35	44	40	14	3	28	51	210
Corey Beck	G	59	14	738	159	73	4	2	59	43	27	63	90	98	33	7	70	100	191
Travis Williams	F	39	0	365	119	56	1	0	46	24	53	39	92	20	18	5	30	55	136
Donald Royal	F	29	5	305	63	24	0	0	29	26	16	21	37	16	6	1	7	30	74
Tony Farmer	F	27	2	169	53	17	9	2	39	31	16	16	32	5	10	4	9	23	67
Tony Delk	G	3	0	34	4	3	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	4	8	8
Muggsy Bogues	G	2	0	16	5	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	4	2	0	1	2	6
Michael McDonald	C	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
Jeff Grayer	F-G	1	0	11	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
Totals		833	410	19780	6344	2968	904	346	2186	1641	985	2341	3326	1941	691	312	1194	1757	7923

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Glen Rice	F-G	82	82	40.2	45.7	43.3	84.9	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	22.3
David Wesley	G	81	81	35.1	44.3	34.7	79.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	6.5	1.7	0.4	2.8	2.8	13.0
Anthony Mason	F	81	80	38.9	50.9	0.0	64.9	2.2	8.0	10.2	4.2	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.2	12.8
Matt Geiger	C	78	42	23.6	50.5	9.1	71.2	2.5	4.2	6.7	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.4	2.4	11.3
Vlade Divac	C	64	41	28.2	49.8	21.4	69.1	2.9	5.2	8.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	10.4
Bobby Phills	G	62	61	30.4	44.6	38.6	75.7	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.0	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.9	10.4
Dell Curry	G	52	1	18.7	44.7	42.1	78.8	0.5	1.4	1.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.6	9.4
J.R. Reid	F-C	79	1	14.0	45.9	37.5	73.0	0.9	1.7	2.7	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.2	4.9
B.J. Armstrong	G	62	0	12.5	51.0	26.5	86.0	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.3	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.1	3.9
Vernon Maxwell	G	31	0	15.1	42.8	36.0	73.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.6	6.8
Corey Beck	G	59	14	12.5	45.9	50.0	72.9	0.5	1.1	1.5	1.7	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.7	3.2
Travis Williams	F	39	0	9.4	47.1	0.0	52.2	1.4	1.0	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.4	3.5
Donald Royal	F	29	5	10.5	38.1		89.7	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.0	2.6
Tony Farmer	F	27	2	6.3	32.1	22.2	79.5	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.9	2.5
Tony Delk	G	3	0	11.3	75.0	100.0	50.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.7	2.7
Muggsy Bogues	G	2	0	8.0	40.0		100.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.0
Michael McDonald	C	1	0	4.0				1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0
Jeff Grayer	F-G	1	0	11.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		833	410	23.7	46.8	38.3	75.1	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.3	0.8	0.4	1.4	2.1	9.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Glen Rice	F-G	9	369	173	82	36	11	36	30	11	40	51	13	5	3	13	26	205
Anthony Mason	F	9	367	99	57	1	0	42	25	17	54	71	31	8	0	22	17	139
Vlade Divac	C	9	345	87	42	1	0	33	20	25	73	98	31	7	14	22	34	104
David Wesley	G	9	285	83	33	21	9	21	15	5	13	18	60	7	0	19	25	90
Bobby Phills	G	9	269	64	25	17	5	8	2	4	19	23	24	10	2	13	24	57
Dell Curry	G	9	171	52	21	16	4	7	6	6	13	19	10	7	3	5	21	52
B.J. Armstrong	G	9	146	42	16	5	2	4	3	2	8	10	18	6	0	6	11	37
J.R. Reid	F-C	9	114	28	11	1	0	10	8	7	13	20	2	3	2	11	23	30
Corey Beck	G	6	26	12	6	2	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	4	0	3	4	15
Donald Royal	F	4	28	7	3	0	0	4	3	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	4	9
Travis Williams	F	4	18	3	1	0	0	4	3	1	4	5	0	1	1	0	3	5
Matt Geiger	C	4	22	6	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	1	0	0	1	2	2
Totals		90	2160	656	298	100	32	171	117	82	243	325	191	58	25	116	194	745

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Glen Rice	F-G	9	41.0	47.4	30.6	83.3	1.2	4.4	5.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	22.8
Anthony Mason	F	9	40.8	57.6	0.0	59.5	1.9	6.0	7.9	3.4	0.9	0.0	2.4	1.9	15.4
Vlade Divac	C	9	38.3	48.3	0.0	60.6	2.8	8.1	10.9	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.8	11.6
David Wesley	G	9	31.7	39.8	42.9	71.4	0.6	1.4	2.0	6.7	0.8	0.0	2.1	2.8	10.0
Bobby Phills	G	9	29.9	39.1	29.4	25.0	0.4	2.1	2.6	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.7	6.3
Dell Curry	G	9	19.0	40.4	25.0	85.7	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.1	0.8	0.3	0.6	2.3	5.8
B.J. Armstrong	G	9	16.2	38.1	40.0	75.0	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.2	4.1
J.R. Reid	F-C	9	12.7	39.3	0.0	80.0	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.6	3.3
Corey Beck	G	6	4.3	50.0	50.0	100.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.5	0.7	2.5
Donald Royal	F	4	7.0	42.9		75.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.3
Travis Williams	F	4	4.5	33.3		75.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.3
Matt Geiger	C	4	5.5	16.7			0.8	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5
Averages		833	24.0	45.4	32.0	68.4	0.9	2.7	3.6	2.1	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.2	8.3