1997-98 New Jersey Nets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 43-39
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Chicago Bulls 3-0
Coach: John Calipari (43-39)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 718,523, Avg. 17,525 in 41 home dates

1997-98 New Jersey Nets Roster
1997-98 New Jersey Nets Results

The New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 43 wins and 39 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.

New Jersey scored 8,170 points and allowed 8,041. Sam Cassell tossed in a team-leading 1,471 points for the Nets, while Kerry Kittles and Keith Van Horn netted 16 or more per game, too. Jayson Williams racked up 883 boards. Sam Cassell dished out 603 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Kendall Gill added 156 steals.

John Calipari coached the team. The 1997-98 New Jersey Nets lost in the conference first round.

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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
Sam Cassell	G	75	72	2606	1156	510	80	15	507	436	73	155	228	603	121	20	269	262	1471
Kerry Kittles	G	77	76	2814	1154	508	263	110	250	202	132	230	362	176	132	37	106	152	1328
Keith Van Horn	F	62	62	2325	1047	446	224	69	305	258	142	266	408	106	64	25	164	216	1219
Kendall Gill	G	81	81	2733	974	418	101	26	327	225	112	279	391	200	156	64	124	268	1087
Jayson Williams	F-C	65	65	2343	645	321	4	0	293	195	443	440	883	67	45	49	95	236	837
Chris Gatling	F-C	57	16	1359	545	248	4	1	265	159	118	216	334	53	52	29	99	152	656
Sherman Douglas	G	80	11	1699	515	255	46	14	172	115	52	83	135	319	55	7	110	156	639
David Benoit	F	53	0	799	269	102	119	41	44	37	42	99	141	17	26	16	39	120	282
Lucious Harris	G	50	0	671	177	69	39	12	55	41	21	31	52	42	42	5	21	77	191
Brian Evans	F	28	1	332	106	46	42	17	9	6	18	34	52	24	7	5	14	44	115
Michael Cage	F-C	79	17	1201	84	43	1	0	36	20	115	193	308	32	45	44	23	105	106
Kevin Edwards	G	27	5	352	106	37	11	4	15	13	11	23	34	26	21	0	20	20	91
David Vaughn	F-C	15	2	161	33	19	0	0	9	6	19	30	49	2	5	4	9	34	44
Rony Seikaly	C	9	2	152	41	13	0	0	27	16	16	20	36	8	3	4	12	27	42
Xavier McDaniel	F	20	0	180	30	10	0	0	8	5	12	19	31	9	3	2	8	23	25
Jack Haley	C-F	16	0	51	18	5	1	0	21	12	5	10	15	0	0	1	4	9	22
Yinka Dare	C-F	10	0	60	18	4	0	0	8	4	10	7	17	1	0	2	2	9	12
Don MacLean	F	9	0	42	10	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	5	0	0	0	2	7	3
Totals		813	410	19880	6928	3055	937	310	2351	1750	1344	2137	3481	1685	777	314	1121	1917	8170

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Sam Cassell	G	75	72	34.7	44.1	18.8	86.0	1.0	2.1	3.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	3.6	3.5	19.6
Kerry Kittles	G	77	76	36.5	44.0	41.8	80.8	1.7	3.0	4.7	2.3	1.7	0.5	1.4	2.0	17.2
Keith Van Horn	F	62	62	37.5	42.6	30.8	84.6	2.3	4.3	6.6	1.7	1.0	0.4	2.6	3.5	19.7
Kendall Gill	G	81	81	33.7	42.9	25.7	68.8	1.4	3.4	4.8	2.5	1.9	0.8	1.5	3.3	13.4
Jayson Williams	F-C	65	65	36.0	49.8	0.0	66.6	6.8	6.8	13.6	1.0	0.7	0.8	1.5	3.6	12.9
Chris Gatling	F-C	57	16	23.8	45.5	25.0	60.0	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.7	11.5
Sherman Douglas	G	80	11	21.2	49.5	30.4	66.9	0.7	1.0	1.7	4.0	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.0	8.0
David Benoit	F	53	0	15.1	37.9	34.5	84.1	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.3	5.3
Lucious Harris	G	50	0	13.4	39.0	30.8	74.5	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.1	0.4	1.5	3.8
Brian Evans	F	28	1	11.9	43.4	40.5	66.7	0.6	1.2	1.9	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.6	4.1
Michael Cage	F-C	79	17	15.2	51.2	0.0	55.6	1.5	2.4	3.9	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.3
Kevin Edwards	G	27	5	13.0	34.9	36.4	86.7	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	3.4
David Vaughn	F-C	15	2	10.7	57.6		66.7	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.3	2.9
Rony Seikaly	C	9	2	16.9	31.7		59.3	1.8	2.2	4.0	0.9	0.3	0.4	1.3	3.0	4.7
Xavier McDaniel	F	20	0	9.0	33.3		62.5	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.2	1.3
Jack Haley	C-F	16	0	3.2	27.8	0.0	57.1	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.4
Yinka Dare	C-F	10	0	6.0	22.2		50.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.2
Don MacLean	F	9	0	4.7	10.0	50.0		0.3	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.3
Averages		813	410	24.5	44.1	33.1	74.4	1.7	2.6	4.3	2.1	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.4	10.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Sherman Douglas	G	3	125	44	23	5	2	10	7	1	7	8	25	6	0	13	5	55
Kerry Kittles	G	3	126	40	17	13	5	11	10	0	15	15	8	4	2	7	12	49
Chris Gatling	F-C	3	81	38	19	0	0	12	8	6	4	10	2	2	2	3	9	46
Kendall Gill	G	3	100	40	18	0	0	8	7	3	10	13	3	4	1	4	15	43
Keith Van Horn	F	3	77	29	13	2	0	15	12	2	7	9	1	0	0	2	7	38
Jayson Williams	F-C	3	116	21	9	0	0	6	3	20	22	42	5	2	3	2	8	21
Rony Seikaly	C	3	37	9	7	0	0	6	4	3	6	9	0	1	0	4	4	18
Lucious Harris	G	3	52	6	2	2	0	6	5	1	7	8	1	2	0	2	11	9
Sam Cassell	G	3	26	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	5	0	1	2	7	6
Brian Evans	F	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Vaughn	F-C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals		31	745	236	111	22	7	74	56	37	81	118	50	21	10	39	78	285

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Sherman Douglas	G	3	41.7	52.3	40.0	70.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	8.3	2.0	0.0	4.3	1.7	18.3
Kerry Kittles	G	3	42.0	42.5	38.5	90.9	0.0	5.0	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.7	2.3	4.0	16.3
Chris Gatling	F-C	3	27.0	50.0		66.7	2.0	1.3	3.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.0	3.0	15.3
Kendall Gill	G	3	33.3	45.0		87.5	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	1.3	5.0	14.3
Keith Van Horn	F	3	25.7	44.8	0.0	80.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.3	12.7
Jayson Williams	F-C	3	38.7	42.9		50.0	6.7	7.3	14.0	1.7	0.7	1.0	0.7	2.7	7.0
Rony Seikaly	C	3	12.3	77.8		66.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	6.0
Lucious Harris	G	3	17.3	33.3	0.0	83.3	0.3	2.3	2.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	3.7	3.0
Sam Cassell	G	3	8.7	33.3			0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.3	2.0
Brian Evans	F	3	1.3				0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
David Vaughn	F-C	1	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		813	24.0	47.0	31.8	75.7	1.2	2.6	3.8	1.6	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.5	9.2