1997-98 Indiana Pacers Game Log

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Record: 58-24, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Larry Bird (58-24)

Executive: Donnie Walsh

PTS/G: 96.0 (12th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 89.9 (5th of 29)

SRS: 6.25 (4th of 29) Pace: 87.9 (27th of 29)

Off Rtg: 108.4 (4th of 29) Def Rtg: 101.6 (5th of 29) Net Rtg: +6.9 (5th of 29)

Expected W-L: 59-23 (5th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +2500, Over-Under 45.5

Arena: Market Square Arena Attendance: 645,302 (21st of 29)

NBA 1998 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Cleveland Cavaliers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (3-4) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1997-10-31	@	NJN	L	95	97	36	80	.450	5	12	.417	18	28	.643	20	50	22	2	5	21	32	34	96	.354	0	7	.000	29	39	.744	31	51	14	11	2	8	25
2	2	1997-11-01		GSW	W	96	83	35	89	.393	3	11	.273	23	31	.742	19	57	27	6	9	16	18	33	90	.367	1	4	.250	16	25	.640	18	50	11	9	6	17	27
3	3	1997-11-04	@	CLE	L	77	80	29	68	.426	1	7	.143	18	27	.667	10	40	22	10	10	19	20	34	81	.420	2	7	.286	10	15	.667	16	41	23	11	6	19	23
4	4	1997-11-05	@	DET	W	99	87	35	72	.486	1	4	.250	28	34	.824	8	35	24	10	3	13	19	32	75	.427	3	8	.375	20	23	.870	6	36	15	5	2	17	29
5	5	1997-11-07		SEA	L	93	99	36	80	.450	4	10	.400	17	22	.773	19	51	26	1	6	16	23	35	79	.443	5	17	.294	24	31	.774	12	34	20	11	3	6	19
6	6	1997-11-08	@	CHH	L	82	89	32	67	.478	2	5	.400	16	22	.727	10	38	23	4	8	20	27	34	73	.466	2	7	.286	19	24	.792	9	37	23	12	3	15	19
7	7	1997-11-12		ATL	L	86	89	31	70	.443	4	11	.364	20	24	.833	10	29	21	8	0	11	21	38	72	.528	4	8	.500	9	15	.600	12	38	21	8	5	19	18
8	8	1997-11-14		MIA	W	82	78	28	68	.412	1	9	.111	25	33	.758	12	47	17	7	6	23	19	29	81	.358	2	14	.143	18	24	.750	13	40	18	14	10	15	27
9	9	1997-11-15	@	TOR	W	105	77	41	74	.554	4	8	.500	19	27	.704	14	44	34	10	3	15	15	33	78	.423	2	7	.286	9	9	1.000	11	30	27	6	6	18	19
10	10	1997-11-20	@	MIL	W	109	83	38	69	.551	2	6	.333	31	36	.861	7	50	24	5	5	16	29	31	90	.344	1	8	.125	20	28	.714	14	38	20	9	3	9	26
11	11	1997-11-22		CHH	L	94	95	29	57	.509	2	7	.286	34	42	.810	8	36	15	3	4	19	32	33	74	.446	3	7	.429	26	36	.722	11	33	20	9	2	10	35
12	12	1997-11-27		VAN	W	106	85	44	79	.557	7	12	.583	11	12	.917	8	33	29	16	4	18	24	32	66	.485	4	8	.500	17	24	.708	10	33	20	12	2	28	15
13	13	1997-11-28		CHI	W	94	83	39	90	.433	5	11	.455	11	16	.688	17	52	20	4	3	11	21	34	83	.410	0	6	.000	15	28	.536	11	39	17	7	4	6	22
14	14	1997-11-30		PHI	W	101	89	38	64	.594	4	8	.500	21	29	.724	8	39	26	9	8	19	23	37	81	.457	1	7	.143	14	27	.519	17	34	18	12	3	15	23
15	15	1997-12-03	@	MIN	W	94	90	36	82	.439	7	16	.438	15	22	.682	7	32	24	8	6	9	21	34	79	.430	2	9	.222	20	23	.870	13	44	25	3	7	16	22
16	16	1997-12-05	@	DEN	W	96	85	35	75	.467	2	9	.222	24	35	.686	9	37	19	5	6	12	25	30	81	.370	4	15	.267	21	28	.750	17	51	17	6	5	18	32
17	17	1997-12-07	@	PHO	W	99	97	40	89	.449	4	9	.444	15	22	.682	12	50	26	8	4	17	28	40	94	.426	6	15	.400	11	22	.500	15	49	26	9	2	14	23
18	18	1997-12-08	@	UTA	L	97	106	35	72	.486	2	12	.167	25	29	.862	7	32	18	8	7	16	31	38	82	.463	1	7	.143	29	39	.744	18	43	25	8	3	16	28
19	19	1997-12-10	@	POR	L	85	93	31	74	.419	4	8	.500	19	31	.613	14	33	21	8	4	12	26	33	68	.485	6	13	.462	21	26	.808	9	40	18	4	7	17	27
20	20	1997-12-12		MIA	W	104	89	38	73	.521	5	9	.556	23	27	.852	9	37	25	11	3	13	25	32	71	.451	8	19	.421	17	27	.630	7	31	20	8	4	14	26
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1997-12-13		WAS	W	109	92	36	81	.444	6	14	.429	31	32	.969	14	44	23	5	2	14	25	34	83	.410	1	8	.125	23	31	.742	13	38	21	6	4	11	22
22	22	1997-12-15	@	TOR	W	108	101	35	67	.522	4	12	.333	34	42	.810	8	38	30	8	3	13	18	43	86	.500	5	13	.385	10	15	.667	12	39	39	7	5	10	31
23	23	1997-12-17		NYK	W	87	80	30	80	.375	4	11	.364	23	30	.767	9	44	23	2	4	7	19	31	81	.383	4	12	.333	14	20	.700	11	50	17	4	8	10	28
24	24	1997-12-19		DET	W	98	90	36	77	.468	2	10	.200	24	30	.800	11	44	30	8	8	15	21	38	78	.487	0	1	.000	14	20	.700	7	34	20	10	2	16	24
25	25	1997-12-20	@	ORL	W	95	92	36	71	.507	3	9	.333	20	25	.800	10	39	22	9	5	16	19	37	94	.394	1	8	.125	17	22	.773	26	51	13	11	5	13	21
26	26	1997-12-23	@	SAS	L	79	91	29	77	.377	4	11	.364	17	22	.773	6	32	16	8	4	14	25	33	66	.500	3	9	.333	22	34	.647	10	46	19	6	7	20	17
27	27	1997-12-26		ORL	W	107	81	41	65	.631	4	7	.571	21	36	.583	7	42	31	11	3	15	16	31	85	.365	7	11	.636	12	20	.600	17	39	21	10	3	14	24
28	28	1997-12-28	@	MIA	L	90	101	26	64	.406	2	11	.182	36	41	.878	13	34	19	7	3	13	24	39	72	.542	9	19	.474	14	22	.636	12	38	26	8	4	14	32
29	29	1997-12-30		NJN	W	109	91	47	77	.610	5	12	.417	10	11	.909	5	40	40	10	4	17	28	32	81	.395	4	16	.250	23	33	.697	16	39	14	8	1	18	17
30	30	1998-01-02	@	WAS	W	99	81	37	75	.493	6	17	.353	19	25	.760	9	42	29	15	9	15	27	29	80	.363	2	8	.250	21	31	.677	20	42	15	5	5	17	21
31	31	1998-01-03		TOR	W	89	77	37	71	.521	3	3	1.000	12	24	.500	9	36	24	10	4	16	23	28	67	.418	4	7	.571	17	26	.654	11	36	14	7	4	19	20
32	32	1998-01-06		PHO	L	80	81	24	71	.338	1	4	.250	31	38	.816	15	48	10	6	3	18	30	32	75	.427	2	8	.250	15	29	.517	8	37	19	8	5	13	28
33	33	1998-01-08	@	HOU	W	87	80	34	75	.453	4	6	.667	15	22	.682	7	41	24	10	5	14	22	29	77	.377	2	19	.105	20	24	.833	9	42	16	8	2	16	19
34	34	1998-01-10	@	DAL	W	84	79	31	72	.431	6	16	.375	16	28	.571	10	46	19	6	7	18	14	33	88	.375	6	20	.300	7	12	.583	15	45	18	12	5	17	21
35	35	1998-01-14		DET	W	100	93	32	65	.492	8	22	.364	28	36	.778	13	40	19	9	3	26	26	36	81	.444	1	8	.125	20	28	.714	16	35	7	12	5	16	28
36	36	1998-01-16		SAC	W	117	92	49	85	.576	5	11	.455	14	20	.700	12	39	33	6	2	11	21	33	80	.413	5	8	.625	21	28	.750	14	38	20	6	4	15	15
37	37	1998-01-18	@	BOS	W	103	96	38	72	.528	4	7	.571	23	31	.742	9	34	24	9	1	15	23	37	82	.451	3	9	.333	19	23	.826	15	38	21	7	6	16	27
38	38	1998-01-21	@	NYK	L	89	97	29	65	.446	10	16	.625	21	25	.840	3	29	18	7	4	13	20	39	78	.500	4	13	.308	15	20	.750	13	45	24	8	3	11	23
39	39	1998-01-23		UTA	W	106	102	41	75	.547	5	8	.625	19	26	.731	10	34	27	9	3	17	25	38	74	.514	2	5	.400	24	26	.923	8	34	21	12	2	14	20
40	40	1998-01-24		BOS	W	95	88	31	70	.443	4	13	.308	29	35	.829	9	41	22	4	1	13	29	30	85	.353	5	17	.294	23	31	.742	17	43	14	6	4	10	29
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1998-01-27		WAS	W	85	84	32	76	.421	3	8	.375	18	24	.750	10	36	15	7	3	13	14	36	86	.419	1	6	.167	11	13	.846	18	47	18	7	5	16	20
42	42	1998-01-28	@	PHI	W	93	90	28	78	.359	7	26	.269	30	41	.732	12	43	21	14	7	19	28	30	79	.380	2	11	.182	28	35	.800	11	50	18	8	8	21	30
43	43	1998-01-30		CLE	W	89	83	35	72	.486	7	12	.583	12	15	.800	9	36	16	10	3	15	20	29	67	.433	4	9	.444	21	24	.875	9	38	21	7	3	17	20
44	44	1998-02-01	@	LAC	W	99	92	38	85	.447	1	6	.167	22	31	.710	11	45	20	9	6	9	22	32	81	.395	6	20	.300	22	27	.815	14	46	15	5	4	15	22
45	45	1998-02-03	@	SAC	W	115	93	43	88	.489	3	12	.250	26	31	.839	16	50	28	10	2	9	15	37	87	.425	8	12	.667	11	16	.688	12	40	30	6	2	12	23
46	46	1998-02-04	@	SEA	L	97	104	36	85	.424	10	19	.526	15	19	.789	13	40	23	7	5	11	30	37	78	.474	4	16	.250	26	36	.722	15	47	24	7	7	10	19
47	47	1998-02-10		ORL	W	85	66	38	88	.432	4	13	.308	5	8	.625	14	46	20	13	1	13	22	24	70	.343	0	6	.000	18	25	.720	13	43	12	7	13	18	17
48	48	1998-02-11	@	MIA	W	110	101	38	75	.507	6	10	.600	28	32	.875	8	32	20	8	4	9	28	34	72	.472	11	21	.524	22	27	.815	14	42	19	4	3	17	27
49	49	1998-02-13		DAL	L	82	85	32	88	.364	2	11	.182	16	20	.800	15	56	15	12	2	22	20	37	94	.394	5	16	.313	6	8	.750	10	44	14	8	5	21	19
50	50	1998-02-14	@	ATL	W	96	92	34	81	.420	4	15	.267	24	29	.828	15	44	20	4	3	13	24	36	88	.409	1	11	.091	19	33	.576	26	50	17	6	5	10	26
51	51	1998-02-17	@	CHI	L	97	105	36	73	.493	11	19	.579	14	23	.609	9	26	22	5	2	12	20	44	83	.530	6	11	.545	11	13	.846	16	42	27	7	4	13	18
52	52	1998-02-19		PHI	W	82	77	28	70	.400	1	5	.200	25	34	.735	15	42	10	8	6	16	22	29	84	.345	1	10	.100	18	23	.783	25	53	15	10	8	18	27
53	53	1998-02-20	@	ORL	L	91	93	39	76	.513	6	16	.375	7	11	.636	9	33	26	6	8	10	17	37	83	.446	4	10	.400	15	17	.882	17	43	18	5	3	12	14
54	54	1998-02-22	@	PHI	W	97	92	39	83	.470	9	18	.500	10	12	.833	13	41	30	6	4	11	19	37	73	.507	4	12	.333	14	24	.583	8	32	19	8	5	12	13
55	55	1998-02-25		LAL	L	89	96	32	89	.360	7	20	.350	18	22	.818	15	41	24	9	6	15	20	36	71	.507	3	4	.750	21	29	.724	8	43	19	9	8	20	24
56	56	1998-02-27		POR	W	124	59	49	77	.636	9	15	.600	17	22	.773	8	48	35	16	5	17	21	24	72	.333	3	17	.176	8	19	.421	10	28	16	10	5	22	25
57	57	1998-03-01		DEN	W	90	63	34	68	.500	6	16	.375	16	18	.889	8	39	24	6	5	15	11	28	77	.364	1	11	.091	6	8	.750	11	35	15	8	2	14	15
58	58	1998-03-03	@	VAN	W	111	103	34	64	.531	5	13	.385	38	53	.717	6	32	19	7	3	11	28	35	76	.461	5	16	.313	28	33	.848	13	39	25	6	2	19	34
59	59	1998-03-04	@	LAL	L	95	104	35	81	.432	4	13	.308	21	32	.656	12	29	26	4	6	11	40	31	57	.544	5	11	.455	37	50	.740	8	42	20	3	11	21	30
60	60	1998-03-06	@	GSW	W	101	87	44	86	.512	5	12	.417	8	15	.533	14	41	30	13	3	12	22	31	81	.383	2	8	.250	23	29	.793	23	52	20	7	2	19	17
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1998-03-08		BOS	W	104	100	38	69	.551	6	16	.375	22	29	.759	10	32	25	10	8	17	19	39	83	.470	1	7	.143	21	28	.750	20	43	18	10	2	19	25
62	62	1998-03-11	@	DET	L	91	122	33	83	.398	3	16	.188	22	29	.759	15	30	16	8	2	14	26	41	70	.586	1	5	.200	39	43	.907	10	42	22	12	2	15	22
63	63	1998-03-13		MIL	W	96	76	41	71	.577	4	9	.444	10	21	.476	11	38	29	8	5	14	19	31	66	.470	1	2	.500	13	22	.591	11	30	14	8	1	15	21
64	64	1998-03-15	@	NYK	W	91	86	34	68	.500	9	18	.500	14	17	.824	5	34	22	4	6	14	20	34	80	.425	5	15	.333	13	18	.722	9	38	22	5	3	8	14
65	65	1998-03-17		CHI	L	84	90	33	75	.440	5	20	.250	13	14	.929	11	36	18	6	3	10	18	36	72	.500	4	11	.364	14	23	.609	11	37	13	6	4	13	14
66	66	1998-03-19	@	WAS	W	95	91	37	80	.463	5	17	.294	16	23	.696	11	40	27	7	2	12	19	39	80	.488	1	7	.143	12	22	.545	14	44	23	2	5	15	21
67	67	1998-03-20		NJN	W	99	92	31	67	.463	8	17	.471	29	36	.806	11	40	22	5	11	15	19	37	88	.420	3	11	.273	15	20	.750	18	41	18	8	4	11	27
68	68	1998-03-22	@	MIL	W	96	94	34	79	.430	7	16	.438	21	25	.840	7	39	21	10	5	17	24	32	80	.400	3	8	.375	27	33	.818	8	42	20	11	4	16	26
69	69	1998-03-25		HOU	L	81	86	26	77	.338	4	17	.235	25	28	.893	12	44	15	8	2	15	22	32	74	.432	2	10	.200	20	25	.800	8	43	19	13	5	15	20
70	70	1998-03-27		CHH	W	133	96	52	87	.598	11	20	.550	18	19	.947	9	45	36	9	5	4	34	31	89	.348	3	11	.273	31	46	.674	24	47	17	2	0	12	19
71	71	1998-03-29		SAS	L	55	74	21	77	.273	2	11	.182	11	13	.846	15	41	9	7	1	14	20	26	65	.400	3	4	.750	19	25	.760	13	48	13	6	9	14	16
72	72	1998-03-31		LAC	W	128	106	51	90	.567	14	24	.583	12	16	.750	11	37	32	10	6	8	25	39	79	.494	6	18	.333	22	26	.846	10	38	19	7	0	15	15
73	73	1998-04-02		MIN	W	111	108	48	89	.539	4	15	.267	11	16	.688	14	46	26	7	3	14	21	42	87	.483	7	15	.467	17	23	.739	13	39	22	9	7	11	18
74	74	1998-04-03	@	CHH	L	89	96	31	84	.369	7	20	.350	20	25	.800	9	31	20	3	3	9	24	40	78	.513	3	13	.231	13	25	.520	12	46	28	5	6	13	24
75	75	1998-04-05		MIL	W	93	92	30	73	.411	3	13	.231	30	37	.811	13	35	12	10	1	12	23	33	61	.541	3	8	.375	23	30	.767	6	34	21	5	2	21	27
76	76	1998-04-07		CLE	W	82	80	32	71	.451	6	13	.462	12	13	.923	5	34	20	5	4	13	23	27	64	.422	5	11	.455	21	28	.750	6	35	20	10	2	15	17
77	77	1998-04-09	@	ATL	W	105	102	37	81	.457	12	25	.480	19	27	.704	9	36	28	8	6	16	26	37	99	.374	5	16	.313	23	33	.697	26	58	22	12	5	15	22
78	78	1998-04-12	@	BOS	W	93	87	33	65	.508	4	10	.400	23	34	.676	9	37	26	15	8	25	13	36	89	.404	3	9	.333	12	16	.750	21	41	28	16	7	22	22
79	79	1998-04-13	@	CHI	W	114	105	38	74	.514	7	14	.500	31	38	.816	9	34	29	5	7	10	30	33	75	.440	6	13	.462	33	41	.805	10	33	18	7	4	9	25
80	80	1998-04-15		ATL	W	82	70	35	77	.455	5	14	.357	7	11	.636	11	37	21	7	6	10	13	30	80	.375	1	12	.083	9	10	.900	18	49	11	5	4	18	19
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1998-04-17		TOR	W	107	98	42	85	.494	4	16	.250	19	24	.792	12	40	25	7	3	10	23	33	72	.458	2	6	.333	30	38	.789	12	41	14	4	7	17	20
82	82	1998-04-18	@	CLE	L	92	96	35	71	.493	2	5	.400	20	21	.952	6	27	20	10	5	16	21	38	74	.514	3	5	.600	17	24	.708	13	42	30	8	9	16	21

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