1997–98 Charlotte Hornets season

1997–98 Charlotte Hornets season
Head coach	Dave Cowens
Owner(s)	George Shinn
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Results
Record	51–31 (.622)
Place	Division: 3rd (Central) Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Conference Semifinals (Eliminated 1–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports South, WJZY, WFVT
Radio	WBT

The 1997–98 Charlotte Hornets season was Charlotte's tenth season in the National Basketball Association.^[1] During the offseason, the Hornets signed free agents David Wesley and Bobby Phills, then traded Muggsy Bogues to the Golden State Warriors for B.J. Armstrong early into the season. The Hornets finished the season third in the Central Division with a 51–31 record, and qualified for their fourth Playoff appearance. Glen Rice led them with 22.3 points per game, and made his third and final All-Star appearance in the 1998 NBA All-Star Game. In the playoffs, they defeated the Atlanta Hawks 3–1 in the first round, but were eliminated 4–1 by the Chicago Bulls in the Conference Semifinals.

The Hornets finished second the NBA in attendance for the season. On November 25, 1997, the team's sellout streak would end at 364 consecutive games (371 including post-season contests); This was the second longest active sell-out streak at the time, behind the Chicago Bulls' 465.^[2] Following the season, Vlade Divac signed as a free agent with the Sacramento Kings, Matt Geiger signed with the Philadelphia 76ers, and long-time original Hornet Dell Curry signed with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 1997 NBA Draft

The Hornets had no draft picks in 1997.

Roster

Charlotte Hornets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
1.0 !PG	10	USA !	Armstrong, B.J.	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Iowa
1.0 !PG	15	USA !	Beck, Corey	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Arkansas
2.0 !SG	30	USA !	Curry, Dell	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Virginia Tech
6.0 !C	12	Yugoslavia !	Divac, Vlade	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	Yugoslavia
6.0 !C	52	USA !	Geiger, Matt	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	Georgia Tech
4.5 !PF	14	USA !	Mason, Anthony	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Tennessee State
2.0 !SG	11	USA !	Maxwell, Vernon	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Florida
6.0 !C	42	USA !	McDonald, Michael	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	New Orleans
2.0 !SG	13	USA !	Phills, Bobby	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Southern
4.5 !PF	7	USA !	Reid, J.R.	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	North Carolina
3.0 !SF	41	USA !	Rice, Glen	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Michigan
3.0 !SF	5	USA !	Royal, Donald	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Notre Dame
1.0 !PG	4	USA !	Wesley, David	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Baylor
3.0 !SF	32	USA !	Williams, Travis	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	South Carolina State

Head coach

Dave Cowens (Florida State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Chicago Bulls	62	20	.756	–	37–4	25–16	21–7
x-Indiana Pacers	58	24	.707	4	32–9	26–15	19–9
x-Charlotte Hornets	51	31	.622	11	32–9	19–22	16–12
x-Atlanta Hawks	50	32	.610	12	29–12	21–20	19–9
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	47	35	.573	15	27–14	20–21	14–14
Detroit Pistons	37	45	.451	25	25–16	12–29	12–16
Milwaukee Bucks	36	46	.439	26	21–20	15–26	9–19
Toronto Raptors	16	66	.195	46	9–32	7–34	2–26

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Chicago Bulls	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Miami Heat	55	27	.671	7
3	x-Indiana Pacers	58	24	.707	4
4	x-Charlotte Hornets	51	31	.622	11
5	x-Atlanta Hawks	50	32	.610	12
6	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	47	35	.573	15
7	x-New York Knicks	43	39	.524	19
8	x-New Jersey Nets	43	39	.524	19

9	Washington Wizards	42	40	.512	20
10	Orlando Magic	41	41	.500	21
11	Detroit Pistons	37	45	.451	25
12	Boston Celtics	36	46	.439	26
12	Milwaukee Bucks	36	46	.439	26
14	Philadelphia 76ers	31	51	.378	31
15	Toronto Raptors	16	66	.195	46

Record vs. opponents

1997-98 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	VAN	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	4–0
Boston	1–2	—	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	3–2
Charlotte	0–4	2–1	—	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2
Chicago	3–1	3–1	3–1	—	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	3–1
Cleveland	0–4	3–1	2–2	2–2	—	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–2
Dallas	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	3–1	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–3	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–1	0–4	4–0	1–1
Denver	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	—	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1
Detroit	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–0	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	0–2	2–2
Golden State	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	—	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2
Houston	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	—	1–1	4–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–0	0–4	3–1	1–1
Indiana	3–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	—	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	4–0
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	0–4	0–2	—	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	—	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	4–0	4–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1
Miami	3–1	4–0	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	—	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2
Milwaukee	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–4	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–3	—	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–2
Minnesota	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	4–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	4–0	0–2
New Jersey	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	0–2	—	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3
New York	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	—	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3
Orlando	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–4	—	4–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–4	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	3–1
Phoenix	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	4–0	1–1
Portland	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	—	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	—	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	4–0	—	2–2	2–0	1–3	4–0	1–1
Seattle	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	2–2	—	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–1
Toronto	0–4	0–3	0–4	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	0–2	1–1	0–3
Utah	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	—	4–0	0–2
Vancouver	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	2–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	0–4	—	1–1
Washington	0–4	2–3	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	—

Playoffs

1998 playoff game log
Total: 4–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–3)

First round: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 23	Atlanta	W 97–87	Glen Rice (34)	Vlade Divac, Anthony Mason (7)	David Wesley (12)	Charlotte Coliseum 19,176	1–0
2	April 25	Atlanta	W 92–85	Anthony Mason (25)	Glen Rice (13)	Vlade Divac, David Wesley (6)	Charlotte Coliseum 20,390	2–0
3	April 28	@ Atlanta	L 64–96	Anthony Mason (12)	Vlade Divac (7)	Vlade Divac, David Wesley (5)	Georgia Dome 19,745	2–1
4	May 1	@ Atlanta	W 91–82	Anthony Mason (29)	Anthony Mason (14)	David Wesley (10)	Georgia Dome 22,074	3–1

Conference Semifinals: 1–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 3	@ Chicago	L 70–83	Glen Rice (25)	Vlade Divac (14)	David Wesley (9)	United Center 23,844	0–1
2	May 6	@ Chicago	W 78–76	Anthony Mason, Dell Curry (15)	Vlade Divac (19)	Anthony Mason, Glen Rice (4)	United Center 23,844	1–1
3	May 8	Chicago	L 89–103	Glen Rice (31)	Vlade Divac (13)	David Wesley (8)	Charlotte Coliseum 23,799	1–2
4	May 10	Chicago	L 80–94	Vlade Divac (15)	Glen Rice (9)	Anthony Mason (5)	Charlotte Coliseum 23,799	1–3
5	May 13	@ Chicago	L 84–93	Glen Rice (30)	Vlade Divac (15)	3-way tie (5)	United Center 23,844	1–4

1998 playoff schedule

Player Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Armstrong, B.J. !B.J. Armstrong	62	0	12.5	.510	.265	.860	1.1	2.3	0.4	0.0	3.9
Beck, Corey !Corey Beck	59	14	12.5	.459	.500	.729	1.5	1.7	0.6	0.1	3.2
Bogues, Muggsy !Muggsy Bogues	2	0	8.0	.400		1.000	0.5	2.0	1.0	0.0	3.0
Curry, Dell !Dell Curry	52	1	18.7	.447	.421	.788	1.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	9.4
Delk, Tony !Tony Delk	3	0	11.3	.750	1.000	.500	0.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.7
Divac, Vlade !Vlade Divac	64	41	28.2	.498	.214	.691	8.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	10.4
Farmer, Tony !Tony Farmer	27	2	6.3	.321	.222	.795	1.2	0.2	0.4	0.1	2.5
Geiger, Matt !Matt Geiger	78	42	23.6	.505	.091	.712	6.7	1.0	0.9	1.1	11.3
Grayer, Jeff !Jeff Grayer	1	0	11.0	.000	.000		0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mason, Anthony !Anthony Mason	81	80	38.9	.509	.000	.649	10.2	4.2	0.8	0.2	12.8
Maxwell, Vernon !Vernon Maxwell	31	0	15.1	.428	.360	.735	1.4	1.3	0.5	0.1	6.8
McDonald, Michael !Michael McDonald	1	0	4.0				1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Phills, Bobby !Bobby Phills	62	61	30.4	.446	.386	.757	3.5	3.0	1.3	0.3	10.4
Reid, J.R. !J.R. Reid	79	1	14.0	.459	.375	.730	2.7	0.6	0.4	0.2	4.9
Rice, Glen !Glen Rice	82	82	40.2	.457	.433	.849	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	22.3
Royal, Donald !Donald Royal	29	5	10.5	.381		.897	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.0	2.6
Wesley, David !David Wesley	81	81	35.1	.443	.347	.795	2.6	6.5	1.7	0.4	13.0
Williams, Travis !Travis Williams	39	0	9.4	.471	.000	.522	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.1	3.5

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Armstrong, B.J. !B.J. Armstrong	9	0	16.2	.381	.400	.750	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.0	4.1
Beck, Corey !Corey Beck	6	0	4.3	.500	.500	1.000	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0	2.5
Curry, Dell !Dell Curry	9	0	19.0	.404	.250	.857	2.1	1.1	0.8	0.3	5.8
Divac, Vlade !Vlade Divac	9	9	38.3	.483	.000	.606	10.9	3.4	0.8	1.6	11.6
Geiger, Matt !Matt Geiger	4	0	5.5	.167			1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5
Mason, Anthony !Anthony Mason	9	9	40.8	.576	.000	.595	7.9	3.4	0.9	0.0	15.4
Phills, Bobby !Bobby Phills	9	9	29.9	.391	.294	.250	2.6	2.7	1.1	0.2	6.3
Reid, J.R. !J.R. Reid	9	0	12.7	.393	.000	.800	2.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	3.3
Rice, Glen !Glen Rice	9	9	41.0	.474	.306	.833	5.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	22.8
Royal, Donald !Donald Royal	4	0	7.0	.429		.750	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.3
Wesley, David !David Wesley	9	9	31.7	.398	.429	.714	2.0	6.7	0.8	0.0	10.0
Williams, Travis !Travis Williams	4	0	4.5	.333		.750	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3

Awards and records

Glen Rice, All-NBA Third Team

Transactions

July 1, 1997

Released Rafael Addison.

Signed David Wesley as a free agent.

July 16, 1997

Signed J.R. Reid as a free agent.

August 19, 1997

Signed Bobby Phills as a free agent.

Released Malik Rose.

Waived Ricky Pierce.

September 10, 1997

Signed Tony Farmer as a free agent.

Signed Travis Williams as a free agent.

October 2, 1997

Signed Corey Beck as a free agent.

November 7, 1997

Traded Muggsy Bogues and Tony Delk to the Golden State Warriors for B.J. Armstrong.

January 16, 1998

Signed Donald Royal to the first of two 10-day contracts.

January 22, 1998

Signed Michael McDonald as a free agent.

February 2, 1998

Signed Jeff Grayer to a 10-day contract.

Signed Vernon Maxwell to a 10-day contract.

February 4, 1998

Signed Donald Royal to a contract for the rest of the season.

February 13, 1998

Signed Vernon Maxwell to a contract for the rest of the season.

March 24, 1998

Waived Tony Farmer.

References

Charlotte Hornets

Founded in 1988 Formerly the Charlotte Bobcats (2004–2014) Based in Charlotte, North Carolina

Franchise	History Seasons 1988 Expansion Draft 2004 Expansion Draft Draft history All-time roster Head coaches Accomplishments Broadcasters Current season

Arenas	Charlotte Coliseum (1988–2002, 2004–2005) Spectrum Center (2005–present)

Administration	Owner Michael Jordan President of Basketball Operations Rod Higgins General Manager Rich Cho

General Managers	Scheer Bass Bickerstaff Higgins Cho

D-League affiliate	Greensboro Swarm (beginning in the 2016–17 NBA D-League season)

Retired numbers	13

Hall of Famers	Robert Parish Alonzo Mourning Dave Cowens Larry Brown

Culture and lore	Buzz City George Shinn Hugo Charlotte Honey Bees "Grandmama" "Zo"

NBA Playoff Appearances (10)	1993 1995 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2010 2014 2016

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