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1997-1998 Charlotte Hornets Opening Day Roster
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Player	Pos	HT	WT	Born	Age	Pre-Draft Team	YOS	Draft Status
Corey Beck	G	6-1	190	May 27, 1971	26	Arkansas	2	1995 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Muggsy Bogues	G	5-3	136	Jan 9, 1965	32	Wake Forest	10	1987 Rnd 1 Pick 12, Washington Wizards
Dell Curry	G	6-4	190	Jun 25, 1964	33	Virginia Tech	11	1986 Rnd 1 Pick 15, Utah Jazz
Tony Delk	G	6-1	189	Jan 28, 1974	23	Kentucky	1	1996 Rnd 1 Pick 16, Charlotte Hornets
Vlade Divac	C	7-1	260	Feb 3, 1968	29	KK Partizan (Serbia)	8	1989 Rnd 1 Pick 26, Los Angeles Lakers
Tony Farmer	F	6-9	244	Jan 3, 1970	27	Nebraska	3	1991 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Matt Geiger	C	7-0	243	Sep 10, 1969	28	Georgia Tech	5	1992 Rnd 2 Pick 15, Miami Heat
Anthony Mason	F	6-7	250	Dec 14, 1966	30	Tennessee State	9	1988 Rnd 3 Pick 3, Portland Trail Blazers
Bobby Phills	G	6-5	215	Dec 20, 1969	27	Southern	6	1991 Rnd 2 Pick 18, Milwaukee Bucks
J.R. Reid	F	6-9	247	Mar 31, 1968	29	North Carolina	7	1989 Rnd 1 Pick 5, Charlotte Hornets
Glen Rice	F	6-8	228	May 28, 1967	30	Michigan	8	1989 Rnd 1 Pick 4, Miami Heat
David Wesley	G	6-0	190	Nov 14, 1970	26	Baylor	4	1992 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Travis Williams	G	6-6	215	May 27, 1969	28	South Carolina State	0	1992 NBA Draft, Undrafted

New York 97, Charlotte 85

October 31, 1997
Regular Season
Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Attendance: 24,042
Officials: Leroy Richardson, Bob Delaney, Ted Bernhardt
Team Rebounds: New York (8) Charlotte (16)
Technicals: New York (0) Charlotte (0)

Overall Record 1-0

	1	2	3	4	Final
New York	23	23	24	27	97
Charlotte	17	21	26	21	85

	Pace	eFG%	oRtg
New York	92.1	.543%	107.6
Charlotte	92.1	.393%	90.3

Overall Record 0-1

Starter	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	FIC40	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	TO	BLK	PTS
New York Knicks
Patrick Ewing	Starter	C	34:00	9-13	0-0	5-10	11.2	13.2	0	5	5	0	4	0	4	4	23
Allan Houston	Starter	SG	29:00	2-9	0-1	3-5	2.1	2.9	0	3	3	5	5	1	3	1	7
Larry Johnson	Starter	SF	33:00	9-12	0-1	4-6	13.2	16.1	2	4	6	1	5	0	1	0	22
Charles Oakley	Starter	PF	29:00	2-3	0-0	0-0	6.5	9.0	1	7	8	2	5	1	2	0	4
Charlie Ward	Starter	PG	26:00	1-3	0-1	0-0	11.5	17.7	0	3	3	8	1	1	0	1	2
Chris Childs	Bench	SG	22:00	3-7	1-2	0-0	5.5	10.0	0	1	1	5	2	1	2	0	7
Chris Dudley	Bench	C	14:00	2-3	0-0	0-1	-0.4	-1.1	1	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	4
Chris Mills	Bench	SF	13:00	2-3	0-0	2-4	4.8	14.6	1	4	5	1	3	0	1	0	6
John Starks	Bench	SG	27:00	5-13	2-5	8-8	12.2	18.1	1	2	3	5	3	1	2	0	20
Buck Williams	Bench	PF	13:00	1-3	0-0	0-0	-3.0	-9.2	0	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	2
Team											8
Totals			240	36-69	3-10	22-34	63.8		6	31	45	27	38	5	17	6	97
				52.2%	30.0%	64.7%

Starter	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	FIC40	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	TO	BLK	PTS
Charlotte Hornets
Vlade Divac	Starter	C	26:00	3-6	0-0	1-2	6.2	9.6	1	6	7	1	6	0	0	1	7
Tony Farmer	Starter	PF	07:00	0-3	0-1	2-2	-1.8	-10.0	1	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	2
Anthony Mason	Starter	SG	40:00	7-13	0-0	7-14	14.8	14.8	5	7	12	0	1	0	1	0	21
Glen Rice	Starter	SF	41:00	3-13	0-1	5-6	0.8	0.7	1	3	4	1	3	0	1	0	11
David Wesley	Starter	PG	43:00	3-12	1-6	4-7	4.1	3.8	0	3	3	7	3	1	4	0	11
Dell Curry	Bench	SG	34:00	4-11	2-5	4-4	1.8	2.1	1	2	3	2	6	2	6	0	14
Tony Delk	Bench	PG	12:00	0-0	0-0	1-2	-1.8	-5.8	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	1
Matt Geiger	Bench	C	26:00	5-9	0-0	6-7	14.9	22.9	3	5	8	3	3	1	2	1	16
J.R. Reid	Bench	PF	11:00	1-3	0-0	0-0	0.8	2.7	1	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	2
Team											16				1
Totals			240	26-70	3-13	30-44	39.8		13	29	58	16	32	4	18	2	85
				37.1%	23.1%	68.2%

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
New York Knicks
Starters	Charlie Ward 2.0p, 3.0r, 8.0a	Allan Houston 7.0p, 3.0r, 5.0a	Larry Johnson 22.0p, 6.0r, 1.0a	Charles Oakley 4.0p, 8.0r, 2.0a	Patrick Ewing 23.0p, 5.0r, 0.0a
Rotation		John Starks 20.0p, 3.0r, 5.0a	Chris Mills 6.0p, 5.0r, 1.0a	Buck Williams 2.0p, 1.0r, 0.0a	Chris Dudley 4.0p, 2.0r, 0.0a
Rotation		Chris Childs 7.0p, 1.0r, 5.0a
Rotation
Lim PT
Lim PT
Lim PT

New York Knicks
MPG	Patrick Ewing	34.0
FG%	Larry Johnson	.750
3P%	Chris Childs	.500
FT%	John Starks	1.000
FIC40	Larry Johnson	13.2
ORPG	Larry Johnson	2.0
DRPG	Charles Oakley	7.0
RPG	Charles Oakley	8.0
SPG	Charlie Ward	1.0
APG	Charlie Ward	8.0
BPG	Patrick Ewing	4.0
PPG	Patrick Ewing	23.0

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Charlotte Hornets
Starters	David Wesley 11.0p, 3.0r, 7.0a	Anthony Mason 21.0p, 12.0r, 0.0a	Glen Rice 11.0p, 4.0r, 1.0a	Tony Farmer 2.0p, 2.0r, 0.0a	Vlade Divac 7.0p, 7.0r, 1.0a
Rotation	Tony Delk 1.0p, 0.0r, 2.0a	Dell Curry 14.0p, 3.0r, 2.0a		J.R. Reid 2.0p, 3.0r, 0.0a	Matt Geiger 16.0p, 8.0r, 3.0a
Rotation
Rotation
Lim PT
Lim PT
Lim PT

Charlotte Hornets
MPG	David Wesley	43.0
FG%	Matt Geiger	.556
3P%	Dell Curry	.400
FT%	Tony Farmer	1.000
FIC40	Matt Geiger	14.9
ORPG	Anthony Mason	5.0
DRPG	Anthony Mason	7.0
RPG	Anthony Mason	12.0
SPG	Dell Curry	2.0
APG	David Wesley	7.0
BPG	Matt Geiger	1.0
PPG	Anthony Mason	21.0