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1997-1998 Los Angeles Clippers Opening Day Roster
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Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Born Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Brent Barry G 6-7 210 Dec 31, 1971 25 Oregon State 2 1995 Rnd 1 Pick 15, Denver Nuggets
Keith Closs C 7-2 215 Apr 3, 1976 21 Central Connecticut State 0 1997 NBA Draft, Undrafted
James Collins SG 6-4 196 Nov 5, 1973 23 Florida State 0 1997 Rnd 2 Pick 8, Philadelphia Sixers
Darrick Martin G 5-11 170 Mar 6, 1971 26 UCLA 3 1992 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Lamond Murray G-F 6-7 236 Apr 20, 1973 24 California 3 1994 Rnd 1 Pick 7, Los Angeles Clippers
Eric Piatkowski G-F 6-7 210 Sep 30, 1970 27 Nebraska 3 1994 Rnd 1 Pick 15, Indiana Pacers
Pooh Richardson G 6-1 180 May 14, 1966 31 UCLA 8 1989 Rnd 1 Pick 10, Minnesota Timberwolves
James Robinson G 6-2 180 Aug 31, 1970 27 Alabama 4 1993 Rnd 1 Pick 21, Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Rogers F 6-7 235 Jun 20, 1971 26 Wake Forest 4 1993 Rnd 1 Pick 9, Denver Nuggets
Mo Taylor F 6-9 265 Oct 30, 1976 21 Michigan 0 1997 Rnd 1 Pick 14, Los Angeles Clippers
Loy Vaught F 6-9 230 Feb 27, 1967 30 Michigan 7 1990 Rnd 1 Pick 13, Los Angeles Clippers
Stojko Vrankovic C 7-1 254 Jan 22, 1964 33 KK Zadar (Croatia) 3 1986 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Lorenzen Wright F-C 6-11 255 Nov 4, 1975 21 Memphis 1 1996 Rnd 1 Pick 7, Los Angeles Clippers

L.A. Clippers 100, Phoenix 110

October 31, 1997
Regular Season
US Airways Center (Phoenix, Arizona)
Attendance: 19,023
Officials: Tony Brothers, Eddie Rush, Ken Mauer
Team Rebounds: Los Angeles (8) Phoenix (4)
Technicals: Los Angeles (0) Phoenix (0)



Overall Record 0-1
  1 2 3 4 Final
L.A. Clippers 34 25 22 19 100
Phoenix 29 34 28 19 110

  Pace eFG% oRtg
L.A. Clippers 94.9 .511% 111.3
Phoenix 94.9 .533% 110.1


Overall Record 1-0
Los Angeles Clippers
Starter Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC FIC40 Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
Brent Barry Starter SG 33:00 7-12 4-7 2-2 21.5 26.1 0 5 5 7 3 2 1 1 20
Darrick Martin Starter PG 26:00 0-9 0-2 2-2 2.8 4.2 0 1 1 6 1 1 0 1 2
Rodney Rogers Starter SF 27:00 5-10 2-4 2-2 5.5 8.1 1 1 2 2 6 3 4 0 14
Loy Vaught Starter PF 38:00 7-12 0-1 0-2 9.8 10.3 4 6 10 2 4 0 3 0 14
Stojko Vrankovic Starter C 26:00 4-9 0-0 0-0 8.8 13.5 4 6 10 0 2 0 2 2 8
Lamond Murray Bench SF 24:00 6-9 2-3 0-0 8.0 13.3 0 5 5 0 4 2 4 1 14
Pooh Richardson Bench PG 19:00 3-8 0-0 0-0 1.5 3.2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 6
James Robinson Bench PG 20:00 3-10 2-5 2-2 2.2 4.5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 10
Mo Taylor Bench PF 02:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 -15.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lorenzen Wright Bench C 25:00 5-8 0-0 2-2 13.5 21.6 3 5 8 2 5 1 1 2 12
Team                 8       2    
Totals 240 40-88 10-22 10-12 72.8   13 29 50 25 27 9 21 7 100
45.5% 45.5% 83.3%
Phoenix Suns
Starter Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC FIC40 Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
Rex Chapman Starter SG 36:00 9-18 1-3 5-6 9.0 10.0 1 1 2 3 2 0 3 0 24
Kevin Johnson Starter PG 38:00 5-12 1-2 4-6 5.5 5.8 0 1 1 5 0 0 4 0 15
Jason Kidd Starter SF 44:00 2-8 0-0 2-2 28.8 26.1 4 10 14 16 2 6 3 0 6
Antonio McDyess Starter C 28:00 4-7 0-0 9-10 12.2 17.5 3 3 6 0 4 0 3 4 17
Cliff Robinson Starter PF 29:00 3-7 0-0 3-4 9.8 13.4 3 6 9 1 2 0 1 1 9
Danny Manning Bench PF 27:00 5-9 0-0 4-6 10.2 15.2 1 5 6 1 3 2 1 0 14
Steve Nash Bench PG 20:00 8-11 2-3 1-1 14.9 29.8 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 19
Hot Rod Williams Bench PF 18:00 2-3 0-0 2-2 7.0 15.6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6
Team                 4            
Totals 240 38-75 4-8 30-37 97.4   12 28 44 28 13 11 16 8 110
50.7% 50.0% 81.1%

Los Angeles Clippers
  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Darrick Martin
2.0p, 1.0r, 6.0a		 Brent Barry
20.0p, 5.0r, 7.0a		 Rodney Rogers
14.0p, 2.0r, 2.0a		 Loy Vaught
14.0p, 10.0r, 2.0a		 Stojko Vrankovic
8.0p, 10.0r, 0.0a
Rotation James Robinson
10.0p, 0.0r, 4.0a		  
 		 Lamond Murray
14.0p, 5.0r, 0.0a		  
 		 Lorenzen Wright
12.0p, 8.0r, 2.0a
Rotation Pooh Richardson
6.0p, 1.0r, 2.0a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
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Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		 Mo Taylor
0.0p, 0.0r, 0.0a		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Los Angeles Clippers
MPG Loy Vaught 38.0
FG% Lamond Murray .667
3P% Lamond Murray .667
FT% Lorenzen Wright 1.000
FIC40 Brent Barry 21.5
ORPG Loy Vaught 4.0
DRPG Loy Vaught 6.0
RPG Loy Vaught 10.0
SPG Rodney Rogers 3.0
APG Brent Barry 7.0
BPG Stojko Vrankovic 2.0
PPG Brent Barry 20.0
Phoenix Suns
  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Kevin Johnson
15.0p, 1.0r, 5.0a		 Rex Chapman
24.0p, 2.0r, 3.0a		 Jason Kidd
6.0p, 14.0r, 16.0a		 Cliff Robinson
9.0p, 9.0r, 1.0a		 Antonio McDyess
17.0p, 6.0r, 0.0a
Rotation Steve Nash
19.0p, 2.0r, 2.0a		  
 		  
 		 Danny Manning
14.0p, 6.0r, 1.0a		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		 Hot Rod Williams
6.0p, 0.0r, 0.0a		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Phoenix Suns
MPG Jason Kidd 44.0
FG% Steve Nash .727
3P% Steve Nash .667
FT% Hot Rod Williams 1.000
FIC40 Jason Kidd 28.8
ORPG Jason Kidd 4.0
DRPG Jason Kidd 10.0
RPG Jason Kidd 14.0
SPG Jason Kidd 6.0
APG Jason Kidd 16.0
BPG Antonio McDyess 4.0
PPG Rex Chapman 24.0