Indiana Pacers Playoff Rosters

1997-1998 Indiana Pacers Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Travis Best PG 5-11 182 Jul 12, 1972 25 Georgia Tech 2 1995 1st Rnd, #23, Indiana Pacers
Etdrick Bohannon PF 6-9 220 May 29, 1973 24 Auburn-Montgomery 0 1997 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Austin Croshere PF 6-9 235 May 1, 1975 22 Providence 0 1997 1st Rnd, #12, Indiana Pacers
Antonio Davis FC 6-9 245 Oct 31, 1968 29 UTEP 4 1990 2nd Rnd, #45, Indiana Pacers
Dale Davis C-F 6-11 252 Mar 25, 1969 29 Clemson 6 1991 1st Rnd, #13, Indiana Pacers
Fred Hoiberg SG 6-4 203 Oct 15, 1972 25 Iowa State 2 1995 2nd Rnd, #52, Indiana Pacers
Mark Jackson PG 6-1 180 Apr 1, 1965 33 St. John's 10 1987 1st Rnd, #18, New York Knicks
Derrick McKey PF 6-9 205 Oct 10, 1966 31 Alabama 10 1987 1st Rnd, #9, Seattle SuperSonics
Reggie Miller SG 6-7 185 Aug 24, 1965 32 UCLA 10 1987 1st Rnd, #11, Indiana Pacers
Chris Mullin SF 6-7 215 Jul 30, 1963 34 St. John's 12 1985 1st Rnd, #7, Golden State Warriors
Mark Pope C-F 6-10 235 Sep 11, 1972 25 Kentucky 0 1996 2nd Rnd, #52, Indiana Pacers
Jalen Rose SG 6-8 210 Jan 30, 1973 25 Michigan 3 1994 1st Rnd, #13, Denver Nuggets
Rik Smits C 7-4 250 Aug 23, 1966 31 Marist 9 1988 1st Rnd, #2, Indiana Pacers
Mark West C 6-10 230 Nov 5, 1960 37 Old Dominion 14 1983 2nd Rnd, #30, Dallas Mavericks
Haywoode Workman PG 6-2 180 Jan 23, 1966 32 Oral Roberts 7 1989 2nd Rnd, #49, Atlanta Hawks

1997-1998 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Chicago Bulls #8 New Jersey Nets CHI in 3
First Round #2 Miami Heat #7 New York Knicks NYK in 5
First Round #3 Indiana Pacers #6 Cleveland Cavaliers IND in 4
First Round #4 Charlotte Hornets #5 Atlanta Hawks CHA in 4
Second Round #1 Chicago Bulls #4 Charlotte Hornets CHI in 5
Second Round #3 Indiana Pacers #7 New York Knicks IND in 5
Conference Finals #1 Chicago Bulls #3 Indiana Pacers CHI in 7

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Utah Jazz #8 Houston Rockets UTA in 5
First Round #2 Seattle SuperSonics #7 Minnesota Timberwolves SEA in 5
First Round #3 Los Angeles Lakers #6 Portland Trail Blazers LAL in 4
First Round #4 Phoenix Suns #5 San Antonio Spurs SAS in 4
Second Round #1 Utah Jazz #5 San Antonio Spurs UTA in 5
Second Round #2 Seattle SuperSonics #3 Los Angeles Lakers LAL in 5
Conference Finals #1 Utah Jazz #3 Los Angeles Lakers UTA in 4

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Utah Jazz #1 Chicago Bulls CHI in 6

1997-1998 Indiana Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Reggie Miller 16 39.2 19.9 1.8 2.0 1.2 0.2 1.7
Rik Smits 16 29.8 16.6 5.3 1.2 0.5 0.9 1.3
Antonio Davis 16 28.7 9.2 6.8 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.6
Mark Jackson 16 30.9 9.2 4.6 8.3 1.4 0.0 2.9
Chris Mullin 16 25.8 8.9 3.6 1.4 0.9 0.6 1.5
Dale Davis 16 29.1 8.8 7.5 0.8 0.3 1.1 1.3
Jalen Rose 15 19.5 8.1 1.8 1.9 0.7 0.4 1.7
Travis Best 16 17.5 6.1 1.0 1.9 0.7 0.2 1.2
Derrick McKey 15 18.9 4.5 2.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7
Mark Pope 7 6.0 1.3 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Fred Hoiberg 2 10.0 4.5 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0
Mark West 4 2.8 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

1997-1998 Indiana Pacers Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Indiana Leaders Cleveland Leaders
Apr 23, 1998
v.
Cleveland
W, 106-77 Market Square Arena
Opening Round
1-0 PTS: 20. Chris Mullin
REB: 6. Chris Mullin
AST: 10. Mark Jackson
PTS: 25. Shawn Kemp
REB: 13. Shawn Kemp
AST: 5. B. Knight
Apr 25, 1998
v.
Cleveland
W, 92-86 Market Square Arena
Opening Round
2-0 PTS: 18. R. Miller
REB: 10. Dale Davis
AST: 11. Mark Jackson
PTS: 27. Shawn Kemp
REB: 10. Z. Ilgauskas
AST: 7. B. Knight
Apr 27, 1998
@
Cleveland
L, 86-77 Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Opening Round
2-1 PTS: 26. Rik Smits
REB: 9. Dale Davis
AST: 17. Mark Jackson
PTS: 31. Shawn Kemp
REB: 7. Shawn Kemp
AST: 5. B. Knight
Apr 30, 1998
@
Cleveland
W, 74-80 Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Opening Round
3-1 PTS: 19. R. Miller
REB: 9. A. Davis
AST: 6. Mark Jackson
PTS: 21. Shawn Kemp
REB: 12. Shawn Kemp
AST: 6. B. Knight

1997-1998 Indiana Pacers Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Indiana Leaders New York Leaders
May 5, 1998
v.
New York
W, 93-83 Market Square Arena
Conference Semi Finals
1-0 PTS: 18. Jalen Rose
REB: 11. Dale Davis
AST: 6. Mark Jackson
PTS: 17. John Starks
REB: 11. C. Oakley
AST: 6. Charlie Ward
May 7, 1998
v.
New York
W, 85-77 Market Square Arena
Conference Semi Finals
2-0 PTS: 22. Rik Smits
REB: 9. Dale Davis
AST: 5. Mark Jackson
PTS: 20. John Starks
REB: 9. C. Oakley
AST: 10. Charlie Ward
May 9, 1998
@
New York
L, 83-76 Madison Square Garden
Conference Semi Finals
2-1 PTS: 23. R. Miller
REB: 9. Dale Davis
AST: 9. Mark Jackson
PTS: 19. P. Ewing
REB: 8. Chris Mills
AST: 5. Chris Childs
May 10, 1998
@
New York
W, 107-118 Madison Square Garden
Conference Semi Finals
3-1 PTS: 38. R. Miller
REB: 9. A. Davis
AST: 15. Mark Jackson
PTS: 19. John Starks
REB: 10. C. Oakley
AST: 6. Chris Childs
May 13, 1998
v.
New York
W, 99-88 Market Square Arena
Conference Semi Finals
4-1 PTS: 24. R. Miller
REB: 14. Mark Jackson
AST: 13. Mark Jackson
PTS: 33. A. Houston
REB: 11. P. Ewing
AST: 5. Charlie Ward

1997-1998 Indiana Pacers Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Indiana Leaders Chicago Leaders
May 17, 1998
@
Chicago
L, 85-79 United Center
Conference Finals
0-1 PTS: 16. R. Miller
REB: 11. A. Davis
AST: 6. Mark Jackson
PTS: 31. M. Jordan
REB: 10. D. Rodman
AST: 7. S. Pippen
May 19, 1998
@
Chicago
L, 104-98 United Center
Conference Finals
0-2 PTS: 19. R. Miller
REB: 9. Dale Davis
AST: 8. Mark Jackson
PTS: 41. M. Jordan
REB: 9. Ron Harper
AST: 5. M. Jordan
May 23, 1998
v.
Chicago
W, 107-105 Market Square Arena
Conference Finals
1-2 PTS: 28. R. Miller
REB: 12. A. Davis
AST: 6. Mark Jackson
PTS: 30. M. Jordan
REB: 12. D. Rodman
AST: 7. M. Jordan
May 25, 1998
v.
Chicago
W, 96-94 Market Square Arena
Conference Finals
2-2 PTS: 26. Rik Smits
REB: 9. Chris Mullin
AST: 7. Mark Jackson
PTS: 28. M. Jordan
REB: 16. D. Rodman
AST: 10. S. Pippen
May 27, 1998
@
Chicago
L, 106-87 United Center
Conference Finals
2-3 PTS: 14. Travis Best
REB: 7. Rik Smits
AST: 5. Mark Jackson
PTS: 29. M. Jordan
REB: 8. S. Pippen
AST: 7. Toni Kukoc
May 29, 1998
v.
Chicago
W, 92-89 Market Square Arena
Conference Finals
3-3 PTS: 25. Rik Smits
REB: 8. Dale Davis
AST: 3. Mark Jackson
PTS: 35. M. Jordan
REB: 12. D. Rodman
AST: 2. M. Jordan
May 31, 1998
@
Chicago
L, 88-83 United Center
Conference Finals
3-4 PTS: 22. R. Miller
REB: 10. A. Davis
AST: 6. Mark Jackson
PTS: 28. M. Jordan
REB: 12. S. Pippen
AST: 8. M. Jordan