1997-98 New Jersey Nets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 43-39
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Chicago Bulls 3-0
Coach: John Calipari (43-39)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 718,523, Avg. 17,525 in 41 home dates

1997-98 New Jersey Nets Roster
1997-98 New Jersey Nets Results

The New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 43 wins and 39 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.

The Nets scored 8,170 points and allowed 8,041.

John Calipari coached the team. The 1997-98 New Jersey Nets lost in the conference first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Sam Cassell	G	75	72	2606	1156	510	80	15	507	436	73	155	228	603	121	20	269	262	1471
Kerry Kittles	G	77	76	2814	1154	508	263	110	250	202	132	230	362	176	132	37	106	152	1328
Keith Van Horn	F	62	62	2325	1047	446	224	69	305	258	142	266	408	106	64	25	164	216	1219
Kendall Gill	G	81	81	2733	974	418	101	26	327	225	112	279	391	200	156	64	124	268	1087
Jayson Williams	F-C	65	65	2343	645	321	4	0	293	195	443	440	883	67	45	49	95	236	837
Chris Gatling	F-C	57	16	1359	545	248	4	1	265	159	118	216	334	53	52	29	99	152	656
Sherman Douglas	G	80	11	1699	515	255	46	14	172	115	52	83	135	319	55	7	110	156	639
David Benoit	F	53	0	799	269	102	119	41	44	37	42	99	141	17	26	16	39	120	282
Lucious Harris	G	50	0	671	177	69	39	12	55	41	21	31	52	42	42	5	21	77	191
Brian Evans	F	28	1	332	106	46	42	17	9	6	18	34	52	24	7	5	14	44	115
Michael Cage	F-C	79	17	1201	84	43	1	0	36	20	115	193	308	32	45	44	23	105	106
Kevin Edwards	G	27	5	352	106	37	11	4	15	13	11	23	34	26	21	0	20	20	91
David Vaughn	F-C	15	2	161	33	19	0	0	9	6	19	30	49	2	5	4	9	34	44
Rony Seikaly	C	9	2	152	41	13	0	0	27	16	16	20	36	8	3	4	12	27	42
Xavier McDaniel	F	20	0	180	30	10	0	0	8	5	12	19	31	9	3	2	8	23	25
Jack Haley	C-F	16	0	51	18	5	1	0	21	12	5	10	15	0	0	1	4	9	22
Yinka Dare	C-F	10	0	60	18	4	0	0	8	4	10	7	17	1	0	2	2	9	12
Don MacLean	F	9	0	42	10	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	5	0	0	0	2	7	3
Totals		813	410	19880	6928	3055	937	310	2351	1750	1344	2137	3481	1685	777	314	1121	1917	8170

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Sam Cassell	G	75	72	34.7	44.1	18.8	86.0	1.0	2.1	3.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	3.6	3.5	19.6
Kerry Kittles	G	77	76	36.5	44.0	41.8	80.8	1.7	3.0	4.7	2.3	1.7	0.5	1.4	2.0	17.2
Keith Van Horn	F	62	62	37.5	42.6	30.8	84.6	2.3	4.3	6.6	1.7	1.0	0.4	2.6	3.5	19.7
Kendall Gill	G	81	81	33.7	42.9	25.7	68.8	1.4	3.4	4.8	2.5	1.9	0.8	1.5	3.3	13.4
Jayson Williams	F-C	65	65	36.0	49.8	0.0	66.6	6.8	6.8	13.6	1.0	0.7	0.8	1.5	3.6	12.9
Chris Gatling	F-C	57	16	23.8	45.5	25.0	60.0	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.7	11.5
Sherman Douglas	G	80	11	21.2	49.5	30.4	66.9	0.7	1.0	1.7	4.0	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.0	8.0
David Benoit	F	53	0	15.1	37.9	34.5	84.1	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.3	5.3
Lucious Harris	G	50	0	13.4	39.0	30.8	74.5	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.1	0.4	1.5	3.8
Brian Evans	F	28	1	11.9	43.4	40.5	66.7	0.6	1.2	1.9	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.6	4.1
Michael Cage	F-C	79	17	15.2	51.2	0.0	55.6	1.5	2.4	3.9	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.3
Kevin Edwards	G	27	5	13.0	34.9	36.4	86.7	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	3.4
David Vaughn	F-C	15	2	10.7	57.6		66.7	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.3	2.9
Rony Seikaly	C	9	2	16.9	31.7		59.3	1.8	2.2	4.0	0.9	0.3	0.4	1.3	3.0	4.7
Xavier McDaniel	F	20	0	9.0	33.3		62.5	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.2	1.3
Jack Haley	C-F	16	0	3.2	27.8	0.0	57.1	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.4
Yinka Dare	C-F	10	0	6.0	22.2		50.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.2
Don MacLean	F	9	0	4.7	10.0	50.0		0.3	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.3
Averages		813	410	24.5	44.1	33.1	74.4	1.7	2.6	4.3	2.1	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.4	10.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Sherman Douglas	G	3	125	44	23	5	2	10	7	1	7	8	25	6	0	13	5	55
Kerry Kittles	G	3	126	40	17	13	5	11	10	0	15	15	8	4	2	7	12	49
Chris Gatling	F-C	3	81	38	19	0	0	12	8	6	4	10	2	2	2	3	9	46
Kendall Gill	G	3	100	40	18	0	0	8	7	3	10	13	3	4	1	4	15	43
Keith Van Horn	F	3	77	29	13	2	0	15	12	2	7	9	1	0	0	2	7	38
Jayson Williams	F-C	3	116	21	9	0	0	6	3	20	22	42	5	2	3	2	8	21
Rony Seikaly	C	3	37	9	7	0	0	6	4	3	6	9	0	1	0	4	4	18
Lucious Harris	G	3	52	6	2	2	0	6	5	1	7	8	1	2	0	2	11	9
Sam Cassell	G	3	26	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	5	0	1	2	7	6
Brian Evans	F	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Vaughn	F-C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals		31	745	236	111	22	7	74	56	37	81	118	50	21	10	39	78	285

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Sherman Douglas	G	3	41.7	52.3	40.0	70.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	8.3	2.0	0.0	4.3	1.7	18.3
Kerry Kittles	G	3	42.0	42.5	38.5	90.9	0.0	5.0	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.7	2.3	4.0	16.3
Chris Gatling	F-C	3	27.0	50.0		66.7	2.0	1.3	3.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.0	3.0	15.3
Kendall Gill	G	3	33.3	45.0		87.5	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	1.3	5.0	14.3
Keith Van Horn	F	3	25.7	44.8	0.0	80.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.3	12.7
Jayson Williams	F-C	3	38.7	42.9		50.0	6.7	7.3	14.0	1.7	0.7	1.0	0.7	2.7	7.0
Rony Seikaly	C	3	12.3	77.8		66.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	6.0
Lucious Harris	G	3	17.3	33.3	0.0	83.3	0.3	2.3	2.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	3.7	3.0
Sam Cassell	G	3	8.7	33.3			0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.3	2.0
Brian Evans	F	3	1.3				0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
David Vaughn	F-C	1	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		813	24.0	47.0	31.8	75.7	1.2	2.6	3.8	1.6	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.5	9.2