1997–98 Vancouver Grizzlies season

1997–98 Vancouver Grizzlies season
Head coach Brian Hill
Owner(s) John McCaw, Jr.
Arena General Motors Place
Results
Record 19–63 (.232)
Place Division: 6th (Midwest)
Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television CHEK
Radio CKST

The 1997–98 NBA season was the Grizzlies' third season in the National Basketball Association.[1] After finishing with the worst record in their first two seasons, the Grizzlies hired Brian Hill as head coach. In the offseason, they acquired Otis Thorpe from the Detroit Pistons, Sam Mack from the Houston Rockets, and signed free agent Tony Massenburg. The Grizzlies would play around .500 early into the season with a 6–7 start, but then struggle again posting a 13-game losing streak between December and January. At midseason, Thorpe was traded back to the Sacramento Kings while Anthony Peeler was dealt to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Grizzlies finally escaped last place by finishing sixth in the Midwest Division with a 19–63 record.

Leading the way in scoring again was second-year star Shareef Abdur-Rahim, who averaged 22.3 points per game. Following the season, top draft pick Antonio Daniels was traded to the San Antonio Spurs, George Lynch signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers, and Blue Edwards was released.

For the season, the Grizzlies added black alternate road uniforms, which would become their primary road jerseys for the 2000–01 season.

Draft picks

The Grizzlies first draft pick was Antonio Daniels, which was the fourth overall pick in the draft.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 4 Antonio Daniels PG/SG  United States Bowling Green State University
2 52 C.J. Bruton G  United States Indian Hills Junior College

Roster

Vancouver Grizzlies roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
SF 3 United States Abdur-Rahim, Shareef 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) California
PF 23 United States Chilcutt, Pete 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) North Carolina
PG 33 United States Daniels, Antonio 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Bowling Green
SG 30 United States Edwards, Blue 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) East Carolina
PG 12 United States Hurley, Bobby 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Duke
SF 9 United States Lynch, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) North Carolina
SG 7 United States Mack, Sam  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Houston
C 44 United States Massenburg, Tony 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Maryland
PG 11 United States Mayberry, Lee 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Arkansas
PF 40 United States Newbill, Ivano 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Georgia Tech
C 50 United States Reeves, Bryant  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 290 lb (132 kg) Oklahoma State
SG 6 United States Robinson, Larry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Centenary College of Louisiana
PF 34 United States Smith, Michael 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Providence
SG 2 United States West, Doug  (IN) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Villanova
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Roster Notes

Regular season

The Grizzlies got off to their best start in team history, as thirteen games into the season, the team had a 6–7 record. On October 31, 1997, Violet Palmer made history in Vancouver when she officiated the NBA season opener between the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Dallas Mavericks, in British Columbia, Canada.[2] The team would then fall into a slump, which included a thirteen-game losing streak as they fell out of playoff contention. Vancouver would finish the year with a 19–63 record, their best in team history, and finish out of last place for the first time ever.

Highs

  • Vancouver recorded their first ever three game winning streak, as on January 20, they defeated the Denver Nuggets, followed by sweeping a home and home series against the Golden State Warriors.
  • On March 23, 1998, Vancouver defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 106–95 to earn their sixteenth win of the season, a team record. Vancouver finished with nineteen wins, four higher than their previous high of fifteen, set in 1995–96.
  • The Grizzlies finished out of the Midwest Division cellar for the first time in team history, as they had a 19–63 record, eight games better than the Denver Nuggets, who finished the year 11–71.

Lows

  • On January 15, 1998, the Washington Wizards defeat Vancouver 112–110, sending the Grizzlies to their thirteenth consecutive loss.
  • From January 27 to April 5, the Grizzlies win only 3 of 31 games.

Season standings

Midwest Division G W L Pct GB
Utah Jazz826220.756--
San Antonio Spurs825626.6836
Minnesota Timberwolves824537.54917
Houston Rockets824141.50021
Dallas Mavericks822062.24442
Vancouver Grizzlies821963.23243
Denver Nuggets821171.13451

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 —2–14–01–34–02–02–02–22–01–11–32–00–21–33–10–21–22–22–23–10–21–12–01–11–14–00–22–04–0
Boston 1–2—1–21–31–31–11–12–21–11–10–42–01–10–42–21–12–22–22–23–10–21–11–10–21–13–00–22–03–2
Charlotte 0–42–1—1–32–22–02–03–11–12–03–12–01–13–13–11–12–21–33–12–11–12–01–11–11–14–01–12–02–2
Chicago 3–13–13–1—2–21–12–03–12–02–02–22–01–12–14–01–14–04–03–12–11–11–12–02–01–14–00–22–03–1
Cleveland 0–43–12–22–2—1–12–03–12–01–12–22–01–11–32–22–03–11–22–23–12–01–12–00–20–23–11–12–01–2
Dallas 0–21–10–21–11–1—3–10–21–30–41–11–30–40–20–22–20–21–10–20–20–40–40–40–42–21–10–44–01–1
Denver 0–21–10–20–20–21–3—0–21–30–40–22–20–40–20–21–30–20–20–20–20–42–21–30–40–40–20–41–31–1
Detroit 2–22–21–31–31–32–02–0—2–01–11–32–00–21–22–20–22–22–21–23–11–10–21–11–10–24–00–20–22–2
Golden State 0–21–11–10–20–23–13–10–2—1–30–21–31–30–20–20–40–21–11–10–20–41–32–21–31–30–20–41–30–2
Houston 1–11–10–20–21–14–04–01–13–1—1–14–01–30–21–11–31–11–10–21–11–31–34–02–21–32–00–43–11–1
Indiana 3–14–01–32–22–21–12–03–12–01–1—2–00–23–14–02–02–12–13–14–01–11–12–00–20–24–01–12–04–0
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–20–20–23–12–20–23–10–40–2—0–40–20–20–41–10–20–21–10–40–43–11–30–41–11–31–30–2
L.A. Lakers 2–01–11–11–11–14–04–02–03–13–12–04–0—1–12–04–01–11–11–10–22–22–24–04–01–32–03–14–01–1
Miami 3–14–01–31–23–12–02–02–12–02–01–32–01–1—3–11–13–12–23–14–00–22–02–00–20–24–01–12–02–2
Milwaukee 1–32–21–30–42–22–02–02–22–01–10–42–00–21–3—1–10–43–12–12–20–22–02–00–21–13–10–21–11–2
Minnesota 2–01–11–11–10–22–23–12–04–03–10–24–00–41–11–1—2–01–10–22–03–11–33–11–31–31–11–34–00–2
New Jersey 2–12–22–20–41–32–02–02–22–01–11–21–11–11–34–00–2—2–23–13–11–11–12–01–10–23–10–22–01–3
New York 2–22–23–10–42–11–12–02–21–11–11–22–01–12–21–31–12–2—4–02–22–01–11–10–21–13–10–22–01–3
Orlando 2–22–21–31–32–22–02–02–11–12–01–32–01–11–31–22–01–30–4—4–00–22–00–20–21–13–10–22–03–1
Philadelphia 1–31–31–21–21–32–02–01–32–01–10–41–12–00–42–20–21–32–20–4—1–11–11–10–20–22–20–22–03–1
Phoenix 2–02–01–11–10–24–04–01–14–03–11–14–02–22–02–01–31–10–22–01–1—2–23–13–12–22–01–34–01–1
Portland 1–11–10–21–11–14–02–22–03–13–11–14–02–20–20–23–11–11–10–21–12–2—3–12–20–42–03–12–21–1
Sacramento 0–21–11–10–20–24–03–11–12–20–40–21–30–40–20–21–30–21–12–01–11–31–3—0–41–31–12–22–21–1
San Antonio 1–12–01–10–22–04–04–01–13–12–22–03–10–42–02–03–11–12–02–02–01–32–24–0—2–22–01–34–01–1
Seattle 1–11–11–11–12–02–24–02–03–13–12–04–03–12–01–13–12–01–11–12–02–24–03–12–2—2–02–24–01–1
Toronto 0–40–30–40–41–31–12–00–42–00–20–41–10–20–41–31–11–31–31–32–20–20–21–10–20–2—0–21–10–3
Utah 2–02–01–12–01–14–04–02–04–04–01–13–11–31–12–03–12–02–02–02–03–11–32–23–12–22–0—4–00–2
Vancouver 0–20–20–20–20–20–43–12–03–11–30–23–10–40–21–10–40–20–20–20–20–42–22–20–40–41–10–4—1–1
Washington 0–42–32–21–32–11–11–12–22–01–10–42–01–12–22–12–03–13–11–31–31–11–11–11–11–13–02–01–1—

Game log

#DateOpponentScoreRecordStreak
1October 31Dallas Mavericks88–900–1Lost 1
2November 1Sacramento Kings97–961–1Won 1
3November 4@ Dallas Mavericks87–921–2Lost 1
4November 5@ San Antonio Spurs79–871–3Lost 2
5November 7Minnesota Timberwolves97–1081–4Lost 3
6November 9Detroit Pistons104–96 (OT)2–4Won 1
7November 11Los Angeles Clippers119–1133–4Won 2
8November 12@ Utah Jazz80–983–5Lost 1
9November 15Milwaukee Bucks109–944–5Won 1
10November 16@ Los Angeles Lakers95–1214–6Lost 1
11November 18@ Denver Nuggets100–875–6Won 1
12November 19@ Seattle SuperSonics87–1075–7Lost 1
13November 21Denver Nuggets99–966–7Won 1
14November 23@ New York Knicks84–1046–8Lost 1
15November 26@ Milwaukee Bucks82–1016–9Lost 2
16November 27@ Indiana Pacers85–1066–10Lost 3
17November 29@ Minnesota Timberwolves87–1066–11Lost 4
18November 30@ Detroit Pistons97–957–11Won 1
19December 3Orlando Magic97–1017–12Lost 1
20December 5Cleveland Cavaliers98–1077–13Lost 2
21December 9@ Phoenix Suns85–1077–14Lost 3
22December 12Golden State Warriors95–888–14Won 1
23December 14Houston Rockets110–1059–14Won 2
24December 16@ Houston Rockets91–1189–15Lost 1
25December 17@ San Antonio Spurs87–989–16Lost 2
26December 19@ Portland Trail Blazers91–969–17Lost 3
27December 21Portland Trail Blazers88–8610–17Won 1
28December 26Phoenix Suns100–11810–18Lost 1
29December 28Utah Jazz88–8910–19Lost 2
30December 30San Antonio Spurs115–12410–20Lost 3
31January 1Philadelphia 76ers104–11510–21Lost 4
32January 2@ Sacramento Kings80–9410–22Lost 5
33January 4Seattle SuperSonics108–12010–23Lost 6
34January 6Los Angeles Lakers87–10010–24Lost 7
35January 7@ Los Angeles Clippers102–11010–25Lost 8
36January 9Charlotte Hornets90–9810–26Lost 9
37January 11Miami Heat90–9610–27Lost 10
38January 13@ Philadelphia 76ers89–10710–28Lost 11
39January 15@ Boston Celtics93–9710–29Lost 12
40January 16@ Washington Wizards110–11210–30Lost 13
41January 20Denver Nuggets88–7711–30Won 1
42January 23@ Golden State Warriors88–8012–30Won 2
43January 24Golden State Warriors107–9613–30Won 3
44January 27Chicago Bulls85–10313–31Lost 1
45January 29Minnesota Timberwolves106–11213–32Lost 2
46January 31New Jersey Nets106–11613–33Lost 3
47February 2@ Dallas Mavericks90–10413–34Lost 4
48February 3@ Houston Rockets97–11013–35Lost 5
49February 5@ Charlotte Hornets93–10813–36Lost 6
50February 12Houston Rockets103–11213–37Lost 7
51February 14Washington Wizards110–10814–37Won 1
52February 18Boston Celtics105–11414–38Lost 1
53February 20@ Atlanta Hawks92–11514–39Lost 2
54February 22@ Toronto Raptors105–113 (OT)14–40Lost 3
55February 24@ New Jersey Nets101–11014–41Lost 4
56February 25@ Cleveland Cavaliers101–10614–42Lost 5
57March 1Atlanta Hawks76–10114–43Lost 6
58March 3Indiana Pacers103–11114–44Lost 7
59March 6Sacramento Kings96–9814–45Lost 8
60March 8Toronto Raptors113–10615–45Won 1
61March 12@ Denver Nuggets93–9815–46Lost 1
62March 13@ Utah Jazz101–11015–47Lost 2
63March 15Los Angeles Lakers110–11915–48Lost 3
64March 17@ Orlando Magic92–9915–49Lost 4
65March 18@ Miami Heat91–9415–50Lost 5
66March 20@ Chicago Bulls92–9815–51Lost 6
67March 21@ Minnesota Timberwolves88–10215–52Lost 7
68March 23Los Angeles Clippers106–9516–52Won 1
69March 26@ Portland Trail Blazers102–10816–53Lost 1
70March 27New York Knicks89–97 (OT)16–54Lost 2
71March 29@ Phoenix Suns98–10616–55Lost 3
72March 31Dallas Mavericks101–10416–56Lost 4
73April 3Seattle SuperSonics98–13816–57Lost 5
74April 5Utah Jazz93–9916–58Lost 6
75April 7@ Los Angeles Clippers110–9417–58Won 1
76April 8@ Los Angeles Lakers102–11317–59Lost 1
77April 11Portland Trail Blazers105–96 (OT)18–59Won 1
78April 12Phoenix Suns106–12918–60Lost 1
79April 14@ Seattle SuperSonics98–11018–61Lost 2
80April 16San Antonio Spurs97–11018–62Lost 3
81April 18@ Golden State Warriors100–11218–63Lost 4
82April 19@ Sacramento Kings112–108 (OT)19–63Won 1

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
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 828236.0.485.412.7847.12.61.10.922.3
Pete Chilcutt 82017.3.435.415.6613.71.30.60.54.9
Antonio Daniels 745026.4.416.212.6591.94.50.70.17.8
Blue Edwards 812024.3.439.333.8372.72.51.10.310.8
Bobby Hurley 27017.0.374.143.7441.13.60.40.04.5
George Lynch 82018.2.481.300.7034.41.50.80.57.5
Sam Mack 575424.8.397.409.8052.31.80.70.210.8
Tony Massenburg 611314.7.479.000.7303.80.30.40.46.5
Lee Mayberry 793223.2.375.350.7451.44.40.80.14.6
Ivano Newbill 2828.9.3511.000.5672.50.30.40.12.1
Anthony Peeler 8825.3.486.263.6672.52.91.10.09.9
Bryant Reeves 747434.1.523.000.7067.92.10.51.116.3
Chris Robinson 1608.9.351.292.5000.80.60.40.13.4
Larry Robinson 606.8.316.5001.0002.00.20.70.02.8
Michael Smith 302923.5.504.000.6586.92.00.90.26.1
Otis Thorpe 474633.5.477.000.6947.93.40.60.511.2

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Transactions

Vancouver acquired forward-center Otis Thorpe in a trade with the Detroit Pistons. The Grizzlies gave up a conditional first round draft pick. Vancouver also acquired Sam Mack from the Houston Rockets to become the team's starting shooting guard. Midway through the season, Thorpe was traded along with Chris Robinson to the Sacramento Kings for Michael Smith and Bobby Hurley.

The Grizzlies hired Brian Hill to become the head coach. Hill had previously been the head coach of the Orlando Magic from 1993–1997, leading them to a 191–104 record under his helm. The Magic advanced to the 1995 NBA Finals and had a 60 win season in 1995–96.

References

  1. ↑ 1997-98 Vancouver Grizzlies
  2. ↑ https://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/052809aaa.html%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
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