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1997-98 Los Angeles Clippers Roster and Statistics

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17-65, Finished 7th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (17-65)

Points Per Game: 95.9 (13th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 103.3 (27th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 21-61 (26th of 29)

Arena: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 408,693 (29th of 29)

SRS: -7.53 (26th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 92.4 (5th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 103.3 (19th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 111.2 (27th of 29)

1997-98 Los Angeles Clippers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
8 Isaac Austin C 6-10 255 August 18, 1969 4 Arizona State University
31 Brent Barry G 6-6 185 December 31, 1971 2 Oregon State University
33 Keith Closs C 7-3 212 April 3, 1976 R Central Connecticut State University
32 James Collins G 6-4 196 November 5, 1973 R Florida State University
15 Darrick Martin G 5-11 170 March 6, 1971 3 University of California, Los Angeles
7 Lamond Murray F 6-7 236 April 20, 1973 3 University of California
52 Eric Piatkowski G-F 6-7 215 September 30, 1970 3 University of Nebraska
24 Pooh Richardson G 6-1 180 May 14, 1966 8 University of California, Los Angeles
26 James Robinson G 6-2 180 August 31, 1970 4 University of Alabama
54 Rodney Rogers F 6-7 235 June 20, 1971 4 Wake Forest University
14 Charles Smith G 6-4 194 August 22, 1975 R University of New Mexico
23 Maurice Taylor F 6-9 260 October 30, 1976 R University of Michigan
35 Loy Vaught F 6-9 230 February 27, 1968 7 University of Michigan
11 Stojko Vrankovic C 7-2 260 January 22, 1964 3
55 Lorenzen Wright F-C 6-11 225 November 4, 1975 1 University of Memphis

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19780 2930 6690 .438 525 1468 .358 1480 2047 .723 1040 2276 3316 1533 625 456 1323 1827 7865 95.9
Opponent 82 19780 3236 6832 .474 334 923 .362 1663 2267 .734 1169 2469 3638 1826 726 412 1158 1747 8469 103.3

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Lamond Murray 24 79 65 2579 473 984 .481 54 153 .353 220 294 .748 172 312 484 142 118 54 171 193 1220
2 Rodney Rogers 26 76 70 2499 426 935 .456 72 212 .340 225 328 .686 155 269 424 202 93 38 193 242 1149
3 Darrick Martin 26 82 63 2299 275 730 .377 107 293 .365 184 217 .848 19 145 164 331 82 10 154 198 841
4 Maurice Taylor 21 71 3 1513 321 675 .476 0 1 .000 173 244 .709 118 178 296 53 34 40 107 222 815
5 Eric Piatkowski 27 67 35 1740 257 568 .452 106 259 .409 140 170 .824 70 166 236 85 51 12 80 137 760
6 Lorenzen Wright 22 69 38 2067 241 542 .445 0 2 .000 141 214 .659 180 426 606 55 55 87 81 237 623
7 Brent Barry 26 41 36 1341 190 444 .428 78 195 .400 103 122 .844 27 116 143 132 50 23 95 88 561
8 James Robinson 27 70 13 1231 195 501 .389 74 225 .329 77 107 .720 37 74 111 135 37 10 97 100 541
9 Isaac Austin 28 26 25 895 154 339 .454 0 5 .000 88 135 .652 80 147 227 88 18 22 89 69 396
10 Pooh Richardson 31 69 17 1252 124 333 .372 11 57 .193 30 43 .698 17 79 96 226 44 3 54 71 289
11 Keith Closs 21 58 1 740 93 207 .449 0 0 46 77 .597 63 105 168 19 12 81 38 73 232
12 Stojko Vrankovic 34 65 38 996 79 186 .425 0 0 37 65 .569 71 192 263 36 11 66 46 130 195
13 Charles Smith 22 23 0 260 45 107 .421 14 44 .318 5 9 .556 8 11 19 19 10 5 21 21 109
14 Loy Vaught 29 10 6 265 36 84 .429 0 2 .000 3 8 .375 16 49 65 7 4 2 13 33 75
15 James Collins 24 23 0 103 21 55 .382 9 20 .450 8 14 .571 7 7 14 3 6 3 8 13 59

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Lamond Murray 24 79 65 32.6 6.0 12.5 .481 0.7 1.9 .353 2.8 3.7 .748 2.2 3.9 6.1 1.8 1.5 0.7 2.2 2.4 15.4
2 Isaac Austin 28 26 25 34.4 5.9 13.0 .454 0.0 0.2 .000 3.4 5.2 .652 3.1 5.7 8.7 3.4 0.7 0.8 3.4 2.7 15.2
3 Rodney Rogers 26 76 70 32.9 5.6 12.3 .456 0.9 2.8 .340 3.0 4.3 .686 2.0 3.5 5.6 2.7 1.2 0.5 2.5 3.2 15.1
4 Brent Barry 26 41 36 32.7 4.6 10.8 .428 1.9 4.8 .400 2.5 3.0 .844 0.7 2.8 3.5 3.2 1.2 0.6 2.3 2.1 13.7
5 Maurice Taylor 21 71 3 21.3 4.5 9.5 .476 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.4 .709 1.7 2.5 4.2 0.7 0.5 0.6 1.5 3.1 11.5
6 Eric Piatkowski 27 67 35 26.0 3.8 8.5 .452 1.6 3.9 .409 2.1 2.5 .824 1.0 2.5 3.5 1.3 0.8 0.2 1.2 2.0 11.3
7 Darrick Martin 26 82 63 28.0 3.4 8.9 .377 1.3 3.6 .365 2.2 2.6 .848 0.2 1.8 2.0 4.0 1.0 0.1 1.9 2.4 10.3
8 Lorenzen Wright 22 69 38 30.0 3.5 7.9 .445 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.1 .659 2.6 6.2 8.8 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.2 3.4 9.0
9 James Robinson 27 70 13 17.6 2.8 7.2 .389 1.1 3.2 .329 1.1 1.5 .720 0.5 1.1 1.6 1.9 0.5 0.1 1.4 1.4 7.7
10 Loy Vaught 29 10 6 26.5 3.6 8.4 .429 0.0 0.2 .000 0.3 0.8 .375 1.6 4.9 6.5 0.7 0.4 0.2 1.3 3.3 7.5
11 Charles Smith 22 23 0 11.3 2.0 4.7 .421 0.6 1.9 .318 0.2 0.4 .556 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.9 4.7
12 Pooh Richardson 31 69 17 18.1 1.8 4.8 .372 0.2 0.8 .193 0.4 0.6 .698 0.2 1.1 1.4 3.3 0.6 0.0 0.8 1.0 4.2
13 Keith Closs 21 58 1 12.8 1.6 3.6 .449 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.3 .597 1.1 1.8 2.9 0.3 0.2 1.4 0.7 1.3 4.0
14 Stojko Vrankovic 34 65 38 15.3 1.2 2.9 .425 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.0 .569 1.1 3.0 4.0 0.6 0.2 1.0 0.7 2.0 3.0
15 James Collins 24 23 0 4.5 0.9 2.4 .382 0.4 0.9 .450 0.3 0.6 .571 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.6 2.6

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 James Collins 24 23 0 103 7.3 19.2 .382 3.1 7.0 .450 2.8 4.9 .571 2.4 2.4 4.9 1.0 2.1 1.0 2.8 4.5 20.6
2 Maurice Taylor 21 71 3 1513 7.6 16.1 .476 0.0 0.0 .000 4.1 5.8 .709 2.8 4.2 7.0 1.3 0.8 1.0 2.5 5.3 19.4
3 Lamond Murray 24 79 65 2579 6.6 13.7 .481 0.8 2.1 .353 3.1 4.1 .748 2.4 4.4 6.8 2.0 1.6 0.8 2.4 2.7 17.0
4 Rodney Rogers 26 76 70 2499 6.1 13.5 .456 1.0 3.1 .340 3.2 4.7 .686 2.2 3.9 6.1 2.9 1.3 0.5 2.8 3.5 16.6
5 Isaac Austin 28 26 25 895 6.2 13.6 .454 0.0 0.2 .000 3.5 5.4 .652 3.2 5.9 9.1 3.5 0.7 0.9 3.6 2.8 15.9
6 James Robinson 27 70 13 1231 5.7 14.7 .389 2.2 6.6 .329 2.3 3.1 .720 1.1 2.2 3.2 3.9 1.1 0.3 2.8 2.9 15.8
7 Eric Piatkowski 27 67 35 1740 5.3 11.8 .452 2.2 5.4 .409 2.9 3.5 .824 1.4 3.4 4.9 1.8 1.1 0.2 1.7 2.8 15.7
8 Charles Smith 22 23 0 260 6.2 14.8 .421 1.9 6.1 .318 0.7 1.2 .556 1.1 1.5 2.6 2.6 1.4 0.7 2.9 2.9 15.1
9 Brent Barry 26 41 36 1341 5.1 11.9 .428 2.1 5.2 .400 2.8 3.3 .844 0.7 3.1 3.8 3.5 1.3 0.6 2.6 2.4 15.1
10 Darrick Martin 26 82 63 2299 4.3 11.4 .377 1.7 4.6 .365 2.9 3.4 .848 0.3 2.3 2.6 5.2 1.3 0.2 2.4 3.1 13.2
11 Keith Closs 21 58 1 740 4.5 10.1 .449 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.7 .597 3.1 5.1 8.2 0.9 0.6 3.9 1.8 3.6 11.3
12 Lorenzen Wright 22 69 38 2067 4.2 9.4 .445 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.7 .659 3.1 7.4 10.6 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.4 4.1 10.9
13 Loy Vaught 29 10 6 265 4.9 11.4 .429 0.0 0.3 .000 0.4 1.1 .375 2.2 6.7 8.8 1.0 0.5 0.3 1.8 4.5 10.2
14 Pooh Richardson 31 69 17 1252 3.6 9.6 .372 0.3 1.6 .193 0.9 1.2 .698 0.5 2.3 2.8 6.5 1.3 0.1 1.6 2.0 8.3
15 Stojko Vrankovic 34 65 38 996 2.9 6.7 .425 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.3 .569 2.6 6.9 9.5 1.3 0.4 2.4 1.7 4.7 7.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Lamond Murray 24 79 2579 17.8 .548 .508 7.5 13.9 10.7 9.9 2.4 1.4 13.3 22.1 107 110 3.7 1.2 4.9 0.092
2 Eric Piatkowski 27 67 1740 15.5 .591 .546 4.5 11.0 7.7 8.2 1.5 0.5 11.1 18.4 117 113 3.8 0.1 3.9 0.108
3 Rodney Rogers 26 76 2499 15.8 .532 .494 7.0 12.4 9.7 14.2 1.9 1.0 15.2 22.6 104 111 2.6 0.7 3.3 0.063
4 Lorenzen Wright 22 69 2067 13.6 .490 .445 9.8 23.7 16.7 4.3 1.4 2.8 11.3 15.4 104 107 1.5 1.5 3.1 0.071
5 Brent Barry 26 41 1341 14.9 .564 .516 2.3 9.9 6.1 16.4 1.9 1.1 16.0 19.6 108 112 1.8 0.2 2.0 0.072
6 Darrick Martin 26 82 2299 12.3 .509 .450 0.9 7.2 4.1 23.2 1.9 0.3 15.7 18.9 104 114 2.0 -0.1 1.9 0.041
7 Maurice Taylor 21 71 1513 16.1 .521 .476 8.8 13.5 11.1 6.6 1.2 1.8 12.0 26.1 103 112 1.5 0.3 1.8 0.057
8 Keith Closs 21 58 740 14.0 .482 .449 9.6 16.3 12.9 4.2 0.8 7.3 13.6 16.7 98 108 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.041
9 Isaac Austin 28 26 895 15.6 .497 .454 10.1 18.9 14.4 17.3 1.0 1.6 18.3 24.2 97 111 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.022
10 Stojko Vrankovic 34 65 996 9.4 .454 .425 8.0 22.1 15.0 5.5 0.6 4.4 17.7 11.6 94 108 -0.2 0.6 0.4 0.020
11 Pooh Richardson 31 69 1252 10.3 .411 .389 1.5 7.2 4.4 28.1 1.8 0.2 13.3 14.4 99 114 0.3 -0.1 0.2 0.006
12 James Robinson 27 70 1231 12.4 .494 .463 3.4 6.9 5.1 18.8 1.6 0.5 15.0 23.3 98 114 0.3 -0.1 0.2 0.007
13 James Collins 24 23 103 15.1 .482 .464 7.7 7.8 7.7 5.4 3.0 1.9 11.6 29.8 95 110 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.008
14 Charles Smith 22 23 260 11.1 .491 .486 3.5 4.9 4.2 12.9 2.0 1.3 15.9 22.5 93 114 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.024
15 Loy Vaught 29 10 265 7.8 .428 .429 6.8 21.2 14.0 4.4 0.8 0.5 12.9 16.8 88 111 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.029

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Stojko Vrankovic $3,580,000
2 Loy Vaught $3,350,000
3 Lamond Murray $2,900,000
4 Pooh Richardson $2,820,710
5 Rodney Rogers $2,640,000
6 Lorenzen Wright $1,701,720
7 Eric Piatkowski $1,587,500
8 James Robinson $1,500,000
9 Keith Closs $1,200,000
10 Brent Barry $1,082,520
11 Maurice Taylor $1,051,800
12 Darrick Martin $431,250
13 Terry Dehere $386,125
14 James Collins $242,000
15 Nate Huffman $20,000