NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics79–90Chicago Bulls

Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 6 January 1998
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 161st meetingof 273 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Ron Mercer	—	10–19	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	4	20	-13
Antoine Walker	—	6–17	1–5	5–6	2	9	11	3	4	0	4	2	18	-13
Walter McCarty	—	3–8	1–3	4–5	1	4	5	4	1	1	0	3	11	-12
John Thomas	—	3–5	0–0	3–4	3	2	5	2	0	2	1	2	9	+2
Andrew DeClercq	—	2–3	0–0	2–3	2	3	5	0	1	0	3	5	6	-17
Chauncey Billups	—	2–8	0–2	2–2	2	2	4	5	0	0	4	2	6	-4
Travis Knight	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	4	4	+6
Bruce Bowen	—	1–5	0–0	0–2	1	0	1	1	3	0	2	4	2	+3
Dana Barros	—	1–5	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	-7
Pervis Ellison	—	0–0	0–0	1–2	2	2	4	2	1	1	0	3	1	0
Team totals	—	30–72	2–11	17–24	14	25	39	23	11	4	17	29	79	—

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Toni Kukoč	41:16	8–19	0–2	3–3	6	2	8	6	3	0	3	0	19	+17
Michael Jordan	—	5–13	0–1	9–12	1	2	3	4	3	0	3	0	19	+19
Dennis Rodman	—	4–7	0–0	1–6	7	13	20	0	0	0	3	4	9	+7
Jud Buechler	—	4–7	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	9	+6
Ron Harper	—	4–13	0–3	1–2	4	5	9	4	1	1	3	3	9	+3
Scott Burrell	—	2–5	1–3	3–4	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	8	+6
Steve Kerr	—	3–7	0–3	2–2	0	1	1	2	4	0	1	2	8	+4
Jason Caffey	—	2–3	0–0	2–3	3	1	4	0	0	1	1	3	6	+7
Luc Longley	—	0–3	0–0	3–4	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	1	3	-12
Team totals	41:16	32–77	2–14	24–36	23	28	51	19	12	2	16	19	90	—

This season

Chicago Bulls 3, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1997-98.

31 Oct 1997Chicago Bulls 85–92 Boston Celtics
3 Dec 1997Chicago Bulls 97–87 Boston Celtics
6 Jan 199879–90 this game
23 Mar 1998Boston Celtics 88–111 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 16–14
Chicago Bulls: 22–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 116, Boston Celtics 157.

3 Dec 1997Chicago Bulls 97–87 Boston Celtics
23 Mar 1998Boston Celtics 88–111 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.