NBA season
1997–98 NBA
Chicago Bulls won the 1998 NBA title, beating the Utah Jazz in the Finals.
The season in brief
The 1997–98 season ended with the Chicago Bulls’ sixth championship in eight years. Chicago met the Utah Jazz in the Finals for the second straight year. In Game 6 in Salt Lake City, with Scottie Pippen hampered by a back injury, Michael Jordan scored 45 points, stole the ball from Karl Malone and hit the winning jumper with 5.2 seconds left. The Bulls won their sixth title in eight years, and Jordan won his fifth MVP and sixth Finals MVP.
Finals
- Champion
- Chicago Bulls
- Runner-up
- Utah Jazz
Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Michael Jordan
- Finals MVP
- Michael Jordan
- Rookie of the Year
- Tim Duncan
- Defensive Player of the Year
- Dikembe Mutombo
- Sixth Man of the Year
- Danny Manning
- Most Improved Player
- Alan Henderson