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The Indiana Pacers entered the postseason with a franchise record 58 wins. Although they would lose to the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals, this team was later named by Pacers.com as the greatest in franchise history, even better than the 2000 team that won the Eastern Conference Title, primarily due to their record.
The Bulls also posted the second-best home record in history (39–2), behind only the 1985–86 Celtics 40–1 home mark. The team triumphed over the Miami Heat in the first round, the New York Knicks in the second round, the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals and finally Gary Payton , Shawn Kemp and the Seattle SuperSonics for ...
Michael Jordan's game-winner to put the Bulls up 87–86 with 5.2 seconds left is remembered as one of the greatest plays in NBA history. In 2010, John Hollinger of ESPN ranked Jordan's last shot as a Bulls player fourth among 50 best single-game performances. [19] The shot was recreated for the 2006 television ad "Second Generation". [20]
The 1998 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1997–98 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.The two-time defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls played against the Western Conference champion Utah Jazz, with the Jazz holding home-court advantage for the first 2 games in Salt Lake City.
The Pacers won nine of their final eleven games, and returned to the playoffs after a one-year absence, finishing in second place in the Central Division with a 58–24 record. [18] It was also the first time since joining the NBA that the Pacers finished with a winning road record. The Pacers had the fifth best team defensive rating in the NBA ...
The Pacers finished the 2006–07 season as one of the worst seasons in team history. The turning point of the season would be an 11-game losing streak that started around the all-star break. The turning point of the season would be an 11-game losing streak that started around the all-star break.
NBC's highest-rated regular season game was Michael Jordan's first game back from playing minor league baseball; the March 1995 game between the Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers scored a 10.9 rating (higher than all but three NBA telecasts on ABC).
Indiana Pacers vs. New York Knicks: Pacers, 2–1 1994, 1995, 2024: 3 Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat: Heat, 2–1 2012, 2022, 2023: 2 Los Angeles/ Minneapolis Lakers vs. New York Knicks: Tie, 1–1 1952, 1970: 2 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns: Tie, 1–1 1970, 2006: 2 Chicago Bulls vs. Los Angeles Lakers: Lakers, 2–0 1971, 1973: 2 Boston ...