The 1999–2000 NBA season was the 30th season for the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association.[1] During the off-season, the Blazers acquired All-Star forward and 6-time champion Scottie Pippen from the Houston Rockets,[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] acquired Steve Smith from the Atlanta Hawks,[7] [8] [9] [10] and signed free agent Detlef Schrempf.[11] [10] [12] [13] The Blazers got off to a fast start winning 13 of their first 15 games, then later on posted an 11-game winning streak in February, and held the league's best record with a 38–11 record at the All-Star break.[14] The Blazers finished with the second best record in the league with a 59–23 record, which tied them for the second-highest win percentage in franchise history.[15] Finishing second in the Pacific Division, they earned the #3 seed in the Western Conference on the basis that the 55–27 Utah Jazz won the Midwest Division title. (However, the Blazers would enjoy the homecourt advantage over Utah in their second-round playoff series).[16] [17] The Blazers made the playoffs for the 18th consecutive year.[18]
Rasheed Wallace averaged 16.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, and was selected for the 2000 NBA All-Star Game,[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] while Smith finished second on the team in scoring averaging 14.9 points per game, and Pippen averaged 12.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. In addition, Damon Stoudamire provided the team with 12.5 points and 5.2 assists per game, and Arvydas Sabonis contributed 11.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per game. Off the bench, second-year guard Bonzi Wells contributed 8.8 points per game, while Schrempf averaged 7.5 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, and Brian Grant provided with 7.3 points and 5.5 rebounds per game,[24] but only played 63 games due to knee and foot injuries.[25] [26]
In the playoffs, the Blazers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves, 3–1 in the Western Conference First Round,[27] [28] [29] [30] and the 2nd-seeded Jazz, 4–1 in the Western Conference Semi-finals for the second consecutive year.[31] [32] [33] [34] In the Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Lakers, the Blazers came back from a 3–1 series deficit to force Game 7.[35] [36] Up by 15 points with ten minutes remaining in Game 7, the Blazers suffered a 15–0 run by Los Angeles that tied the score, and the Lakers pulled out an 89–84 victory to advance to the 2000 NBA Finals,[37] [38] [39] [40] where they would go on to defeat the Indiana Pacers in six games to win their 12th NBA championship.[41] [42] [43] [44] [45]
Following the season, Grant was traded to the Miami Heat in a three-team trade,[46] [47] [48] [49] and Jermaine O'Neal was dealt to the Indiana Pacers.[50] [51] [52]
The Blazers did not win another playoff series until May 2, 2014, when Damian Lillard hit a 3-point shot with 0.9 seconds left to beat the Houston Rockets 99–98 in Game 6 of the Western Conference First Round of the 2014 playoffs.[53] [54] The Blazers would not return to the Western Conference finals until 2019.
Although the Trail Blazers did not have any picks in the 1999 NBA draft, they were active during the offseason. On draft day, the Blazers purchased the draft rights to Roberto Bergersen from the Atlanta Hawks. Bergersen would not sign with the team; instead, he signed with the Idaho Stampede of the Continental Basketball Association. On August 2, the Blazers traded Jim Jackson and Isaiah Rider to the Hawks for Ed Gray and Steve Smith. The same day, the Blazers signed veteran forward Detlef Schrempf. Smith would be the starting shooting guard on the "Jail Blazers". Schrempf would finish his career with Portland, retiring in 2001.
On October 2, the Blazers were involved in a seven-player trade with the Houston Rockets. In the trade, the Blazers traded six players—Stacey Augmon, Kelvin Cato, Ed Gray, Carlos Rogers, Brian Shaw, and Walt Williams—for Scottie Pippen. Pippen would be the Blazers' starting small forward until 2003, when he signed with the Chicago Bulls, the team which he spent the majority of his career with. On October 5, the Blazers signed Antonio Harvey, and the following day, they signed Joe Kleine. On October 12, the Rockets waived Augmon, and the Blazers re-signed him on October 18.[55]
See main article: 1999 NBA draft. The Blazers owned no picks in the 1999 NBA draft.
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot
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| width=100 | 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 | – | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
| Boston | 3–1 | – | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Charlotte | 3–1 | 3–1 | – | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| Chicago | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | – | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |
| Cleveland | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| Dallas | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | – | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Denver | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | – | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Detroit | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Golden State | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | – | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Houston | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | – | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Indiana | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| L.A. Clippers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | – | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| L.A. Lakers | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
| Miami | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | – | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| Milwaukee | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | – | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Minnesota | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | |
| New Jersey | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | – | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |
| New York | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | – | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Orlando | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | – | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| Philadelphia | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | – | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| Phoenix | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | |
| Portland | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | – | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Sacramento | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | – | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| San Antonio | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | – | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
| Seattle | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | – | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | |
| Toronto | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Utah | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | – | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Vancouver | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | – | 1–1 | |
| Washington | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | |
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1 || November 2 || @ Vancouver| | Steve Smith (22)| Rasheed Wallace (7)| Stoudamire, Anthony (8)| General Motors Place
18,218| 1–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || November 3 || L.A. Clippers| | Damon Stoudamire (23)| Arvydas Sabonis (13)| Damon Stoudamire (9)| Rose Garden Arena
20,584| 2–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3 || November 5 || Denver| | Steve Smith (22)| Detlef Schrempf (8)| Damon Stoudamire (7)| Rose Garden Arena
19,995| 3–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4 || November 6 || L.A. Lakers| | Scottie Pippen (19)| Scottie Pippen (8)| Pippen, Stoudamire (5)| Rose Garden Arena
20,584| 4–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5 || November 9 || @ Utah| | Steve Smith (26)| Arvydas Sabonis (9)| Scottie Pippen (5)| Delta Center
19,538| 4–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 6 || November 12 || @ Denver| | Rasheed Wallace (19)| Rasheed Wallace (11)| Scottie Pippen (8)| Pepsi Center
17,512| 5–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 7 || November 13 || Atlanta| | Damon Stoudamire (20)| Jermaine O'Neal (10)| Damon Stoudamire (7)| Rose Garden Arena
20,404| 6–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 8 || November 16 || @ Miami| | Rasheed Wallace (22)| Scottie Pippen (13)| Pippen, Stoudamire (5)| Miami Arena
15,200| 7–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 9 || November 17 || @ Orlando| | Rasheed Wallace (13)| Rasheed Wallace (11)| Damon Stoudamire (8)| Orlando Arena
13,542| 8–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 10 || November 19 || @ Philadelphia| | Rasheed Wallace (21)| Arvydas Sabonis (10)| Scottie Pippen (9)| First Union Center
20,622| 9–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 11 || November 20 || @ Charlotte| | Greg Anthony (24)| Arvydas Sabonis (8)| Damon Stoudamire (8)| Charlotte Coliseum
20,688| 10–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12 || November 23 || @ Cleveland| | Detlef Schrempf (22)| Scottie Pippen (11)| Damon Stoudamire (10)| Gund Arena
13,565| 10–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 13 || November 24 || @ Minnesota| | Smith, Stoudamire (18)| Pippen, Sabonis (10)| Damon Stoudamire (9)| Target Center
16,219| 11–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 14 || November 26 || Houston| | Scottie Pippen (19)| Rasheed Wallace (10)| Scottie Pippen (7)| Rose Garden Arena
20,477| 12–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 15 || November 27 || @ L.A. Clippers| | Damon Stoudamire (24)| Rasheed Wallace (12)| Scottie Pippen (10)| Staples Center
14,552| 13–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16 || November 29 || Indiana| | Wallace, Pippen (20)| Rasheed Wallace (11)| Damon Stoudamire (6)| Rose Garden Arena
20,049| 13–3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 17 || December 1 || Charlotte| | Detlef Schrempf (18)| Wallace, Smith, Schrempf (9)| Greg Anthony (7)| Rose Garden Arena
19,980| 14–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18 || December 3 || @ L.A. Lakers| | Damon Stoudamire (23)| Scottie Pippen (10)| Damon Stoudamire (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 14–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 19 || December 5 || @ Phoenix| | Rasheed Wallace (21)| Arvydas Sabonis (10)| Scottie Pippen (8)| America West Arena
19,023| 15–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20 || December 7 || Miami| | Greg Anthony (19)| Rasheed Wallace (8)| Greg Anthony (7)| Rose Garden Arena
20,317| 15–5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 21 || December 9 || Minnesota| | Rasheed Wallace (23)| Brian Grant (10)| Steve Smith (6)| Rose Garden Arena
19,980| 16–5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 22 || December 11 || @ Sacramento| | Pippen, Wallace (24)| Wallace, Sabonis (11)| Damon Stoudamire (11)| ARCO Arena
17,317| 17–5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 23 || December 16 || @ Seattle| | Damon Stoudamire (20)| Wallace, B. Grant (9)| Detlef Schrempf (7)| KeyArena
17,072| 18–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24 || December 17 || Phoenix| | Damon Stoudamire (22)| Scottie Pippen (10)| Scottie Pippen (6)| Rose Garden Arena
20,584| 18–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25 || December 20 || @ Denver| | Damon Stoudamire (19)| Rasheed Wallace (10)| Damon Stoudamire (5)| Pepsi Center
15,708| 18–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 26 || December 21 || @ Houston| | Steve Smith (22)| Pippen, B. Grant (8)| Scottie Pippen (8)| Compaq Center
16,285| 19–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 27 || December 23 || Golden State| | Rasheed Wallace (20)| Arvydas Sabonis (7)| Stoudamire, Schrempf (7)| Rose Garden Arena
20,440| 20–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 28 || December 28 || Seattle| | Rasheed Wallace (24)| Wallace, Sabonis (8)| Pippen, Stoudamire (6)| Rose Garden Arena
20,584| 21–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 29 || December 30 || Philadelphia| | Rasheed Wallace (23)| Rasheed Wallace (11)| Greg Anthony (7)| Rose Garden Arena
20,584| 22–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 30 || January 3 || @ Chicago| | Damon Stoudamire (16)| Arvydas Sabonis (8)| Pippen, Anthony (6)| United Center
22,353| 23–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 31 || January 4 || @ Toronto| | Damon Stoudamire (22)| Arvydas Sabonis (10)| Detlef Schrempf (8)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 24–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32 || January 6 || @ Minnesota| | Rasheed Wallace (24)| Brian Grant (7)| Scottie Pippen (7)| Target Center
15,223| 24–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 33 || January 8 || Phoenix| | Brian Grant (21)| Brian Grant (11)| Scottie Pippen (9)| Rose Garden Arena
20,584| 25–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 34 || January 10 || Dallas| | Pippen, Stoudamire, Schrempf (17)| Pippen, B. Grant (8)| Smith, Pippen, Stoudamire (6)| Rose Garden Arena
19,980| 26–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 35 || January 12 || Cleveland| | Rasheed Wallace (25)| Wallace, Pippen (9)| Scottie Pippen (8)| Rose Garden Arena
19,980| 27–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 36 || January 14 || @ Phoenix| | Arvydas Sabonis (23)| Arvydas Sabonis (10)| Pippen, Stoudamire (7)| America West Arena
19,023| 28–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 37 || January 15 || @ Dallas| | Scottie Pippen (22)| Scottie Pippen (9)| Smith, Stoudamire (4)| Reunion Arena
18,148| 28–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 38 || January 18 || @ Houston| | Steve Smith (21)| Scottie Pippen (9)| Scottie Pippen (8)| Compaq Center
16,285| 28–10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 39 || January 19 || @ San Antonio| | Rasheed Wallace (22)| Sabonis, Pippen (7)| Stoudamire, Schrempf (7)| Alamodome
20,638| 29–10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 40 || January 22 || @ L.A. Lakers| | Steve Smith (27)| Rasheed Wallace (12)| Scottie Pippen (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 30–10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 41 || January 24 || New Jersey| | Arvydas Sabonis (21)| Arvydas Sabonis (13)| Scottie Pippen (10)| Rose Garden Arena
19,980| 31–10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 42 || January 27 || Utah| | Jermaine O'Neal (14)| Brian Grant (12)| Damon Stoudamire (7)| Rose Garden Arena
20,534| 32–10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 43 || January 29 || San Antonio| | Steve Smith (15)| Arvydas Sabonis (8)| Pippen, Anthony, (4)| Rose Garden Arena
20,584| 33–10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 44 || February 1 || Chicago| | Brian Grant (19)| Rasheed Wallace (9)| Scottie Pippen (7)| Rose Garden Arena
20,220| 34–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 45 || February 3 || @ New York| | Smith, Wells (18)| Pippen, B. Grant (9)| Damon Stoudamire (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 34–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 46 || February 4 || @ Atlanta| | Steve Smith (21)| Arvydas Sabonis (12)| Damon Stoudamire (6)| Philips Arena
18,109| 35–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 47 || February 6 || @ Boston| | Steve Smith (23)| B. Grant, O'Neal (8)| Damon Stoudamire (7)| FleetCenter
18,624| 36–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 48 || February 7 || @ Milwaukee| | Steve Smith (24)| Brian Grant (7)| Stoudamire, Anthony (6)| Bradley Center
15,389| 37–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 49 || February 9 || L.A. Clippers| | Arvydas Sabonis (23)| Rasheed Wallace (13)| Damon Stoudamire (7)| Rose Garden Arena
20,310| 38–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 50 || February 15 || @ Golden State| | Arvydas Sabonis (21)| Arvydas Sabonis (16)| Damon Stoudamire (5)| The Arena in Oakland
11,863| 39–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 51 || February 16 || Golden State| | Arvydas Sabonis (20)| Arvydas Sabonis (11)| Stoudamire, Sabonis, Wells (4)| Rose Garden Arena
20,178| 40–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 52 || February 18 || Washington| | Arvydas Sabonis (17)| Rasheed Wallace (11)| Smith, Pippen (4)| Rose Garden Arena
20,467| 41–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 53 || February 20 || @ Sacramento| | Rasheed Wallace (24)| Arvydas Sabonis (14)| Scottie Pippen (6)| ARCO Arena
17,317| 42–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 54 || February 21 || Boston| | Arvydas Sabonis (19)| Arvydas Sabonis (8)| Scottie Pippen (8)| Rose Garden Arena
20,453| 43–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 55 || February 24 || Orlando| | Damon Stoudamire (30)| Arvydas Sabonis (8)| Pippen, Schrempf, Anthony (5)| Rose Garden Arena
20,111| 44–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 56 || February 27 || Utah| | Sabonis, Wallace (17)| Rasheed Wallace (9)| Damon Stoudamire (9)| Rose Garden Arena
20,584| 45–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 57 || February 29 || L.A. Lakers| | Scottie Pippen (19)| Arvydas Sabonis (11)| Scottie Pippen (4)| Rose Garden Arena
20,584| 45–12|- style="background:#cfc;"| 58 || March 3 || Vancouver| | Steve Smith (19)| Rasheed Wallace (9)| Scottie Pippen (7)| Rose Garden Arena
20,367| 46–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 59 || March 6 || Toronto| | Rasheed Wallace (27)| Arvydas Sabonis (11)| Greg Anthony (4)| Rose Garden Arena
20,516| 46–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 60 || March 8 || @ New Jersey| | Rasheed Wallace (19)| Jermaine O'Neal (9)| Stoudamire, Augmon (5)| Continental Airlines Arena
16,234| 46–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 61 || March 9 || @ Indiana| | Rasheed Wallace (24)| Wallace, Sabonis (11)| Damon Stoudamire (4)| Conseco Fieldhouse
18,345| 46–15|- style="background:#cfc;"| 62 || March 11 || @ Detroit| | Rasheed Wallace (24)| Pippen, Wallace (7)| Pippen, Smith, Schrempf (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076| 47–15|- style="background:#cfc;"| 63 || March 12 || @ Washington| | Damon Stoudamire (16)| Arvydas Sabonis (13)| Damon Stoudamire (6)| MCI Center
20,674| 48–15|- style="background:#cfc;"| 64 || March 14 || Sacramento| | Arvydas Sabonis (20)| Arvydas Sabonis (16)| Pippen, Smith, Stoudamire (4)| Rose Garden Arena
20,499| 49–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 65 || March 16 || Minnesota| | Scottie Pippen (21)| Sabonis, O'Neal (9)| Pippen, Stoudamire (4)| Rose Garden Arena
20,060| 49–16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 66 || March 18 || @ Seattle| | Rasheed Wallace (24)| Arvydas Sabonis (11)| Pippen, Stoudamire (6)| KeyArena
17,072| 50–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 67 || March 22 || Detroit| | Wallace, Smith (20)| Rasheed Wallace (9)| Damon Stoudamire (7)| Rose Garden Arena
20,452| 50–17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 68 || March 24 || @ Golden State| | Damon Stoudamire (26)| Jermaine O'Neal (10)| Damon Stoudamire (8)| The Arena in Oakland
15,356| 51–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 69 || March 26 || New York| | Wallace, Pippen, Stoudamire (20)| Rasheed Wallace (10)| Damon Stoudamire (8)| Rose Garden Arena
20,497| 51–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 70 || March 28 || San Antonio| | Scottie Pippen (25)| Pippen, Wallace (6)| Pippen, Schrempf (5)| Rose Garden Arena
20,584| 51–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 71 || March 30 || Dallas| | Rasheed Wallace (34)| Rasheed Wallace (9)| Scottie Pippen (8)| Rose Garden Arena
20,399| 52–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 72 || April 1 || Milwaukee| | Damon Stoudamire (31)| Detlef Schrempf (8)| Damon Stoudamire (6)| Rose Garden Arena
20,390| 53–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 73 || April 2 || Seattle| | Steve Smith (21)| Detlef Schrempf (8)| Damon Stoudamire (6)| Rose Garden Arena
20,417| 54–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 74 || April 5 || Houston| | Steve Smith (24)| Brian Grant (12)| Scottie Pippen (5)| Rose Garden Arena
20,384| 54–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 75 || April 6 || @ Vancouver| | Rasheed Wallace (28)| Scottie Pippen (9)| Damon Stoudamire (6)| General Motors Place
12,234| 54–21|- style="background:#cfc;"| 76 || April 8 || Vancouver| | Steve Smith (27)| Rasheed Wallace (8)| Scottie Pippen (6)| Rose Garden Arena
20,415| 55–21|- style="background:#cfc;"| 77 || April 10 || @ Utah| | Smith, B. Grant (16)| B. Grant, Wallace (7)| Pippen, Stoudamire (4)| Delta Center
19,911| 56–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 78 || April 11 || @ Dallas| | Rasheed Wallace (13)| Brian Grant (12)| Smith, Pippen, Stoudamire,
Augmon, Anthony, Wells (2)| Reunion Arena
14,005| 56–22|- style="background:#cfc;"| 79 || April 13 || @ San Antonio| | Rasheed Wallace (27)| Rasheed Wallace (8)| Scottie Pippen (7)| Alamodome
30,641| 57–22|- style="background:#cfc;"| 80 || April 16 || Sacramento| | Rasheed Wallace (18)| Rasheed Wallace (9)| Scottie Pippen (9)| Rose Garden Arena
20,584| 58–22|- style="background:#cfc;"| 81 || April 18 || @ L.A. Clippers| | Steve Smith (24)| Wallace, Sabonis (8)| Smith, Wallace (5)| Staples Center
18,964| 59–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 82 || April 19 || Denver| | Bonzi Wells (18)| Jermaine O'Neal (11)| Greg Anthony (5)| Rose Garden Arena
20,403| 59–23
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 1 || April 23 || Minnesota| W 91–88| Scottie Pippen (28)| Scottie Pippen (9)| Damon Stoudamire (4)| Rose Garden Arena
19,980| 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2 || April 26 || Minnesota| W 86–82| Scottie Pippen (21)| Pippen, Wallace (7)| Damon Stoudamire (6)| Rose Garden Arena
20,568| 2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3 || April 30 || @ Minnesota| L 87–94| Steve Smith (22)| Brian Grant (7)| Pippen, Stoudamire (6)| Target Center
19,006| 2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 4 || May 2 || @ Minnesota| W 85–77| Sabonis, Wallace (15)| Arvydas Sabonis (11)| Scottie Pippen (6)| Target Center
19,006| 3–1|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 1 || May 7 || Utah| W 94–75| Scottie Pippen (20)| Arvydas Sabonis (14)| Arvydas Sabonis (4)| Rose Garden Arena
20,351| 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2 || May 9 || Utah| W 103–85| Steve Smith (19)| Grant, Wallace (8)| three players tied (4)| Rose Garden Arena
20,463| 2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 3 || May 11 || @ Utah| W 103–84| Arvydas Sabonis (22)| Arvydas Sabonis (8)| Scottie Pippen (7)| Delta Center
19,911| 3–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4 || May 14 || @ Utah| L 85–88| Brian Grant (20)| Brian Grant (13)| Pippen, Stoudamire (4)| Delta Center
19,627| 3–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 5 || May 16 || Utah| W 81–79| Scottie Pippen (23)| Pippen, Sabonis (9)| Scottie Pippen (8)| Rose Garden Arena
20,043| 4–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1 || May 20 || @ L.A. Lakers| L 94–109| Scottie Pippen (19)| Scottie Pippen (11)| Scottie Pippen (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2 || May 22 || @ L.A. Lakers| W 106–77| Rasheed Wallace (29)| Rasheed Wallace (12)| Greg Anthony (4)| Staples Center
18,997| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3 || May 26 || L.A. Lakers| L 91–93| Stoudamire, Wallace (19)| Scottie Pippen (9)| Scottie Pippen (6)| Rose Garden Arena
20,135| 1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4 || May 28 || L.A. Lakers| L 91–103| Rasheed Wallace (34)| Rasheed Wallace (13)| Damon Stoudamire (5)| Rose Garden Arena
20,209| 1–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 5 || May 30 || @ L.A. Lakers| W 96–88| Pippen, Wallace (22)| Rasheed Wallace (10)| Detlef Schrempf (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 2–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 6 || June 2 || L.A. Lakers| W 103–93| Rasheed Wallace (30)| Arvydas Sabonis (11)| Arvydas Sabonis (6)| Rose Garden Arena
20,340| 3–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 7 || June 4 || @ L.A. Lakers| L 84–89| Rasheed Wallace (30)| Scottie Pippen (10)| three players tied (3)| Staples Center
18,997| 3–4
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | 82 | 33.5 | .451 | .327 | .717 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 1.4 | .5 | 12.5 | ||
| 82 | 81 | 32.8 | .467 | .398 | .850 | 3.8 | 2.5 | .9 | .4 | 14.9 | ||
| 82 | 3 | 18.9 | .406 | .378 | .772 | 1.6 | 2.5 | .7 | .1 | 6.3 | ||
| 81 | 77 | 35.1 | .519 | .160 | .704 | 7.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 16.4 | ||
| 78 | 78 | 30.4 | .432 | .377 | .841 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 1.0 | .0 | 12.5 | ||
| 77 | 6 | 21.6 | .432 | .404 | .833 | 4.3 | 2.6 | .5 | .2 | 7.5 | ||
| 70 | 8 | 12.3 | .486 | .000 | .582 | 3.3 | .3 | .2 | .8 | 3.9 | ||
| 66 | 61 | 25.6 | .505 | .368 | .843 | 7.8 | 1.8 | .7 | 1.2 | 11.8 | ||
| 66 | 0 | 17.6 | .492 | .377 | .682 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | .2 | 8.8 | ||
| 63 | 14 | 21.0 | .491 | .500 | .675 | 5.5 | 1.0 | .5 | .4 | 7.3 | ||
| 59 | 0 | 11.7 | .474 | .000 | .673 | 2.0 | .9 | .5 | .2 | 3.4 | ||
| 19 | 0 | 7.2 | .567 | .583 | 1.7 | .3 | .1 | .3 | 2.2 | |||
| 7 | 0 | 4.4 | .364 | 1.000 | .9 | .3 | .1 | .0 | 1.6 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 8.0 | .429 | 1.0 | .3 | .3 | .0 | 4.0 |
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 16 | 38.4 | .419 | .300 | .743 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 2.0 | .4 | 14.9 | ||
| 16 | 16 | 37.8 | .489 | .615 | .773 | 6.4 | 1.8 | .9 | 1.3 | 17.9 | ||
| 16 | 16 | 37.8 | .486 | .547 | .885 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.2 | .3 | 17.1 | ||
| 16 | 16 | 30.8 | .453 | .286 | .796 | 6.7 | 1.9 | .9 | .8 | 11.3 | ||
| 16 | 16 | 27.9 | .415 | .333 | .833 | 2.6 | 3.6 | .5 | .3 | 8.9 | ||
| 16 | 0 | 20.0 | .446 | .744 | 5.8 | .5 | .4 | .4 | 5.4 | |||
| 15 | 0 | 18.4 | .393 | .167 | .830 | 3.5 | 2.0 | .3 | .0 | 5.6 | ||
| 15 | 0 | 14.2 | .365 | .323 | .750 | 1.1 | 1.7 | .9 | .3 | 4.0 | ||
| 14 | 0 | 13.4 | .446 | .200 | .707 | 2.5 | .9 | .5 | .0 | 7.5 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 4.8 | .273 | .667 | .9 | .1 | .0 | .4 | 1.5 | |||
| 7 | 0 | 4.9 | .333 | .500 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.3 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 4.0 | .000 | .500 | .0 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .5 |