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Top Teams

Champion: Chicago Bulls

Runner-up: Utah Jazz

Best Offense: Utah Jazz: 110.9 ORating

Best Defense: Cleveland Cavaliers: 98.2 DRating

Best Net: Seattle SuperSonics: +8.5 NetRating

Awards

MVP: Michael Jordan

Finals MVP: Michael Jordan

Defensive Player of the Year: Dikembe Mutombo

Sixth Man of the Year: Danny Manning

Most Improved Player: Alan Henderson

Rookie of the Year: Tim Duncan

Historical Context

Relative ORating: 1.02

Relative Pace: 0.91

Relative TS%: 1.00

Relative FG%: 0.99

Relative FT%: 0.98

Relative 3-Point Attempt Rate: 0.85

Relative Free Throw Attempt Rate: 1.01

ALL-ROOKIE 1ST TEAM

PLAYERGPMINPTSREBASTTOVSTLBLKPFFG%eFG%TS%OWSDWSWIN_SHARESWIN_SHARES_48O-RAPMD-RAPMRAPMTHREE_YR_RAPMFIVE_YR_RAPMO_RATINGD_RATINGNET_RATINGNET_ON_OFF
Tim Duncan 82.039.121.111.92.73.40.72.53.1.548.54857.76.27.013.2.1972.181.603.783.143.14106.598.58.012.98
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 82.029.013.98.80.91.80.61.63.5.518.51956.44.74.79.4.190-0.031.010.981.091.09103.198.94.32.1
Brevin Knight 80.031.09.03.28.22.42.40.23.4.441.44151.54.44.79.1.1751.161.532.702.062.06104.298.06.27.37
Ron Mercer 80.033.315.33.52.21.61.60.22.7.450.45149.12.51.03.5.0620.371.291.661.471.47102.7103.4-0.87.5
Keith Van Horn 62.037.519.76.61.72.61.00.43.5.426.45951.63.41.54.9.1022.12-1.180.941.221.22110.2106.93.21.74

ALL-ROOKIE 2ND TEAM

PLAYERGPMINPTSREBASTTOVSTLBLKPFFG%eFG%TS%OWSDWSWIN_SHARESWIN_SHARES_48O-RAPMD-RAPMRAPMTHREE_YR_RAPMFIVE_YR_RAPMO_RATINGD_RATINGNET_RATINGNET_ON_OFF
Derek Anderson 66.027.911.72.83.41.91.30.22.1.408.42253.12.82.65.4.141-0.241.401.160.990.99101.998.13.80.66
Cedric Henderson 82.030.810.14.02.02.01.20.52.9.480.48051.40.03.83.8.073-1.060.97-0.090.400.40101.998.83.1-1.0
Bobby Jackson 68.030.011.64.44.72.71.50.22.4.392.40545.3-0.90.3-0.6-.010-0.23-0.95-1.18-1.46-1.4699.4111.9-12.51.65
Maurice Taylor 71.021.311.54.20.71.50.50.63.1.476.47652.11.70.21.9.060-0.89-1.15-2.04-1.65-1.65102.0111.6-9.6-2.93
Tim Thomas 77.023.111.03.71.21.50.70.22.4.447.49353.82.31.23.5.094-0.43-1.20-1.63-0.66-0.66102.8107.0-4.3-4.08