FloaterClutch
Clutch finishes · 1997–98

57 games decided by one point

Every 1997–98 game with a final margin of one point, all stages, oldest first, with each team's top scorer. 132 more games were decided by two or three points.

DateFinalOTStageWinner's top scorerLoser's top scorer
Nov 1MIA 109 @ WAS 108Regular seasonTim Hardaway MIA 26Chris Webber WAS 30
Nov 1SAC 96 @ VAN 97Regular seasonShareef Abdur-Rahim VAN 19Mitch Richmond SAC 24
Nov 7POR 86 @ HOU 85Regular seasonKenny Anderson POR 24Hakeem Olajuwon HOU 27
Nov 11SAS 93 @ MIN 92Regular seasonDavid Robinson SAS 36Tom Gugliotta MIN 22
Nov 13PHI 99 @ DAL 98Regular seasonAllen Iverson PHI 31Shawn Bradley DAL 20
Nov 14SAC 103 @ ATL 104Regular seasonChristian Laettner ATL 18Mitch Richmond SAC 23
Nov 14PHX 140 @ POR 1394+OTRegular seasonDanny Manning PHX 35Isaiah Rider POR 35
Nov 22CHH 95 @ IND 94Regular seasonGlen Rice CHH 22Reggie Miller IND 23
Nov 24POR 91 @ TOR 90Regular seasonRasheed Wallace POR 16Damon Stoudamire TOR 29
Nov 25CHI 90 @ SEA 91Regular seasonGary Payton SEA 22Toni Kukoc CHI 30
Dec 2ORL 89 @ POR 88Regular seasonAnfernee Hardaway ORL 29Isaiah Rider POR 33
Dec 10LAL 92 @ GSW 93Regular seasonJoe Smith GSW 27Kobe Bryant LAL 20
Dec 13CHH 85 @ CLE 84Regular seasonGlen Rice CHH 32Shawn Kemp CLE 25
Dec 19MIL 91 @ TOR 92Regular seasonDamon Stoudamire TOR 36Armen Gilliam MIL 23
Dec 20SAC 89 @ DAL 88Regular seasonCorliss Williamson SAC 27Dennis Scott DAL 21
Dec 20LAC 91 @ MIN 92Regular seasonTom Gugliotta MIN 24Darrick Martin LAC 16
Dec 28UTA 89 @ VAN 88Regular seasonKarl Malone UTA 26Shareef Abdur-Rahim VAN 31
Jan 2HOU 116 @ DEN 115OTRegular seasonKevin Willis HOU 33LaPhonso Ellis DEN 26
Jan 6PHX 81 @ IND 80Regular seasonRex Chapman PHX 18Reggie Miller IND 15
Jan 7NJN 88 @ NYK 89OTRegular seasonLarry Johnson NYK 24Sam Cassell NJN 34
Jan 9CHI 90 @ NYK 89Regular seasonMichael Jordan CHI 44Allan Houston NYK 19
Jan 11SEA 91 @ NYK 92Regular seasonLarry Johnson NYK 20Detlef Schrempf SEA 23
Jan 15CHH 94 @ DET 95OTRegular seasonGrant Hill DET 30Anthony Mason CHH 19
Jan 16MIN 116 @ HOU 115OTRegular seasonTom Gugliotta MIN 33Charles Barkley HOU 29
Jan 21SAC 98 @ TOR 99Regular seasonDamon Stoudamire TOR 36Mitch Richmond SAC 27
Jan 26CLE 94 @ MIA 93Regular seasonZydrunas Ilgauskas CLE 23Tim Hardaway MIA 33
Jan 27WAS 84 @ IND 85Regular seasonReggie Miller IND 20Juwan Howard WAS 25
Feb 3NJN 97 @ POR 98Regular seasonArvydas Sabonis POR 24Kerry Kittles NJN 24
Feb 3ATL 90 @ ORL 91Regular seasonBo Outlaw ORL 23Steven Smith ATL 18
Feb 11DAL 90 @ PHI 91Regular seasonAllen Iverson PHI 27Dennis Scott DAL 24
Feb 11SEA 106 @ SAS 105Regular seasonVin Baker SEA 24Tim Duncan SAS 26
Feb 13BOS 97 @ LAC 96Regular seasonAntoine Walker BOS 28Lamond Murray LAC 20
Feb 17CLE 97 @ PHI 98Regular seasonAllen Iverson PHI 27Wesley Person CLE 28
Feb 17DET 94 @ SAS 95Regular seasonTim Duncan SAS 28Joe Dumars DET 21
Feb 23SEA 101 @ LAC 100Regular seasonVin Baker SEA 27Lamond Murray LAC 24
Feb 24PHI 85 @ PHX 84Regular seasonAllen Iverson PHI 27Clifford Robinson PHX 21
Feb 27PHI 79 @ DEN 78Regular seasonDerrick Coleman PHI 19LaPhonso Ellis DEN 22
Mar 1NJN 84 @ MIA 85Regular seasonVoshon Lenard MIA 27Keith Van Horn NJN 22
Mar 1POR 101 @ BOS 102Regular seasonAntoine Walker BOS 25Isaiah Rider POR 24
Mar 8SEA 99 @ MIN 98OTRegular seasonVin Baker SEA 27Sam Mitchell MIN 21
Mar 10NJN 78 @ SAS 79Regular seasonDavid Robinson SAS 19Sam Cassell NJN 19
Mar 17DEN 90 @ WAS 89Regular seasonLaPhonso Ellis DEN 18Chris Webber WAS 26
Mar 19DEN 103 @ TOR 104OTRegular seasonDee Brown TOR 24Johnny Newman DEN 24
Mar 20ATL 108 @ NYK 109Regular seasonAllan Houston NYK 21Steven Smith ATL 24
Mar 24SAS 86 @ CLE 85Regular seasonDavid Robinson SAS 27Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLE 21
Mar 25NYK 77 @ LAC 76Regular seasonAllan Houston NYK 22Ike Austin LAC 15
Mar 26CLE 97 @ TOR 96Regular seasonShawn Kemp CLE 19Doug Christie TOR 26
Mar 27DET 87 @ CLE 88OTRegular seasonShawn Kemp CLE 23Jerry Stackhouse DET 26
Apr 3BOS 101 @ DET 100Regular seasonAntoine Walker BOS 31Bison Dele DET 29
Apr 3MIL 87 @ SAC 86Regular seasonJerald Honeycutt MIL 20Mitch Richmond SAC 23
Apr 5MIN 97 @ ATL 96Regular seasonSam Mitchell MIN 22Alan Henderson ATL 20
Apr 5MIL 92 @ IND 93Regular seasonReggie Miller IND 18Ray Allen MIL 22
Apr 5LAC 93 @ CLE 94Regular seasonShawn Kemp CLE 25James Robinson LAC 26
Apr 12NYK 81 @ MIA 82Regular seasonAlonzo Mourning MIA 22Allan Houston NYK 21
Apr 14PHI 94 @ ATL 95Regular seasonAlan Henderson ATL 39Allen Iverson PHI 26
May 5SAS 82 @ UTA 83PlayoffsKarl Malone UTA 25Tim Duncan SAS 33
Jun 14CHI 87 @ UTA 86PlayoffsMichael Jordan CHI 45Karl Malone UTA 31