1997 McDonald's Championship

1997 McDonald's Championship
League	McDonald's Championship
Sport	Basketball
Finals champions	Chicago Bulls
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Finals MVP	Michael Jordan
McDonald's Championship seasons
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The 1997 McDonald's Championship took place at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France.

Participants[]

Continent Teams Clubs Europe 4 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana PSG Racing Olympiacos Benetton Treviso North America 1 Chicago Bulls South America 1 Atenas

Bracket[]

	Preliminary round				Semi-finals				Finals
	October 16
	PSG Racing	97
					October 17
	FCB Banca Catalana	84
					Chicago Bulls	89
					PSG Racing	82
									October 18
									Chicago Bulls	104
	October 16
									Olympiacos	78
	Atenas	87
					October 17
	Benetton Treviso	78
					Olympiacos	89
					Atenas	86			Third place
									October 18
									PSG Racing	78
									Atenas	88

	Fifth place
	October 18
	FCB Banca Catalana	103
	Benetton Treviso	106

Final[]

October 18 (CET)

Chicago Bulls	104–78	Olympiacos
Scoring by quarter: 30-20, 24-23, 21-17, 29-18
Pts: Michael Jordan 27		Pts: Artūras Karnišovas 19

Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

• Chicago Bulls
  • Michael Jordan 27, Randy Brown 12, Steve Kerr 10, Luc Longley 9, Bill Wennington 8, Toni Kukoč 5, Boris Gorenc 7, Jason Caffey 6, Ron Harper 6, Jud Buechler 6, Scott Burrell 4, Joe Kleine 2, Keith Booth 2, Dante Calabria, Rusty LaRue. Coach: Phil Jackson

• Olympiacos
  • Artūras Karnišovas 19, Franko Nakić 16, Dragan Tarlać 14, Michael Hawkins 12, 6, Johnny Rogers 4, Milan Tomić 3, Aleksey Savrasenko 2, Nikos Michalos 2, Dušan Vukčević, Efthimis Bakatsias, Anatoly Zourpenko, Nikos Pettas. Coach: Dušan Ivković

1997 McDonald's Champions
Chicago Bulls

Final standings[]

	Club	Record
	Chicago Bulls	2-0
	Olympiacos	1-1
	Atenas	2-1
4.	PSG Racing	1-2
5.	Benetton Treviso	1-1
6.	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	0-2

External links[]

• raisport.rai.it
• NBA International Pre-Season and Regular-Season Games
• List of champions at a-d-c