Kevin McHale vs. Scottie Pippen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scottie Pippen and Kevin McHale, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Kevin McHale played 13 years in the NBA, 4 less than Scottie Pippen, who played 17. Kevin McHale had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Scottie Pippen had his rookie season in 1987-88. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Kevin McHale	Scottie Pippen
Season	1980-81	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	82	20.1	10.0	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	4.3	8.1	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.679
difference:	+3	+0.8	+2.1	+0.4	+0.2	+0.6	+1.4	+0.9	+1.1	-0.4	-0.5	+1.0	+1.0	+.070	+0.1	+0.3			+0.3	+.103
Scottie Pippen	79	20.9	7.9	1.5	2.3	3.8	2.1	1.2	0.7	1.7	2.7	3.3	7.1	.463	0.1	0.3	.174	1.3	2.2	.576
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	17	17.4	8.5	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	3.6	6.6	.540	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.639
difference:	+7	+12.0	+1.5	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+1.6	+0.6	+0.7	-1.7	-0.3	+1.0	+3.3	+.075	+0.3	+0.6		+0.9	+1.4	+.075
Scottie Pippen	10	29.4	10.0	2.4	2.8	5.2	2.4	0.8	0.8	2.6	3.3	4.6	9.9	.465	0.3	0.6	.500	0.5	0.7	.714

Season 3
	Kevin McHale	Scottie Pippen
Season	1982-83	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	82	28.6	14.1	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	1.9	2.9	5.9	10.9	.541	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.717
difference:		+9.8	+2.4	+0.8	+0.7		+4.1	+2.2	+1.1	-1.5	-0.7	+1.0	+3.1	+.052	+0.3	+1.4			+0.3	+.042
Scottie Pippen	82	38.4	16.5	1.8	4.8	6.7	5.4	2.6	1.2	3.4	3.6	6.9	14.0	.489	0.3	1.4	.250	2.4	3.6	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	7	25.3	11.1	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.9	8.9	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.6	.556
difference:	+8	+15.5	+8.2	+0.1	+1.1	+1.2	+4.8	+1.7	+0.3	-1.9	-1.8	+2.0	+5.1	+.053	+0.7	+2.0	+.323	+3.3	+4.1	+.154
Scottie Pippen	15	40.8	19.3	2.2	5.0	7.2	5.5	2.1	1.3	3.3	4.1	6.9	14.0	.495	0.7	2.1	.323	4.7	6.7	.710

Season 4
	Kevin McHale	Scottie Pippen
Season	1983-84	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	82	31.4	18.4	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	7.2	12.9	.556	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.4	.765
difference:		+5.4	+0.6	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	+4.9	+2.1	+0.4	-1.0	-0.3	+0.1	+1.2	+.036	+0.3	+0.8		+1.2	+1.3	+.059
Scottie Pippen	82	36.8	17.8	2.0	5.3	7.3	6.2	2.4	1.1	2.8	3.3	7.3	14.1	.520	0.3	0.8	.309	2.9	4.1	.706
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	23	30.5	14.8	2.7	3.5	6.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	1.7	3.3	5.3	10.6	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.3	.777
difference:	+6	+10.9	+6.8	+0.5	+3.2	+2.7	+4.6	+2.4	+0.4	-1.5	-0.1	+3.1	+6.0		+0.2	+0.9	+.235	+0.6	+0.6	+.015
Scottie Pippen	17	41.4	21.6	2.2	6.7	8.9	5.8	2.5	1.1	3.2	3.4	8.4	16.6	.504	0.2	1.0	.235	4.7	5.9	.792

Season 5
	Kevin McHale	Scottie Pippen
Season	1984-85	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	79	33.6	19.8	2.9	6.1	9.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.0	3.0	7.7	13.4	.570	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.9	.760
difference:	+3	+5.0	+1.2	+0.6	+0.7	+1.3	+5.2	+1.5	+0.4	-1.1		+0.7	+3.2	+.064	+0.2	+0.9	+.200	+0.5	+0.6
Scottie Pippen	82	38.6	21.0	2.3	5.4	7.7	7.0	1.9	1.1	3.1	3.0	8.4	16.6	.506	0.2	1.0	.200	4.0	5.3	.760
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	21	39.9	22.1	3.5	6.4	9.9	1.5	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.5	8.2	14.4	.568	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	7.1	.807
difference:	+1	+1.0	+2.6	+0.8	+0.3	+1.1	+5.2	+1.3	+1.1	-0.3	-0.2	+1.3	+0.4	+.100	+0.3	+1.1		+0.4	+0.1	+.046
Scottie Pippen	22	40.9	19.5	2.7	6.1	8.8	6.7	1.9	1.1	3.2	3.3	6.9	14.8	.468	0.3	1.1	.250	5.4	7.0	.761

Season 6
	Kevin McHale	Scottie Pippen
Season	1985-86	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	68	35.3	21.3	2.5	5.6	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.8	8.3	14.4	.574	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.2	.776
difference:	+13	+3.3	+2.7		+0.4	+0.4	+3.6	+1.7	+1.1	-0.8	-0.1	+0.5	+2.0	+.101	+0.3	+1.1		+1.9	+1.9	+.113
Scottie Pippen	81	38.6	18.6	2.5	5.2	7.7	6.3	2.1	0.9	3.0	2.7	7.8	16.4	.473	0.3	1.1	.237	2.9	4.3	.663
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	18	39.7	24.9	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.7	0.4	2.4	2.7	3.6	9.3	16.1	.579	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.794
difference:	+1	+1.8	+4.8	+0.9	+0.8	+1.7	+2.9	+1.8	+1.7	-1.0	-0.3	+1.3	+1.1	+.114	+0.2	+0.8	+.176	+2.3	+1.7	+.156
Scottie Pippen	19	41.5	20.1	1.9	5.0	6.9	5.6	2.2	0.7	3.7	3.3	8.0	17.2	.465	0.2	0.9	.176	3.9	6.1	.638

Season 7
	Kevin McHale	Scottie Pippen
Season	1986-87	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	77	39.7	26.1	3.2	6.7	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.1	10.3	17.0	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.6	.836
difference:	+5	+1.4	+4.1	+0.8	+0.4	+1.2	+3.0	+2.4	+1.4	-0.6	-0.1	+1.6	+0.8	+.113	+0.9	+2.6	+.320	+1.8	+0.9	+.176
Scottie Pippen	72	38.3	22.0	2.4	6.3	8.7	5.6	2.9	0.8	3.2	3.2	8.7	17.8	.491	0.9	2.7	.320	3.8	5.7	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	21	39.4	21.1	3.1	6.1	9.2	1.9	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.4	8.3	14.2	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.0	.762
difference:	+11	+1.0	+1.7	+1.4	+0.5	+0.9	+2.7	+2.1	+0.7	-1.1	-0.1	+0.2	+5.4	+.150	+1.2	+4.5			+0.8	+.123
Scottie Pippen	10	38.4	22.8	1.7	6.6	8.3	4.6	2.4	0.7	3.7	3.3	8.5	19.6	.434	1.2	4.5	.267	4.6	5.2	.885

Season 8
	Kevin McHale	Scottie Pippen
Season	1987-88	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	64	37.3	22.6	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.7	0.4	1.4	2.2	2.8	8.6	14.2	.604	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.8	.797
difference:	+15	+0.9	+1.2	+0.3		+0.3	+2.5	+2.5	+0.3	-1.2	-0.2	+0.6	+2.5	+.124	+1.4	+4.0		+1.4	+1.2	+.081
Scottie Pippen	79	38.2	21.4	2.2	5.9	8.1	5.2	2.9	1.1	3.4	3.0	8.0	16.7	.480	1.4	4.0	.345	4.0	5.6	.716
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	17	42.1	25.4	3.2	4.8	8.0	2.4	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.8	9.3	15.4	.603	0.1	0.1	1.000	6.8	8.1	.839
difference:	+7	+2.5	+7.6	+0.8	+1.4	+0.6	+3.4	+1.0	+0.8	-0.4	-0.2	+3.5	+2.3	+.160	+1.3	+3.7	+.632	+2.0	+1.0	+.163
Scottie Pippen	10	39.6	17.8	2.4	6.2	8.6	5.8	1.4	1.0	2.7	4.0	5.8	13.1	.443	1.4	3.8	.368	4.8	7.1	.676

Season 9
	Kevin McHale	Scottie Pippen
Season	1988-89	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	78	36.9	22.5	2.9	5.3	8.2	2.2	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.9	8.5	15.5	.546	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.8	.818
difference:	+1	+0.2	+3.1	+0.9	+0.8	+1.8	+3.7	+1.4	+0.5	-0.2	-0.3	+1.2	+0.3	+.083	+1.9	+5.1	+.374	+2.7	+2.6	+.139
Scottie Pippen	77	36.7	19.4	2.0	4.5	6.4	5.9	1.7	0.7	2.7	2.6	7.3	15.8	.463	1.9	5.2	.374	2.9	4.2	.679
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	3	38.3	19.0	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.3	6.7	13.7	.488	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.7	.739
difference:	+15	+2.9	+2.1	+1.1	+0.6	+0.5	+2.9	+2.3	+0.2	-1.0	-1.5	+0.5	+2.2	+.098	+1.7	+5.8		+2.9	+3.3	+.101
Scottie Pippen	18	41.2	16.9	3.4	5.1	8.5	5.9	2.6	0.9	2.3	2.8	6.2	15.9	.390	1.7	5.8	.286	2.8	4.4	.638

Season 10
	Kevin McHale	Scottie Pippen
Season	1989-90	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	82	33.2	20.9	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.0	7.9	14.4	.549	0.3	0.8	.333	4.8	5.4	.893
difference:		+4.5	+0.7	+0.5	+1.3	+1.8	+3.6	+1.5	+1.4	-0.4	-0.4		+2.3	+.075	+1.6	+4.4	+.035	+2.3	+1.9	+.192
Scottie Pippen	82	37.7	20.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	5.7	1.9	0.5	2.6	2.6	7.9	16.7	.474	1.9	5.2	.368	2.5	3.5	.701
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	5	38.4	22.0	1.6	6.2	7.8	2.6	0.4	2.0	2.8	3.4	8.4	13.8	.609	0.2	0.6	.333	5.0	5.8	.862
difference:	+14	+1.2	+2.8	+0.3	+1.3	+1.0	+1.2	+1.1	+1.1	-0.1	-0.8	+1.6	+2.5	+.192	+1.9	+5.3	+.012	+1.4	+1.3	+.071
Scottie Pippen	19	39.6	19.2	1.9	4.9	6.8	3.8	1.5	0.9	2.9	2.6	6.8	16.3	.417	2.1	5.9	.345	3.6	4.5	.791

Season 11
	Kevin McHale	Scottie Pippen
Season	1990-91	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	68	30.4	18.4	2.1	4.9	7.1	1.9	0.4	2.1	2.1	2.9	7.4	13.4	.553	0.2	0.5	.405	3.4	4.0	.829
difference:	+24	+7.1	+0.7	+0.9	+0.9	+1.9	+3.9	+1.4	+1.1	-0.4	-0.3	+0.2	+2.6	+.106	+1.2	+3.9	+.087		+0.4	+.052
Scottie Pippen	44	37.5	19.1	1.2	4.0	5.2	5.8	1.8	1.0	2.5	2.6	7.2	16.0	.447	1.4	4.4	.318	3.4	4.4	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	11	34.2	20.7	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	3.8	7.1	13.5	.527	0.5	1.0	.545	6.0	7.3	.825
difference:	+10	+5.7	+3.9	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+3.4	+1.6	+0.3	-1.1	-0.7	+1.3	+0.5	+.112	+0.4	+2.8	+.317	+1.7	+0.9	+.146
Scottie Pippen	21	39.9	16.8	2.3	4.8	7.1	5.2	2.1	1.0	2.4	3.1	5.8	14.0	.415	0.9	3.8	.228	4.3	6.4	.679

Season 12
	Kevin McHale	Scottie Pippen
Season	1991-92	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	56	25.0	13.9	2.1	3.8	5.9	1.5	0.2	1.1	1.5	2.0	5.8	11.3	.509	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.9	.822
difference:	+6	+15.2	+0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+0.6	+4.4	+1.8	+0.4	-1.7	-0.4	+0.6	+0.8	+.077	+1.4	+4.0	+.340	+0.2	+0.8	+.101
Scottie Pippen	50	40.2	14.5	1.3	5.2	6.5	5.9	2.0	0.7	3.2	2.4	5.2	12.1	.432	1.4	4.2	.340	2.6	3.7	.721
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	10	30.6	16.5	2.1	4.6	6.7	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.4	6.5	12.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.4	.795
difference:	+6	+12.4	+1.8	+2.9	+2.2	+5.1	+4.2	+1.3	+0.3	-2.4	-0.1	+0.7	+4.9	+.187	+1.5	+5.4	+.273	+1.8	+2.1	+.013
Scottie Pippen	4	43.0	18.3	5.0	6.8	11.8	5.5	1.8	0.8	3.3	3.3	5.8	17.5	.329	1.5	5.5	.273	5.3	6.5	.808

Season 13
	Kevin McHale	Scottie Pippen
Season	1992-93	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	71	23.3	10.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.2	9.1	.459	0.0	0.3	.111	2.3	2.7	.841
difference:	+11	+10.2	+1.8	+0.1	+1.2	+1.3	+4.0	+1.2	+0.3	-1.2	-0.7	+0.5	+1.4	+.008	+1.0	+2.9	+.216	+0.3		+.124
Scottie Pippen	82	33.5	12.5	1.4	4.9	6.3	5.0	1.4	0.5	2.5	2.5	4.7	10.5	.451	1.0	3.2	.327	2.0	2.7	.717
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	4	28.3	19.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.5	8.0	13.8	.582	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.5	.857
difference:	+12	+10.1	+4.1	+0.9	+0.8	+0.2	+3.5	+1.5	+1.4	-1.0	-1.6	+2.8	+1.4	+.163	+1.3	+4.4		+0.3	+0.9	+.114
Scottie Pippen	16	38.4	14.9	1.4	5.8	7.1	4.3	2.0	0.4	2.3	3.1	5.2	12.4	.419	1.3	4.4	.300	3.3	4.4	.743