The Wizards held a 25–24 record at the All-Star break, and won their final four games of the season to finish fourth in the Atlantic Division with a 42–40 record, but failed to qualify for the playoffs, finishing just one game behind the 8th-seeded New Jersey Nets. The Wizards played their final home game at US Airways Arena on November 29, 1997, losing 88–83 to the Bulls, and moved into their new arena, the MCI Center, where they won their first home game of the season, defeating the Seattle SuperSonics, 95–78 on December 2, and posting a 24–12 home record for the remainder of the season. The Wizards got off to a slow 5–11 start to the season, losing their first five home games at US Airways Arena, only winning games on the road such as defeating the Utah Jazz, 90–86 at the Delta Center on November 3, and the 2-time defending champion Chicago Bulls, 90–83 at the United Center on November 12. In their first game as the "Wizards", the team lost to the Detroit Pistons on the road, 92–79 on October 31, 1997. The team also re-signed former Bullets guard Ledell Eackles for the third time after a one-year absence from the NBA.
During the off-season, the team signed free agent Terry Davis to join their frontcourt, as Gheorghe Mureșan missed the entire season with a stretched right ankle tendon and right foot injury. The team revealed a new primary logo of a wizard conjuring a basketball in front of a quarter moon, and added new uniforms with blue, black and bronze colors.
as the team changed its name to the "Wizards", fearing "Bullets" endorsed gun violence. There was a new beginning for basketball in Washington, D.C. The 1997–98 NBA season was the Wizards' 37th season in the National Basketball Association.
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NBA professional basketball team season 1997–98 Washington Wizards season
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