1988–89 Dallas Mavericks season

1988–89 Dallas Mavericks season
1988–89 Dallas Mavericks season
Head coach	John MacLeod
General manager	Norm Sonju
Owner(s)	Don Carter
Arena	Reunion Arena
Results
Record	38–44 (.463)
Place	Division: 4th (Midwest); Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KTVT; (Allen Stone, Ted Davis); Home Sports Entertainment; (Allen Stone, Norm Hitzges)
Radio	WBAP; (Allen Stone, Ted Davis)
< 1987–88	1989–90 >

The 1988–89 NBA season was the Mavericks' 9th season in the NBA.^[1] After reaching the Conference Finals last year, the Mavericks got off to a fast start winning 9 of their first 12 games,^[2]^[3] but after a 17–9 start, they went on a 7-game losing streak in January, and held a 24–21 record at the All-Star break.^[4] In January, sixth man Roy Tarpley was suspended indefinitely for violating the league's anti-drug policy; Tarpley was also out with a knee injury, only playing just 19 games.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

At midseason, the team traded All-Star forward Mark Aguirre, who had several incidents with the team during the season, to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for former All-Star forward Adrian Dantley,^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13] and dealt Detlef Schrempf to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Herb Williams.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17] Aguirre would win a championship with the Pistons, as they defeated the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers in four straight games in the NBA Finals.^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]

After hovering a few games over .500 for most of the season, the Mavericks collapsed and suffered a 12-game losing streak in March, which sealed their fate for the entire season.^[23]^[24]^[25] The Mavericks finished the season fourth in the Midwest Division with a 38–44 record. It was the first time since 1983 that the team did not make the playoffs.^[26]

Rolando Blackman averaged 19.7 points per game, while Derek Harper averaged 17.3 points, 7.0 assists and 2.1 steals per game, and Sam Perkins provided the team with 15.0 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. In addition, Tarpley contributed 17.3 points, 11.5 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, and James Donaldson provided with 9.1 points, 10.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game,^[27] but only played 53 games due to a knee injury.^[28]^[29]^[30]

Draft picks edit

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	46	Morlon Wiley	SG	United States	Long Beach State
2	49	Jose Vargas	C	Dominican Republic	LSU
3	70	Jerry Johnson		United States	Florida Southern

Roster edit

1988–89 Dallas Mavericks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	33	Blab, Uwe	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	252 lb (114 kg)	1962–03–26	Indiana
G	22	Blackman, Rolando	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1959–02–26	Kansas State
F	4	Dantley, Adrian	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	1955–02–28	Notre Dame
G	15	Davis, Brad	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1955–12–17	Maryland
C	40	Donaldson, James	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	1957–08–16	Washington State
G	12	Harper, Derek	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1961–10–13	Illinois
G	21	Jones, Anthony	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1962–09–13	UNLV
F	44	Perkins, Sam	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	1961–06–14	North Carolina
F/C	42	Tarpley, Roy	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1964–11–28	Michigan
F	41	Tyler, Terry	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1956–10–30	Detroit Mercy
C	23	Wennington, Bill	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1963–12–26	St. John's
G	20	Wiley, Morlon	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1966–09–24	Long Beach State
C	32	Williams, Herb	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	1958–02–16	Ohio State

Head coach

John MacLeod

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	51	31	.622	–	34–7	17–24	19–11
x-Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	6	31–10	14–27	19–11
x-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	7	35–6	9–32	18–12
Dallas Mavericks	38	44	.463	13	24–17	14–27	19–11
San Antonio Spurs	21	61	.256	30	18–23	3–38	9–21
Miami Heat	15	67	.183	36	12–29	3–38	6–24

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	51	31	.622	6
3	x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	2
4	x-Seattle SuperSonics	47	35	.573	10
5	x-Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	12
6	x-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	13
7	x-Golden State Warriors	43	39	.524	14
8	x-Portland Trail Blazers	39	43	.476	18

9	Dallas Mavericks	38	44	.463	19
10	Sacramento Kings	27	55	.329	30
11	San Antonio Spurs	21	61	.256	36
12	Los Angeles Clippers	21	61	.256	36
13	Miami Heat	15	67	.183	42

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents edit

1988-89 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	3–1	4–1	4–2	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	4–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Boston	1–3	–	6–0	1–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	5–1	3–3	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–4
Charlotte	1–4	0–6	–	1–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–4	2–4	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–5
Chicago	2–4	3–1	4–1	–	0–6	2–0	1–1	0–6	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	6–0	2–2	3–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1
Cleveland	2–4	4–1	4–0	6–0	–	2–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–3	4–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2
Dallas	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	–	3–3	0–2	1–3	1–5	1–1	3–1	0–4	6–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	5–1	2–2	4–2	1–1
Denver	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–3	–	1–1	3–1	4–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	5–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	3–3	2–2	3–3	1–1
Detroit	5–1	3–1	4–0	6–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–4	4–0	0–4	5–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–0
Golden State	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	–	1–3	1–1	5–1	2–3	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–4	2–3	3–1	2–4	2–2	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–4	1–1	3–1	–	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	6–0	2–2	2–4	0–2
Indiana	1–5	3–2	2–2	2–4	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–2	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–3	0–5	0–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–5	2–2	1–1	–	1–5	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–5	2–3	3–1	1–4	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	2–0	5–1	–	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	5–0	5–1	3–1	4–2	1–3	1–1
Miami	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–6	1–5	0–2	0–4	2–4	1–1	3–1	0–4	–	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	2–4	0–4	1–5	0–2
Milwaukee	0–6	2–2	4–0	0–6	3–3	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	–	4–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1
New Jersey	1–4	1–5	4–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	–	2–4	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–5
New York	2–2	3–3	4–2	2–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–2	–	2–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1
Philadelphia	2–2	3–3	3–3	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–5	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	5–1	4–2	–	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2
Phoenix	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	4–2	3–1	1–1	5–1	3–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	2–3	5–1	3–1	4–1	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–2	1–3	0–2	5–1	0–5	4–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	–	3–3	4–0	2–4	0–4	1–1
Sacramento	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	3–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–5	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–5	3–3	–	2–2	1–5	1–3	0–2
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	3–3	0–2	1–3	0–6	0–2	1–3	1–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	2–2	–	0–4	1–5	1–1
Seattle	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	4–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–4	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	4–2	5–1	4–0	–	3–1	1–1
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	0–2	2–2	4–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	3–1	5–1	1–3	–	2–0
Washington	1–3	4–2	5–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–4	5–1	1–5	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	—

Game log edit

1988–89 game log
Total: 38–44 (Home: 24–17; Road: 14–27)

October: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

November: 9–4 (home: 7–3; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 4, 1988	L.A. Lakers	L 113–116	Reunion Arena	0–1
2	November 5, 1988	@ Houston	W 114–113 (OT)	The Summit	1–1
3	November 8, 1988	Miami	W 92–88	Reunion Arena	2–1
4	November 9, 1988	@ Phoenix	L 103–111	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	2–2
5	November 11, 1988	San Antonio	W 115–102	Reunion Arena	3–2
6	November 12, 1988	Sacramento	W 111–71	Reunion Arena	4–2
7	November 15, 1988	Detroit	L 99–108	Reunion Arena	4–3
8	November 17, 1988	Charlotte	W 105–93	Reunion Arena	5–3
9	November 19, 1988	@ Seattle	W 112–106	Seattle Center Coliseum	6–3
10	November 23, 1988	Denver	W 125–106	Reunion Arena	7–3
11	November 25, 1988	Atlanta	W 100–95	Reunion Arena	8–3
12	November 26, 1988	Utah	W 113–93	Reunion Arena	9–3
13	November 30, 1988	Houston	L 89–101	Reunion Arena	9–4

December: 8–5 (home: 4–3; road: 4–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
14	December 2, 1988	New York	L 101–104	Reunion Arena	9–5
15	December 3, 1988	Chicago	L 100–113	Reunion Arena	9–6
16	December 7, 1988	Seattle	W 102–98	Reunion Arena	10–6
17	December 9, 1988	@ Utah	W 97–89	Salt Palace	11–6
18	December 10, 1988	Cleveland	L 98–102	Reunion Arena	11–7
19	December 13, 1988	Golden State	W 117–111	Reunion Arena	12–7
20	December 16, 1988	@ Charlotte	W 107–98	Charlotte Coliseum	13–7
21	December 17, 1988	@ Miami	W 104–87	Miami Arena	14–7
22	December 20, 1988	@ Philadelphia	W 108–102	The Spectrum	15–7
23	December 21, 1988	@ New Jersey	L 120–122 (OT)	Brendan Byrne Arena	15–8
24	December 23, 1988	@ Milwaukee	L 101–113	Bradley Center	15–9
25	December 27, 1988	San Antonio	W 110–101	Reunion Arena	16–9
26	December 29, 1988	Boston	W 131–115	Reunion Arena	17–9

January: 4–11 (home: 4–3; road: 0–8)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
27	January 3, 1989	@ Sacramento	L 96–123	ARCO Arena	17–10
28	January 6, 1989	@ Phoenix	L 111–120	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	17–11
29	January 7, 1989	@ Denver	L 94–115	McNichols Sports Arena	17–12
30	January 9, 1989	Philadelphia	L 103–121	Reunion Arena	17–13
31	January 11, 1989	@ Golden State	L 106–107	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	17–14
32	January 12, 1989	@ Seattle	L 95–130	Seattle Center Coliseum	17–15
33	January 14, 1989	@ Houston	L 98–110	The Summit	17–16
34	January 15, 1989	Portland	W 111–108	Reunion Arena	18–16
35	January 18, 1989	Denver	W 102–92	Reunion Arena	19–16
36	January 20, 1989	@ L.A. Lakers	L 99–115	Great Western Forum	19–17
37	January 24, 1989	@ Chicago	L 91–109	Chicago Stadium	19–18
38	January 25, 1989	L.A. Clippers	W 117–98	Reunion Arena	20–18
39	January 27, 1989	San Antonio	W 126–82	Reunion Arena	21–18
40	January 29, 1989	L.A. Lakers	L 93–118	Reunion Arena	21–19
41	January 31, 1989	Utah	L 84–99	Reunion Arena	21–20

February: 8–5 (home: 4–2; road: 4–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
42	February 3, 1989	Phoenix	W 121–117	Reunion Arena	22–20
43	February 6, 1989	@ L.A. Clippers	W 129–111	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	23–20
44	February 7, 1989	@ Portland	L 125–134	Memorial Coliseum	23–21
45	February 9, 1989	@ Utah	W 94–87	Salt Palace	24–21
46	February 14, 1989	L.A. Clippers	W 117–98	Reunion Arena	25–21
47	February 16, 1989	Miami	W 93–80	Reunion Arena	26–21
48	February 18, 1989	Houston	L 94–105	Reunion Arena	26–22
49	February 20, 1989	@ San Antonio	W 105–93	HemisFair Arena	27–22
50	February 22, 1989	@ Denver	L 106–109	McNichols Sports Arena	27–23
51	February 24, 1989	Golden State	L 92–127	Reunion Arena	27–24
52	February 25, 1989	Washington	W 127–93	Reunion Arena	28–24
53	February 27, 1989	@ Atlanta	L 83–105	The Omni	28–25
54	February 28, 1989	@ Miami	W 111–110 (OT)	Miami Arena	29–25

March: 3–14 (home: 2–2; road: 1–12)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
55	March 3, 1989	@ Boston	L 106–107	Boston Garden	29–26
56	March 4, 1989	@ Washington	L 105–119	Capital Centre	29–27
57	March 6, 1989	New Jersey	W 105–99	Reunion Arena	30–27
58	March 8, 1989	Portland	W 99–92	Reunion Arena	31–27
59	March 10, 1989	@ Houston	L 86–96	The Summit	31–28
60	March 11, 1989	@ San Antonio	L 90–97	HemisFair Arena	31–29
61	March 13, 1989	Milwaukee	L 95–111	Reunion Arena	31–30
62	March 15, 1989	@ Golden State	L 100–113	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	31–31
63	March 17, 1989	@ L.A. Lakers	L 103–106	Great Western Forum	31–32
64	March 18, 1989	@ Sacramento	L 90–100	ARCO Arena	31–33
65	March 20, 1989	@ Portland	L 91–112	Memorial Coliseum	31–34
66	March 22, 1989	@ L.A. Clippers	L 112–116	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	31–35
67	March 24, 1989	Denver	L 105–114	Reunion Arena	31–36
68	March 27, 1989	@ Detroit	L 77–90	The Palace of Auburn Hills	31–37
69	March 28, 1989	@ Cleveland	L 90–102	Richfield Coliseum	31–38
70	March 30, 1989	@ New York	L 98–99	Madison Square Garden	31–39
71	March 31, 1989	@ Indiana	W 105–102	Market Square Arena	32–39

April: 6–5 (home: 3–4; road: 3–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
72	April 2, 1989	Miami	W 98–96	Reunion Arena	33–39
73	April 4, 1989	@ Utah	L 80–95	Salt Palace	33–40
74	April 7, 1989	Sacramento	W 115–102	Reunion Arena	34–40
75	April 8, 1989	Seattle	L 90–114	Reunion Arena	34–41
76	April 10, 1989	Indiana	L 103–110	Reunion Arena	34–42
77	April 12, 1989	Phoenix	L 94–109	Reunion Arena	34–43
78	April 14, 1989	@ San Antonio	W 118–110	HemisFair Arena	35–43
79	April 16, 1989	Houston	L 112–114 (OT)	Reunion Arena	35–44
80	April 18, 1989	@ Miami	W 103–99	Miami Arena	36–44
81	April 21, 1989	Utah	W 91–89	Reunion Arena	37–44
82	April 23, 1989	@ Denver	W 113–96	McNichols Sports Arena	38–44

1988–89 schedule

Player statistics edit

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Dallas Mavericks statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mark Aguirre	44	44	34.8	.450	.239	.730	5.3	4.3	0.7	0.7	21.7
Steve Alford	9	0	4.2	.273	.000	.500	0.3	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.8
Uwe Blab	37	0	5.6	.462		.800	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.8
Rolando Blackman	78	78	37.8	.476	.353	.854	3.5	3.7	0.8	0.3	19.7
Adrian Dantley	31	25	34.9	.462	.000	.776	4.9	2.5	0.6	0.2	20.3
Brad Davis	78	4	17.9	.483	.314	.805	1.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	6.4
James Donaldson	53	53	32.9	.573		.766	10.8	0.7	0.5	1.5	9.1
Derek Harper	81	81	36.6	.477	.356	.806	2.8	7.0	2.1	0.5	17.3
Anthony Jones	25	0	5.2	.375	.267	.857	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.1	2.6
Sam Perkins	78	77	36.5	.464	.184	.833	8.8	1.6	1.0	1.2	15.0
Detlef Schrempf	37	1	22.8	.426	.125	.789	4.5	2.3	0.6	0.2	9.5
Roy Tarpley	19	6	31.1	.541	.000	.688	11.5	0.9	1.5	1.6	17.3
Terry Tyler	70	11	15.1	.469	.111	.758	3.0	0.6	0.3	0.6	5.5
Bill Wennington	65	9	16.5	.433	.111	.744	4.4	0.7	0.2	0.5	4.6
Morlon Wiley	51	1	8.0	.404	.250	.813	0.9	1.5	0.5	0.1	2.2
Herb Williams	30	20	30.1	.396	.000	.632	6.6	1.2	0.5	1.8	6.6

Awards and records edit

Transactions edit

References edit

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