1989β90 Indiana Pacers season | |
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Head coach | Dick Versace |
General manager | Donnie Walsh |
Owner(s) | Herbert Simon |
Arena | Market Square Arena |
Results | |
Record | 42–40 (.512) |
Place | Division: 4th (
Central) Conference: 8th ( Eastern) |
Playoff finish |
First round (lost to Pistons 0β3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television |
WXINβTV 59 Prime Sports Midwest ( Bill Hazen, Clark Kellogg) |
Radio |
WNDEβAM 1260 (Mark Boyle, Bobby "Slick" Leonard) |
The 1989β90 NBA season was the Pacers' 14th season in the National Basketball Association, and 23rd season as a franchise. [1] The Pacers had the seventh overall pick in the 1989 NBA draft, and selected George McCloud out of Florida State University. [2] [3] [4] [5] The Pacers would jump out of the gate fast winning their first four games, on their way to a solid 19β9 start. However, they struggled losing 14 of their next 18 games, and held a 25β23 record at the All-Star break. [6] The Pacers played around .500 for the remainder of the season, finishing fourth in the Central Division with a 42β40 record, [7] and entering the playoffs as the #8 seed in the Eastern Conference. [8]
Reggie Miller had a breakout season leading the team in scoring, averaging 24.6 points per game, while becoming the first Pacer in 13 years to play in the All-Star Game, being selected for the 1990 NBA All-Star Game. [9] [10] [11] [12] In addition, Chuck Person averaged 19.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, while sixth man Detlef Schrempf provided the team with 16.2 points and 7.9 rebounds per game off the bench, second-year star Rik Smits provided with 15.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game, and Vern Fleming contributed 14.3 points and 7.4 assists per game. [13] Miller also finished in second place in Most Improved Player voting, while Schrempf finished in second place in Sixth Man of the Year voting. [14] [15] [16] [17]
However, in the Eastern Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Pacers were swept by the defending and eventual champion Detroit Pistons in three straight games. [18] [19] [20] [21] The Pistons would go on to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers in five games in the NBA Finals, winning their second consecutive championship. [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 7 | George McCloud | SG/SF | United States | Florida State |
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Roster |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y- Detroit Pistons | 59 | 23 | .720 | β | 35β6 | 24β17 | 22β8 |
x- Chicago Bulls | 55 | 27 | .671 | 4 | 36β5 | 19β22 | 20β10 |
x- Milwaukee Bucks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 15 | 27β14 | 17β24 | 14β16 |
x- Cleveland Cavaliers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 17 | 27β14 | 15β26 | 14β16 |
x- Indiana Pacers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 17 | 28β13 | 14β27 | 16β14 |
Atlanta Hawks | 41 | 41 | .500 | 18 | 25β16 | 16β25 | 15β15 |
Orlando Magic | 18 | 64 | .220 | 41 | 12β29 | 6β35 | 4β26 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | c- Detroit Pistons | 59 | 23 | .720 | β |
2 | y- Philadelphia 76ers | 53 | 29 | .646 | 6 |
3 | x- Chicago Bulls | 55 | 27 | .671 | 4 |
4 | x- Boston Celtics | 52 | 30 | .634 | 7 |
5 | x- New York Knicks | 45 | 37 | .549 | 14 |
6 | x- Milwaukee Bucks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 15 |
7 | x- Cleveland Cavaliers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 17 |
8 | x- Indiana Pacers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 17 |
9 | Atlanta Hawks | 41 | 41 | .500 | 18 |
10 | Washington Bullets | 31 | 51 | .378 | 28 |
11 | Miami Heat | 18 | 64 | .220 | 41 |
12 | Orlando Magic | 18 | 64 | .220 | 41 |
13 | New Jersey Nets | 17 | 65 | .207 | 42 |
1989-90 NBA Records | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BOS | CHA | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | LAC | LAL | MIA | MIL | MIN | NJN | NYK | ORL | PHI | PHO | POR | SAC | SAS | SEA | UTA | WAS |
Atlanta | β | 1β3 | 2β0 | 0β5 | 2β3 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 5β0 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 |
Boston | 3β1 | β | 2β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 5β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 5β1 | 4β1 | 4β0 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β3 |
Charlotte | 0β2 | 0β2 | β | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 3β2 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β4 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β5 | 0β4 | 0β5 | 0β2 |
Chicago | 5β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | β | 5β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β4 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 4β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β2 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 3β1 |
Cleveland | 3β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 0β5 | β | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β4 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 4β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 |
Dallas | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | β | 2β3 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 4β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 4β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 3β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 |
Denver | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β2 | β | 0β2 | 2β2 | 4β1 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 5β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β1 |
Detroit | 2β3 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 4β1 | 4β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | β | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 3β2 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 5β0 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 |
Golden State | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | β | 2β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β4 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β5 | 2β2 | 3β2 | 1β3 | 2β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 |
Houston | 0β2 | 0β2 | 4β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β4 | 1β4 | 1β1 | 2β2 | β | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β2 | 1β1 |
Indiana | 3β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 2β3 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β4 | 1β1 | 1β1 | β | 0β2 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 4β1 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 |
L.A. Clippers | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β0 | β | 1β4 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 0β5 | 2β3 | 0β4 | 3β2 | 0β4 | 1β1 |
L.A. Lakers | 2β0 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 4β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 4β1 | β | 2β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β3 | 5β0 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 |
Miami | 0β4 | 0β5 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 0β2 | β | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β4 | 1β5 | 3β1 | 0β5 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β3 |
Milwaukee | 2β3 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β4 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | β | 2β0 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 5β0 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 3β1 |
Minnesota | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β4 | 0β5 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 0β2 | β | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β4 | 1β3 | 0β5 | 1β1 |
New Jersey | 2β2 | 1β5 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 4β1 | 0β4 | 1β1 | β | 1β4 | 1β3 | 1β4 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β3 |
New York | 3β1 | 1β4 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 5β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 4β1 | β | 2β2 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 5β0 |
Orlando | 0β5 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 1β4 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β5 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β4 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 0β5 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | β | 2β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β4 |
Philadelphia | 2β2 | 2β3 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 5β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 4β1 | 3β2 | 2β2 | β | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 5β1 |
Phoenix | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 5β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | β | 2β3 | 5β0 | 0β4 | 3β2 | 3β1 | 2β0 |
Portland | 1β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 5β0 | 3β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β2 | β | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 |
Sacramento | 1β1 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 2β3 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 0β5 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β5 | 0β4 | β | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 |
San Antonio | 1β1 | 1β1 | 5β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 4β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 4β0 | β | 3β1 | 3β2 | 2β0 |
Seattle | 1β1 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 2β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | β | 1β3 | 2β0 |
Utah | 1β1 | 1β1 | 5β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 5β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β3 | 3β1 | β | 2β0 |
Washington | 2β2 | 3β2 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 0β5 | 4β0 | 1β5 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | β |
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November: 8β4 (home: 5β1; road: 3β3)
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December: 11β5 (home: 7β1; road: 4β4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
January: 4β12 (home: 4β4; road: 0β8)
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March: 6β7 (home: 5β4; road: 1β3)
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April: 6β6 (home: 3β1; road: 3β5)
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1989β90 schedule |
1990 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference First Round: 0β3 (home: 0β1; road: 0β2)
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1990 schedule |
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 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Reggie Miller | 82 | 82 | 38.9 | 51.4 | 41.4 | 86.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 24.6 |
Chuck Person | 77 | 73 | 35.2 | 48.7 | 37.2 | 78.1 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 19.7 |
Detlef Schrempf | 78 | 18 | 33.0 | 51.6 | 35.4 | 82.0 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 16.2 |
Rik Smits | 82 | 82 | 29.3 | 53.3 | 0.0 | 81.1 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 15.5 |
Vern Fleming | 82 | 82 | 35.1 | 50.8 | 35.3 | 78.2 | 3.9 | 7.4 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 14.3 |
LaSalle Thompson | 82 | 60 | 25.9 | 47.3 | 20.0 | 79.9 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 6.8 |
Mike Sanders | 82 | 13 | 18.7 | 47.0 | 35.7 | 73.3 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 6.2 |
Calvin Natt | 14 | 0 | 11.7 | 64.5 | 0.0 | 77.3 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 4.1 |
Rickey Green | 69 | 0 | 13.4 | 43.3 | 9.1 | 84.3 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
George McCloud | 44 | 0 | 9.4 | 31.3 | 32.5 | 78.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
Randy Wittman | 61 | 0 | 8.9 | 50.8 | 50.0 | 83.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.1 |
Dyron Nix | 20 | 0 | 5.5 | 35.9 | 0.0 | 68.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
Greg Dreiling | 49 | 0 | 6.3 | 37.7 | 0.0 | 73.5 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Reggie Miller | 3 | 3 | 41.7 | 57.1 | 42.9 | 90.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 20.7 |
Detlef Schrempf | 3 | 3 | 41.7 | 48.9 | 0.0 | 93.8 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 20.3 |
Chuck Person | 3 | 3 | 41.0 | 37.8 | 10.0 | 41.7 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.3 |
Vern Fleming | 3 | 3 | 37.7 | 47.1 | 0.0 | 88.9 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13.3 |
Rik Smits | 3 | 3 | 32.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 81.8 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 12.3 |
LaSalle Thompson | 3 | 0 | 18.0 | 46.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
Mike Sanders | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | 45.5 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
George McCloud | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Calvin Natt | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Rickey Green | 3 | 0 | 10.3 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Randy Wittman | 2 | 0 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Player Statistics Citation: [13]
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