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)

A ticket for a November 1988 game between the Mavericks and the season's eventual champions Detroit Pistons.

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][4] 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.[5] 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.[6][7][8][9]

At mid-season, 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,[10][11][12][13][14] and dealt Detlef Schrempf to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Herb Williams.[15][16][17][18] 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.[19][20][21][22][23]

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.[24][25][26][27] 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.[28]

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,[29] but only played 53 games due to a knee injury.[30][31][32]

Draft picks

Main article: 1988 NBA draft

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

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) Richie Adubato Garfield Heard Clifford Ray Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

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

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

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 High points High rebounds High assists 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 High points High rebounds High assists 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 High points High rebounds High assists 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 High points High rebounds High assists 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 High points High rebounds High assists 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 High points High rebounds High assists 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

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Derek Harper	PG	81	81	2,968	228	570	172	41	1,404	36.6	2.8	7.0	2.1	.5	17.3
Rolando Blackman	SG	78	78	2,946	273	288	65	20	1,534	37.8	3.5	3.7	.8	.3	19.7
Sam Perkins	PF	78	77	2,860	688	127	76	92	1,171	36.7	8.8	1.6	1.0	1.2	15.0
Brad Davis	PG	78	4	1,395	108	242	48	18	497	17.9	1.4	3.1	.6	.2	6.4
Terry Tyler	SF	70	11	1,057	209	40	24	39	386	15.1	3.0	.6	.3	.6	5.5
Bill Wennington	C	65	9	1,074	286	46	16	35	300	16.5	4.4	.7	.2	.5	4.6
James Donaldson	C	53	53	1,746	570	38	24	81	481	32.9	10.8	.7	.5	1.5	9.1
Morlon Wiley	PG	51	1	408	47	76	25	6	111	8.0	.9	1.5	.5	.1	2.2
Mark Aguirre^†	SF	44	44	1,529	235	189	29	29	953	34.8	5.3	4.3	.7	.7	21.7
Detlef Schrempf^†	PF	37	1	845	166	86	24	9	353	22.8	4.5	2.3	.6	.2	9.5
Uwe Blab	C	37	0	208	44	12	3	13	68	5.6	1.2	.3	.1	.4	1.8
Adrian Dantley^†	SF	31	25	1,081	153	78	20	7	628	34.9	4.9	2.5	.6	.2	20.3
Herb Williams^†	C	30	20	903	197	36	15	54	199	30.1	6.6	1.2	.5	1.8	6.6
Anthony Jones^†	SG	25	0	131	20	13	9	2	64	5.2	.8	.5	.4	.1	2.6
Roy Tarpley	PF	19	6	591	218	17	28	30	328	31.1	11.5	.9	1.5	1.6	17.3
Steve Alford^†	PG	9	0	38	3	9	1	0	7	4.2	.3	1.0	.1	.0	.8

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Mavericks only.

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

February 15, 1989	To Dallas Mavericks Adrian Dantley 1991 1st round pick	To Detroit Pistons Mark Aguirre
February 11, 1989	To Dallas Mavericks Herb Williams	To Indiana Pacers Detlef Schrempf 1990 2nd round pick

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See also

• 1988-89 NBA season