1989–90 Dallas Mavericks season
The 1989–90 NBA season was the Mavericks' 10th season in the National Basketball Association.[1] A year after missing the playoffs, the Mavericks received the eighth pick in the 1989 NBA draft, and selected Randy White out of Louisiana Tech,[2] and later on fired head coach John MacLeod at the end of November, replacing with him Richie Adubato. However, things would not all go smoothly for the Mavericks as Roy Tarpley found himself in hot water again, as he was arrested in November for driving under the influence of drugs. During the final month of the season, the team released Adrian Dantley to free agency.[3] Dantley averaged 14.7 points per game in 45 games with the team. The Mavericks finished third in the Midwest Division with a 47–35 record.[4]
1989–90 Dallas Mavericks season | |
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Head coach |
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General manager | Norm Sonju |
Owner(s) | Don Carter |
Arena | Reunion Arena |
Results | |
Record | 47–35 (.573) |
Place | Division: 3rd (Midwest) Conference: 6th (Western) |
Playoff finish | First round (Lost to Trail Blazers 0–3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | |
Radio | WBAP |
Rolando Blackman led the team in scoring averaging 19.4 points per game, and was selected for the 1990 NBA All-Star Game,[5] while Derek Harper averaged 18.0 points, 7.4 assists and 2.3 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. In addition, Tarpley provided the team with 16.8 points, 13.1 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, despite only playing just 45 games, while Sam Perkins contributed 15.9 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, and James Donaldson provided with 9.1 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.[6]
In the Western Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Mavericks were swept by the Portland Trail Blazers in three straight games.[7] This would be their final playoff appearance until 2001. Following the season, Perkins signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.[8]
Draft picks
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 8 | Randy White | PF | ![]() | Louisiana Tech |
2 | 35 | Pat Durham | F | ![]() | Colorado State |
2 | 53 | Jeff Hodge | ![]() | South Alabama |
Roster
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Roster Notes
- Small forward Adrian Dantley was waived on April 2.
- Center James Donaldson holds both American and British citizenship.
Regular season
Season standings
Midwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
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y-San Antonio Spurs | 56 | 26 | .683 | – | 34–7 | 22–19 | 19–9 |
x-Utah Jazz | 55 | 27 | .671 | 1 | 36–5 | 19–22 | 21–7 |
x-Dallas Mavericks | 47 | 35 | .573 | 9 | 30–11 | 17–24 | 17–11 |
x-Denver Nuggets | 43 | 39 | .524 | 13 | 28–13 | 15–26 | 15–13 |
x-Houston Rockets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 15 | 31–10 | 10–31 | 13–15 |
Minnesota Timberwolves | 22 | 60 | .268 | 34 | 17–24 | 5–36 | 6–22 |
Charlotte Hornets | 19 | 63 | .232 | 37 | 13–28 | 6–35 | 7–21 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z-Los Angeles Lakers | 63 | 19 | .768 | – |
2 | y-San Antonio Spurs | 56 | 26 | .683 | 7 |
3 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 59 | 23 | .720 | 4 |
4 | x-Utah Jazz | 55 | 27 | .671 | 8 |
5 | x-Phoenix Suns | 54 | 28 | .659 | 9 |
6 | x-Dallas Mavericks | 47 | 35 | .573 | 16 |
7 | x-Denver Nuggets | 43 | 39 | .524 | 20 |
8 | x-Houston Rockets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 22 |
9 | Seattle SuperSonics | 41 | 41 | .500 | 22 |
10 | Golden State Warriors | 37 | 45 | .451 | 26 |
11 | Los Angeles Clippers | 30 | 52 | .366 | 33 |
12 | Sacramento Kings | 23 | 59 | .280 | 40 |
13 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 22 | 60 | .268 | 41 |
14 | Charlotte Hornets | 19 | 63 | .232 | 44 |
- z - clinched division title
- y - clinched division title
- x - clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
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 | – | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
Boston | 3–1 | – | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
Charlotte | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–2 |
Chicago | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | – | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
Cleveland | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–5 | – | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
Dallas | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | – | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
Denver | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | – | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
Detroit | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
Golden State | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | – | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Houston | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | – | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
Indiana | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
L.A. Clippers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | – | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
L.A. Lakers | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Miami | 0–4 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | – | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
Milwaukee | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | – | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
Minnesota | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 |
New Jersey | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | – | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
New York | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | – | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
Orlando | 0–5 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | – | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
Philadelphia | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
Phoenix | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | – | 2–3 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
Portland | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | – | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Sacramento | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–4 | – | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
San Antonio | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | – | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
Seattle | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | – | 1–3 | 2–0 |
Utah | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | – | 2–0 |
Washington | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |
Game log
1989–90 game log Total: 47–35 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) | |||||||||
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November: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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December: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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1989–90 schedule |
Playoffs
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First round: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)
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1990 schedule |
Player statistics
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 |
Season
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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Steve Alford | 41 | 0 | 7.4 | .457 | .318 | .946 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 4.1 |
Rolando Blackman | 80 | 80 | 36.7 | .498 | .302 | .844 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 19.4 |
Adrian Dantley | 45 | 45 | 28.9 | .477 | .000 | .787 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 14.7 |
Brad Davis | 73 | 2 | 17.7 | .490 | .337 | .770 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6.4 |
James Donaldson | 73 | 73 | 31.0 | .539 | .700 | 8.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 9.1 | |
Derek Harper | 82 | 82 | 36.7 | .488 | .371 | .794 | 3.0 | 7.4 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 18.0 |
Anthony Jones | 66 | 0 | 9.8 | .371 | .308 | .681 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 3.0 |
Bob McCann | 10 | 0 | 6.2 | .333 | .857 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.6 | |
Sam Perkins | 76 | 70 | 35.1 | .493 | .214 | .778 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 15.9 |
Roy Tarpley | 45 | 35 | 36.6 | .451 | .000 | .756 | 13.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 16.8 |
Kelvin Upshaw | 3 | 0 | 1.3 | .333 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | |
Mark Wade | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Bill Wennington | 60 | 2 | 13.6 | .449 | .000 | .800 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 4.5 |
Randy White | 55 | 2 | 12.9 | .369 | .071 | .562 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 4.3 |
Herb Williams | 81 | 19 | 27.1 | .444 | .222 | .679 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 8.6 |
Playoffs
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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Steve Alford | 3 | 0 | 14.0 | .444 | .333 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 7.7 |
Rolando Blackman | 3 | 3 | 42.3 | .444 | .400 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 20.0 |
James Donaldson | 3 | 3 | 24.7 | .692 | .800 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 7.3 | |
Derek Harper | 3 | 3 | 39.7 | .438 | .313 | .688 | 2.7 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 19.3 |
Anthony Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Sam Perkins | 3 | 3 | 39.3 | .444 | .000 | .765 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 15.0 |
Roy Tarpley | 3 | 3 | 43.0 | .478 | .000 | .500 | 15.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 16.7 |
Bill Wennington | 3 | 0 | 8.3 | .200 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | ||
Randy White | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Herb Williams | 3 | 0 | 27.0 | .609 | .813 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 13.7 | |
Awards and records
References
- 1989-90 Dallas Mavericks
- "Kings Take Ellison First in N.B.A. Draft; Clippers Pick Ferry". New York Times. June 28, 1989. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- "Mavericks Bracing For Knicks". New York Times. January 19, 1990. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- "1989–90 Dallas Mavericks Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- "1990 NBA All-Star Game: East 130, West 113". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- "1989–90 Dallas Mavericks Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- "Portland Victory Could Prove Costly : NBA playoffs: Trail Blazers win at Dallas, but Williams and Duckworth are injured. The Pistons and Spurs also sweep their series". Los Angeles Times. May 2, 1990. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- "SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO BASKETBALL; Lakers Sign Perkins". New York Times. August 7, 1990. Retrieved December 15, 2021.