1990–91 Indiana Pacers season

The 1990–91 NBA season was the Pacers' 15th season in the National Basketball Association, and 24th season as a franchise.[1] In the off-season, the Pacers signed free agent Michael Williams. The Pacers would get off to a slow start with a 9–16 record, as head coach Dick Versace was fired and replaced with Bob Hill. Under Hill, the Pacers played around .500 again finishing fifth in the Central Division with a 41–41 record.[2] Reggie Miller continued to lead the team in scoring with 22.6 points per game, while Chuck Person provided them with 18.4 points per game, and Detlef Schrempf was named Sixth Man of The Year averaging 16.1 points per game off the bench.[3]

1990–91 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach
General managerDonnie Walsh
Owner(s)Herbert Simon
ArenaMarket Square Arena
Results
Record41–41 (.500)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Central)
Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(Lost to Celtics 2–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWXIN–TV 59
Prime Sports Midwest
(Jerry Baker, Clark Kellogg, Kristi Lee)
RadioWNDE–AM 1260
(Mark Boyle, Bobby "Slick" Leonard)

A heartbreaking five-game defeat to Larry Bird, and the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference First Round kept the Pacers from advancing in the playoffs. In the series, the Pacers came close to taking the final two games, but lost by just three points in Game 5 at the Boston Garden.[4]

For the season, the Pacers changed their primary logo, removing the arm from the letter "P" from the previous logo,[5] and changed their uniforms, adding navy blue to their color scheme.[6][7] The jerseys lasted until 1997, while the logo lasted until 2005.

Draft picks
Main article: 1990 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
245Antonio DavisPF United StatesUTEP
246Kenny WilliamsPF United StatesElizabeth City State

Roster
1990–91 Indiana Pacers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 5 Dinkins, Byron 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1967–06–15 Charlotte
C 54 Dreiling, Greg 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1962–11–07 Kansas
G 10 Fleming, Vern 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1962–02–04 Georgia
G 20 McCloud, George 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1967–05–27 Florida State
G 31 Miller, Reggie (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1965–08–24 UCLA
F 45 Person, Chuck 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1964–06–27 Auburn
G 33 Sanders, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1960–05–07 UCLA
F 11 Schrempf, Detlef 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1963–01–21 Washington
C 24 Smits, Rik 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1966–08–23 Marist
C 41 Thompson, LaSalle 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1961–06–23 Texas
F 44 Williams, Kenny 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1969–06–09 Elizabeth City State
G 4 Williams, Micheal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1966–07–23 Baylor
F 14 Wittman, Randy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1959–10–28 Indiana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Chicago Bulls6121.744—35–626–1525–5
x-Detroit Pistons5032.6101132–918–2319-11
x-Milwaukee Bucks4834.5851333–815–2616–14
x-Atlanta Hawks4339.5241829–1214–2711–19
x-Indiana Pacers4141.5002029-1212–2915-15
Cleveland Cavaliers3349.4022823–1810–3111-19
Charlotte Hornets2656.3173517–249–328–22
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Chicago Bulls6121.744–
2 y-Boston Celtics5626.6835
3 x-Detroit Pistons5032.61011
4 x-Milwaukee Bucks4834.58513
5 x-Philadelphia 76ers4438.53717
6 x-Atlanta Hawks4339.52418
7 x-Indiana Pacers4141.50020
8 x-New York Knicks3943.47622
9 Cleveland Cavaliers3349.40228
10 Washington Bullets3052.36631
11 New Jersey Nets2656.31735
12 Charlotte Hornets2656.31735
13 Miami Heat2458.29337
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1990-91 NBA Records
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 —3–11–41–43–22–01–10–51–11–14–12–01–14–02–31–13–13–11–10–40–21–12–02–01–11–12–2
Boston 1–3—3–12–23–12–02–02–21–12–02–22–01–14–12–22–04–15–01–12–31–11–12–01–12–01–15–1
Charlotte 4–11–3—0–51–41–10–21–41–10–20–51–10–22–22–31–12–20–42–02–20–20–22–01–10–20–22–2
Chicago 4–12–25–0—5–02–02–03–21–10–24–12–01–14–04–12–03–14–02–01–31–10–22–00–22–02–03–1
Cleveland 2–31–34–10–5—2–01–12–30–20–21–41–11–13–12–31–12–23–12–02–20–20–21–10–21–10–21–3
Dallas 0–20–21–10–20–2—3–10–22–21–32–01–32–20–21–11–42–02–01–41–10–41–32–21–42–20–52–0
Denver 1–10–22–00–21–11–3—0–21–30–50–20–40–40–21–13–21–11–12–30–20–40–43–11–40–41–31–1
Detroit 5–02–24–12–33–22–02–0—1–12–03–22–00–23–12–32–03–11–32–02–20–21–12–00–21–10–23–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–12–02–23–11–1—2–21–13–22–32–01–13–11–12–02–22–01–32–32–32–23–11–30–2
Houston 1–10–22–02–02–03–15–00–22–2—1–12–21–32–02–05–02–02–03–22–03–10–43–12–32–22–21–1
Indiana 1–42–25–01–44–10–22–02–31–11–1—1–10–22–22–31–13–12–21–11–31–10–22–01–11–12–02–2
L.A. Clippers 0–20–21–10–21–13–14–00–22–32–21–1—0–40–21–13–11–10–21–30–22–31–33–22–22–31–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–01–11–12–24–02–03–23–12–04–0—2–00–23–12–01–14–01–13–22–34–03–13–22–22–0
Miami 0–41–42–20–41–32–02–01–30–20–22–22–00–2—0–40–23–31–41–11–40–20–21–10–20–21–13–2
Milwaukee 3–22–23–21–43–21–11–13–21–10–23–21–12–04–0—1–12–24–02–02–21–11–11–11–11–11–13–1
Minnesota 1–10–21–10–21–14–12–30–21–30–51–11–31–32–01–1—1–11–12–22–00–40–43–10–42–21–41–1
New Jersey 1–31–42–21–32–20–21–11–31–10–21–31–10–23–32–21–1—0–51–12–31–10–21–10–21–10–22–3
New York 1–30–54–00–41–30–21–13–10–20–22–22–01–14–10–41–15–0—0–25–10–20–22–01–11–12–03–2
Orlando 1–11–10–20–20–24–13–20–22–22–31–13–10–41–10–22–21–12–0—0–22–20–42–21–31–31–41–1
Philadelphia 4–03–22–23–12–21–12–02–20–20–23–12–01–14–12–20–23–21–52–0—1–11–11–10–21–10–23–2
Phoenix 2–01–12–01–12–04–04–02–03–11–31–13–22–32–01–14–01–12–02–21–1—3–23–11–33–22–22–0
Portland 1–11–12–02–02–03–14–01–13–24–02–03–13–22–01–14–02–02–04–01–12–3—3–22–24–03–12–0
Sacramento 0–20–20–20–21–12–21–30–23–21–30–22–30–41–11–11–31–10–22–21–11–32–3—1–31–41–32–0
San Antonio 0–21–11–12–02–04–14–12–02–23–21–12–21–32–01–14–02–01–13–12–03–12–23–1—3–12–32–0
Seattle 1–10–22–00–21–12–24–01–11–32–21–13–22–32–01–12–21–11–13–11–12–30–44–11–3—1–32–0
Utah 1–11–12–00–22–05–03–12–03–12–20–23–12–21–11–14–12–00–24–12–02–21–33–13–23–1—2–0
Washington 2–21–52–21–33–10–21–11–32–01–12–22–00–22–31–31–13–22–31–12–30–20–20–20–20–20–2—

Game log

Regular season
1990–91 game log
Total: 41–41 (Home: 29–12; Road: 12–29)
November: 5–10 (Home: 5–2; Road: 0–8)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
December: 6–8 (Home: 5–2; Road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
January: 7–6 (Home: 4–3; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
February: 7–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
March: 11–6 (Home: 8–1; Road: 3–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
April: 5–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1990–91 schedule

Playoffs
1991 playoff game log
First Round: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 26 @ Boston L 120–127 Reggie Miller (24) Detlef Schrempf (10) Chuck Person (39) Boston Garden
14,890		 0–1
2 April 28 @ Boston W 130–118 Chuck Person (39) Dreiling, Schrempf (7) Micheal Williams (10) Boston Garden
14,890		 1–1
3 May 1 Boston L 105–112 Miller, Schrempf (20) Detlef Schrempf (10) Micheal Williams (7) Market Square Arena
16,530		 1–2
4 May 3 Boston W 116–113 Chuck Person (30) LaSalle Thompson (7) Micheal Williams (9) Market Square Arena
16,530		 2–2
5 May 5 @ Boston L 121–124 Chuck Person (32) LaSalle Thompson (9) Micheal Williams (10) Boston Garden
14,890		 2–3
1991 schedule

Player statistics
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

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Reggie Miller 82 82 36.2 51.2 34.8 91.8 3.4 4.0 1.3 0.2 22.6
Chuck Person 80 79 32.1 50.4 34.0 72.1 5.2 3.0 0.7 0.2 18.4
Detlef Schrempf 82 3 32.1 52.0 37.5 81.8 8.0 3.7 0.7 0.3 16.1
Vern Fleming 69 45 28.0 53.1 22.2 72.9 3.1 5.3 1.1 0.2 12.7
Micheal Williams 73 37 23.4 49.9 14.3 87.9 2.4 4.8 2.1 0.2 11.1
Rik Smits 76 38 22.2 48.5 0.0 76.2 4.7 1.1 0.3 1.5 10.9
LaSalle Thompson 82 77 23.7 48.8 20.0 69.2 6.9 1.8 0.8 0.8 7.6
Mike Sanders 80 7 17.0 41.7 20.0 82.5 2.3 1.3 0.5 0.3 5.8
George McCloud 74 0 14.5 37.3 34.7 77.6 1.6 2.0 0.5 0.1 4.6
Greg Dreiling 73 42 14.1 50.5 0.0 60.0 3.5 0.7 0.3 0.4 3.5
Kenny Williams 75 0 7.0 52.0 0.0 68.0 1.7 0.4 0.1 0.4 2.9
Randy Wittman 41 0 8.7 44.3 0.0 66.7 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.1 1.8
Jawann Oldham 4 0 4.8 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
Byron Dinkins 2 0 2.5 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chuck Person 5 5 38.4 53.3 54.8 81.0 5.6 3.2 1.0 0.0 26.0
Reggie Miller 5 5 38.6 48.6 42.1 86.5 3.2 2.8 1.6 0.4 21.6
Micheal Williams 5 5 36.6 46.2 0.0 89.6 3.2 8.4 2.8 0.0 20.6
Detlef Schrempf 5 0 35.8 47.4 0.0 83.3 7.2 2.2 0.4 0.0 15.8
Rik Smits 5 0 17.6 56.8 0.0 87.5 3.6 0.4 0.2 1.4 9.8
Vern Fleming 5 0 23.0 45.0 0.0 78.6 3.4 4.6 0.2 0.6 9.4
LaSalle Thompson 5 5 25.2 48.7 0.0 100.0 6.2 1.6 0.8 1.4 9.0
Mike Sanders 5 0 8.2 60.0 50.0 50.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.4 3.0
Greg Dreiling 5 5 15.0 33.3 0.0 66.7 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8
Randy Wittman 1 0 6.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Kenny Williams 2 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Player Statistics Citation:[3]

Awards and records

References
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  3. "1990–91 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  4. "BASKETBALL; The Legend Grows For Bird and Celtics". New York Times. May 6, 1991. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
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