1988–89 Indiana Pacers season

The 1988–89 NBA season was Indiana's 13th season in the NBA and 22nd season as a franchise.[1] Despite finishing with a 38–44 record the previous season, the Pacers had the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft, and selected Dutch center Rik Smits out of Marist College. At midseason, the team traded Wayman Tisdale to the Sacramento Kings for LaSalle Thompson, and dealt Herb Williams to the Dallas Mavericks for Detlef Schrempf. The Pacers finished last place in the Central Division with a 28–54 record.

1988–89 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach
General managerDonnie Walsh
Owner(s)Herbert Simon
ArenaMarket Square Arena
Results
Record28–54 (.341)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Central)
Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWXIN
(Bill Hazen, Clark Kellogg)
RadioWNDE
(Mark Boyle, Bobby "Slick" Leonard)

Draft picks
Main article: 1988 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
12Rik SmitsC NetherlandsMarist
361Herbert CrookF United StatesLouisville
373Michael Anderson United StatesDrexel

Roster
1988–89 Indiana Pacers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
C 54 Dreiling, Greg 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1962-11-07 Kansas
PG 10 Fleming, Vern 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1962-02-04 Georgia
SF 22 Frederick, Anthony 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1964-12-07 Pepperdine
C 55 Gray, Stuart 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1963-05-27 UCLA
SG 31 Miller, Reggie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1965-08-24 UCLA
SF 45 Person, Chuck 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1964-06-27 Auburn
PF 11 Schrempf, Detlef 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1963-01-21 Washington
PG 3 Skiles, Scott 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1964-03-05 Michigan State
C 24 Smits, Rik 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1966-08-23 Marist
PG 15 Stephens, Everette 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1966-10-21 Purdue
C 40 Stipanovich, Steve  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1960-11-17 Missouri
C 41 Thompson, LaSalle 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1961-06-23 Texas
SF 14 Wittman, Randy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 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

Roster
Last transaction: February 21, 1989

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Detroit Pistons 6319.768–37–426–1520–10
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 5725.695637–420–2119–11
x-Atlanta Hawks 5230.6341133–819–2220–10
x-Milwaukee Bucks 4933.5981431–1018–2311–19
x-Chicago Bulls 4735.5731630–1117–2412–18
Indiana Pacers 2854.3413520–218–338–22
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Detroit Pistons6319.768–
2 y-New York Knicks5230.63411
3 x-Cleveland Cavaliers5725.6956
4 x-Atlanta Hawks5230.63411
5 x-Milwaukee Bucks4933.59814
6 x-Chicago Bulls4735.57316
7 x-Philadelphia 76ers4636.56117
8 x-Boston Celtics4240.51221
9 Washington Bullets4042.48823
10 Indiana Pacers2854.34135
11 New Jersey Nets2656.31737
12 Charlotte Hornets2062.24443
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 —3–14–14–24–21–10–21–51–11–15–12–01–11–16–04–12–22–21–11–12–01–11–11–13–1
Boston 1–3—6–01–31–41–11–11–31–11–12–32–01–12–02–25–13–33–30–21–12–02–00–21–12–4
Charlotte 1–40–6—1–40–40–20–20–40–20–22–22–00–21–10–42–42–43–30–20–21–12–01–11–11–5
Chicago 2–43–14–1—0–62–01–10–61–11–14–21–12–02–06–02–23–21–31–12–02–02–02–00–23–1
Cleveland 2–44–14–06–0—2–02–03–31–11–15–11–10–22–03–34–02–23–22–02–02–02–01–11–12–2
Dallas 1–11–12–00–20–2—3–30–21–31–51–13–10–46–00–21–10–21–11–32–22–25–12–24–21–1
Denver 2–01–12–01–10–23–3—1–13–14–21–12–21–35–10–21–11–11–11–32–23–13–32–23–31–1
Detroit 5–13–14–06–03–32–01–1—1–11–14–22–02–02–02–44–00–45–02–01–12–02–02–02–05–0
Golden State 1–11–12–01–11–13–11–31–1—1–31–15–12–34–00–22–02–01–12–42–42–33–12–42–21–1
Houston 1–11–12–01–11–15–12–41–13–1—2–02–21–34–21–12–00–20–21–33–12–26–02–22–40–2
Indiana 1–53–22–22–41–51–11–12–41–10–2—1–10–21–12–41–30–50–41–12–01–12–01–11–11–3
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–21–11–11–32–20–21–52–21–1—1–51–30–21–10–20–21–51–52–33–11–41–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–00–22–04–03–10–23–23–12–05–1—4–01–11–11–12–03–35–05–13–14–21–31–1
Miami 1–10–21–10–20–20–61–50–20–42–41–13–10–4—0–21–11–10–20–40–41–32–40–41–50–2
Milwaukee 0–62–24–00–63–32–02–04–22–01–14–22–01–12–0—4–11–33–11–12–02–01–11–11–14–1
New Jersey 1–41–54–22–20–41–11–10–40–20–23–11–11–11–11–4—2–41–51–10–21–11–12–00–21–5
New York 2–23–34–22–32–22–01–14–00–22–05–02–01–11–13–14–2—2–41–12–01–11–11–11–15–1
Philadelphia 2–23–33–33–12–31–11–10–51–12–04–02–00–22–01–35–14–2—0–21–12–01–11–11–14–2
Phoenix 1–12–02–01–10–23–13–10–24–23–11–15–13–34–01–11–11–12–0—2–35–13–14–12–22–0
Portland 1–11–12–00–20–22–22–21–14–21–30–25–10–54–00–22–00–21–13–2—3–34–02–40–41–1
Sacramento 0–20–21–10–20–22–21–30–23–22–21–13–21–53–10–21–11–10–21–53–3—2–21–51–30–2
San Antonio 1–10–20–20–20–21–53–30–21–30–60–21–31–34–21–11–11–11–11–30–42–2—0–41–51–1
Seattle 1–12–01–10–21–12–22–20–24–22–21–14–12–44–01–10–21–11–11–44–25–14–0—3–11–1
Utah 1–11–11–12–01–12–43–30–22–24–21–13–13–15–11–12–01–11–12–24–03–15–11–3—2–0
Washington 1–34–25–11–32–21–11–10–51–12–03–12–01–12–01–45–11–52–40–21–12–01–11–10–2—

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
Chuck Person 80 79 37.7 48.9 30.7 79.2 6.5 3.6 1.0 0.2 21.6
Reggie Miller 74 70 34.3 47.9 40.2 84.4 3.9 3.1 1.3 0.4 16.0
Wayman Tisdale 48 5 27.6 50.5 0.0 79.2 6.5 1.6 0.7 0.7 16.0
Detlef Schrempf 32 12 31.4 51.4 26.3 77.2 7.2 2.9 0.9 0.3 14.8
Vern Fleming 76 69 33.6 51.5 13.0 79.9 4.1 6.5 1.0 0.2 14.3
Herb Williams 46 46 34.1 45.0 0.0 71.4 8.6 1.9 0.7 1.7 12.6
LaSalle Thompson 33 29 31.9 53.8 0.0 80.6 9.9 1.1 1.0 1.2 12.5
Rik Smits 82 71 24.9 51.7 0.0 72.2 6.1 0.9 0.5 1.8 11.7
John Long 44 1 17.4 40.1 40.0 93.7 1.5 1.5 0.7 0.0 7.3
Scott Skiles 80 13 19.6 44.8 26.7 90.3 1.9 4.9 0.8 0.0 6.8
Randy Wittman 33 11 21.3 47.3 50.0 63.2 1.6 2.4 0.4 0.1 5.2
Anthony Frederick 46 0 6.8 50.4 40.0 70.6 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 3.3
Richard Morton 2 0 5.5 75.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 3.0
Stuart Gray 72 0 10.9 47.1 0.0 68.8 3.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 2.6
Greg Dreiling 53 4 7.5 55.8 0.0 67.2 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.2 2.4
Everette Stephens 35 0 6.0 31.9 20.0 77.3 0.7 1.1 0.3 0.1 1.9
Sedric Toney 2 0 4.5 20.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

Player Statistics Citation:[2]

Awards and records

References
  1. "1988-89 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  2. "1988-89 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-07-25.

See also
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