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1988–89 Indiana Pacers season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

  • Jack Ramsay (resigned)
  • Mel Daniels (interim)
  • George Irvine (interim)
  • Dick Versace (Bill Hazen, Clark Kellogg) (Mark Boyle, Bobby "Slick" Leonard) The 1988–89 Indiana Pacers season was the 13th season for the Indiana Pacers in the National Basketball Association, and their 22nd season as a franchise. Despite finishing with a 38–44 record the previous season, the Pacers received the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft, and selected 7' 4" Dutch center Rik Smits out of Marist College. Before the regular season began, center Steve Stipanovich was out due a left knee injury, and would be sidelined for the entire season after undergoing knee surgery.

The Pacers went through four different head coaches this season; head coach Jack Ramsay resigned after an 0–7 start, then after two games under interim coach Mel Daniels, and 20 games under interim George Irvine, the team hired Dick Versace as their new coach. At mid-season, the team traded Wayman Tisdale to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for LaSalle Thompson and Randy Wittman, and dealt Herb Williams to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for German small forward Detlef Schrempf. The Pacers held an 11–35 record at the All-Star break, but played slightly under .500 in winning percentage for the remainder of the regular season, finishing in last place in the Central Division with a 28–54 record.

Chuck Person averaged 21.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, while second-year star Reggie Miller showed improvement becoming the team's starting shooting guard, averaging 16.0 points and 1.3 steals per game, plus leading the Pacers with 98 three-point field goals, and Vern Fleming contributed 14.3 points and 6.5 assists per game. In addition, Smits provided the team with 11.7 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and Scott Skiles contributed 6.8 points and 4.9 assists per game off the bench.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas, Miller participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout. Following the season, Stipanovich retired after five seasons in the NBA with the Pacers; Stipanovich had gone through two knee operations, and doctors discovered he had a "dead spot" in the bone of his left knee.

Also following the season, Skiles was left unprotected in the 1989 NBA expansion draft, where he was selected by the Orlando Magic expansion team.

Draft picks

Main article: 1988 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
12Rik SmitsCMarist
361Herbert CrookFLouisville
373Michael AndersonDrexel

Roster

  • Jack Ramsay (resigned)
  • Mel Daniels (interim)
  • George Irvine (interim)
  • Dick Versace
  • Mel Daniels
  • George Irvine
  • Dave Twardzik

Roster notes

  • Center Steve Stipanovich was on the injured reserve list due to a left knee injury, and missed the entire regular season.

Regular season

Season standings

:z - clinched division title :y - clinched division title :x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

PlayerPOSGPGSMPREBASTSTLBLKPTSMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
C**82**712,0415007037**151**95624.96.1.9.5**1.8**11.7
SF80**79****3,012****516**2898318**1,728****37.7**6.53.61.0.2**21.6**
PG80131,57114939064254619.61.94.9.8.06.8
PG76692,552310**494**77121,08433.64.1**6.5**1.0.214.3
SG74702,536292227**93**291,18134.33.93.1**1.3**.416.0
C72078324529112118810.93.4.4.2.32.6
C53439692185111297.51.7.3.1.22.4
†PF4851,32631075353276827.66.51.6.7.716.0
†C46461,56739688318057834.18.61.9.71.712.6
SF46031352201461526.81.1.4.3.13.3
†SG441767666529132317.41.51.5.7.07.3
PG350209233794656.0.71.1.3.11.9
†C33291,05332637333941331.9**9.9**1.11.01.212.5
†SF3311704547913217321.31.62.4.4.15.2
†PF32121,00522993291047531.47.22.9.9.314.8
PG2011010065.5.0.5.0.03.0
PG209200024.51.0.0.0.01.0
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Pacers only.

Awards and records

  • Rik Smits, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

Transactions

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/1989.html 1988-89 Indiana Pacers]
  2. Goldaper, Sam. (June 29, 1988). "N.B.A. Draft; Manning, Then 3-Way Trade Give Hope to Lowly Clippers". The New York Times.
  3. Baker, Chris. (June 29, 1988). "1988 NBA DRAFT: Clippers Choose Manning, Then Play for Position: They Trade Cage, End Up with Smith and Grant". Los Angeles Times.
  4. "1988 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.
  5. (October 30, 1988). "Sports Digest". United Press International.
  6. (January 2, 1989). "Pacers' Stipanovich Still on Sideline – Bears' Tomczak May Return". Orlando Sentinel.
  7. (January 23, 1989). "Indiana Pacers Center Steve Stipanovich, Who Has Yet to...". United Press International.
  8. (November 17, 1988). "Ramsay Quits as Pacers Coach". Los Angeles Times.
  9. (November 18, 1988). "An 0-7 Start Is Too Much for Pacers' Ramsay, He Quits". Los Angeles Times.
  10. (November 18, 1988). "Ramsay Resigns as Pacers Coach". The Washington Post.
  11. (January 6, 1989). "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Pacers Pick Versace in Third Change". The New York Times.
  12. McManis, Sam. (January 10, 1989). "The NBA; Sam McManis: Dick Versace Brings Many Faces to Pacers". Los Angeles Times.
  13. (February 20, 1989). "The Indiana Pacers Traded Forward Wayman Tisdale...". Los Angeles Times.
  14. (February 20, 1989). "Tisdale Reportedly Traded for Wittman, Thompson". Deseret News.
  15. Goldaper, Sam. (February 21, 1989). "Pacers Deal Tisdale to Kings; Eye Move to Get Vandeweghe". The New York Times.
  16. (February 21, 1989). "IN BRIEF: Schrempf Traded for Williams". Los Angeles Times.
  17. (February 22, 1989). "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Mavericks Trade Schrempf for Williams". The New York Times.
  18. Aldridge, David. (February 22, 1989). "Notebook". The Washington Post.
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  20. "1988–89 Indiana Pacers Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference.
  21. "1988–89 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.
  22. (February 11, 1989). "All-Star Lineups". Ocala Star-Banner.
  23. "NBA & ABA All-Star Game Contest Winners". Basketball-Reference.
  24. (September 27, 1989). "It Looks Like Stipanovich's Career Is Over". Deseret News.
  25. (September 28, 1989). "THE SIDELINES: Knee Prompts Stipanovich to Retire". Los Angeles Times.
  26. (September 29, 1989). "Sports People: PRO BASKETBALL; Stipanovich Retires Because of Bad Knee". The New York Times.
  27. Brown, Clifton. (June 16, 1989). "Knicks' Green Is Taken First in N.B.A.'s Expansion Draft". The New York Times.
  28. Howard-Cooper, Scott. (June 16, 1989). "NBA Expansion Draft: Timberwolves Get Mahorn; Lakers Lose Rivers". Los Angeles Times.
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