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لكرة السلة للمحترفين 1988–89" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_1988/1989." title="NBA 1988/1989. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="NBA 1988/1989." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporada_1988-89_de_l%27NBA" title="Temporada 1988-89 de l'NBA – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Temporada 1988-89 de l'NBA" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_1988/89" title="NBA 1988/89 – German" lang="de" 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Lakers</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Top scorer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 NBA Playoffs">Playoffs</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern</a> champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Eastern runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western</a> champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Western runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">Finals</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Finals <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals MVP">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Joe Dumars</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit</a>)</td></tr><tr class="noprint"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_seasons" title="List of NBA seasons"> NBA seasons</a></th></tr><tr class="noprint"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="float: left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">← 1987–88</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989–90 →</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lakers_Celtics_Lipofsky.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Lakers_Celtics_Lipofsky.jpg/150px-Lakers_Celtics_Lipofsky.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Lakers_Celtics_Lipofsky.jpg/225px-Lakers_Celtics_Lipofsky.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Lakers_Celtics_Lipofsky.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> facing the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> in Dec. 1988. This would be <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>'s last <a href="/wiki/Jump_ball" title="Jump ball">jump ball</a> at Boston Garden.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>1988–89 NBA season</b> was the 43rd season of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>. The season ended with the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> winning the NBA Championship, sweeping the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>. This was the first season of the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_occurrences">Notable occurrences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Notable occurrences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right"> <caption>Coaching changes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Off-season </th></tr> <tr> <th>Team </th> <th>1987–88 coach </th> <th>1988–89 coach </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1988–89 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K.C._Jones" title="K.C. Jones">K.C. Jones</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rodgers_(basketball)" title="Jimmy Rodgers (basketball)">Jimmy Rodgers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Charlotte_Hornets_season" title="1988–89 Charlotte Hornets season">Charlotte Hornets</a> </td> <td><i>Expansion</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Harter" title="Dick Harter">Dick Harter</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1988–89 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Bill Fitch</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Chaney" title="Don Chaney">Don Chaney</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Miami_Heat_season" title="1988–89 Miami Heat season">Miami Heat</a> </td> <td><i>Expansion</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Rothstein" title="Ron Rothstein">Ron Rothstein</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1988–89 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Wetzel_(basketball)" title="John Wetzel (basketball)">John Wetzel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Cotton Fitzsimmons</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1988–89 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Weiss" title="Bob Weiss">Bob Weiss</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">Larry Brown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1988–89 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Gregory" title="Ed Gregory">Ed Gregory</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Don Nelson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">In-season </th></tr> <tr> <th>Team </th> <th>Outgoing coach </th> <th>Incoming coach </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1988–89 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schuler" title="Mike Schuler">Mike Schuler</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Adelman" title="Rick Adelman">Rick Adelman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gene_Shue" title="Gene Shue">Gene Shue</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Casey" title="Don Casey">Don Casey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1988–89 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Jack Ramsay</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mel_Daniels" title="Mel Daniels">Mel Daniels</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mel_Daniels" title="Mel Daniels">Mel Daniels</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Irvine_(basketball)" title="George Irvine (basketball)">George Irvine</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Irvine_(basketball)" title="George Irvine (basketball)">George Irvine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Versace" title="Dick Versace">Dick Versace</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1988–89 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Layden" title="Frank Layden">Frank Layden</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sloan" title="Jerry Sloan">Jerry Sloan</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>The NBA adopts the three-official system used in college basketball permanently. The league experimented with three officials per game in 1978–79, but went back to two officials per game for the next nine seasons, although they actually have three with the inclusion of an alternate referee for all playoff games and selected regular season games.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Charlotte_Hornets_season" title="1988–89 Charlotte Hornets season">Charlotte Hornets</a> and <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Miami_Heat_season" title="1988–89 Miami Heat season">Miami Heat</a> become the league's 24th and 25th franchises.</li> <li>The Heat plays its inaugural season in the Midwest Division. As a result, the <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="1988–89 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a> move to the Pacific Division.</li> <li>The Hornets play their inaugural season in the Atlantic Division.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1989 NBA All-Star Game">1989 NBA All-Star Game</a> was played at the <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a> in <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a>, with the West defeating the East 143–134. <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> of the <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1988–89 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a> takes home the game's MVP award.</li> <li><b>New Arenas</b>: The <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1988–89 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a> move from the <a href="/wiki/MECCA_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="MECCA Arena">MECCA Arena</a> to the then-<a href="/wiki/Bradley_Center" title="Bradley Center">Bradley Center</a>, the <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="1988–89 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a> move from <a href="/wiki/ARCO_Arena_(1985)" title="ARCO Arena (1985)">ARCO Arena I</a> to the then-ARCO Arena (later <a href="/wiki/Power_Balance" title="Power Balance">Power Balance</a> Pavilion, now <a href="/wiki/Sleep_Train_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Sleep Train Arena">Sleep Train Arena</a>), and the Detroit Pistons move from the <a href="/wiki/Pontiac_Silverdome" title="Pontiac Silverdome">Pontiac Silverdome</a> to <a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> records ten triple-doubles in eleven games near the end of the season.</li> <li>Prior to the season, the first-year Hornets announce that they choose <a href="/wiki/Teal_(color)" class="mw-redirect" title="Teal (color)">teal</a> as their primary color, which gave them immediate attention. In the next decade, expansion teams in the other professional sports leagues (most notably the <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Sharks" title="San Jose Sharks">San Jose Sharks</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Marlins" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Marlins">Florida Marlins</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>'s <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">NL</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Jaguars" title="Jacksonville Jaguars">Jacksonville Jaguars</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a>) further popularized the use of the color. The Hornets also popularized the use of <a href="/wiki/Pinstripes" title="Pinstripes">pinstripes</a> on the uniforms, which were later adopted by the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> (alternates only), <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> and the current Charlotte Hornets' predecessor franchise, the Bobcats.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1988–89 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a> started a playoff tradition by wearing black sneakers. Prior to that, the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> were the only team to wear black sneakers. Following the Bulls' unlikely playoff run, other teams began adopting the style, beginning with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> in 1990.</li> <li>This was <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>'s last season.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> became the first team to sweep two consecutive best-of-seven series.</li> <li>The Celtics, who had never won fewer than 57 games in any of the previous nine seasons, slump to 42 as <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> played only six games due to injuries.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1988–89 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a> had four different head coaches during the season, a rare occurrence that has not happened since.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1988–89 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle SuperSonics</a> guard <a href="/wiki/Dale_Ellis" title="Dale Ellis">Dale Ellis</a> won the All-Star game's 3-point shootout.</li> <li>The first postponement of an NBA game due to a civil disturbance. In the wake of the Miami riots, the game between the <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Miami_Heat_season" title="1988–89 Miami Heat season">Miami Heat</a> and <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1988–89 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a> on January 17, 1989, was postponed.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Frank_Layden" title="Frank Layden">Frank Layden</a>, citing burnout, resigns from the Jazz after 17 games and an 11–6 record. Assistant <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sloan" title="Jerry Sloan">Jerry Sloan</a> begins the first season of 23 <a href="/wiki/List_of_Utah_Jazz_seasons" title="List of Utah Jazz seasons">for the Utah Jazz</a>, at the time of his retirement, the longest tenure of any professional coach for one city and franchise, but since surpassed by <a href="/wiki/Gregg_Popovich" title="Gregg Popovich">Gregg Popovich</a> of the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>.</li> <li>This was the only season for <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Berry" title="Ricky Berry">Ricky Berry</a>, who was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> with the 18th overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_draft" title="1988 NBA draft">1988 NBA draft</a>, who committed suicide during the off-season.</li> <li>On January 6, 1989,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Bullets</a> franchise played its first regular season game in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a> since <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Baltimore_Bullets_season" title="1972–73 Baltimore Bullets season">1973</a>; this was the first of 35 regular season "home" games the Bullets played in Baltimore through the <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season" title="1996–97 NBA season">1996–97 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a> becomes the only player in NBA history to accumulate over 200 steals with over 200 blocks in a season.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1988–89_NBA_changes"><span id="1988.E2.80.9389_NBA_changes"></span>1988–89 NBA changes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1988–89 NBA changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> moved into <a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> changed their jersey number colors on their road uniforms from blue to white.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> moved into the Bradley Center (now as <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Center" title="Bradley Center">BMO Harris Bradley Center</a>).</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> moved into ARCO Arena II (now as <a href="/wiki/Sleep_Train_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Sleep Train Arena">Sleep Train Arena</a>).</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards#Washington_Bullets" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Bullets</a> split home games at the <a href="/wiki/Capital_Centre_(Landover,_Maryland)" title="Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)">Capital Centre</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Farms_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Farms Arena">Baltimore Arena</a> during the season.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:auto"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#0047AB" align="center" colspan="5"><b><span style="color:white;">1988-89 National Basketball Association</span></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="red" align="center" colspan="5"><b><span style="color;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFFFFF">Eastern Conference</span></span></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Division</th> <th>Team</th> <th>City</th> <th>Arena</th> <th>Capacity </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="6">Atlantic </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a> </td> <td>14,890 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#00FF00;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a> * </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Coliseum" title="Charlotte Coliseum">Charlotte Coliseum</a> </td> <td>24,042 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Byrne_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Brendan Byrne Arena">Brendan Byrne Arena</a> </td> <td>20,049 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> </td> <td>19,812 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_(arena)" title="Spectrum (arena)">The Spectrum</a> </td> <td>18,176 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Capital_Centre_(Landover,_Maryland)" title="Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)">Capital Centre</a> </td> <td>18,756 </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="6">Central </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Omni_Coliseum" title="Omni Coliseum">Omni Coliseum</a> </td> <td>16,378 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Stadium" title="Chicago Stadium">Chicago Stadium</a> </td> <td>18,676 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richfield_Township,_Summit_County,_Ohio" title="Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio">Richfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richfield_Coliseum" title="Richfield Coliseum">Richfield Coliseum</a> </td> <td>20,900 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills,_Michigan" title="Auburn Hills, Michigan">Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a> </td> <td>22,076 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis,_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis, Indiana">Indianapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Market_Square_Arena" title="Market Square Arena">Market Square Arena</a> </td> <td>17,171 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee,_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee, Wisconsin">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Center" title="Bradley Center">Bradley Center</a> </td> <td>18,717 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="red" align="center" colspan="5"><b><span style="color;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFFFFF">Western Conference</span></span></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="6">Midwest </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dallas,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas, Texas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reunion_Arena" title="Reunion Arena">Reunion Arena</a> </td> <td>18,293 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Denver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McNichols_Sports_Arena" title="McNichols Sports Arena">McNichols Sports Arena</a> </td> <td>17,171 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a> </td> <td>16,285 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#00FF00;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a> * </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_Arena" title="Miami Arena">Miami Arena</a> </td> <td>15,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio, Texas">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HemisFair_Arena" title="HemisFair Arena">HemisFair Arena</a> </td> <td>16,057 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City,_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt Lake City, Utah">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salt_Palace_(arena)" title="Salt Palace (arena)">Salt Palace</a> </td> <td>12,686 </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="7">Pacific </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland-Alameda_County_Coliseum_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena">Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena</a> </td> <td>13,335 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Sports_Arena" title="Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena">Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena</a> </td> <td>16,161 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Forum" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Western Forum">Great Western Forum</a> </td> <td>17,505 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Veterans_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum">Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum</a> </td> <td>14,870 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a 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Jazz</a> </td> <td>51</td> <td>31</td> <td>.622</td> <td>–</td> <td>34–7</td> <td>17–24</td> <td>19–11 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1988–89 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a> </td> <td>45</td> <td>37</td> <td>.549</td> <td>6</td> <td>31–10</td> <td>14–27</td> <td>19–11 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1988–89 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a> </td> <td>44</td> <td>38</td> <td>.537</td> <td>7</td> <td>35–6</td> <td>9–32</td> <td>18–12 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1988–89 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a> </td> <td>38</td> <td>44</td> <td>.463</td> <td>13</td> <td>24–17</td> <td>14–27</td> <td>19–11 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1988–89 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a> </td> <td>21</td> <td>61</td> <td>.256</td> <td>30</td> <td>18–23</td> <td>3–38</td> <td>9–21 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Miami_Heat_season" title="1988–89 Miami Heat season">Miami Heat</a> </td> <td>15</td> <td>67</td> <td>.183</td> <td>36</td> <td>12–29</td> <td>3–38</td> <td>6–24 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:50em;font-size:95%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="30%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1045256916" /><div class="navbar-header"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Division_(NBA)" title="Pacific Division (NBA)">Pacific Division</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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record"> Div </abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>y</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> </td> <td>57</td> <td>25</td> <td>.695</td> <td>–</td> <td>35–6</td> <td>22–19</td> <td>25–9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1988–89 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a> </td> <td>55</td> <td>27</td> <td>.671</td> <td>2</td> <td>35–6</td> <td>20–21</td> <td>23–11 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1988–89 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle SuperSonics</a> </td> <td>47</td> <td>35</td> <td>.573</td> <td>10</td> <td>31–10</td> <td>16–25</td> <td>20–14 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1988–89 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a> </td> <td>43</td> <td>39</td> <td>.524</td> <td>14</td> <td>29–12</td> <td>14–27</td> <td>15–19 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1988–89 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a> </td> <td>39</td> <td>43</td> <td>.476</td> <td>18</td> <td>28–13</td> <td>11–30</td> <td>17–17 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="1988–89 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a> </td> <td>27</td> <td>55</td> <td>.329</td> <td>30</td> <td>21–20</td> <td>6–35</td> <td>12–22 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a> </td> <td>21</td> <td>61</td> <td>.256</td> <td>36</td> <td>17–24</td> <td>4–37</td> <td>7–27 </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Detroit_Pistons_at_Dallas_Mavericks_1988-11-15_(ticket).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Detroit_Pistons_at_Dallas_Mavericks_1988-11-15_%28ticket%29.jpg/150px-Detroit_Pistons_at_Dallas_Mavericks_1988-11-15_%28ticket%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Detroit_Pistons_at_Dallas_Mavericks_1988-11-15_%28ticket%29.jpg/225px-Detroit_Pistons_at_Dallas_Mavericks_1988-11-15_%28ticket%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Detroit_Pistons_at_Dallas_Mavericks_1988-11-15_%28ticket%29.jpg/300px-Detroit_Pistons_at_Dallas_Mavericks_1988-11-15_%28ticket%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="642" /></a><figcaption>A ticket for a November 1988 game between the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> and the season's eventual 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Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>63</td> <td>19</td> <td>.768</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>y</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1988–89 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a></td> <td>52</td> <td>30</td> <td>.634</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1988–89 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>25</td> <td>.695</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1988–89 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a></td> <td>52</td> <td>30</td> <td>.634</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1988–89 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td> <td>49</td> <td>33</td> <td>.598</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1988–89 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a></td> <td>47</td> <td>35</td> <td>.573</td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1988–89 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td> <td>46</td> <td>36</td> <td>.561</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1988–89 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a></td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>.512</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc"> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1988–89 Washington Bullets season">Washington Bullets</a></td> <td>40</td> <td>42</td> <td>.488</td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1988–89 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>54</td> <td>.341</td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1988–89 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey Nets</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>56</td> <td>.317</td> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Charlotte_Hornets_season" title="1988–89 Charlotte Hornets season">Charlotte Hornets</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>62</td> <td>.244</td> <td>43 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:35em; font-size:95%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5%" rowspan="2"># </th> <th colspan="5" style="text-align:center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1045256916" /><div class="navbar-header"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_West_standings" title="Template:1988–89 NBA West standings"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_West_standings" title="Template talk:1988–89 NBA West standings"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_West_standings" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1988–89 NBA West standings"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th width="35%">Team </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games won"> W </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games lost"> L </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage"> PCT </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games behind"> GB </abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>c</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>25</td> <td>.695</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>y</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1988–89 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a></td> <td>51</td> <td>31</td> <td>.622</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1988–89 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a></td> <td>55</td> <td>27</td> <td>.671</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1988–89 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle SuperSonics</a></td> <td>47</td> <td>35</td> <td>.573</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1988–89 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a></td> <td>45</td> <td>37</td> <td>.549</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1988–89 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a></td> <td>44</td> <td>38</td> <td>.537</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1988–89 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>43</td> <td>39</td> <td>.524</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1988–89 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a></td> <td>39</td> <td>43</td> <td>.476</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc"> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1988–89 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a></td> <td>38</td> <td>44</td> <td>.463</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="1988–89 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a></td> <td>27</td> <td>55</td> <td>.329</td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1988–89 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>61</td> <td>.256</td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>61</td> <td>.256</td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Miami_Heat_season" title="1988–89 Miami Heat season">Miami Heat</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>67</td> <td>.183</td> <td>42 </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Miami_Heat_at_Charlotte_Hornets_1988-11-29_(ticket).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Miami_Heat_at_Charlotte_Hornets_1988-11-29_%28ticket%29.jpg/125px-Miami_Heat_at_Charlotte_Hornets_1988-11-29_%28ticket%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="312" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Miami_Heat_at_Charlotte_Hornets_1988-11-29_%28ticket%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="154" data-file-height="384" /></a><figcaption>A ticket for a game between the Miami Heat and the Charlotte Hornets during their inaugural season.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <ul><li><b>z</b> – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs</li> <li><b>c</b> – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs</li> <li><b>y</b> – Clinched division title</li> <li><b>x</b> – Clinched playoff spot</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Expansion">Expansion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The League expands from twenty-three to twenty-five franchises, with new <a href="/wiki/Expansion_team" title="Expansion team">expansion teams</a> in Charlotte and Miami. </p><p>The Heat began its season as a member of the Western Conference despite its geographical position, enduring its longest road trips when playing Western Conference teams. It also began the season 0–17, at the time the worst start in NBA history. The Hornets finished at 20–62. Such records are typical of expansion NBA franchises in their initial seasons, with 15–67 being the poorest record repeated by the <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1970–71 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cavaliers</a>, <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Vancouver_Grizzlies_season" title="1995–96 Vancouver Grizzlies season">Grizzlies</a>, <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_San_Diego_Rockets_season" title="1967–68 San Diego Rockets season">Rockets</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1980–81 Dallas Mavericks season">Mavericks</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Miami_Heat_season" title="1988–89 Miami Heat season">Heat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sacramento Kings were belatedly moved to the Pacific Division in their fourth season after leaving Kansas City. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1989_NBA_Eastern_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_1_-_Chicago_Bulls_at_New_York_Knicks_1989-05-09_(ticket).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/1989_NBA_Eastern_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_1_-_Chicago_Bulls_at_New_York_Knicks_1989-05-09_%28ticket%29.jpg/250px-1989_NBA_Eastern_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_1_-_Chicago_Bulls_at_New_York_Knicks_1989-05-09_%28ticket%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/1989_NBA_Eastern_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_1_-_Chicago_Bulls_at_New_York_Knicks_1989-05-09_%28ticket%29.jpg/375px-1989_NBA_Eastern_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_1_-_Chicago_Bulls_at_New_York_Knicks_1989-05-09_%28ticket%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/1989_NBA_Eastern_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_1_-_Chicago_Bulls_at_New_York_Knicks_1989-05-09_%28ticket%29.jpg/500px-1989_NBA_Eastern_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_1_-_Chicago_Bulls_at_New_York_Knicks_1989-05-09_%28ticket%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1552" data-file-height="782" /></a><figcaption>A ticket for Game 1 of the 1989 Eastern Conference Semifinals between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_playoffs" title="1989 NBA playoffs">1989 NBA playoffs</a></div> <p>Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions are marked by an asterisk. <a href="/wiki/Home_court_advantage" class="mw-redirect" title="Home court advantage">Home court advantage</a> does not necessarily belong to the higher-seeded team, but instead the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics. </p> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><div class="excerpt"> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">First Round </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Conference Semifinals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Conference Finals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1988–89 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1988–89 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1988–89 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1988–89 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1988–89 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E5</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1988–89 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1988–89 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1988–89 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1988–89 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland</a></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E6</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1988–89 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E6</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1988–89 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1988–89 New York Knicks season">New York</a></span></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1988–89 New York Knicks season">New York</a></span></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1988–89 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1988–89 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">LA Lakers</a></span>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">LA Lakers</a></span></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1988–89 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">LA Lakers</a></span></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1988–89 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1988–89 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a></b></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1988–89 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">LA Lakers</a></span></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1988–89 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1988–89 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a></b></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1988–89 Denver Nuggets season">Denver</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1988–89 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix</a></b></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1988–89 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a></span> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1988–89 Utah Jazz season">Utah</a></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W7</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1988–89 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a></span></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>* Division winner</li><li><b>Bold</b> Series winner</li><li><i>Italic</i> Team with home-court advantage</li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics_leaders">Statistics leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Statistics leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Category</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Stat </th></tr> <tr> <td>Points per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a></td> <td>32.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rebounds per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></td> <td>13.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assists per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a></td> <td>13.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Steals per game</td> <td>John Stockton</td> <td>Utah Jazz</td> <td>3.21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Blocks per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manute_Bol" title="Manute Bol">Manute Bol</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>4.31 </td></tr> <tr> <td>FG%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Dennis Rodman</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>.595 </td></tr> <tr> <td>FT%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td> <td>.911 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3FG%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jon_Sundvold" title="Jon Sundvold">Jon Sundvold</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a></td> <td>.522 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_awards">NBA awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: NBA awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Most Valuable Player:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rookie_of_the_Year_(award)" title="Rookie of the Year (award)">Rookie of the Year</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Mitch Richmond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award">Defensive Player of the Year</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Eaton" title="Mark Eaton">Mark Eaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Man_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth Man of the Year">Sixth Man of the Year</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1959)" title="Eddie Johnson (basketball, born 1959)">Eddie Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Improved_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Improved Player Award">Most Improved Player</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Kevin Johnson (basketball)">Kevin Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Coach of the Year Award">Coach of the Year</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Cotton Fitzsimmons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: 99%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/All-NBA_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA First Team">All-NBA First Team</a>:</b> <ul><li>F – <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a>, Utah Jazz</li> <li>F – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></li> <li>C – <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></li> <li>G – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a></li> <li>G – <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><b>All-NBA Second Team:</b> <ul><li>F – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Chambers_(basketball)" title="Tom Chambers (basketball)">Tom Chambers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></li> <li>F – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Mullin (basketball)">Chris Mullin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></li> <li>C – <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Patrick Ewing</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></li> <li>G – <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a></li> <li>G – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Kevin Johnson (basketball)">Kevin Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><b>All-NBA Third Team:</b> <ul><li>F – <a href="/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins" title="Dominique Wilkins">Dominique Wilkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a></li> <li>F – <a href="/wiki/Terry_Cummings" title="Terry Cummings">Terry Cummings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></li> <li>C – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></li> <li>G – <a href="/wiki/Dale_Ellis" title="Dale Ellis">Dale Ellis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a></li> <li>G – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Price" title="Mark Price">Mark Price</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533" /><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: 66%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Rookie First Team">NBA All-Rookie First Team</a>:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rik_Smits" title="Rik Smits">Rik Smits</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Willie Anderson (basketball)">Willie Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Mitch Richmond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_D._Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles D. Smith">Charles D. Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hersey_Hawkins" title="Hersey Hawkins">Hersey Hawkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><b>NBA All-Rookie Second Team:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rex_Chapman" title="Rex Chapman">Rex Chapman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Edwards" title="Kevin Edwards">Kevin Edwards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Morris_(basketball)" title="Chris Morris (basketball)">Chris Morris</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Shaw_(basketball)" title="Brian Shaw (basketball)">Brian Shaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Strickland" title="Rod Strickland">Rod Strickland</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533" /><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: 66%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Defensive_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Defensive First Team">NBA All-Defensive First Team</a>:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Dennis Rodman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Nance" title="Larry Nance">Larry Nance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Eaton" title="Mark Eaton">Mark Eaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Joe Dumars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><b>NBA All-Defensive Second Team:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A.C._Green" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. Green">A.C. Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Patrick Ewing</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Robertson" title="Alvin Robertson">Alvin Robertson</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Player_of_the_week">Player of the week</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Player of the week"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following players were named NBA Player of the Week. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Week </th> <th>Player </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Nov. 4 – Nov. 13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Nov. 14 – Nov. 20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Nov. 21 – Nov. 27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Patrick Ewing</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Nov. 28 – Dec. 4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Dec. 5 – Dec. 11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Adams_(basketball)" title="Michael Adams (basketball)">Michael Adams</a> (<a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Dec. 12 – Dec. 18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Dec. 20 – Dec. 25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a> (<a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Dec. 26 – Dec. 30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Jan. 2 – Jan. 8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dale_Ellis" title="Dale Ellis">Dale Ellis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Jan. 9 – Jan. 15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Jan. 16 – Jan. 22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Mullin (basketball)">Chris Mullin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Jan. 23 – Jan. 29 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Chambers_(basketball)" title="Tom Chambers (basketball)">Tom Chambers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Jan. 30 – Feb. 5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Harper" title="Ron Harper">Ron Harper</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Feb. 6 – Feb. 19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Feb. 20 – Feb. 26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Patrick Ewing</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Feb. 27 – Mar. 5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Person" title="Chuck Person">Chuck Person</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Mar. 6 – Mar. 12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Mar. 13 – Mar. 19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Kevin Johnson (basketball)">Kevin Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Mar. 20 – Mar. 26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Mar. 27 – Apr. 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Apr. 3 – Apr. 9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a> (<a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Apr. 10 – Apr. 16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (<a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Apr. 17 – Apr. 23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xavier_McDaniel" title="Xavier McDaniel">Xavier McDaniel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Player_of_the_month">Player of the month</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Player of the month"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following players were named NBA Player of the Month. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Player </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">November </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Mullin (basketball)">Chris Mullin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Kevin Johnson (basketball)">Kevin Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">April </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Patrick Ewing</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rookie_of_the_month">Rookie of the month</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Rookie of the month"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following players were named NBA Rookie of the Month. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Rookie </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">November </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Willie Anderson (basketball)">Willie Anderson</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Mitch Richmond</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Mitch Richmond</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_D._Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles D. Smith">Charles Smith</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Mitch Richmond</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">April </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_D._Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles D. Smith">Charles Smith</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coach_of_the_month">Coach of the month</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Coach of the month"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following coaches were named NBA Coach of the Month. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Coach </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">November </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Chuck Daly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Del_Harris" title="Del Harris">Del Harris</a> (<a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Don Nelson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Chuck Daly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">April </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Cotton Fitzsimmons</a> (<a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NBA_season" title="2001–02 NBA season">2001–02</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002–03</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NBA_season" title="2003–04 NBA season">2003–04</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2004–05</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2005–06</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2006–07</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2007–08</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">2008–09</a> 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