1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season

1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season
Head coach John MacLeod
General manager Norm Sonju
Owner(s) Don Carter
Arena Reunion Arena
Results
Record 53–29 (.646)
Place Division: 2nd (Midwest)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish West Conference Finals (eliminated 3–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Home Sports Entertainment
Radio KBEC

The 1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season was the eighth season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Mavericks finished second in the Midwest Division with a 53–29 record. They defeated the Houston Rockets four games in the first round of the 1988 NBA Playoffs, then defeated the 2nd-seeded Denver Nuggets six games in the semifinals. The Mavs made their first appearance in the Western Conference Finals, where they pushed the eventual-champion Los Angeles Lakers to seven games. The Mavs were coached by John MacLeod and played their home games at Reunion Arena.[1]

Mark Aguirre and James Donaldson were both selected to play in the 1988 NBA All-Star Game in Chicago. This was Donaldson's only All-Star Game appearance in his career.

NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 20 Jim Farmer Guard  United States Alabama
2 26 Steve Alford Guard  United States Indiana
3 66 Mike Richmond Forward  United States UTEP
4 89 David Johnson Forward  United States Oklahoma
5 112 Sam Hill Center  United States Iowa State
6 135 Quintan Gates Forward  United States UTEP
7 158 Gerald White Guard  United States Auburn

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Roster

Dallas Mavericks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 24 United States Aguirre, Mark 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1959-12-10 DePaul
G 2 United States Alford, Steve 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1964-11-23 Indiana
PG 1 United States Regan, Dan (DP) 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Minnesota
C 33 Germany Blab, Uwe 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 252 lb (114 kg) 1962-03-26 Indiana
G 22 United States Blackman, Rolando 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1959-02-26 Kansas State
G 15 United States Davis, Brad 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1955-12-17 Maryland
C 40 United States Donaldson, James 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1957-08-16 Washington State
G 20 United States Farmer, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1964-09-23 Alabama
G 12 United States Harper, Derek 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1961-10-13 Illinois
F 44 United States Perkins, Sam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1961-06-14 North Carolina
F 32 Germany Schrempf, Detlef 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1963-01-21 Washington
F/C 42 United States Tarpley, Roy 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1964-11-28 Michigan
C 23 Canada Wennington, Bill 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1963-12-26 St. John's
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Standings

Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Denver Nuggets 5428.659–35–619–2218–12
x-Dallas Mavericks 5329.646133–820–2120–10
x-Utah Jazz 4735.573733–814–2718–12
x-Houston Rockets 4636.561831–1015–2613–17
x-San Antonio Spurs 3151.3782323–188–3312–18
Sacramento Kings 2458.2933019–225–369–21
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers6220.756–
2 y-Denver Nuggets5428.6598
3 x-Dallas Mavericks5329.6469
4 x-Portland Trail Blazers5329.6469
5 x-Utah Jazz4735.57315
6 x-Houston Rockets4636.56116
7 x-Seattle SuperSonics4438.53718
8 x-San Antonio Spurs3151.37831
9 Phoenix Suns2854.34134
10 Sacramento Kings2458.29338
11 Golden State Warriors2062.24442
12 Los Angeles Clippers1765.20745

Record vs. opponents

1987-88 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —2–42–35–12–01–12–42–01–14–22–00–23–35–03–36–01–10–21–12–02–01–13–3
Boston 4–2—3–32–32–00–23–32–01–15–02–00–23–35–15–14–22–02–02–02–01–12–05–1
Chicago 3–23–3—3–30–21–12–42–02–03–32–01–15–15–13–24–22–01–11–11–11–12–03–3
Cleveland 1–53–23–3—1–11–11–50–21–14–21–11–12–45–12–43–21–11–12–02–01–10–26–0
Dallas 0–20–22–01–1—3–31–14–14–22–05–01–42–01–11–11–15–03–25–15–13–23–31–1
Denver 1–12–01–11–13–3—1–14–14–21–15–03–21–12–01–12–03–22–34–25–14–12–42–0
Detroit 4–23–34–25–11–11–1—2–01–13–31–10–24–25–14–24–12–01–12–01–11–12–03–2
Golden State 0–20–20–22–01–41–40–2—0–50–23–30–60–22–00–21–12–41–52–33–21–51–40–2
Houston 1–11–10–21–12–42–41–15–0—2–03–21–42–01–11–11–14–14–14–22–43–23–32–0
Indiana 2–40–53–32–40–21–13–32–00–2—1–11–13–36–02–32–42–00–22–02–01–11–12–4
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–21–10–50–51–13–32–31–1—1–50–20–20–21–12–40–63–20–51–51–40–2
L.A. Lakers 2–02–01–11–14–12–32–06–04–11–15–1—0–22–02–02–05–13–34–15–04–24–11–1
Milwaukee 3–33–31–54–20–21–12–42–00–23–32–02–0—3–23–32–41–11–12–01–11–11–14–1
New Jersey 0–51–51–51–51–10–21–50–21–10–62–00–22–3—3–32–41–10–21–11–10–21–10–6
New York 3–31–52–34–21–11–12–42–01–13–22–00–23–33–3—3–30–21–11–11–10–21–13–3
Philadelphia 0–62–42–42–31–10–21–41–11–14–21–10–24–24–23–3—1–11–11–11–11–12–03–3
Phoenix 1–10–20–21–10–52–30–24–21–40–24–21–51–11–12–01–1—0–63–22–32–42–30–2
Portland 2–00–21–11–12–33–21–15–11–42–06–03–31–12–01–11–16–0—4–15–03–31–42–0
Sacramento 1–10–21–10–21–52–40–23–22–40–22–31–40–21–11–11–12–31–4—3–31–41–50–2
San Antonio 0–20–21–10–21–51–51–12–34–20–25–00–51–11–11–11–13–20–53–3—3–23–30–2
Seattle 0–21–11–11–12–31–41–15–12–31–15–12–41–12–02–01–14–23–34–12–3—1–42–0
Utah 1–10–20–22–03–34–20–24–13–31–14–11–41–11–11–10–23–24–15–13–34–1—2–0
Washington 3–31–53–30–61–10–22–32–00–24–22–01–11–46–03–33–32–00–22–02–00–20–2—

Game log

1987–88 game log
Total: 53–29 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
November: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
December: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
1987–88 schedule

Playoffs

Game log

1988 playoff game log
1988 playoff schedule

Awards and honors

Week/Month

  • Roy Tarpley was named Player of the Week for games played February 22 through February 28.[3]

All-Star

  • Mark Aguirre was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his third All-Star selection. Aguirre finished seventh in voting among Western Conference forwards with 347,357 votes.[4]
  • James Donaldson was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his first and only All-Star selection. Donaldson finished fourth in voting among Western Conference centers with 310,100 votes.[5]
  • Detlef Schrempf was selected to compete in the Three-Point Shootout. Schrempf was eliminated in the second round.[6]

Season

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Mark Aguirre777733.9.475.302.7705.63.6.9.725.1
Steve Alford2807.0.382.125.941^0.80.8.6.12.1
Uwe Blab7319.0.439..7081.80.5.1.42.2
Rolando Blackman716936.3.473.000.873^3.53.7.9.318.7
Brad Davis751219.7.501.405†.8431.44.0.7.27.2
James Donaldson818131.1.558..7789.30.8.51.37.0
Jim Farmer3005.2.377.000.900^0.60.5.1.02.0
Derek Harper828237.0.459.313.7593.07.72.0.417.0
Sam Perkins757533.3.450.167.8228.01.61.0.714.2
Detlef Schrempf82419.4.456.156.7563.41.9.5.48.5
Roy Tarpley81928.5.500.000.74011.81.11.31.113.5
Bill Wennington3004.2.510.500†.6321.30.1.2.32.1

† – Minimum 25 three-pointers made.
^ – Minimum 125 free throws made.

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Mark Aguirre171732.8.500.382.6985.93.3.8.521.6
Steve Alford403.0.375.000.0.50.5.0.01.5
Uwe Blab302.7.000.1.000^0.30.3.0.00.7
Rolando Blackman171739.5.483.000.8873.24.5.9.218.1
Brad Davis17017.4.600.200.923^1.23.2.2.36.4
James Donaldson171729.4.654..5958.60.7.4.99.3
Jim Farmer303.7.333..1.30.3.0.01.3
Derek Harper171735.4.441.250.7292.57.11.9.313.5
Sam Perkins171733.6.451.143.8036.61.81.51.013.5
Detlef Schrempf15018.3.465.333.7063.71.6.5.57.8
Roy Tarpley17033.1.519.000.74012.91.81.21.517.9
Bill Wennington602.3.000..0.70.2.2.00.0

^ – Minimum 10 free throws made.

Transactions

Free agents

Subtractions

Date Player Reason Left New Team
October 30, 1987 Dennis Nutt Waived Real Madrid (Spain)
November 17, 1987 Al Wood Waived Basket Mestre (Italy)

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References

  1. ↑ "1987-88 Dallas Mavericks Roster and Statistics". basketball-reference.com.
  2. ↑ "1987 NBA DRAFT". thedraftreview.com.
  3. ↑ "Tarpley tabbed". The Times-News.
  4. ↑ "1988 NBA All-Star Game Box Score". basketball-reference.com.
  5. ↑ "1988 NBA All-Star Game Voting". basketball-reference.com.
  6. ↑ "NBA.com: Three-Point Contest All-Time Winners". nba.com/history.
  7. ↑ "Dallas's Tarpley receives Sixth Man Award". Herald-Journal.
  8. ↑ "1987-88 NBA Awards Voting". basketball-reference.com.
  9. ↑ "1987-88 Dallas Mavericks Transactions". basketball-reference.com.
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