1990–91 New Jersey Nets season

1990–91 New Jersey Nets season
Head coach Bill Fitch
Arena Brendan Byrne Arena
Results
Record 26–56 (.317)
Place Division: 5th (Atlantic)
Conference: 12th (Eastern)
Playoff finish DNQ
Local media
Television WWOR-TV
SportsChannel New York
(Spencer Ross, Bill Raftery, Jim Spanarkel)
Radio WNEW
(Howard David, Jim Spanarkel, Mike O'Koren)

The 1990–91 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 24th season in the National Basketball Association, and 15th season in East Rutherford, New Jersey.[1] After finishing with the worst record last season, the Nets won the draft lottery and selected Derrick Coleman out of Syracuse with the first pick in the 1990 NBA draft.[2] In the offseason, the team acquired Reggie Theus from the Orlando Magic. However, the Nets continued to struggle losing eleven consecutive games between December and January. Their movement would continue at midseason as they acquired Dražen Petrović from the Portland Trail Blazers, and rookie Terry Mills from the Denver Nuggets. The Nets finished fifth in the Atlantic Division with a 26–56 record. Coleman had a stellar rookie season averaging 18.4 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, as he was named Rookie of The Year. Following the season, Theus retired.

For the season, the Nets changed their logo and uniforms. Their primary logo and home uniforms lasted until 1997, while their road jerseys only lasted for just one season, where they changed them to a darker blue color next season.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 1 Derrick Coleman PF  United States Syracuse
1 22 Tate George SG  United States Connecticut

Roster

New Jersey Nets roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
PG 10 United States Blaylock, Mookie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oklahoma
C 31 United States Bowie, Sam 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Kentucky
SF 35 United States Buechler, Jud 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Arizona
PF 44 United States Coleman, Derrick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Syracuse
C 22 United States Dudley, Chris 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Yale
SG 12 United States George, Tate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Connecticut
PF 30 United States Gervin, Derrick 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Texas–San Antonio
PF 54 United States Haley, Jack 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) UCLA
PF 6 United States Hinson, Roy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Rutgers
PF 5 United States Mills, Terry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Michigan
SF 34 United States Morris, Chris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Auburn
SG 3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Petrović, Dražen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg)
SG 24 United States Theus, Reggie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) UNLV
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Boston Celtics5626.683—35–621–2020-6
x-Philadelphia 76ers4438.5371229-1215-2614-12
x-New York Knicks3943.4761721-2018-2317–9
Washington Bullets3052.3662621-209-3210-16
New Jersey Nets2656.3173020-216–358-18
Miami Heat2458.2933218-236-359-17
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Chicago Bulls6121.744–
2 y-Boston Celtics5626.6835
3 x-Detroit Pistons5032.61011
4 x-Milwaukee Bucks4834.58513
5 x-Philadelphia 76ers4438.53717
6 x-Atlanta Hawks4339.52418
7 x-Indiana Pacers4141.50020
8 x-New York Knicks3943.47622
9 Cleveland Cavaliers3349.40228
10 Washington Bullets3052.36631
11 New Jersey Nets2656.31735
12 Charlotte Hornets2656.31735
13 Miami Heat2458.29337
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1990–91 NBA records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —3–11–41–43–22–01–10–51–11–14–12–01–14–02–31–13–13–11–10–40–21–12–02–01–11–12–2
Boston 1–3—3–12–23–12–02–02–21–12–02–22–01–14–12–22–04–15–01–12–31–11–12–01–12–01–15–1
Charlotte 4–11–3—0–51–41–10–21–41–10–20–51–10–22–22–31–12–20–42–02–20–20–22–01–10–20–22–2
Chicago 4–12–25–0—5–02–02–03–21–10–24–12–01–14–04–12–03–14–02–01–31–10–22–00–22–02–03–1
Cleveland 2–31–34–10–5—2–01–12–30–20–21–41–11–13–12–31–12–23–12–02–20–20–21–10–21–10–21–3
Dallas 0–20–21–10–20–2—3–10–22–21–32–01–32–20–21–11–42–02–01–41–10–41–32–21–42–20–52–0
Denver 1–10–22–00–21–11–3—0–21–30–50–20–40–40–21–13–21–11–12–30–20–40–43–11–40–41–31–1
Detroit 5–02–24–12–33–22–02–0—1–12–03–22–00–23–12–32–03–11–32–02–20–21–12–00–21–10–23–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–12–02–23–11–1—2–21–13–22–32–01–13–11–12–02–22–01–32–32–32–23–11–30–2
Houston 1–10–22–02–02–03–15–00–22–2—1–12–21–32–02–05–02–02–03–22–03–10–43–12–32–22–21–1
Indiana 1–42–25–01–44–10–22–02–31–11–1—1–10–22–22–31–13–12–21–11–31–10–22–01–11–12–02–2
L.A. Clippers 0–20–21–10–21–13–14–00–22–32–21–1—0–40–21–13–11–10–21–30–22–31–33–22–22–31–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–01–11–12–24–02–03–23–12–04–0—2–00–23–12–01–14–01–13–22–34–03–13–22–22–0
Miami 0–41–42–20–41–32–02–01–30–20–22–22–00–2—0–40–23–31–41–11–40–20–21–10–20–21–13–2
Milwaukee 3–22–23–21–43–21–11–13–21–10–23–21–12–04–0—1–12–24–02–02–21–11–11–11–11–11–13–1
Minnesota 1–10–21–10–21–14–12–30–21–30–51–11–31–32–01–1—1–11–12–22–00–40–43–10–42–21–41–1
New Jersey 1–31–42–21–32–20–21–11–31–10–21–31–10–23–32–21–1—0–51–12–31–10–21–10–21–10–22–3
New York 1–30–54–00–41–30–21–13–10–20–22–22–01–14–10–41–15–0—0–25–10–20–22–01–11–12–03–2
Orlando 1–11–10–20–20–24–13–20–22–22–31–13–10–41–10–22–21–12–0—0–22–20–42–21–31–31–41–1
Philadelphia 4–03–22–23–12–21–12–02–20–20–23–12–01–14–12–20–23–21–52–0—1–11–11–10–21–10–23–2
Phoenix 2–01–12–01–12–04–04–02–03–11–31–13–22–32–01–14–01–12–02–21–1—3–23–11–33–22–22–0
Portland 1–11–12–02–02–03–14–01–13–24–02–03–13–22–01–14–02–02–04–01–12–3—3–22–24–03–12–0
Sacramento 0–20–20–20–21–12–21–30–23–21–30–22–30–41–11–11–31–10–22–21–11–32–3—1–31–41–32–0
San Antonio 0–21–11–12–02–04–14–12–02–23–21–12–21–32–01–14–02–01–13–12–03–12–23–1—3–12–32–0
Seattle 1–10–22–00–21–12–24–01–11–32–21–13–22–32–01–12–21–11–13–11–12–30–44–11–3—1–32–0
Utah 1–11–12–00–22–05–03–12–03–12–20–23–12–21–11–14–12–00–24–12–02–21–33–13–23–1—2–0
Washington 2–21–52–21–33–10–21–11–32–01–12–22–00–22–31–31–13–22–31–12–30–20–20–20–20–20–2—

Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultNets pointsOpponentsRecordStreakNotes
1November 2@ IndianaLoss811000-1Lost 1
2November 3@ PhiladelphiaLoss1101120-2Lost 2
3November 6@ CharlotteLoss1051130-3Lost 3
4November 8MiamiWin1141031-3Won 1
5November 10BostonLoss911051-4Lost 1
6November 12WashingtonLoss92971-5Lost 2
7November 14MilwaukeeWin112952-5Won 1
8November 16DetroitLoss961052-6Lost 1
9November 17@ MilwaukeeLoss991112-7Lost 2
10November 20@ SeattleLoss881052-8Lost 3
11November 21@ LA ClippersLoss90992-9Lost 4
12November 23@ PhoenixWin1161143-9Won 1
13November 24@ Golden StateWin1171134-9Won 2
14November 27PhiladelphiaWin98925-9Won 3
15November 28@ MiamiLoss79975-10Lost 1
16December 1OrlandoWin111926-10Won 1
17December 4SeattleWin1061027-10Won 2
18December 7PhoenixLoss1101297-11Lost 1
19December 10CharlotteWin1211158-11Won 1
20December 13@ AtlantaLoss971068-12Lost 1
21December 15New YorkLoss1041258-13Lost 2
22December 17UtahLoss981008-14Lost 3
23December 19LA ClippersWin1181059-14Won 1
24December 21ClevelandWin11110310-14Won 2
25December 22@ New YorkLoss9310610-15Lost 1
26December 26AtlantaLoss11111310-16Lost 2
27December 28HoustonLoss9910110-17Lost 3
28December 29@ IndianaLoss10511410-18Lost 4
29January 4San AntonioLoss899310-19Lost 5
30January 5@ DetroitLoss839910-20Lost 6
31January 7DallasLoss878810-21Lost 7OT
32January 8@ ChicagoLoss10211110-22Lost 8
33January 12@ PhiladelphiaLoss9910910-23Lost 9
34January 13PortlandLoss10311610-24Lost 10
35January 15Golden StateLoss11111210-25Lost 11OT
36January 18@ BostonWin11110611-25Won 1
37January 19@ AtlantaLoss8411411-26Lost 1
38January 22@ CharlotteWin929012-26Won 1
39January 23ChicagoWin999513-26Won 2
40January 25LA LakersLoss10310813-27Lost 1OT
41January 26@ MiamiWin12710514-27Won 1
42January 28@ SacramentoLoss8310114-28Lost 1
43January 29@ LA LakersLoss8911014-29Lost 2
44January 31@ DenverLoss11912314-30Lost 3
45February 2@ UtahLoss10311114-31Lost 4
46February 4@ PortlandLoss10211714-32Lost 5
47February 6MiamiLoss11913414-33Lost 6
48February 7@ WashingtonLoss11712414-34Lost 7
49February 13AtlantaWin14010615-34Won 1
50February 15DenverWin13811016-34Won 2
51February 16@ ChicagoLoss879916-35Lost 1
52February 19SacramentoWin978317-35Won 1
53February 22@ BostonLoss9911117-36Lost 1
54February 23PhiladelphiaLoss9010317-37Lost 2
55February 26IndianaWin12910418-37Won 1
56February 28MilwaukeeWin989319-37Won 2
57March 2New YorkLoss10511519-38Lost 1
58March 4@ DallasLoss10010219-39Lost 2
59March 5@ HoustonLoss10011219-40Lost 3
60March 7@ San AntonioLoss9911119-41Lost 4
61March 10@ MiamiLoss8810119-42Lost 5
62March 11@ New YorkLoss859019-43Lost 6
63March 14DetroitWin11811020-43Won 1
64March 16WashingtonWin1108621-43Won 2
65March 17CharlotteLoss10812121-44Lost 1
66March 20MinnesotaWin11811122-44Won 1OT
67March 22@ DetroitLoss9310922-45Lost 1
68March 23@ ClevelandLoss8210822-46Lost 2
69March 25@ WashingtonLoss10611322-47Lost 3
70March 26PhiladelphiaWin989523-47Won 1OT
71March 28ChicagoLoss9412823-48Lost 1
72March 30New YorkLoss11713023-49Lost 2
73April 2BostonLoss779423-50Lost 3
74April 4@ BostonLoss10412323-51Lost 4
75April 6@ MilwaukeeLoss11413323-52Lost 5
76April 9@ MinnesotaLoss8910923-53Lost 6
77April 12ClevelandWin10410324-53Won 1
78April 13@ ClevelandLoss9810224-54Lost 1
79April 16IndianaLoss12613224-55Lost 2
80April 18@ WashingtonWin10810325-55Won 1
81April 20MiamiWin11810326-55Won 2
82April 21@ OrlandoLoss11012026-56Lost 1

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

Awards, Records and Honors

References

  1. ↑ 1990–91 New Jersey Nets
  2. ↑ "BASKETBALL; A Tough Big Man for the Nets". New York Times. June 28, 1991. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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