1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season
The 1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season was the eighth season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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]
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 |
Players | Coaches |
Pos. | # | Nat. | Name | Height | Weight | DOB (Y-M-D) | From |
4.0 !F |
24 |
USA !![United States](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |
Aguirre, Mark |
7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
232 lb (105 kg) |
1959-12-10 |
DePaul |
1.5 !G |
2 |
USA !![United States](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |
Alford, Steve |
7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
183 lb (83 kg) |
1964-11-23 |
Indiana |
1.0 !PG |
1 |
USA !![United States](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |
Regan, Dan (DP) |
7000162560000000000♠5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
205 lb (93 kg) |
|
Minnesota |
6.0 !C |
33 |
GER !![Germany](../I/m/Flag_of_Germany.svg.png) |
Blab, Uwe |
7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) |
252 lb (114 kg) |
1962-03-26 |
Indiana |
1.5 !G |
22 |
USA !![United States](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |
Blackman, Rolando |
7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
190 lb (86 kg) |
1959-02-26 |
Kansas State |
1.5 !G |
15 |
USA !![United States](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |
Davis, Brad |
7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
180 lb (82 kg) |
1955-12-17 |
Maryland |
6.0 !C |
40 |
USA !![United States](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |
Donaldson, James |
7000218440000000000♠7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) |
275 lb (125 kg) |
1957-08-16 |
Washington State |
1.5 !G |
20 |
USA !![United States](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |
Farmer, Jim |
7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
190 lb (86 kg) |
1964-09-23 |
Alabama |
1.5 !G |
12 |
USA !![United States](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |
Harper, Derek |
7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
185 lb (84 kg) |
1961-10-13 |
Illinois |
4.0 !F |
44 |
USA !![United States](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |
Perkins, Sam |
7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
235 lb (107 kg) |
1961-06-14 |
North Carolina |
4.0 !F |
32 |
GER !![Germany](../I/m/Flag_of_Germany.svg.png) |
Schrempf, Detlef |
7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
214 lb (97 kg) |
1963-01-21 |
Washington |
5.5 !F/C |
42 |
USA !![United States](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |
Tarpley, Roy |
7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
230 lb (104 kg) |
1964-11-28 |
Michigan |
6.0 !C |
23 |
CAN !![Canada](../I/m/Flag_of_Canada.svg.png) |
Wennington, Bill |
7000213360000000000♠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
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Depth chart
Regular season
Standings
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 |
— | 2–4 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
Boston |
4–2 | — | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
Chicago |
3–2 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
Cleveland |
1–5 | 3–2 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 |
Dallas |
0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
Denver |
1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 |
Detroit |
4–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
Golden State |
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | — | 0–5 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
Houston |
1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 5–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
Indiana |
2–4 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 |
L.A. Clippers |
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
L.A. Lakers |
2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
Milwaukee |
3–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
New Jersey |
0–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 |
New York |
3–3 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
Philadelphia |
0–6 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
Phoenix |
1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–6 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
Portland |
2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | — | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 |
Sacramento |
1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | — | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–2 |
San Antonio |
0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 3–3 | — | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 |
Seattle |
0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–4 | 2–0 |
Utah |
1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | — | 2–0 |
Washington |
3–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |
Playoffs
Game log
1988 playoff game log |
First round: 3–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–0)
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Conference Semifinals: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)
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Conference Finals: 3–4 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–4)
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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
Season
Player |
GP |
GS |
MPG |
FG% |
3FG% |
FT% |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
PPG |
Aguirre, Mark !Mark Aguirre | 77 | 77 | 33.9 | .475 | .302 | .770 | 5.6 | 3.6 | .9 | .7 | 25.1 |
Alford, Steve !Steve Alford | 28 | 0 | 7.0 | .382 | .125 | .941^ | 0.8 | 0.8 | .6 | .1 | 2.1 |
Blab, Uwe !Uwe Blab | 73 | 1 | 9.0 | .439 | . | .708 | 1.8 | 0.5 | .1 | .4 | 2.2 |
Blackman, Rolando !Rolando Blackman | 71 | 69 | 36.3 | .473 | .000 | .873^ | 3.5 | 3.7 | .9 | .3 | 18.7 |
Davis, Brad !Brad Davis | 75 | 12 | 19.7 | .501 | .405† | .843 | 1.4 | 4.0 | .7 | .2 | 7.2 |
Donaldson, James !James Donaldson | 81 | 81 | 31.1 | .558 | . | .778 | 9.3 | 0.8 | .5 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
Farmer, Jim !Jim Farmer | 30 | 0 | 5.2 | .377 | .000 | .900^ | 0.6 | 0.5 | .1 | .0 | 2.0 |
Harper, Derek !Derek Harper | 82 | 82 | 37.0 | .459 | .313 | .759 | 3.0 | 7.7 | 2.0 | .4 | 17.0 |
Perkins, Sam !Sam Perkins | 75 | 75 | 33.3 | .450 | .167 | .822 | 8.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .7 | 14.2 |
Schrempf, Detlef !Detlef Schrempf | 82 | 4 | 19.4 | .456 | .156 | .756 | 3.4 | 1.9 | .5 | .4 | 8.5 |
Tarpley, Roy !Roy Tarpley | 81 | 9 | 28.5 | .500 | .000 | .740 | 11.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 13.5 |
Wennington, Bill !Bill Wennington | 30 | 0 | 4.2 | .510 | .500† | .632 | 1.3 | 0.1 | .2 | .3 | 2.1 |
† – Minimum 25 three-pointers made.
^ – Minimum 125 free throws made.
Playoffs
Player |
GP |
GS |
MPG |
FG% |
3FG% |
FT% |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
PPG |
Aguirre, Mark !Mark Aguirre | 17 | 17 | 32.8 | .500 | .382 | .698 | 5.9 | 3.3 | .8 | .5 | 21.6 |
Alford, Steve !Steve Alford | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | .375 | .000 | . | 0.5 | 0.5 | .0 | .0 | 1.5 |
Blab, Uwe !Uwe Blab | 3 | 0 | 2.7 | .000 | . | 1.000^ | 0.3 | 0.3 | .0 | .0 | 0.7 |
Blackman, Rolando !Rolando Blackman | 17 | 17 | 39.5 | .483 | .000 | .887 | 3.2 | 4.5 | .9 | .2 | 18.1 |
Davis, Brad !Brad Davis | 17 | 0 | 17.4 | .600 | .200 | .923^ | 1.2 | 3.2 | .2 | .3 | 6.4 |
Donaldson, James !James Donaldson | 17 | 17 | 29.4 | .654 | . | .595 | 8.6 | 0.7 | .4 | .9 | 9.3 |
Farmer, Jim !Jim Farmer | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | .333 | . | . | 1.3 | 0.3 | .0 | .0 | 1.3 |
Harper, Derek !Derek Harper | 17 | 17 | 35.4 | .441 | .250 | .729 | 2.5 | 7.1 | 1.9 | .3 | 13.5 |
Perkins, Sam !Sam Perkins | 17 | 17 | 33.6 | .451 | .143 | .803 | 6.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 13.5 |
Schrempf, Detlef !Detlef Schrempf | 15 | 0 | 18.3 | .465 | .333 | .706 | 3.7 | 1.6 | .5 | .5 | 7.8 |
Tarpley, Roy !Roy Tarpley | 17 | 0 | 33.1 | .519 | .000 | .740 | 12.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 17.9 |
Wennington, Bill !Bill Wennington | 6 | 0 | 2.3 | .000 | . | . | 0.7 | 0.2 | .2 | .0 | 0.0 |
^ – Minimum 10 free throws made.
Transactions
Free agents
Subtractions
Date |
Player |
Reason Left |
New Team |
000000001987-10-30-0000October 30, 1987 |
Nutt, Dennis !Dennis Nutt |
Waived |
Real Madrid (Spain) |
000000001987-11-17-0000November 17, 1987 |
Wood, Al !Al Wood |
Waived |
Basket Mestre (Italy) |
[9]
References