1988–89 Miami Heat season

The 1988–89 Miami Heat season was Miami's inaugural season in the NBA. The Miami Heat were the first of two expansion teams to play in the state of Florida over a two-year period. The expansion included three other franchises in Charlotte, Minnesota, and Orlando. The Heat were able to select Syracuse star center Rony Seikaly in the NBA draft. The Heat made their debut on November 5 in a losing effort to the Los Angeles Clippers by a score of 111-91 at the Miami Arena. Rory Sparrow made the first basket in franchise history. The Heat lost an NBA record 17 games to start their inaugural season.[1] On December 14, they won their first game of the season by beating the Clippers in Los Angeles by a score of 89-88. Five games later, the Heat won their first game ever at home when they beat the Utah Jazz, 101-80. The Heat finish their first season with a 15-67 record. The club's leading scorer was Kevin Edwards, who averaged 13.8 points per game.[1]

1988–89 Miami Heat season
Head coachRon Rothstein
ArenaMiami Arena
Results
Record15–67 (.183)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Midwest)
Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finishDid Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWBFS-TV
SportsChannel Florida
(Sam Smith, Eric Reid)
RadioWQAM
(Sam Smith, Eric Reid)
A ticket for a December 1988 game between the Heat and the Sacramento Kings.

Despite their location, the NBA placed the Heat in the Midwest Division of the Western Conference. This meant that Heat were forced on some of the longest and farthest road trips in the NBA in 1988-89 as their closest divisional opponent was the Houston Rockets which were located over 950 miles away.

Offseason

Expansion Draft
Number Player Position Team
1 Arvid Kramer Power Forward/Center Dallas Mavericks
3 Billy Thompson Small forward Los Angeles Lakers
5 Fred Roberts Power Forward Boston Celtics
7 Scott Hastings Center Atlanta Hawks
9 Jon Sundvold Shooting guard San Antonio Spurs
11 Kevin Williams Point guard Seattle SuperSonics
13 Hansi Gnad Center Philadelphia 76ers
15 Darnell Valentine Point guard Los Angeles Clippers
17 Dwayne Washington Point guard New Jersey Nets
19 Andre Turner Point guard Houston Rockets
21 Conner Henry Shooting guard Sacramento Kings
23 John Stroeder Power Forward Milwaukee Bucks

Draft picks
Main article: 1988 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
19Rony SeikalyC LebanonSyracuse
120Kevin EdwardsSG United StatesDePaul
233Grant LongPF United StatesEastern Michigan
235Sylvester GrayF United StatesMemphis
240Orlando GrahamF United StatesAuburn-Montgomery
359Nate JohnstonF United StatesTampa

Roster
Roster listing
Miami Heat roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
PF 42 Cummings, Pat 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Cincinnati
G 21 Edwards, Kevin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) DePaul
PF 44 Hastings, Scott 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Arkansas
F 43 Long, Grant 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Eastern Michigan
C 4 Seikaly, Rony 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Syracuse
G 2 Sparrow, Rory 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Villanova
G 20 Sundvold, Jon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Missouri
F 55 Thompson, Billy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Louisville
G 31 Washington, Dwayne 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Syracuse
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Utah Jazz 5131.622–34–717–2419–11
x-Houston Rockets 4537.549631–1014–2719–11
x-Denver Nuggets 4438.537735–69–3218–12
Dallas Mavericks 3844.4631324–1714–2719–11
San Antonio Spurs 2161.2563018–233–389–21
Miami Heat 1567.1833612–293–386–24
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers5725.695–
2 y-Utah Jazz5131.6226
3 x-Phoenix Suns5527.6712
4 x-Seattle SuperSonics4735.57310
5 x-Houston Rockets4537.54912
6 x-Denver Nuggets4438.53713
7 x-Golden State Warriors4339.52414
8 x-Portland Trail Blazers3943.47618
9 Dallas Mavericks3844.46319
10 Sacramento Kings2755.32930
11 San Antonio Spurs2161.25636
12 Los Angeles Clippers2161.25636
13 Miami Heat1567.18342
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1988–89 NBA records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —3–14–14–24–21–10–21–51–11–15–12–01–11–16–04–12–22–21–11–12–01–11–11–13–1
Boston 1–3—6–01–31–41–11–11–31–11–12–32–01–12–02–25–13–33–30–21–12–02–00–21–12–4
Charlotte 1–40–6—1–40–40–20–20–40–20–22–22–00–21–10–42–42–43–30–20–21–12–01–11–11–5
Chicago 2–43–14–1—0–62–01–10–61–11–14–21–12–02–06–02–23–21–31–12–02–02–02–00–23–1
Cleveland 2–44–14–06–0—2–02–03–31–11–15–11–10–22–03–34–02–23–22–02–02–02–01–11–12–2
Dallas 1–11–12–00–20–2—3–30–21–31–51–13–10–46–00–21–10–21–11–32–22–25–12–24–21–1
Denver 2–01–12–01–10–23–3—1–13–14–21–12–21–35–10–21–11–11–11–32–23–13–32–23–31–1
Detroit 5–13–14–06–03–32–01–1—1–11–14–22–02–02–02–44–00–45–02–01–12–02–02–02–05–0
Golden State 1–11–12–01–11–13–11–31–1—1–31–15–12–34–00–22–02–01–12–42–42–33–12–42–21–1
Houston 1–11–12–01–11–15–12–41–13–1—2–02–21–34–21–12–00–20–21–33–12–26–02–22–40–2
Indiana 1–53–22–22–41–51–11–12–41–10–2—1–10–21–12–41–30–50–41–12–01–12–01–11–11–3
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–21–11–11–32–20–21–52–21–1—1–51–30–21–10–20–21–51–52–33–11–41–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–00–22–04–03–10–23–23–12–05–1—4–01–11–11–12–03–35–05–13–14–21–31–1
Miami 1–10–21–10–20–20–61–50–20–42–41–13–10–4—0–21–11–10–20–40–41–32–40–41–50–2
Milwaukee 0–62–24–00–63–32–02–04–22–01–14–22–01–12–0—4–11–33–11–12–02–01–11–11–14–1
New Jersey 1–41–54–22–20–41–11–10–40–20–23–11–11–11–11–4—2–41–51–10–21–11–12–00–21–5
New York 2–23–34–22–32–22–01–14–00–22–05–02–01–11–13–14–2—2–41–12–01–11–11–11–15–1
Philadelphia 2–23–33–33–12–31–11–10–51–12–04–02–00–22–01–35–14–2—0–21–12–01–11–11–14–2
Phoenix 1–12–02–01–10–23–13–10–24–23–11–15–13–34–01–11–11–12–0—2–35–13–14–12–22–0
Portland 1–11–12–00–20–22–22–21–14–21–30–25–10–54–00–22–00–21–13–2—3–34–02–40–41–1
Sacramento 0–20–21–10–20–22–21–30–23–22–21–13–21–53–10–21–11–10–21–53–3—2–21–51–30–2
San Antonio 1–10–20–20–20–21–53–30–21–30–60–21–31–34–21–11–11–11–11–30–42–2—0–41–51–1
Seattle 1–12–01–10–21–12–22–20–24–22–21–14–12–44–01–10–21–11–11–44–25–14–0—3–11–1
Utah 1–11–11–12–01–12–43–30–22–24–21–13–13–15–11–12–01–11–12–24–03–15–11–3—2–0
Washington 1–34–25–11–32–21–11–10–51–12–03–12–01–12–01–45–11–52–40–21–12–01–11–10–2—

Game log
1988–89 Game Log (15–67) (Home: 12–29; Road: 3–38)
November (0–12) (Home: 0–6; Road: 0–6)
December (3–12) (Home: 2–6; Road: 1–6)
January (1–13) (Home: 1–5; Road: 0–8)
February (4–9) (Home: 4–5; Road: 0–4)
March (5–11) (Home: 4–4; Road: 1–7)
April (2–12) (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–7)
1988-89 Schedule

Awards, records, and honors

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS AVG

Transactions
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References
  1. Miami Heat (1988-Present)
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