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 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

Main article: 1987 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 !	Aguirre, Mark	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	1959-12-10	DePaul
1.5 !G	2	USA !	Alford, Steve	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1964-11-23	Indiana
6.0 !C	33	GER !	Blab, Uwe	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	252 lb (114 kg)	1962-03-26	Indiana
1.5 !G	22	USA !	Blackman, Rolando	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1959-02-26	Kansas State
1.5 !G	15	USA !	Davis, Brad	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1955-12-17	Maryland
6.0 !C	40	USA !	Donaldson, James	7000218440000000000♠7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	1957-08-16	Washington State
1.5 !G	20	USA !	Farmer, Jim	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1964-09-23	Alabama
1.5 !G	12	USA !	Harper, Derek	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1961-10-13	Illinois
4.0 !F	44	USA !	Perkins, Sam	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1961-06-14	North Carolina
4.0 !F	32	GER !	Schrempf, Detlef	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	1963-01-21	Washington
5.5 !F/C	42	USA !	Tarpley, Roy	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1964-11-28	Michigan
6.0 !C	23	CAN !	Wennington, Bill	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1963-12-26	St. John's

Head coach

John MacLeod (Bellarmine)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve
C	James Donaldson	Uwe Blab	Bill Wennington
PF	Sam Perkins	Roy Tarpley
SF	Mark Aguirre	Detlef Schrempf
SG	Rolando Blackman	Jim Farmer
PG	Derek Harper	Brad Davis	Steve Alford

Regular season

Standings

Midwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	–	35–6	19–22	18–12
x-Dallas Mavericks	53	29	.646	1	33–8	20–21	20–10
x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	7	33–8	14–27	18–12
x-Houston Rockets	46	36	.561	8	31–10	15–26	13–17
x-San Antonio Spurs	31	51	.378	23	23–18	8–33	12–18
Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	30	19–22	5–36	9–21

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	8
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	53	29	.646	9
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	53	29	.646	9
5	x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	15
6	x-Houston Rockets	46	36	.561	16
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	18
8	x-San Antonio Spurs	31	51	.378	31

9	Phoenix Suns	28	54	.341	34
10	Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	38
11	Golden State Warriors	20	62	.244	42
12	Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	45

Playoffs

Game log

1988 playoff game log

First round: 3–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–0)

Conference Semifinals: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)

Conference Finals: 3–4 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–4)

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

Roy Tarpley received the Sixth Man of the Year Award.^[7]
Mark Aguirre finished 14th in MVP voting.^[8]

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
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)

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References

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

Dallas Mavericks seasons

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2010–11

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

1987–88 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Sacramento San Antonio Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Seattle

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