1989–90 Miami Heat season

The 1989–90 Miami Heat season was the second season for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association. The city of Miami, Florida hosted the NBA All-Star weekend at the Miami Arena this season, which featured the 1990 NBA All-Star Game.

Season summary

Off-season After finishing with a league-worst 15–67 record in their inaugural season, the Heat received the fourth overall pick in the 1989 NBA draft, and selected small forward Glen Rice from the University of Michigan, and also selected point guard Sherman Douglas out of Syracuse University with the 28th overall pick. During the off-season, the team acquired Tellis Frank from the Golden State Warriors, and signed undrafted rookie power forward Terry Davis out of Virginia Union. After playing in the Midwest Division of the Western Conference the previous season, the Heat moved into the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference this season.

Regular season With the addition of Rice and Douglas, the Heat got off to a 4–7 start to the regular season. However, the team continued to struggle by posting a nine-game losing streak between November and December, and then posting a 13-game losing streak between December and January. The Heat lost six straight games at the end of January, and later on held a 10–39 record at the All-Star break. The team posted an eight-game losing streak in February, and then posted another nine-game losing streak between March and April, losing 10 of their final 11 games of the season. The Heat finished in fifth place in the Atlantic Division with an 18–64 record, which was a three-game improvement over their inaugural season.

Second-year center Rony Seikaly averaged 16.6 points, 10.4 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game, and was named the NBA Most Improved Player of the Year, while Douglas averaged 14.3 points, 7.6 assists and 1.8 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and Rice provided the team with 13.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. In addition, Kevin Edwards contributed 12.0 points and 1.6 steals per game, while Billy Thompson provided with 11.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, Frank averaged 9.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, and Grant Long provided with 8.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, Jon Sundvold contributed 6.1 points per game, Rory Sparrow provided with 5.9 points and 3.6 assists per game, and Davis averaged 4.7 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Miami Arena in Miami, Thompson participated in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, while Sundvold participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout for the second consecutive year. The Heat finished 14th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 615,328 at the Miami Arena during the regular season.

Aftermath Following the season, Sparrow was traded to the Sacramento Kings, and Frank was released to free agency.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 4 Glen Rice SF Michigan 2 28 Sherman Douglas PG Syracuse 2 45 Scott Haffner Evansville

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

Regular season

| 1 | November 3 | New Jersey | L 90–110

| Miami Arena | 0–1 |- | 2 | November 4 | @ New York | L 99–119

| Madison Square Garden | 0–2 |- | 3 | November 7 | @ New Jersey | W 83–77

| Brendan Byrne Arena | 1–2 |- | 4 | November 8 | @ Philadelphia | L 91–115

| The Spectrum | 1–3 |- | 5 | November 10 | @ Indiana | L 98–102

| Market Square Arena | 1–4 |- | 6 | November 11 | Detroit | W 88–84

| Miami Arena | 2–4 |- | 7 | November 14 | Houston | W 101–99

| Miami Arena | 3–4 |- | 8 | November 15 | @ Detroit | L 94–120

| The Palace of Auburn Hills | 3–5 |- | 9 | November 18 | @ Dallas | L 99–100

| Reunion Arena | 3–6 |- | 10 | November 19 | @ Houston | L 94–120

| The Summit | 3–7 |- | 11 | November 21 | @ Charlotte | W 98–87

| Charlotte Coliseum | 4–7 |- | 12 | November 22 | Philadelphia | L 103–113

| Miami Arena | 4–8

| 17 | December 1 | @ New Jersey | L 77–101

| Brendan Byrne Arena | 4–13 |- | 20 | December 6 | @ Philadelphia | L 98–121

| The Spectrum | 4–16 |- | 25 | December 19 | New Jersey | L 98–100

| Miami Arena | 7–18 |- | 28 | December 26 | New York | L 94–100

| Miami Arena | 7–21

| 39 | January 17 | Indiana | W 121–111

| Miami Arena | 9–30 |- | 40 | January 19 | Philadelphia | L 95–102

| Miami Arena | 9–31 |- | 44 | January 26 | @ Indiana | L 105–115

| Market Square Arena | 9–35

| 47 | February 5 | @ New York | L 107–116

| Miami Arena | 10–42 |- | 53 | February 19 | @ Detroit | L 85–94

| The Palace of Auburn Hills | 10–42 |- | 55 | February 23 | New York | W 128–121

| Miami Arena | 11–44

| 62 | March 11 | New York | L 90–106

| Miami Arena | 14–48 |- | 67 | March 20 | Indiana | L 98–112

| Miami Arena | 15–52 |- | 68 | March 21 | @ Philadelphia | L 97–118

| The Spectrum | 15–53 |- | 69 | March 23 | Dallas | L 103–106

| Miami Arena | 15–54

| 76 | April 8 | @ New Jersey | L 101–102

| Brendan Byrne Arena | 17–59 |- | 79 | April 16 | @ New York | L 102–119

| Madison Square Garden | 17–62 |- | 80 | April 18 | Charlotte | L 91–98

| Miami Arena | 17–63

Player statistics

Ragular season PlayerPG82 25 1,756 138 298 49 4 487 21.4 1.7 3.6 .6 .0 5.9PG 81 66 2,470 206 619 145 10 1,155 30.5 2.5 7.6 1.8 .1 14.3PF 81 31 1,856 402 96 91 38 686 22.9 5.0 1.2 1.1 .5 8.5SF 79 45 2,142 551 166 54 89 867 27.1 7.0 2.1 .7 1.1 11.0SG 78 54 2,211 282 252 125 33 938 28.3 3.6 3.2 1.6 .4 12.0SF 77 60 2,311 352 138 67 27 1,048 30.0 4.6 1.8 .9 .4 13.6PF 77 39 1,762 385 85 51 27 735 22.9 5.0 1.1 .7 .4 9.5C 74 72 2,409 766 78 78 124 1,228 32.6 10.4 1.1 1.1 1.7 16.6PF 63 9 884 229 25 25 28 298 14.0 3.6 .4 .4 .4 4.7SG 63 2 867 71 102 25 0 384 13.8 1.1 1.6 .4 .0 6.1PG 43 6 559 51 80 13 2 196 13.0 1.2 1.9 .3 .0 4.6C 37 1 391 93 13 12 4 175 10.6 2.5 .4 .3 .1 4.7PF 14 0 112 29 5 1 2 50 8.0 2.1 .4 .1 .1 3.6

1989–90 Miami Heat season

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