1988–89 Miami Heat season

The 1988–89 Miami Heat season was Miami's inaugural season in the NBA. The Heat were the first of two expansion teams to play in the state of Florida over a two-year period, and along with the Charlotte Hornets, joined the NBA in 1988.^[1][2][3][4] The team revealed a new primary logo of a red basketball on fire going through a hoop,^[5] and got new uniforms adding red and black to their color scheme.^[6][7]

1988–89 Miami Heat season
Head coach	Ron Rothstein
General manager	Lewis Schaffel
Owners	Ted Arison Billy Cunningham Lewis Schaffel
Arena	Miami Arena
Results
Record	15–67 (.183)
Place	Division: 6th (Midwest) Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WBFS-TV SportsChannel Florida (Sam Smith, Eric Reid)
Radio	WQAM (Sam Smith, Eric Reid) WAQI (Spanish) (Sarvelio del Valle, Jose Paneda)
1989–90 >

A ticket for a December 1988 game between the Heat and the Sacramento Kings.

In the 1988 NBA expansion draft, the Heat selected veteran players like Billy Thompson, Fred Roberts, Jon Sundvold, Darnell Valentine, Dwayne "Pearl" Washington and Scott Hastings. However, Roberts was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks, and Valentine was dealt to the Cleveland Cavaliers.^{[8][9][10][11][12]} The team also signed free agents Pat Cummings and Rory Sparrow during the off-season.^[13][14] The Heat received the ninth overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft, and selected center Rony Seikaly out of Syracuse University,^{[15][16][17][18][19]} while other rookies included first round draft pick Kevin Edwards, and second round draft picks Grant Long and Sylvester Gray.^[20] The team hired Ron Rothstein as their first ever head coach.^[21][22]

The Heat made their debut on November 5, 1988, in a losing effort to the Los Angeles Clippers by a score of 111–91 at the Miami Arena; Sparrow made the first basket in franchise history.^{[23][24][25][26]} The Heat lost an NBA record of 17 games to start their inaugural season.^[27][28][29] On December 14, the team won their first game of the season by beating the Clippers at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, by a score of 89–88.^[30][31][32] Five games later, the Heat won their first game ever at home when they beat the Utah Jazz, 101–80.^[33][34] The Heat struggled all season long, holding a dreadful 5–40 record at the All-Star break,^[35] and finishing last place in the Midwest Division with a 15–67 record.^[36]

The club's leading scorer was Edwards, who averaged a low team-high of 13.8 points, and contributed 4.4 assists and 1.8 steals per game, and was also selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, while Sparrow averaged 12.5 points, 5.4 assists and 1.3 steals per game, and Long provided the team with 11.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game. In addition, Seikaly averaged 10.9 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, while Thompson provided with 10.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, and Sundvold contributed 10.4 points per game off the bench, while shooting .522 in three-point field-goal percentage. Cummings averaged 8.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, while Gray provided with 8.0 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, and Washington contributed 7.6 points and 4.2 assists per game.^[37][29]

Despite their location in Miami, Florida, the NBA placed the Heat in the Midwest Division of the Western Conference; this meant that the 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.^[38]

The team's primary logo and uniforms both remained in use until 1999.

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
1	9	Rony Seikaly	C	Lebanon	Syracuse
1	20	Kevin Edwards	SG	United States	DePaul
2	33	Grant Long	PF	United States	Eastern Michigan
2	35	Sylvester Gray	F	United States	Memphis
2	40	Orlando Graham	F	United States	Auburn-Montgomery
3	59	Nate Johnston	F	United States	Tampa

Roster

1988–89 Miami Heat roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F/C 42 Cummings, Pat 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1956–07–11 Cincinnati G 21 Edwards, Kevin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1965–10–30 DePaul F 40 Gray, Sylvester 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1967–07–08 Memphis C 44 Hastings, Scott 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1960–06–03 Arkansas F 43 Long, Grant 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1966–03–12 Eastern Michigan G 11 Neal, Craig 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1964–02–16 Georgia Tech F 41 Popson, Dave 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1964–05–17 North Carolina C 4 Seikaly, Rony 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1965–05–10 Syracuse C 45 Shasky, John 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1964–07–31 Minnesota G 2 Sparrow, Rory 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1958–06–12 Villanova G 20 Sundvold, Jon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1961–07–02 Missouri F 55 Thompson, Billy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1963–12–01 Louisville G 31 Washington, Dwayne 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1964–01–06 Syracuse

Head coach Ron Rothstein Assistant coach(es) Tony Fiorentino Dave Wohl Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended   Injured Roster Last transaction: April 12, 1989

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	51	31	.622	–	34–7	17–24	19–11
x-Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	6	31–10	14–27	19–11
x-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	7	35–6	9–32	18–12
Dallas Mavericks	38	44	.463	13	24–17	14–27	19–11
San Antonio Spurs	21	61	.256	30	18–23	3–38	9–21
Miami Heat	15	67	.183	36	12–29	3–38	6–24

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	51	31	.622	6
3	x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	2
4	x-Seattle SuperSonics	47	35	.573	10
5	x-Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	12
6	x-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	13
7	x-Golden State Warriors	43	39	.524	14
8	x-Portland Trail Blazers	39	43	.476	18
9	Dallas Mavericks	38	44	.463	19
10	Sacramento Kings	27	55	.329	30
11	San Antonio Spurs	21	61	.256	36
12	Los Angeles Clippers	21	61	.256	36
13	Miami Heat	15	67	.183	42

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	–	3–1	4–1	4–2	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	4–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Boston	1–3	–	6–0	1–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	5–1	3–3	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–4
Charlotte	1–4	0–6	–	1–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–4	2–4	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–5
Chicago	2–4	3–1	4–1	–	0–6	2–0	1–1	0–6	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	6–0	2–2	3–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1
Cleveland	2–4	4–1	4–0	6–0	–	2–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–3	4–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2
Dallas	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	–	3–3	0–2	1–3	1–5	1–1	3–1	0–4	6–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	5–1	2–2	4–2	1–1
Denver	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–3	–	1–1	3–1	4–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	5–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	3–3	2–2	3–3	1–1
Detroit	5–1	3–1	4–0	6–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–4	4–0	0–4	5–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–0
Golden State	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	–	1–3	1–1	5–1	2–3	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–4	2–3	3–1	2–4	2–2	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–4	1–1	3–1	–	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	6–0	2–2	2–4	0–2
Indiana	1–5	3–2	2–2	2–4	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–2	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–3	0–5	0–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–5	2–2	1–1	–	1–5	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–5	2–3	3–1	1–4	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	2–0	5–1	–	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	5–0	5–1	3–1	4–2	1–3	1–1
Miami	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–6	1–5	0–2	0–4	2–4	1–1	3–1	0–4	–	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	2–4	0–4	1–5	0–2
Milwaukee	0–6	2–2	4–0	0–6	3–3	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	–	4–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1
New Jersey	1–4	1–5	4–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	–	2–4	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–5
New York	2–2	3–3	4–2	2–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–2	–	2–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1
Philadelphia	2–2	3–3	3–3	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–5	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	5–1	4–2	–	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2
Phoenix	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	4–2	3–1	1–1	5–1	3–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	2–3	5–1	3–1	4–1	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–2	1–3	0–2	5–1	0–5	4–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	–	3–3	4–0	2–4	0–4	1–1
Sacramento	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	3–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–5	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–5	3–3	–	2–2	1–5	1–3	0–2
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	3–3	0–2	1–3	0–6	0–2	1–3	1–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	2–2	–	0–4	1–5	1–1
Seattle	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	4–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–4	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	4–2	5–1	4–0	–	3–1	1–1
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	0–2	2–2	4–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	3–1	5–1	1–3	–	2–0
Washington	1–3	4–2	5–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–4	5–1	1–5	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	—

Game log

1988–89 Game Log (15–67) (Home: 12–29; Road: 3–38)
November (0–12) (Home: 0–6; Road: 0–6) Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Record 1 November 5, 1988 L.A. Clippers L 91–111 Miami Arena 15,008 0–1 2 November 8, 1988 @ Dallas L 88–92 Reunion Arena 16,129 0–2 3 November 9, 1988 @ San Antonio L 93–117 HemisFair Arena 0–3 4 November 11, 1988 Houston L 100–121 Miami Arena 15,008 0–4 5 November 15, 1988 Boston L 65–84 Miami Arena 15,008 0–5 6 November 17, 1988 @ Houston L 107–113 The Summit 16,288 0–6 7 November 18, 1988 Golden State L 117–123 (OT) Miami Arena 13,907 0–7 8 November 23, 1988 L.A. Lakers L 91–138 Miami Arena 15,008 0–8 9 November 26, 1988 @ Milwaukee L 93–103 Bradley Center 18,573 0–9 10 November 27, 1988 @ Cleveland L 80–109 Richfield Coliseum 0–10 11 November 29, 1988 @ Charlotte L 84–99 Charlotte Coliseum 23,388 0–11 12 November 30, 1988 San Antonio L 101–105 Miami Arena 14,298 0–12
December (3–12) (Home: 2–6; Road: 1–6) Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Record 13 December 2, 1988 Portland L 102–105 Miami Arena 15,008 0–13 14 December 7, 1988 Sacramento L 94–96 Miami Arena 15,008 0–14 15 December 9, 1988 Denver L 110–121 Miami Arena 14,812 0–15 16 December 10, 1988 @ Chicago L 88–111 Chicago Stadium 17,615 0–16 17 December 12, 1988 @ Utah L 94–110 Salt Palace 12,444 0–17 18 December 14, 1988 @ L.A. Clippers W 89–88 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 1–17 19 December 15, 1988 @ Sacramento L 90–94 ARCO Arena 16,517 1–18 20 December 17, 1988 Dallas L 87–104 Miami Arena 15,008 1–19 21 December 20, 1988 @ Detroit L 100–116 The Palace of Auburn Hills 21,454 1–20 22 December 21, 1988 Seattle L 101–109 Miami Arena 15,008 1–21 23 December 23, 1988 Utah W 101–80 Miami Arena 15,008 2–21 24 December 26, 1988 San Antonio W 111–109 Miami Arena 15,008 3–21 25 December 27, 1988 Houston L 93–101 Miami Arena 15,008 3–22 26 December 29, 1988 @ Seattle L 99–129 Seattle Center Coliseum 14,794 3–23 27 December 30, 1988 @ Denver L 83–109 McNichols Sports Arena 12,214 3–24
January (1–13) (Home: 1–5; Road: 0–8) Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Record 28 January 3, 1989 @ Portland L 95–119 Memorial Coliseum 12,848 3–25 29 January 4, 1989 @ Golden State L 100–109 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,831 3–26 30 January 6, 1989 @ L.A. Lakers L 86–118 Great Western Forum 17,505 3–27 31 January 7, 1989 @ Phoenix L 99–107 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,288 3–28 32 January 10, 1989 Utah L 88–92 Miami Arena 15,008 3–29 33 January 12, 1989 @ Washington L 100–106 Capital Centre 3–30 34 January 13, 1989 Milwaukee L 101–107 Miami Arena 15,008 3–31 35 January 15, 1989 Indiana W 118–117 (2OT) Miami Arena 15,008 4–31 36 January 19, 1989 Chicago L 108–112 Miami Arena 15,008 4–32 37 January 23, 1989 @ San Antonio L 101–119 HemisFair Arena 4–33 38 January 24, 1989 @ Houston L 93–118 The Summit 16,611 4–34 39 January 26, 1989 Denver L 108–129 Miami Arena 15,008 4–35 40 January 29, 1989 @ Boston L 103–121 Boston Garden 14,890 4–36 41 January 30, 1989 Golden State L 98–105 Miami Arena 14,880 4–37
February (4–9) (Home: 4–5; Road: 0–4) Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Record 42 February 2, 1989 Seattle L 93–100 Miami Arena 14,798 4–38 43 February 5, 1989 Sacramento W 102–98 Miami Arena 15,008 5–38 44 February 7, 1989 @ Utah L 77–96 Salt Palace 12,444 5–39 45 February 9, 1989 @ Denver L 92–117 McNichols Sports Arena 14,935 5–40 46 February 14, 1989 Cleveland L 98–109 Miami Arena 15,008 5–41 47 February 16, 1989 @ Dallas L 80–93 Reunion Arena 17,007 5–42 48 February 17, 1989 Charlotte W 103–102 Miami Arena 15,008 6–42 49 February 19, 1989 Atlanta W 124–115 Miami Arena 15,008 7–42 50 February 20, 1989 @ New Jersey L 109–117 Brendan Byrne Arena 7–43 51 February 22, 1989 Philadelphia L 108–139 Miami Arena 15,008 7–44 52 February 24, 1989 L.A. Clippers W 111–91 Miami Arena 15,008 8–44 53 February 26, 1989 Portland L 102–124 Miami Arena 15,008 8–45 54 February 28, 1989 Dallas L 110–111 (OT) Miami Arena 14,779 8–46
March (5–11) (Home: 4–4; Road: 1–7) Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Record 55 March 2, 1989 @ New York L 123–132 Madison Square Garden 14,054 8–47 56 March 3, 1989 Utah L 95–107 Miami Arena 15,008 8–48 57 March 5, 1989 Detroit L 100–109 Miami Arena 15,008 8–49 58 March 8, 1989 L.A. Lakers L 87–127 Miami Arena 15,008 8–50 59 March 10, 1989 Denver W 131–130 (2OT) Miami Arena 15,008 9–50 60 March 11, 1989 @ Atlanta L 78–111 The Omni 16,371 9–51 61 March 13, 1989 Phoenix L 104–112 Miami Arena 15,008 9–52 62 March 15, 1989 @ L.A. Clippers W 109–103 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 10–52 63 March 17, 1989 @ Utah L 96–118 Salt Palace 12,444 10–53 64 March 18, 1989 @ Denver L 105–111 McNichols Sports Arena 15,068 10–54 65 March 20, 1989 @ Phoenix L 97–115 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,315 10–55 66 March 22, 1989 New York W 107–103 Miami Arena 15,008 11–55 67 March 25, 1989 San Antonio W 107–105 Miami Arena 15,008 12–55 68 March 27, 1989 New Jersey W 100–79 Miami Arena 15,008 13–55 69 March 29, 1989 @ Indiana L 89–96 Market Square Arena 13–56 70 March 31, 1989 @ Philadelphia L 93–114 Spectrum 14,127 13–57
April (2–12) (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–7) Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Record 71 April 2, 1989 @ Dallas L 96–98 Reunion Arena 16,846 13–58 72 April 4, 1989 @ San Antonio 87–109 HemisFair Arena 13–59 73 April 6, 1989 Washington L 93–101 Miami Arena 15,008 13–60 74 April 8, 1989 Houston W 107–104 (OT) Miami Arena 15,008 14–60 75 April 10, 1989 @ Sacramento L 69–108 ARCO Arena 16,517 14–61 76 April 11, 1989 @ Golden State L 98–114 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 15,025 14–62 77 April 13, 1989 @ Seattle L 111–116 Seattle Center Coliseum 11,267 14–63 78 April 14, 1989 @ Portland L 86–97 Memorial Coliseum 12,880 14–64 79 April 16, 1989 @ L.A. Lakers L 108–121 Great Western Forum 17,505 14–65 80 April 18, 1989 Dallas L 99–103 Miami Arena 15,008 14–66 81 April 19, 1989 Phoenix L 91–117 Miami Arena 15,008 14–67 82 April 22, 1989 @ Houston W 91–89 The Summit 16,611 15–67
1988-89 Schedule

Awards, records, and honors

• Kevin Edwards, NBA All-Rookie Second Team

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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