1989-90 NBA season
The 1989-90 NBA Season was the 44th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Detroit Pistons winning their second-straight NBA Championship, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.
[edit] Notable Occurrences
- The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Orlando Magic enter the NBA as the league's 26th and 27th franchise.
- The NBA All-Star Game was played at the Miami Arena in Miami, Florida, with the East defeating the West 130-113. Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers takes home the game's MVP award.
- For some reason, the Charlotte Hornets are aligned in the Midwest Division in the Western Conference. Charlotte would be aligned in the Central Division for good starting next year.
- The NBA on CBS concludes its 17 year run (dating back to 1973). The program is succeeded by The NBA on NBC.
- The NBA adopts the FIBA rule mandating clocks register tenths of seconds in the final minute of a period; This rule turns controversial during the season because of clock calibration problems in many venues; following a January 15, 1990 game between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls where Trent Tucker sank a three-point basket with the ball put in play with one-tenth of a second remaining, the NBA mandates clock calibration and prohibits any shot made when the ball is put in play with less than three-tenths of a second remaining from counting unless it is a dunk or tip-in.
[edit] Final standings
[edit] Eastern Conference
[edit] Western Conference
C - NBA Champions
[edit] NBA awards
Note: All information on this page were obtained on the History section on NBA.com
[edit] See also
