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1989-90 NBA Standings

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League Champion: Detroit Pistons

Most Valuable Player: Magic Johnson (22.3/6.6/11.5)
Rookie of the Year: David Robinson (24.3/12.0/2.0)

PPG Leader: Michael Jordan (33.6)
RPG Leader: Hakeem Olajuwon (14.0)
APG Leader: John Stockton (14.5)
WS Leader: Michael Jordan (19.0)

League Standings

Playoff teams are marked with an asterisk (*) ▪ Click conference name for conference standings
Eastern Conference W L W-L% GB PS/G PA/G SRS
Atlantic Division              
Philadelphia 76ers* (2) 53 29 .646 — 110.2 105.2 4.23
Boston Celtics* (4) 52 30 .634 1.0 110.0 106.0 3.23
New York Knicks* (5) 45 37 .549 8.0 108.3 106.9 0.78
Washington Bullets (10) 31 51 .378 22.0 107.7 109.9 -2.43
Miami Heat (11) 18 64 .220 35.0 100.6 110.3 -9.59
New Jersey Nets (13) 17 65 .207 36.0 100.1 108.0 -7.82
Central Division              
Detroit Pistons* (1) 59 23 .720 — 104.3 98.3 5.41
Chicago Bulls* (3) 55 27 .671 4.0 109.5 106.2 2.74
Milwaukee Bucks* (6) 44 38 .537 15.0 106.0 106.8 -1.06
Cleveland Cavaliers* (7) 42 40 .512 17.0 102.6 102.9 -0.62
Indiana Pacers* (8) 42 40 .512 17.0 109.3 109.1 -0.18
Atlanta Hawks (9) 41 41 .500 18.0 108.5 107.5 0.64
Orlando Magic (12) 18 64 .220 41.0 110.9 119.8 -8.73
Western Conference W L W-L% GB PS/G PA/G SRS
Midwest Division              
San Antonio Spurs* (2) 56 26 .683 — 106.3 102.8 3.58
Utah Jazz* (4) 55 27 .671 1.0 106.8 102.0 4.82
Dallas Mavericks* (6) 47 35 .573 9.0 102.2 102.2 0.42
Denver Nuggets* (7) 43 39 .524 13.0 114.6 113.2 1.56
Houston Rockets* (8) 41 41 .500 15.0 106.7 105.3 1.71
Minnesota Timberwolves (13) 22 60 .268 34.0 95.2 99.4 -3.60
Charlotte Hornets (14) 19 63 .232 37.0 100.4 108.2 -7.01
Pacific Division              
Los Angeles Lakers* (1) 63 19 .768 — 110.7 103.9 6.74
Portland Trail Blazers* (3) 59 23 .720 4.0 114.2 107.9 6.48
Phoenix Suns* (5) 54 28 .659 9.0 114.9 107.8 7.09
Seattle SuperSonics (9) 41 41 .500 22.0 106.9 105.9 1.40
Golden State Warriors (10) 37 45 .451 26.0 116.3 119.4 -2.55
Los Angeles Clippers (11) 30 52 .366 33.0 103.8 107.2 -2.80
Sacramento Kings (12) 23 59 .280 40.0 101.7 106.8 -4.42

Expanded Standings

Place Conference Division All-Star Margin Month
Rk Team Overall Home Road E W A C M P Pre Post ≤3 ≥10 Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
1 Los Angeles Lakers 63-19 37-4 26-15 19-7 44-12 10-2 9-5 22-6 22-6 35-11 28-8 6-7 30-7 11-2 10-4 10-5 10-2 12-4 10-2
2 Detroit Pistons 59-23 35-6 24-17 40-14 19-9 18-6 22-8 10-4 9-5 35-14 24-9 6-4 32-8 9-5 9-6 13-3 10-1 11-4 7-4
3 Portland Trail Blazers 59-23 35-6 24-17 18-8 41-15 10-2 8-6 21-7 20-8 33-13 26-10 7-6 33-8 11-3 8-7 12-2 7-5 13-4 8-2
4 San Antonio Spurs 56-26 34-7 22-19 16-10 40-16 9-3 7-7 19-9 21-7 32-14 24-12 10-3 23-9 8-5 11-2 10-6 8-5 11-5 8-3
5 Chicago Bulls 55-27 36-5 19-22 37-17 18-10 17-7 20-10 9-5 9-5 28-19 27-8 8-7 26-12 8-6 11-3 9-6 7-5 12-3 8-4
6 Utah Jazz 55-27 36-5 19-22 17-9 38-18 8-4 9-5 21-7 17-11 33-14 22-13 8-3 35-15 8-4 11-5 11-3 9-4 11-4 5-7
7 Phoenix Suns 54-28 32-9 22-19 16-10 38-18 9-3 7-7 18-10 20-8 28-17 26-11 6-5 38-7 5-6 7-7 13-3 11-1 12-6 6-5
8 Philadelphia 76ers 53-29 34-7 19-22 37-17 16-12 19-7 18-10 8-6 8-6 30-18 23-11 6-6 30-12 8-4 7-9 12-3 8-5 11-5 7-3
9 Boston Celtics 52-30 30-11 22-19 36-18 16-12 19-7 17-11 9-5 7-7 28-18 24-12 7-4 30-11 8-7 9-4 9-5 7-6 9-6 10-2
10 Dallas Mavericks 47-35 30-11 17-24 18-8 29-27 8-4 10-4 17-11 12-16 26-22 21-13 7-3 20-19 6-7 9-6 9-7 7-5 9-5 7-5
11 New York Knicks 45-37 29-12 16-25 30-24 15-13 17-9 13-15 7-7 8-6 32-16 13-21 6-9 20-18 9-5 11-2 7-9 9-3 4-12 5-6
12 Milwaukee Bucks 44-38 27-14 17-24 28-26 16-12 14-10 14-16 8-6 8-6 27-22 17-16 8-9 18-18 7-7 8-6 10-6 7-5 5-10 7-4
13 Denver Nuggets 43-39 28-13 15-26 15-11 28-28 8-4 7-7 15-13 13-15 26-20 17-19 9-4 24-20 10-4 9-6 4-9 6-7 8-9 6-4
14 Cleveland Cavaliers 42-40 27-14 15-26 30-24 12-16 16-8 14-16 4-10 8-6 21-25 21-15 9-3 22-20 6-7 5-9 8-7 6-6 8-8 9-3
15 Indiana Pacers 42-40 28-13 14-27 30-24 12-16 14-10 16-14 7-7 5-9 25-23 17-17 8-5 17-16 8-4 11-5 4-12 7-6 6-7 6-6
16 Houston Rockets 41-41 31-10 10-31 13-13 28-28 5-7 8-6 13-15 15-13 22-25 19-16 3-8 24-17 9-6 3-12 8-5 4-8 11-5 6-5
17 Atlanta Hawks 41-41 25-16 16-25 27-27 14-14 12-12 15-15 8-6 6-8 22-24 19-17 5-3 19-17 7-6 9-5 5-9 6-9 7-8 7-4
18 Seattle SuperSonics 41-41 30-11 11-30 15-11 26-30 8-4 7-7 15-13 11-17 22-23 19-18 5-6 24-24 8-7 5-6 6-9 9-5 7-8 6-6
19 Golden State Warriors 37-45 27-14 10-31 13-13 24-32 7-5 6-8 13-15 11-17 23-24 14-21 7-5 17-30 3-10 7-7 10-5 5-8 7-8 5-7
20 Washington Bullets 31-51 20-21 11-30 20-34 11-17 10-16 10-18 6-8 5-9 18-31 13-20 4-12 14-24 7-9 5-7 3-13 7-6 5-9 4-7
21 Los Angeles Clippers 30-52 20-21 10-31 13-13 17-39 4-8 9-5 10-18 7-21 21-26 9-26 6-9 11-21 4-8 6-8 9-8 3-9 5-12 3-7
22 Sacramento Kings 23-59 16-25 7-34 9-17 14-42 4-8 5-9 7-21 7-21 12-34 11-25 5-9 10-32 4-9 3-11 5-10 3-10 7-10 1-9
23 Minnesota Timberwolves 22-60 17-24 5-36 10-16 12-44 6-6 4-10 6-22 6-22 10-36 12-24 5-11 10-32 3-12 3-11 3-10 6-7 5-12 2-8
24 Charlotte Hornets 19-63 13-28 6-35 6-20 13-43 3-9 3-11 7-21 6-22 8-37 11-26 5-5 7-40 3-11 3-9 2-13 1-11 6-12 4-7
25 Miami Heat 18-64 11-30 7-34 11-43 7-21 4-22 7-21 4-10 3-11 10-39 8-25 4-7 6-40 4-12 3-11 2-13 3-10 5-9 1-9
26 Orlando Magic 18-64 12-29 6-35 12-42 6-22 8-16 4-26 4-10 2-12 14-33 4-31 4-7 4-38 7-7 2-13 4-10 3-10 1-13 1-11
27 New Jersey Nets 17-65 13-28 4-37 13-41 4-24 9-17 4-24 3-11 1-13 12-35 5-30 3-7 5-34 3-11 5-9 4-11 1-11 3-13 1-10

Team vs. Team

Rk Team ATL BOS CHH CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WSB
1 Atlanta Hawks 1-3 2-0 0-5 2-3 0-2 1-1 3-2 2-0 2-0 2-3 1-1 0-2 4-0 3-2 1-1 2-2 1-3 5-0 2-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-2
2 Boston Celtics 3-1 2-0 2-2 3-1 1-1 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-0 1-3 1-1 0-2 5-0 2-2 1-1 5-1 4-1 4-0 3-2 1-1 0-2 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-3
3 Charlotte Hornets 0-2 0-2 0-2 1-1 1-3 3-2 0-2 2-2 1-4 1-1 2-2 0-4 1-1 0-2 2-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-3 0-4 1-3 0-5 0-4 0-5 0-2
4 Chicago Bulls 5-0 2-2 2-0 5-0 2-0 1-1 1-4 2-0 1-1 2-3 1-1 1-1 4-0 4-1 2-0 3-1 3-1 3-2 2-2 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 3-1
5 Cleveland Cavaliers 3-2 1-3 1-1 0-5 0-2 0-2 1-4 1-1 0-2 3-2 1-1 1-1 4-0 3-2 1-1 4-0 2-2 4-1 2-2 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 3-1
6 Dallas Mavericks 2-0 1-1 3-1 0-2 2-0 2-3 1-1 3-1 4-1 2-0 3-1 0-4 2-0 1-1 4-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-3 0-4 3-1 3-2 2-2 1-3 1-1
7 Denver Nuggets 1-1 1-1 2-3 1-1 2-0 3-2 0-2 2-2 4-1 0-2 2-2 0-4 2-0 1-1 5-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-3 2-2 4-0 1-3 2-2 0-4 1-1
8 Detroit Pistons 2-3 2-2 2-0 4-1 4-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 4-1 1-1 1-1 3-1 3-2 2-0 4-0 4-0 5-0 1-3 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 4-0
9 Golden State Warriors 0-2 1-1 2-2 0-2 1-1 1-3 2-2 1-1 2-2 1-1 3-1 1-4 2-0 1-1 3-1 2-0 0-2 2-0 1-1 0-5 2-2 3-2 1-3 2-3 2-2 1-1
10 Houston Rockets 0-2 0-2 4-1 1-1 2-0 1-4 1-4 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-2 2-2 1-1 1-1 2-2 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-2 1-3 4-0 2-2 2-2 3-2 1-1
11 Indiana Pacers 3-2 3-1 1-1 3-2 2-3 0-2 2-0 1-4 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 3-1 3-2 1-1 4-0 1-3 4-1 0-4 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 3-1
12 Los Angeles Clippers 1-1 1-1 2-2 1-1 1-1 1-3 2-2 1-1 1-3 2-2 2-0 1-4 0-2 1-1 3-1 2-0 0-2 2-0 0-2 0-4 0-5 2-3 0-4 3-2 0-4 1-1
13 Los Angeles Lakers 2-0 2-0 4-0 1-1 1-1 4-0 4-0 1-1 4-1 2-2 2-0 4-1 2-0 1-1 4-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 3-1 2-3 5-0 2-2 4-0 2-2 1-1
14 Miami Heat 0-4 0-5 1-1 0-4 0-4 0-2 0-2 1-3 0-2 1-1 1-3 2-0 0-2 2-2 1-1 1-4 1-5 3-1 0-5 0-2 0-2 1-1 0-2 0-2 1-1 2-3
15 Milwaukee Bucks 2-3 2-2 2-0 1-4 2-3 1-1 1-1 2-3 1-1 1-1 2-3 1-1 1-1 2-2 2-0 4-0 2-2 5-0 1-3 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 0-2 3-1
16 Minnesota Timberwolves 1-1 1-1 2-2 0-2 1-1 1-4 0-5 0-2 1-3 2-2 1-1 1-3 0-4 1-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-4 1-3 2-2 1-4 1-3 0-5 1-1
17 New Jersey Nets 2-2 1-5 1-1 1-3 0-4 0-2 0-2 0-4 0-2 1-1 0-4 0-2 0-2 4-1 0-4 1-1 1-4 1-3 1-4 0-2 0-2 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 2-3
18 New York Knicks 3-1 1-4 1-1 1-3 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-4 2-0 1-1 3-1 2-0 0-2 5-1 2-2 1-1 4-1 2-2 2-3 1-1 0-2 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 5-0
19 Orlando Magic 0-5 0-4 1-1 2-3 1-4 0-2 0-2 0-5 0-2 0-2 1-4 0-2 1-1 1-3 0-5 1-1 3-1 2-2 2-2 0-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 0-4
20 Philadelphia 76ers 2-2 2-3 2-0 2-2 2-2 1-1 1-1 3-1 1-1 1-1 4-0 2-0 1-1 5-0 3-1 1-1 4-1 3-2 2-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 5-1
21 Phoenix Suns 2-0 1-1 3-1 0-2 1-1 3-1 3-1 0-2 5-0 2-2 1-1 4-0 1-3 2-0 1-1 4-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-3 5-0 0-4 3-2 3-1 2-0
22 Portland Trail Blazers 1-1 2-0 4-0 1-1 1-1 4-0 2-2 1-1 2-2 3-1 1-1 5-0 3-2 2-0 1-1 3-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 3-2 4-0 3-1 3-2 2-2 1-1
23 Sacramento Kings 1-1 0-2 3-1 1-1 0-2 1-3 0-4 0-2 2-3 0-4 1-1 3-2 0-5 1-1 1-1 2-2 1-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 0-5 0-4 0-4 2-2 1-3 1-1
24 San Antonio Spurs 1-1 1-1 5-0 1-1 1-1 2-3 3-1 1-1 3-1 2-2 1-1 4-0 2-2 2-0 1-1 4-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 4-0 1-3 4-0 3-1 3-2 2-0
25 Seattle SuperSonics 1-1 0-2 4-0 1-1 1-1 2-2 2-2 1-1 3-2 2-2 1-1 2-3 0-4 2-0 0-2 3-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-3 2-3 2-2 1-3 1-3 2-0
26 Utah Jazz 1-1 1-1 5-0 2-0 1-1 3-1 4-0 1-1 2-2 2-3 1-1 4-0 2-2 1-1 2-0 5-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-3 2-2 3-1 2-3 3-1 2-0
27 Washington Bullets 2-2 3-2 2-0 1-3 1-3 1-1 1-1 0-4 1-1 1-1 1-3 1-1 1-1 3-2 1-3 1-1 3-2 0-5 4-0 1-5 0-2 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2