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1989 NBA Eastern Conference First Round

Previous Year

League Champion: Detroit Pistons

Finals MVP: Joe Dumars (27.3/1.8/6.0)

PTS Leader: Michael Jordan (591)
TRB Leader: Dennis Rodman (170)
AST Leader: Magic Johnson (165)
WS Leader: Michael Jordan (4.0)

4 Series

Click matchup for composite box score
2 vs. 7 New York Knicks vs. Philadelphia 76ers NEW YORK KNICKS win 3-0
4 vs. 5 Atlanta Hawks vs. Milwaukee Bucks MILWAUKEE BUCKS win 3-2
1 vs. 8 Detroit Pistons vs. Boston Celtics DETROIT PISTONS win 3-0
3 vs. 6 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Chicago Bulls CHICAGO BULLS win 3-2

New York Knicks (3) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (0)

Game 1
PHI
NYK		96
102
Game 2
PHI
NYK		106
107
Game 3
NYK
PHI		116
115

New York Knicks

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Gerald Wilkins 25 3 3 108 30 48 0 1 4 5 5 15 20 13 6 2 7 9 64 .625 .000 .800 36.0 21.3 6.7 4.3 2.0 0.7
2 Johnny Newman 25 3 3 95 17 35 0 4 18 24 5 5 10 6 3 0 7 11 52 .486 .000 .750 31.7 17.3 3.3 2.0 1.0 0.0
3 Patrick Ewing 26 3 3 108 20 44 0 0 11 14 5 25 30 1 1 7 4 12 51 .455 .786 36.0 17.0 10.0 0.3 0.3 2.3
4 Mark Jackson 23 3 3 115 17 35 5 11 6 7 2 9 11 28 1 2 7 3 45 .486 .455 .857 38.3 15.0 3.7 9.3 0.3 0.7
5 Charles Oakley 25 3 3 112 14 34 1 2 3 5 18 23 41 5 2 0 10 10 32 .412 .500 .600 37.3 10.7 13.7 1.7 0.7 0.0
6 Rod Strickland 22 3 0 36 10 17 0 0 4 5 2 2 4 8 0 0 5 7 24 .588 .800 12.0 8.0 1.3 2.7 0.0 0.0
7 Kiki Vandeweghe 30 3 0 52 5 15 1 3 10 10 0 4 4 1 2 1 2 3 21 .333 .333 1.000 17.3 7.0 1.3 0.3 0.7 0.3
8 Sidney Green 28 3 0 45 5 12 0 0 3 6 4 6 10 1 1 0 1 7 13 .417 .500 15.0 4.3 3.3 0.3 0.3 0.0
9 Trent Tucker 29 3 0 40 5 14 2 7 0 0 1 5 6 6 1 1 1 4 12 .357 .286 13.3 4.0 2.0 2.0 0.3 0.3
10 Eddie Lee Wilkins 26 3 0 17 3 6 0 0 5 10 5 5 10 0 0 0 2 2 11 .500 .500 5.7 3.7 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Pete Myers 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Kenny Walker 24 3 0 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 5 0 .000 5.3 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 3 745 126 261 9 28 64 86 47 101 148 69 17 13 47 73 325 248.3 108.3 49.3 23.0 5.7 4.3

Philadelphia 76ers

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Charles Barkley 25 3 3 135 29 45 1 5 22 31 8 27 35 16 5 2 11 9 81 .644 .200 .710 45.0 27.0 11.7 5.3 1.7 0.7
2 Ron Anderson 30 3 0 109 29 51 0 1 4 5 7 9 16 13 1 2 2 10 62 .569 .000 .800 36.3 20.7 5.3 4.3 0.3 0.7
3 Maurice Cheeks 32 3 3 128 21 41 0 1 11 13 3 8 11 39 7 1 3 4 53 .512 .000 .846 42.7 17.7 3.7 13.0 2.3 0.3
4 Mike Gminski 29 3 3 118 19 48 0 0 11 16 6 17 23 2 0 8 2 8 49 .396 .688 39.3 16.3 7.7 0.7 0.0 2.7
5 Gerald Henderson 33 3 0 69 10 25 2 7 2 6 3 4 7 5 2 0 5 10 24 .400 .286 .333 23.0 8.0 2.3 1.7 0.7 0.0
6 Derek Smith 27 3 3 48 9 14 0 0 1 2 2 5 7 3 1 0 6 9 19 .643 .500 16.0 6.3 2.3 1.0 0.3 0.0
7 Ben Coleman 27 3 0 23 6 8 0 0 2 2 2 3 5 0 1 0 1 8 14 .750 1.000 7.7 4.7 1.7 0.0 0.3 0.0
8 Hersey Hawkins 22 3 3 72 3 24 0 5 2 2 1 4 5 4 3 1 3 6 8 .125 .000 1.000 24.0 2.7 1.7 1.3 1.0 0.3
9 Scott Brooks 23 3 0 21 1 6 1 2 2 2 0 4 4 5 0 0 1 4 5 .167 .500 1.000 7.0 1.7 1.3 1.7 0.0 0.0
10 Chris Welp 25 3 0 22 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 7 7 0 0 0 1 7 2 .333 .000 7.3 0.7 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 3 745 128 265 4 21 57 81 32 88 120 87 20 14 35 75 317 248.3 105.7 40.0 29.0 6.7 4.7

Milwaukee Bucks (3) vs. Atlanta Hawks (2)

Game 1
MIL
ATL		92
100
Game 2
MIL
ATL		108
98
Game 3
ATL
MIL		113
117
Game 4
ATL
MIL		113
106
Game 5
MIL
ATL		96
92

Milwaukee Bucks

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Ricky Pierce 29 5 0 158 37 68 4 4 33 35 4 10 14 17 6 2 5 20 111 .544 1.000 .943 31.6 22.2 2.8 3.4 1.2 0.4
2 Jay Humphries 26 5 5 188 29 54 2 12 22 24 2 9 11 40 5 0 8 18 82 .537 .167 .917 37.6 16.4 2.2 8.0 1.0 0.0
3 Jack Sikma 33 5 5 168 25 53 5 18 13 16 6 26 32 21 6 1 15 24 68 .472 .278 .813 33.6 13.6 6.4 4.2 1.2 0.2
4 Terry Cummings 27 4 4 107 23 61 0 0 14 16 18 13 31 7 2 0 3 12 60 .377 .875 26.8 15.0 7.8 1.8 0.5 0.0
5 Fred Roberts 28 5 1 178 22 45 0 1 12 15 6 16 22 9 4 3 5 17 56 .489 .000 .800 35.6 11.2 4.4 1.8 0.8 0.6
6 Larry Krystkowiak 24 5 5 163 22 48 0 0 11 13 6 22 28 11 2 1 13 16 55 .458 .846 32.6 11.0 5.6 2.2 0.4 0.2
7 Sidney Moncrief 31 5 5 109 11 28 1 5 10 10 3 11 14 10 3 2 7 11 33 .393 .200 1.000 21.8 6.6 2.8 2.0 0.6 0.4
8 Paul Mokeski 32 4 0 50 8 14 1 1 5 6 7 7 14 3 0 0 2 12 22 .571 1.000 .833 12.5 5.5 3.5 0.8 0.0 0.0
9 Randy Breuer 28 5 0 66 9 15 0 0 0 2 2 6 8 2 0 2 1 10 18 .600 .000 13.2 3.6 1.6 0.4 0.0 0.4
10 Rickey Green 34 5 0 60 6 16 0 0 2 2 3 6 9 6 2 0 1 4 14 .375 1.000 12.0 2.8 1.8 1.2 0.4 0.0
11 Tony Brown 28 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1250 192 402 13 41 122 139 57 126 183 127 30 11 60 145 519 250.0 103.8 36.6 25.4 6.0 2.2

Atlanta Hawks

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Dominique Wilkins 29 5 5 212 52 116 5 17 27 38 10 17 27 17 4 8 12 5 136 .448 .294 .711 42.4 27.2 5.4 3.4 0.8 1.6
2 Moses Malone 33 5 5 197 32 64 1 1 40 51 27 33 60 9 7 4 11 5 105 .500 1.000 .784 39.4 21.0 12.0 1.8 1.4 0.8
3 Doc Rivers 27 5 5 191 22 57 6 19 17 24 4 20 24 34 7 2 12 22 67 .386 .316 .708 38.2 13.4 4.8 6.8 1.4 0.4
4 Jon Koncak 25 5 5 192 18 29 0 0 28 33 16 32 48 4 2 8 8 23 64 .621 .848 38.4 12.8 9.6 0.8 0.4 1.6
5 John Battle 26 5 0 118 20 46 0 6 9 12 5 8 13 16 2 0 5 13 49 .435 .000 .750 23.6 9.8 2.6 3.2 0.4 0.0
6 Reggie Theus 31 5 5 127 14 38 0 2 9 12 3 4 7 24 1 0 10 18 37 .368 .000 .750 25.4 7.4 1.4 4.8 0.2 0.0
7 Antoine Carr 27 5 0 81 13 21 0 0 8 11 5 3 8 7 0 4 4 13 34 .619 .727 16.2 6.8 1.6 1.4 0.0 0.8
8 Cliff Levingston 28 5 0 77 3 11 1 1 9 10 6 11 17 2 0 3 3 15 16 .273 1.000 .900 15.4 3.2 3.4 0.4 0.0 0.6
9 Spud Webb 25 5 0 55 3 11 0 0 2 2 0 4 4 15 4 0 0 6 8 .273 1.000 11.0 1.6 0.8 3.0 0.8 0.0
Team Totals 5 1250 177 393 13 46 149 193 76 132 208 128 27 29 65 120 516 250.0 103.2 41.6 25.6 5.4 5.8

Detroit Pistons (3) vs. Boston Celtics (0)

Game 1
BOS
DET		91
101
Game 2
BOS
DET		95
102
Game 3
DET
BOS		100
85

Detroit Pistons

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Joe Dumars 25 3 3 106 25 54 0 3 12 15 0 6 6 18 2 0 5 3 62 .463 .000 .800 35.3 20.7 2.0 6.0 0.7 0.0
2 Mark Aguirre 29 3 3 67 23 42 4 8 3 7 7 3 10 2 3 0 3 7 53 .548 .500 .429 22.3 17.7 3.3 0.7 1.0 0.0
3 Vinnie Johnson 32 3 0 72 16 37 1 1 12 14 1 6 7 9 2 1 5 3 45 .432 1.000 .857 24.0 15.0 2.3 3.0 0.7 0.3
4 Bill Laimbeer 31 3 3 92 16 32 3 5 1 2 3 25 28 2 1 0 3 13 36 .500 .600 .500 30.7 12.0 9.3 0.7 0.3 0.0
5 Isiah Thomas 27 3 3 110 12 36 0 4 12 15 3 6 9 28 6 2 7 6 36 .333 .000 .800 36.7 12.0 3.0 9.3 2.0 0.7
6 John Salley 24 3 0 76 13 20 0 0 5 6 6 11 17 2 1 9 1 13 31 .650 .833 25.3 10.3 5.7 0.7 0.3 3.0
7 Dennis Rodman 27 3 0 80 8 11 0 0 4 4 6 19 25 4 1 6 4 8 20 .727 1.000 26.7 6.7 8.3 1.3 0.3 2.0
8 James Edwards 33 3 0 49 4 10 0 1 4 4 2 5 7 2 1 3 3 9 12 .400 .000 1.000 16.3 4.0 2.3 0.7 0.3 1.0
9 Rick Mahorn 30 3 3 68 4 9 0 0 0 0 6 13 19 1 3 0 2 9 8 .444 22.7 2.7 6.3 0.3 1.0 0.0
Team Totals 3 720 121 251 8 22 53 67 34 94 128 68 20 21 33 71 303 240.0 101.0 42.7 22.7 6.7 7.0

Boston Celtics

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Reggie Lewis 23 3 3 125 26 55 0 2 9 13 5 16 21 11 5 0 8 11 61 .473 .000 .692 41.7 20.3 7.0 3.7 1.7 0.0
2 Kevin McHale 31 3 3 115 20 41 0 0 17 23 7 17 24 9 1 2 4 13 57 .488 .739 38.3 19.0 8.0 3.0 0.3 0.7
3 Brian Shaw 22 3 3 124 22 43 0 1 7 9 2 15 17 19 3 0 6 11 51 .512 .000 .778 41.3 17.0 5.7 6.3 1.0 0.0
4 Robert Parish 35 3 3 112 20 44 0 0 7 9 6 20 26 6 4 2 6 5 47 .455 .778 37.3 15.7 8.7 2.0 1.3 0.7
5 Joe Kleine 27 3 0 65 6 11 0 1 7 9 4 13 17 2 0 1 6 9 19 .545 .000 .778 21.7 6.3 5.7 0.7 0.0 0.3
6 Kelvin Upshaw 26 3 0 24 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 1 4 10 .417 8.0 3.3 0.7 1.7 0.3 0.0
7 Kevin Gamble 23 1 1 29 4 11 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 8 .364 .000 .000 29.0 8.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
8 Dennis Johnson 34 3 1 59 4 15 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 9 3 0 3 8 8 .267 19.7 2.7 1.3 3.0 1.0 0.0
9 Ed Pinckney 25 3 0 45 3 12 0 0 2 2 2 3 5 1 1 1 4 7 8 .250 1.000 15.0 2.7 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.3
10 Otis Birdsong 33 3 1 20 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 2 .200 .000 6.7 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3
11 Mark Acres 26 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 3 720 111 250 0 8 49 67 29 91 120 65 20 7 41 72 271 240.0 90.3 40.0 21.7 6.7 2.3

Chicago Bulls (3) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (2)

Game 1
CHI
CLE		95
88
Game 2
CHI
CLE		88
96
Game 3
CLE
CHI		94
101
Game 4
CLE
CHI		108
105
Game 5
CHI
CLE		101
100

Chicago Bulls

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Michael Jordan 25 5 5 210 71 137 2 5 55 67 8 21 29 41 15 2 21 20 199 .518 .400 .821 42.0 39.8 5.8 8.2 3.0 0.4
2 Scottie Pippen 23 5 5 202 25 63 11 25 14 24 13 30 43 20 8 4 14 21 75 .397 .440 .583 40.4 15.0 8.6 4.0 1.6 0.8
3 Horace Grant 23 5 5 203 24 47 0 0 4 8 20 45 65 12 6 6 8 21 52 .511 .500 40.6 10.4 13.0 2.4 1.2 1.2
4 Craig Hodges 28 5 5 171 20 51 8 19 4 4 3 3 6 19 8 1 7 20 52 .392 .421 1.000 34.2 10.4 1.2 3.8 1.6 0.2
5 Bill Cartwright 31 5 5 163 19 42 0 0 11 16 15 27 42 6 4 2 11 21 49 .452 .688 32.6 9.8 8.4 1.2 0.8 0.4
6 Dave Corzine 32 5 0 80 9 24 0 0 2 3 4 9 13 4 2 0 3 11 20 .375 .667 16.0 4.0 2.6 0.8 0.4 0.0
7 Brad Sellers 26 4 0 61 8 16 0 0 2 2 1 7 8 4 1 3 3 8 18 .500 1.000 15.3 4.5 2.0 1.0 0.3 0.8
8 Sam Vincent 25 5 0 52 6 17 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 11 2 0 2 5 12 .353 10.4 2.4 1.0 2.2 0.4 0.0
9 John Paxson 28 4 0 58 5 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 3 10 .417 .000 14.5 2.5 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.0
10 Charles Davis 30 5 0 24 1 5 1 3 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .200 .333 4.8 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Jack Haley 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1225 188 414 22 53 92 124 67 149 216 121 46 18 71 133 490 245.0 98.0 43.2 24.2 9.2 3.6

Cleveland Cavaliers

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Ron Harper 25 5 5 189 39 69 0 2 20 26 7 14 21 20 11 4 7 20 98 .565 .000 .769 37.8 19.6 4.2 4.0 2.2 0.8
2 Larry Nance 29 5 5 195 38 69 0 0 21 32 16 23 39 16 3 12 9 12 97 .551 .656 39.0 19.4 7.8 3.2 0.6 2.4
3 Mark Price 24 4 4 158 22 57 6 16 14 15 4 9 13 22 3 0 19 3 64 .386 .375 .933 39.5 16.0 3.3 5.5 0.8 0.0
4 Brad Daugherty 23 5 5 167 17 47 0 1 21 35 12 34 46 12 6 5 6 18 55 .362 .000 .600 33.4 11.0 9.2 2.4 1.2 1.0
5 Hot Rod Williams 26 5 2 161 21 45 0 0 13 18 7 27 34 10 2 7 11 12 55 .467 .722 32.2 11.0 6.8 2.0 0.4 1.4
6 Craig Ehlo 27 4 1 97 17 39 5 13 9 11 2 4 6 13 3 1 5 10 48 .436 .385 .818 24.3 12.0 1.5 3.3 0.8 0.3
7 Mike Sanders 28 5 3 87 15 30 0 0 3 5 6 10 16 4 2 1 10 11 33 .500 .600 17.4 6.6 3.2 0.8 0.4 0.2
8 Darnell Valentine 29 5 0 80 7 20 0 0 7 8 3 4 7 16 5 0 5 7 21 .350 .875 16.0 4.2 1.4 3.2 1.0 0.0
9 Tree Rollins 33 5 0 74 6 8 0 0 3 5 5 11 16 1 3 7 1 10 15 .750 .600 14.8 3.0 3.2 0.2 0.6 1.4
10 Chris Dudley 23 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Phil Hubbard 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Randolph Keys 22 1 0 12 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 .000 .000 12.0 0.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1225 182 388 11 33 111 155 62 139 201 115 38 37 76 105 486 245.0 97.2 40.2 23.0 7.6 7.4