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1988-89 Golden State Warriors Roster and Statistics

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43-39, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Don Nelson (43-39)

Points Per Game: 116.6 (4th of 25) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 116.9 (25th of 25)
Pythagorean W-L: 40-42 (16th of 25)

Arena: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena ▪ Attendance: 587,820 (14th of 25)

SRS: -0.59 (16th of 25) ▪ Pace Factor: 107.3 (2nd of 25)
Offensive Rating: 107.4 (14th of 25) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.7 (12th of 25)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Phoenix Suns
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Utah Jazz

1988-89 Golden State Warriors:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
4 Steve Alford G 6-2 183 November 23, 1964 1 Indiana University
10 Manute Bol C 7-6 200 October 16, 1962 3 University of Bridgeport
32 Tellis Frank F-C 6-10 225 April 26, 1965 1 Western Kentucky University
12 Winston Garland G 6-2 170 December 19, 1964 1 Missouri State University
44 Orlando Graham F 6-8 220 May 5, 1965 R Auburn University at Montgomery
22 Rod Higgins F-C 6-7 200 January 31, 1960 6 California State University, Fresno
31 Shelton Jones F 6-9 210 April 6, 1966 R St. John's University
30 Ben McDonald F 6-8 210 July 20, 1962 3 University of California, Irvine
17 Chris Mullin F-G 6-6 200 July 30, 1963 3 St. John's University
23 Mitch Richmond G 6-5 215 June 30, 1965 R Kansas State University
50 Ralph Sampson C-F 7-4 228 July 7, 1960 5 University of Virginia
13 Larry Smith F-C 6-8 215 January 18, 1958 8 Alcorn State University
18 Otis Smith G-F 6-5 210 January 30, 1964 2 Jacksonville University
30 John Starks G 6-3 180 August 10, 1965 R Oklahoma State University
25 John Stroeder F 6-10 260 July 24, 1958 1 University of Montana
20 Terry Teagle F-G 6-5 195 April 10, 1960 6 Baylor University
33 Jerome Whitehead C-F 6-10 220 September 30, 1956 10 Marquette University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19905 3730 7977 .468 194 629 .308 1904 2384 .799 1323 2561 3884 2009 831 643 1488 1946 9558 116.6
Opponent 82 19905 3693 8000 .462 281 821 .342 1916 2501 .766 1437 2639 4076 2215 861 485 1554 1935 9583 116.9

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Chris Mullin 25 82 82 3093 830 1630 .509 23 100 .230 493 553 .892 152 331 483 415 176 39 296 178 2176
2 Mitch Richmond 23 79 79 2717 649 1386 .468 33 90 .367 410 506 .810 158 310 468 334 82 13 269 223 1741
3 Winston Garland 24 79 79 2661 466 1074 .434 10 43 .233 203 251 .809 101 227 328 505 175 14 187 216 1145
4 Terry Teagle 28 66 41 1569 409 859 .476 2 12 .167 182 225 .809 110 153 263 96 79 17 116 173 1002
5 Rod Higgins 29 81 1 1887 301 633 .476 66 168 .393 188 229 .821 111 265 376 160 39 42 76 172 856
6 Otis Smith 25 80 5 1597 311 715 .435 7 37 .189 174 218 .798 128 202 330 140 88 40 129 165 803
7 Larry Smith 31 80 78 1897 219 397 .552 0 0 18 58 .310 272 380 652 118 61 54 110 248 456
8 Ralph Sampson 28 61 36 1086 164 365 .449 3 8 .375 62 95 .653 105 202 307 77 31 65 90 170 393
9 Steve Alford 24 57 3 868 145 313 .463 20 53 .377 49 59 .831 10 59 69 83 44 3 44 54 359
10 Manute Bol 26 80 4 1769 127 344 .369 20 91 .220 40 66 .606 116 346 462 27 11 345 79 226 314
11 John Starks 23 36 0 316 51 125 .408 10 26 .385 34 52 .654 15 26 41 27 23 3 39 36 146
12 Tellis Frank 23 32 2 245 34 91 .374 0 1 .000 39 51 .765 26 35 61 15 14 6 29 59 107
13 Ben McDonald 26 11 0 103 13 19 .684 0 0 9 15 .600 4 8 12 5 4 0 3 11 35
14 Orlando Graham 23 7 0 22 3 10 .300 0 0 2 4 .500 8 3 11 0 0 0 2 6 8
15 Jerome Whitehead 32 5 0 42 3 6 .500 0 0 1 2 .500 0 5 5 2 1 0 2 8 7
16 Shelton Jones 22 2 0 13 3 5 .600 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 6
17 John Stroeder 30 4 0 20 2 5 .400 0 0 0 0 5 9 14 3 0 2 2 1 4

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Chris Mullin 25 82 82 37.7 10.1 19.9 .509 0.3 1.2 .230 6.0 6.7 .892 1.9 4.0 5.9 5.1 2.1 0.5 3.6 2.2 26.5
2 Mitch Richmond 23 79 79 34.4 8.2 17.5 .468 0.4 1.1 .367 5.2 6.4 .810 2.0 3.9 5.9 4.2 1.0 0.2 3.4 2.8 22.0
3 Terry Teagle 28 66 41 23.8 6.2 13.0 .476 0.0 0.2 .167 2.8 3.4 .809 1.7 2.3 4.0 1.5 1.2 0.3 1.8 2.6 15.2
4 Winston Garland 24 79 79 33.7 5.9 13.6 .434 0.1 0.5 .233 2.6 3.2 .809 1.3 2.9 4.2 6.4 2.2 0.2 2.4 2.7 14.5
5 Rod Higgins 29 81 1 23.3 3.7 7.8 .476 0.8 2.1 .393 2.3 2.8 .821 1.4 3.3 4.6 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.9 2.1 10.6
6 Otis Smith 25 80 5 20.0 3.9 8.9 .435 0.1 0.5 .189 2.2 2.7 .798 1.6 2.5 4.1 1.8 1.1 0.5 1.6 2.1 10.0
7 Ralph Sampson 28 61 36 17.8 2.7 6.0 .449 0.0 0.1 .375 1.0 1.6 .653 1.7 3.3 5.0 1.3 0.5 1.1 1.5 2.8 6.4
8 Steve Alford 24 57 3 15.2 2.5 5.5 .463 0.4 0.9 .377 0.9 1.0 .831 0.2 1.0 1.2 1.5 0.8 0.1 0.8 0.9 6.3
9 Larry Smith 31 80 78 23.7 2.7 5.0 .552 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 .310 3.4 4.8 8.2 1.5 0.8 0.7 1.4 3.1 5.7
10 John Starks 23 36 0 8.8 1.4 3.5 .408 0.3 0.7 .385 0.9 1.4 .654 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.1 1.1 1.0 4.1
11 Manute Bol 26 80 4 22.1 1.6 4.3 .369 0.3 1.1 .220 0.5 0.8 .606 1.5 4.3 5.8 0.3 0.1 4.3 1.0 2.8 3.9
12 Tellis Frank 23 32 2 7.7 1.1 2.8 .374 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.6 .765 0.8 1.1 1.9 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.9 1.8 3.3
13 Ben McDonald 26 11 0 9.4 1.2 1.7 .684 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.4 .600 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.3 1.0 3.2
14 Shelton Jones 22 2 0 6.5 1.5 2.5 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 3.0
15 Jerome Whitehead 32 5 0 8.4 0.6 1.2 .500 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .500 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.6 1.4
16 Orlando Graham 23 7 0 3.1 0.4 1.4 .300 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 .500 1.1 0.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.9 1.1
17 John Stroeder 30 4 0 5.0 0.5 1.3 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.3 3.5 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.3 1.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Chris Mullin 25 82 82 3093 9.7 19.0 .509 0.3 1.2 .230 5.7 6.4 .892 1.8 3.9 5.6 4.8 2.0 0.5 3.4 2.1 25.3
2 Mitch Richmond 23 79 79 2717 8.6 18.4 .468 0.4 1.2 .367 5.4 6.7 .810 2.1 4.1 6.2 4.4 1.1 0.2 3.6 3.0 23.1
3 Terry Teagle 28 66 41 1569 9.4 19.7 .476 0.0 0.3 .167 4.2 5.2 .809 2.5 3.5 6.0 2.2 1.8 0.4 2.7 4.0 23.0
4 Otis Smith 25 80 5 1597 7.0 16.1 .435 0.2 0.8 .189 3.9 4.9 .798 2.9 4.6 7.4 3.2 2.0 0.9 2.9 3.7 18.1
5 John Starks 23 36 0 316 5.8 14.2 .408 1.1 3.0 .385 3.9 5.9 .654 1.7 3.0 4.7 3.1 2.6 0.3 4.4 4.1 16.6
6 Shelton Jones 22 2 0 13 8.3 13.8 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.5 0.0 5.5 5.5 8.3 0.0 2.8 0.0 16.6
7 Rod Higgins 29 81 1 1887 5.7 12.1 .476 1.3 3.2 .393 3.6 4.4 .821 2.1 5.1 7.2 3.1 0.7 0.8 1.4 3.3 16.3
8 Tellis Frank 23 32 2 245 5.0 13.4 .374 0.0 0.1 .000 5.7 7.5 .765 3.8 5.1 9.0 2.2 2.1 0.9 4.3 8.7 15.7
9 Winston Garland 24 79 79 2661 6.3 14.5 .434 0.1 0.6 .233 2.7 3.4 .809 1.4 3.1 4.4 6.8 2.4 0.2 2.5 2.9 15.5
10 Steve Alford 24 57 3 868 6.0 13.0 .463 0.8 2.2 .377 2.0 2.4 .831 0.4 2.4 2.9 3.4 1.8 0.1 1.8 2.2 14.9
11 Orlando Graham 23 7 0 22 4.9 16.4 .300 0.0 0.0 3.3 6.5 .500 13.1 4.9 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 9.8 13.1
12 Ralph Sampson 28 61 36 1086 5.4 12.1 .449 0.1 0.3 .375 2.1 3.1 .653 3.5 6.7 10.2 2.6 1.0 2.2 3.0 5.6 13.0
13 Ben McDonald 26 11 0 103 4.5 6.6 .684 0.0 0.0 3.1 5.2 .600 1.4 2.8 4.2 1.7 1.4 0.0 1.0 3.8 12.2
14 Larry Smith 31 80 78 1897 4.2 7.5 .552 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.1 .310 5.2 7.2 12.4 2.2 1.2 1.0 2.1 4.7 8.7
15 John Stroeder 30 4 0 20 3.6 9.0 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 16.2 25.2 5.4 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.8 7.2
16 Manute Bol 26 80 4 1769 2.6 7.0 .369 0.4 1.9 .220 0.8 1.3 .606 2.4 7.0 9.4 0.5 0.2 7.0 1.6 4.6 6.4
17 Jerome Whitehead 32 5 0 42 2.6 5.1 .500 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.7 .500 0.0 4.3 4.3 1.7 0.9 0.0 1.7 6.9 6.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Chris Mullin 25 82 3093 21.9 .581 .516 4.9 10.7 7.8 20.1 2.5 0.7 13.6 26.6 115 108 7.5 3.1 10.6
2 Rod Higgins 29 81 1887 15.5 .583 .528 5.9 14.0 10.0 10.9 0.9 1.2 9.4 16.2 123 110 4.4 1.5 5.9
3 Mitch Richmond 23 79 2717 17.2 .541 .480 5.8 11.4 8.6 17.6 1.4 0.3 14.3 26.2 108 110 3.6 1.9 5.6
4 Winston Garland 24 79 2661 14.7 .483 .439 3.8 8.5 6.2 24.9 2.9 0.3 13.6 19.5 105 108 1.9 2.6 4.5
5 Larry Smith 31 80 1897 11.9 .540 .552 14.4 19.9 17.2 7.6 1.4 1.6 20.7 10.6 109 106 1.4 2.3 3.7
6 Terry Teagle 28 66 1569 16.7 .523 .477 7.0 9.7 8.4 9.0 2.3 0.6 10.8 25.9 106 109 1.7 1.4 3.1
7 Otis Smith 25 80 1597 14.8 .495 .440 8.1 12.6 10.3 11.8 2.5 1.4 13.7 22.3 102 107 0.7 1.8 2.5
8 Manute Bol 26 80 1769 9.8 .421 .398 6.6 19.5 13.1 1.8 0.3 10.8 17.5 9.7 88 103 -1.2 2.8 1.7
9 Steve Alford 24 57 868 12.1 .530 .495 1.2 6.8 4.0 12.4 2.3 0.2 11.5 16.7 108 110 0.7 0.6 1.4
10 Ralph Sampson 28 61 1086 11.4 .483 .453 9.7 18.5 14.1 9.0 1.3 3.3 18.1 17.3 97 106 -0.3 1.4 1.1
11 Ben McDonald 26 11 103 12.0 .684 .684 3.9 7.7 5.8 6.0 1.7 0.0 10.5 10.5 132 111 0.2 0.1 0.3
12 Shelton Jones 22 2 13 27.3 .600 .600 15.5 0.0 7.7 21.8 10.3 0.0 16.7 17.5 120 96 0.0 0.0 0.1
13 Tellis Frank 23 32 245 9.4 .472 .374 10.7 14.2 12.5 7.7 2.6 1.4 20.4 22.0 92 106 -0.2 0.3 0.1
14 Orlando Graham 23 7 22 6.7 .340 .300 36.5 13.6 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.5 23.7 90 112 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 John Starks 23 36 316 10.3 .494 .448 4.8 8.2 6.5 11.0 3.3 0.5 20.9 22.4 91 107 -0.4 0.3 0.0
16 John Stroeder 30 4 20 18.4 .400 .400 25.1 44.8 35.0 17.9 0.0 5.5 28.6 13.3 99 98 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Jerome Whitehead 32 5 42 2.5 .509 .500 0.0 11.9 6.0 5.5 1.1 0.0 22.5 8.0 88 111 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Chris Mullin 25 8 341 88 163 1 8 58 67 11 47 36 14 11 32 19 235 .540 .125 .866 42.6 29.4 5.9 4.5
2 Mitch Richmond 23 8 314 62 135 3 16 34 38 10 58 35 14 1 24 25 161 .459 .188 .895 39.3 20.1 7.3 4.4
3 Terry Teagle 28 8 240 70 141 0 2 18 22 15 37 10 8 3 13 27 158 .496 .000 .818 30.0 19.8 4.6 1.3
4 Rod Higgins 29 8 267 40 82 10 35 29 34 23 59 20 13 7 11 19 119 .488 .286 .853 33.4 14.9 7.4 2.5
5 Winston Garland 24 8 270 41 98 1 3 24 28 14 33 29 13 2 15 31 107 .418 .333 .857 33.8 13.4 4.1 3.6
6 Steve Alford 24 6 52 9 22 4 9 3 4 2 4 5 2 0 1 7 25 .409 .444 .750 8.7 4.2 0.7 0.8
7 Ralph Sampson 28 3 43 9 22 0 4 2 4 6 14 1 1 2 4 8 20 .409 .000 .500 14.3 6.7 4.7 0.3
8 Otis Smith 25 4 49 9 24 0 0 1 2 6 13 6 2 1 2 5 19 .375 .500 12.3 4.8 3.3 1.5
9 Manute Bol 26 8 148 7 36 2 22 2 7 5 31 1 2 29 3 21 18 .194 .091 .286 18.5 2.3 3.9 0.1
10 Larry Smith 31 8 148 4 16 0 0 0 0 17 40 16 6 11 6 24 8 .250 18.5 1.0 5.0 2.0
11 Ben McDonald 26 5 40 2 10 0 3 2 4 4 8 1 3 1 4 8 6 .200 .000 .500 8.0 1.2 1.6 0.2
12 Orlando Graham 23 2 8 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .500 .500 4.0 1.5 0.5 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Rod Higgins 29 8 267 18.8 .614 .549 8.7 13.0 10.9 10.1 2.3 1.5 10.2 16.2 128 112 0.7 0.2 0.9
2 Chris Mullin 25 8 341 22.2 .610 .543 3.3 10.2 6.8 16.7 1.9 1.8 14.3 26.3 116 114 0.7 0.2 0.9
3 Mitch Richmond 23 8 314 15.9 .531 .470 3.2 14.8 9.1 16.1 2.1 0.2 13.7 22.4 106 113 0.2 0.2 0.4
4 Terry Teagle 28 8 240 17.5 .524 .496 6.3 8.9 7.6 7.0 1.6 0.7 7.9 27.3 107 116 0.2 0.1 0.3
5 Winston Garland 24 8 270 12.1 .485 .423 5.2 6.8 6.0 14.5 2.2 0.4 12.0 18.6 104 116 0.1 0.1 0.2
6 Steve Alford 24 6 52 13.8 .526 .500 3.9 3.7 3.8 13.4 1.8 0.0 4.0 19.0 119 118 0.1 0.0 0.1
7 Larry Smith 31 8 148 8.3 .250 .250 11.6 15.0 13.3 12.5 1.9 4.1 27.3 5.9 94 111 -0.1 0.1 0.1
8 Orlando Graham 23 2 8 4.4 .521 .500 0.0 12.1 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.8 19.4 78 118 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Otis Smith 25 4 49 13.2 .382 .375 12.3 13.8 13.1 17.3 1.9 1.1 7.4 21.9 95 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Ralph Sampson 28 3 43 10.4 .421 .409 14.1 18.0 16.1 3.4 1.1 2.6 14.4 25.8 87 112 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 Ben McDonald 26 5 40 0.5 .255 .200 10.1 9.7 9.9 3.0 3.5 1.4 25.4 15.8 58 111 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
12 Manute Bol 26 8 148 5.4 .230 .222 3.4 17.0 10.3 0.8 0.6 10.9 7.1 11.4 58 109 -0.4 0.2 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Ralph Sampson $1,960,000
2 Chris Mullin $700,000
3 Mitch Richmond $700,000
4 Larry Smith $625,000
5 Jerome Whitehead $425,000
6 Manute Bol $400,000
7 Terry Teagle $400,000
8 Rod Higgins $350,000
9 Tellis Frank $303,000
10 Otis Smith $225,000
11 Steve Alford $150,000
12 Orlando Graham *$100,000
13 Winston Garland $100,000
14 Ben McDonald *$100,000
15 John Starks $100,000
16 John Stroeder *$100,000
17 Shelton Jones *$100,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)