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1988-89 Miami Heat Roster and Statistics

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15-67, Finished 6th in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Ron Rothstein (15-67)

Points Per Game: 97.8 (25th of 25) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.0 (11th of 25)
Pythagorean W-L: 15-67 (25th of 25)

Arena: Miami Arena ▪ Attendance: 612,754 (12th of 25)

SRS: -11.13 (25th of 25) ▪ Pace Factor: 99.1 (16th of 25)
Offensive Rating: 97.8 (25th of 25) ▪ Defensive Rating: 109.0 (18th of 25)

1988-89 Miami Heat:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Pat Cummings F-C 6-9 230 July 11, 1956 9 University of Cincinnati
21 Kevin Edwards G 6-3 190 October 30, 1965 R DePaul University
40 Sylvester Gray F 6-6 230 July 8, 1967 R University of Memphis
44 Scott Hastings F-C 6-10 235 June 3, 1960 6 University of Arkansas
43 Grant Long F 6-8 225 March 12, 1966 R Eastern Michigan University
34 Todd Mitchell F 6-7 205 July 26, 1966 R Purdue University
11 Craig Neal G 6-5 165 February 16, 1964 R Georgia Institute of Technology
41 Dave Popson F-C 6-10 220 May 17, 1964 R University of North Carolina
4 Rony Seikaly C 6-11 230 May 10, 1965 R Syracuse University
45 John Shasky C 6-11 235 July 31, 1964 R University of Minnesota
2 Rory Sparrow G 6-2 175 June 12, 1958 8 Villanova University
20 Jon Sundvold G 6-2 170 July 2, 1961 5 University of Missouri
3 Anthony Taylor G 6-4 175 November 30, 1965 R University of Oregon
55 Billy Thompson F 6-7 195 December 1, 1963 2 University of Louisville
10 Kelvin Upshaw G 6-2 180 January 24, 1963 R University of Utah
31 Pearl Washington G 6-2 190 January 6, 1964 2 Syracuse University
10 Clinton Wheeler G 6-1 185 October 27, 1959 1 William Paterson 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 19855 3221 7116 .453 97 298 .326 1477 2103 .702 1309 2211 3520 1958 744 408 1728 2124 8016 97.8
Opponent 82 19855 3384 6928 .488 148 432 .343 2021 2613 .773 1188 2366 3554 2062 926 553 1543 1830 8937 109.0

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 Kevin Edwards 23 79 62 2349 470 1105 .425 10 37 .270 144 193 .746 85 177 262 349 139 27 246 154 1094
2 Rory Sparrow 30 80 79 2613 444 982 .452 18 74 .243 94 107 .879 55 161 216 429 103 17 204 168 1000
3 Grant Long 22 82 73 2435 336 692 .486 0 5 .000 304 406 .749 240 306 546 149 122 48 201 337 976
4 Billy Thompson 25 79 58 2273 349 716 .487 0 4 .000 156 224 .696 241 331 572 176 56 105 189 260 854
5 Rony Seikaly 23 78 62 1962 333 744 .448 1 4 .250 181 354 .511 204 345 549 55 46 96 200 258 848
6 Jon Sundvold 27 68 8 1338 307 675 .455 48 92 .522 47 57 .825 18 69 87 137 27 1 87 78 709
7 Pat Cummings 32 53 28 1096 197 394 .500 0 2 .000 72 97 .742 84 197 281 47 29 18 111 160 466
8 Sylvester Gray 21 55 15 1220 167 398 .420 1 4 .250 105 156 .673 117 169 286 117 36 25 102 144 440
9 Pearl Washington 25 54 8 1065 164 387 .424 1 14 .071 82 104 .788 49 74 123 226 73 4 122 101 411
10 Scott Hastings 28 75 6 1206 143 328 .436 9 28 .321 91 107 .850 72 159 231 59 32 42 68 203 386
11 John Shasky 24 65 4 944 121 248 .488 0 2 .000 115 167 .689 96 136 232 22 14 13 46 94 357
12 Anthony Taylor 23 21 7 368 60 151 .397 0 2 .000 24 32 .750 11 23 34 43 22 5 20 37 144
13 Todd Mitchell 22 22 0 320 41 88 .466 0 0 36 60 .600 17 30 47 20 15 2 29 49 118
14 Craig Neal 24 32 0 341 34 88 .386 8 25 .320 13 21 .619 4 14 18 86 15 4 40 46 89
15 Kelvin Upshaw 26 9 0 144 26 63 .413 1 5 .200 4 6 .667 4 9 13 20 7 0 13 18 57
16 Clinton Wheeler 29 8 0 143 24 42 .571 0 0 8 10 .800 5 7 12 21 8 0 6 9 56
17 Dave Popson 24 7 0 38 5 15 .333 0 0 1 2 .500 7 4 11 2 0 1 4 8 11

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 Kevin Edwards 23 79 62 29.7 5.9 14.0 .425 0.1 0.5 .270 1.8 2.4 .746 1.1 2.2 3.3 4.4 1.8 0.3 3.1 1.9 13.8
2 Rory Sparrow 30 80 79 32.7 5.6 12.3 .452 0.2 0.9 .243 1.2 1.3 .879 0.7 2.0 2.7 5.4 1.3 0.2 2.6 2.1 12.5
3 Grant Long 22 82 73 29.7 4.1 8.4 .486 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 5.0 .749 2.9 3.7 6.7 1.8 1.5 0.6 2.5 4.1 11.9
4 Rony Seikaly 23 78 62 25.2 4.3 9.5 .448 0.0 0.1 .250 2.3 4.5 .511 2.6 4.4 7.0 0.7 0.6 1.2 2.6 3.3 10.9
5 Billy Thompson 25 79 58 28.8 4.4 9.1 .487 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.8 .696 3.1 4.2 7.2 2.2 0.7 1.3 2.4 3.3 10.8
6 Jon Sundvold 27 68 8 19.7 4.5 9.9 .455 0.7 1.4 .522 0.7 0.8 .825 0.3 1.0 1.3 2.0 0.4 0.0 1.3 1.1 10.4
7 Pat Cummings 32 53 28 20.7 3.7 7.4 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 1.8 .742 1.6 3.7 5.3 0.9 0.5 0.3 2.1 3.0 8.8
8 Sylvester Gray 21 55 15 22.2 3.0 7.2 .420 0.0 0.1 .250 1.9 2.8 .673 2.1 3.1 5.2 2.1 0.7 0.5 1.9 2.6 8.0
9 Pearl Washington 25 54 8 19.7 3.0 7.2 .424 0.0 0.3 .071 1.5 1.9 .788 0.9 1.4 2.3 4.2 1.4 0.1 2.3 1.9 7.6
10 Clinton Wheeler 29 8 0 17.9 3.0 5.3 .571 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.3 .800 0.6 0.9 1.5 2.6 1.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 7.0
11 Anthony Taylor 23 21 7 17.5 2.9 7.2 .397 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 1.5 .750 0.5 1.1 1.6 2.0 1.0 0.2 1.0 1.8 6.9
12 Kelvin Upshaw 26 9 0 16.0 2.9 7.0 .413 0.1 0.6 .200 0.4 0.7 .667 0.4 1.0 1.4 2.2 0.8 0.0 1.4 2.0 6.3
13 John Shasky 24 65 4 14.5 1.9 3.8 .488 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.6 .689 1.5 2.1 3.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.7 1.4 5.5
14 Todd Mitchell 22 22 0 14.5 1.9 4.0 .466 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.7 .600 0.8 1.4 2.1 0.9 0.7 0.1 1.3 2.2 5.4
15 Scott Hastings 28 75 6 16.1 1.9 4.4 .436 0.1 0.4 .321 1.2 1.4 .850 1.0 2.1 3.1 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.9 2.7 5.1
16 Craig Neal 24 32 0 10.7 1.1 2.8 .386 0.3 0.8 .320 0.4 0.7 .619 0.1 0.4 0.6 2.7 0.5 0.1 1.3 1.4 2.8
17 Dave Popson 24 7 0 5.4 0.7 2.1 .333 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 .500 1.0 0.6 1.6 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.1 1.6

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 Jon Sundvold 27 68 8 1338 8.3 18.2 .455 1.3 2.5 .522 1.3 1.5 .825 0.5 1.9 2.3 3.7 0.7 0.0 2.3 2.1 19.1
2 Kevin Edwards 23 79 62 2349 7.2 16.9 .425 0.2 0.6 .270 2.2 3.0 .746 1.3 2.7 4.0 5.3 2.1 0.4 3.8 2.4 16.8
3 Rony Seikaly 23 78 62 1962 6.1 13.7 .448 0.0 0.1 .250 3.3 6.5 .511 3.7 6.3 10.1 1.0 0.8 1.8 3.7 4.7 15.6
4 Pat Cummings 32 53 28 1096 6.5 12.9 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.2 .742 2.8 6.5 9.2 1.5 1.0 0.6 3.6 5.3 15.3
5 Grant Long 22 82 73 2435 5.0 10.2 .486 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 6.0 .749 3.5 4.5 8.1 2.2 1.8 0.7 3.0 5.0 14.4
6 Kelvin Upshaw 26 9 0 144 6.5 15.8 .413 0.2 1.2 .200 1.0 1.5 .667 1.0 2.3 3.2 5.0 1.7 0.0 3.2 4.5 14.2
7 Anthony Taylor 23 21 7 368 5.9 14.8 .397 0.0 0.2 .000 2.3 3.1 .750 1.1 2.3 3.3 4.2 2.2 0.5 2.0 3.6 14.1
8 Clinton Wheeler 29 8 0 143 6.0 10.6 .571 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.5 .800 1.3 1.8 3.0 5.3 2.0 0.0 1.5 2.3 14.1
9 Pearl Washington 25 54 8 1065 5.5 13.1 .424 0.0 0.5 .071 2.8 3.5 .788 1.7 2.5 4.2 7.6 2.5 0.1 4.1 3.4 13.9
10 Rory Sparrow 30 80 79 2613 6.1 13.5 .452 0.2 1.0 .243 1.3 1.5 .879 0.8 2.2 3.0 5.9 1.4 0.2 2.8 2.3 13.8
11 John Shasky 24 65 4 944 4.6 9.5 .488 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 6.4 .689 3.7 5.2 8.8 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.8 3.6 13.6
12 Billy Thompson 25 79 58 2273 5.5 11.3 .487 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.5 .696 3.8 5.2 9.1 2.8 0.9 1.7 3.0 4.1 13.5
13 Todd Mitchell 22 22 0 320 4.6 9.9 .466 0.0 0.0 4.1 6.8 .600 1.9 3.4 5.3 2.3 1.7 0.2 3.3 5.5 13.3
14 Sylvester Gray 21 55 15 1220 4.9 11.7 .420 0.0 0.1 .250 3.1 4.6 .673 3.5 5.0 8.4 3.5 1.1 0.7 3.0 4.2 13.0
15 Scott Hastings 28 75 6 1206 4.3 9.8 .436 0.3 0.8 .321 2.7 3.2 .850 2.1 4.7 6.9 1.8 1.0 1.3 2.0 6.1 11.5
16 Dave Popson 24 7 0 38 4.7 14.2 .333 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.9 .500 6.6 3.8 10.4 1.9 0.0 0.9 3.8 7.6 10.4
17 Craig Neal 24 32 0 341 3.6 9.3 .386 0.8 2.6 .320 1.4 2.2 .619 0.4 1.5 1.9 9.1 1.6 0.4 4.2 4.9 9.4

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 Grant Long 22 82 2435 13.7 .561 .486 10.7 14.7 12.6 9.1 2.4 1.2 18.8 17.9 106 107 2.0 2.7 4.6
2 Billy Thompson 25 79 2273 13.4 .524 .487 11.5 17.0 14.1 11.8 1.2 2.8 18.8 17.9 101 108 0.6 2.3 2.8
3 John Shasky 24 65 944 12.7 .555 .488 11.0 16.8 13.8 3.4 0.7 0.8 12.5 15.8 113 110 1.2 0.7 1.9
4 Rory Sparrow 30 80 2613 11.7 .486 .461 2.3 7.2 4.6 25.6 1.9 0.4 16.5 19.2 99 111 0.0 1.6 1.6
5 Scott Hastings 28 75 1206 9.4 .515 .450 6.5 15.4 10.8 7.1 1.3 2.1 15.3 14.9 103 109 0.4 1.1 1.5
6 Jon Sundvold 27 68 1338 12.6 .506 .490 1.5 6.0 3.7 17.6 1.0 0.0 11.1 23.9 103 114 0.6 0.4 1.0
7 Sylvester Gray 21 55 1220 11.2 .471 .421 10.4 16.2 13.2 14.2 1.4 1.3 17.9 18.9 96 109 -0.4 1.1 0.7
8 Pat Cummings 32 53 1096 11.0 .534 .500 8.3 21.0 14.4 6.8 1.3 1.0 20.3 20.3 95 108 -0.5 1.1 0.6
9 Pearl Washington 25 54 1065 13.0 .475 .425 5.0 8.1 6.5 32.3 3.3 0.2 22.0 21.2 95 108 -0.6 1.0 0.5
10 Clinton Wheeler 29 8 143 16.5 .603 .571 3.8 5.7 4.7 22.8 2.7 0.0 11.5 14.9 124 110 0.3 0.1 0.4
11 Anthony Taylor 23 21 368 11.1 .436 .397 3.2 7.3 5.2 18.0 2.9 0.8 10.8 20.4 97 109 -0.1 0.3 0.2
12 Todd Mitchell 22 22 320 8.8 .516 .466 5.7 11.0 8.2 9.2 2.3 0.4 20.2 18.2 94 109 -0.2 0.3 0.1
13 Dave Popson 24 7 38 3.4 .346 .333 19.9 12.3 16.2 7.7 0.0 1.6 20.1 21.3 78 113 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
14 Kelvin Upshaw 26 9 144 8.5 .434 .421 3.0 7.3 5.1 22.0 2.4 0.0 16.5 22.2 89 110 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
15 Craig Neal 24 32 341 7.9 .458 .432 1.3 4.8 3.0 35.4 2.1 0.7 29.1 16.4 89 111 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
16 Kevin Edwards 23 79 2349 12.6 .460 .430 3.9 8.8 6.3 24.3 2.9 0.7 17.1 24.8 92 109 -2.3 2.2 -0.2
17 Rony Seikaly 23 78 1962 10.8 .471 .448 11.2 20.5 15.7 4.4 1.1 3.0 18.2 22.8 89 107 -2.7 2.2 -0.5

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Rony Seikaly $650,000
2 Pat Cummings $525,000
3 Pearl Washington $335,000
4 Kevin Edwards $300,000
5 Rory Sparrow $275,000
6 Billy Thompson $265,000
7 Jon Sundvold $250,000
8 Scott Hastings $220,000
9 Sylvester Gray $160,000
10 John Shasky $125,000
11 Dave Popson *$100,000
12 Craig Neal $100,000
13 Anthony Taylor $100,000
14 Todd Mitchell *$100,000
15 Kelvin Upshaw *$100,000
16 Grant Long $100,000
17 Clinton Wheeler $100,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)