1989–90 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Encyclopedia
The 1989-90
Cleveland Cavaliers
season was the 21st season of NBA
basketball
in Cleveland, Ohio
. The Cavaliers finished the season with a 42-40 record, finishing 2nd in the Central Division. Mark Price
led the team in assists as the Cavs advanced to the playoffs.
Key Dates:
Regular Season
Playoffs
1989-90 NBA season
-Statistics leaders:-NBA awards:*Most Valuable Player: Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers*Rookie of the Year: David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs*Defensive Player of the Year: Dennis Rodman, Detroit Pistons...
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association in 1970 as an expansion team...
season was the 21st season of NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. The Cavaliers finished the season with a 42-40 record, finishing 2nd in the Central Division. Mark Price
Mark Price
William Mark Price is a retired American basketball player who played for 12 seasons in the NBA, from 1986 to 1998...
led the team in assists as the Cavs advanced to the playoffs.
Key Dates:
Draft picks
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 25 | John Morton John Morton (basketball) John Morton is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. He played collegiately for Seton Hall University from 1985 to 1989... |
Guard | Seton Hall | |
2 | 43 | Chucky Brown Chucky Brown Clarence "Chucky" Brown is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'7" forward from North Carolina State, Brown was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 1989 NBA Draft... |
Forward | NC State North Carolina State University North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution... |
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December
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January
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April
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Player stats
Note: GP= Games played; GS = Games started; MIN= Minutes; FG% = field goal %, FT% = free throw %, 3FG% = 3 point % STL= Steals; BLK = Blocks; AST = Assists; REB = Rebounds; PTS = PointsRegular Season
Playoffs