1988-89 Indiana Pacers Schedule and Results

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Record: 28-54, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Jack Ramsay (0-7), Mel Daniels (0-2), George Irvine (6-14), Dick Versace (22-31)

Executive: Donnie Walsh

PTS/G: 106.9 (15th of 25) Opp PTS/G: 111.1 (18th of 25)

SRS: -3.00 (19th of 25) Pace: 99.2 (15th of 25)

Off Rtg: 106.8 (16th of 25) Def Rtg: 111.0 (23rd of 25) Net Rtg: -4.2 (19th of 25)

Expected W-L: 30-52 (19th of 25)

Preseason Odds: Championship +5000

Arena: Market Square Arena Attendance: 335,298 (22nd of 25)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Nov 4, 1988	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		103	117	0	1	L 1	11,153
2	Sat, Nov 5, 1988	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		99	105	0	2	L 2	10,710
3	Tue, Nov 8, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		107	112	0	3	L 3	16,371
4	Fri, Nov 11, 1988	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	120	121	0	4	L 4	10,336
5	Sat, Nov 12, 1988	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		96	121	0	5	L 5	14,626
6	Tue, Nov 15, 1988	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		96	108	0	6	L 6	12,444
7	Wed, Nov 16, 1988	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		104	123	0	7	L 7
8	Fri, Nov 18, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		110	113	0	8	L 8	10,638
9	Sat, Nov 19, 1988	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		96	107	0	9	L 9	16,517
10	Tue, Nov 22, 1988	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		105	91	1	9	W 1
11	Fri, Nov 25, 1988	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		101	106	1	10	L 1	12,570
12	Sat, Nov 26, 1988	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		114	122	1	11	L 2
13	Tue, Nov 29, 1988	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		107	98	2	11	W 1	10,275
14	Wed, Nov 30, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		111	114	2	12	L 1	21,454
15	Sat, Dec 3, 1988	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		100	107	2	13	L 2	10,522
16	Wed, Dec 7, 1988	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		129	120	3	13	W 1
17	Fri, Dec 9, 1988	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		112	105	4	13	W 2
18	Sat, Dec 10, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		105	112	4	14	L 1	16,912
19	Tue, Dec 13, 1988	Box Score		Charlotte Hornets	W		115	104	5	14	W 1
20	Wed, Dec 14, 1988	Box Score	@	Charlotte Hornets	L		106	115	5	15	L 1	22,601
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 16, 1988	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		93	100	5	16	L 2	17,488
22	Sat, Dec 17, 1988	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		92	100	5	17	L 3
23	Tue, Dec 20, 1988	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		113	141	5	18	L 4	13,637
24	Fri, Dec 23, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		114	131	5	19	L 5	14,024
25	Tue, Dec 27, 1988	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		107	120	5	20	L 6	18,633
26	Wed, Dec 28, 1988	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		101	118	5	21	L 7
27	Fri, Dec 30, 1988	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		85	101	5	22	L 8	16,912
28	Tue, Jan 3, 1989	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		98	119	5	23	L 9	10,261
29	Wed, Jan 4, 1989	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		116	113	6	23	W 1
30	Fri, Jan 6, 1989	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		123	88	7	23	W 2
31	Sat, Jan 7, 1989	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		113	99	8	23	W 3	16,105
32	Wed, Jan 11, 1989	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		127	108	9	23	W 4	14,890	2:02
33	Sat, Jan 14, 1989	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		97	106	9	24	L 1	12,281
34	Sun, Jan 15, 1989	Box Score	@	Miami Heat	L	2OT	117	118	9	25	L 2	15,008
35	Tue, Jan 17, 1989	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		96	103	9	26	L 3	17,475
36	Thu, Jan 19, 1989	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		106	113	9	27	L 4	10,037
37	Fri, Jan 20, 1989	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		99	132	9	28	L 5	21,454
38	Mon, Jan 23, 1989	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		117	102	10	28	W 1
39	Wed, Jan 25, 1989	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		103	94	11	28	W 2	14,567	2:04
40	Thu, Jan 26, 1989	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		106	126	11	29	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 28, 1989	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		112	114	11	30	L 2	11,808
42	Tue, Jan 31, 1989	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		111	120	11	31	L 3	19,591
43	Fri, Feb 3, 1989	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		91	109	11	32	L 4
44	Sat, Feb 4, 1989	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		106	113	11	33	L 5	12,555
45	Wed, Feb 8, 1989	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	109	11	34	L 6	14,890	1:58
46	Thu, Feb 9, 1989	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		99	108	11	35	L 7	12,656
47	Tue, Feb 14, 1989	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	113	11	36	L 8
48	Wed, Feb 15, 1989	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		98	113	11	37	L 9	10,226
49	Sat, Feb 18, 1989	Box Score	@	Charlotte Hornets	L		114	119	11	38	L 10	23,388
50	Tue, Feb 21, 1989	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		90	116	11	39	L 11	15,765
51	Thu, Feb 23, 1989	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		97	100	11	40	L 12	14,579
52	Fri, Feb 24, 1989	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		112	93	12	40	W 1	10,306
53	Sun, Feb 26, 1989	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		128	89	13	40	W 2	11,602
54	Tue, Feb 28, 1989	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		108	106	14	40	W 3
55	Thu, Mar 2, 1989	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W	OT	131	127	15	40	W 4	13,614
56	Fri, Mar 3, 1989	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		117	139	15	41	L 1	17,505
57	Sun, Mar 5, 1989	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	OT	121	118	16	41	W 1	12,848
58	Tue, Mar 7, 1989	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		92	110	16	42	L 1
59	Fri, Mar 10, 1989	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		121	116	17	42	W 1	11,337
60	Sat, Mar 11, 1989	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		95	114	17	43	L 1	19,591
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Mon, Mar 13, 1989	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		90	122	17	44	L 2	17,444
62	Tue, Mar 14, 1989	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		117	129	17	45	L 3	12,031
63	Thu, Mar 16, 1989	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		99	111	17	46	L 4	13,014	2:09
64	Sat, Mar 18, 1989	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		114	103	18	46	W 1	16,912
65	Tue, Mar 21, 1989	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		92	89	19	46	W 2
66	Wed, Mar 22, 1989	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		101	92	20	46	W 3
67	Sat, Mar 25, 1989	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L	OT	108	111	20	47	L 1
68	Mon, Mar 27, 1989	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		104	102	21	47	W 1	16,288
69	Wed, Mar 29, 1989	Box Score		Miami Heat	W		96	89	22	47	W 2
70	Fri, Mar 31, 1989	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		102	105	22	48	L 1	11,318
71	Sun, Apr 2, 1989	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		109	132	22	49	L 2	13,649
72	Tue, Apr 4, 1989	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		88	90	22	50	L 3
73	Thu, Apr 6, 1989	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		118	132	22	51	L 4	11,084
74	Sat, Apr 8, 1989	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W	OT	128	126	23	51	W 1	11,045
75	Mon, Apr 10, 1989	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		110	103	24	51	W 2	16,750
76	Tue, Apr 11, 1989	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		99	108	24	52	L 1	16,611
77	Thu, Apr 13, 1989	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		109	105	25	52	W 1	13,326
78	Sat, Apr 15, 1989	Box Score		Charlotte Hornets	W		115	105	26	52	W 2	11,860
79	Tue, Apr 18, 1989	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		114	121	26	53	L 1
80	Wed, Apr 19, 1989	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		105	115	26	54	L 2	21,454
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 21, 1989	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		120	110	27	54	W 1	16,912	2:07
82	Sat, Apr 22, 1989	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		117	110	28	54	W 2	17,294

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