1988-89_Charlotte_Hornets_season

1988–89 Charlotte Hornets season
1988–89 Charlotte Hornets season
Head coach	Dick Harter
General manager	Carl Scheer
Owner(s)	George Shinn
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Results
Record	20–62 (.244)
Place	Division: 6th (Atlantic); Conference: 12th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WCCB; (Gary Sparber, Mike Pratt)
Radio	WBT; (Steve Martin, Gil McGregor)
	1989–90 >

1988–89 Charlotte Hornets season

NBA professional basketball team season

The 1988–89 Charlotte Hornets season was Charlotte's inaugural season in the National Basketball Association. The "Charlotte Hornets", along with the Miami Heat, began play as expansion teams during the 1988–89 season; the team was originally going to be named the "Spirit", but later on changed it to the "Hornets".^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The team revealed a new primary logo of a hornet bouncing a basketball,^[5] and got new pinstripe uniforms, adding teal and purple to their color scheme.^[6]^[7]

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In the 1988 NBA expansion draft, the Hornets selected veteran players like Dell Curry, second-year guard Muggsy Bogues, Mike Holton, Dave Hoppen, Ricky Green, and Mike Brown, who was then traded to the Utah Jazz in exchange for Kelly Tripucka.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] The team also signed free agents; Kurt Rambis, who won four championships with the Los Angeles Lakers,^[13]^[14]^[15] Earl Cureton,^[16] and acquired Robert Reid from the Houston Rockets.^[17]^[18] The Hornets received the eighth overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft, and selected shooting guard Rex Chapman from the University of Kentucky.^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23] Dick Harter was hired to be the team's first ever head coach.^[24]^[25]

The Hornets played their first game on November 4, 1988, losing 133–93 at the Charlotte Coliseum to the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29] The team struggled losing 10 of their first 12 games, held a 13–35 record at the All-Star break,^[30] then posted two nine-game losing streaks between February and March, and between March and April. The Hornets finished the season last place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 20 wins and 62 losses,^[31] and led the NBA in home-game attendance, becoming the first expansion team to do so. Charlotte also set an all-time NBA attendance record, which was broken by Minnesota the following season.

Tripucka led the team in scoring averaging 22.6 points per game, and finished tied in fourth place in Most Improved Player voting,^[32] while Chapman averaged 16.9 points per game, and was selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, and Reid provided the team with 14.7 points per game. In addition, Rambis provided with 11.1 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game, while Curry contributed 11.9 points per game off the bench, but only played just 48 games due to a wrist injury,^[33]^[34] Holton provided with 8.3 points and 6.3 assists per game, Cureton averaged 6.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, Hoppen provided with 6.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, and Bogues contributed 5.4 points, 7.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game.^[35]

The team's primary logo remained in use until 2002, while the uniforms lasted until 1997, where they added side panels and additional pinstripes to their jerseys.

Regular season

The Hornets played their first season in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division.^[42] The team's first regular season NBA game took place on November 4, 1988, at the Charlotte Coliseum, and was a 133–93 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[43] Despite the huge loss, the Hornets received a standing ovation at the end of the game. November 8, 1988, the team won their first game over the Los Angeles Clippers, 117–105.^[44] On December 23, 1988, the Hornets defeated Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls 103–101 at the buzzer in Jordan's first return to North Carolina as a professional.^[45] During the season, Kelly Tripucka led the franchise with 22.6 points per game. Despite the Hornets mostly poor play (typical for an expansion franchise), the Hornets led the NBA in attendance during the season, selling out 36 of 41 home games (including the final 30).

Record vs. opponents

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1988-89 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–1	4–1	4–2	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	4–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Boston	1–3	—	6–0	1–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	5–1	3–3	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–4
Charlotte	1–4	0–6	—	1–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–4	2–4	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–5
Chicago	2–4	3–1	4–1	—	0–6	2–0	1–1	0–6	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	6–0	2–2	3–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1
Cleveland	2–4	4–1	4–0	6–0	—	2–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–3	4–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2
Dallas	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	—	3–3	0–2	1–3	1–5	1–1	3–1	0–4	6–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	5–1	2–2	4–2	1–1
Denver	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–3	—	1–1	3–1	4–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	5–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	3–3	2–2	3–3	1–1
Detroit	5–1	3–1	4–0	6–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–4	4–0	0–4	5–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–0
Golden State	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	—	1–3	1–1	5–1	2–3	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–4	2–3	3–1	2–4	2–2	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–4	1–1	3–1	—	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	6–0	2–2	2–4	0–2
Indiana	1–5	3–2	2–2	2–4	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–3	0–5	0–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–5	2–2	1–1	—	1–5	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–5	2–3	3–1	1–4	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	2–0	5–1	—	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	5–0	5–1	3–1	4–2	1–3	1–1
Miami	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–6	1–5	0–2	0–4	2–4	1–1	3–1	0–4	—	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	2–4	0–4	1–5	0–2
Milwaukee	0–6	2–2	4–0	0–6	3–3	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	—	4–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1
New Jersey	1–4	1–5	4–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	—	2–4	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–5
New York	2–2	3–3	4–2	2–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–2	—	2–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1
Philadelphia	2–2	3–3	3–3	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–5	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	5–1	4–2	—	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2
Phoenix	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	4–2	3–1	1–1	5–1	3–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	2–3	5–1	3–1	4–1	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–2	1–3	0–2	5–1	0–5	4–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	—	3–3	4–0	2–4	0–4	1–1
Sacramento	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	3–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–5	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–5	3–3	—	2–2	1–5	1–3	0–2
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	3–3	0–2	1–3	0–6	0–2	1–3	1–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	2–2	—	0–4	1–5	1–1
Seattle	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	4–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–4	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	4–2	5–1	4–0	—	3–1	1–1
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	0–2	2–2	4–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	3–1	5–1	1–3	—	2–0
Washington	1–3	4–2	5–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–4	5–1	1–5	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	—

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1988–89 Game Log (20–62) (Home: 12–29; Road: 8–33)

November (3–10) (Home: 2–4; Road: 1–6)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Record
1	November 4, 1988	Cleveland	L 93–133	Charlotte Coliseum	23,338	0–1
2	November 5, 1988	@ Detroit	L 85–94	The Palace of Auburn Hills	21,454	0–2
3	November 8, 1988	L.A. Clippers	W 117–105	Charlotte Coliseum	18,865	1–2
4	November 11, 1988	@ Washington	L 87–96	Capital Centre	12,731	1–3
5	November 12, 1988	@ Atlanta	L 111–132	The Omni	16,155	1–4
6	November 15, 1988	New Jersey	L 99–106	Charlotte Coliseum	21,748	1–5
7	November 17, 1988	@ Dallas	L 93–105	Reunion Arena	16,512	1–6
8	November 19, 1988	@ San Antonio	W 107–105	HemisFair Arena	10,863	2–6
9	November 22, 1988	Detroit	L 93–99	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	2–7
10	November 23, 1988	@ Boston	L 109–114	Boston Garden	14,890	2–8
11	November 25, 1988	@ Philadelphia	L 116–123	Spectrum	10,588	2–9
12	November 26, 1988	Washington	L 113–120	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	2–10
13	November 29, 1988	Miami	W 99–84	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	3–10

December (5–9) (Home: 5–3; Road: 0–6)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Record
14	December 1, 1988	Philadelphia	W 109–107	Charlotte Coliseum	21,716	4–10
15	December 3, 1988	@ Houston	L 104–108	The Summit	16,611	4–11
16	December 9, 1988	New Jersey	W 96–95	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	5–11
17	December 10, 1988	@ New Jersey	L 112–121 (OT)	Brendan Byrne Arena		5–12
18	December 13, 1988	@ Indiana	L 104–115	Market Square Arena		5–13
19	December 14, 1988	Indiana	W 115–106	Charlotte Coliseum	22,601	6–13
20	December 16, 1988	Dallas	L 98–107	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	6–14
21	December 17, 1988	@ Detroit	L 91–100	The Palace of Auburn Hills	21,454	6–15
22	December 20, 1988	@ Milwaukee	L 115–125	Bradley Center	15,075	6–16
23	December 21, 1988	Milwaukee	L 100–112	Charlotte Coliseum	23,010	6–17
24	December 23, 1988	Chicago	W 103–101	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	7–17
25	December 26, 1988	Houston	L 95–97	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	7–18
26	December 28, 1988	@ Cleveland	L 98–122	Richfield Coliseum	17,353	7–19
27	December 30, 1988	New York	W 122–111	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	8–19

January (3–13) (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–8)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Record
28	January 3, 1989	New Jersey	L 106–109	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	8–20
29	January 4, 1989	@ Washington	L 86–109	Capital Centre		8–21
30	January 6, 1989	@ Boston	L 92–115	Boston Garden	14,890	8–22
31	January 7, 1989	Washington	W 107–104	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	9–22
32	January 9, 1989	Utah	L 92–114	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	9–23
33	January 11, 1989	Chicago	L 101–106	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	9–24
34	January 12, 1989	@ New York	L 89–106	Madison Square Garden	16,943	9–25
35	January 15, 1989	Philadelphia	L 109–116	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	9–26
36	January 16, 1989	@ Philadelphia	W 127–122 (OT)	Spectrum	10,116	10–26
37	January 18, 1989	@ Milwaukee	L 106–118	Bradley Center	16,145	10–27
38	January 19, 1989	Phoenix	L 112–126	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	10–28
39	January 21, 1989	@ Atlanta	L 113–137	The Omni	16,371	10–29
40	January 24, 1989	@ Phoenix	L 103–106	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	11,089	10–30
41	January 26, 1989	@ Utah	W 89–88	Salt Palace	12,444	11–30
42	January 27, 1989	@ L.A. Lakers	L 97–114	Great Western Forum	17,505	11–31
43	January 30, 1989	@ Portland	L 118–130	Memorial Coliseum	12,848	11–32

February (4–8) (Home: 4–5; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Record
44	February 1, 1989	Boston	L 94–107	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	11–33
45	February 3, 1989	Seattle	W 108–106	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	12–33
46	February 5, 1989	Cleveland	L 91–110	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	12–34
47	February 7, 1989	@ Chicago	L 93–118	Chicago Stadium	17,385	12–35
48	February 9, 1989	Atlanta	W 110–108	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	13–35
49	February 14, 1989	New York	L 117–129	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	13–36
50	February 17, 1989	@ Miami	L 102–103	Miami Arena	15,008	13–37
51	February 18, 1989	Indiana	W 119–114	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	14–37
52	February 22, 1989	Chicago	L 102–130	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	14–38
53	February 23, 1989	@ New York	L 114–139	Madison Square Garden	16,130	14–39
54	February 25, 1989	San Antonio	W 124–113	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	15–39
55	February 28, 1989	Boston	L 87–112	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	15–40

March (2–13) (Home: 0–7; Road: 2–6)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Record
56	March 2, 1989	@ New Jersey	L 103–114	Brendan Byrne Arena		15–41
57	March 3, 1989	@ Atlanta	L 109–133	The Omni	16,371	15–42
58	March 5, 1989	@ Washington	L 101–114	Capital Centre	6,661	15–43
59	March 8, 1989	Denver	L 99–112	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	15–44
60	March 10, 1989	L.A. Lakers	L 90–123	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	15–45
61	March 12, 1989	Sacramento	L 105–114	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	15–46
62	March 14, 1989	@ Denver	L 102–125	McNichols Sports Arena	10,522	15–47
63	March 16, 1989	@ Seattle	L 88–108	Seattle Center Coliseum		15–48
64	March 17, 1989	@ L.A. Clippers	W 108–105	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	10,758	16–48
65	March 19, 1989	@ Golden State	L 117–124	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	15,025	16–49
66	March 20, 1989	@ Sacramento	W 117–110	ARCO Arena	16,517	17–49
67	March 23, 1989	Washington	L 97–102	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	17–50
68	March 25, 1989	Detroit	L 101–113	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	17–51
69	March 27, 1989	New York	L 105–121	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	17–52
70	March 30, 1989	Golden State	L 104–113	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	17–53

April (3–9) (Home: 0–5; Road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Record
71	April 1, 1989	Portland	L 121–125 (OT)	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	17–54
72	April 4, 1989	@ Chicago	L 101–121	Chicago Stadium	17,578	17–55
73	April 7, 1989	Philadelphia	L 108–118	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	17–56
74	April 9, 1989	@ Cleveland	L 116–122	Richfield Coliseum	19,276	17–57
75	April 10, 1989	Atlanta	L 105–112	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	17–58
76	April 12, 1989	@ New York	W 104–99	Madison Square Garden	18,385	18–58
77	April 14, 1989	@ Philadelphia	W 119–115	Spectrum	14,321	19–58
78	April 15, 1989	@ Indiana	L 105–115	Market Square Arena	11,860	19–59
79	April 17, 1989	Boston	L 108–113 (OT)	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	19–60
80	April 18, 1989	@ New Jersey	W 121–105	Brendan Byrne Arena		20–60
81	April 21, 1989	Milwaukee	L 110–117	Charlotte Coliseum	23,388	20–61
82	April 23, 1989	@ Boston	L 110–120	Boston Garden	14,890	20–62

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Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Former Team
2	Dell Curry	Guard-Forward	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Dave Hoppen	Center-Forward	United States	Golden State Warriors
6	Tyrone Bogues	Point Guard	United States	Washington Bullets
8	Mike Brown^a	Forward-center	United States	Chicago Bulls
10	Rickey Green	Point Guard	United States	Utah Jazz
12	Michael Holton	Point Guard	United States	Portland Trail Blazers
14	Michael Brooks^b	Small Forward	United States	Denver Nuggets
16	Bernard Thompson^c	Guard-Forward	United States	Phoenix Suns
18	Ralph Lewis	Guard-Forward	United States	Detroit Pistons
20	Clinton Wheeler^d	Point Guard	United States	Indiana Pacers
22	Sedric Toney^b	Point Guard	United States	New York Knicks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	8	Rex Chapman	Shooting Guard	United States	Kentucky
2	34	Tom Tolbert	Forward/center	United States	Arizona
3	53	Jeff Moore	Power Forward	United States	Tennessee State

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Muggsy Bogues	79	21	22.2	.426	.077	.750	2.1	7.8	1.4	0.1	5.4
Rex Chapman	75	44	29.6	.414	.314	.795	2.5	2.3	0.9	0.3	16.9
Earl Cureton	82	41	25.0	.501	.000	.537	6.0	1.6	0.6	0.7	6.5
Dell Curry	48	0	16.9	.491	.345	.870	2.2	1.0	0.9	0.1	11.9
Rickey Green	33	2	11.2	.432	.200	.929	0.7	2.5	0.5	0.0	3.9
Mike Holton	67	60	25.3	.427	.214	.839	1.6	6.3	1.0	0.2	8.3
Dave Hoppen	77	36	18.4	.564	.500	.727	5.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	6.5
Tim Kempton	79	0	17.0	.510	.000	.686	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.1	6.1
Greg Kite	12	12	17.8	.533		.600	4.4	0.6	0.3	0.7	3.2
Ralph Lewis	42	0	8.0	.479	.333	.487	1.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	3.2
Sidney Lowe	14	0	17.9	.320	.000	.636	2.4	6.6	1.0	0.0	1.6
Kurt Rambis	75	75	29.8	.518	.000	.734	9.4	2.1	1.3	0.8	11.1
Robert Reid	82	54	26.2	.428	.327	.776	3.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	14.2
Brian Rowsom	34	0	15.2	.494	1.000	.802	4.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	6.6
Tom Tolbert	14	0	8.4	.459	.000	.500	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.3	2.9
Kelly Tripucka	71	65	32.4	.467	.357	.866	3.8	3.2	1.2	0.3	22.6

1988-89_Charlotte_Hornets_season

1988–89 Charlotte Hornets season

Offseason

Expansion draft

NBA draft

Roster

Preseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Player statistics

Awards and records

Transactions

References

External links

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Atlantic Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-New York Knicks	52	30	.634	–	35–6	17–24	18–12
x-Philadelphia 76ers	46	36	.561	6	30–11	16–25	19–11
x-Boston Celtics	42	40	.512	10	32–9	10–31	19–11
Washington Bullets	40	42	.488	12	30–11	10–31	17–13
New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	26	17–24	9–32	9–21
Charlotte Hornets	20	62	.244	32	12–29	8–33	8–22

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Detroit Pistons	63	19	.768	–
2	y-New York Knicks	52	30	.634	11
3	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	57	25	.695	6
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	52	30	.634	11
5	x-Milwaukee Bucks	49	33	.598	14
6	x-Chicago Bulls	47	35	.573	16
7	x-Philadelphia 76ers	46	36	.561	17
8	x-Boston Celtics	42	40	.512	21

9	Washington Bullets	40	42	.488	23
10	Indiana Pacers	28	54	.341	35
11	New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	37
12	Charlotte Hornets	20	62	.244	43