March 1989 cont'd
Standings Update: Chicago has the league’s best record by 4.5 games over Utah. It will be one or the other; in all likelihood, it’ll be Chicago hosting throughout the playoffs. The East playoffs are likely set, and Indiana is the most likely opponent for the Bulls. That will be a tough matchup for Chicago. Also, right now, the Knicks have the #2 seed, via their small lead in the Atlantic. In the West, Seattle holds a 2.5 game lead over Houston for the final spot.
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1988 NBA Playoff Standings
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EAST W L PCT HOME DIV CONF
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*Chicago 55 16 .775 32-3 22-6 38-10
*New York 43 28 .606 28-8 15-11 29-19
Detroit 48 24 .667 31-7 20-9 35-15
Boston 43 29 .597 25-12 17-10 30-21
Philadelphia 42 30 .583 24-11 23-6 34-17
Washington 40 31 .563 23-13 13-14 24-23
New Jersey 37 35 .514 23-12 10-17 23-26
Indiana 33 40 .452 17-17 14-15 24-29
Atlanta 28 43 .394 18-18 12-16 20-30
Cleveland 28 44 .389 18-21 9-18 21-29
Milwaukee 20 51 .282 11-25 7-20 15-36
Charlotte 12 60 .167 7-30 2-22 5-43
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WEST W L PCT HOME DIV CONF
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*Utah 51 20 .718 31-6 16-5 33-17
*Phoenix 46 26 .639 30-6 17-9 32-18
Sacramento 43 29 .597 25-8 14-12 32-21
Golden State 39 32 .549 23-13 13-13 29-23
Dallas 40 33 .548 27-7 16-6 30-25
Portland 39 33 .542 24-11 12-14 28-24
San Antonio 37 34 .521 24-11 12-10 24-26
Seattle 35 37 .486 24-12 11-15 27-23
Houston 33 40 .452 24-12 8-12 22-27
Los Angeles (LAC) 32 39 .451 22-12 13-14 25-28
Los Angeles (LAL) 31 40 .437 21-14 12-15 22-29
Denver 25 45 .357 21-16 6-16 17-33
Miami 15 56 .211 13-24 6-15 12-39
Player Stats: Brian Crawford has overtaken Jack for the scoring title, by a tenth of a point. He has 32.6; Jack has 32.5. Jack still sits fifth in rebounding, at 11.4 per game. The Evil Harris Connors, as well as Seattle C Cortez Strong, are tied for the league lead, at 12.0. In assists, Tom Perez has overtaken Jack for third; Jack has 10.6, while Perez is at 10.7. Brent Neilson, Cult Hero, still leads with 11.9. Jack is tied for third in the league ins teals (2.4, with Saul Jones), and 14th in the league in blocks, at 2.4. Clemente Ellis has 7.0 a game.
Team Stats: Their defense moves up again, this time to eighth. I’m not buying it, as they had a putrid month. It was bound to happen, of course. They are still among the league’s elite in most categories, and have the league’s top offense and point differential. None of that matters once the playoffs begin, of course.
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Chicago TEAM SUMMARY
Current Performance
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Season Record: 55-16
Division Record: 22-6
Conference Record: 38-10
Home Record: 32-3
Team Stats CR TR Opp. Stats CR TR Margin CR TR
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Points 113.4 1 1 Points 100.9 5 8 Points 12.6 1 1
O.Reb 11.8 11 22 O.Reb 13.2 8 13 O.Reb -1.4 10 20
D.Reb 32.3 5 11 D.Reb 27.4 1 1 D.Reb 5.0 1 1
Rebounds 44.1 8 18 Rebounds 40.6 2 2 Rebounds 3.5 3 4
Assists 33.5 1 1 Assists 24.6 2 3 Assists 8.8 1 1
Steals 6.4 2 8 Steals 5.9 10 12 Steals 0.5 4 8
Blocks 5.6 4 10 Blocks 5.5 6 10 Blocks 0.2 4 9
Turnovers 14.2 9 10 Turnovers 15.0 2 9 Turnovers -0.8 4 7
Fouls 20.1 7 13 Fouls 21.5 2 4 Fouls -1.4 4 8
FG% .518 1 1 FG% .459 4 6 FG% .059 1 1
FT% .743 2 2 FT% .661 2 3 FT% .082 2 2
3P% .365 1 2 3P% .326 6 12 3P% .039 2 3
PPS 1.29 1 1 PPS 1.13 6 9 PPS .162 1 1
Adj. FG% .538 1 1 Adj. FG% .478 4 6 Adj. FG% .059 1 1
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Chicago Averages
Player Pos Gm Gs Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-test test test test test
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Jack Dawkins SF 71 71 38.1 32.5 3.1 11.4 10.6 2.4 2.3 2.4 1.3 13.6
Joshua Jones PF 71 71 35.6 22.2 1.4 8.1 3.2 0.6 1.0 2.3 2.9 10.7
Josh Whitman PG 69 69 34.1 8.1 1.3 3.9 7.1 0.7 0.1 2.1 2.1 10.4
Gregory Escalera SG 71 71 33.3 10.3 0.6 4.4 3.3 0.2 0.2 1.5 3.3 8.1
Gayle Cruz C 71 71 28.6 11.9 1.6 4.6 1.8 0.4 0.2 1.7 3.9 9.4
Nicky Lopez SG 64 0 21.6 6.7 1.2 2.4 3.1 0.5 0.3 1.6 1.1 3.3
Edward Shank C 71 0 18.2 6.3 0.9 4.5 1.6 0.5 1.0 1.0 2.7 3.1
Felicien Delahaye PG 71 2 14.6 6.0 0.4 1.2 2.0 0.3 0.0 1.0 0.9 2.6
Sheldon Maurer PF 71 0 12.4 8.1 1.1 2.9 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 2.0 1.9
Jesus Brawner SG 38 0 10.2 3.6 0.5 1.3 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.1 1.5
Chad Downey SG 7 0 6.9 2.0 0.1 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.7 0.3
Chris Ross C 5 0 3.4 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 -1.0
Timothy McBroom C 26 0 3.4 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.6
Richard Mims C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vincent Bangs C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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PLAYER DETAILS
#11 SF Jack Dawkins - Chicago
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Height: 6-8
Weight: 251
DOB: 3/13/1964 (25)
College: George Washington
Hometown: Camp Hill, PA
Exp: 3
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: A+ A A- A A+ A A+ A A+ A A A A+ A A A
Potential: A A A A A A A A A A A A
Health: Good
Status: Active Roster
Salary: $436,962
Length: 1
Stat Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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1988 NBA CHI 71 71 38.1 32.5 3.1 11.4 10.6 2.4 4.51 2.4 2.3 1.3
1987 NBA CHI 82 82 38.2 29.2 3.1 10.8 11.6 2.1 5.49 2.4 1.9 1.5
1986 NBA CHI 82 82 38.1 36.0 2.6 11.5 10.2 2.5 4.03 2.2 1.6 1.5
1985 NBA CHI 82 82 37.8 32.9 2.8 11.8 10.0 2.3 4.27 2.2 1.8 1.4
Career 317 317 38.1 32.7 2.9 11.4 10.6 2.3 4.27 2.3 1.9 1.4
Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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1988 11.5 19.1 .603 8.2 8.9 .924 7.9 11.5 .689 2.4 4.8 .496 1.3 2.9 .438
1987 11.0 18.2 .605 6.2 6.8 .912 7.8 11.0 .712 2.3 5.1 .448 0.9 2.2 .427
1986 13.3 22.3 .597 8.0 8.7 .917 9.1 12.8 .712 2.8 6.5 .433 1.4 3.0 .466
1985 11.9 19.1 .622 8.3 8.7 .947 8.3 11.3 .734 2.6 5.6 .469 0.9 2.1 .434
Career 11.9 19.7 .606 7.6 8.3 .926 8.3 11.6 .712 2.5 5.5 .458 1.1 2.5 .443
Stat Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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1988 NBA CHI 71 71 2705 2308 219 811 753 167 170 162 95 963
1987 NBA CHI 82 82 3131 2391 258 885 950 173 197 153 125 1043
1986 NBA CHI 82 82 3124 2955 214 945 839 208 178 131 122 1465
1985 NBA CHI 82 82 3103 2701 228 969 820 192 179 149 113 943
Career 317 317 12063 10355 919 3610 3362 740 724 595 455 4414
Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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1988 819 1359 581 629 89 203
1987 903 1493 509 558 76 178
1986 1092 1829 656 715 115 247
1985 974 1565 677 715 76 175
Career 3788 6246 2423 2617 356 803
Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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1988 NBA CHI 71 .705 1.70 29.5 6.5 30.2 10.2 23.0 17.2 44.0 1351.3 45.0 13.6 116.2 99.3
1987 NBA CHI 82 .688 1.60 33.2 6.0 28.5 10.3 21.0 16.1 43.7 1553.4 51.8 12.7 114.7 98.4
1986 NBA CHI 82 .689 1.62 26.3 6.5 34.9 9.5 24.1 17.9 46.9 1695.6 56.5 17.9 117.2 94.4
1985 NBA CHI 82 .718 1.73 28.4 6.6 30.5 10.1 25.1 18.6 44.7 1581.9 52.7 11.5 112.8 99.1
Career 317 .700 1.66 29.2 6.4 31.0 10.0 23.3 17.4 44.8 6182.1 206.1 13.9 115.2 97.8
Playoff Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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1987 NBA CHI 19 19 37.8 29.2 2.9 11.2 10.4 1.8 5.63 1.9 1.6 1.4
1986 NBA CHI 16 16 38.7 34.1 2.1 10.5 10.9 2.3 4.86 2.3 1.8 1.1
1985 NBA CHI 21 21 38.6 31.4 2.8 10.7 10.9 2.6 4.15 2.2 1.7 1.2
Career 56 56 38.4 31.4 2.6 10.8 10.7 2.3 4.15 2.1 1.7 1.3
Playoff Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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1987 11.8 19.3 .613 4.5 4.9 .914 8.3 11.4 .727 2.6 5.7 .454 1.0 2.3 .442
1986 13.3 21.9 .609 6.0 6.6 .906 9.1 12.4 .734 2.7 6.1 .439 1.5 3.3 .453
1985 11.7 18.7 .625 7.3 8.0 .917 8.4 11.5 .731 2.5 5.1 .481 0.8 2.0 .381
Career 12.2 19.8 .616 6.0 6.6 .913 8.6 11.7 .731 2.6 5.6 .459 1.1 2.5 .428
Playoff Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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1987 NBA CHI 19 19 719 554 55 213 197 35 36 31 27 148
1986 NBA CHI 16 16 619 546 33 168 175 36 36 29 18 261
1985 NBA CHI 21 21 811 660 59 225 228 55 46 35 26 145
Career 56 56 2149 1760 147 606 600 126 118 95 71 554
Playoff Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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1987 225 367 85 93 19 43
1986 213 350 96 106 24 53
1985 245 392 154 168 16 42
Career 683 1109 335 367 59 138
Playoff Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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1987 NBA CHI 19 .679 1.51 30.8 5.5 28.9 9.7 23.1 17.0 33.0 242.7 8.1 7.8 110.7 100.8
1986 NBA CHI 16 .688 1.56 28.8 5.9 33.5 7.6 22.2 16.2 35.4 230.0 7.7 16.3 113.3 91.9
1985 NBA CHI 21 .708 1.68 30.4 7.3 29.0 9.5 21.6 16.2 36.1 308.9 10.3 6.9 112.6 104.5
Career 56 .693 1.59 30.1 6.3 30.3 9.1 22.3 16.5 34.9 781.6 26.1 9.9 112.2 99.8
Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 52 9 22 21 8 7 6 20 29 22 24 4 7
Playoff 52 6 17 19 5 5 7 23 32 16 17 4 6
Career 56 9 22 21 8 7 9 23 35 22 24 5 9
Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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Total Player of the Game: 297
Total Player of the Week: 79
Total Player of the Month: 23
Total All-Star Appearances: 4
Total All-Star Game MVP : 2
Total All-League First Team : 3
Total All-Defensive First Team : 3
Total Playoff MVP : 1
Total Most Valuable Player : 3
Total Championships: 1
Total Scoring Leader : 2
Total Rebounds Leader : 1
Total Steals Leader : 1
1988 NBA All-Star Game MVP
1988 NBA All-Star
1987 NBA Steals Leader
1987 NBA All-Defensive First Team
1987 NBA All-League First Team
1987 NBA Most Valuable Player
1987 NBA All-Star Game MVP
1987 NBA All-Star
1986 National Basketball Association Champion
1986 NBA Playoff MVP
1986 NBA Scoring Leader
1986 NBA All-Defensive First Team
1986 NBA All-League First Team
1986 NBA Most Valuable Player
1986 NBA All-Star
1986 NBA Slam-Dunk Contest Champion
1986 NBA Rookie Game MVP
1986 NBA Rookie Game Participant
1985 NBA Rebounds Leader
1985 NBA Scoring Leader
1985 NBA All-Defensive First Team
1985 NBA All-Rookie First Team
1985 NBA All-League First Team
1985 NBA Most Valuable Player
1985 NBA Rookie of the Year
1985 NBA All-Star
1985 NBA Rookie Game Participant
1984 Conference Player of the Year (Independent)
1984 1st Team All-Conference (Independent)
1984 1st Team All-American
1984 National Player of the Year
1984 NCAA Champion
1983 Conference Player of the Year (Independent)
1983 1st Team All-Conference (Independent)
1983 1st Team All-American
1983 National Player of the Year
1983 NCAA Champion
1982 Conference Player of the Year (Independent)
1982 1st Team All-Conference (Independent)
1982 1st Team All-American
1982 National Player of the Year
1981 Conference Freshman of the Year (Independent)
1981 Conference Player of the Year (Independent)
1981 Freshman All-Conference (Independent)
1981 1st Team All-Conference (Independent)
1981 Freshman All-American
1981 1st Team All-American
1981 National Freshman of the Year
1981 National Player of the Year
1980 High School: Rated ***** and #559 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
George Washington Update: Nobody from Jack’s time was there, so I won’t give a month-by-month. But I will recap their season. They did get yet another coach…Kevin Bellows is now the head man in DC. Haven’t heard of him? Neither have I. William Sullivan, apparently satisfied with his 47-43 record at GW, went to Louisville. Bellows, in his 20th year, is in his first as a head coach. He came from Georgetown.
Unfortunately, injuries crippled an otherwise solid team. They did manage a 17-13 mark, and got into the NIT as a four-seed. They lost in the first round, getting placed in the West against Washington. How’s that for some nonsense?
Duke finished with the top spot in the polls, followed by Rice, Maryland, Southern Cal, and Kansas.
In the NCAA, the West was won by top-seeded Baylor beat up on #3 Virginia, 81-71. In the Midwest, #8 Yale shocked #1 Rice, 94-86, then beat equally surprising 13th UCLA in the Sweet 16. They were promptly blown out by underseeded Southern Cal, 94-59, in the Elite Eight. The Trojans beat fellow Ivy Leaguer, Columbia, by the same score in the Sweet Sixteen.
In the South, Duke and Auburn collided in the second round, and had themselves a classic. Eddie Carraway’s three at the buzzer for overtime for Auburn, who trailed by four points with :45 left. The score, at the end of regulation, was 97-97. Amazingly, Duke scored 25 points in those five minutes in overtime, gaining a 122-114 win. They would then roll to the regional title, blasting Texas Tech and 10th-seed Missouri.
In the East, San Jose State had a tournament that was nearly for the ages. The sixteenth seed, who entered the tournament at 19-11, upset top-seeded Maryland, 77-69, behind 24 from Andrew Paxton. They then took out Texas, 104-98, behind 25 from Paxton. David Dirks scored 40 for the Longhorns. In the Elite Eight, they demolished fourth-seeded Purdue behind Paxton’s 32. That set up an Elite Eight matchup with second-seed Princeton.
It appeared that Princeton would run away with things, leading 42-24 at the half. The Spartans closed the gap to five with 11:31 left, at 55-50. Princeton immediately got it back to to thirteen, 66-53, with 8:24 left. They would hold the Spartans for the next few minutes, leading by nine with under four left. But the Spartans came back, and got it down to three in a thirty-second span. They would trade buckets for the next couple of minutes…but, eventually, with fifty-eight seconds left, the Spartans caught up, on Pete Cannon’s three.
The game would go ot overtime, tied at 80. It would stay back and forth until, with fifteen seconds left, the Spartans’ Cordell Saari was fouled by Robert Cook in the act of shooting, Saari threw up a wild shot, falling to the ground.
It fell.
91-89, Spartans. Saari stepped to the line. He missed. Princeton called a timeout. They would work the ball around, eventually finding Phillip Gonzales for three. He shot it.
He nailed it.
Princeton shocked San Jose State…the ultimate Cinderella…at the buzzer. 92-91 was the final. Gonzales finished with a game-high 28, while Cannon had 21 for the Spartans. San Jose State rallied an entire country behind them, and almost pulled off the unthinkable.
In the Final Four, it was 1) Baylor vs 1) Duke, and 3) USC vs 2) Princeton. None of the games were particularly compelling. Baylor thrashed Duke, 82-64, while the Trojans blitzed the Tigers, 82-72.
In the championship game, the Trojans broke up a tight game in the final ten minutes, eventually winning 89-75. It is the Trojans’ second-straight title; they beat Baylor, 83-82, in last year’s title game. Baylor was in their third-straight title game, which had not been done since North Carolina played in four straight from 1956-59. Maryland made it three in four years in the 70s, losing all three.