1990–91 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach
General managerDonnie Walsh
Owner(s)Herbert Simon
ArenaMarket Square Arena
Results
Record4141 (.500)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Central)
Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Celtics 2–3)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWXIN–TV 59
Prime Sports Midwest
(Jerry Baker, Clark Kellogg, Kristi Lee)
RadioWNDE–AM 1260
(Mark Boyle, Bobby "Slick" Leonard)

The 1990–91 NBA season was the Pacers' 15th season in the National Basketball Association, and 24th season as a franchise.[1] In the off-season, the Pacers signed free agent Michael Williams.[2][3] The Pacers would get off to a slow start with a 9–16 record, as head coach Dick Versace was fired and replaced with Bob Hill.[4][5] Under Hill, the Pacers held a 19–27 record at the All-Star break,[6] but played above .500 for the remainder of the season, posting a six-game winning streak in February, and finishing fifth in the Central Division with a 41–41 record.[7]

Reggie Miller averaged 22.6 points and 1.3 steals per game, while Chuck Person averaged 18.4 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, and Detlef Schrempf provided the team with 16.1 points and 8.0 rebounds per game off the bench, and was named Sixth Man of the Year.[8][9][10] In addition, Vern Fleming provided with 12.7 points and 5.3 assists per game, while Williams contributed 11.1 points, 4.8 assists and 2.1 steals per game, Rik Smits averaged 10.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, and LaSalle Thompson provided with 7.6 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.[11]

In the playoffs, the Pacers faced off against Larry Bird, and the 2nd-seeded Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference First Round. The Pacers managed to even the series at two games a piece, but lost by just three points in Game 5 at the Boston Garden, 124–121, where Bird got injured during the game, but returned to score 32 points.[12][13][14][15]

For the season, the Pacers changed their primary logo, removing the arm from the letter "P" from the previous logo,[16] and changed their uniforms, adding navy blue to their color scheme.[17][18] The jerseys remained in use until 1997, while the logo lasted until 2005.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
245Antonio DavisPF United StatesUTEP
246Kenny WilliamsPF United StatesElizabeth City State

Roster

1990–91 Indiana Pacers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 5 Dinkins, Byron 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1967–06–15 Charlotte
C 54 Dreiling, Greg 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1962–11–07 Kansas
G 10 Fleming, Vern 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1962–02–04 Georgia
G 20 McCloud, George 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1967–05–27 Florida State
G 31 Miller, Reggie (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1965–08–24 UCLA
F 45 Person, Chuck 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1964–06–27 Auburn
G 33 Sanders, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1960–05–07 UCLA
F 11 Schrempf, Detlef 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1963–01–21 Washington
C 24 Smits, Rik 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1966–08–23 Marist
C 41 Thompson, LaSalle 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1961–06–23 Texas
F 44 Williams, Kenny 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1969–06–09 Elizabeth City State
G 4 Williams, Micheal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1966–07–23 Baylor
F 14 Wittman, Randy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1959–10–28 Indiana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Chicago Bulls6121.74435–626–1525–5
x-Detroit Pistons5032.6101132–918–2319-11
x-Milwaukee Bucks4834.5851333–815–2616–14
x-Atlanta Hawks4339.5241829–1214–2711–19
x-Indiana Pacers4141.5002029-1212–2915-15
Cleveland Cavaliers3349.4022823–1810–3111-19
Charlotte Hornets2656.3173517–249–328–22
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot
#
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Chicago Bulls6121.744
2 y-Boston Celtics5626.6835
3 x-Detroit Pistons5032.61011
4 x-Milwaukee Bucks4834.58513
5 x-Philadelphia 76ers4438.53717
6 x-Atlanta Hawks4339.52418
7 x-Indiana Pacers4141.50020
8 x-New York Knicks3943.47622
9 Cleveland Cavaliers3349.40228
10 Orlando Magic3151.37832
11 Washington Bullets3052.36631
12 New Jersey Nets2656.31735
13 Charlotte Hornets2656.31735
14 Miami Heat2458.29337
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1990-91 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta 3–11–41–43–22–01–10–51–11–14–12–01–14–02–31–13–13–11–10–40–21–12–02–01–11–12–2
Boston 1–33–12–23–12–02–02–21–12–02–22–01–14–12–22–04–15–01–12–31–11–12–01–12–01–15–1
Charlotte 4–11–30–51–41–10–21–41–10–20–51–10–22–22–31–12–20–42–02–20–20–22–01–10–20–22–2
Chicago 4–12–25–05–02–02–03–21–10–24–12–01–14–04–12–03–14–02–01–31–10–22–00–22–02–03–1
Cleveland 2–31–34–10–52–01–12–30–20–21–41–11–13–12–31–12–23–12–02–20–20–21–10–21–10–21–3
Dallas 0–20–21–10–20–23–10–22–21–32–01–32–20–21–11–42–02–01–41–10–41–32–21–42–20–52–0
Denver 1–10–22–00–21–11–30–21–30–50–20–40–40–21–13–21–11–12–30–20–40–43–11–40–41–31–1
Detroit 5–02–24–12–33–22–02–01–12–03–22–00–23–12–32–03–11–32–02–20–21–12–00–21–10–23–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–12–02–23–11–12–21–13–22–32–01–13–11–12–02–22–01–32–32–32–23–11–30–2
Houston 1–10–22–02–02–03–15–00–22–21–12–21–32–02–05–02–02–03–22–03–10–43–12–32–22–21–1
Indiana 1–42–25–01–44–10–22–02–31–11–11–10–22–22–31–13–12–21–11–31–10–22–01–11–12–02–2
L.A. Clippers 0–20–21–10–21–13–14–00–22–32–21–10–40–21–13–11–10–21–30–22–31–33–22–22–31–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–01–11–12–24–02–03–23–12–04–02–00–23–12–01–14–01–13–22–34–03–13–22–22–0
Miami 0–41–42–20–41–32–02–01–30–20–22–22–00–20–40–23–31–41–11–40–20–21–10–20–21–13–2
Milwaukee 3–22–23–21–43–21–11–13–21–10–23–21–12–04–01–12–24–02–02–21–11–11–11–11–11–13–1
Minnesota 1–10–21–10–21–14–12–30–21–30–51–11–31–32–01–11–11–12–22–00–40–43–10–42–21–41–1
New Jersey 1–31–42–21–32–20–21–11–31–10–21–31–10–23–32–21–10–51–12–31–10–21–10–21–10–22–3
New York 1–30–54–00–41–30–21–13–10–20–22–22–01–14–10–41–15–00–25–10–20–22–01–11–12–03–2
Orlando 1–11–10–20–20–24–13–20–22–22–31–13–10–41–10–22–21–12–00–22–20–42–21–31–31–41–1
Philadelphia 4–03–22–23–12–21–12–02–20–20–23–12–01–14–12–20–23–21–52–01–11–11–10–21–10–23–2
Phoenix 2–01–12–01–12–04–04–02–03–11–31–13–22–32–01–14–01–12–02–21–13–23–11–33–22–22–0
Portland 1–11–12–02–02–03–14–01–13–24–02–03–13–22–01–14–02–02–04–01–12–33–22–24–03–12–0
Sacramento 0–20–20–20–21–12–21–30–23–21–30–22–30–41–11–11–31–10–22–21–11–32–31–31–41–32–0
San Antonio 0–21–11–12–02–04–14–12–02–23–21–12–21–32–01–14–02–01–13–12–03–12–23–13–12–32–0
Seattle 1–10–22–00–21–12–24–01–11–32–21–13–22–32–01–12–21–11–13–11–12–30–44–11–31–32–0
Utah 1–11–12–00–22–05–03–12–03–12–20–23–12–21–11–14–12–00–24–12–02–21–33–13–23–12–0
Washington 2–21–52–21–33–10–21–11–32–01–12–22–00–22–31–31–13–22–31–12–30–20–20–20–20–20–2

Game log

Regular season

1990–91 game log
Total: 41–41 (home: 29–12; road: 12–29)
November: 5–10 (home: 5–2; road: 0–8)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1 November 2, 1990 New Jersey W 100–81 Market Square Arena 1–0
2 November 3, 1990 @ Atlanta L 120–121 The Omni 1–1
3 November 6, 1990 Minnesota W 98–96 Market Square Arena 2–1
4 November 9, 1990 Cleveland W 122–107 Market Square Arena 3–1
5 November 10, 1990 @ Miami L 105–120 Miami Arena 3–2
6 November 13, 1990 Philadelphia L 100–108 Market Square Arena 3–3
7 November 14, 1990 @ Cleveland L 95–113 Richfield Coliseum 3–4
8 November 16, 1990 Miami W 106–80 Market Square Arena 4–4
9 November 17, 1990 @ Orlando L 89–96 Orlando Arena 4–5
10 November 21, 1990 Detroit L 100–108 (OT) Market Square Arena 4–6
11 November 23, 1990 Houston W 112–111 Market Square Arena 5–6
12 November 24, 1990 @ Washington L 105–107 (OT) Capital Centre 5–7
13 November 27, 1990 @ Milwaukee L 98–112 Bradley Center 5–8
14 November 28, 1990 @ Philadelphia L 106–116 The Spectrum 5–9
15 November 30, 1990 @ Chicago L 95–124 Chicago Stadium 5–10
December: 6–8 (home: 5–2; road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
16 December 2, 1990 Milwaukee W 107–103 Market Square Arena 6–10
17 December 4, 1990 @ Minnesota L 81–83 Target Center 6–11
18 December 5, 1990 Phoenix W 126–121 Market Square Arena 7–11
19 December 7, 1990 Portland L 105–127 Market Square Arena 7–12
20 December 8, 1990 Cleveland W 114–99 Market Square Arena 8–12
21 December 11, 1990 @ Portland L 96–122 Memorial Coliseum 8–13
22 December 12, 1990 @ Seattle L 90–99 Seattle Center Coliseum 8–14
23 December 15, 1990 @ Utah W 124–116 Salt Palace 9–14
24 December 16, 1990 @ L.A. Lakers L 112–115 Great Western Forum 9–15
25 December 19, 1990 Washington L 112–114 (OT) Market Square Arena 9–16
26 December 21, 1990 Charlotte W 137–114 Market Square Arena 10–16
27 December 22, 1990 @ Chicago L 118–128 Chicago Stadium 10–17
28 December 26, 1990 @ Boston L 132–152 Boston Garden 10–18
29 December 29, 1990 New Jersey W 114–105 Market Square Arena 11–18
January: 7–6 (home: 4–3; road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
30 January 2, 1991 San Antonio W 121–109 Market Square Arena 13–17
31 January 4, 1991 @ Atlanta L 96–111 The Omni 13–18
32 January 5, 1991 @ Houston L 99–112 The Summit 13–19
33 January 8, 1991 L.A. Clippers L 107–122 Market Square Arena 13–20
34 January 10, 1991 @ New York W 129–122 Madison Square Garden 14–20
35 January 12, 1991 Milwaukee W 118–110 Market Square Arena 15–20
36 January 15, 1991 Atlanta L 106–117 Market Square Arena 15–21
37 January 16, 1991 @ Milwaukee L 119–126 Bradley Center 15–22
38 January 19, 1991 Utah W 117–104 Market Square Arena 15–23
39 January 21, 1991 L.A. Lakers L 114–120 Market Square Arena 15–24
40 January 23, 1991 @ Philadelphia W 110–109 The Spectrum 16–24
41 January 25, 1991 @ Washington
(at Baltimore, MD)
W 106–100 Baltimore Arena 17–24
42 January 30, 1991 Charlotte W 123–105 Market Square Arena 18–24
February: 7–6 (home: 4–2; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
43 February 1, 1991 @ Miami L 113–116 Miami Arena 18–25
44 February 2, 1991 Seattle W 106–100 Market Square Arena 19–25
45 February 5, 1991 @ Dallas L 109–114 Reunion Arena 19–26
46 February 7, 1991 @ San Antonio L 108–118 HemisFair Arena 19–27
All-Star Break
47 February 12, 1991 New York L 110–114 Market Square Arena 19–28
48 February 13, 1991 @ Detroit W 105–101 The Palace of Auburn Hills 20–28
49 February 17, 1991 Sacramento W 113–110 Market Square Arena 21–28
50 February 19, 1991 @ Charlotte W 115–102 Charlotte Coliseum 22–28
51 February 20, 1991 Orlando W 122–120 (OT) Market Square Arena 23–28
52 February 22, 1991 @ Cleveland W 106–98 Richfield Coliseum 24–28
53 February 24, 1991 Boston W 115–109 Market Square Arena 25–28
54 February 26, 1991 @ New Jersey L 104–129 Brendan Byrne Arena 25–29
55 February 27, 1991 Dallas L 104–108 Market Square Arena 25–30
March: 11–6 (home: 8–1; road: 3–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
56 March 1, 1991 Cleveland W 118–115 Market Square Arena 26–30
57 March 2, 1991 Chicago W 135–114 Market Square Arena 27–30
58 March 4, 1991 @ Boston
(at Hartford, CT)
L 101–126 Hartford Civic Center 27–31
59 March 5, 1991 Charlotte W 112–101 Market Square Arena 28–31
60 March 7, 1991 Denver W 145–125 Market Square Arena 29–31
61 March 9, 1991 Detroit L 112–114 Market Square Arena 29–32
62 March 12, 1991 @ Golden State L 117–129 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 29–33
63 March 14, 1991 @ Sacramento W 107–103 ARCO Arena 29–34
64 March 15, 1991 @ L.A. Clippers W 121–109 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 30–34
65 March 17, 1991 @ Denver W 130–92 McNichols Sports Arena 31–34
66 March 18, 1991 @ Phoenix L 103–111 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 32–34
67 March 20, 1991 Miami W 117–107 Market Square Arena 33–34
68 March 22, 1991 Boston W 121–109 Market Square Arena 34–34
69 March 23, 1991 @ Chicago L 119–133 Chicago Stadium 34–35
70 March 26, 1991 Atlanta W 123–113 Market Square Arena 35–35
71 March 27, 1991 @ Detroit L 93–102 The Palace of Auburn Hills 35–36
72 March 31, 1991 Golden State W 127–120 (OT) Market Square Arena 36–36
April: 5–5 (home: 3–2; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
73 April 3, 1991 Philadelphia L 112–114 Market Square Arena 36–37
74 April 5, 1991 Washington W 117–103 Market Square Arena 37–37
75 April 6, 1991 @ Atlanta L 110–137 The Omni 37–38
76 April 9, 1991 @ Charlotte W 122–120 Charlotte Coliseum 38–38
77 April 10, 1991 Chicago L 96–101 Market Square Arena 38–39
78 April 12, 1991 @ New York L 108–112 Madison Square Garden 38–40
79 April 14, 1991 Detroit W 125–107 Market Square Arena 39–40
80 April 16, 1991 @ New Jersey W 132–126 Brendan Byrne Arena 40–40
81 April 19, 1991 New York W 130–118 Market Square Arena 41–40
82 April 20, 1991 @ Milwaukee L 100–133 Bradley Center 41–41
1990–91 schedule

Playoffs

1991 playoff game log
Eastern Conference First Round: 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1 April 26, 1991 @ Boston L 120–127 Reggie Miller (24) Detlef Schrempf (10) Chuck Person (39) Boston Garden
14,890
0–1
2 April 28, 1991 @ Boston W 130–118 Chuck Person (39) Dreiling, Schrempf (7) Micheal Williams (10) Boston Garden
14,890
1–1
3 May 1, 1991 Boston L 105–112 Miller, Schrempf (20) Detlef Schrempf (10) Micheal Williams (7) Market Square Arena
16,530
1–2
4 May 3, 1991 Boston W 116–113 Chuck Person (30) LaSalle Thompson (7) Micheal Williams (9) Market Square Arena
16,530
2–2
5 May 5, 1991 @ Boston L 121–124 Chuck Person (32) LaSalle Thompson (9) Micheal Williams (10) Boston Garden
14,890
2–3
1991 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  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

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Reggie Miller 82 82 36.2 51.2 34.8 91.8 3.4 4.0 1.3 0.2 22.6
Chuck Person 80 79 32.1 50.4 34.0 72.1 5.2 3.0 0.7 0.2 18.4
Detlef Schrempf 82 3 32.1 52.0 37.5 81.8 8.0 3.7 0.7 0.3 16.1
Vern Fleming 69 45 28.0 53.1 22.2 72.9 3.1 5.3 1.1 0.2 12.7
Micheal Williams 73 37 23.4 49.9 14.3 87.9 2.4 4.8 2.1 0.2 11.1
Rik Smits 76 38 22.2 48.5 0.0 76.2 4.7 1.1 0.3 1.5 10.9
LaSalle Thompson 82 77 23.7 48.8 20.0 69.2 6.9 1.8 0.8 0.8 7.6
Mike Sanders 80 7 17.0 41.7 20.0 82.5 2.3 1.3 0.5 0.3 5.8
George McCloud 74 0 14.5 37.3 34.7 77.6 1.6 2.0 0.5 0.1 4.6
Greg Dreiling 73 42 14.1 50.5 0.0 60.0 3.5 0.7 0.3 0.4 3.5
Kenny Williams 75 0 7.0 52.0 0.0 68.0 1.7 0.4 0.1 0.4 2.9
Randy Wittman 41 0 8.7 44.3 0.0 66.7 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.1 1.8
Jawann Oldham 4 0 4.8 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
Byron Dinkins 2 0 2.5 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chuck Person 5 5 38.4 53.3 54.8 81.0 5.6 3.2 1.0 0.0 26.0
Reggie Miller 5 5 38.6 48.6 42.1 86.5 3.2 2.8 1.6 0.4 21.6
Micheal Williams 5 5 36.6 46.2 0.0 89.6 3.2 8.4 2.8 0.0 20.6
Detlef Schrempf 5 0 35.8 47.4 0.0 83.3 7.2 2.2 0.4 0.0 15.8
Rik Smits 5 0 17.6 56.8 0.0 87.5 3.6 0.4 0.2 1.4 9.8
Vern Fleming 5 0 23.0 45.0 0.0 78.6 3.4 4.6 0.2 0.6 9.4
LaSalle Thompson 5 5 25.2 48.7 0.0 100.0 6.2 1.6 0.8 1.4 9.0
Mike Sanders 5 0 8.2 60.0 50.0 50.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.4 3.0
Greg Dreiling 5 5 15.0 33.3 0.0 66.7 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8
Randy Wittman 1 0 6.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Kenny Williams 2 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Player Statistics Citation:[11]

Awards and records

Transactions

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