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Gary Payton has the record for the most NBA All-Defensive first team selections consecutively, with nine, from 1993–94 to 2001–02. Dikembe Mutombo, who has won four NBA Defensive Player of the Year Awards, has been selected into the All-Defensive first and second team three times each. Tim Duncan is the all-time record holder for most All ...
This was the first of four consecutive All-Star Games in which the coaches of the previous year's NBA Finals were the head coaches of the All-Star Game. The game featured 11 out of 12 players that would go on to make the 1992 Dream Team as well as coach Chuck Daly. Magic Johnson was the game MVP as well as leading scorer with 22 points.
At midseason, the team acquired second-year guard Vernon Maxwell from the San Antonio Spurs, [3] [4] [5] as they continued to play .500 basketball for the rest of the season. The Rockets finished fifth in the Midwest Division with a 41–41 record, [ 6 ] winning a tie-breaker over the Seattle SuperSonics for the #8 seed in the Western Conference.
3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1983, 1990–1991) NBA All-Rookie Team (1981) Pan American Games Gold: 1979 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) [119] 2000: Bob McAdoo: C-F: 2× NBA Champion (1982, 1985) NBA Most Valuable Player 2× FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) champion (1987, 1988) EuroLeague Final Four MVP
Isiah Thomas led the team with 18.4 points, 9.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game, while last year's Finals MVP Joe Dumars averaged 17.8 points and 4.9 assists per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, and Dennis Rodman provided the team with 8.8 points and 9.7 rebounds per game, and was named Defensive Player of the Year.
The 22-year-old was one of just 10 players (minimum 1,000 minutes) to average at least 25 points, five rebounds and five assists per game this season. He bumped his shooting and playmaking ...
The 1989–90 NBA season was the 44th season of the National Basketball Association.The season ended with the Detroit Pistons winning their second consecutive NBA Championship, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.
The 1990–91 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 43rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 34th season in the city of Detroit. [1] The Pistons entered the season as both the three-time defending Eastern Conference Champions the two-time defending NBA Champions and looked to win a third consecutive title.