1990–91 Indiana Pacers season

1990–91 Indiana Pacers season
1990–91 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach	Dick Versace (fired); Bob Hill;
General manager	Donnie Walsh
Owner(s)	Herbert Simon
Arena	Market Square Arena
Results
Record	41–41 (.500)
Place	Division: 5th (Central); Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First Round; (Lost to Celtics 2–3)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WXIN–TV 59; Prime Sports Midwest; (Jerry Baker, Clark Kellogg, Kristi Lee)
Radio	WNDE–AM 1260; (Mark Boyle, Bobby "Slick" Leonard)
< 1989–90	1991–92 >

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. 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. Under Hill, the Pacers played around .500 again finishing fifth in the Central Division with a 41–41 record.^[2] Reggie Miller continued to lead the team in scoring with 22.6 points per game, while Chuck Person provided them with 18.4 points per game, and Detlef Schrempf was named Sixth Man of The Year averaging 16.1 points per game off the bench.^[3] A heartbreaking five-game defeat to Larry Bird, and the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference First Round kept the Pacers from advancing in the playoffs. In the series, the Pacers came close to taking the final two games, but lost by just three points in Game 5 at the Boston Garden.^[4]

For the season, the Pacers changed their primary logo, removing the arm from the letter "P" from the previous logo,^[5] and changed their uniforms, adding navy blue to their color scheme.^[6]^[7] The jerseys lasted until 1997, while the logo lasted until 2005.

Draft picks[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	45	Antonio Davis	PF	United States	UTEP
2	46	Kenny Williams	PF	United States	Elizabeth City State

Roster[]

1990–91 Indiana Pacers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)	From
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

Bob Hill

Legend

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

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Central Division v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Chicago Bulls	61	21	.744	—	35–6	26–15	25–5
x-Detroit Pistons	50	32	.610	11	32–9	18–23	19-11
x-Milwaukee Bucks	48	34	.585	13	33–8	15–26	16–14
x-Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	18	29–12	14–27	11–19
x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	20	29-12	12–29	15-15
Cleveland Cavaliers	33	49	.402	28	23–18	10–31	11-19
Charlotte Hornets	26	56	.317	35	17–24	9–32	8–22

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

#	Eastern Conference v t
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Chicago Bulls	61	21	.744	–
2	y-Boston Celtics	56	26	.683	5
3	x-Detroit Pistons	50	32	.610	11
4	x-Milwaukee Bucks	48	34	.585	13
5	x-Philadelphia 76ers	44	38	.537	17
6	x-Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	18
7	x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	20
8	x-New York Knicks	39	43	.476	22

9	Cleveland Cavaliers	33	49	.402	28
10	Washington Bullets	30	52	.366	31
11	New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	35
12	Charlotte Hornets	26	56	.317	35
13	Miami Heat	24	58	.293	37

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	—	3–1	1–4	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–5	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–3	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2
Boston	1–3	—	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–1
Charlotte	4–1	1–3	—	0–5	1–4	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–5	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2
Chicago	4–1	2–2	5–0	—	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1
Cleveland	2–3	1–3	4–1	0–5	—	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	2–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–4	2–2	0–5	2–0
Denver	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	—	0–2	1–3	0–5	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–4	0–4	1–3	1–1
Detroit	5–0	2–2	4–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–3	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	—	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	2–3	2–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–2
Houston	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	5–0	0–2	2–2	—	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	0–4	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–2	1–1
Indiana	1–4	2–2	5–0	1–4	4–1	0–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	2–3	2–2	1–1	—	0–4	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	1–3	3–2	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	4–0	—	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	4–0	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–0
Miami	0–4	1–4	2–2	0–4	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	—	0–4	0–2	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2
Milwaukee	3–2	2–2	3–2	1–4	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	—	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	2–3	0–2	1–3	0–5	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–4	0–4	3–1	0–4	2–2	1–4	1–1
New Jersey	1–3	1–4	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–3	2–2	1–1	—	0–5	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–3
New York	1–3	0–5	4–0	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–4	1–1	5–0	—	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2
Orlando	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–1	3–2	0–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	—	0–2	2–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–4	1–1
Philadelphia	4–0	3–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	0–2	3–2	1–5	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–2
Phoenix	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	—	3–2	3–1	1–3	3–2	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–3	—	3–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	3–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	—	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	—	3–1	2–3	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	0–4	4–1	1–3	—	1–3	2–0
Utah	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–2	3–1	—	2–0
Washington	2–2	1–5	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

December: 6–8 (Home: 5��2; Road: 1–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

January: 7–6 (Home: 4–3; Road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

February: 7–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

March: 11–6 (Home: 8–1; Road: 3–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

April: 5–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

1990–91 schedule

Playoffs[]

1991 playoff game log

First Round: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 26	@ Boston	L 120–127	Reggie Miller (24)	Detlef Schrempf (10)	Chuck Person (39)	Boston Garden 14,890	0–1
2	April 28	@ Boston	W 130–118	Chuck Person (39)	Dreiling, Schrempf (7)	Micheal Williams (10)	Boston Garden 14,890	1–1
3	May 1	Boston	L 105–112	Miller, Schrempf (20)	Detlef Schrempf (10)	Micheal Williams (7)	Market Square Arena 16,530	1–2
4	May 3	Boston	W 116–113	Chuck Person (30)	LaSalle Thompson (7)	Micheal Williams (9)	Market Square Arena 16,530	2–2
5	May 5	@ 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:^[3]

Awards and records[]

Detlef Schrempf, NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award

Transactions[]

References[]

^ 1990-91 Indiana Pacers
^ "1990–91 Indiana Pacers Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "1990–91 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
^ "BASKETBALL; The Legend Grows For Bird and Celtics". New York Times. May 6, 1991. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
^ "Indiana Pacers Logo". Chris Creamer's Sports Logos Page - SportsLogos.Net. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
^ "Indiana Pacers Uniform". Chris Creamer's Sports Logos Page - SportsLogos.Net. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
^ "Indiana Pacers Uniform". Chris Creamer's Sports Logos Page - SportsLogos.Net. Retrieved July 7, 2021.

v t Indiana Pacers
Founded in 1967 Based in Indianapolis, Indiana
Franchise	History ABA–NBA merger All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Indiana State Fair Coliseum Market Square Arena Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Personnel	Owner(s) Herbert Simon President Kevin Pritchard General manager Chad Buchanan Head coach Rick Carlisle
G League affiliate	Fort Wayne Mad Ants
Retired numbers	30 31 34 35 529
ABA Championships	1970 1972 1973
Rivalries	New York Knicks
Culture and lore	Broadcasters Boomer Dancing Harry Indiana Pacers Bikeshare The Knick-Killer The Malice at the Palace Reb Porter

1990–91 Indiana Pacers season

Contents

Draft picks[]

Roster[]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Record vs. opponents[]

Game log[]

Regular season[]

Playoffs[]

Player statistics[]

Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

References[]

See also[]