1990–91 Miami Heat season

1990–91 Miami Heat season
1990–91 Miami Heat season
Head coach	Ron Rothstein
General manager	Lewis Schaffel
Owners	Ted Arison; Billy Cunningham; Lewis Schaffel;
Arena	Miami Arena
Results
Record	24–58 (.293)
Place	Division: 7th (Atlantic); Conference: 14th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WBFS-TV; SportsChannel Florida; (Sam Smith, Eric Reid)
Radio	WQAM; (Sam Smith, Eric Reid)
< 1989–90	1991–92 >

The 1990–91 NBA season was the third season of the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] The Heat received the ninth pick in the 1990 NBA draft, and selected Willie Burton from the University of Minnesota.^[2]^[3] After a semi-promising 5–9 start, the Heat went on a ten-game losing streak, winning just 6 of 24 games in December and January. They lost 13 of their final 17 games finishing last place in the Atlantic Division with a 24–58 record, which was a slight improvement winning six more games than the previous season.^[4]

In his second year, point guard Sherman Douglas led the Heat in scoring with 18.5 points per game. He also led them with 8.5 assists per game.^[5] Second-year star Glen Rice, and last season's Most Improved Player Rony Seikaly also had solid seasons, and Burton was selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Following the season, Billy Thompson was released to free agency.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	9	Willie Burton	SF	United States	Minnesota
1	15	Dave Jamerson	SG	United States	Ohio
2	30	Carl Herrera	PF	Venezuela	Houston

Roster

1990–91 Miami Heat roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
F	2	Askins, Keith	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	1967–12–15	Alabama
F	34	Burton, Willie	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1968–05–26	Minnesota
G	12	Coles, Bimbo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1968–04–22	Virginia Tech
F	44	Davis, Terry	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1967–06–17	Virginia Union
G	11	Douglas, Sherman	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1966–09–15	Syracuse
G	21	Edwards, Kevin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1965–10–30	DePaul
F/C	33	Kessler, Alec	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1967–01–13	Georgia
G	3	Haffner, Scott	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1966–02–02	Evansville
F	43	Long, Grant	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1966–03–12	Eastern Michigan
C	53	Ogg, Alan	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1967–07–05	UAB
F	41	Rice, Glen	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1967–05–28	Michigan
C	4	Seikaly, Rony	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1965–05–10	Syracuse
G	20	Sundvold, Jon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1961–07–02	Missouri
F	55	Thompson, Billy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1963–12–01	Louisville

Head coach

Ron Rothstein

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Roster
Last transaction: January 27, 1991

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Boston Celtics	56	26	.683	—	35–6	21–20	20-6
x-Philadelphia 76ers	44	38	.537	12	29-12	15-26	14-12
x-New York Knicks	39	43	.476	17	21-20	18-23	17–9
Washington Bullets	30	52	.366	26	21-20	9-32	10-16
New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	30	20-21	6–35	8-18
Miami Heat	24	58	.293	32	18-23	6-35	9-17

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	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

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Bimbo Coles	PG	82	9	1,355	153	232	65	12	401	16.5	1.9	2.8	.8	.1	4.9
Grant Long	PF	80	66	2,514	568	176	119	43	734	31.4	7.1	2.2	1.5	.5	9.2
Kevin Edwards	SG	79	16	2,000	205	240	129	46	955	25.3	2.6	3.0	1.6	.6	12.1
Alec Kessler	C	78	18	1,259	336	31	17	26	486	16.1	4.3	.4	.2	.3	6.2
Glen Rice	SF	77	77	2,646	381	189	101	26	1,342	34.4	4.9	2.5	1.3	.3	17.4
Willie Burton	SF	76	26	1,928	262	107	72	24	915	25.4	3.4	1.4	.9	.3	12.0
Sherman Douglas	PG	73	73	2,562	209	624	121	5	1,352	35.1	2.9	8.5	1.7	.1	18.5
Billy Thompson	SF	73	46	1,481	312	111	32	48	499	20.3	4.3	1.5	.4	.7	6.8
Rony Seikaly	C	64	59	2,171	709	95	51	86	1,050	33.9	11.1	1.5	.8	1.3	16.4
Terry Davis	PF	55	17	996	266	39	18	28	300	18.1	4.8	.7	.3	.5	5.5
Keith Askins	SF	39	1	266	68	19	16	13	86	6.8	1.7	.5	.4	.3	2.2
Alan Ogg	C	31	1	261	49	2	6	27	54	8.4	1.6	.1	.2	.9	17
Jon Sundvold	SG	24	0	225	9	24	7	0	112	9.4	.4	1.0	.3	.0	4.7
Milt Wagner	SG	13	1	116	7	15	2	3	63	8.9	.5	1.2	.2	.2	4.8

Awards and records

Willie Burton, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

Transactions

References

^ "1990-91 Miami Heat". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
^ "Clippers Go with Kimble: NBA Draft: Derrick Coleman, as Expected, Is No. 1 Overall with Nets. Clippers Also Grab Michigan's Vaught with 13th Pick". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. June 28, 1990. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ "1990 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
^ "1990–91 Miami Heat Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
^ "1990–91 Miami Heat Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2022.

[1] "1990-91 Miami Heat". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 1, 2012.

[2] "Clippers Go with Kimble: NBA Draft: Derrick Coleman, as Expected, Is No. 1 Overall with Nets. Clippers Also Grab Michigan's Vaught with 13th Pick". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. June 28, 1990. Retrieved November 22, 2022.

[3] "1990 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2022.

[results-4] "1990–91 Miami Heat Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2022.

[roster-5] "1990–91 Miami Heat Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2022.

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