NBA 88-89 Team Rankings


         Team Scoring                           Team Defense
      Team             Pts/Game                   Team            Pts/Game
 1 PhoenixSuns           118.6               1 UtahJazz               99.7
 2 DenverNuggets         118.0               2 DetroitPistons        100.8
 3 NYKnicks              116.7               3 ClevelandCavaliers    101.2
 4 GoldenStateWarriors   116.6               4 DallasMavericks       104.7
 5 LALakers              114.7               5 ChicagoBulls          105.0
 6 PortlandTrailBlazers  114.6               6 MilwaukeeBucks        105.3
 7 SeattleSuperSonics    112.1               7 AtlantaHawks          106.1
 8 Philadelphia76ers     111.9               8 LALakers              107.5
 9 AtlantaHawks          111.0               9 HoustonRockets        107.5
10 BostonCeltics         109.2              10 BostonCeltics         108.1
11 MilwaukeeBucks        108.9              11 MiamiHeat             109.0
12 ClevelandCavaliers    108.8              12 SeattleSuperSonics    109.2
13 HoustonRockets        108.5              13 NJNets                110.1
14 WashingtonBullets     108.3              14 WashingtonBullets     110.4
15 IndianaPacers         106.9              15 Philadelphia76ers     110.4
16 DetroitPistons        106.6              16 PhoenixSuns           110.9
17 ChicagoBulls          106.4              17 SacramentoKings       111.0
18 LAClippers            106.2              18 IndianaPacers         111.1
19 SanAntonioSpurs       105.5              19 SanAntonioSpurs       112.8
20 SacramentoKings       105.5              20 NYKnicks              112.9
21 UtahJazz              104.7              21 CharlotteHornets      113.0
22 CharlotteHornets      104.5              22 PortlandTrailBlazers  113.1
23 NJNets                103.7              23 LAClippers            116.2
24 DallasMavericks       103.5              24 DenverNuggets         116.3
25 MiamiHeat              97.8              25 GoldenStateWarriors   116.9

      Team Scoring Differential           Team FG pct Differential
      Team             Pts/Game                   Team            Pts/Game
 1 PhoenixSuns             7.7               1 UtahJazz              0.048
 2 ClevelandCavaliers      7.6               2 DetroitPistons        0.047
 3 LALakers                7.2               3 ClevelandCavaliers    0.041
 4 DetroitPistons          5.8               4 PhoenixSuns           0.034
 5 UtahJazz                5.0               5 LALakers              0.032
 6 AtlantaHawks            4.9               6 ChicagoBulls          0.021
 7 NYKnicks                3.8               7 IndianaPacers         0.020
 8 MilwaukeeBucks          3.6               8 BostonCeltics         0.009
 9 SeattleSuperSonics      2.9               9 HoustonRockets        0.006
10 DenverNuggets           1.7              10 GoldenStateWarriors   0.006
11 Philadelphia76ers       1.5              11 AtlantaHawks          0.000
12 PortlandTrailBlazers    1.5              12 DallasMavericks      -0.003
13 ChicagoBulls            1.4              13 MilwaukeeBucks       -0.004
14 BostonCeltics           1.1              14 NYKnicks             -0.008
15 HoustonRockets          1.0              15 SeattleSuperSonics   -0.009
16 GoldenStateWarriors    -0.3              16 LAClippers           -0.009
17 DallasMavericks        -1.2              17 PortlandTrailBlazers -0.014
18 WashingtonBullets      -2.1              18 Philadelphia76ers    -0.015
19 IndianaPacers          -4.2              19 WashingtonBullets    -0.018
20 SacramentoKings        -5.5              20 SanAntonioSpurs      -0.020
21 NJNets                 -6.4              21 SacramentoKings      -0.027
22 SanAntonioSpurs        -7.3              22 DenverNuggets        -0.027
23 CharlotteHornets       -8.5              23 MiamiHeat            -0.035
24 LAClippers            -10.0              24 NJNets               -0.036
25 MiamiHeat             -11.2              25 CharlotteHornets     -0.039

         Team FG Pct           Offensive       Team FT Pct 
      Team               FG Pct.                 Team                FT Pct.
 1 ClevelandCavaliers    0.502               1 MilwaukeeBucks        0.821
 2 LALakers              0.502               2 LALakers              0.802
 3 PhoenixSuns           0.498               3 AtlantaHawks          0.800
 4 ChicagoBulls          0.495               4 GoldenStateWarriors   0.799
 5 DetroitPistons        0.494               5 PhoenixSuns           0.791
 6 BostonCeltics         0.493               6 DallasMavericks       0.789
 7 IndianaPacers         0.487               7 IndianaPacers         0.789
 8 NYKnicks              0.486               8 DenverNuggets         0.787
 9 Philadelphia76ers     0.486               9 Philadelphia76ers     0.787
10 UtahJazz              0.482              10 ChicagoBulls          0.786
11 SeattleSuperSonics    0.477              11 BostonCeltics         0.783
12 LAClippers            0.475              12 WashingtonBullets     0.772
13 PortlandTrailBlazers  0.474              13 SacramentoKings       0.770
14 MilwaukeeBucks        0.474              14 UtahJazz              0.770
15 HoustonRockets        0.474              15 DetroitPistons        0.769
16 AtlantaHawks          0.472              16 CharlotteHornets      0.767
17 SanAntonioSpurs       0.468              17 HoustonRockets        0.755
18 DenverNuggets         0.468              18 NYKnicks              0.752
19 GoldenStateWarriors   0.468              19 ClevelandCavaliers    0.747
20 DallasMavericks       0.466              20 SeattleSuperSonics    0.746
21 WashingtonBullets     0.464              21 PortlandTrailBlazers  0.740
22 CharlotteHornets      0.461              22 NJNets                0.731
23 NJNets                0.461              23 LAClippers            0.723
24 SacramentoKings       0.457              24 MiamiHeat             0.702
25 MiamiHeat             0.453              25 SanAntonioSpurs       0.698

         Team Defensive FG Pct.               Team 3 Pt. Pct.
      Team               FG Pct.                 Team                3 Pt Pct.
 1 UtahJazz              0.434               1 SeattleSuperSonics    0.379
 2 DetroitPistons        0.447               2 SacramentoKings       0.373
 3 ClevelandCavaliers    0.461               3 ClevelandCavaliers    0.359
 4 GoldenStateWarriors   0.462               4 PhoenixSuns           0.349
 5 PhoenixSuns           0.464               5 LALakers              0.340
 6 IndianaPacers         0.467               6 NYKnicks              0.337
 7 HoustonRockets        0.468               7 DenverNuggets         0.337
 8 DallasMavericks       0.469               8 PortlandTrailBlazers  0.335
 9 LALakers              0.470               9 NJNets                0.329
10 AtlantaHawks          0.472              10 ChicagoBulls          0.328
11 ChicagoBulls          0.474              11 IndianaPacers         0.328
12 MilwaukeeBucks        0.478              12 MiamiHeat             0.326
13 WashingtonBullets     0.482              13 MilwaukeeBucks        0.316
14 BostonCeltics         0.484              14 Philadelphia76ers     0.316
15 SacramentoKings       0.484              15 HoustonRockets        0.314
16 LAClippers            0.484              16 CharlotteHornets      0.312
17 SeattleSuperSonics    0.486              17 DallasMavericks       0.310
18 SanAntonioSpurs       0.488              18 GoldenStateWarriors   0.308
19 PortlandTrailBlazers  0.488              19 DetroitPistons        0.300
20 MiamiHeat             0.488              20 UtahJazz              0.300
21 NYKnicks              0.494              21 AtlantaHawks          0.277
22 DenverNuggets         0.495              22 BostonCeltics         0.252
23 NJNets                0.497              23 LAClippers            0.231
24 CharlotteHornets      0.500              24 WashingtonBullets     0.205
25 Philadelphia76ers     0.501              25 SanAntonioSpurs       0.169

         Team Rebounding Difference            Team Personal Fouls
      Team               Reb Diff                Team                 Fouls
 1 DetroitPistons          4.6               1 SanAntonioSpurs       26.26
 2 BostonCeltics           4.3               2 MiamiHeat             25.90
 3 LALakers                3.7               3 IndianaPacers         25.67
 4 PortlandTrailBlazers    2.7               4 DenverNuggets         25.46
 5 UtahJazz                2.5               5 CharlotteHornets      25.22
 6 HoustonRockets          2.3               6 WashingtonBullets     25.05
 7 SeattleSuperSonics      2.3               7 NYKnicks              25.04
 8 NJNets                  1.4               8 SeattleSuperSonics    24.72
 9 AtlantaHawks            1.3               9 HoustonRockets        24.71
10 ChicagoBulls            1.1              10 PortlandTrailBlazers  24.71
11 NYKnicks                0.5              11 NJNets                23.98
12 ClevelandCavaliers      0.2              12 MilwaukeeBucks        23.82
13 PhoenixSuns             0.1              13 GoldenStateWarriors   23.73
14 MilwaukeeBucks         -0.3              14 DetroitPistons        23.65
15 MiamiHeat              -0.4              15 LAClippers            23.62
16 IndianaPacers          -0.5              16 PhoenixSuns           23.57
17 Philadelphia76ers      -0.7              17 UtahJazz              23.10
18 WashingtonBullets      -0.8              18 AtlantaHawks          22.93
19 SacramentoKings        -2.2              19 SacramentoKings       22.89
20 GoldenStateWarriors    -2.3              20 BostonCeltics         22.88
21 SanAntonioSpurs        -2.9              21 ChicagoBulls          22.62
22 DenverNuggets          -3.4              22 DallasMavericks       21.21
23 DallasMavericks        -3.5              23 Philadelphia76ers     20.99
24 LAClippers             -4.3              24 LALakers              20.39
25 CharlotteHornets       -5.8              25 ClevelandCavaliers    19.41

         Team Player Technicals                Team Flagrant Fouls
      Team              Technicals               Team                  FFs
 1 AtlantaHawks             0               1 AtlantaHawks             0
 2 BostonCeltics            0               2 BostonCeltics            0
 3 CharlotteHornets         0               3 CharlotteHornets         0
 4 ChicagoBulls             0               4 ChicagoBulls             0
 5 ClevelandCavaliers       0               5 ClevelandCavaliers       0
 6 DetroitPistons           0               6 DetroitPistons           0
 7 IndianaPacers            0               7 IndianaPacers            0
 8 MiamiHeat                0               8 MiamiHeat                0
 9 MilwaukeeBucks           0               9 MilwaukeeBucks           0
10 NJNets                   0              10 NJNets                   0
11 NYKnicks                 0              11 NYKnicks                 0
12 Philadelphia76ers        0              12 Philadelphia76ers        0
13 WashingtonBullets        0              13 WashingtonBullets        0
14 LAClippers               0              14 LAClippers               0
15 DallasMavericks          0              15 DallasMavericks          0
16 DenverNuggets            0              16 DenverNuggets            0
17 GoldenStateWarriors      0              17 GoldenStateWarriors      0
18 HoustonRockets           0              18 HoustonRockets           0
19 LALakers                 0              19 LALakers                 0
20 PhoenixSuns              0              20 PhoenixSuns              0
21 PortlandTrailBlazers     0              21 PortlandTrailBlazers     0
22 SacramentoKings          0              22 SacramentoKings          0
23 SanAntonioSpurs          0              23 SanAntonioSpurs          0
24 SeattleSuperSonics       0              24 SeattleSuperSonics       0
25 UtahJazz                 0              25 UtahJazz                 0

         Team Turnovers                       Team Blocked Shots
      Team              Turnovers                Team                Blocks
 1 Philadelphia76ers     14.80             1 GoldenStateWarriors    7.84
 2 DenverNuggets         14.94             2 ClevelandCavaliers     7.15
 3 DallasMavericks       15.04             3 UtahJazz               7.11
 4 PhoenixSuns           15.60             4 LAClippers             6.46
 5 WashingtonBullets     15.74             5 HoustonRockets         6.11
 6 AtlantaHawks          15.98             6 SeattleSuperSonics     6.02
 7 CharlotteHornets      16.07             7 DallasMavericks        5.80
 8 ClevelandCavaliers    16.13             8 AtlantaHawks           5.78
 9 ChicagoBulls          16.18             9 NYKnicks               5.44
10 DetroitPistons        16.29            10 DenverNuggets          5.32
11 BostonCeltics         16.29            11 NJNets                 5.26
12 LALakers              16.39            12 SanAntonioSpurs        5.16
13 MilwaukeeBucks        16.46            13 LALakers               5.13
14 SacramentoKings       16.71            14 IndianaPacers          5.10
15 SeattleSuperSonics    17.11            15 BostonCeltics          5.10
16 PortlandTrailBlazers  17.50            16 PhoenixSuns            5.07
17 NJNets                17.67            17 SacramentoKings        4.99
18 GoldenStateWarriors   18.15            18 MiamiHeat              4.98
19 UtahJazz              18.68            19 DetroitPistons         4.95
20 IndianaPacers         18.87            20 PortlandTrailBlazers   4.73
21 HoustonRockets        19.13            21 ChicagoBulls           4.59
22 NYKnicks              19.17            22 Philadelphia76ers      4.32
23 LAClippers            20.32            23 WashingtonBullets      3.96
24 SanAntonioSpurs       20.88            24 MilwaukeeBucks         3.94
25 MiamiHeat             21.07            25 CharlotteHornets       3.22