1989–90 NBA season

Infobox sports season
title =1989–90 NBA season
league =National Basketball Association
sport =Basketball
TV =CBS, TBS
season =Regular season
season_champ =Detroit Pistons
MVP =flagicon|USA Magic Johnson (L.A. Lakers)
MVP_link =NBA MVP
top_scorer =flagicon|USA Michael Jordan (Chicago)
playoffs =Playoffs
playoffs_link =1990 NBA Playoffs
conf1 =Eastern
conf1_link =Eastern Conference (NBA)
conf1_champ =Detroit Pistons
conf1_runner-up =Chicago Bulls
conf2 =Western
conf2_link =Western Conference (NBA)
conf2_champ =Portland Trail Blazers
conf2_runner-up =Phoenix Suns
finals =Finals
finals_link =1990 NBA Finals
finals_champ =Detroit Pistons
finals_runner-up =Portland Trail Blazers
finals_MVP =flagicon|USA Isiah Thomas (Detroit)
finals_MVP_link =NBA Finals MVP
seasonslist =List of NBA seasons
seasonslistnames =NBA
prevseason_link =1988–89 NBA season
prevseason_year =1988–89
nextseason_link =1990–91 NBA season
nextseason_year =1990–91The 1989–90 NBA season was the 44th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Detroit Pistons winning their second-straight NBA Championship, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.

Notable occurrences

*The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Orlando Magic enter the NBA as the league's 26th and 27th franchises.
*The 1990 NBA All-Star Game was played at the Miami Arena in Miami, Florida, with the East defeating the West 130-113. Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers takes home the game's MVP award.
*The Charlotte Hornets are aligned in the Midwest Division in the Western Conference. Charlotte would be aligned in the Central Division for good starting next year. The league had placed the four new teams in different divisions to spread them out over their first few seasons.
*"The NBA on CBS" concludes its 17 year run (dating back to 1973). The program is succeeded by "The NBA on NBC".
*The NBA adopts the FIBA rule and a mandating clocks register tenths of seconds in the final minute of a period. This rule turns controversial during the season because of clock calibration problems in many venues; following a January 15, 1990 game between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls where Trent Tucker sank a three-point basket with the ball put in play with one-tenth of a second remaining, the NBA mandates clock calibration and prohibits any shot made when the ball is put in play with less than three-tenths of a second remaining from counting unless it is a dunk or tip-in.

Final standings

Eastern Conference

C - NBA Champions

1989-90 NBA statistics leaders

NBA awards

*Most Valuable Player: Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
*Rookie of the Year: David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs
*Defensive Player of the Year: Dennis Rodman, Detroit Pistons
*Sixth Man of the Year: Ricky Pierce, Milwaukee Bucks
*Most Improved Player: Rony Seikaly, Miami Heat
*Coach of the Year: Pat Riley, Los Angeles Lakers
*All-NBA First Team:
**F - Karl Malone, Utah Jazz
**F - Charles Barkley, Philadelphia 76ers
**C - Patrick Ewing, New York Knicks
**G - Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
**G - Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
*All-NBA Second Team:
**F - Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
**F - Tom Chambers, Phoenix Suns
**C - Hakeem Olajuwon,Houston Rockets
**G - John Stockton, Utah Jazz
**G - Kevin Johnson, Phoenix Suns
*All-NBA Third Team:
**F - James Worthy, Los Angeles Lakers
**F - Chris Mullin, Golden State Warriors
**C - David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs
**G - Clyde Drexler, Portland Trail Blazers
**G - Reggie Miller, Indiana
*NBA All-Rookie Team:
**Tim Hardaway, Golden State Warriors
**Pooh Richardson, Minnesota Timberwolves
**David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs
**Sherman Douglas, Miami Heat
**Vlade Divac, Los Angeles Lakers
*NBA All-Defensive First Team:
**Dennis Rodman, Detroit Pistons
**Buck Williams, Portland Trail Blazers
**Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
**Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
**Joe Dumars, Detroit Pistons
*NBA All-Defensive SecondTeam:
**Kevin McHale, Boston Celtics
**Rick Mahorn, Philadelphia 76ers
**David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs
**Derek Harper, Dallas Mavericks
**Alvin Robertson, Milwaukee Bucks

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