1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season

The 1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season was the eighth season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Mavericks finished second in the Midwest Division with a 53–29 record. They defeated the Houston Rockets four games in the first round of the 1988 NBA Playoffs, then defeated the 2nd-seeded Denver Nuggets six games in the semifinals. The Mavs made their first appearance in the Western Conference Finals, where they pushed the eventual-champion Los Angeles Lakers to seven games. The Mavs were coached by John MacLeod and played their home games at Reunion Arena.

Mark Aguirre and James Donaldson were both selected to play in the 1988 NBA All-Star Game in Chicago. This was Donaldson's only All-Star Game appearance in his career.

NBA Draft

Roster

Roster listing

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Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From SF 24 Aguirre, Mark 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1959-12-10 DePaul PG 2 Alford, Steve 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1964-11-23 Indiana C 33 Blab, Uwe 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 252 lb (114 kg) 1962-03-26 Indiana G/F 22 Blackman, Rolando 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1959-02-26 Kansas State PG 15 Davis, Brad 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1955-12-17 Maryland C 40 Donaldson, James 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1957-08-16 Washington State SG 21 Farmer, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1964-09-23 Alabama G 12 Harper, Derek 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1961-10-13 Illinois F/C 44 Perkins, Sam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1961-06-14 North Carolina F 32 Schrempf, Detlef 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1963-01-21 Washington F/C 42 Tarpley, Roy 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1964-11-28 Michigan C 23 Wennington, Bill 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1963-12-26 St. John's	Head coach John MacLeod (Bellarmine) Assistant coach(es) Richie Adubato (William Paterson) Garfield Heard (Oklahoma) Clifford Ray (Oklahoma) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Game log

Awards and honors

Week/Month

• Roy Tarpley was named Player of the Week for games played February 22 through February 28.

All-Star

• Mark Aguirre was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his third All-Star selection. Aguirre finished seventh in voting among Western Conference forwards with 347,357 votes.
• James Donaldson was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his first and only All-Star selection. Donaldson finished fourth in voting among Western Conference centers with 310,100 votes.
• Detlef Schrempf was selected to compete in the Three-Point Shootout. Schrempf was eliminated in the second round.

Season

• Roy Tarpley received the Sixth Man of the Year Award.
• Mark Aguirre finished 14th in MVP voting.

Player statistics

Season

† – Minimum 25 three-pointers made.
^ – Minimum 125 free throws made.

Playoffs

^ – Minimum 10 free throws made.

Transactions

Free agents

Subtractions