1989-90 NBA season

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Notable Occurrences

The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Orlando Magic enter the NBA as the league's 26th and 27th franchise.
The 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 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.

Central Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Detroit Pistons C 59 23 .720 -
Chicago Bulls 55 27 .671 4
Milwaukee Bucks 44 38 .537 15
Cleveland Cavaliers 42 40 .512 17
Indiana Pacers 42 40 .512 17
Atlanta Hawks 41 41 .500 18
Orlando Magic 18 64 .220 41

Pacific Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Los Angeles Lakers 63 19 .768 -
Portland Trail Blazers 59 23 .720 4
Phoenix Suns 54 28 .659 9
Seattle SuperSonics 41 41 .500 22
Golden State Warriors 37 45 .451 26
Los Angeles Clippers 30 52 .366 33
Sacramento Kings 23 59 .280 40

C - NBA Champions

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