In an effort to increase scoring, the NBA's competition committee voted to shorten the three-point field goal line to a uniform 22 feet around the basket beginning this season and lasting through the 1996-97 NBA season. Lenny Wilkens passed Red Auerbach to become the NBA's all-time leader in wins, which stood for 15 years.They were swept in four straight games by the defending-champion Houston Rockets. The Orlando Magic became the first of the four late-1980s expansion franchises to reach the NBA Finals.Grant Hill became the first rookie in professional sports to lead fan balloting for the NBA All-Star Game.Due to extensive renovations to the Seattle Center Coliseum (now known as KeyArena), the Seattle SuperSonics played their home games at the Tacoma Dome, in nearby Tacoma, Washington.The Cleveland Cavaliers played their first game at Gund Arena (now known as Quicken Loans Arena).
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