1991-92_San_Antonio_Spurs_season

1991–92 San Antonio Spurs season
1991–92 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coach	Larry Brown (fired); Bob Bass (interim);
General manager	Bob Bass
Owner(s)	Red McCombs
Arena	HemisFair Arena
Results
Record	47–35 (.573)
Place	Division: 2nd (Midwest); Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	First round; (lost to Suns 0–3)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KSAT-TV; KABB; Home Sports Entertainment
Radio	WOAI
< 1990–91	1992–93 >

1991–92 San Antonio Spurs season

NBA professional basketball team season

The 1991–92 NBA season was the Spurs' 16th season in the National Basketball Association, and 25th season as a franchise.^[1] During the off-season, the Spurs acquired Antoine Carr from the Sacramento Kings,^[2]^[3] then signed free agent Vinnie Johnson in December.^[4] After a 10–3 start to the season, the Spurs struggled with mediocrity holding a 21–17 record in late January, as head coach Larry Brown was fired, and soon took a coaching job with the Los Angeles Clippers.^[5]^[6]^[7] At midseason, the team signed three-point specialist Trent Tucker.^[8] Under replacement, interim and General Manager Bob Bass, the Spurs held a 27–19 record at the All-Star break,^[9] finishing second in the Midwest Division with a 47–35 record.^[10]

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David Robinson averaged 23.2 points, 12.2 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 4.5 blocks per game, and was named Defensive Player of the Year,^[11] and made the All-NBA First Team, the NBA All-Defensive First Team, and was selected for the 1992 NBA All-Star Game.^[12]^[13] He also finished in third place in Most Valuable Player voting behind Michael Jordan and Clyde Drexler.^[14]^[15]^[16] In addition, Terry Cummings averaged 17.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, while Sean Elliott provided the team with 16.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, Rod Strickland provided with 13.8 points, 8.6 assists and 2.1 steals per game, Willie Anderson contributed 13.1 points and 5.3 assists per game, and Carr averaged 10.9 points per game.^[17]

However, in March, Robinson went down with a thumb injury, and would not be available for the postseason.^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21] Without their star center, the Spurs were swept in three straight games in the Western Conference First Round of the playoffs to the Phoenix Suns.^[22]^[23]^[24] Following the season, Strickland signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers,^[25]^[26]^[27] while Bass was fired as head coach, and Johnson retired.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

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1991-92 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–1	2–2	0–5	0–5	2–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2
Boston	1–3	—	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	5–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	1–3	—	0–4	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2
Chicago	5–0	3–1	4–0	—	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0
Cleveland	5–0	1–3	3–2	2–3	—	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Dallas	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	3–2	0–2	0–4	4–2	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–5	0–4	1–4	0–2
Denver	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–3	—	0–2	0–4	2–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–5	1–1
Detroit	4–1	0–4	4–1	1–4	1–3	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	—	2–2	2–0	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	5–0	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–0
Houston	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–2	0–2	2–2	—	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	3–2	1–3	1–4	2–0
Indiana	4–1	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–0	—	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–3	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–3	2–2	0–2	3–2	—	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	1–4	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
Miami	2–2	2–3	3–1	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	—	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–4	3–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0
Milwaukee	1–3	2–2	3–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	—	2–0	0–4	1–3	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	1–1	0–4	2–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	—	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–6	0–4	2–3	0–2
New Jersey	1–3	3–2	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	—	2–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3
New York	2–2	2–3	4–0	0–4	0–4	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	4–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	—	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0
Orlando	2–2	0–5	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–3	1–4	—	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3
Philadelphia	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–3	2–0	2–3	1–3	2–3	—	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	5–0
Phoenix	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	—	3–2	4–1	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–0
Portland	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	3–2	1–3	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	—	5–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–5	1–3	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	0–5	—	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	5–0	4–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	—	3–1	1–4	0–2
Seattle	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–4	4–1	1–3	—	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	4–1	1–3	—	2–0
Washington	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	0–4	3–2	0–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	—

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

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Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	—	37–4	18–23	20–6
x-San Antonio Spurs	47	35	.573	8	31–10	16–25	18–8
Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	13	28–13	14–27	12–14
Denver Nuggets	24	58	.293	31	18–23	6–35	8–18
Dallas Mavericks	22	60	.268	33	15–26	7–34	11–15
Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	40	9–32	6–35	9–17

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Portland Trail Blazers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	2
3	x-Golden State Warriors	55	27	.671	2
4	x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	4
5	x-San Antonio Spurs	47	35	.573	10
6	x-Seattle SuperSonics	47	35	.573	10
7	x-Los Angeles Clippers	45	37	.549	12
8	x-Los Angeles Lakers	43	39	.524	14

9	Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	15
10	Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	28
11	Denver Nuggets	24	58	.293	33
12	Dallas Mavericks	22	60	.268	35
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	42

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Willie Anderson	57	55	33.1	.455	.232	.775	5.3	5.3	.9	.9	13.1
Steve Bardo	1	0	1.0	.	.	.	1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Jud Buechler	11	0	12.7	.500	.	.333	2.0	1.0	.7	.3	3.0
Antoine Carr	81	27	23.0	.490	.200	.764	4.3	.8	.4	1.2	10.9
Tom Copa	33	1	4.0	.550	.	.308	1.1	.1	.1	.2	1.5
Terry Cummings	70	67	30.7	.488	.385	.711	9.0	1.5	.8	.5	17.3
Sean Elliott	82	82	38.0	.494	.305	.861	5.4	2.6	1.0	.4	16.3
Tom Garrick	19	5	19.7	.473	.000	.625	2.2	3.3	1.1	.1	5.2
Sidney Green	80	1	14.1	.427	.	.820	4.3	.5	.4	.1	4.6
Sean Higgins	6	0	6.0	.267	.000	1.000	1.3	.7	.3	.0	2.5
Avery Johnson	20	14	23.2	.509	.200	.750	1.8	5.0	1.1	.2	6.8
Vinnie Johnson	60	23	22.5	.405	.317	.647	3.0	2.4	.7	.2	8.0
Tony Massenburg	1	0	9.0	.200	.	.	.0	.0	.0	.0	2.0
Paul Pressey	56	7	13.6	.373	.143	.683	.	2.5	.5	.3	2.7
David Robinson	68	68	37.7	.551	.125	.701	12.2	2.7	2.3	4.5	23.2
Donald Royal	60	4	12.0	.449	.	.692	2.1	.6	.4	.1	4.2
Rod Strickland	57	54	36.0	.455	.333	.687	4.6	8.6	2.1	.3	13.8
Greg Sutton	67	2	9.0	.388	.292	.756	.7	1.4	.4	.1	3.7
Trent Tucker	24	0	17.3	.465	.396	.800	1.5	1.1	.9	.1	6.5
Morlon Wiley	3	0	4.3	.600	.	.	.3	.3	.0	.0	2.0

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Antoine Carr	3	3	36.3	.545	.500	.625	7.7	1.0	.7	3.7	19.7
Terry Cummings	3	3	40.7	.515	.000	.500	11.3	2.3	1.3	1.3	26.0
Sean Elliott	3	3	45.7	.475	.625	.889	4.3	2.7	1.0	1.3	19.7
Sidney Green	3	0	15.7	.300	.	.750	3.7	.7	.0	.0	3.0
Vinnie Johnson	3	0	23.0	.458	.500	.500	2.7	2.3	1.7	.3	8.3
Paul Pressey	3	2	15.3	.333	.500		1.0	1.0	1.0	.3	4.3
Donald Royal	3	2	19.0	.556	.	.556	4.0	.0	.7	.7	5.0
Rod Strickland	2	2	40.0	.591	.	.625	3.5	9.5	1.5	1.0	15.5
Greg Sutton	2	0	7.5	.333	.000	1.000	.0	1.0	.5	.5	3.5
Trent Tucker	3	0	12.7	.429	.200	1.000	1.0	.7	.0	.0	4.7

1991-92_San_Antonio_Spurs_season

1991–92 San Antonio Spurs season

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

References

See also

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