1992–93 San Antonio Spurs season

The 1992–93 NBA season was the Spurs' 17th season in the National Basketball Association, and 26th season as a franchise.[1] During the offseason, Terry Cummings suffered a serious knee injury and only played in the final eight games of the season.[2] With the acquisition of Dale Ellis from the Milwaukee Bucks and signing free agent Vinny Del Negro, plus re-signing Avery Johnson after a brief stint with the Houston Rockets, the Spurs struggled with a 9–11 start to the season as new head coach Jerry Tarkanian was fired. After playing one game under Rex Hughes, the team hired John Lucas II as their new coach. At midseason, they acquired J.R. Reid from the Charlotte Hornets. Under Lucas, the Spurs would play solid basketball posting a 10-game winning streak in January, then winning eight straight in February, finishing second in the Midwest Division with a 49–33 record. David Robinson and Sean Elliott were both selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game.

1992–93 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coachJerry Tarkanian
Rex Hughes
John Lucas II
ArenaHemisFair Arena
Results
Record49–33 (.598)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Midwest)
Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishWest Semifinals
(Lost to Suns 2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKABB
Home Sports Entertainment
RadioWOAI
KCOR (Spanish)

In the playoffs, they defeated the 4th-seeded Portland Trail Blazers three games to one in the Western Conference Quarterfinals, but lost in six games to the Phoenix Suns in the semifinals. It was also their final year playing at HemisFair Arena. Following the season, Elliott was traded to the Detroit Pistons,[3] and Johnson signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors.

Draft picks
Main article: 1992 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
118Tracy MurraySF United StatesUCLA
244Henry WilliamsG United StatesUNC-Charlotte

Roster
Roster listing
San Antonio Spurs roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
SG 40 Anderson, Willie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Georgia
PF 35 Carr, Antoine 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Wichita State
PF 34 Cummings, Terry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) DePaul
SG 24 Daniels, Lloyd 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Mt. San Antonio College
PG 15 Del Negro, Vinny 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) North Carolina State
SF 32 Elliott, Sean 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Arizona
SG 3 Ellis, Dale 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Tennessee
PG 6 Johnson, Avery 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Southern
SG 5 Mack, Sam 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Houston
PF 7 Reid, J. R. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 247 lb (112 kg) North Carolina
C 50 Robinson, David 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Navy
PF 2 Smith, Larry 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Alcorn State
PF 10 Wood, David 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 227 lb (103 kg) Nevada
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Houston Rockets5527.671—31–1024–17

19–7

x-San Antonio Spurs4933.598631–1018–2317–9
x-Utah Jazz4735.573828–1319–2216–10
Denver Nuggets3646.4391928–138–3313–13
Minnesota Timberwolves1963.2323611–308–3310–16
Dallas Mavericks1171.134447–344–373–23
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Phoenix Suns6220.756–
2 y-Houston Rockets5527.6717
3 x-Seattle SuperSonics5527.6717
4 x-Portland Trail Blazers5131.62211
5 x-San Antonio Spurs4933.59813
6 x-Utah Jazz4735.57318
7 x-Los Angeles Clippers4141.50021
8 x-Los Angeles Lakers3943.47623
9 Denver Nuggets3646.43926
10 Golden State Warriors3448.41528
11 Sacramento Kings2557.30537
12 Minnesota Timberwolves1963.23243
13 Dallas Mavericks1171.13451
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1992-93 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 —2–23–22–20–51–12–02–32–01–12–21–11–13–13–22–01–32–21–33–10–21–11–12–01–12–02–2
Boston 2–2—3–11–33–12–02–01–32–01–12–21–11–13–12–22–04–01–43–24–10–22–01–11–10–20–24–1
Charlotte 2–31–3—2–31–32–01–14–12–00–20–51–11–12–23–12–02–21–33–14–00–21–12–01–11–11–14–0
Chicago 2–23–13–2—2–32–01–13–12–00–25–02–00–23–14–12–04–01–33–12–21–12–02–00–22–02–04–0
Cleveland 5–01–33–13–2—2–01–13–22–01–14–01–12–02–24–12–02–21–32–24–02–00–21–11–11–11–13–1
Dallas 1–10–20–20–20–2—1–51–10–41–41–10–41–30–20–21–40–20–21–11–10–40–40–40–51–30–51–1
Denver 0–20–21–11–11–15–1—1–13–12–31–12–21–30–21–13–21–11–10–21–11–31–33–11–41–32–32–0
Detroit 3–23–11–41–32–31–11–1—0–21–13–21–11–11–32–21–13–12–23–13–10–21–12–00–20–20–24–0
Golden State 0–20–20–20–20–24–01–32–0—2–20–22–31–42–01–13–11–10–21–11–11–40–54–13–11–43–11–1
Houston 1–11–12–02–01–14–13–21–12–2—2–04–03–12–01–14–21–11–11–12–02–21–34–04–11–34–11–1
Indiana 2–22–25–00–50–41–11–12–32–00–2—1–11–12–22–31–13–11–32–23–11–11–12–01–12–00–23–1
L.A. Clippers 1–11–11–10–21–14–02–21–13–20–41–1—3–20–22–04–00–22–01–11–13–22–33–20–41–42–22–0
L.A. Lakers 1–11–11–12–00–23–13–11–14–11–31–12–3—0–21–13–10–20–21–12–00–53–23–22–21–41–32–0
Miami 1–31–32–21–32–22–02–03–10–20–22–22–02–0—2–22–02–30–53–21–30–21–11–11–11–10–22–3
Milwaukee 2–32–21–31–41–42–01–12–21–11–13–20–21–12–2—1–10–41–32–22–20–20–21–10–20–20–21–3
Minnesota 0–20–20–20–20–24–12–31–11–32–41–10–41–30–21–1—1–10–20–20–20–41–31–31–40–41–41–1
New Jersey 3–10–42–20–42–22–01–11–31–11–11–32–02–03–24–01–1—1–33–23–21–10–22–01–11–11–14–1
New York 2–24–13–13–13–12–01–12–22–01–13–10–22–05–03–12–03–1—2–25–01–11–12–02–01–11–14–1
Orlando 3–12–31–31–32–21–12–01–31–11–12–21–11–12–32–22–02–32–2—3–20–22–02–00–20–21–14–0
Philadelphia 1–31–40–42–20–41–11–11–31–10–21–31–10–23–12–22–02–30–52–3—0–20–21–10–21–10–23–1
Phoenix 2–02–02–01–10–24–03–12–04–12–21–12–35–02–02–04–01–11–12–02–0—3–25–03–12–33–12–0
Portland 1–10–21–10–22–04–03–11–15–03–11–13–22–31–12–03–12–01–10–22–02–3—5–02–22–32–21–1
Sacramento 1–11–10–20–21–14–01–30–21–40–40–22–32–31–11–13–10–20–20–21–10–50–5—2–21–42–21–1
San Antonio 0–21–11–12–01–15–04–12–01–31–41–14–02–21–12–04–11–10–22–02–01–32–22–2—3–13–31–1
Seattle 1–12–01–10–21–13–13–12–04–13–10–24–14–11–12–04–01–11–12–01–13–23–24–11–3—2–22–0
Utah 0–22–01–10–21–15–03–22–01–31–42–02–23–12–02–04–11–11–11–12–01–32–22–23–32–2—1–1
Washington 2–21–40–40–41–31–10–20–41–11–11–30–20–23–23–11–11–41–40–41–30–21–11–11–10–21–1—

Playoffs

West First Round

(4) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (5) San Antonio Spurs: Spurs win series 3-1

Last Playoff Meeting: 1990 Western Conference Semifinals (Portland won 4-3)

West Conference Semifinals

(1) Phoenix Suns vs. (5) San Antonio Spurs: Suns win series 4-2

Last Playoff Meeting: 1992 Western Conference First Round (Phoenix won 3-0)

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

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Willie Anderson 38 7 14.7 .430 .125 .786 1.5 2.1 .4 .2 4.8
William Bedford 16 0 4.1 .333 1.000 .500 .6 .0 .0 .1 1.6
Antoine Carr 71 46 27.4 .538 .000 .777 5.5 1.4 .5 1.2 13.1
Terry Cummings 8 0 9.5 .379 ..500 2.4 .5 .1 .1 3.4
Lloyd Daniels 77 10 20.4 .443 .333 .727 2.8 1.9 .5 .4 9.1
Vinny Del Negro 73 31 20.9 .507 .250 .863 2.2 4.0 .6 .0 7.4
Sean Elliott 70 70 37.2 .491 .356 .795 4.6 3.8 1.0 .4 17.2
Dale Ellis 82 76 33.3 .499 .401 .797 3.8 1.3 1.0 .2 16.7
Sidney Green 15 0 13.5 .408 ..867 4.7 1.3 .3 .2 3.5
Avery Johnson 75 49 27.1 .502 .000 .791 1.9 7.5 1.1 .2 8.7
Sam Mack 40 0 6.7 .398 .136 .776 1.2 .4 .4 .1 3.6
Matt Othick 4 0 9.8 .600 .500 .000 .5 1.8 .3 .0 2.0
J.R. Reid 66 24 24.1 .485 .000 .770 5.8 .8 .5 .4 9.9
David Robinson 82 82 39.2 .501 .176 .732 11.7 3.7 1.5 3.2 23.4
Larry Smith 66 13 12.6 .437 ..409 4.1 .4 .3 .2 1.3
David Wood 64 2 9.3 .444 .238 .836 1.5 .5 .2 .2 2.4

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Willie Anderson 10 0 21.9 .451 .545 .882 2.3 2.8 .9 .2 9.5
Antoine Carr 8 8 21.4 .527 ..600 4.8 1.1 .4 1.1 10.5
Terry Cummings 10 0 13.8 .443 .000 .625 3.9 .5 .3 .1 6.7
Lloyd Daniels 8 0 9.3 .367 .143 .833 1.9 .3 .4 .0 3.5
Vinny Del Negro 80 ...222 1.000 2.4 3.0 .1 .1 5.0
Sean Elliott 10 10 38.1 .472 .214 .925 4.8 3.6 .8 .3 15.8
Dale Ellis 10 10 30.5 .451 .313 .813 3.5 1.1 .4 .0 12.5
Avery Johnson 10 10 31.4 .514 .000 .714 3.1 8.1 1.0 .1 8.2
J.R. Reid 10 2 22.0 .483 .000 .771 5.0 1.5 .8 .8 8.5
David Robinson 10 10 42.1 .465 .000 .664 12.6 4.0 1.0 3.6 23.1
Larry Smith 6 0 8.3 .667 ..750 2.7 .2 .7 .3 1.2
David Wood 5 0 4.0 .500 1.000 ..4 .2 .0 .0 1.0

Awards and records

References
  1. 1992-93 San Antonio Spurs
  2. "Spurs' Cummings May Miss Season". Los Angeles Times. July 10, 1992. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  3. "Pistons Deal Rodman to Spurs : Basketball: They site need for 'a new start' and give up one of NBA's top rebounders, but get an All-Star player in Elliott". Los Angeles Times. October 2, 1993. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

See also
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