1991–92 San Antonio Spurs 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] then signed free agent Vinnie Johnson in December.[3] 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.[4] At midseason, the team signed three-point specialist Trent Tucker.[5] Under replacement Bob Bass, the Spurs would play slightly stronger finishing second in the Midwest Division with a 47–35 record.[6]

1991–92 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coach
General managerBob Bass
Owner(s)Red McCombs
ArenaHemisFair Arena
Results
Record47–35 (.573)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Midwest)
Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(Lost to Suns 0–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKSAT-TV
KABB
Home Sports Entertainment
RadioWOAI

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, and made the All-NBA First Team, the NBA All-Defensive First Team, and was selected for the 1992 NBA All-Star Game.[7] He also finished in third place in Most Valuable Player voting behind Michael Jordan and Clyde Drexler.[8] 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.[9]

However, in March, Robinson went down with a thumb injury, and would not be available for the postseason.[10] 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.[11] Following the season, Strickland signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers,[12] while Bass was fired as head coach, and Johnson retired.

Draft picks
Main article: 1991 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
249Greg SuttonPG United StatesOral Roberts

Roster
1991–92 San Antonio Spurs roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 40 Anderson, Willie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1967–01–08 Georgia
F 35 Carr, Antoine 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1961–07–23 Wichita State
C 30 Copa, Tom 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1964–10–30 Marquette
F 34 Cummings, Terry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1961–03–15 DePaul
F 32 Elliott, Sean 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1968–02–02 Arizona
F 21 Green, Sidney 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1961–01–04 UNLV
G 15 Johnson, Vinnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1956–09–01 Baylor
C 50 Robinson, David  7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1965–08–06 Navy
F 5 Royal, Donald 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1966–05–22 Notre Dame
G 1 Strickland, Rod 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1966–07–11 DePaul
G 23 Sutton, Greg 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1967–12–03 Oral Roberts
G 6 Tucker, Trent 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1959–12–20 Minnesota
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-Utah Jazz5527.671—37–418–2320–6
x-San Antonio Spurs4735.573831–1016–2518–8
Houston Rockets4240.5121328–1314–2712–14
Denver Nuggets2458.2933118–236–358–18
Dallas Mavericks2260.2683315–267–3411–15
Minnesota Timberwolves1567.183409–326–359–17
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Portland Trail Blazers5725.695–
2 y-Utah Jazz5527.6712
3 x-Golden State Warriors5527.6712
4 x-Phoenix Suns5329.6464
5 x-San Antonio Spurs4735.57310
6 x-Seattle SuperSonics4735.57310
7 x-Los Angeles Clippers4537.54912
8 x-Los Angeles Lakers4339.52414
9 Houston Rockets4240.51215
10 Sacramento Kings2953.35428
11 Denver Nuggets2458.29333
12 Dallas Mavericks2260.26835
13 Minnesota Timberwolves1567.18342
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
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 —3–12–20–50–52–02–01–41–12–01–41–10–22–23–12–03–12–22–22–22–00–21–10–21–11–12–2
Boston 1–3—3–11–33–11–11–14–01–11–12–22–02–03–22–20–22–33–25–03–11–11–12–01–12–01–13–1
Charlotte 2–21–3—0–42–31–11–11–41–10–23–20–21–11–32–31–11–30–43–13–11–10–21–12–01–10–22–2
Chicago 5–03–14–0—3–22–02–04–11–11–13–12–01–14–03–22–04–04–03–13–11–12–02–01–12–01–14–0
Cleveland 5–01–33–22–3—1–11–13–11–11–15–01–12–03–13–12–02–24–03–14–01–10–22–01–11–11–14–0
Dallas 0–21–11–10–21–1—3–20–20–44–21–11–30–41–11–13–20–20–21–10–22–20–41–30–50–41–40–2
Denver 0–21–11–10–21–12–3—0–20–42–30–20–41–30–21–12–31–10–22–02–01–31–32–21–41–31–51–1
Detroit 4–10–44–11–41–32–02–0—1–12–02–20–22–02–23–21–12–22–24–03–10–22–02–01–11–11–13–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–11–14–04–01–1—2–22–03–23–21–12–04–02–01–12–01–13–22–35–02–23–21–32–0
Houston 0–21–12–01–11–12–43–20–22–2—1–12–22–22–01–13–21–11–12–01–11–33–13–13–21–31–42–0
Indiana 4–12–22–31–30–51–12–02–20–21–1—0–22–03–14–12–02–21–32–22–21–10–21–12–00–21–12–2
L.A. Clippers 1–10–22–00–21–13–14–02–02–32–22–0—2–32–02–04–01–10–22–01–13–22–32–32–22–31–30–2
L.A. Lakers 2–00–21–11–10–24–03–10–22–32–20–23–2—2–01–13–12–02–02–02–02–31–44–11–31–41–31–1
Miami 2–22–33–10–41–31–12–02–21–10–21–30–20–2—4–02–02–21–43–11–40–20–22–01–11–11–15–0
Milwaukee 1–32–23–22–31–31–11–12–30–21–11–40–21–10–4—2–00–41–33–13–10–20–20–21–11–11–13–1
Minnesota 0–22–01–10–20–22–33–21–10–42–30–20–41–30–20–2—0–20–20–20–20–40–41–30–60–42–30–2
New Jersey 1–33–23–10–42–22–01–12–20–21–12–21–10–22–24–02–0—2–33–13–21–11–11–11–10–20–22–3
New York 2–22–34–00–40–42–02–02–21–11–13–12–00–24–13–12–03–2—4–13–11–11–11–10–22–02–04–0
Orlando 2–20–51–31–31–31–10–20–40–20–22–20–20–21–31–32–01–31–4—3–20–20–20–21–11–10–22–3
Philadelphia 2–21–31–31–30–42–00–21–31–11–12–21–10–24–11–32–02–31–32–3—0–21–11–11–12–00–25–0
Phoenix 0–21–11–11–11–12–23–12–02–33–11–12–33–22–02–04–01–11–12–02–0—3–24–13–13–22–22–0
Portland 2–01–12–00–22–04–03–10–23–21–32–03–24–12–02–04–01–11–12–01–12–3—5–02–24–12–22–0
Sacramento 1–10–21–10–20–23–12–20–20–51–31–13–21–40–22–03–11–11–12–01–11–40–5—1–31–41–32–0
San Antonio 2–01–10–21–11–15–04–11–12–22–30–22–23–11–11–16–01–12–01–11–11–32–23–1—3–11–40–2
Seattle 1–10–21–10–21–14–03–11–12–33–12–03–24–11–11–14–02–00–21–10–22–31–44–11–3—3–12–0
Utah 1–11–12–01–11–14–15–11–13–14–11–13–13–11–11–13–22–00–22–02–02–22–23–14–11–3—2–0
Washington 2–21–32–20–40–42–01–11–30–20–22–22–01–10–51–32–03–20–43–20–50–20–20–22–00–20–2—

Playoffs
1992 playoff game log
First Round: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 24 @ Phoenix L 111–117 Terry Cummings (30) Terry Cummings (12) Rod Strickland (9) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
14,496		 0–1
2 April 26 @ Phoenix L 107–119 Terry Cummings (31) Terry Cummings (10) Rod Strickland (10) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
14,496		 0–2
3 April 29 Phoenix L 92–101 Antoine Carr (20) Cummings, Carr (12) three players tied (5) HemisFair Arena
14,853		 0–3
1992 schedule

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 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 ..8204.3 .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

Playoffs
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

Awards and records

References
  1. 1991-92 San Antonio Spurs
  2. "SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO BASKETBALL; Carr to Spurs, Schintzius to Kings". New York Times. September 24, 1991. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  3. "Spurs sign Vinnie Johnson". UPI Archives. December 12, 1991. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  4. "BASKETBALL; Brown's 'Last Stop' Is Job With Clippers". New York Times. February 7, 1992. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  5. "SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO BASKETBALL; Tucker Joins Spurs". New York Times. February 28, 1992. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  6. "1991–92 San Antonio Spurs Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  7. "1992 NBA All-Star Game: West 153, East 113". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  8. "1991–92 NBA Awards Voting". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  9. "1991–92 San Antonio Spurs Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  10. "Robinson out for season and start of playoffs after surgery". UPI Archives. March 28, 1992. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  11. "PRO BASKETBALL; Jordan Scores 56 Points, Finishing Sweep of Heat". New York Times. April 30, 1992. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  12. "BLAZERS SIGN FREE AGENT STRICKLAND". Deseret News. July 4, 1992. Retrieved December 1, 2021.

See also
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