1992–93 Cleveland Cavaliers season

The 1992–93 NBA season was the 23rd season of the National Basketball Association in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] During the off-season, the Cavaliers signed free agent Gerald Wilkins,[2] and then traded Steve Kerr to the Orlando Magic during the first month of the regular season.[3] The Cavaliers struggled with an 8–11 start, but then went on a 7-game winning streak afterwards in December. The Cavs also had a 12–1 record in February, then posted a ten-game winning streak in April, finishing 2nd in the Central Division with a 54–28 record.[4]

1992–93 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coachLenny Wilkens
General managerWayne Embry
Owners
ArenaRichfield Coliseum
Results
Record54–28 (.659)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Central)
Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishConference Semi-finals
(Lost to Bulls 0–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television
RadioWWWE

Brad Daugherty led the team averaging 20.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game, while Mark Price averaged 18.2 points and led the team with 8.0 assists per game, and was named to the All-NBA First Team, and Larry Nance averaged 16.5 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. In addition, Craig Ehlo provided the team with 11.6 points per game, while Wilkins contributed 11.1 points per game, and sixth man Hot Rod Williams provided with 11.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game off the bench.[5] Daugherty, Price and Nance were all selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game.[6] Price also finished tied in eighth place in Most Valuable Player voting.[7]

In the Eastern Conference First Round, the Cavaliers defeated the New Jersey Nets in five games,[8] but were swept in four straight games by the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals.[9] Following the season, Lenny Wilkens resigned and took a coaching job with the Atlanta Hawks,[10] while Ehlo signed as a free agent with the Hawks,[11] and Mike Sanders retired.

A forgotten highlight of this season is when the Cavaliers set a franchise record by scoring 83 points in a half. On January 15, 1993, the visiting Cavs trailed the Indiana Pacers 64–49. Behind 17 points in 21 minutes by reserve guard John Battle, Cleveland rallied to win 132–120.[12]

Draft picks
Main article: 1992 NBA Draft

The Cavaliers had no draft picks in 1992.

Roster
1992–93 Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 10 Battle, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1962–11–09 Rutgers
G 11 Brandon, Terrell 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1970–05–20 Oregon
C 43 Daugherty, Brad (C) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1965–10–19 North Carolina
G 3 Ehlo, Craig 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1961–08–11 Washington State
F 35 Ferry, Danny 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1966–10–17 Duke
C 54 Guidinger, Jay 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1969–08–18 Minnesota Duluth
F 30 Lane, Jerome 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1966–12–04 Pittsburgh
F 22 Nance, Larry (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1959–02–12 Clemson
G 14 Phills, Bobby 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1969–12–20 Southern
G 25 Price, Mark (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1964–02–15 Georgia Tech
F 33 Sanders, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1960–05–07 UCLA
G/F 21 Wilkins, Gerald 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1963–09–11 Chattanooga
C 18 Williams, Hot Rod 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1962–08–09 Tulane
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 2, 1992

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Chicago Bulls5725.695—31–1026–1519–9
x-Cleveland Cavaliers5428.659335–619–2222–6
x-Charlotte Hornets4438.5371322–1922–1912–16
x-Atlanta Hawks4339.5241425–1618–2312–16
x-Indiana Pacers4141.5001627–1414–2711–17
Detroit Pistons4042.4881728–1312–2912–16
Milwaukee Bucks2854.3412918–2310–3110–18
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-New York Knicks6022.732–
2 y-Chicago Bulls5725.6953
3 x-Cleveland Cavaliers5428.6596
4 x-Boston Celtics4834.58512
5 x-Charlotte Hornets4438.53716
6 x-New Jersey Nets4339.52417
7 x-Atlanta Hawks4339.52417
8 x-Indiana Pacers4141.50019
9 Orlando Magic4141.50019
10 Detroit Pistons4042.48820
11 Miami Heat3646.43924
12 Milwaukee Bucks2854.34132
13 Philadelphia 76ers2656.31736
14 Washington Bullets2260.26838
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—

Game log
1992–93 game log
Total: 54–28 (Home: 35–6; Road: 19–22)
November: 6–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1November 6, 1992Chicago
2November 8, 1992Charlotte
3November 10, 1992Washington
4November 12, 1992@ Golden State
5November 13, 1992@ Portland
6November 15, 1992@ Sacramento
7November 17, 1992@ San Antonio
8November 19, 1992@ Houston
9November 21, 1992@ Dallas
10November 24, 1992Milwaukee
11November 25, 1992@ Milwaukee
12November 27, 1992
7:30 pm EST		Atlanta W 122–101 Price,
Wilkins (20)		 Nance (14) Price (7) Richfield Coliseum
20,273		 6–6
13November 28, 1992@ Orlando
December: 11–5 (Home: 8–3; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
14December 1, 1992Boston
15December 3, 1992New York
16December 5, 1992Portland
17December 8, 1992L.A. Clippers
18December 9, 1992@ Chicago
19December 11, 1992@ Detroit
20December 12, 1992Seattle
21December 15, 1992Houston
22December 16, 1992@ Philadelphia
23December 18, 1992Sacramento
24December 19, 1992Utah
25December 21, 1992@ Washington
26December 23, 1992Indiana
27December 26, 1992New Jersey
28December 28, 1992Detroit
29December 29, 1992
7:30 pm EST		@ Atlanta W 114–96 Daugherty
,Nance (22)		 Daugherty (13) Price (7) The Omni
10,703		 17–12
January: 8–6 (Home: 6–1; Road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
30January 2, 1993L.A. Lakers
31January 5, 1993@ New York
32January 6, 1993Chicago
33January 9, 1993Minnesota
34January 12, 1993Boston
35January 13, 1993@ New Jersey
36January 15, 1993@ Indiana
37January 16, 1993
7:30 pm EST		Atlanta W 127–99 Nance (20) Nance (14) Brandon (9) Richfield Coliseum
20,273		 22–15
38January 20, 1993Phoenix
39January 22, 1993@ L.A. Clippers
40January 23, 1993@ Denver
41January 26, 1993@ Utah
42January 28, 1993Orlando
43January 30, 1993@ Miami
February: 12–1 (Home: 6–0; Road: 6–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
44February 2, 1993Golden State
45February 3, 1993@ Milwaukee
46February 5, 1993Detroit
47February 6, 1993
7:30 pm EST		@ Atlanta W 120–109 Daugherty (28) Nance (11) Price (7) The Omni
15,381		 29–18
48February 9, 1993@ Charlotte
49February 10, 1993@ Orlando
50February 12, 1993Milwaukee
51February 13, 1993@ Chicago
52February 15, 1993Indiana
53February 17, 1993Dallas
54February 23, 1993Miami
55February 26, 1993@ L.A. Lakers
56February 28, 1993@ Phoenix
March: 6–6 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
57March 2, 1993@ Seattle
58March 4, 1993@ Minnesota
59March 7, 1993@ Boston
60March 8, 1993Denver
61March 11, 1993Charlotte
62March 15, 1993@ Washington
63March 16, 1993Philadelphia
64March 18, 1993New York
65March 20, 1993@ Miami
66March 23, 1993San Antonio
67March 26, 1993@ Philadelphia
68March 28, 1993@ Detroit
April: 11–3 (Home: 7–0; Road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
69April 1, 1993@ New York
70April 2, 1993@ Charlotte
71April 4, 1993New Jersey
72April 6, 1993Miami
73April 9, 1993Washington
74April 10, 1993@ New Jersey
75April 13, 1993
7:30 pm EDT		@ Atlanta W 112–109 (2 OT) Price (24) Daugherty (17) Daugherty,
Price (7)		 The Omni
9,450		 48–27
76April 15, 1993@ Milwaukee
77April 16, 1993Orlando
78April 18, 1993Chicago
79April 20, 1993Detroit
80April 21, 1993@ Indiana
81April 23, 1993@ Boston
82April 25, 1993Philadelphia
1992–93 schedule

Playoffs
1993 playoff game log
First round: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 29 New Jersey W 114–98 Craig Ehlo (16) Brad Daugherty (14) Mark Price (7) Richfield Coliseum
18,339		 1–0
2 May 1 New Jersey L 99–101 Price, Nance (17) Larry Nance (12) Mark Price (11) Richfield Coliseum
20,273		 1–1
3 May 5 @ New Jersey W 93–84 Larry Nance (23) Larry Nance (17) Mark Price (4) Brendan Byrne Arena
16,453		 2–1
4 May 7 @ New Jersey L 79–96 Brad Daugherty (29) four players tied (5) Mark Price (6) Brendan Byrne Arena
15,238		 2–2
1 May 9 New Jersey W 99–89 Brad Daugherty (24) Brad Daugherty (20) Brad Daugherty (8) Richfield Coliseum
17,388		 3–2
Conference Semi-finals: 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 11 @ Chicago L 84–91 Gerald Wilkins (19) Nance, Daugherty (8) Brad Daugherty (6) Chicago Stadium
18,676		 0–1
2 May 13 @ Chicago L 85–104 Larry Nance (16) Nance, Daugherty (7) Mark Price (8) Chicago Stadium
18,676		 0–2
3 May 15 Chicago L 90–96 Larry Nance (24) Brad Daugherty (11) three players tied (6) Richfield Coliseum
20,273		 0–3
4 May 17 Chicago L 101–103 Brad Daugherty (25) Brad Daugherty (13) Wilkins, Price (6) Richfield Coliseum
20,274		 0–4
1993 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
Brad Daugherty 71 71 37.9 57.1 50.0 79.5 10.2 4.4 0.7 0.8 20.2
Mark Price 75 74 31.7 48.4 41.6 94.8 2.7 8.0 1.2 0.1 18.2
Larry Nance 77 77 35.8 54.9 0.0 81.8 8.7 2.9 0.7 2.6 16.5
Craig Ehlo 82 73 31.2 49.0 38.1 71.7 4.9 3.1 1.3 0.3 11.6
Gerald Wilkins 80 35 26.0 45.3 27.6 84.0 2.7 2.3 1.0 0.2 11.1
Hot Rod Williams 67 13 30.7 47.0 0.0 71.6 6.2 2.3 0.7 1.6 11.0
Terrell Brandon 82 8 19.8 47.8 31.0 82.5 2.2 3.7 1.0 0.3 8.8
Mike Sanders 53 51 22.4 49.7 25.0 75.6 3.2 1.4 0.7 0.6 8.6
Danny Ferry 76 1 19.2 47.9 41.5 87.6 3.7 1.8 0.4 0.6 7.5
John Battle 41 0 12.1 41.5 16.7 77.8 0.7 1.3 0.2 0.1 5.4
Bobby Phills 31 0 4.5 46.3 40.0 60.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 3.0
Jerome Lane 21 2 7.1 50.0 0.0 25.0 2.5 0.8 0.6 0.1 2.8
Steve Kerr 5 0 8.2 50.0 0.0 100.0 1.4 2.2 0.4 0.0 2.4
Jay Guidinger 32 5 6.7 34.5 0.0 52.0 2.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.6

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Brad Daugherty 9 9 39.6 55.7 0.0 80.0 11.7 3.4 0.7 0.8 18.7
Larry Nance 9 9 36.6 56.5 0.0 76.7 8.2 2.3 0.9 1.6 16.1
Mark Price 9 9 32.0 44.3 30.8 95.8 2.1 6.1 1.7 0.0 13.0
Craig Ehlo 9 9 32.1 41.8 38.5 80.0 3.4 2.8 1.3 0.4 10.9
Gerald Wilkins 9 2 26.2 43.7 33.3 76.5 1.8 2.7 1.0 0.2 10.3
Hot Rod Williams 9 0 26.3 40.0 0.0 75.0 4.6 1.9 0.6 1.6 9.0
Terrell Brandon 8 0 16.5 43.5 40.0 100.0 2.1 2.1 0.9 0.4 6.4
Mike Sanders 8 7 18.1 41.7 0.0 60.0 2.3 1.3 1.0 0.1 5.8
Danny Ferry 8 0 14.8 38.2 44.4 90.0 3.1 1.8 0.5 0.4 4.9
Bobby Phills 2 0 4.5 33.3 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Jay Guidinger 4 0 3.8 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5
John Battle 1 0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Player Statistics Citation:[1]

Awards and records

References
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