1992–93 Indiana Pacers season

The 1992–93 NBA season was the Pacers' 17th season in the National Basketball Association, and 26th season as a franchise.[1] In the off-season, the Pacers acquired Pooh Richardson and Sam Mitchell from the Minnesota Timberwolves.[2] The team played mediocre basketball once again losing six straight games between December and January after a 13–10 start, then went on a 7-game losing streak in February. However, they would recover and play around .500 for the remainder of the season. On the final day of the regular season, the Pacers defeated the Miami Heat 94–88 on April 24, finishing fifth in the Central Division with a 41–41 record, and winning a tie-breaker over the Orlando Magic for the #8 seed in the Eastern Conference.[3][4]

1992–93 Indiana Pacers season
Head coachBob Hill
General managerDonnie Walsh
Owner(s)Herbert Simon
ArenaMarket Square Arena
Results
Record41–41 (.500)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Central)
Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(Lost to Knicks 1–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television
RadioWNDE

Reggie Miller led the team in scoring averaging 21.2 points per game, and tied in first place in the league with 167 three-point field goals, while 2-time Sixth Man of the Year Detlef Schrempf averaged 19.1 points, 9.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game in his first season as a starter, and was selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game.[5] In addition, Rik Smits provided the team with 14.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, while Richardson contributed 10.4 points and 7.7 assists per game, second-year forward Dale Davis provided with 8.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game, and Vern Fleming contributed 9.5 points and 3.0 assists per game off the bench.[6]

However, in the Eastern Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Pacers would lose in four games to the top-seeded New York Knicks.[7] This was the fourth consecutive year that the Pacers lost in the opening round of the playoffs. Following the season, Schrempf was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics,[8] while head coach Bob Hill was fired and replaced by Larry Brown, who left coaching the Los Angeles Clippers,[9] and George McCloud left to play in Italy.

Draft picks
Main article: 1992 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
114Malik SealySG/SF United StatesSt. John's

Roster
1992–93 Indiana Pacers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F/C 32 Davis, Dale 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1969–03–25 Clemson
C 54 Dreiling, Greg 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1962–11–07 Kansas
G 10 Fleming, Vern 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1962–02–04 Georgia
G 23 Green, Sean 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1970–02–01 Iona
G/F 20 McCloud, George 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1967–05–27 Florida State
G 31 Miller, Reggie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1965–08–24 UCLA
F 5 Mitchell, Sam 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1963–09–02 Mercer
G 24 Richardson, Pooh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1966–05–14 UCLA
F 11 Schrempf, Detlef 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1963–01–21 Washington
F 21 Sealy, Malik 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1970–02–01 St. John's
C 45 Smits, Rik 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1966–08–23 Marist
F/C 41 Thompson, LaSalle 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1961–06–23 Texas
F 44 Williams, Kenny 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1969–06–09 Elizabeth City State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

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—

Playoffs
1993 playoff game log
First Round: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 30 @ New York L 104–107 Reggie Miller (36) LaSalle Thompson (7) George McCloud (6) Madison Square Garden
19,763		 0–1
2 May 2 @ New York L 91–101 Rik Smits (29) Dale Davis (9) Detlef Schrempf (7) Madison Square Garden
19,763		 0–2
3 May 4 New York W 116–93 Reggie Miller (36) Rik Smits (8) Pooh Richardson (9) Market Square Arena
11,380		 1–2
4 May 6 New York L 100–109 (OT) Reggie Miller (33) Smits, Davis (12) Pooh Richardson (8) Market Square Arena
13,059		 1–3
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
Reggie Miller 82 82 36.0 47.9 39.9 88.0 3.1 3.2 1.5 0.3 21.2
Detlef Schrempf 82 60 37.8 47.6 15.4 80.4 9.5 6.0 1.0 0.3 19.1
Rik Smits 81 81 25.6 48.6 0.0 73.2 5.3 1.5 0.3 0.9 14.3
Pooh Richardson 74 73 32.4 47.9 10.3 74.2 3.6 7.7 1.3 0.2 10.4
Vern Fleming 75 8 20.0 50.5 19.4 72.6 2.3 3.0 0.8 0.1 9.5
Dale Davis 82 82 27.6 56.8 0.0 52.9 8.8 0.8 0.8 1.8 8.9
George McCloud 78 21 19.2 41.1 32.0 73.5 2.6 2.5 0.7 0.1 7.2
Sam Mitchell 81 1 17.3 44.5 17.4 81.1 3.1 0.9 0.3 0.1 7.2
Kenny Williams 57 0 14.8 53.2 0.0 70.6 4.0 0.7 0.4 0.8 6.1
Malik Sealy 58 2 11.6 42.6 22.6 68.9 1.9 0.8 0.6 0.1 5.7
Sean Green 13 0 6.2 50.9 30.0 75.0 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 4.8
LaSalle Thompson 63 0 11.6 48.8 0.0 74.4 2.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 3.8
Greg Dreiling 43 0 5.6 32.8 0.0 53.3 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.1

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Reggie Miller 4 4 43.8 53.3 52.6 94.7 3.0 2.8 0.8 0.0 31.5
Rik Smits 4 4 35.8 57.8 0.0 72.7 8.0 1.8 1.3 1.0 22.5
Detlef Schrempf 4 4 41.3 46.3 0.0 77.8 5.8 7.3 0.3 0.5 19.5
Vern Fleming 3 3 26.7 44.4 50.0 100.0 1.7 1.0 0.7 0.3 10.0
George McCloud 4 0 19.8 34.8 16.7 25.0 2.8 3.5 1.0 0.3 4.8
Dale Davis 4 4 29.3 66.7 0.0 25.0 8.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 4.3
Pooh Richardson 4 1 23.8 40.0 100.0 66.7 2.8 5.8 0.5 0.0 4.3
LaSalle Thompson 4 0 18.3 33.3 0.0 83.3 3.5 0.8 0.8 0.5 3.8
Sam Mitchell 4 0 6.3 62.5 0.0 100.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
Greg Dreiling 2 0 2.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
Kenny Williams 2 0 5.5 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
Malik Sealy 3 0 6.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7

Player Statistics Citation:[6]

Awards and records

See also

References
  1. 1992-93 Indiana Pacers
  2. "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Wolves Trade Richardson and Mitchell". New York Times. September 9, 1992. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  3. "1992–93 Indiana Pacers Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  4. "PRO BASKETBALL; Pacers Wheel In, Keep Both Magic and Pistons Out". Los Angeles Times. April 25, 1993. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  5. "1993 NBA All-Star Game: West 135, East 132 (OT)". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  6. "1992–93 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  7. "PRO BASKETBALL; Knicks Win With the 3 R's: Rivers, Rivers, Rivers". New York Times. May 7, 1993. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  8. "PRO BASKETBALL; Schrempf Goes To SuperSonics". New York Times. November 2, 1993. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  9. "PRO BASKETBALL; Brown Takes Old Baggage to a New Port". New York Times. June 14, 1993. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
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