1991–92 Phoenix Suns season

The 1991–92 NBA season was the 24th season for the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association.[1] The Suns were led by head coach Cotton Fitzsimmons, which would be the last of his four-season second stint as coach of the Suns. All home games were played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The team got off to a slow 5–9 start, but went on a nine-game winning streak as they won 14 of their next 15 games. The Suns finished third in the Pacific Division with a 53–29 record. In the first round of the playoffs, they swept the San Antonio Spurs in three straight games, but lost 4–1 to the Portland Trail Blazers in the semifinals.

1991–92 Phoenix Suns season
Head coachCotton Fitzsimmons
General managerJerry Colangelo
OwnersJerry Colangelo
ArenaArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record53–29 (.646)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Pacific)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishWest Conference Semifinals
(eliminated 1-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKUTP
ASPN
RadioKTAR

Guard Jeff Hornacek led the Suns in scoring, averaging 20.1 points for the season. Fellow guard mates Kevin Johnson and Dan Majerle were second and third in scoring, with Johnson's 19.7 points and team-leading assist average, 10.7, to go with Majerle's 17.3 scoring average. Tom Chambers, at 32 years of age, appeared in 69 games and averaged 16.3 point per contest. Hornacek finished the season third in three-point field goal percentage, while Johnson's assist average was good for second-best in the league.

Majerle was selected to appear in his first-career All-Star Game along with Hornacek, while by season's end, Johnson was selected to the All-NBA Third Team. Second-year forward Cedric Ceballos won the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend in Orlando. Following the season, Hornacek was traded along with Tim Perry and Andrew Lang to the Philadelphia 76ers for NBA All Star Charles Barkley.[2]

Draft picks
Main article: 1991 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
2 32 Chad Gallagher Center  United States Creighton
2 46 Richard Dumas Forward  United States Oklahoma State
2 50 Joey Wright Guard  United States Texas

Roster
Phoenix Suns roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOB (Y-M-D)From
SG 15 Burtt, Steve 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1962-11-05 Iona
SF 23 Ceballos, Cedric 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1969-08-02 Cal State Fullerton
PF 24 Chambers, Tom 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1959-06-21 Utah
SF 21 Dumas, Richard (S) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1969-05-19 Oklahoma State
SG 14 Hornacek, Jeff 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1963-05-03 Iowa State
PG 7 Johnson, Kevin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1966-03-04 California
PG 32 Knight, Negele  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1967-03-06 Dayton
C 28 Lang, Andrew 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1966-06-28 Arkansas
SG 9 Majerle, Dan 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1965-09-09 Central Michigan
C 0 Mustaf, Jerrod 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1969-10-28 Maryland
PF 45 Nealy, Ed 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1960-02-19 Kansas State
PF 34 Perry, Tim 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1965-06-04 Temple
PF 31 Rambis, Kurt 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1958-02-25 Santa Clara
C 41 West, Mark 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1960-11-05 Old Dominion
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster Notes

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Portland Trail Blazers5725.695—33–824–1721–9
x-Golden State Warriors5527.671231–1024–1719–11
x-Phoenix Suns5329.646436–517–2417–13
x-Seattle SuperSonics4735.5731028–1319–2216–14
x-Los Angeles Clippers4537.5491229–1216–2513–17
x-Los Angeles Lakers4339.5241424–1719–2213–17
Sacramento Kings2953.3542821–208–336–24
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

Game log
1992 playoff game log
First Round: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)
Conference Semifinals: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)
1992 playoff schedule

Awards and honors

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

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
Steve Burtt31211.5.463.167.7041.11.9.5.16.0
Cedric Ceballos64411.3.482.167.7362.40.8.3.27.2
Tom Chambers696628.2.431.367.8305.82.1.8.516.3
Jeff Hornacek818138.0.512.439.8865.05.12.0.420.1
Kevin Johnson787837.2.479.217.8073.710.71.5.319.7
Negele Knight42115.0.475.308.6881.12.7.6.15.8
Andrew Lang817124.3.522.000.7686.70.5.62.57.7
Dan Majerle821534.8.478.382.7565.93.31.6.517.3
Jerrod Mustaf52310.5.477..6902.80.9.4.34.5
Ed Nealy5249.7.512.400.6672.10.7.3.03.1
Tim Perry806931.0.523.375.7126.91.7.61.512.3
Kurt Rambis28513.6.463..7783.81.3.4.53.2
Mark West821117.5.632..6374.50.3.21.06.1

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Steve Burtt8013.0.421.000.8571.51.8.6.06.3
Cedric Ceballos8823.5.550..6676.41.5.8.813.5
Tom Chambers7027.7.459.571^.8444.42.7.3.715.6
Jeff Hornacek8842.9.484.471^.9126.45.31.8.320.4
Kevin Johnson8841.9.484.500^.8614.111.61.5.323.6
Andrew Lang8824.0.375..7894.00.3.41.95.6
Dan Majerle7038.0.432.273.962+6.32.91.4.018.6
Ed Nealy808.4.389.3851.000+2.30.5.4.02.9
Tim Perry8823.1.603†..7194.91.4.4.812.4
Mark West8012.0.737†..5002.10.3.3.54.0

† – Minimum 20 field goals made.
^ – Minimum 5 three-pointers made.
+ – Minimum 10 free throws made.

Transactions

Trades
June 27, 1991
 To Cleveland Cavaliers---- To Phoenix Suns----
October 1, 1991
 To New York Knicks---- To Phoenix Suns----

Additions
Date Player Contract Old Team
February 14, 1992 Steve Burtt Signed two 10-day contracts Oklahoma City Cavalry (CBA)
March 5, 1992 Steve Burtt Signed for rest of season Phoenix Suns

Subtractions
Date Player Reason Left New Team
August 6, 1991 Ian Lockhart Free agent Cholet Basket (France)
October 29, 1991 Joey Wright Waived Pensacola HotShots (GBA)
October 30, 1991 Joe Barry Carroll Waived N/A (Retired)
November 15, 1991 Trent Tucker Waived San Antonio Spurs

See also

References
  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHO/1992.html
  2. "Suns Trade 3 For Barkley 76ers Get Hornacek, Perry, Lang". Sun Sentinel. June 18, 1992. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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