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1991–92 Golden State Warriors season

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1991–92 Golden State Warriors season
Head coachDon Nelson
ArenaOakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Results
Record55–27 (.671)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest First Round
(lost to SuperSonics 1–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKPIX-TV
KICU-TV
SportsChannel Pacific
RadioKNBR
< 1990–91 1992–93 >

The 1991–92 NBA season was the Warriors' 46th season in the National Basketball Association, and 29th in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1] On the first day of the regular season, Run TMC was broken up when the Warriors traded star guard Mitch Richmond to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for top draft pick, and 6' 8" Syracuse forward Billy Owens,[2][3][4][5] who was selected 3rd overall by the Kings in the 1991 NBA draft.[6][7] Owen's additional height compared to Richmond's 6' 5" height was the size that head coach Don Nelson believed would complete the team.[8][9][10] Nelson said he "was under pressure to get [the team] bigger" to improve the Warriors from a good team to a great one.[11] "I’d never make that trade again", Nelson lamented.[11] The Warriors started their season winning their first four games, then won 11 of their 15 games in February including an 8-game winning streak. The team held a 29–15 record at the All-Star break,[12] and finished second in the Pacific Division with a 55–27 record, the most wins in a season for the franchise since 1975–76.[13]

Chris Mullin averaged 25.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game, while Tim Hardaway averaged 23.4 points, 10.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game. Mullin was named to the All-NBA First Team, while Hardaway was selected to the All-NBA Second Team, and Nelson was named Coach of the Year.[14][15] In addition, Owens provided the team with 14.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, while sixth man Sarunas Marciulionis contributed 18.9 points and 1.6 steals per game off the bench, and Rod Higgins provided with 10.2 points per game off the bench, but only played just 25 games due to a wrist injury.[16][17][18] Mullin and Hardaway were both selected for the 1992 NBA All-Star Game, with Nelson coaching the Western Conference.[19][20][21] Mullin also finished in sixth place in Most Valuable Player voting, while Hardaway finished in eighth place, Owens finished in third place in Rookie of the Year voting, and Marciulionis finished in second place in Sixth Man of the Year voting.[22][23]

However, in the Western Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Warriors lost in four games to the 6th-seeded Seattle SuperSonics, losing the final two games by just four points.[24][25][26] Following the season, Higgins signed as a free agent with the Sacramento Kings during the next season,[27][28] and second-year guard Mario Elie signed with the Portland Trail Blazers.[29][30]

Draft picks

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Main article: 1991 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 16 Chris Gatling PF  United States Old Dominion
1 17 Victor Alexander C  United States Iowa State
1 25 Shaun Vandiver PF  United States Colorado
2 43 Lamont Strothers SG  United States Christopher Newport

Roster

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1991–92 Golden State Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
C 52 Alexander, Victor 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1969–08–31 Iowa State
SG 4 Askew, Vincent 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1966–02–28 Memphis
SF 35 Buechler, Jud 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1968–06–19 Arizona
SG 20 Elie, Mario 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1963–11–26 American International
PF 25 Gatling, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1967–09–03 Old Dominion
PG 10 Hardaway, Tim 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1966–09–01 UTEP
SF 22 Higgins, Rod 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1960–01–31 Fresno State
PF 32 Hill, Tyrone 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1968–03–19 Xavier
SF 11 Jackson, Jaren 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1967–10–27 Georgetown
C 53 Lister, Alton 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1958–10–01 Arizona State
SG 13 Marciulionis, Sarunas 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1964–06–13 Lithuania
SF 17 Mullin, Chris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1963–07–30 St. John's
SF 30 Owens, Billy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1969–05–01 Syracuse
PF 43 Petersen, Jim 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1962–02–22 Minnesota
SF 3 Tolbert, Tom 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1965–10–16 Arizona
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 9, 1992

Regular season

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Season standings

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Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Portland Trail Blazers 57 25 .695 — 33–8 24–17 21–9
x-Golden State Warriors 55 27 .671 2 31–10 24–17 19–11
x-Phoenix Suns 53 29 .646 4 36–5 17–24 17–13
x-Seattle SuperSonics 47 35 .573 10 28–13 19–22 16–14
x-Los Angeles Clippers 45 37 .549 12 29–12 16–25 13–17
x-Los Angeles Lakers 43 39 .524 14 24–17 19–22 13–17
Sacramento Kings 29 53 .354 28 21–20 8–33 6–24
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Portland Trail Blazers 57 25 .695 –
2 y-Utah Jazz 55 27 .671 2
3 x-Golden State Warriors 55 27 .671 2
4 x-Phoenix Suns 53 29 .646 4
5 x-San Antonio Spurs 47 35 .573 10
6 x-Seattle SuperSonics 47 35 .573 10
7 x-Los Angeles Clippers 45 37 .549 12
8 x-Los Angeles Lakers 43 39 .524 14
9 Houston Rockets 42 40 .512 15
10 Sacramento Kings 29 53 .354 28
11 Denver Nuggets 24 58 .293 33
12 Dallas Mavericks 22 60 .268 35
13 Minnesota Timberwolves 15 67 .183 42
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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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 – 3–1 2–2 0–5 0–5 2–0 2–0 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–4 1–1 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–2
Boston 1–3 – 3–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–2 0–2 2–3 3–2 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1
Charlotte 2–2 1–3 – 0–4 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–2 3–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–3 1–1 1–3 0–4 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–2
Chicago 5–0 3–1 4–0 – 3–2 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 3–2 2–0 4–0 4–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–0
Cleveland 5–0 1–3 3–2 2–3 – 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 4–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0
Dallas 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 – 3–2 0–2 0–4 4–2 1–1 1–3 0–4 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–4 1–3 0–5 0–4 1–4 0–2
Denver 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–3 – 0–2 0–4 2–3 0–2 0–4 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–3 2–2 1–4 1–3 1–5 1–1
Detroit 4–1 0–4 4–1 1–4 1–3 2–0 2–0 – 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 2–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 4–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1
Golden State 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 4–0 1–1 – 2–2 2–0 3–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–3 5–0 2–2 3–2 1–3 2–0
Houston 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–4 3–2 0–2 2–2 – 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 3–1 3–1 3–2 1–3 1–4 2–0
Indiana 4–1 2–2 2–3 1–3 0–5 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 – 0–2 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–2
L.A. Clippers 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–3 2–2 2–0 – 2–3 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–3 2–3 2–2 2–3 1–3 0–2
L.A. Lakers 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 4–0 3–1 0–2 2–3 2–2 0–2 3–2 – 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–3 1–4 4–1 1–3 1–4 1–3 1–1
Miami 2–2 2–3 3–1 0–4 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–2 – 4–0 2–0 2–2 1–4 3–1 1–4 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–0
Milwaukee 1–3 2–2 3–2 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 1–4 0–2 1–1 0–4 – 2–0 0–4 1–3 3–1 3–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1
Minnesota 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–3 3–2 1–1 0–4 2–3 0–2 0–4 1–3 0–2 0–2 – 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–4 0–4 1–3 0–6 0–4 2–3 0–2
New Jersey 1–3 3–2 3–1 0–4 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 4–0 2–0 – 2–3 3–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–3
New York 2–2 2–3 4–0 0–4 0–4 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 4–1 3–1 2–0 3–2 – 4–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 4–0
Orlando 2–2 0–5 1–3 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–4 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–3 1–3 2–0 1–3 1–4 – 3–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–3
Philadelphia 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–3 0–4 2–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 4–1 1–3 2–0 2–3 1–3 2–3 – 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 5–0
Phoenix 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 – 3–2 4–1 3–1 3–2 2–2 2–0
Portland 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 4–0 3–1 0–2 3–2 1–3 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 – 5–0 2–2 4–1 2–2 2–0
Sacramento 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 3–1 2–2 0–2 0–5 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–4 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–4 0–5 – 1–3 1–4 1–3 2–0
San Antonio 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 5–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 2–3 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 6–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 3–1 – 3–1 1–4 0–2
Seattle 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–4 4–1 1–3 – 3–1 2–0
Utah 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 5–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 3–1 4–1 1–3 – 2–0
Washington 2–2 1–3 2–2 0–4 0–4 2–0 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–5 1–3 2–0 3–2 0–4 3–2 0–5 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 —

Game log

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Playoffs

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1992 playoff game log
First round: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 23 Seattle L 109–117 Billy Owens (25) Billy Owens (11) Tim Hardaway (6) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
15,025 		0–1
2 April 25 Seattle W 115–101 Tim Hardaway (23) Billy Owens (12) Chris Mullin (6) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
15,025 		1–1
3 April 28 @ Seattle L 128–129 Sarunas Marciulionis (27) Billy Owens (7) Hardaway, Marciulionis (8) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,252 		1–2
4 April 30 @ Seattle L 116–119 Tim Hardaway (27) Chris Gatling (12) Tim Hardaway (11) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,252 		1–3
1992 schedule

Player statistics

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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

Regular season

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Tyrone Hill 82 75 23.0 .522 .000 .694 7.2 .6 .9 .5 8.2
Chris Mullin 81 81 41.3 .524 .366 .833 5.6 3.5 2.1 .8 25.6
Tim Hardaway 81 81 41.1 .461 .338 .766 3.8 10.0 2.0 .2 23.4
Billy Owens 80 77 31.4 .525 .111 .654 8.0 2.4 1.1 .8 14.3
Victor Alexander 80 28 16.9 .529 .000 .691 4.2 .4 .6 .8 7.4
Vincent Askew 80 10 18.7 .509 .100 .694 2.9 2.4 .6 .3 6.2
Mario Elie 79 32 21.2 .521 .329 .852 2.9 2.2 .9 .2 7.8
Šarūnas Marčiulionis 72 5 29.4 .538 .300 .788 2.9 3.4 1.6 .1 18.9
Chris Gatling 54 1 11.3 .568 .000 .661 3.4 .3 .6 .7 5.7
Tom Tolbert 35 0 8.9 .384 .250 .550 1.6 .6 .3 .2 2.6
Jim Petersen 27 2 6.3 .450 .000 .700 1.7 .3 .2 .2 1.6
Alton Lister 26 12 11.3 .557 .424 3.5 .5 .2 .6 3.9
Rod Higgins 25 6 21.4 .412 .347 .814 3.4 .9 .6 .5 10.2
Jud Buechler† 15 0 8.1 .303 .000 .750 1.9 .7 .6 .2 1.9
Kenny Battle† 8 0 5.8 .615 .000 .500 .9 .5 .1 .3 2.3
Tony Massenburg† 7 0 3.1 .625 .667 1.7 .0 .0 .0 2.3
Jaren Jackson 5 0 10.8 .478 .667 2.0 .6 .4 .0 5.2
Mike Smrek 2 0 1.5 .5 .0 .0 .0 .0
Billy Thompson 1 0 1.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0

Playoffs

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Tim Hardaway 4 4 44.0 .400 .345 .649 3.8 7.3 3.3 .0 24.5
Chris Mullin 4 4 42.0 .429 .333 .929 3.0 3.0 1.3 .5 17.8
Billy Owens 4 4 39.3 .526 .630 8.3 3.3 2.0 .5 19.3
Alton Lister 4 3 11.8 .400 .800 2.8 .3 .0 1.0 4.0
Mario Elie 4 2 20.0 .639 1.000 .667 5.5 2.5 1.3 .0 12.5
Tyrone Hill 4 1 11.8 .429 .000 2.0 .3 .5 .0 1.5
Šarūnas Marčiulionis 4 0 33.3 .532 .500 .829 2.3 5.0 .8 .3 21.3
Chris Gatling 4 0 20.3 .621 .636 6.3 .0 .5 2.5 12.5
Vincent Askew 4 0 7.5 .125 1.0 1.3 .0 .0 .5
Victor Alexander 4 0 6.0 .600 1.000 1.5 .3 .5 .0 1.8
Rod Higgins 2 2 8.5 .400 .000 1.000 .0 .5 .5 .0 3.0
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Warriors only.

Awards and records

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Transactions

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References

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  1. ^ 1991–92 Golden State Warriors
  2. ^ "Kings Deal Owens to Golden State for Richmond". United Press International. November 1, 1991. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO BASKETBALL; Richmond Is Traded for Rights to Owens". The New York Times. November 2, 1991. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "Richmond Traded to Kings for the Rights to Billy Owens: Pro Basketball: Warriors Break Up His High-Scoring Trio to Get Syracuse Rookie". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. November 2, 1991. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  5. ^ "Warriors Get Rights to Owens". The Washington Post. November 2, 1991. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  6. ^ Goldaper, Sam (June 27, 1991). "BASKETBALL; Hornets Make Johnson No. 1 Pick in the Draft". The New York Times. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  7. ^ "UNLV's Johnson Is No. 1: NBA Draft: Coaches' Attempts in Charlotte and New Jersey to Select Billy Owens Are Overruled. Three UNLV Players Are Taken in the First Round". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. June 27, 1991. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
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  15. ^ "NBA & ABA Coach of the Year Award Winners". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  16. ^ "Warriors' Higgins Might Be Sidelined for Rest of the Season After Surgery". Los Angeles Times. December 14, 1991. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  17. ^ "Higgins Out with Broken Wrist". United Press International. December 14, 1991. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
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  19. ^ Hafner, Dan (January 23, 1992). "NBA ROUNDUP: Warriors' Nelson Is Finally an All-Star". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  20. ^ Heisler, Mark (February 9, 1992). "Comeback or Farewell, a Magical All-Star Game". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
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  22. ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO BASKETBALL; Best of Bench Bunch? It's Still Schrempf". The New York Times. April 28, 1992. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  23. ^ "1991–92 NBA Awards Voting". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  24. ^ "PRO BASKETBALL; SuperSonics Move to Round 2 with Knockout of Warriors". The New York Times. Associated Press. May 1, 1992. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  25. ^ "After Beating Warriors, SuperSonics Sit and Wait". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. May 3, 1992. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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  28. ^ "Sports Digest". United Press International. November 27, 1992. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  29. ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Blazer Offer to Elie". The New York Times. Associated Press. August 5, 1992. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  30. ^ "Miscellany". Los Angeles Times. August 19, 1992. Retrieved November 20, 2022.

See also

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