1991–92 Phoenix Suns season

1991–92 Phoenix Suns season
1991–92 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach	Cotton Fitzsimmons
General manager	Jerry Colangelo
Owners	Jerry Colangelo
Arena	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	53–29 (.646)
Place	Division: 3rd (Pacific); Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	West Conference Semifinals; (eliminated 1-4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KUTP; ASPN
Radio	KTAR
< 1990–91	1992–93 >

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.

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

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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (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

Cotton Fitzsimmons (Midwestern St.)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster Notes

Forward Richard Dumas was suspended for violating the NBA's substance abuse policy.

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	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 v t e
#	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

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

Playoffs

Game log

1992 playoff game log

First Round: 3–0 (home: 2–0; road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 24	San Antonio	W 117–111	Dan Majerle (25)	Cedric Ceballos (9)	Kevin Johnson (17)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,496	1–0
2	April 26	San Antonio	W 119–107	Jeff Hornacek, Tim Perry (31)	Andrew Lang, Tim Perry (10)	Kevin Johnson (19)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,496	2–0
3	April 29	@ San Antonio	W 101–92	Jeff Hornacek, Kevin Johnson (22)	Tim Perry (9)	Kevin Johnson (11)	HemisFair Arena 14,853	3–0

Conference Semifinals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 5	@ Portland	L 111–113	Kevin Johnson (24)	Tom Chambers, Kevin Johnson (8)	Jeff Hornacek (12)	Memorial Coliseum 12,888	0–1
2	May 7	@ Portland	L 119–126	Kevin Johnson (35)	Jeff Hornacek (11)	Dan Majerle (6)	Memorial Coliseum 12,888	0–2
3	May 9	Portland	W 124–117	Jeff Hornacek (30)	Dan Majerle, Tim Perry (9)	Kevin Johnson (16)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,496	1–2
4	May 11	Portland	L 151–153 (2OT)	Kevin Johnson (35)	Dan Majerle (11)	Kevin Johnson (14)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,496	1–3
5	May 14	@ Portland	L 106–118	Tom Chambers, Tim Perry (19)	Tom Chambers (8)	Kevin Johnson (6)	Memorial Coliseum 12,888	1–4

1992 playoff schedule

Awards and honors

Week/Month

Jeff Hornacek was named Player of the Month for December.
Cotton Fitzsimmons was named Coach of the Month for December.

All-Star

Jeff Hornacek was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his first and only All-Star selection. Hornacek finished seventh in voting among Western Conference guards with 271,180 votes.
Dan Majerle was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his first All-Star selection.
Other Suns players receiving All-Star votes were Tom Chambers (406,185) and Kevin Johnson (309,820).
Cedric Ceballos won the Slam Dunk Contest, winning the competition with the famous "Hocus Pocus" blindfolded dunk.
Jeff Hornacek participated in the Three-Point Shootout, losing to champion and former Suns teammate Craig Hodges.

Season

Kevin Johnson was named to the All-NBA Third Team. Johnson also finished 14th in MVP voting.
Dan Majerle finished third in Sixth Man of the Year voting.

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 Burtt	31	2	11.5	.463	.167	.704	1.1	1.9	.5	.1	6.0
Cedric Ceballos	64	4	11.3	.482	.167	.736	2.4	0.8	.3	.2	7.2
Tom Chambers	69	66	28.2	.431	.367	.830	5.8	2.1	.8	.5	16.3
Jeff Hornacek	81	81	38.0	.512	.439	.886	5.0	5.1	2.0	.4	20.1
Kevin Johnson	78	78	37.2	.479	.217	.807	3.7	10.7	1.5	.3	19.7
Negele Knight	42	1	15.0	.475	.308	.688	1.1	2.7	.6	.1	5.8
Andrew Lang	81	71	24.3	.522	.000	.768	6.7	0.5	.6	2.5	7.7
Dan Majerle	82	15	34.8	.478	.382	.756	5.9	3.3	1.6	.5	17.3
Jerrod Mustaf	52	3	10.5	.477	.	.690	2.8	0.9	.4	.3	4.5
Ed Nealy	52	4	9.7	.512	.400	.667	2.1	0.7	.3	.0	3.1
Tim Perry	80	69	31.0	.523	.375	.712	6.9	1.7	.6	1.5	12.3
Kurt Rambis	28	5	13.6	.463	.	.778	3.8	1.3	.4	.5	3.2
Mark West	82	11	17.5	.632	.	.637	4.5	0.3	.2	1.0	6.1

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Steve Burtt	8	0	13.0	.421	.000	.857	1.5	1.8	.6	.0	6.3
Cedric Ceballos	8	8	23.5	.550	.	.667	6.4	1.5	.8	.8	13.5
Tom Chambers	7	0	27.7	.459	.571^	.844	4.4	2.7	.3	.7	15.6
Jeff Hornacek	8	8	42.9	.484	.471^	.912	6.4	5.3	1.8	.3	20.4
Kevin Johnson	8	8	41.9	.484	.500^	.861	4.1	11.6	1.5	.3	23.6
Andrew Lang	8	8	24.0	.375	.	.789	4.0	0.3	.4	1.9	5.6
Dan Majerle	7	0	38.0	.432	.273	.962+	6.3	2.9	1.4	.0	18.6
Ed Nealy	8	0	8.4	.389	.385	1.000+	2.3	0.5	.4	.0	2.9
Tim Perry	8	8	23.1	.603†	.	.719	4.9	1.4	.4	.8	12.4
Mark West	8	0	12.0	.737†	.	.500	2.1	0.3	.3	.5	4.0

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

Transactions

Trades

June 27, 1991	To Cleveland Cavaliers---- Rights to Miloš Babić	To Phoenix Suns---- Rights to Stefano Rusconi
October 1, 1991	To New York Knicks---- Xavier McDaniel	To Phoenix Suns---- Jerrod Mustaf Trent Tucker 1992 second-round draft pick ( Brian Davis) 1994 second-round draft pick ( Anthony Goldwire)

Free agents

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	— (Retired)
November 15, 1991	Trent Tucker	Waived	San Antonio Spurs

References

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

[1] ttps://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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v t e Phoenix Suns
Founded in 1968 Based in Phoenix, Arizona
Franchise	History All-time roster Players by number Draft history 1968 Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Footprint Center
Personnel	Owner(s) Mat Ishbia and Justin Ishbia General manager James Jones Head coach Mike Budenholzer CEO Josh Bartelstein
G League affiliate	Valley Suns
Retired numbers	5 6 7 9 13 24 31 32 33 34 42 44
Rivalries	Los Angeles Lakers San Antonio Spurs
Culture and lore	Ring of Honor The Suns Gorilla Jerry Colangelo Cotton Fitzsimmons John MacLeod Gar Heard 07 Seconds or Less Mixed Company Amar'e Stoudemire Shawn Marion Steve Nash Dan Majerle Al McCoy Joe Proski NBA outdoor games Stan Richards

Draft picks

Roster

Roster Notes

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Game log

Awards and honors

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

See also

References