1992–93 San Antonio Spurs season

1992–93   San Antonio Spurs season
Head coach	Jerry Tarkanian (fired) Rex Hughes (interim) John Lucas II
General manager	Bob Bass
Owner	Red McCombs
Arena	HemisFair Arena
Results
Record	49–33 (.598)
Place	Division: 2nd (Midwest) Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference semifinals (lost to the Phoenix Suns 2-4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KABB Home Sports Entertainment
Radio	WOAI KCOR (Spanish)
< 1991–92 1993–94 >

The 1992–93 San Antonio Spurs season was the 17th season for the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association, and their 26th season as a franchise. ^[1] During the off-season, the Spurs acquired Dale Ellis from the Milwaukee Bucks, ^{[2] [3] [4]} signed free agents Vinny Del Negro and undrafted rookie shooting guard Lloyd Daniels, and re-signed Avery Johnson after a brief stint with the Houston Rockets. However, prior to the start of the season, Terry Cummings suffered a serious knee injury during a pick-up game, and only played in the final eight games of the regular season. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Under new head coach, former University of Nevada, Las Vegas coach Jerry Tarkanian, ^{[8] [9]} the Spurs struggled with a 9–11 start to the regular season. Tarkanian was fired, then after playing one game under assistant Rex Hughes, the team hired John Lucas II as their new coach. ^{[10] [11] [12]} At mid-season, the team traded Sidney Green to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for J.R. Reid. ^{[13] [14] [15]} Under Lucas, the Spurs would play solid basketball posting a 10-game winning streak in January, then winning eight straight games in February, as they held a 34–15 record at the All-Star break. ^[16] However, they would play below .500 in winning percentage for the remainder of the season, finishing in second place in the Midwest Division with a 49–33 record, and earning the fifth seed in the Western Conference. ^[17]

David Robinson averaged 23.4 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.5 steals and 3.2 blocks per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, and to the NBA All-Defensive First Team, while Sean Elliott finished second on the team in scoring averaging 17.2 points per game, and Ellis provided them with 16.7 points per game and led the Spurs with 119 three-point field goals. In addition, Antoine Carr averaged 13.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, while Reid provided with 9.9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game in 66 games after the trade, Daniels contributed 9.1 points per game off the bench, Johnson contributed 8.7 points and 7.5 assists per game, and Del Negro averaged 7.4 points and 4.0 assists per game. ^[18]

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, Robinson and Elliott were both selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game, as members of the Western Conference All-Star team; it was Elliott's first ever All-Star appearance. ^{[19] [20] [21]} Robinson finished in sixth place in Most Valuable Player voting, ^{[22] [23]} and also finished tied in second place in Defensive Player of the Year voting, behind Hakeem Olajuwon of the Houston Rockets, ^{[24] [23]} while Lucas finished in sixth place in Coach of the Year voting. ^{[25] [23]}

In the Western Conference First Round of the 1993 NBA playoffs, the Spurs faced off against the 4th–seeded Portland Trail Blazers, who were led by the trio of All-Star guard Clyde Drexler, All-Star guard Terry Porter, and Sixth Man of the Year, Clifford Robinson. With the series tied at 1–1, the Spurs won the next two games over the Trail Blazers at home at the HemisFair Arena, winning Game 4 in overtime, 100–97 to win the series in four games. ^{[26] [27] [28]}

In the Western Conference Semi-finals, the Spurs faced off against the top–seeded, and Pacific Division champion Phoenix Suns, who were led by the All-Star trio of Most Valuable Player of the Year, Charles Barkley, three-point specialist Dan Majerle, and Kevin Johnson. The Spurs lost the first two games to the Suns on the road at the America West Arena, but then managed to win their next two home games to even the series. After losing Game 5 on the road, 109–97, the Spurs lost Game 6 to the Suns at the HemisFair Arena, 102–100, in which Barkley hit a game-winning buzzer-beater, as the Spurs lost the series in six games. ^{[29] [30] [31]} The Suns would reach the 1993 NBA Finals, but would lose to the 2-time defending NBA champion Chicago Bulls in six games. ^{[32] [33] [34]}

The Spurs finished 11th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 658,337 at the HemisFair Arena during the regular season; ^{[18] [35]} this was also their final season playing at the HemisFair Arena. Following the season, Elliott was traded to the Detroit Pistons, ^{[36] [37] [38]} and Johnson signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors. ^{[39] [40] [41]}

Draft picks

Main article: 1992 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	18	Tracy Murray	SF	United States	UCLA
2	44	Henry Williams	G	United States	UNC-Charlotte

Roster

1992–93 San Antonio Spurs roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 40 Willie Anderson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1967–01–08 Georgia F 35 Antoine Carr 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1961–07–23 Wichita State F 34 Terry Cummings 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1961–03–15 DePaul G 24 Lloyd Daniels 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1967–09–04 Mt. San Antonio G 15 Vinny Del Negro 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1966–08–09 NC State F 32 Sean Elliott 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1968–02–02 Arizona G 3 Dale Ellis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1960–08–06 Tennessee G 6 Avery Johnson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1965–03–25 Southern G 5 Sam Mack 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1970–05–26 Houston F 7 J. R. Reid 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 247 lb (112 kg) 1968–03–31 North Carolina C 50 David Robinson 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1965–08–06 Navy F 2 Larry Smith 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1958–01–18 Alcorn State F 10 David Wood 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1964–10–30 Nevada

Head coach John Lucas II Assistant(s) Ron Adams George Gervin Rex Hughes Tom Thibodeau Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y- Houston Rockets	55	27	.671	—	31–10	24–17	19–7
x- San Antonio Spurs	49	33	.598	6	31–10	18–23	17–9
x- Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	8	28–13	19–22	16–10
Denver Nuggets	36	46	.439	19	28–13	8–33	13–13
Minnesota Timberwolves	19	63	.232	36	11–30	8–33	10–16
Dallas Mavericks	11	71	.134	44	7–34	4–37	3–23

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Phoenix Suns	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Houston Rockets	55	27	.671	7
3	x-Seattle SuperSonics	55	27	.671	7
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	51	31	.622	11
5	x-San Antonio Spurs	49	33	.598	13
6	x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	15
7	x-Los Angeles Clippers	41	41	.500	21
8	x-Los Angeles Lakers	39	43	.476	23
9	Denver Nuggets	36	46	.439	26
10	Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	28
11	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	37
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	19	63	.232	43
13	Dallas Mavericks	11	71	.134	51

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

1992–93 game log Total: 49–33 (Home: 31–10; Road: 18–23)
November: 5–6 (home: 4–2; road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 6, 1992 @ Sacramento L 106–114 ARCO Arena 0–1 2 November 7, 1992 @ Denver L 121–125 (2OT) McNichols Sports Arena 0–2 3 November 10, 1992 Milwaukee W 104–98 HemisFair Arena 1–2 4 November 12, 1992 Atlanta L 97–104 HemisFair Arena 1–3 5 November 14, 1992 Houston L 87–93 HemisFair Arena 1–4 6 November 17, 1992 Cleveland W 106–95 HemisFair Arena 2–4 7 November 19, 1992 Dallas W 123–95 HemisFair Arena 3–4 8 November 21, 1992 @ Houston L 100–103 The Summit 3–5 9 November 24, 1992 @ Portland L 91–95 Memorial Coliseum 3–6 10 November 25, 1992 @ Utah W 128–102 Delta Center 4–6 11 November 28, 1992 Seattle W 104–97 HemisFair Arena 5–6
December: 9–6 (home: 4–2; road: 5–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 12 December 1, 1992 @ Washington L 106–119 Capital Centre 5–7 13 December 2, 1992 @ Philadelphia W 98–82 The Spectrum 6–7 14 December 4, 1992 @ New Jersey L 103–108 (OT) Brendan Byrne Arena 6–8 15 December 5, 1992 @ Atlanta L 105–113 The Omni 6–9 16 December 8, 1992 Utah W 121–103 HemisFair Arena 7–9 17 December 10, 1992 Miami W 101–91 HemisFair Arena 8–9 18 December 12, 1992 @ Dallas W 113–91 Reunion Arena 9–9 19 December 15, 1992 L.A. Lakers L 101–107 HemisFair Arena 9–10 20 December 17, 1992 @ Houston L 109–121 The Summit 9–11 21 December 18, 1992 Dallas W 122–101 HemisFair Arena 10–11 22 December 22, 1992 Denver W 113–108 HemisFair Arena 11–11 23 December 25, 1992 @ L.A. Clippers W 103–94 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 12–11 24 December 26, 1992 @ L.A. Lakers W 104–92 Great Western Forum 13–11 25 December 28, 1992 Golden State L 105–106 HemisFair Arena 14–11 26 December 30, 1992 @ Denver W 114–94 McNichols Sports Arena 14–12
January: 12–2 (home: 8–0; road: 4–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 27 January 3, 1993 7:00 p.m. CST Phoenix W 114–113 (OT) Robinson (33) Robinson (11) Del Negro (9) HemisFair Arena 16,057 15–12 28 January 5, 1993 @ Utah L 87–113 Delta Center 15–13 29 January 7, 1993 Utah W 109–99 HemisFair Arena 16–13 30 January 9, 1993 Portland W 109–93 HemisFair Arena 17–13 31 January 11, 1993 @ Detroit W 109–91 The Palace of Auburn Hills 18–13 32 January 13, 1993 @ Minnesota W 89–81 Target Center 19–13 33 January 14, 1993 @ Milwaukee W 108–93 Bradley Center 20–13 34 January 16, 1993 Charlotte W 124–111 HemisFair Arena 21–13 35 January 19, 1993 Denver W 121–110 HemisFair Arena 22–13 36 January 22, 1993 Detroit W 123–109 HemisFair Arena 23–13 37 January 24, 1993 12 Noon CST Chicago W 103–99 Robinson (24) Robinson (13) Johnson (15) HemisFair Arena 16,057 24–13 38 January 27, 1993 @ Seattle W 119–99 Seattle Center Coliseum 25–13 39 January 29, 1993 8:30 p.m. CST @ Phoenix L 110–125 Elliott, Ellis (19) Robinson (10) Johnson (9) America West Arena 19,023 25–14 40 January 30, 1993 Sacramento W 129–124 HemisFair Arena 26–14
February: 9–4 (home: 7–1; road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 41 February 2, 1993 New Jersey W 111–93 HemisFair Arena 27–14 42 February 4, 1993 Indiana W 133–115 HemisFair Arena 28–14 43 February 6, 1993 Minnesota W 104–95 HemisFair Arena 29–14 44 February 9, 1993 L.A. Clippers W 112–97 HemisFair Arena 30–14 45 February 11, 1993 Washington W 105–95 HemisFair Arena 31–14 46 February 13, 1993 Boston W 90–85 HemisFair Arena 32–14 47 February 15, 1993 @ L.A. Clippers W 102–99 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 33–14 48 February 16, 1993 @ Golden State L 112–133 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 33–15 49 February 18, 1993 Philadelphia W 103–98 HemisFair Arena 34–15 All-Star Break 50 February 23, 1993 8:30 p.m. CST Phoenix L 103–105 Robinson (35) Robinson (11) Johnson (12) HemisFair Arena 16,057 34–16 51 February 25, 1993 @ Charlotte L 104–111 Charlotte Coliseum 34–17 52 February 26, 1993 @ Miami L 86–93 Miami Arena 34–18 53 February 28, 1993 @ Orlando W 94–90 Orlando Arena 35–17
March: 8–8 (home: 4–2; road: 4–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 54 March 2, 1993 @ Indiana L 95–109 Market Square Arena 35–19 55 March 3, 1993 @ Boston L 91–132 Boston Garden 35–20 56 March 5, 1993 7:00 p.m. CST @ Chicago W 107–102 (OT) Ellis (29) Robinson (11) Johnson (7) Chicago Stadium 18,676 36–20 57 March 6, 1993 @ Minnesota L 105–106 Target Center 36–21 58 March 9, 1993 Dallas W 119–84 HemisFair Arena 37–21 59 March 13, 1993 Portland W 108–99 HemisFair Arena 38–21 60 March 15, 1993 L.A. Lakers L 87–92 HemisFair Arena 38–22 61 March 17, 1993 @ L.A. Lakers W 101–100 Great Western Forum 39–22 62 March 19, 1993 Orlando W 96–93 HemisFair Arena 40–22 63 March 21, 1993 @ New York L 96–115 Madison Square Garden 40–23 64 March 23, 1993 @ Cleveland L 90–127 Richfield Coliseum 40–24 65 March 24, 1993 @ Minnesota W 105–92 Target Center 41–24 66 March 26, 1993 Utah L 98–104 HemisFair Arena 41–25 67 March 28, 1993 @ Dallas W 114–107 Reunion Arena 42–25 68 March 30, 1993 Seattle W 99–97 HemisFair Arena 43–25 69 March 31, 1993 @ Utah L 85–93 Delta Center 43–26
April: 6–7 (home: 4–3; road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 70 April 2, 1993 Minnesota W 108–101 HemisFair Arena 43–27 71 April 4, 1993 New York L 103–108 (OT) HemisFair Arena 44–27 72 April 6, 1993 Golden State L 111–125 HemisFair Arena 44–28 73 April 8, 1993 L.A. Clippers W 112–108 HemisFair Arena 45–28 74 April 10, 1993 @ Houston L 88–98 The Summit 45–29 75 April 13, 1993 @ Sacramento W 110–100 ARCO Arena 46–29 76 April 14, 1993 @ Golden State W 96–93 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 47–29 77 April 16, 1993 Sacramento L 93–100 HemisFair Arena 47–30 78 April 18, 1993 @ Portland L 101–105 Memorial Coliseum 47–31 79 April 19, 1993 @ Seattle L 89–96 Seattle Center Coliseum 47–32 80 April 22, 1993 Denver W 131–111 HemisFair Arena 48–32 81 April 24, 1993 2:30 p.m. CST @ Phoenix L 97–99 Ellis, Robinson (20) Robinson (19) Johnson (9) America West Arena 19,023 48–33 82 April 25, 1993 Houston W 119–117 (OT) HemisFair Arena 49–33
1992–93 schedule

Playoffs

1993 playoff game log
First Round: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 29, 1993 @ Portland W 87–86 Sean Elliott (18) David Robinson (15) Elliott, Johnson (7) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 1–0 2 May 1, 1993 @ Portland L 96–105 Robinson, Cummings (15) David Robinson (14) Avery Johnson (6) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 1–1 3 May 5, 1993 Portland W 107–101 David Robinson (26) David Robinson (14) Avery Johnson (6) HemisFair Arena 16,057 2–1 4 May 7, 1993 Portland W 100–97 (OT) Dale Ellis (21) David Robinson (17) David Robinson (11) HemisFair Arena 16,057 3–1
Western Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 11, 1993 9:30 p.m. CST @ Phoenix L 89–98 Robinson (32) Robinson (10) Del Negro (6) America West Arena 19,023 0–1 2 May 13, 1993 9:30 p.m. CST @ Phoenix L 103–109 Robinson (27) Robinson (10) Del Negro, Elliott, Johnson (6) America West Arena 19,023 0–2 3 May 15, 1993 12 p.m. CST Phoenix W 111–96 Carr (21) Johnson, Robinson (8) Johnson (15) HemisFair Arena 16,057 1–2 4 May 16, 1993 2:30 p.m. CST Phoenix W 117–103 Robinson (36) Robinson (16) Johnson (12) HemisFair Arena 16,057 2–2 5 May 18, 1993 9:30 p.m. CST @ Phoenix L 97–109 Robinson (24) Robinson (8) Johnson (15) America West Arena 19,023 2–3 6 May 20, 1993 6:00 p.m. CST Phoenix L 100–102 Robinson (22) Robinson (14) Johnson (10) HemisFair Arena 16,057 2–4
1993 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
David Robinson	C	82	82	3,211	956	301	127	264	1,916	39.2	11.7	3.7	1.5	3.2	23.4
Dale Ellis	SG	82	76	2,731	312	107	78	18	1,366	33.3	3.8	1.3	1.0	.2	16.7
Lloyd Daniels	SG	77	10	1,573	216	148	38	30	701	20.4	2.8	1.9	.5	.4	9.1
Avery Johnson	PG	75	49	2,030	146	561	85	16	656	27.1	1.9	7.5	1.1	.2	8.7
Vinny Del Negro	PG	73	31	1,526	163	291	44	1	543	20.9	2.2	4.0	.6	.0	7.4
Antoine Carr	PF	71	46	1,947	388	97	35	87	932	27.4	5.5	1.4	.5	1.2	13.1
Sean Elliott	SF	70	70	2,604	322	265	68	28	1,207	37.2	4.6	3.8	1.0	.4	17.2
J. R. Reid †	PF	66	24	1,592	386	56	36	26	653	24.1	5.8	.8	.5	.4	9.9
Larry Smith	PF	66	13	833	268	28	23	16	85	12.6	4.1	.4	.3	.2	1.3
David Wood	PF	64	2	598	97	34	13	12	155	9.3	1.5	.5	.2	.2	2.4
Sam Mack	SF	40	0	267	48	15	14	5	142	6.7	1.2	.4	.4	.1	3.6
Willie Anderson	SG	38	7	560	57	79	14	6	183	14.7	1.5	2.1	.4	.2	4.8
William Bedford	C	16	0	66	10	0	0	1	25	4.1	.6	.0	.0	.1	1.6
Sidney Green †	PF	15	0	202	71	19	5	3	53	13.5	4.7	1.3	.3	.2	3.5
Terry Cummings	PF	8	0	76	19	4	1	1	27	9.5	2.4	.5	.1	.1	3.4
Matt Othick	PG	4	0	39	2	7	1	0	8	9.8	.5	1.8	.3	.0	2.0

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
David Robinson	C	10	10	421	126	40	10	36	231	42.1	12.6	4.0	1.0	3.6	23.1
Sean Elliott	SF	10	10	381	48	36	8	3	158	38.1	4.8	3.6	.8	.3	15.8
Avery Johnson	PG	10	10	314	31	81	10	1	82	31.4	3.1	8.1	1.0	.1	8.2
Dale Ellis	SG	10	10	305	35	11	4	0	125	30.5	3.5	1.1	.4	.0	12.5
J. R. Reid	PF	10	2	220	50	15	8	8	85	22.0	5.0	1.5	.8	.8	8.5
Willie Anderson	SG	10	0	219	23	28	9	2	95	21.9	2.3	2.8	.9	.2	9.5
Terry Cummings	PF	10	0	138	39	5	3	1	67	13.8	3.9	.5	.3	.1	6.7
Antoine Carr	PF	8	8	171	38	9	3	9	84	21.4	4.8	1.1	.4	1.1	10.5
Vinny Del Negro	PG	8	0	112	19	24	1	1	40	14.0	2.4	3.0	.1	.1	5.0
Lloyd Daniels	SG	8	0	74	15	2	3	0	28	9.3	1.9	.3	.4	.0	3.5
Larry Smith	PF	6	0	50	16	1	4	2	7	8.3	2.7	.2	.7	.3	1.2
David Wood	PF	5	0	20	3	1	0	0	5	4.0	.6	.2	.0	.0	1.0

Awards and records

• David Robinson, NBA All-Star
• David Robinson, All-NBA Third Team
• David Robinson, NBA All-Defensive Second Team
• Sean Elliott, NBA All-Star

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See also

• 1992–93 NBA season