1991–92 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1991–92 NBA season was the 24th season for the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association.[1] After a 7–3 start to the season, head coach K. C. Jones was fired with the team holding an 18–18 record. After splitting four games under interim coach Bob Kloppenburg, the Sonics hired George Karl, who returned after a four-year absence from coaching in the NBA. Under Karl, the SuperSonics finished the season fourth in the Pacific Division with a 47–35 record, reaching the playoffs as the number 6 seed in the Western Conference. Ricky Pierce led the team in scoring averaging 21.7 points per game in his first full season with the Sonics. In the first round, they defeated the 3rd-seeded Golden State Warriors in four games, winning the final two games by just four points. However, they lost the conference semifinals to the Utah Jazz in five games.

1991–92 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coachK. C. Jones
Bob Kloppenburg
George Karl
General managerBob Whitsitt
ArenaSeattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record47–0 (1.000)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finishWest Conference Semifinals
(Lost to Jazz 1–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKING-TV
KSTW
Northwest Cable Sports Nortwest Television Y TeleUno TV
RadioKJR [[KTS (FM) [[ESA (AM) PLAY 98.5 RAIDUE CHILE

Draft picks
Main article: 1991 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
114Rich KingC United StatesNebraska

Roster
Roster listing
1991–92 Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
PG 11 Barros, Dana 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 163 lb (74 kg) 1967–04–13 Boston College
C 00 Benjamin, Benoit 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1964–11–22 Creighton
SF 21 Brown, Tony 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1960–07–29 Arkansas
PF 44 Cage, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1962–01–28 San Diego State
C 24 Conlon, Marty 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1968–01–19 Providence
SF 8 Johnson, Eddie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959–05–01 Illinois
PF 40 Kemp, Shawn 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1969–11–26 Trinity Valley CC
C 25 King, Rich 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1969–04–04 Nebraska
SG 23 Kofoed, Bart 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1964–03–24 Nebraska–Kearney
SF 31 McKey, Derrick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1966–10–10 Alabama
SG 10 McMillan, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1964–08–03 North Carolina State
PG 20 Payton, Gary 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1968–07–23 Oregon State
SG 22 Pierce, Ricky 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1959–08–19 Rice
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

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—

Game log
1991–92 game log
Total: 47–35 (Home: 28–13; Road: 19–22)
November: 8–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 5–4)
December : 8–6 (Home: 7–1; Road: 1–5)
January : 7–10 (Home: 3–6; Road: 4–4)
February : 9–3 (Home: 5–0; Road: 4–3)
March : 10–6 (Home: 7–3; Road: 3–3)
April : 6–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 2–3)
1991–92 season schedule

Playoffs
1992 playoff game log
First Round: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
Conference Semifinals: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)
1992 playoff 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
Dana Barros 75117.7.483.446.7591.11.70.70.18.3
Benoit Benjamin 636130.8.478.000.6878.11.20.61.914.0
Tony Brown* 35211.5.394.293.8111.60.90.50.14.8
Michael Cage 826930.0.566.000.6208.91.11.20.78.8
Marty Conlon 4518.5.475.000.7501.50.30.20.22.7
Quintin Dailey* 1118.9.243.000.8131.10.40.50.12.8
Eddie Johnson 811929.2.459.252.8613.62.00.70.117.1
Shawn Kemp 642328.3.504.000.74810.41.31.11.915.5
Rich King 4025.3.380.000.7561.20.30.10.12.2
Bart Kofoed 4405.4.472.143.5770.61.20.00.01.5
Derrick McKey 524433.8.472.380.8475.22.31.20.914.9
Nate McMillan 723022.9.437.276.6433.55.01.80.46.0
Gary Payton 817931.5.451.130.6693.66.21.80.39.4
Ricky Pierce 787834.1.475.268.9163.03.11.10.321.7

* Statistics with the Seattle SuperSonics.

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Dana Barros 7013.7.525.588.0001.01.10.60.07.4
Benoit Benjamin 9417.9.561.000.5005.10.60.61.46.1
Tony Brown 504.4.333.250.5710.40.40.00.01.8
Michael Cage 9421.9.559.0001.0005.70.40.70.94.3
Marty Conlon 101.0.000.0001.0001.00.00.00.02.0
Eddie Johnson 9027.4.474.182.9413.00.90.30.318.4
Shawn Kemp 9937.6.475.000.76312.20.40.61.617.4
Derrick McKey 9935.0.525.313.8444.92.70.81.316.3
Nate McMillan 9227.3.422.231.7143.77.01.80.39.6
Gary Payton 8827.6.466.000.5832.64.81.00.37.6
Ricky Pierce 9935.1.481.273.8702.43.10.60.119.6

Awards and records

Records
  • Michael Cage finished the season with a franchise record .566 in field goal percentage.[2]

Transactions

Overview
Players added

Via draft

Via free agency

 Players Lost

Via trade

Via waivers

Trades
October 2, 1991
 To Seattle SuperSonics
Conditional 1993, 1995 and 1996 second-round picks		 To Los Angeles Lakers
Sedale Threatt

Free agents

Waivings
PlayerLeft
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See also

References
  1. 1991–92 Seattle SuperSonics
  2. "Oklahoma City Thunder Season Leaders – Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
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