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1991–92 New Jersey Nets season

Nets' 25th season in the National Basketball Association

Nets' 25th season in the National Basketball Association

SportsChannel New York (lost to Cavaliers 1–3) The 1991–92 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 25th season in the National Basketball Association, and 16th season in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Nets received the second overall pick in the 1991 NBA draft, and selected point guard Kenny Anderson out of Georgia Tech University. However, Anderson held out early into the regular season due to a contract dispute, and Roy Hinson would miss the entire season due to a knee injury.

The Nets struggled losing 11 of their first 13 games of the regular season. After a 7–18 start, the team managed to win nine of their next twelve games, and held a 19–28 record at the All-Star break. The Nets finished in third place in the Atlantic Division with a 40–42 record, earned the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference, and qualified for the NBA playoffs for the first time since the 1985–86 season.

Dražen Petrović showed improvement becoming the team's starting shooting guard, averaging 20.6 points and 1.3 steals per game, and also leading the Nets with 123 three-point field goals, while second-year star Derrick Coleman averaged 19.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, and Sam Bowie provided the team with 15.0 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game. In addition, Mookie Blaylock contributed 13.8 points, 6.8 assists and 2.4 steals per game, while Chris Morris provided with 11.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game. Off the bench, second-year forward Terry Mills averaged 9.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, while Anderson played a role as backup point guard for Blaylock, averaging 7.0 points and 3.2 assists per game, second-year guard Tate George contributed 6.0 points per game, Rafael Addison provided with 5.8 points per game, and Chris Dudley averaged 5.6 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida, Petrović participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout; he also finished in second place in Most Improved Player voting, behind Pervis Ellison of the Washington Bullets, while Blaylock finished tied in eleventh place, and head coach Bill Fitch finished in sixth place in Coach of the Year voting.

In the Eastern Conference First Round of the 1992 NBA playoffs, the Nets faced off against the 3rd–seeded Cleveland Cavaliers, who were led by the trio of All-Star center Brad Daugherty, All-Star guard Mark Price, and Larry Nance. The Nets lost the first two games to the Cavaliers on the road at the Coliseum at Richfield, but managed to win Game 3 at home, 109–104 at the Brendan Byrne Arena. However, the Nets lost Game 4 to the Cavaliers at home, 98–89 as the team lost the series in four games.

Following the season, Blaylock and Hinson were both traded to the Atlanta Hawks, while Mills signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons, and Fitch resigned after clashing with his young stars.

For the season, the team changed their road uniforms, replacing the light blue jerseys from the previous season with darker blue jerseys; these uniforms would remain in use until 1997.

Draft picks

Main article: 1991 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
12Kenny AndersonPGUnited StatesGeorgia Tech
253Von McDadeSGUnited StatesMilwaukee

Roster

  • Bill Fitch
  • Rick Carlisle
  • Tom Newell

Roster notes

  • Power forward Roy Hinson was on the injured reserve list due to a knee injury, and missed the entire regular season.

Regular season

Season standings

:y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot :z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

|- | 1 | November 2 | @ Charlotte | W 116–108 | | | |

1–0
2
November 6
@ Philadelphia
L 105–107

| | | |

1–1
3
November 7
Miami
L 89–111

| | | |

1–2
4
November 9
Detroit
L 100–110

| | | |

1–3
5
November 12
@ New York
L 96–98

| | | |

1–4
6
November 13
Utah
L 92–98

| | | |

1–5
7
November 15
Washington
L 111–116 (OT)

| | | |

1–6
8
November 16
@ Orlando
L 100–102

| | | |

1–7
9
November 19
Sacramento
W 122–118

| | | |

2–7
10
November 21
@ Cleveland
L 112–116

| | | |

2–8
11
November 23
Boston
L 107–125

| | | |

2–9
12
November 26
@ Houston
L 109–118

| | | |

2–10
13
November 27
@ San Antonio
L 100–106

| | | |

2–11
14
November 29
@ Dallas
W 97–91

| | | |

3–11
15
November 30
@ Denver
L 97–107

| | | |

3–12
16
December 3
Philadelphia
W 88–86

| | | |

4–12
17
December 5
@ Milwaukee
W 109–101

| | | |

5–12
18
December 6
L. A. Lakers
L 89–98

| | | |

5–13
19
December 10
New York
L 88–114

| | | |

5–14
20
December 12
Denver
W 121–81

| | | |

6–14
21
December 14
Charlotte
L 102–109

| | | |

6–15
22
December 17
@ New York
L 94–102

| | | |

6–16
23
December 18
Cleveland
W 102–93

| | | |

7–16
24
December 20
Chicago
L 98–115

| | | |

7–17
25
December 21
@ Indiana
L 109–118 (OT)

| | | |

7–18
26
December 23
Atlanta
W 105–93

| | | |

8–18
27
December 26
Houston
W 99–93

| | | |

9–18
28
December 27
@ Charlotte
W 136–120

| | | |

10–18
29
December 30
Orlando
W 122–112

| | | |

11–18
30
January 3
Washington
L 108–112

| | | |

11–19
31
January 4
@ Chicago
L 96–140

| | | |

11–20
32
January 6
L. A. Clippers
W 105–90

| | | |

12–20
33
January 8
Minnesota
W 103–97

| | | |

13–20
34
January 10
Milwaukee
W 104–97

| | | |

14–20
35
January 11
@ Detroit
L 88–90

| | | |

14–21
36
January 14
Dallas
W 97–88

| | | |

15–21
37
January 15
@ Boston
W 130–120

| | | |

16–21
38
January 18
@ Minnesota
W 112–100

| | | |

17–21
39
January 22
Phoenix
W 106–104

| | | |

18–21
40
January 24
Miami
W 123–117

| | | |

19–21
41
January 25
@ Philadelphia
L 94–115

| | | |

19–22
42
January 28
@ Sacramento
L 118–124

| | | |

19–23
43
January 29
@ Phoenix
L 95–128

| | | |

19–24
44
January 31
@ Portland
L 108–113

| | | |

19–25
45
February 1
@ L. A. Clippers
L 88–99

| | | |

19–26
46
February 5
Seattle
L 85–95

| | | |

19–27
47
February 6
@ Washington
L 108–124

| | | |

19–28
48
February 11
@ Chicago
L 113–133

| | | |

19–29
49
February 12
@ Philadelphia
W 102–87

| | | |

20–29
50
February 14
Philadelphia
W 107–99

| | | |

21–29
51
February 15
@ Cleveland
L 92–128

| | | |

21–30
52
February 19
Detroit
W 106–102

| | | |

22–30
53
February 21
Indiana
W 105–101

| | | |

23–30
54
February 22
@ Atlanta
L 107–119

| | | |

23–31
55
February 25
Boston
W 109–95

| | | |

24–31
56
February 27
Portland
W 98–96

| | | |

25–31
57
February 29
@ Detroit
W 99–90

| | | |

26–31
58
March 1
New York
W 90–75

| | | |

27–31
59
March 4
@ L. A. Lakers
L 92–101

| | | |

27–32
60
March 6
@ Utah
L 96–117

| | | |

27–33
61
March 7
@ Seattle
L 98–109

| | | |

27–34
62
March 10
@ Golden State
L 122–129

| | | |

27–35
63
March 13
@ Boston
W 110–108

| | | |

28–35
64
March 14
@ New York
W 96–94 (OT)

| | | |

29–35
65
March 17
Chicago
L 79–90

| | | |

29–36
66
March 20
Washington
W 99–96

| | | |

30–36
67
March 22
@ Miami
L 100–107

| | | |

30–37
68
March 23
Charlotte
W 123–120

| | | |

31–37
69
March 25
Boston
L 110–118

| | | |

31–38
70
March 28
Golden State
L 148–153 (OT)

| | | |

31–39
71
March 30
San Antonio
W 117–109

| | | |

32–39
72
April 1
@ Milwaukee
W 121–117

| | | |

33–39
73
April 3
Milwaukee
W 122–103

| | | |

34–39
74
April 5
@ Indiana
W 128–120

| | | |

35–39
75
April 7
Atlanta
L 97–104

| | | |

35–40
76
April 8
@ Washington
W 109–103

| | | |

36–40
77
April 10
Cleveland
W 110–86

| | | |

37–40
78
April 11
@ Atlanta
L 98–118

| | | |

37–41
79
April 13
@ Orlando
W 110–104

| | | |

38–41
80
April 14
@ Miami
W 105–100

| | | |

39–41
81
April 16
Indiana
L 113–119

| | | |

39–42
82
April 18
Orlando
W 127–111

| | | | | 40–42

Playoffs

|- | 1 | April 23 | @ Cleveland | L 113–120 | Dražen Petrović (40) | Derrick Coleman (11) | Derrick Coleman (9) | Richfield Coliseum 16,512

0–1
2
April 25
@ Cleveland
L 96–118
Derrick Coleman (24)
Derrick Coleman (9)
Mookie Blaylock (6)
Richfield Coliseum
20,273
0–2
-
3
April 28
Cleveland
W 109–104
Chris Morris (28)
Derrick Coleman (11)
Mookie Blaylock (12)
Brendan Byrne Arena
15,258
1–2
-
4
April 30
Cleveland
L 89–98
Coleman, Morris (22)
Derrick Coleman (14)
Derrick Coleman (6)
Brendan Byrne Arena
13,071
1–3

Player statistics

Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Dražen Petrović828236.9.508.444.8083.13.11.30.120.6
Derrick Coleman655834.0.504.303.7639.53.20.81.519.8
Sam Bowie716130.7.445.320.7578.12.60.61.715.0
Mookie Blaylock726735.4.432.222.7123.76.82.40.613.8
Chris Morris777431.1.477.200.7146.42.61.71.111.4
Terry Mills822420.9.463.348.7505.51.00.60.59.0
Kenny Anderson641317.0.390.231.7452.03.21.00.17.0
Tate George70214.8.427.167.8211.52.30.60.06.0
Rafael Addison76815.5.433.286.7372.20.90.40.45.8
Chris Dudley822123.2.403.4689.00.70.52.25.6
Jud Buechler2014.5.5001.01.01.00.54.0
Doug Lee4606.7.431.270.5260.80.50.20.02.6
Dave Feitl3405.1.429.8421.80.20.10.12.4

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Dražen Petrović4440.8.539.333.8462.53.31.00.324.3
Derrick Coleman4440.5.486.167.76211.35.31.81.022.3
Chris Morris4433.8.552.400.7785.01.31.81.818.8
Mookie Blaylock4437.0.309.167.7504.07.83.80.59.5
Sam Bowie4428.0.424.500.6674.82.30.80.89.3
Terry Mills4019.3.370.000.6366.02.00.30.56.8
Rafael Addison109.0.286.5000.01.00.00.05.0
Tate George4011.0.304.3330.02.00.80.33.8
Chris Dudley4019.3.357.5006.30.80.52.53.5
Kenny Anderson308.0.3331.0001.01.00.30.02.7
Dave Feitl103.0.5001.00.00.00.02.0
Doug Lee203.0.000.0000.00.50.00.50.0

Player statistics citation:

References

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