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1992–93 Los Angeles Clippers season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

FieldValue
teamLos Angeles Clippers
leagueNational Basketball Association
end_year1993
wins41
losses41
divisionPacific
division_place4
conf_place7
coachLarry Brown
arenaLos Angeles Sports Arena
ownersDonald Sterling
televisionKCOP-TV
(Ralph Lawler, Bill Walton)
SportsChannel Los Angeles
(Joel Meyers, Jerry Tarkanian)
radioKMPC
(Rich Marotta)
playoffs[West First Round](1993-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(lost to the [Houston Rockets](1992-93-houston-rockets-season) 2–3)
bbr_teamLAC

(Ralph Lawler, Bill Walton) SportsChannel Los Angeles (Joel Meyers, Jerry Tarkanian) (Rich Marotta) (lost to the Houston Rockets 2–3)

The 1992–93 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 23rd season for the Los Angeles Clippers in the National Basketball Association, and their ninth season in Los Angeles, California. In the 1992 NBA draft, the Clippers selected point guard Randy Woods out of La Salle University with the 16th overall pick, and also selected center Elmore Spencer from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with the 25th overall pick. During the off-season, the team acquired Mark Jackson from the New York Knicks, and acquired second-year center Stanley Roberts from the Orlando Magic in a three-team trade, acquired Hot Plate Williams from the Washington Bullets, and signed free agent Kiki Vandeweghe.

After losing their first three games of the regular season, the Clippers played solid basketball winning 12 of their next 16 games, and later held a 26–25 record at the All-Star break. The Clippers finished in fourth place in the Pacific Division with a 41–41 record, earned the seventh seed in the Western Conference, and qualified for their second consecutive NBA playoff appearance.

Danny Manning averaged 22.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, while Ron Harper averaged 18.0 points, 4.5 assists and 2.2 steals per game, and Jackson provided the team with 14.4 points, 8.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game. In addition, Ken Norman contributed 15.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, and Roberts provided with 11.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. Off the bench, Loy Vaught averaged 9.4 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, while Williams provided with 6.6 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, Gary Grant contributed 6.6 points, 4.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and Vandeweghe contributed 6.2 points per game, but only played just 41 games.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, Manning was selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game, as a member of the Western Conference All-Star team; it was his first ever All-Star appearance. This was also the first time that a Clippers player participated in the NBA All-Star Game since the 1985–86 season, where former Clippers star Marques Johnson was selected for the 1986 NBA All-Star Game at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.

In the Western Conference First Round of the 1993 NBA playoffs, the Clippers faced off against the 2nd–seeded, and Midwest Division champion Houston Rockets, who were led by All-Star center, and Defensive Player of the Year, Hakeem Olajuwon, All-Star forward Otis Thorpe, and Vernon Maxwell. With the series tied at 2–2, the Clippers lost Game 5 to the Rockets on the road, 84–80 at The Summit, thus losing in a full five-game series.

Following the season, head coach Larry Brown resigned and left to take a coaching job with the Indiana Pacers, while Norman signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks, and Vandeweghe retired. The Clippers would not return to the NBA playoffs again until the 1996–97 season.

Draft picks

Main article: 1992 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
116Randy WoodsPGUnited StatesLa Salle
125Elmore SpencerCUnited StatesUNLV

Roster

  • Larry Brown
  • R. C. Buford
  • John Hammond
  • Quin Snyder

Regular season

Season standings

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

Game log

Regular season

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 29 | @ Houston | L 94–117 | Mark Jackson (26) | three players tied (8) | Gary Grant (8) | The Summit 16,611 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | May 1 | @ Houston | W 95–83 | Ron Harper (29) | Ken Norman (12) | Mark Jackson (8) | The Summit 16,611 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | May 3 | Houston | L 99–111 | Danny Manning (23) | Ron Harper (9) | Mark Jackson (8) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 12,628 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 5 | Houston | W 93–90 | Ron Harper (21) | Stanley Roberts (13) | Mark Jackson (7) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 14,710 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 8 | @ Houston | L 80–84 | Danny Manning (24) | Danny Manning (12) | Mark Jackson (9) | The Summit 16,611

2–3

Player statistics

Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Danny Manning797734.950.926.780.26.62.61.41.322.8
Ron Harper807737.145.128.076.95.34.52.20.918.0
Ken Norman767132.651.126.359.57.52.20.80.815.0
Mark Jackson828138.048.626.880.34.78.81.70.114.4
Stanley Roberts777623.652.70.048.86.20.80.41.811.3
Loy Vaught79420.950.825.074.86.20.70.70.59.4
John Williams74822.143.022.654.34.31.91.10.36.6
Gary Grant74821.944.126.274.31.94.81.40.16.6
Kiki VanDeWeghe41312.045.332.487.91.20.60.30.26.2
Jaren Jackson34010.341.440.085.21.11.00.60.13.9
Lester Conner31013.645.20.094.71.62.11.10.12.4
Elmore Spencer4446.453.70.050.01.40.20.20.42.4
Randy Woods4114.234.821.473.10.31.00.30.01.7
Duane Washington407.00.00.00.00.51.30.30.00.0
Alex Stivrins101.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Danny Manning5534.241.20.080.87.21.61.41.018.2
Ron Harper5534.847.450.064.74.03.23.02.018.0
Mark Jackson5537.643.850.086.45.87.61.60.215.2
Ken Norman5532.837.337.550.08.22.40.80.012.8
Stanley Roberts5529.852.00.027.88.20.20.60.611.4
Loy Vaught3016.740.00.080.06.00.01.30.35.3
Gary Grant5020.232.30.050.00.44.60.60.04.2
Lester Conner5012.875.0100.0100.01.42.00.60.24.2
Kiki VanDeWeghe109.033.30.00.00.01.01.00.04.0
Jaren Jackson407.038.50.00.01.30.50.50.02.5
John Williams5019.622.266.750.02.81.41.00.02.2
Elmore Spencer202.00.00.00.00.50.00.00.00.0

Player statistics citation:

Awards, records and milestones

All-Star

Danny Manning selected as a reserve forward for the Western Conference All-Stars. Manning is the first Clipper All-Star since Marques Johnson was selected in 1986.

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1992–93 season.

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

Player Transactions Citation:

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAC/1993.html 1992-93 Los Angeles Clippers]
  2. (June 25, 1992). "After Big Men Go First, Locals Go in First Round: NBA Draft: Miner Goes to Heat at No. 12. Lakers Take Peeler. Clippers Select: La Salle's Woods with Their First Pick". Los Angeles Times.
  3. Howard-Cooper, Scott. (June 25, 1992). "Clippers Go Forward to MacLean: NBA Draft: Polynice Is Traded to Pistons After La Salle's Woods Is Picked. Los Angeles Also Takes UNLV's Spencer with the No. 25 Selection". Los Angeles Times.
  4. "1992 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.
  5. Brown, Clifton. (September 1, 1992). "BASKETBALL; Knicks' Jackson Going to Clippers? Just One Obstacle". The New York Times.
  6. (September 22, 1992). "Knicks, Magic, Clippers Complete Trade". United Press International.
  7. Howard-Cooper, Scott. (September 23, 1992). "Big Man, Big Deal: Roberts a Clipper: Pro Basketball: But They Have to Give Up a Lot to Acquire the Heavyweight Center, and Mark Jackson in Three-Team Deal with New York and Orlando". Los Angeles Times.
  8. (September 1, 1992). "Magic's Roberts Is Key to Possible 3-Way Trade". The Washington Post.
  9. Brown, Clifton. (September 2, 1992). "BASKETBALL; Will the Magic's Center Make a Trade Disappear?". The New York Times.
  10. Howard-Cooper, Scott. (October 9, 1992). "Clippers Make Sizable Deal, Get John Williams: Pro Basketball: L.A. Trades Rights to Rookie Forward Don MacLean, and Backup Center William Bedford to the Bullets for former crenshaw High Star Troubled with Weight Problems". Los Angeles Times.
  11. Goldstein, Alan. (October 9, 1992). "Bullets Cut Losses, Trade Williams to Clippers Team; Acquires Bedford, MacLean". The Baltimore Sun.
  12. (October 13, 1992). "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Vandeweghe Discovers the Welcome Wagon". The New York Times.
  13. Howard-Cooper, Scott. (October 14, 1992). "Vandeweghe and Brown Together Again: Clippers: The 12-Year Veteran Decides to Play for the NBA Minimum to Be Reunited with His Former Coach at UCLA". Los Angeles Times.
  14. "NBA Games Played on February 18, 1993". Basketball-Reference.
  15. "1992–93 Los Angeles Clippers Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference.
  16. "1992–93 Los Angeles Clippers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.
  17. (February 10, 1993). "Manning Gets All-Star Berth: Pro Basketball: He Is Selected for the First Time. The Lakers and Celtics Are Shut Out for the First Time Since Game Began". Los Angeles Times.
  18. (September 13, 2021). "1993 NBA All-Star Recap". NBA.com.
  19. "1993 NBA All-Star Game: West 135, East 132 (OT)". Basketball-Reference.
  20. (May 9, 1993). "PRO BASKETBALL; Rockets Hold Off Clippers to Enter the Next Realm". The New York Times.
  21. Howard-Cooper, Scott. (May 9, 1993). "Rockets Go to the Max and Win: Game 5: Clippers Erase a 16-Point Deficit in the Fourth Quarter, But Houston Scores the Last Five Points and Wins, 84-80, to Take the Series". Los Angeles Times.
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  23. Howard-Cooper, Scott. (May 21, 1993). "Brown Waves Aloha to Clippers: Pro Basketball: After 1 1/2 Seasons, Coach Sends Resignation by Agent. Next Stop Might Be Indiana. Clippers Could Be Interested in Wilkens". Los Angeles Times.
  24. (June 8, 1993). "Pacers Hire Brown, Who Calls This His Last Stop: Pro Basketball: The Former Clipper Coach and Indiana President Walsh are Long-Time Friends". Los Angeles Times.
  25. Berkow, Ira. (June 14, 1993). "PRO BASKETBALL; Brown Takes Old Baggage to a New Port". The New York Times.
  26. (July 8, 1993). "SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO BASKETBALL; Norman Goes to Bucks". The New York Times.
  27. Howard-Cooper, Scott. (July 8, 1993). "Clippers Lose Norman to Bucks: Pro Basketball: Small Forward Gets a Six-Gear Deal from Bucks, Leaving Clippers with a Big Void to Fill". Los Angeles Times.
  28. (July 8, 1993). "Free-Agent Norman Signs with Bucks". Tampa Bay Times.
  29. Howard-Cooper, Scott. (March 11, 1993). "Clippers Lose More Ground: Pro Basketball: They Fall to Nets, 109-98, and Hold Playoff Spot by Only 3 1/2 Games Over Nuggets". Los Angeles Times.
  30. "1992–93 Los Angeles Clippers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.
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