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1992–93 Miami Heat season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

  • Ted Arison
  • Billy Cunningham
  • Lewis Schaffel Sunshine Network (Eric Reid, Jack Ramsay) (David J. Halberstam) The 1992–93 Miami Heat season was the fifth season for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association. The Heat had the twelfth overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft, and selected shooting guard Harold Miner from the University of Southern California, and acquired John Salley from the Detroit Pistons during the off-season; Salley won two NBA championships with the Pistons between 1989 and 1990.

However, the Heat got off to a sluggish 10–25 start as they dealt with injuries, with most notably second-year guard Steve Smith missing the first 31 games of the regular season due to a knee injury. Meanwhile, Kevin Edwards only played just 40 games, and was benched after starting in 30 of them, and Willie Burton only played just 26 games due to a wrist injury. The team held an 18–31 record at the All-Star break.

With Smith back in the starting lineup, the Heat played solid basketball in February and March winning 18 of 28 games. However, they ended up losing six of their final seven games, finishing in fifth place in the Atlantic Division, and in eleventh place in the Eastern Conference with a 36–46 record, finishing five games behind the 8th-seeded Indiana Pacers, who defeated the Heat, 94–88 at the Market Square Arena on the final day of the regular season to gain the final NBA playoff spot in the East.

Glen Rice averaged 19.0 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, and led the Heat with 148 three-point field goals, while Rony Seikaly averaged 17.1 points, 11.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, and Smith provided the team with 16.0 points and 5.6 assists per game in 48 games. In addition, Grant Long averaged 14.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, while Edwards contributed 13.9 points and 1.7 steals per game, and Bimbo Coles provided with 10.6 points and 4.6 assists per game. Meanwhile, Miner contributed 10.3 points per game off the bench, while Salley averaged 8.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game in only 51 games, and Brian Shaw provided with 7.3 points and 3.5 assists per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, Miner won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Following the season, Edwards, one of the few players left from the team's inaugural season, signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets.

Draft picks

Main article: 1992 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool/Club team
112Harold MinerSGUnited States[USC](1991-92-usc-trojans-men-s-basketball-team)
237Isaiah MorrisSFUnited States[Arkansas](1991-92-arkansas-razorbacks-men-s-basketball-team)
242Matt GeigerCUnited StatesGeorgia Tech

Roster

  • Kevin Loughery
  • Alvin Gentry
  • Bob Staak

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

Player statistics

Ragular season

PlayerPOSGPGSMPREBASTSTLBLKPTSMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
SF**82****82****3,082**4241809225**1,554****37.6**5.22.21.1.3**19.0**
PG81372,232166**373**801185527.62.04.61.0.110.6
PF76622,728568182**104**311,06135.97.52.41.4.414.0
SG7301,3831477334875018.92.01.0.5.110.3
C72642,456**846**10038**83**1,23234.1**11.8**1.4.51.217.1
SF69193519831312922713.62.9.4.4.43.3
PG68451,603257235481949823.63.83.5.7.37.3
PF51341,42231383327042327.96.11.6.6**1.4**8.3
SG48431,610197267501676633.54.1**5.6**1.0.316.0
C48255412014151821411.52.5.3.3.44.5
SG40301,134121120681255628.43.03.0**1.7**.313.9
PF402415911441215510.42.3.4.1.33.9
SF2684517016131620417.32.7.6.5.67.8

Awards, records, and honors

  • Harold Miner, NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest Champion

References

References

  1. "1992-93 Miami Heat". Basketball-reference.com.
  2. Araton, Harvey. (June 25, 1992). "BASKETBALL; Draft Sticks to Program Until the 5th Pick, That Is". The New York Times.
  3. (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.
  4. "1992 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.
  5. (September 8, 1992). "Salley Traded to Miami Heat". United Press International.
  6. (September 9, 1992). "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Enough Complaints: Pistons Trade Salley". The New York Times.
  7. (September 9, 1992). "Richardson Traded to Pacers, Timberwolves Get Person: NBA: Former UCLA Star Will Be Reunited with Reggie Miller. Pistons Trade John Salley to the Heat". Los Angeles Times.
  8. (October 18, 1992). "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Surgery for Steve Smith". The New York Times.
  9. Winderman, Ira. (December 6, 1992). "Smith Tests Knee; Return Uncertain". Sun Sentinel.
  10. (December 13, 1992). "Smith's The Question... If Not the Answer". Sun Sentinel.
  11. Freeman, Mike. (February 20, 1993). "PRO BASKETBALL; Nets Eye Edwards of the Heat". The New York Times.
  12. Winderman, Ira. (April 24, 1993). "Victory Limp for Heat Patched-Up Roster Rallies for Overtime Win". Sun Sentinel.
  13. Winderman, Ira. (December 13, 1993). "Same Edwards, Different Situation". Sun Sentinel.
  14. Winderman, Ira. (January 29, 1993). "Burton to Have Surgery, Out 6-8 Weeks". Sun Sentinel.
  15. Patton, Robes. (July 13, 1993). "Heat's Burton Can't Escape Pain". Orlando Sentinel.
  16. "NBA Games Played on February 18, 1993". Basketball-Reference.
  17. "1992–93 Miami Heat Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference.
  18. (April 25, 1993). "PRO BASKETBALL; Pacers Wheel In, Keep Both Magic and Pistons Out". The New York Times.
  19. (April 25, 1993). "NBA ROUNDUP: Pacers Edge Out Magic for Last Berth". Los Angeles Times.
  20. Winderman, Ira. (April 25, 1993). "Fiesty Heat Makes Pacers Earn Final Berth in Playoffs". Sun Sentinel.
  21. "1992–93 Miami Heat Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.
  22. Freeman, Mark. (February 21, 1993). "PRO BASKETBALL; Youth Movement Gets Prime-Time Hang Time in Slam-Dunk Contest". The New York Times.
  23. Heisler, Mark. (February 21, 1993). "Miner Wins Dunk Contest, Plans Return: NBA: Rookie from USC Impersonates His Childhood Idols, Fulfills a Dream". Los Angeles Times.
  24. "NBA & ABA All-Star Game Contest Winners". Basketball-Reference.
  25. Harvin, Al. (July 9, 1993). "PRO BASKETBALL; Nets Get Edwards for Petrovic's Spot". The New York Times.
  26. Patton, Robes. (July 9, 1993). "Nets Sign Edwards to 5-Year Contract". Sun Sentinel.
  27. Wang, Gene. (November 4, 1993). "1993-94 NBA Previews". The Washington Post.
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