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1992–93 New Jersey Nets season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

SportsChannel New York (lost to Cavaliers 2–3) The 1992–93 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 26th season in the National Basketball Association, and 17th season in East Rutherford, New Jersey. During the off-season, the Nets hired Chuck Daly as their new head coach; Daly led the Detroit Pistons to two consecutive NBA championships between 1989 and 1990. The team also acquired Rumeal Robinson from the Atlanta Hawks, acquired Jayson Williams from the Philadelphia 76ers, and signed free agents Chucky Brown and Rick Mahorn.

Under Daly, the Nets continued to improve holding a 30–21 record at the All-Star break. However, the team lost second-year star Kenny Anderson for the remainder of the regular season to a wrist injury after 55 games. At mid-season, the team signed free agents, former All-Star guard Maurice Cheeks, and former All-Star forward Bernard King. Despite losing ten of their final eleven games of the season, the Nets finished in third place in the Atlantic Division with a 43–39 record, their first winning season since 1983–84, and earned the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference.

Dražen Petrović averaged 22.3 points and 1.3 steals per game, while Derrick Coleman averaged 20.7 points, 11.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game, and Anderson showed improvement becoming the Nets' starting point guard, as he provided the team with 16.9 points, 8.2 assists and 1.7 steals per game. In addition, Chris Morris contributed 14.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game, while Sam Bowie provided with 9.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, and Robinson contributed 8.4 points, 4.0 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Off the bench, King avareged 7.0 points per game in 32 games, while Rafael Addison contributed 6.3 points per game, Brown provided with 5.1 points and 3.0 rebounds per game, Mahorn averaged 3.9 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, Cheeks contributed 3.6 points and 3.1 assists per game in 35 games, and Chris Dudley provided with 3.5 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game.

Petrović and Coleman were both named to the All-NBA Third Team, while Anderson finished in third place in Most Improved Player voting, with Coleman and Petrović both finishing in eighth and tied in eleventh place respectively, and Daly finished in fifth place in Coach of the Year voting.

In the Eastern Conference First Round of the 1993 NBA playoffs, and for the second consecutive year, the Nets faced off against the 3rd–seeded Cleveland Cavaliers, who were led by the All-Star trio of Brad Daugherty, Mark Price and Larry Nance. With Anderson out due to his season-ending wrist injury, the Nets used Robinson as their starting point guard in his absence. With the series tied at 2–2, the Nets lost Game 5 to the Cavaliers on the road, 99–89 at the Coliseum at Richfield, thus losing in a full five-game series. Following the season, Bowie was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, while Dudley signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers, Brown signed with the Dallas Mavericks, Addison was released to free agency, and King and Cheeks both retired.

Tragedy struck the Nets in the following off-season, as Petrović was killed in a car accident in Germany at the age of 28 on June 7, 1993; Petrović was a passenger in a car driven by his girlfriend, which lost control and crashed head-on into a truck on a rain-drenched highway near Munich, Germany. Shortly before his death, Petrović last played for the Croatian national basketball team in the European Championships in Wroclaw, Poland. The Nets retired Petrović's number 3 jersey later on that year, during a game against the Indiana Pacers at the Brenden Byrne Arena on November 11, during the next season; he would later on be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame posthumously in 2002.

Petrović's girlfriend, Hungarian model and basketball player, Klara Szalantzy, 23, was not seriously hurt in the accident, while another passenger, Hilal Edebal, 23, was seriously injured with certain lifelong consequences. Edebal was also a basketball player, and played overseas in Turkey, but had to retire after the accident; reports of the accident misidentified her name as "Hilal Haene", and her age as 53.

Draft picks

Main article: 1992 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
229P. J. BrownPFUnited StatesLouisiana Tech
240Steve RogersSGUnited StatesAlabama State

Roster

  • Chuck Daly
  • Rick Carlisle
  • Paul Silas
  • Brendan Suhr ;Roster notes
  • Point guard Rumeal Robinson holds both American and Jamaican citizenships.

Regular season

Season standings

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

Game log

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | November 10, 1992 | @ New York | L 96–99 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | November 17, 1992 | Utah | L 97–108 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 3–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 24, 1992 | @ Seattle | L 97–103 | | | | Seattle Center Coliseum | 4–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 12 | November 25, 1992 | @ L.A. Lakers | W 100–98 | | | | Great Western Forum | 5–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 13 | November 27, 1992 | @ Utah | W 112–110 | | | | Delta Center | 6–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 16 | December 4, 1992 | San Antonio | W 108–103 (OT) | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 9–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | December 8, 1992 7:30p.m. EST | Phoenix | L 100–105 | Morris (25) | Morris (12) | Anderson (7) | Brendan Byrne Arena 16,514 | 10–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 10, 1992 | L.A. Clippers | W 111–105 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 10–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | December 12, 1992 8:30p.m. EST | @ Chicago | L 89–95 | Petrović (25) | Bowie (17) | Anderson, Petrović (6) | Chicago Stadium 18,232 | 11–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 | December 15, 1992 | New York | L 94–108 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 11–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 26 | December 26, 1992 | @ Cleveland | W 119–114 | | | | Richfield Coliseum | 14–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 27 | December 28, 1992 | Charlotte | W 104–103 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 15–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 29 | January 2, 1993 | @ Charlotte | L 117–118 | | | | Charlotte Coliseum | 16–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 | January 13, 1993 | Cleveland | W 104–98 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 19–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 21, 1993 7:30p.m. EST | Chicago | L 94–107 | Anderson, Coleman (22) | Coleman (12) | Anderson (12) | Brendan Byrne Arena 20,049 | 22–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 | January 24, 1993 | Houston | W 100–83 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 23–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 | January 26, 1993 | L.A. Lakers | W 106–91 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 24–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 | January 30, 1993 | @ Houston | L 105–108 | | | | The Summit | 24–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | February 2, 1993 | @ San Antonio | L 93–111 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 25–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 46 | February 4, 1993 | Seattle | W 113–103 (OT) | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 26–20 |- align="center" |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 23, 1993 | @ Charlotte | L 95–104 | | | | Charlotte Coliseum | 30–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 | February 28, 1993 | New York | W 102–76 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 31–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | March 2, 1993 8:00p.m. EST | Chicago | L 80–87 | Coleman (22) | Dudley (13) | Coleman, George (4) | Brendan Byrne Arena 20,049 | 31–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 59 | March 10, 1993 | @ L.A. Clippers | W 109–98 | | | | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | 34–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 61 | March 13, 1993 9:30p.m. EST | @ Phoenix | W 124–93 | Petrović (29) | Coleman (12) | Robinson (10) | America West Arena 19,023 | 36–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 67 | March 24, 1993 | Charlotte | W 118–116 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 40–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 72 | April 2, 1993 8:00p.m. EST | @ Chicago | L 105–118 | Coleman (30) | Mahorn (11) | Coleman (7) | Chicago Stadium 18,676 | 42–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 73 | April 4, 1993 | @ Cleveland | L 99–105 | | | | Richfield Coliseum | 42–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 10, 1993 | Cleveland | L 99–100 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 42–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 80 | April 21, 1993 | @ New York | L 74–105 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 43–37

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 29, 1993 | @ Cleveland | L 98–114 | Coleman (31) | Coleman (10) | Cheeks, George (5) | Richfield Coliseum 18,339 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | May 1, 1993 | @ Cleveland | W 101–99 | Coleman (27) | Coleman (14) | Robinson (9) | Richfield Coliseum 20,273 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | May 5, 1993 | Cleveland | L 84–93 | Coleman (22) | Coleman (13) | Robinson (9) | Brendan Byrne Arena 16,453 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 7, 1993 | Cleveland | W 96–79 | Morris (22) | Coleman (14) | Coleman, Robinson (8) | Brendan Byrne Arena 15,238 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | May 9, 1993 | @ Cleveland | L 89–99 | Coleman (33) | Coleman (16) | Robinson (6) | Richfield Coliseum 17,388 | 2–3

Player statistics

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Dražen Petrović706738.0.518.449.8702.73.51.30.222.3
Derrick Coleman767336.3.460.232.80811.23.61.21.720.7
Kenny Anderson555536.5.435.280.7764.18.21.70.216.9
Chris Morris775729.9.481.224.7945.91.41.90.714.1
Sam Bowie796526.5.450.333.7797.01.60.41.69.1
Rumeal Robinson802819.8.423.357.5742.04.01.20.28.4
Bernard King32213.4.514.286.6842.40.60.30.17.0
Rafael Addison681517.1.443.206.8141.90.80.30.26.3
Chucky Brown772015.4.483.000.7243.00.70.30.35.1
Jayson Williams12211.6.457.3893.40.00.30.34.1
Rick Mahorn74914.6.472.333.8003.80.40.30.43.9
Maurice Cheeks35014.6.548.000.8891.23.10.90.13.6
Chris Dudley711619.7.353.5187.20.20.21.53.5
Tate George4817.9.378.000.8330.61.20.20.12.5
Dwayne Schintzius507.0.2861.0001.60.40.40.41.4
Dan O'Sullivan303.3.6671.30.00.00.01.3
Doug Lee506.6.286.3330.41.00.00.21.0
Dave Hoppen205.01.000.0002.00.00.00.01.0

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Derrick Coleman5545.0.532.417.80613.44.61.22.626.8
Chris Morris5432.6.557.375.9176.41.41.61.217.0
Dražen Petrović5538.6.455.333.8001.81.80.40.015.6
Rumeal Robinson5527.2.429.286.7142.47.01.00.09.8
Chucky Brown4015.5.409.8572.30.30.80.86.0
Dwayne Schintzius5021.2.448.5005.00.80.21.25.8
Maurice Cheeks5016.4.478.0001.22.81.20.24.4
Rafael Addison5010.6.3331.0001.21.00.60.03.4
Sam Bowie3323.7.4441.0004.00.72.00.33.3
Bernard King318.0.5710.30.00.30.02.7
Rick Mahorn4215.8.4003.30.80.00.52.0
Tate George2011.0.2861.53.00.50.02.0

Player statistics citation:

Awards, Records and Honors

  • Dražen Petrović, All-NBA Third Team
  • Derrick Coleman, All-NBA Third Team

References

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