1991–92 Phoenix Suns season

1991–92 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach	Cotton Fitzsimmons
General manager	Jerry Colangelo
Owner(s)	Jerry Colangelo
Arena	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	53–29 (.646)
Place	Division: 3rd (Pacific) Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	West Conference Semifinals (eliminated 1-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KUTP
Radio	KTAR

The 1991–92 Phoenix Suns season was the 24th for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns were led by head coach Cotton Fitzsimmons, which would be the last of his four-season second stint as coach of the Suns. All home games were played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The team finished third in the Pacific Division with a 53–29 record. In the first round of the playoffs, the Suns swept the San Antonio Spurs in three straight games, but lost 4–1 to the Portland Trail Blazers in the semifinals.

Guard Jeff Hornacek led the Suns in scoring, averaging 20.1 points for the season. Fellow guard mates Kevin Johnson and Dan Majerle were second and third in scoring, with Johnson's 19.7 points and team-leading assist average, 10.7, to go with Majerle's 17.3 scoring average. Tom Chambers, at 32 years of age, appeared in 69 games and averaged 16.3 point per contest. Hornacek finished the season third in three-point field goal percentage, while Johnson's assist average was good for second-best in the league.

Majerle was selected to appear in his first-career All-Star Game along with Hornacek, while by season's end, Johnson was selected to the All-NBA Third Team. Second year player Cedric Ceballos won the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend in Orlando. Following the season, Hornacek was traded along with Tim Perry and Andrew Lang to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Draft picks

Main article: 1991 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	32	Chad Gallagher	Center	United States	Creighton
2	46	Richard Dumas	Forward	United States	Oklahoma State
2	50	Joey Wright	Guard	United States	Texas

Roster

Phoenix Suns roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (Y-M-D)	From
2.0 !SG	15	USA !	Burtt, Steve	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1962-11-05	Iona
3.0 !SF	23	USA !	Ceballos, Cedric	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1969-08-02	Cal State Fullerton
4.5 !PF	24	USA !	Chambers, Tom	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1959-06-21	Utah
3.0 !SF	21	USA !	Dumas, Richard (S)	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1969-05-19	Oklahoma State
2.0 !SG	14	USA !	Hornacek, Jeff	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1963-05-03	Iowa State
1.0 !PG	7	USA !	Johnson, Kevin	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1966-03-04	UC Berkeley
1.0 !PG	32	USA !	Knight, Negele	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1967-03-06	Dayton
6.0 !C	28	USA !	Lang, Andrew	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1966-06-28	Arkansas
2.0 !SG	9	USA !	Majerle, Dan	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1965-09-09	Central Michigan
6.0 !C	0	USA !	Mustaf, Jerrod	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	1969-10-28	Maryland
4.5 !PF	45	USA !	Nealy, Ed	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	1960-02-19	Kansas State
4.5 !PF	34	USA !	Perry, Tim	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1965-06-04	Temple
4.5 !PF	31	USA !	Rambis, Kurt	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	1958-02-25	Santa Clara
6.0 !C	41	USA !	West, Mark	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1960-11-05	Old Dominion

Head coach

Cotton Fitzsimmons (Midwestern St.)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster Notes

Forward Richard Dumas was suspended for violating the NBA's substance abuse policy.

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Andrew Lang	Mark West
PF	Tim Perry	Tom Chambers	Jerrod Mustaf
SF	Cedric Ceballos	Ed Nealy	Kurt Rambis
SG	Jeff Hornacek	Dan Majerle
PG	Kevin Johnson	Steve Burtt		Negele Knight

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Portland Trail Blazers	57	25	.695	—	33-8	24-17	21-9
x-Golden State Warriors	55	27	.671	2	31-10	24-17	19-11
x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	4	36-5	17-24	17-13
x-Seattle SuperSonics	47	35	.573	10	28-13	19-22	16-14
x-Los Angeles Clippers	45	37	.549	12	29-12	16-25	13-17
x-Los Angeles Lakers	43	39	.524	14	24-17	19-22	13-17
Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	28	21-20	8-33	6-24

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Portland Trail Blazers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	2
3	x-Golden State Warriors	55	27	.671	2
4	x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	4
5	x-San Antonio Spurs	47	35	.573	10
6	x-Seattle SuperSonics	47	35	.573	10
7	x-Los Angeles Clippers	45	37	.549	12
8	x-Los Angeles Lakers	43	39	.524	14

9	Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	15
10	Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	28
11	Denver Nuggets	24	58	.293	33
12	Dallas Mavericks	22	60	.268	35
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	42

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	—	3–1	2–2	0–5	0–5	2–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2
Boston	1–3	—	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	5–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	1–3	—	0–4	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2
Chicago	5–0	3–1	4–0	—	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0
Cleveland	5–0	1–3	3–2	2–3	—	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Dallas	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	3–2	0–2	0–4	4–2	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–5	0–4	1–4	0–2
Denver	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–3	—	0–2	0–4	2–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–5	1–1
Detroit	4–1	0–4	4–1	1–4	1–3	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	—	2–2	2–0	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	5–0	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–0
Houston	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–2	0–2	2–2	—	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	3–2	1–3	1–4	2–0
Indiana	4–1	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–0	—	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–3	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–3	2–2	0–2	3–2	—	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	1–4	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
Miami	2–2	2–3	3–1	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	—	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–4	3–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0
Milwaukee	1–3	2–2	3–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	—	2–0	0–4	1–3	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	1–1	0–4	2–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	—	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–6	0–4	2–3	0–2
New Jersey	1–3	3–2	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	—	2–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3
New York	2–2	2–3	4–0	0–4	0–4	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	4–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	—	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0
Orlando	2–2	0–5	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–3	1–4	—	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3
Philadelphia	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–3	2–0	2–3	1–3	2–3	—	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	5–0
Phoenix	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	—	3–2	4–1	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–0
Portland	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	3–2	1–3	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	—	5–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–5	1–3	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	0–5	—	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	5–0	4–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	—	3–1	1–4	0–2
Seattle	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–4	4–1	1–3	—	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	4–1	1–3	—	2–0
Washington	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	0–4	3–2	0–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	—

Playoffs

Game log

1992 playoff game log

First Round: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)

Conference Semifinals: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)

1992 playoff schedule

Awards and honors

Week/Month

Jeff Hornacek was named Player of the Month for December.
Cotton Fitzsimmons was named Coach of the Month for December.

All-Star

Jeff Hornacek was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his first and only All-Star selection. Hornacek finished seventh in voting among Western Conference guards with 271,180 votes.
Dan Majerle was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his first All-Star selection.
Other Suns players receiving All-Star votes were Tom Chambers (406,185) and Kevin Johnson (309,820).
Cedric Ceballos won the Slam Dunk Contest, winning the competition with the famous "Hocus Pocus" blindfolded dunk.
Jeff Hornacek participated in the Three-Point Shootout, losing to champion and former Suns teammate Craig Hodges.

Season

Kevin Johnson was named to the All-NBA Third Team. Johnson also finished 14th in MVP voting.
Dan Majerle finished third in Sixth Man of the Year voting.

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
Burtt, Steve !Steve Burtt	31	2	11.5	.463	.167	.704	1.1	1.9	.5	.1	6.0
Ceballos, Cedric !Cedric Ceballos	64	4	11.3	.482	.167	.736	2.4	0.8	.3	.2	7.2
Chambers, Tom !Tom Chambers	69	66	28.2	.431	.367	.830	5.8	2.1	.8	.5	16.3
Hornacek, Jeff !Jeff Hornacek	81	81	38.0	.512	.439	.886	5.0	5.1	2.0	.4	20.1
Johnson, Kevin !Kevin Johnson	78	78	37.2	.479	.217	.807	3.7	10.7	1.5	.3	19.7
Knight, Negele !Negele Knight	42	1	15.0	.475	.308	.688	1.1	2.7	.6	.1	5.8
Lang, Andrew !Andrew Lang	81	71	24.3	.522	.000	.768	6.7	0.5	.6	2.5	7.7
Majerle, Dan !Dan Majerle	82	15	34.8	.478	.382	.756	5.9	3.3	1.6	.5	17.3
Mustaf, Jerrod !Jerrod Mustaf	52	3	10.5	.477	.	.690	2.8	0.9	.4	.3	4.5
Nealy, Ed !Ed Nealy	52	4	9.7	.512	.400	.667	2.1	0.7	.3	.0	3.1
Perry, Tim !Tim Perry	80	69	31.0	.523	.375	.712	6.9	1.7	.6	1.5	12.3
Rambis, Kurt !Kurt Rambis	28	5	13.6	.463	.	.778	3.8	1.3	.4	.5	3.2
West, Mark !Mark West	82	11	17.5	.632	.	.637	4.5	0.3	.2	1.0	6.1

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Burtt, Steve !Steve Burtt	8	0	13.0	.421	.000	.857	1.5	1.8	.6	.0	6.3
Ceballos, Cedric !Cedric Ceballos	8	8	23.5	.550	.	.667	6.4	1.5	.8	.8	13.5
Chambers, Tom !Tom Chambers	7	0	27.7	.459	.571^	.844	4.4	2.7	.3	.7	15.6
Hornacek, Jeff !Jeff Hornacek	8	8	42.9	.484	.471^	.912	6.4	5.3	1.8	.3	20.4
Johnson, Kevin !Kevin Johnson	8	8	41.9	.484	.500^	.861	4.1	11.6	1.5	.3	23.6
Lang, Andrew !Andrew Lang	8	8	24.0	.375	.	.789	4.0	0.3	.4	1.9	5.6
Majerle, Dan !Dan Majerle	7	0	38.0	.432	.273	.962+	6.3	2.9	1.4	.0	18.6
Nealy, Ed !Ed Nealy	8	0	8.4	.389	.385	1.000+	2.3	0.5	.4	.0	2.9
Perry, Tim !Tim Perry	8	8	23.1	.603†	.	.719	4.9	1.4	.4	.8	12.4
West, Mark !Mark West	8	0	12.0	.737†	.	.500	2.1	0.3	.3	.5	4.0

† – Minimum 20 field goals made.
^ – Minimum 5 three-pointers made.
+ – Minimum 10 free throws made.

Transactions

Trades

June 27, 1991	To Cleveland Cavaliers---- Rights to Miloš Babić	To Phoenix Suns---- Rights to Stefano Rusconi
October 1, 1991	To New York Knicks---- Xavier McDaniel	To Phoenix Suns---- Jerrod Mustaf Trent Tucker 1992 second-round draft pick ( Brian Davis) 1994 second-round draft pick ( Anthony Goldwire)

Free agents

Additions

Date	Player	Contract	Old Team
February 14, 1992	Steve Burtt	Signed two 10-day contracts	Oklahoma City Cavalry (CBA)
March 5, 1992	Steve Burtt	Signed for rest of season	Phoenix Suns

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason Left	New Team
August 6, 1991	Ian Lockhart	Free agent	Cholet Basket (France)
October 29, 1991	Joey Wright	Waived	Pensacola HotShots (GBA)
October 30, 1991	Joe Barry Carroll	Waived	N/A (Retired)
November 15, 1991	Trent Tucker	Waived	San Antonio Spurs

References

1991–92 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

Phoenix Suns

Founded in 1968 Based in Phoenix, Arizona

Franchise	Franchise Expansion Draft History Draft history All-time roster Head coaches Seasons Records Current season

Arenas	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Talking Stick Resort Arena

General managers	J. Colangelo B. Colangelo D'Antoni Kerr Blanks McDonough

D-League affiliate	Northern Arizona Suns

Culture & lore	The Suns Gorilla The Shot 'Heard' Round the World 07 Seconds or Less STAT The Matrix Sir Charles Nashty The Greyhound Thunder Dan Shazam Oklahoma Kid Original Sun Hawk

Rivals	San Antonio Spurs

Ring of Honor & Retired numbers	5 6 7 9 13 24 33 34 42 44 Jerry Colangelo Cotton Fitzsimmons John MacLeod Al McCoy (To be official on March 3, 2017) Joe Proski

Hall of Famers	Charles Barkley Jerry Colangelo Gail Goodrich Connie Hawkins Dennis Johnson Gus Johnson Ann Meyers Shaquille O'Neal Pat Riley

Key personnel	Owner Robert Sarver President & CEO Jason Rowley General Manager & President of Basketball Operations Ryan McDonough Director of Player Personnel Mark West Head Coach Earl Watson Voice of the Suns Al McCoy

Western Conference Championships (2)	1976 1993

Pacific Division Championships (6)	1981 1993 1995 2005 2006 2007

Media	TV FS Arizona Radio Arizona Sports Announcers Tom Leander Tom Chambers Eddie Johnson Al McCoy Tim Kempton Ann Meyers Casey Jacobsen Steve Albert Kevin Ray Jon Bloom

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

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1991–92 Phoenix Suns season

Draft picks

Roster

Roster Notes

Depth chart

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

Game log

Awards and honors

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

See also

References