1991–92 New Jersey Nets season

1991–92 New Jersey Nets season
Head coach Bill Fitch
Arena Brendan Byrne Arena
Results
Record 40–42 (.488)
Place Division: 3rd (Atlantic)
Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish East First Round
(eliminated 1-3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television SportsChannel New York, WABC, EMI
Radio WNEW
New Jersey Nets seasons
< 1990–91 1992–93 >

The 1991–92 New Jersey Nets season was the 25th season, 16th in the NBA basketball in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The club qualified for the playoffs but were eliminated in the first round by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Contents

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 1991 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 2 Kenny Anderson PG  United States Georgia Tech
2 53 Von McDade SG  United States Milwaukee

Roster

New Jersey Nets 1991-92 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
G/F 21 Addison, Rafael 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Syracuse
G 7 Anderson, Kenny 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Georgia Tech
G 10 Blaylock, Mookie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oklahoma
F/C 31 Bowie, Sam 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Kentucky
G/F 35 Buechler, Jud 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Arizona
F 44 Coleman, Derrick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Syracuse
C 22 Dudley, Chris 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Yale*
C 45 Feitl, Dave 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Texas-El Paso
G 12 George, Tate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Connecticut
G/F 20 Lee, Doug 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Purdue
F 5 Mills, Terry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Michigan
F 34 Morris, Chris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Auburn
G 3 Petrović, Dražen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg)
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Boston Celtics 51 31 .622 — 34–7 17–24 19-9
x-New York Knicks 51 31 .622 — 30-11 21-20 20-8
x-New Jersey Nets 40 42 .488 11 25-16 15-26 15-13
x-Miami Heat 38 44 .463 13 28-13 10-31 14-14
Philadelphia 76ers 35 47 .427 16 23-18 12-29 15-13
Washington Bullets 25 57 .305 26 14-27 11-30 7-21
Orlando Magic 21 61 .256 30 13-28 8-33 8-20
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Chicago Bulls 67 15 .817 –
2 y-Boston Celtics 51 31 .622 16
3 x-Cleveland Cavaliers 57 25 .695 10
4 x-New York Knicks 51 31 .622 16
5 x-Detroit Pistons 48 34 .585 19
6 x-New Jersey Nets 40 42 .488 27
7 x-Indiana Pacers 40 42 .488 27
8 x-Miami Heat 38 44 .463 29
9 Atlanta Hawks 38 44 .463 29
10 Philadelphia 76ers 35 47 .427 32
11t Milwaukee Bucks 31 51 .378 36
11t Charlotte Hornets 31 51 .378 36
13 Washington Bullets 25 57 .305 42
14 Orlando Magic 21 61 .256 46
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

Game Date Opponent Result Nets points Opponents Record Streak Notes
1 November 2 @ Charlotte Win 116 118 1-0 Won 1
2 November 6 @ Philadelphia Loss 105 107 1-1 Lost 1
3 November 7 Miami Loss 89 111 1-2 Lost 2
4 November 9 Detroit Loss 100 110 1-3 Lost 3
5 November 12 @ New York Loss 96 98 1-4 Lost 4
6 November 13 Utah Loss 92 98 1-5 Lost 5
7 November 15 Washington Loss 111 116 1-6 Lost 6 OT
8 November 16 @ Orlando Loss 100 102 1-7 Lost 7
9 November 19 Sacramento Win 122 118 2-7 Won 1
10 November 21 @ Cleveland Loss 112 116 2-8 Lost 1
11 November 23 Boston Loss 107 125 2-9 Lost 2
12 November 26 @ Houston Loss 109 118 2-10 Lost 3
13 November 27 @ San Antonio Loss 100 106 2-11 Lost 4
14 November 29 @ Dallas Win 97 91 3-11 Won 1
15 November 30 @ Denver Loss 97 107 3-12 Lost 1
16 December 3 Philadelphia Win 88 86 4-12 Won 1
17 December 5 @ Milwaukee Win 109 101 5-12 Won 2
18 December 6 LA Lakers Loss 89 98 5-13 Lost 1
19 December 10 New York Loss 88 114 5-14 Lost 2
20 December 12 Denver Win 121 81 6-14 Won 1
21 December 14 Charlotte Loss 102 109 6-15 Lost 1
22 December 17 @ New York Loss 94 102 6-16 Lost 2
23 December 18 Cleveland Win 102 93 7-16 Won 1
24 December 20 Chicago Loss 98 115 7-17 Lost 1
25 December 21 @ Indiana Loss 109 118 7-18 Lost 2 OT
26 December 23 Atlanta Win 105 93 8-18 Won 1
27 December 26 Houston Win 99 93 9-18 Won 2
28 December 27 @ Charlotte Win 136 120 10-18 Won 3
29 December 30 Orlando Win 122 112 11-18 Won 4
30 January 3 Washington Loss 108 112 11-19 Lost 1
31 January 4 @ Chicago Loss 96 140 11-20 Lost 2
32 January 6 LA Clippers Win 105 90 12-20 Won 1
33 January 8 Minnesota Win 103 97 13-20 Won 2
34 January 10 Milwaukee Win 104 97 14-20 Won 3
35 January 11 @ Detroit Loss 88 90 14-21 Lost 1
36 January 14 Dallas Win 97 88 15-21 Won 1
37 January 15 @ Boston Win 130 120 16-21 Won 2
38 January 18 @ Minnesota Win 112 100 17-21 Won 3
39 January 22 Phoenix Win 106 104 18-21 Won 4
40 January 24 Miami Win 123 117 19-21 Won 5
41 January 25 @ Philadelphia Loss 94 115 19-22 Lost 1
42 January 28 @ Sacramento Loss 118 124 19-23 Lost 2
43 January 29 @ Phoenix Loss 95 128 19-24 Lost 3
44 January 31 @ Portland Loss 108 113 19-25 Lost 4
45 February 1 @ LA Clippers Loss 88 99 19-26 Lost 5
46 February 5 Seattle Loss 85 95 19-27 Lost 6
47 February 6 @ Washington Loss 108 124 19-28 Lost 7
48 February 11 @ Chicago Loss 113 133 19-29 Lost 8
49 February 12 @ Philadelphia Win 102 87 20-29 Won 1
50 February 14 Philadelphia Win 107 99 21-29 Won 2
51 February 15 @ Cleveland Loss 92 128 21-30 Lost 1
52 February 19 Detroit Win 106 102 22-30 Won 1
53 February 21 Indiana Win 105 101 23-30 Won 2
54 February 22 @ Atlanta Loss 107 119 23-31 Lost 1
55 February 25 Boston Win 109 95 24-31 Won 1
56 February 27 Portland Win 98 96 25-31 Won 2
57 February 29 @ Detroit Win 99 90 26-31 Won 3
58 March 1 New York Win 90 75 27-31 Won 4
59 March 4 @ LA Lakers Loss 92 101 27-32 Lost 1
60 March 6 @ Utah Loss 96 117 27-33 Lost 2
61 March 7 @ Seattle Loss 98 109 27-34 Lost 3
62 March 10 @ Golden State Loss 122 129 27-35 Lost 4
63 March 13 @ Boston Win 110 108 28-35 Won 1
64 March 14 @ New York Win 96 94 29-35 Won 2 OT
65 March 17 Chicago Loss 79 90 29-36 Lost 1
66 March 20 Washington Win 99 96 30-36 Won 1
67 March 22 @ Miami Loss 100 107 30-37 Lost 1
68 March 23 Charlotte Win 123 120 31-37 Won 1
69 March 25 Boston Loss 110 118 31-38 Lost 1
70 March 28 Golden State Loss 148 153 31-39 Lost 2 OT
71 March 30 San Antonio Win 117 109 32-39 Won 1
72 April 1 @ Milwaukee Win 121 117 33-39 Won 2
73 April 3 Milwaukee Win 122 103 34-39 Won 3
74 April 5 @ Indiana Win 128 120 35-39 Won 4
75 April 7 Atlanta Loss 97 104 35-40 Lost 1
76 April 8 @ Washington Win 109 103 36-40 Won 1
77 April 10 Cleveland Win 110 86 37-40 Won 2
78 April 11 @ Atlanta Loss 98 118 37-41 Lost 1
79 April 13 @ Orlando Win 110 104 38-41 Won 1
80 April 14 @ Miami Win 105 100 39-41 Won 2
81 April 16 Indiana Loss 113 119 39-42 Lost 1
82 April 18 Orlando Win 127 111 40-42 Won 1
1 April 23 @ Cleveland Loss 113 120 0-1 Lost 1
2 April 25 @ Cleveland Loss 96 118 0-2 Lost 2
3 April 28 Cleveland Win 109 104 1-2 Won 1
4 April 30 Cleveland Loss 89 98 1-3 Lost 1

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

Playoffs

Awards, Records and Honors

References

1991 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions
Eastern
Boston • Miami • New Jersey • New York • Orlando • Philadelphia • Washington
Western
Formerly the New Jersey Americans and New York Nets • Founded in 1967 • Based in Newark, New Jersey
Franchise
Arenas
Coaches
Zaslofsky • Larese • Carnesecca • Loughery • MacKinnon • Brown • Blair • Albeck • Wohl • MacKinnon • Reed • Fitch • Daly • Beard • Calipari • Casey • Scott • Frank • Barrise • Vandeweghe • Johnson
General Managers
Zaslofsky • Carnesecca • Boe & Quinn • DeBusschere • Melchionni • Theokas • MacKinnon • Weltman • Reed • Nash • Thorn • Stefanski • Vandeweghe • Thorn • King
D-League Affiliate
Administration
Owners: Mikhail Prokhorov (majority owner) • Bruce Ratner, Shawn Carter (minority owners) • President: Irina Pavlova • General Manager: Billy King • Head Coach:: Avery Johnson
Retired Numbers
3 • 4 • 23 • 25 • 32 • 52
ABA Championships (2)
1974 • 1976
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