1990–91 Phoenix Suns season

1990–91 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach	Cotton Fitzsimmons
General manager	Jerry Colangelo
Owner(s)	Jerry Colangelo
Arena	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	55–27 (.671)
Place	Division: 3rd (Pacific) Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	West First Round (eliminated 1-3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KUTP
Radio	KTAR

The 1990–91 Phoenix Suns season was the team's 23rd season in the NBA. They ended the season with a 55-27 record. For the season opener, the Suns traveled to Japan to play their two first games against the Utah Jazz at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, making history by being the two first teams in U.S. professional sport to play a regular season game outside of North America.^[1] They would face again in the first round of the playoffs, with the Suns losing in 4 games.^[2]

Draft picks

Main article: 1990 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	21	Jayson Williams	Forward	United States	St. John's
2	31	Negele Knight	Guard	United States	Dayton
2	48	Cedric Ceballos	Forward	United States	Cal State Fullerton
2	50	Miloš Babić	Center	Yugoslavia	Tennessee Tech

First round pick Jayson Williams did not reach an agreement with team president Jerry Colangelo over his rookie contract, and after months of discussion Phoenix sent him to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for a conditional first round selection in the 1994 NBA Draft.^[3] Rights to Miloš Babić were traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for the rights of Stefano Rusconi.

Roster

Phoenix Suns roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (Y-M-D)	From
6.0 !C	2	USA !	Carroll, Joe Barry	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1958-07-24	Purdue
4.0 !F	23	USA !	Ceballos, Cedric	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1969-08-02	Cal State Fullerton
5.5 !F/C	24	USA !	Chambers, Tom	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1959-06-21	Utah
1.5 !G	14	USA !	Hornacek, Jeff	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1963-05-03	Iowa State
1.5 !G	7	USA !	Johnson, Kevin	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1966-03-04	California
1.5 !G	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
4.0 !F	51	BAH !	Lockhart, Ian	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1967-06-25	Tennessee
2.5 !G/F	9	USA !	Majerle, Dan	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1965-09-09	Central Michigan
4.0 !F	35	USA !	McDaniel, Xavier	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1963-06-04	Wichita State
4.0 !F	45	USA !	Nealy, Ed	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	1960-02-19	Kansas State
4.0 !F	34	USA !	Perry, Tim	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1965-06-04	Temple
4.0 !F	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 State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Mark West	Andrew Lang	Joe Barry Carroll
PF	Tom Chambers	Kurt Rambis	Ed Nealy	Tim Perry Ian Lockhart
SF	Xavier McDaniel	Cedric Ceballos
SG	Jeff Hornacek	Dan Majerle
PG	Kevin Johnson	Negele Knight

Pre-season

1990 Pre-season Game Log: 7-1
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Record
1	October 11	Denver Nuggets	W 186-123	Arizona State University Activity Center	1-0^[4]
2	October 16	Utah Jazz	W 98-92	Salt Palace	2-0^[5]
3	October 18	Cleveland Cavaliers	W 111-103	Arizona State University Activity Center	3-0^[6]
4	October 20	Golden State Warriors	W 128-124	El Paso, TX	4-0^[7]
5	October 23	Cleveland Cavaliers	W 119-114	Richfield Coliseum	5-0^[8]
6	October 24	Milwaukee Bucks	L 112-116	Arizona State University Activity Center	5-1^[9]
7	October 26	Indiana Pacers	W 109-107	Market Square Arena	6-1^[10]
8	October 27	Chicago Bulls	W 117-110	Chicago Stadium	7-1^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Portland Trail Blazers	63	19	.768	—	36–5	27–14	18-10
x-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	5	33–8	25-16	19-9
x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	8	32–9	23-18	17–11
x-Golden State Warriors	44	38	.537	19	30–11	14–27	13–15
x-Seattle SuperSonics	41	41	.500	22	28-13	13–28	12-16
Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	32	23–18	8-33	10-18
Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	38	24-17	1–40	9–19

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Portland Trail Blazers	63	19	.768	–
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	8
3	x-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	5
4	x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Utah Jazz	54	28	.659	9
6	x-Houston Rockets	52	30	.634	11
7	x-Golden State Warriors	44	38	.537	19
8	x-Seattle SuperSonics	41	41	.500	22

9	Orlando Magic	31	51	.378	32
10	Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	32
11	Minnesota Timberwolves	29	53	.354	34
12	Dallas Mavericks	28	54	.341	35
13	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	38
14	Denver Nuggets	20	62	.244	43

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

Game log

1991 playoff game log

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

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 25	Utah	L 90–129	Negele Knight (18)	Jeff Hornacek (5)	Kevin Johnson (6)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,487	0–1
2	April 27	Utah	W 102–92	Jeff Hornacek (25)	Andrew Lang (8)	Kevin Johnson (12)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,487	1–1
3	April 30	@ Utah	L 98–107	Tom Chambers (26)	Jeff Hornacek (10)	Kevin Johnson (10)	Salt Palace 12,616	1–2
4	May 2	@ Utah	L 93–101	Jeff Hornacek (30)	Tom Chambers (7)	Kevin Johnson (11)	Salt Palace 12,616	1–3

1991 playoff schedule

Awards and records

All-Star Game

Tom Chambers and Kevin Johnson were selected to play in the 1991 NBA All-Star Game, their fourth and second appearances respectively.

Awards

Kevin Johnson was selected to the All-NBA 2nd Team.
Dan Majerle was selected to the All-Defensive 2nd Team.

Records

In a game against the Denver Nuggets on November 10, 1990 the Suns broke the NBA scoring record for a team in a half, by finishing the first two quarters ahead 107-67.^[11]

In Game 1 of the Western Conference First Round against the Utah Jazz, Phoenix suffered their worst playoff loss in franchise history up to that point, by losing 129-90.^[12]

Injuries/Missed games

10/30/90: Ricky Blanton: Viral infection; placed on injured list until waived on November 14
10/30/90: Negele Knight: Pulled hamstring; placed on injured list until November 21
10/30/90: Andrew Lang: Leg stress fracture; placed on injured list until November 16
11/03/90: Jeff Hornacek: Sore neck; did not play
11/07/90: Jeff Hornacek: Sore neck; did not play
11/16/90: Ian Lockhart: Knee, ankle injuries: placed on injured list for rest of season
11/21/90: Tim Perry: Sprained ankle; placed on injured list until December 5
12/05/90: Andrew Lang: Bruised arm; placed on injured list until December 26
12/26/90: Kenny Battle: Sprained ankle; placed on injured list until waived on January 23
01/02/91: Tom Chambers: Pulled hamstring; did not play
01/04/91: Tom Chambers: Pulled hamstring; did not play
01/05/91: Tom Chambers: Pulled hamstring; did not play
01/27/91: Joe Barry Carroll: Placed on suspended list until February 19
01/27/91: Kurt Rambis: Sprained ankle; placed on injured list until February 5
02/19/91: Tim Perry: Knee tendinitis; placed on injured list until March 17
03/17/91: Joe Barry Carroll: Sore hamstring; placed on injured list until April 21
04/05/91: Kevin Johnson: Strained hamstring; did not play
04/05/91: Dan Majerle: Injured hip; did not play
04/07/91: Kevin Johnson: Strained hamstring; did not play
04/07/91: Dan Majerle: Injured hip: did not play
04/09/91: Tom Chambers: Back spasms; did not play
04/09/91: Kevin Johnson: Strained hamstring; did not play
04/09/91: Dan Majerle: Spinal nerve irritation; did not play
04/12/91: Tom Chambers: Back spasms; did not play
04/12/91: Kevin Johnson: Strained hamstring; did not play
04/12/91: Dan Majerle: Spinal nerve irritation; did not play
04/14/91: Tom Chambers: Back spasms; did not play
04/14/91: Kevin Johnson: Strained hamstring; did not play
04/14/91: Dan Majerle: Spinal nerve irritation; did not play
04/21/91: Tim Perry: Knee tendinitis; placed on injured list for rest of season

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
Battle, Kenny !Kenny Battle*	16	4	16.4	.442	.000	.690	3.3	0.9	1.2	.4	6.0
Carroll, Joe Barry !Joe Barry Carroll	11	0	8.7	.361	.	.917^	2.2	1.0	.1	.7	3.4
Ceballos, Cedric !Cedric Ceballos	63	0	11.6	.487	.167	.663	2.4	0.6	.3	.1	8.2
Chambers, Tom !Tom Chambers	76	75	32.6	.437	.274	.826	6.4	2.6	.9	.7	19.9
Hornacek, Jeff !Jeff Hornacek	80	77	34.2	.518	.418	.897^	4.0	5.1	1.4	.2	16.9
Johnson, Eddie !Eddie Johnson*	15	0	20.8	.473	.286	.724	3.1	1.1	.6	.1	13.5
Johnson, Kevin !Kevin Johnson	77	76	36.0	.516	.205	.843	3.5	10.1	2.1	.1	22.2
Knight, Negele !Negele Knight	64	6	12.4	.425	.240	.602	1.1	3.0	.3	.1	5.3
Lang, Andrew !Andrew Lang	63	18	18.3	.577	.000	.715	4.8	0.4	.3	2.0	4.9
Lockhart, Ian !Ian Lockhart	1	0	2.0	1.000+	.	1.000^	0.0	0.0	.0	.0	4.0
Majerle, Dan !Dan Majerle	77	7	29.6	.484	.349	.762	5.4	2.8	1.4	.5	13.6
McDaniel, Xavier !Xavier McDaniel*	66	64	31.9	.503	.000	.727	7.2	2.3	.8	.6	15.8
Nealy, Ed !Ed Nealy	55	0	10.4	.464	.313	.737	2.7	0.7	.4	.1	2.2
Perry, Tim !Tim Perry	46	2	12.8	.521	.000	.614	2.7	0.6	.5	.9	4.2
Rambis, Kurt !Kurt Rambis	62	17	14.5	.497	.000	.706	4.3	1.0	.4	.2	3.6
West, Mark !Mark West	82	64	23.9	.647+	.	.655	6.9	0.5	.4	2.0	7.7

* - Stats with the Suns.
+ - Minimum 50 games played.
^ - Minimum 125 free throws made.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Carroll, Joe Barry !Joe Barry Carroll	2	0	7.5	.500	.	.000	0.5	1.0	.0	.5	4.0
Ceballos, Cedric !Cedric Ceballos	3	0	8.0	.583	.	.333	1.7	0.7	.7	.0	5.3
Chambers, Tom !Tom Chambers	4	4	35.5	.409	.000	.737	5.8	2.5	1.8	1.3	17.0
Hornacek, Jeff !Jeff Hornacek	4	4	36.3	.431	.500	.929	6.3	2.0	.8	.5	18.3
Johnson, Kevin !Kevin Johnson	4	4	36.5	.302	.143	.600	3.3	9.8	.5	.3	12.8
Knight, Negele !Negele Knight	4	0	14.0	.500	.333	.714	1.0	2.3	.3	.0	8.0
Lang, Andrew !Andrew Lang	4	0	13.8	.545	.	.824	4.5	0.3	.3	.8	6.5
Majerle, Dan !Dan Majerle	4	0	27.5	.375	.364	.737	3.8	1.8	1.3	.3	10.5
McDaniel, Xavier !Xavier McDaniel	4	4	25.3	.415	.000	.667	3.8	1.3	.0	.5	9.5
Nealy, Ed !Ed Nealy	2	0	10.0	.200	.000	.	2.5	0.0	.0	.0	1.0
Rambis, Kurt !Kurt Rambis	4	0	13.3	.400	.	.	3.5	1.0	1.3	.3	1.0
West, Mark !Mark West	4	4	23.3	.600	.	.714	4.5	0.5	.5	2.5	5.8

Transactions

Players Added ----

Draft^[13]

Free agency

Ed Nealy (July 23, 1990)^[14]
Ian Lockhart (August 28, 1990)^[13]
Joe Barry Carroll (January 26, 1991)

Players Lost ----

Released

Mike McGee (July 1, 1990)

Waived

Ricky Blanton (November 14, 1990)
Kenny Battle (January 23, 1991)

Free agency

Tim Legler (July 20, 1990) (to Minnesota)
Greg Grant (October 1, 1990) (to New York)

Trades

September 28, 1990^[15]	To Phoenix Suns----Conditional second round pick for 1993	To Washington Bullets----Mike Morrison
October 28, 1990	To Phoenix Suns----Conditional first round pick for 1994	To Philadelphia 76ers----Jayson Williams
December 7, 1990^[16]	To Phoenix Suns----Xavier McDaniel	To Seattle SuperSonics----Eddie Johnson----Conditional first round picks for 1991 and 1994

References

↑ Suns Set To Begin NBA Slate, Casa Grande Dispatch, November 2, 1990
↑ At crunch time, Jazz crunched Suns -- and maybe critics, Deseret News, May 3, 1991
1 2 Suns Ship Williams for 1st-Round Pick, Casa Grande Dispatch, October 29, 1990
↑ Ceballos Sparkles, Suns Scorch Nuggets, Casa Grande Dispatch, October 12, 1990
↑ Ceballos Fuels Suns Comeback, Casa Grande Dispatch, October 17, 1990
↑ Battle, Suns Sink Cavaliers, Casa Grande Dispatch, October 19, 1990
↑ Suns Subdue Warriors, Improve Record to 4-0, Casa Grande Dispatch, October 22, 1990
↑ Suns Overhaul Cavs, Stretch Record to 5-0, Casa Grande Dispatch, October 24, 1990
↑ Scoreboard -- Basketball, Casa Grande Dispatch, October 25, 1990
↑ Chambers' Jumper Sinks Pacers, Casa Grande Dispatch, October 27, 1990
↑ PRO BASKETBALL; Suns Score 107 in First Half, The New York Times, November 10, 1990
↑ Suns go down big in playoff opener, The Daily Courier, April 26, 1991
1 2 Knight, Ceballos sign with Suns, Mohave Daily Miner, September 5, 1990
↑ Bulls lose Nealy to Suns, can't get Davis, Chicago Tribune, July 21, 1990
↑ Bullets Trade Pick For D.C.'s Morrison;Suns Get 1993 Second-Rounder for Guard, The Washington Post, September 29, 1990
↑ Sonics Trade X-Man to Suns, The Hour, December 8, 1990

1990–91 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota Orlando San Antonio Utah

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

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

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

D-League affiliate	Bakersfield Jam

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 Joe Proski

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

Key Personnel	Owner Robert Sarver President & CEO Jason Rowley General Manager & President of Basketball Operations Ryan McDonough Senior Adviser Lon Babby 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 Jon Bloom

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1990–91 Phoenix Suns season

Draft picks

Roster

Depth chart

Pre-season

Regular season

Season standings

Playoffs

Game log

Awards and records

All-Star Game

Awards

Records

Injuries/Missed games

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Transactions

Trades

See also

References