1991–92 Los Angeles Clippers season

1991–92 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach	Mike Schuler Mack Calvin (interim) Larry Brown
Owner(s)	Donald Sterling
Arena	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record	45–37 (.549)
Place	Division: 5th (Pacific) Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	West First Round (eliminated 2-3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Prime Ticket, SportsChannel Los Angeles, KCOP
Radio	KIIS

The 1991–92 NBA season was the Clippers' 22nd season in the National Basketball Association, and their 8th season in Los Angeles.^[1] During the offseason, the Clippers acquired Doc Rivers from the Atlanta Hawks, and James Edwards from the Detroit Pistons. The Clippers, led by Danny Manning and Ron Harper won five of their first seven games. They would lose six straight afterwards, but then post an 8-game winning streak in December which led them to a 14–10 start. However, they would struggle over the next few weeks sliding back below .500 with a 21–24 record as head coach Mike Schuler was fired. After splitting two games under interim Mack Calvin, the team hired Larry Brown, who resigned as coach of the San Anonio Spurs a few weeks earlier.

Under Brown, the Clippers won 23 of their final 35 games to finish fifth in the Pacific Division with a 45–37 record. Making their first playoff appearance since the 1975–76 season when they were known as the Buffalo Braves, and ending a fifteen-year playoff drought.^[2] This season also marked the first time that the Clippers finished with a better record than their crosstown rival, the Los Angeles Lakers, who finished two games behind them with a 43–39 record. In the first round of the playoffs, the Clippers lost in five games to the Utah Jazz.

Following the season, Rivers was traded along with Charles D. Smith, and second-year guard Bo Kimble to the New York Knicks, Edwards signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers, and Olden Polynice was dealt to the Detroit Pistons.

Draft Picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	22	LeRon Ellis	C/PF	United States	Syracuse
2	37	Elliot Perry	PG	United States	Memphis
2	38	Joe Wylie	PF	United States	Miami (FL)

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
6.0 !C	53	USA !	Edwards, James	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	252 lb (114 kg)	Washington
6.0 !C	22	USA !	Ellis, LeRon	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Syracuse
1.0 !PG	23	USA !	Grant, Gary	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Michigan
2.0 !SG	4	USA !	Harper, Ron	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Miami (OH)
2.0 !SG	30	USA !	Kimble, Bo	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Loyola Marymount
4.5 !PF	5	USA !	Manning, Danny	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Kansas
3.0 !SF	3	USA !	Norman, Ken	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Illinois
6.0 !C	0	HAI !	Polynice, Olden	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Virginia
1.0 !PG	32	USA !	Rivers, David	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Notre Dame
1.0 !PG	25	USA !	Rivers, Doc	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Marquette
3.0 !SF	54	USA !	Smith, Charles D.	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Pittsburgh
4.5 !PF	35	USA !	Vaught, Loy	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Michigan
1.0 !PG	21	USA !	Young, Danny	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Wake Forest

Head coach

Larry Brown (North Carolina)

Legend

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

Roster Notes

Forward Tony Brown becomes the 5th former Laker to play with the crosstown rival Clippers. He would later serve as an assistant coach for the team under coaches Mike Dunleavy, Sr. and Kim Hughes from 2008 to 2010
This is guard David River's second tour of duty with the franchise. He previously played for the team in 1989–1990.

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

West First Round

(2) Utah Jazz vs. (7) Los Angeles Clippers: Jazz win series 3-2

Game 1 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (April 24): Utah 115, LA Clippers 97
Game 2 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (April 26): Utah 103, LA Clippers 92
Game 3 @ Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles (April 28): LA Clippers 98, Utah 88
Game 4 @ Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim (May 3): LA Clippers 115, Utah 107
Game 5 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (May 4): Utah 98, LA Clippers 89

Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff series)

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
Brown, Tony !Tony Brown
Copeland, Lanard !Lanard Copeland
Edwards, James !James Edwards
Ellis, LeRon !LeRon Ellis
Grant, Gary !Gary Grant
Harper, Ron !Ron Harper
Kimble, Bo !Bo Kimble
Manning, Danny !Danny Manning
Mayes, Tharon !Tharon Mayes
Norman, Ken !Ken Norman
Perry, Elliot !Elliot Perry
Polynice, Olden !Olden Polynice
Rivers, David !David Rivers
Rivers, Doc !Doc Rivers
Smith, Charles !Charles Smith
Vaught, Loy !Loy Vaught
Young, Danny !Danny Young

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Edwards, James !James Edwards
Ellis, LeRon !LeRon Ellis
Grant, Gary !Gary Grant
Harper, Ron !Ron Harper
Kimble, Bo !Bo Kimble
Manning, Danny !Danny Manning
Norman, Ken !Ken Norman
Polynice, Olden !Olden Polynice
Rivers, Doc !Doc Rivers
Smith, Charles !Charles Smith
Vaught, Loy !Loy Vaught
Young, Danny !Danny Young

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1991–92 season.

Trades

June 26, 1991	To Los Angeles Clippers Doc Rivers	To Atlanta Hawks 1991 first-round draft pick & 1993 and 1994 second-round draft picks
June 26, 1991	To Los Angeles Clippers 1996 or 1997 second-round draft pick	To Denver Nuggets Winston Garland
September 22, 1991	To Los Angeles Clippers James Edwards	To Detroit Pistons Jeff Martin & 1995 second-round draft pick

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team

References

↑ 1991-92 Los Angeles Clippers
↑ "PRO BASKETBALL; Clippers End Long Playoff Wait". New York Times. April 1992. Retrieved July 26, 2017.

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

Los Angeles Clippers
Founded in 1970 Formerly the Buffalo Braves (1970–1978) and played in San Diego (1978–1984) Based in Los Angeles, California
Franchise	Franchise Expansion Draft Seasons All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Broadcasters Training Center Current season
Arenas	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Maple Leaf Gardens San Diego Sports Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Staples Center
General Managers	Donovan Sonju Scheer Baylor Dunleavy Olshey Sacks Wohl
G League affiliate	Agua Caliente Clippers
Administration	Steve Ballmer (owner) Gillian Zucker (president of business operations) Lawrence Frank (president of basketball operations) Doc Rivers (head coach) Jerry West (senior basketball consultant) Dave Wohl (general manager)
Division Championships (2)	2013 2014
Culture and lore	Buffalo Braves Clipper Darrell Lob City Billy Crystal Donald Sterling L.A. Clippers Dance Squad
Rivals	Los Angeles Lakers
Media	TV Prime Ticket Radio KLAC/KEIB KWKW (Spanish) Announcers Ralph Lawler Mike Smith Brian Sieman Celso Gaspar (Spanish)

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