1991–92 Seattle SuperSonics season

1991–92 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	K. C. Jones Bob Kloppenburg George Karl
General manager	Bob Whitsitt
Arena	Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record	47–35 (.573)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific) Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	West Conference Semifinals (eliminated 1–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Northwest Cable Sports, KOMO-TV
Radio	KOMO-AM and FM

The 1991–92 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 24th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After a 7–3 start to the season, the Sonics seemed to lose focus as head coach K. C. Jones was fired with the team holding a mediocre 18–18 record. After splitting four games under interim Bob Kloppenburg, the Sonics would hired George Karl, who returned after a four-year absence from coaching in the NBA. Under Karl, the SuperSonics finished the season strong finishing fourth in the Pacific Division with a 47–35 record, reaching the playoffs as the #6 seed in the Western Conference. In the first round, they defeated the 3rd-seeded Golden State Warriors in four games, but then lost the Conference semifinals to the Utah Jazz in five games.

Draft picks

Main article: 1991 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	14	Rich King	C	United States	Nebraska

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
1.0 !PG	11	USA !	Barros, Dana	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	1967–04–13	Boston C
6.0 !C	00	USA !	Benjamin, Benoit	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1964–11–22	Creighton
3.0 !SF	21	USA !	Brown, Tony	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1960–07–29	Arkansas
4.5 !PF	44	USA !	Cage, Michael	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	1962–01–28	San Diego State
6.0 !C	24	IRE !	Conlon, Marty	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	1968–01–19	Providence
3.0 !SF	8	USA !	Johnson, Eddie	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1959–05–01	Illinois
4.5 !PF	40	USA !	Kemp, Shawn	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1969–11–26	Trinity Valley CC
6.0 !C	25	USA !	King, Rich	7000218440000000000♠7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1969–04–04	Nebraska
2.0 !SG	23	USA !	Kofoed, Bart	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1964–03–24	Nebraska–Kearney
3.0 !SF	31	USA !	McKey, Derrick	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1966–10–10	Alabama
2.0 !SG	10	USA !	McMillan, Nate	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1964–08–03	North Carolina State
1.0 !PG	20	USA !	Payton, Gary	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1968–07–23	Oregon State
2.0 !SG	22	USA !	Pierce, Ricky	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1959–08–19	Rice

Head coach

George Karl
(North Carolina)

Legend

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

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	—

Game log

1991–92 game log
Total: 47–35 (Home: 28–13; Road: 19–22)

November : 8–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 5–4)

December : 8–6 (Home: 7–1; Road: 1–5)

January : 7–10 (Home: 3–6; Road: 4–4)

February : 9–3 (Home: 5–0; Road: 4–3)

March : 10–6 (Home: 7–3; Road: 3–3)

April : 6–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 2–3)

1991–92 season schedule

Playoffs

1992 playoff game log

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

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

1992 playoff schedule

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
Barros, Dana !Dana Barros	75	1	17.7	.483	.446	.759	1.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	8.3
Benjamin, Benoit !Benoit Benjamin	63	61	30.8	.478	.000	.687	8.1	1.2	0.6	1.9	14.0
Brown, Tony !Tony Brown*	35	2	11.5	.394	.293	.811	1.6	0.9	0.5	0.1	4.8
Cage, Michael !Michael Cage	82	69	30.0	.566	.000	.620	8.9	1.1	1.2	0.7	8.8
Conlon, Marty !Marty Conlon	45	1	8.5	.475	.000	.750	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	2.7
Dailey, Quintin !Quintin Dailey*	11	1	8.9	.243	.000	.813	1.1	0.4	0.5	0.1	2.8
Johnson, Eddie !Eddie Johnson	81	19	29.2	.459	.252	.861	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	17.1
Kemp, Shawn !Shawn Kemp	64	23	28.3	.504	.000	.748	10.4	1.3	1.1	1.9	15.5
King, Rich !Rich King	40	2	5.3	.380	.000	.756	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	2.2
Kofoed, Bart !Bart Kofoed	44	0	5.4	.472	.143	.577	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.0	1.5
McKey, Derrick !Derrick McKey	52	44	33.8	.472	.380	.847	5.2	2.3	1.2	0.9	14.9
McMillan, Nate !Nate McMillan	72	30	22.9	.437	.276	.643	3.5	5.0	1.8	0.4	6.0
Payton, Gary !Gary Payton	81	79	31.5	.451	.130	.669	3.6	6.2	1.8	0.3	9.4
Pierce, Ricky !Ricky Pierce	78	78	34.1	.475	.268	.916	3.0	3.1	1.1	0.3	21.7

* Statistics with the Seattle SuperSonics.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Barros, Dana !Dana Barros	7	0	13.7	.525	.588	.000	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.0	7.4
Benjamin, Benoit !Benoit Benjamin	9	4	17.9	.561	.000	.500	5.1	0.6	0.6	1.4	6.1
Brown, Tony !Tony Brown	5	0	4.4	.333	.250	.571	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.8
Cage, Michael !Michael Cage	9	4	21.9	.559	.000	1.000	5.7	0.4	0.7	0.9	4.3
Conlon, Marty !Marty Conlon	1	0	1.0	.000	.000	1.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Johnson, Eddie !Eddie Johnson	9	0	27.4	.474	.182	.941	3.0	0.9	0.3	0.3	18.4
Kemp, Shawn !Shawn Kemp	9	9	37.6	.475	.000	.763	12.2	0.4	0.6	1.6	17.4
McKey, Derrick !Derrick McKey	9	9	35.0	.525	.313	.844	4.9	2.7	0.8	1.3	16.3
McMillan, Nate !Nate McMillan	9	2	27.3	.422	.231	.714	3.7	7.0	1.8	0.3	9.6
Payton, Gary !Gary Payton	8	8	27.6	.466	.000	.583	2.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	7.6
Pierce, Ricky !Ricky Pierce	9	9	35.1	.481	.273	.870	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.1	19.6

Awards and records

Records

Michael Cage finished the season with a franchise record .566 in field goal percentage.^[1]

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Rich King

Via free agency

Players Lost

Via trade

Sedale Threatt

Via waivers

Quintin Dailey

Trades

October 2, 1991

To Seattle SuperSonics

Conditional 1993, 1995 and 1996 second round picks

To Los Angeles Lakers

Sedale Threatt

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Bart Kofoed	August 23, 1991	Utah Jazz
Marty Conlon	October 1, 1991
Tony Brown	February 20, 1992

Waivings

Player	Left
Quintin Dailey	December 10, 1991

References

↑ http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/OKC/leaders_season.html

External links

1991–92 Seattle SuperSonics season at Basketball Reference

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

Oklahoma City Thunder

Founded in 1967 Formerly the Seattle SuperSonics (1967–2008) Based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Franchise	History 1967 Expansion Draft All-time rosters SuperSonics Thunder Draft history Franchise achievements Seasons Head coaches Current season

Arenas	KeyArena at Seattle Center Kingdome Tacoma Dome Chesapeake Energy Arena

General Managers	Richman Vertlieb Houbregs Russell Volchok Wilkens Whitsitt Walker Sund Presti

D-League affiliate	Oklahoma City Blue

Administration	Owner Professional Basketball Club LLC (Clay Bennett, Chairman) Executive Vice President & General Manager Sam Presti Head coach Billy Donovan

Retired numbers	1 10 19 24 32 43 MIC

NBA Championships (1)	1979

Western Conference Championships (4)	1978 1979 1996 2012

Culture and lore	Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma City Howard Schultz Wheedle Squatch Rumble the Bison "Supersonics" Sonicsgate Thunderstruck "Thunder Up" "Can't Hold Us"

Media	TV Fox Sports Oklahoma Radio The Sports Animal (98.1 FM) 640 ESPN Radio Announcers Brian Davis Michael Cage Matt Pinto

Seattle SuperSonics seasons

1960s

1970s

1978–79

1980s

1990s

2000s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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1991–92 Seattle SuperSonics season

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Records

Transactions

Overview

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Waivings

See also

References

External links