# 1991–92 San Antonio Spurs season

The 1991–92 NBA season was the Spurs' 16th season in the National Basketball Association, and 25th season as a franchise. During the off-season, the Spurs acquired Antoine Carr from the Sacramento Kings, then signed free agent Vinnie Johnson in December. After a 10–3 start to the season, the Spurs struggled with mediocrity holding a 21–17 record in late January, as head coach Larry Brown was fired, and soon took a coaching job with the Los Angeles Clippers. At midseason, the team signed three-point specialist Trent Tucker. Under replacement, interim and General Manager Bob Bass, the Spurs held a 27–19 record at the All-Star break, finishing second in the Midwest Division with a 47–35 record.
David Robinson averaged 23.2 points, 12.2 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 4.5 blocks per game, and was named Defensive Player of the Year, and made the All-NBA First Team, the NBA All-Defensive First Team, and was selected for the 1992 NBA All-Star Game. He also finished in third place in Most Valuable Player voting behind Michael Jordan and Clyde Drexler. In addition, Terry Cummings averaged 17.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, while Sean Elliott provided the team with 16.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, Rod Strickland provided with 13.8 points, 8.6 assists and 2.1 steals per game, Willie Anderson contributed 13.1 points and 5.3 assists per game, and Carr averaged 10.9 points per game.
However, in March, Robinson went down with a thumb injury, and would not be available for the postseason. Without their star center, the Spurs were swept in three straight games in the Western Conference First Round of the playoffs to the Phoenix Suns. Following the season, Strickland signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers, while Bass was fired as head coach, and Johnson retired.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 2 | 49 | Greg Sutton | PG | United States | Oral Roberts |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Midwest Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
| y-Utah Jazz | 55 | 27 | .671 | — | 37–4 | 18–23 | 20–6 |
| x-San Antonio Spurs | 47 | 35 | .573 | 8 | 31–10 | 16–25 | 18–8 |
| Houston Rockets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 13 | 28–13 | 14–27 | 12–14 |
| Denver Nuggets | 24 | 58 | .293 | 31 | 18–23 | 6–35 | 8–18 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 22 | 60 | .268 | 33 | 15–26 | 7–34 | 11–15 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 15 | 67 | .183 | 40 | 9–32 | 6–35 | 9–17 |
    y - clinched division title
    x - clinched playoff spot
| # | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte |
| # | 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
## Playoffs

1992 playoff game log :
First Round: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 24
@ Phoenix
L 111–117
Terry Cummings (30)
Terry Cummings (12)
Rod Strickland (9)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,496
0–1
2
April 26
@ Phoenix
L 107–119
Terry Cummings (31)
Terry Cummings (10)
Rod Strickland (10)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,496
0–2
3
April 29
Phoenix
L 92–101
Antoine Carr (20)
Cummings, Carr (12)
three players tied (5)
HemisFair Arena 14,853
0–3 :
1992 schedule :

## Player statistics
### Ragular season

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Sean Elliott | SF | 82 | 82 | 3,120 | 439 | 214 | 84 | 29 | 1,338 | 38.0 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | .4 | 16.3 |
| Antoine Carr | PF | 81 | 27 | 1,867 | 346 | 63 | 32 | 96 | 881 | 23.0 | 4.3 | .8 | .4 | 1.2 | 10.9 |
| Sidney Green | PF | 80 | 1 | 1,127 | 342 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 367 | 14.1 | 4.3 | .5 | .4 | .1 | 4.6 |
| Terry Cummings | PF | 70 | 67 | 2,149 | 631 | 102 | 58 | 34 | 1,210 | 30.7 | 9.0 | 1.5 | .8 | .5 | 17.3 |
| David Robinson | C | 68 | 68 | 2,564 | 829 | 181 | 158 | 305 | 1,578 | 37.7 | 12.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 23.2 |
| Greg Sutton | PG | 67 | 2 | 601 | 47 | 91 | 26 | 9 | 246 | 9.0 | .7 | 1.4 | .4 | .1 | 3.7 |
| Vinnie Johnson | SG | 60 | 23 | 1,350 | 182 | 145 | 41 | 14 | 478 | 22.5 | 3.0 | 2.4 | .7 | .2 | 8.0 |
| Donald Royal | SF | 60 | 4 | 718 | 124 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 252 | 12.0 | 2.1 | .6 | .4 | .1 | 4.2 |
| Willie Anderson | SG | 57 | 55 | 1,889 | 300 | 302 | 54 | 51 | 744 | 33.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | .9 | .9 | 13.1 |
| Rod Strickland | PG | 57 | 54 | 2,053 | 265 | 491 | 118 | 17 | 787 | 36.0 | 4.6 | 8.6 | 2.1 | .3 | 13.8 |
| Paul Pressey | SG | 56 | 7 | 759 | 95 | 142 | 29 | 19 | 151 | 13.6 | 1.7 | 2.5 | .5 | .3 | 2.7 |
| Tom Copa | C | 33 | 1 | 132 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 4.0 | 1.1 | .1 | .1 | .2 | 1.5 |
| Trent Tucker | SG | 24 | 0 | 415 | 37 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 155 | 17.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | .9 | .1 | 6.5 |
| Avery Johnson$^†$ | PG | 20 | 14 | 463 | 35 | 100 | 21 | 3 | 135 | 23.2 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 1.1 | .2 | 6.8 |
| Tom Garrick$^†$ | SG | 19 | 5 | 374 | 41 | 63 | 21 | 1 | 98 | 19.7 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 1.1 | .1 | 5.2 |
| Jud Buechler$^†$ | SF | 11 | 0 | 140 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 12.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .7 | .3 | 3.0 |
| Sean Higgins$^†$ | SF | 6 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6.0 | 1.3 | .7 | .3 | .0 | 2.5 |
| Morlon Wiley$^†$ | PG | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.3 | .3 | .3 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Tony Massenburg$^†$ | PF | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Stephen Bardo | SG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.

### Playoffs

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Sean Elliott | SF | 3 | 3 | 137 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 45.7 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 19.7 |
| Terry Cummings | PF | 3 | 3 | 122 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 78 | 40.7 | 11.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 26.0 |
| Antoine Carr | PF | 3 | 3 | 109 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 59 | 36.3 | 7.7 | 1.0 | .7 | 3.7 | 19.7 |
| Donald Royal | SF | 3 | 2 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 19.0 | 4.0 | .0 | .7 | .7 | 5.0 |
| Paul Pressey | SG | 3 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 15.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .3 | 4.3 |
| Vinnie Johnson | SG | 3 | 0 | 69 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 23.0 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.7 | .3 | 8.3 |
| Sidney Green | PF | 3 | 0 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15.7 | 3.7 | .7 | .0 | .0 | 3.0 |
| Trent Tucker | SG | 3 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12.7 | 1.0 | .7 | .0 | .0 | 4.7 |
| Rod Strickland | PG | 2 | 2 | 80 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 40.0 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 15.5 |
| Greg Sutton | PG | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.5 | .0 | 1.0 | .5 | .5 | 3.5 |

## Awards and records

* David Robinson, NBA All-Star
* David Robinson, NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
* David Robinson, All-NBA First Team
* David Robinson, NBA All-Defensive First Team