1991–92 Indiana Pacers season

The 1991–92 NBA season was the Pacers' 16th season in the National Basketball Association, and 25th season as a franchise.[1] The Pacers struggled early into the season losing 9 of their first 13 games. After ten games, the team released Mike Sanders to free agency; Sanders would later on re-sign with his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers.[2][3] The Pacers continued to struggle with a 15–28 record near the end of January, and held a 19–29 record at the All-Star break.[4] However, they won 25 of their final 39 games, finishing the season fourth in the Central Division with a mediocre 40–42 record.[5]

1991–92 Indiana Pacers season
Head coachBob Hill
General managerDonnie Walsh
Owner(s)Herbert Simon
ArenaMarket Square Arena
Results
Record4042 (.488)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Central)
Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Celtics 0–3)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWTTV
Prime Sports Midwest
(Jerry Baker, Clark Kellogg, Kristi Lee)
RadioWNDE
(Mark Boyle, Bobby "Slick" Leonard)

Reggie Miller led the team in scoring with 20.7 points per game, while Chuck Person averaged 18.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game, and Detlef Schrempf was named Sixth Man of the Year for the second consecutive season, averaging 17.3 points and 9.6 rebounds per game off the bench.[6][7][8][9] In addition, Rik Smits provided the team with 13.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, and Micheal Williams contributed 15.0 points, 8.2 assists and 2.9 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Off the bench, Vern Fleming provided with 8.9 points and 3.2 assists per game, while George McCloud contributed 6.6 points per game, but only played 51 games due to a thumb injury,[10][11] top draft pick Dale Davis averaged 6.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, and LaSalle Thompson provided with 4.9 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.[12]

In the Eastern Conference First Round of the playoffs, they faced the Boston Celtics for the second straight season, where they were swept in three straight games.[13][14][15] Following the season, Person and Williams were both traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves.[16][17][18]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
113Dale DavisPF United StatesClemson
241Sean GreenSG United StatesIona

Roster

1991–92 Indiana Pacers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PF 32 Davis, Dale 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1969–03–25 Clemson
C 54 Dreiling, Greg 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1962–11–07 Kansas
PG 10 Fleming, Vern 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1962–02–04 Georgia
SG 23 Green, Sean 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1970–02–02 Iona
SF 43 Lane, Jerome 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1966–12–04 Pittsburgh
SG 20 McCloud, George 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1967–05–27 Florida State
SG 31 Miller, Reggie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1965–08–24 UCLA
PF 45 Person, Chuck 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1964–06–27 Auburn
SF 11 Schrempf, Detlef 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1963–01–21 Washington
C 24 Smits, Rik 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1966–08–23 Marist
C 41 Thompson, LaSalle 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1961–06–23 Texas
PF 44 Williams, Kenny 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1969–06–09 Elizabeth City State
PG 4 Williams, Micheal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1966–07–23 Baylor
SG 14 Wittman, Randy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1959–10–28 Indiana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Regular season

Season standings

W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Chicago Bulls6715.81736–531–1022–6
x-Cleveland Cavaliers5725.6951035–622–1921–7
x-Detroit Pistons4834.5851925–1623–1815–13
x-Indiana Pacers4042.4882726–1514–2713–15
Atlanta Hawks3844.4632923–1815–267–21
Milwaukee Bucks3151.3783625–166–3510–18
Charlotte Hornets3151.3783622–199–3210–18
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot
#
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Chicago Bulls6715.817
2 y-Boston Celtics5131.62216
3 x-Cleveland Cavaliers5725.69510
4 x-New York Knicks5131.62216
5 x-Detroit Pistons4834.58519
6 x-New Jersey Nets4042.48827
7 x-Indiana Pacers4042.48827
8 x-Miami Heat3844.46329
9 Atlanta Hawks3844.46329
10 Philadelphia 76ers3547.42732
11 Milwaukee Bucks3151.37836
12 Charlotte Hornets3151.37836
13 Washington Bullets2557.30542
14 Orlando Magic2161.25646
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 3–12–20–50–52–02–01–41–12–01–41–10–22–23–12–03–12–22–22–22–00–21–10–21–11–12–2
Boston 1–33–11–33–11–11–14–01–11–12–22–02–03–22–20–22–33–25–03–11–11–12–01–12–01–13–1
Charlotte 2–21–30–42–31–11–11–41–10–23–20–21–11–32–31–11–30–43–13–11–10–21–12–01–10–22–2
Chicago 5–03–14–03–22–02–04–11–11–13–12–01–14–03–22–04–04–03–13–11–12–02–01–12–01–14–0
Cleveland 5–01–33–22–31–11–13–11–11–15–01–12–03–13–12–02–24–03–14–01–10–22–01–11–11–14–0
Dallas 0–21–11–10–21–13–20–20–44–21–11–30–41–11–13–20–20–21–10–22–20–41–30–50–41–40–2
Denver 0–21–11–10–21–12–30–20–42–30–20–41–30–21–12–31–10–22–02–01–31–32–21–41–31–51–1
Detroit 4–10–44–11–41–32–02–01–12–02–20–22–02–23–21–12–22–24–03–10–22–02–01–11–11–13–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–11–14–04–01–12–22–03–23–21–12–04–02–01–12–01–13–22–35–02–23–21–32–0
Houston 0–21–12–01–11–12–43–20–22–21–12–22–22–01–13–21–11–12–01–11–33–13–13–21–31–42–0
Indiana 4–12–22–31–30–51–12–02–20–21–10–22–03–14–12–02–21–32–22–21–10–21–12–00–21–12–2
L.A. Clippers 1–10–22–00–21–13–14–02–02–32–22–02–32–02–04–01–10–22–01–13–22–32–32–22–31–30–2
L.A. Lakers 2–00–21–11–10–24–03–10–22–32–20–23–22–01–13–12–02–02–02–02–31–44–11–31–41–31–1
Miami 2–22–33–10–41–31–12–02–21–10–21–30–20–24–02–02–21–43–11–40–20–22–01–11–11–15–0
Milwaukee 1–32–23–22–31–31–11–12–30–21–11–40–21–10–42–00–41–33–13–10–20–20–21–11–11–13–1
Minnesota 0–22–01–10–20–22–33–21–10–42–30–20–41–30–20–20–20–20–20–20–40–41–30–60–42–30–2
New Jersey 1–33–23–10–42–22–01–12–20–21–12–21–10–22–24–02–02–33–13–21–11–11–11–10–20–22–3
New York 2–22–34–00–40–42–02–02–21–11–13–12–00–24–13–12–03–24–13–11–11–11–10–22–02–04–0
Orlando 2–20–51–31–31–31–10–20–40–20–22–20–20–21–31–32–01–31–43–20–20–20–21–11–10–22–3
Philadelphia 2–21–31–31–30–42–00–21–31–11–12–21–10–24–11–32–02–31–32–30–21–11–11–12–00–25–0
Phoenix 0–21–11–11–11–12–23–12–02–33–11–12–33–22–02–04–01–11–12–02–03–24–13–13–22–22–0
Portland 2–01–12–00–22–04–03–10–23–21–32–03–24–12–02–04–01–11–12–01–12–35–02–24–12–22–0
Sacramento 1–10–21–10–20–23–12–20–20–51–31–13–21–40–22–03–11–11–12–01–11–40–51–31–41–32–0
San Antonio 2–01–10–21–11–15–04–11–12–22–30–22–23–11–11–16–01–12–01–11–11–32–23–13–11–40–2
Seattle 1–10–21–10–21–14–03–11–12–33–12–03–24–11–11–14–02–00–21–10–22–31–44–11–33–12–0
Utah 1–11–12–01–11–14–15–11–13–14–11–13–13–11–11–13–22–00–22–02–02–22–23–14–11–32–0
Washington 2–21–32–20–40–42–01–11–30–20–22–22–01–10–51–32–03–20–43–20–50–20–20–22–00–20–2

Game log

Regular season

1991–92 game log
Total: 40–42 (home: 26–15; road: 14–27)
November: 6–10 (home: 5–2; road: 1–8)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1 November 1, 1991 Washington L 103–109 Market Square Arena 0–1
2 November 2, 1991 Utah W 127–112 Market Square Arena 1–1
3 November 5, 1991 @ Phoenix W 111–105 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 2–1
4 November 6, 1991 @ Sacramento L 102–112 ARCO Arena 2–2
5 November 8, 1991 @ Portland L 96–121 Memorial Coliseum 2–3
6 November 9, 1991 @ Seattle L 111–118 Seattle Center Coliseum 2–4
7 November 11, 1991 @ L.A. Clippers L 97–106 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 2–5
8 November 13, 1991 New York W 110–107 Market Square Arena 3–5
9 November 15, 1991 Seattle L 108–124 Market Square Arena 3–6
10 November 16, 1991 @ Cleveland L 117–127 Richfield Coliseum 3–7
11 November 18, 1991 Detroit W 118–101 Market Square Arena 4–7
12 November 20, 1991 @ Boston L 101–116 Boston Garden 4–8
13 November 22, 1991 @ Charlotte L 110–112 Charlotte Coliseum 4–9
14 November 23, 1991 Miami W 119–83 Market Square Arena 5–9
15 November 27, 1991 @ Dallas L 106–113 Reunion Arena 5–10
16 November 29, 1991 Houston W 141–121 Market Square Arena 6–10
17 November 30, 1991 @ Milwaukee K 119–137 Bradley Center 6–11
December: 6–7 (home: 5–4; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
18 December 3, 1991 @ Detroit W 108–99 The Palace of Auburn Hills 7–11
19 December 4, 1991 Phoenix L 108–114 Market Square Arena 7–12
20 December 6, 1991 Milwaukee W 126–106 Market Square Arena 8–12
21 December 7, 1991 Portland L 112–115 Market Square Arena 8–13
22 December 10, 1991 San Antonio W 109–102 Market Square Arena 9–13
23 December 13, 1991 Dallas W 124–108 Market Square Arena 10–13
24 December 14, 1991 Denver W 129–108 Market Square Arena 11–13
25 December 17, 1991 @ Atlanta L 113–117 The Omni 11–14
26 December 18, 1991 @ Miami L 112–118 (OT) Miami Arena 11–15
27 December 21, 1991 New Jersey W 118–109 (OT) Market Square Arena 12–15
28 December 26, 1991 Philadelphia L 110–113 Market Square Arena 12–16
29 December 28, 1991 @ New York L 106–115 (OT) Madison Square Garden 12–17
30 December 30, 1991 Chicago L 104–109 Market Square Arena 12–18
January: 5–9 (home: 3–4; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
31 January 3, 1992 @ L.A. Lakers W 114–87 Great Western Forum 13–18
32 January 4, 1992 @ Golden State L 121–140 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 13–19
33 January 6, 1992 @ Utah L 108–124 Delta Center 13–20
34 January 8, 1992 L.A. Clippers L 102–104 Market Square Arena 13–21
35 January 11, 1992 Atlanta W 138–115 Market Square Arena 14–21
36 January 14, 1992 @ Washington L 118–127 (2OT) Capital Centre 14–22
37 January 15, 1992 Detroit L 104–118 Market Square Arena 14–23
38 January 17, 1992 Orlando L 120–127 Market Square Arena 14–24
39 January 18, 1992 Miami W 127–103 Market Square Arena 15–24
40 January 20, 1992 @ New York L 97–105 Madison Square Garden 15–25
41 January 22, 1992 @ Cleveland L 115–119 (OT) Richfield Coliseum 15–26
42 January 24, 1992 Cleveland L 102–104 Market Square Arena 15–27
43 January 25, 1992 @ Charlotte L 105–107 Charlotte Coliseum 15–28
44 January 29, 1992 @ Philadelphia W 115–90 The Spectrum 16–28
45 January 31, 1992 Atlanta W 115–106 (OT) Market Square Arena 17–28
February: 9–5 (home: 5–1; road: 4–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
46 February 2, 1992 @ Denver W 128–122 Market Square Arena 18–28
47 February 3, 1992 @ Houston L 111–122 The Summit 18–29
48 February 6, 1992 @ San Antonio W 117–106 HemisFair Arena 19–29
All-Star Break
49 February 11, 1992 @ Orlando W 100–98 Orlando Arena 20–29
50 February 12, 1992 New York L 104–111 Market Square Arena 20–30
51 February 14, 1992 Milwaukee W 107–100 Market Square Arena 21–30
52 February 15, 1992 @ Minnesota W 117–101 Target Center 22–30
53 February 17, 1992 Charlotte W 128–117 Market Square Arena 23–30
54 February 19, 1992 Sacramento W 129–115 Market Square Arena 24–30
55 February 21, 1992 @ New Jersey L 101–105 Brendan Byrne Arena 24–31
56 February 23, 1992 Boston W 102–95 Market Square Arena 25–31
57 February 26, 1992 @ Boston L 109–130 Boston Garden 25–32
58 February 28, 1992 Orlando W 114–109 Market Square Arena 26–32
59 February 29, 1992 @ Charlotte L 119–121 Charlotte Coliseum 26–33
March: 9–5 (home: 5–1; road: 4–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
60 March 3, 1992 @ Chicago W 103–101 Chicago Stadium 27–33
61 March 4, 1992 @ Detroit L 107–110 (OT) The Palace of Auburn Hills 27–34
62 March 6, 1992 @ Atlanta W 115–113 (OT) The Omni 28–34
63 March 7, 1992 Minnesota W 108–97 Market Square Arena 29–34
64 March 10, 1992 Washington W 101–91 Market Square Arena 30–34
65 March 11, 1992 @ Philadelphia L 93–111 The Spectrum 30–35
66 March 13, 1992 @ Orlando L 97–98 Orlando Arena 30–36
67 March 16, 1992 L.A. Lakers W 98–85 Market Square Arena 31–36
68 March 18, 1992 @ Miami W 116–111 (OT) Miami Arena 32–36
69 March 20, 1992 Milwaukee W 102–97 (OT) Market Square Arena 33–36
70 March 22, 1992 Philadelphia W 108–100 Market Square Arena 34–36
71 March 24, 1992 @ Cleveland L 113–128 Richfield Coliseum 34–37
72 March 25, 1992 @ Washington W 131–109 Capital Centre 35–37
73 March 27, 1992 Golden State L 117–125 Market Square Arena 35–38
April: 5–4 (home: 3–3; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
74 April 1, 1992 Atlanta W 137–117 Market Square Arena 36–38
75 April 3, 1992 Boston W 101–97 Market Square Arena 37–38
76 April 5, 1992 New Jersey L 120–128 Market Square Arena 37–39
77 April 8, 1992 @ Milwaukee W 122–107 Bradley Center 38–39
78 April 10, 1992 Chicago L 96–108 Market Square Arena 38–40
79 April 11, 1992 @ Chicago L 106–108 Chicago Stadium 38–41
80 April 14, 1992 Charlotte W 123–96 Market Square Arena 39–41
81 April 16, 1992 @ New Jersey W 119–113 Brendan Byrne Arena 40–41
82 April 17, 1992 Cleveland L 102–107 Market Square Arena 40–42
1991–92 schedule

Playoffs

1992 playoff game log
Eastern Conference First Round: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1 April 23, 1992 @ Boston L 113–124 Reggie Miller (29) Detlef Schrempf (11) Micheal Williams (6) Boston Garden
14,890
0–1
2 April 25, 1992 @ Boston L 112–119 (OT) Chuck Person (32) LaSalle Thompson (9) Micheal Williams (7) Boston Garden
14,890
0–2
3 April 27, 1992 Boston L 98–102 Reggie Miller (32) Dale Davis (13) Micheal Williams (11) Market Square Arena
16,530
0–3
1992 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
Reggie Miller 82 82 38.0 50.1 37.8 85.8 3.9 3.8 1.3 0.3 20.7
Chuck Person 81 81 36.1 48.0 37.3 67.5 5.3 4.7 0.8 0.2 18.5
Detlef Schrempf 80 4 32.6 53.6 32.4 82.8 9.6 3.9 0.8 0.5 17.3
Micheal Williams 79 76 34.8 49.0 24.2 87.1 3.6 8.2 2.9 0.3 15.0
Rik Smits 74 55 23.9 51.0 0.0 78.8 5.6 1.6 0.4 1.4 13.8
Vern Fleming 82 6 21.2 48.2 22.2 73.7 2.5 3.2 0.7 0.1 8.9
George McCloud 51 5 17.5 40.9 34.0 78.1 2.6 2.3 0.5 0.2 6.6
Dale Davis 64 23 20.3 55.2 0.0 57.2 6.4 0.5 0.4 1.2 6.2
LaSalle Thompson 80 49 16.2 46.8 0.0 81.7 4.8 1.3 0.7 0.4 4.9
Kenny Williams 60 6 9.4 51.8 0.0 60.5 2.2 0.7 0.3 0.7 4.2
Sean Green 35 0 7.3 39.2 20.0 53.6 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.2 4.0
Mike Sanders 10 0 8.1 50.0 0.0 83.3 0.8 1.1 0.2 0.1 2.7
Jerome Lane 3 0 10.0 60.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 2.0
Greg Dreiling 60 23 8.5 49.4 100.0 75.0 1.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 2.0
Randy Wittman 24 0 4.8 42.1 0.0 50.0 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.7

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Reggie Miller 3 3 43.3 58.1 63.6 80.0 2.3 4.7 1.3 0.0 27.0
Detlef Schrempf 3 0 40.0 38.3 50.0 89.3 13.0 2.3 0.7 0.3 21.0
Chuck Person 3 3 39.3 40.4 33.3 66.7 3.0 2.3 0.7 0.0 17.0
Micheal Williams 3 3 35.3 41.9 33.3 73.3 2.7 8.0 3.0 0.0 16.7
George McCloud 2 2 26.5 50.0 50.0 72.7 1.0 3.0 1.0 0.5 11.5
Vern Fleming 3 0 17.0 55.6 0.0 33.3 0.7 2.0 1.0 0.0 7.0
LaSalle Thompson 3 3 21.0 63.6 0.0 100.0 4.3 1.3 0.3 1.3 5.3
Rik Smits 3 1 9.3 36.4 0.0 100.0 2.0 0.0 0.7 0.3 3.3
Dale Davis 3 0 23.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 6.3 0.7 0.0 1.7 2.7
Greg Dreiling 1 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sean Green 1 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kenny Williams 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0

Player Statistics Citation:[12]

Awards and records

Transactions

References

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See also

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