1992–93 Golden State Warriors season
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The 1992–93 NBA season was the Warriors' 47th season in the National Basketball Association, and 30th in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1] This season is most memorable when the Warriors drafted Latrell Sprewell from the University of Alabama with the 24th overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft.[2][3][4][5] During the off-season, the team signed free agent Jeff Grayer.[6][7] The Warriors were severely bitten by the injury bug all season losing their top players; Chris Mullin missed half the season with a torn ligament in his right thumb, only playing just 46 games,[8][9][10][11] Tim Hardaway missed 16 games with a bruised right knee,[12][13][14][15] Šarūnas Marčiulionis broke his right leg and dislocated his right ankle in a jogging accident before the season, returned to play 30 games, then sat out the rest of the year with Achilles tendonitis;[16][17][18] and second-year star Billy Owens only played just 37 games due to a knee injury.[19][20][21]
1992–93 Golden State Warriors season | |||
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Head coach | Don Nelson | ||
Arena | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | ||
Results | |||
Record | 34–48 (.415) | ||
Place | Division: 6th (Pacific) Conference: 10th (Western) | ||
Playoff finish | Did not qualify | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Local media | |||
Television | KPIX-TV KICU-TV SportsChannel Pacific (Steve Albert, Jim Barnett) | ||
Radio | KNBR (Greg Papa) | ||
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The Warriors struggled after an 18–14 start to the season, losing 15 of their next 17 games, including an 8-game losing streak between January and February, and held a 23–30 record at the All-Star break.[22] After releasing oft-injured center Alton Lister to free agency in March,[23][24] the team lost six of their final eight games of the season and finished sixth in the Pacific Division with a 34–48 record, failing to qualify for the playoffs.[25]
Mullin led the team in scoring averaging 25.9 points per game, while Hardaway averaged 21.6 points, 10.6 assists and 1.8 steals per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, and Sprewell averaged 15.4 points and 1.6 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. In addition, Owens provided the team with 16.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, while Marčiulionis contributed 17.4 points and 1.7 steals per game, second-year forward Chris Gatling averaged 9.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game off the bench, and Tyrone Hill provided with 8.6 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.[26] Mullin and Hardaway were both selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game, but Mullin did not participate due to injury.[27][28][29][30]
Following the season, Hill was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers.[31][32][33][34]