1992–93 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 1992–93 NBA season was the 23rd season for the Los Angeles Clippers in the National Basketball Association, and their ninth season in Los Angeles, California.^[1] In the 1992 NBA draft, the Clippers selected point guard Randy Woods out of La Salle University with the sixteenth overall pick, and also selected center Elmore Spencer from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with the 25th overall pick.^[2][3][4] In the off-season, the team acquired Mark Jackson from the New York Knicks,^[5][6][7] acquired second-year center Stanley Roberts from the Orlando Magic in a three-team trade,^[8][9][7] acquired Hot Plate Williams from the Washington Bullets,^[10][11][12] and signed free agent Kiki Vandeweghe.^[13][14][15]

1992–93 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach	Larry Brown
Owners	Donald Sterling
Arena	Los Angeles Sports Arena
Results
Record	41–41 (.500)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific) Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	West First Round (lost to the Houston Rockets 2–3)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KCOP-TV (Ralph Lawler, Bill Walton) SportsChannel Los Angeles (Joel Meyers, Jerry Tarkanian)
Radio	KMPC (Rich Marotta)
< 1991–92 1993–94 >

After losing their first three games of the regular season, the Clippers played solid basketball winning 12 of their next 16 games, and later held a 26–25 record at the All-Star break.^[16] The Clippers finished in fourth place in the Pacific Division with a 41–41 record, earned the seventh seed in the Western Conference, and qualified for their second consecutive NBA playoff appearance.^[17]

Danny Manning averaged 22.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, and was selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City, Utah,^[18][19][20] while Ron Harper averaged 18.0 points, 4.5 assists and 2.2 steals per game, and Jackson provided the team with 14.4 points, 8.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game. In addition, Ken Norman contributed 15.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, and Roberts provided with 11.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. Off the bench, Loy Vaught averaged 9.4 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, while Williams provided with 6.6 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, and Gary Grant contributed 6.6 points, 4.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game.^[21]

However, in the Western Conference First Round of the 1993 NBA playoffs, the Clippers lost to the Houston Rockets in five games.^[22][23][24] Following the season, head coach Larry Brown resigned and left to take a coaching job with the Indiana Pacers,^[25][26][27] while Norman signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks,^[28][29][30] and Vandeweghe retired.^[31]

The Clippers would not make it back to the playoffs again until 1997.

Draft picks

Main article: 1992 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	16	Randy Woods	PG	United States	La Salle
1	25	Elmore Spencer	C	United States	UNLV

Roster

1992–93 Los Angeles Clippers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From PG 7 Lester Conner 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1959–09–17 Oregon State PG 23 Gary Grant 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1965–04–21 Michigan PG 4 Ron Harper 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 216 lb (98 kg) 1964–01–20 Miami (OH) SG 8 Jaren Jackson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1967–10–27 Georgetown PG 13 Mark Jackson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1965–04–01 St. John's PF 5 Danny Manning 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 234 lb (106 kg) 1966–05–17 Kansas SF 3 Ken Norman 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1964–09–05 Illinois C 53 Stanley Roberts 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 285 lb (129 kg) 1970–02–07 LSU C 27 Elmore Spencer 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1969–12–06 UNLV PF 55 Kiki Vandeweghe 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1958–08–01 UCLA PF 35 Loy Vaught 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1968–02–27 Michigan SG 10 Duane Washington 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1964–08–31 Tennessee State PF 34 John Williams 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 295 lb (134 kg) 1966–10–26 LSU PG 14 Randy Woods 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1970–09–23 La Salle

Head coach Larry Brown Assistant(s) R. C. Buford John Hammond Quin Snyder Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: 2009-10-04

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Phoenix Suns	62	20	.756	—	35–6	27–14	21–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics	55	27	.671	7	33–8	22–19	22–8
x-Portland Trail Blazers	51	31	.622	11	30–11	21–20	19–11
x-Los Angeles Clippers	41	41	.500	21	27–14	14–27	15–15
x-Los Angeles Lakers	39	43	.476	23	20–21	19–22	13–17
Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	28	19–22	15–26	9–21
Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	37	16–25	9–32	6–24

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Phoenix Suns	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Houston Rockets	55	27	.671	7
3	x-Seattle SuperSonics	55	27	.671	7
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	51	31	.622	11
5	x-San Antonio Spurs	49	33	.598	13
6	x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	15
7	x-Los Angeles Clippers	41	41	.500	21
8	x-Los Angeles Lakers	39	43	.476	23
9	Denver Nuggets	36	46	.439	26
10	Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	28
11	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	37
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	19	63	.232	43
13	Dallas Mavericks	11	71	.134	51

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1992-93 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	–	2–2	3–2	2–2	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2
Boston	2–2	–	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–4	3–2	4–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–1
Charlotte	2–3	1–3	–	2–3	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–2	0–5	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Chicago	2–2	3–1	3–2	–	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	5–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–1	2–0	4–0	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	5–0	1–3	3–1	3–2	–	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	4–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	–	1–5	1–1	0–4	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–5	1–3	0–5	1–1
Denver	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	–	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–4	1–3	2–3	2–0
Detroit	3–2	3–1	1–4	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–0
Golden State	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	2–0	–	2–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–5	4–1	3–1	1–4	3–1	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	–	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–0	4–1	1–3	4–1	1–1
Indiana	2–2	2–2	5–0	0–5	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	0–2	–	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	0–4	1–1	–	3–2	0–2	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	3–2	0–4	1–4	2–2	2–0
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–1	1–3	1–1	2–3	–	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–5	3–2	3–2	2–2	1–4	1–3	2–0
Miami	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	–	2–2	2–0	2–3	0–5	3–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3
Milwaukee	2–3	2–2	1–3	1–4	1–4	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	–	1–1	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–1	2–3	1–1	1–3	2–4	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	–	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–4	0–4	1–4	1–1
New Jersey	3–1	0–4	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	3–2	4–0	1–1	–	1–3	3–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1
New York	2–2	4–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	–	2–2	5–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1
Orlando	3–1	2–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	2–0	2–3	2–2	–	3–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–0
Philadelphia	1–3	1–4	0–4	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	0–5	2–3	–	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1
Phoenix	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	5–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	–	3–2	5–0	3–1	2–3	3–1	2–0
Portland	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	5–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–3	–	5–0	2–2	2–3	2–2	1–1
Sacramento	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–0	1–3	0–2	1–4	0–4	0–2	2–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	0–5	–	2–2	1–4	2–2	1–1
San Antonio	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	1–4	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	–	3–1	3–3	1–1
Seattle	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	0–2	4–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	4–1	1–3	–	2–2	2–0
Utah	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	3–2	2–0	1–3	1–4	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–3	2–2	–	1–1
Washington	2–2	1–4	0–4	0–4	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–4	1–4	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—

Game log

Regular season

1992–93 game log Total: 41–41 (home: 27–14; road: 14–27)
November: 7–6 (home: 4–2; road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
December: 8–6 (home: 6–3; road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
January: 7–8 (home: 3–2; road: 4–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
February: 6–6 (home: 4–3; road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
March: 6–10 (home: 4–3; road: 2–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
April: 7–5 (home: 6–1; road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
1992–93 schedule

Playoffs

1993 playoff game log
First round: 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 29 @ Houston L 94–117 Mark Jackson (26) three players tied (8) Gary Grant (8) The Summit 16,611 0–1 2 May 1 @ Houston W 95–83 Ron Harper (29) Ken Norman (12) Mark Jackson (8) The Summit 16,611 1–1 3 May 3 Houston L 99–111 Danny Manning (23) Ron Harper (9) Mark Jackson (8) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 12,628 1–2 4 May 5 Houston W 93–90 Ron Harper (21) Stanley Roberts (13) Mark Jackson (7) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 14,710 2–2 5 May 8 @ Houston L 80–84 Danny Manning (24) Danny Manning (12) Mark Jackson (9) The Summit 16,611 2–3
1993 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%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Danny Manning	79	77	34.9	50.9	26.7	80.2	6.6	2.6	1.4	1.3	22.8
Ron Harper	80	77	37.1	45.1	28.0	76.9	5.3	4.5	2.2	0.9	18.0
Ken Norman	76	71	32.6	51.1	26.3	59.5	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.8	15.0
Mark Jackson	82	81	38.0	48.6	26.8	80.3	4.7	8.8	1.7	0.1	14.4
Stanley Roberts	77	76	23.6	52.7	0.0	48.8	6.2	0.8	0.4	1.8	11.3
Loy Vaught	79	4	20.9	50.8	25.0	74.8	6.2	0.7	0.7	0.5	9.4
John Williams	74	8	22.1	43.0	22.6	54.3	4.3	1.9	1.1	0.3	6.6
Gary Grant	74	8	21.9	44.1	26.2	74.3	1.9	4.8	1.4	0.1	6.6
Kiki VanDeWeghe	41	3	12.0	45.3	32.4	87.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.2	6.2
Jaren Jackson	34	0	10.3	41.4	40.0	85.2	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.1	3.9
Lester Conner	31	0	13.6	45.2	0.0	94.7	1.6	2.1	1.1	0.1	2.4
Elmore Spencer	44	4	6.4	53.7	0.0	50.0	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.4	2.4
Randy Woods	41	1	4.2	34.8	21.4	73.1	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.7
Duane Washington	4	0	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
Alex Stivrins	1	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Danny Manning	5	5	34.2	41.2	0.0	80.8	7.2	1.6	1.4	1.0	18.2
Ron Harper	5	5	34.8	47.4	50.0	64.7	4.0	3.2	3.0	2.0	18.0
Mark Jackson	5	5	37.6	43.8	50.0	86.4	5.8	7.6	1.6	0.2	15.2
Ken Norman	5	5	32.8	37.3	37.5	50.0	8.2	2.4	0.8	0.0	12.8
Stanley Roberts	5	5	29.8	52.0	0.0	27.8	8.2	0.2	0.6	0.6	11.4
Loy Vaught	3	0	16.7	40.0	0.0	80.0	6.0	0.0	1.3	0.3	5.3
Gary Grant	5	0	20.2	32.3	0.0	50.0	0.4	4.6	0.6	0.0	4.2
Lester Conner	5	0	12.8	75.0	100.0	100.0	1.4	2.0	0.6	0.2	4.2
Kiki VanDeWeghe	1	0	9.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	4.0
Jaren Jackson	4	0	7.0	38.5	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.5
John Williams	5	0	19.6	22.2	66.7	50.0	2.8	1.4	1.0	0.0	2.2
Elmore Spencer	2	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player Statistics Citation:^[21]

Awards, records and milestones

All-Star

Danny Manning selected as a reserve forward for the Western Conference All-Stars. Manning is the first Clipper All-Star since Marques Johnson was selected in 1986.

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1992–93 season.

Trades

June 24, 1992	To Los Angeles Clippers William Bedford & draft rights to Don MacLean	To Detroit Pistons Olden Polynice & 1996 and 1997 second-round draft picks
September 22, 1992	To Los Angeles Clippers Mark Jackson & 1995 second-round draft pick	To New York Knicks Charles Smith, Doc Rivers & Bo Kimble
September 22, 1992	To Los Angeles Clippers Stanley Roberts	To Orlando Magic 1993 or 1994 first-round draft pick
October 8, 1992	To Los Angeles Clippers John Williams	To Washington Bullets William Bedford & draft rights to Don MacLean

Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former team

Subtractions Player Left New team

Player Transactions Citation:^[32]

See also

• Los Angeles Clippers
• Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena