1991–92 Indiana Pacers season

1991–92 Indiana Pacers season
1991–92 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach	Bob Hill
General manager	Donnie Walsh
Owner(s)	Herbert Simon
Arena	Market Square Arena
Results
Record	40–42 (.488)
Place	Division: 4th (Central); Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First Round; (Lost to Celtics 0–3)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WTTV; Prime Sports Midwest; (Jerry Baker, Clark Kellogg, Kristi Lee)
Radio	WNDE; (Mark Boyle, Bobby "Slick" Leonard)
< 1990–91	1992–93 >

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 the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[2] The Pacers continued to struggle with a 15–28 record near the end of January. However, they won 25 of their final 39 games, finishing the season fourth in the Central Division with a mediocre 40–42 record.^[3]

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.^[4] In addition, Rik Smits provided the team with 13.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, while 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, and Vern Fleming provided with 8.9 points and 3.2 assists per game off the bench.^[5]

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.^[6] Following the season, Person and Williams were both traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves.^[7]

Draft picks[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	13	Dale Davis	PF	United States	Clemson
2	41	Sean Green	SG	United States	Iona

Roster[]

1991–92 Indiana Pacers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)	From
F	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
G	10	Fleming, Vern	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1962–02–04	Georgia
G	23	Green, Sean	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1970–02–02	Iona
F	43	Lane, Jerome	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1966–12–04	Pittsburgh
G	20	McCloud, George	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1967–05–27	Florida State
G	31	Miller, Reggie	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1965–08–24	UCLA
F	45	Person, Chuck	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1964–06–27	Auburn
F	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
F	41	Thompson, LaSalle	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1961–06–23	Texas
F	44	Williams, Kenny	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1969–06–09	Elizabeth City State
G	4	Williams, Micheal	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1966–07–23	Baylor
G	14	Wittman, Randy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1959–10–28	Indiana

Head coach

Bob Hill

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Central Division v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Chicago Bulls	67	15	.817	—	36–5	31–10	22–6
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	57	25	.695	10	35–6	22–19	21–7
x-Detroit Pistons	48	34	.585	19	25–16	23–18	15–13
x-Indiana Pacers	40	42	.488	27	26–15	14–27	13–15
Atlanta Hawks	38	44	.463	29	23–18	15–26	7–21
Milwaukee Bucks	31	51	.378	36	25–16	6–35	10–18
Charlotte Hornets	31	51	.378	36	22–19	9–32	10–18

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

#	Eastern Conference v t
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Chicago Bulls	67	15	.817	–
2	y-Boston Celtics	51	31	.622	16
3	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	57	25	.695	10
4	x-New York Knicks	51	31	.622	16
5	x-Detroit Pistons	48	34	.585	19
6	x-New Jersey Nets	40	42	.488	27
7	x-Indiana Pacers	40	42	.488	27
8	x-Miami Heat	38	44	.463	29

9	Atlanta Hawks	38	44	.463	29
10	Philadelphia 76ers	35	47	.427	32
11	Milwaukee Bucks	31	51	.378	36
12	Charlotte Hornets	31	51	.378	36
13	Washington Bullets	25	57	.305	42
14	Orlando Magic	21	61	.256	46

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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 23	@ Boston	L 113–124	Reggie Miller (29)	Detlef Schrempf (11)	Micheal Williams (6)	Boston Garden 14,890	0–1
2	April 25	@ Boston	L 112–119 (OT)	Chuck Person (32)	LaSalle Thompson (9)	Micheal Williams (7)	Boston Garden 14,890	0–2
3	April 27	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:^[5]

Awards and records[]

Detlef Schrempf, NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
Micheal Williams, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions[]

References[]

^ 1991-92 Indiana Pacers
^ "BASKETBALL; Cavaliers Push Nets Right to the Brink". New York Times. April 26, 1992. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ "1991–92 Indiana Pacers Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
^ "SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO BASKETBALL; Best of Bench Bunch? It's Still Schrempf". New York Times. April 28, 1992. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "1991–92 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
^ "PRO BASKETBALL; One Down, How Many to Go? Depleted Celtics Sweep Pacers". New York Times. April 28, 1992. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
^ "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Wolves Trade Richardson and Mitchell". New York Times. September 9, 1992. Retrieved October 14, 2021.

v t Indiana Pacers
Founded in 1967 Based in Indianapolis, Indiana
Franchise	History ABA–NBA merger All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Indiana State Fair Coliseum Market Square Arena Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Personnel	Owner(s) Herbert Simon President Kevin Pritchard General manager Chad Buchanan Head coach Rick Carlisle
G League affiliate	Fort Wayne Mad Ants
Retired numbers	30 31 34 35 529
ABA Championships	1970 1972 1973
Rivalries	New York Knicks
Culture and lore	Broadcasters Boomer Dancing Harry Indiana Pacers Bikeshare The Knick-Killer The Malice at the Palace Reb Porter

1991–92 Indiana Pacers season

Contents

Draft picks[]

Roster[]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Record vs. opponents[]

Game log[]

Playoffs[]

Player Statistics[]

Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

References[]

See also[]