1992–93 Cleveland Cavaliers season

1992–93 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach	Lenny Wilkens
Arena	Richfield Coliseum
Results
Record	54–28 (.659)
Place	Division: 2nd (Central) Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Semifinals (eliminated 0–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	SportsChannel Ohio · WOIO
Radio	WWWE

The 1992-93 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 23rd season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers finished the season with a 54–28 record, finishing 2nd in the Central Division. Mark Price led the team in assists and was named an All-Star and All-NBA 1st team. A forgotten highlight of this season is when the Cavaliers set a franchise record by scoring 83 points in a half. On January 15, 1993, the visiting Cavs trailed the Indiana Pacers 64–49. Behind 17 points in 21 minutes by reserve guard John Battle, Cleveland rallied to win 132–120. The Cavs also had a 12-1 record in February.

In the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, the Cavaliers defeated the New Jersey Nets in five games, but were swept in four straight games by the Chicago Bulls in the semifinals. Following the season, Lenny Wilkens left to coach the Atlanta Hawks.

Draft picks

The Cavaliers had no draft picks in 1992.

Roster

Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From SG 10 Battle, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Rutgers PG 11 Brandon, Terrell 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oregon C 43 Daugherty, Brad 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) North Carolina SG 3 Ehlo, Craig 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Washington State PF 35 Ferry, Danny 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Duke PF 54 Guidinger, Jay 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Minnesota Duluth SF 30 Lane, Jerome 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Pittsburgh PF 22 Nance, Larry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Clemson SG 24 Oliver, Jimmy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Purdue SG 14 Phills, Bobby 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Southern PG 25 Price, Mark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Georgia Tech SF 33 Sanders, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) UCLA SF 21 Wilkins, Gerald 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Chattanooga C 18 Williams, John "Hot Rod" 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Tulane	Head coach Lenny Wilkens (Providence) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Brad Daugherty	Hot Rod Williams	Jay Guidinger
PF	Larry Nance	Danny Ferry		Jerome Lane
SF	Mike Sanders	Gerald Wilkins
SG	Craig Ehlo		Bobby Phills
PG	Mark Price	Terrell Brandon	John Battle

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Chicago Bulls	57	25	.695	—	31–10	26–15	19–9
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	54	28	.659	3	35–6	19–22	22–6
x-Charlotte Hornets	44	38	.537	13	22–19	22–19	12–16
x-Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	14	25–16	18–23	12–16
x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	16	27–14	14–27	11–17
Detroit Pistons	40	42	.488	17	28–13	12–29	12–16
Milwaukee Bucks	28	54	.341	29	18–23	10–31	10–18

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-New York Knicks	60	22	.732	–
2	y-Chicago Bulls	57	25	.695	3
3	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	54	28	.659	6
4	x-Boston Celtics	48	34	.585	12
5	x-Charlotte Hornets	44	38	.537	16
6	x-New Jersey Nets	43	39	.524	17
7	x-Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	17
8	x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	19
9	Orlando Magic	41	41	.500	19
10	Detroit Pistons	40	42	.488	20
11	Miami Heat	36	46	.439	24
12	Milwaukee Bucks	28	54	.341	32
13	Philadelphia 76ers	26	56	.317	36
14	Washington Bullets	22	60	.268	38

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

1992–93 Game Log Total: 54–28 (Home: 35–6; Road: 19–22)
November: 6–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–4) 1 November 6, 1992 Chicago 2 November 8, 1992 Charlotte 3 November 10, 1992 Washington 4 November 12, 1992 @ Golden State 5 November 13, 1992 @ Portland 6 November 15, 1992 @ Sacramento 7 November 17, 1992 @ San Antonio 8 November 19, 1992 @ Houston 9 November 21, 1992 @ Dallas 10 November 24, 1992 Milwaukee 11 November 25, 1992 @ Milwaukee 12 November 27, 1992 7:30 PM EST Atlanta W 122–101 Price, Wilkins (20) Nance (14) Price (7) Richfield Coliseum 20,273 6–6 13 November 28, 1992 @ Orlando
December: 11–5 (Home: 8–3; Road: 3–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 14 December 1, 1992 Boston 15 December 3, 1992 New York 16 December 5, 1992 Portland 17 December 8, 1992 L.A. Clippers 18 December 9, 1992 @ Chicago 19 December 11, 1992 @ Detroit 20 December 12, 1992 Seattle 21 December 15, 1992 Houston 22 December 16, 1992 @ Philadelphia 23 December 18, 1992 Sacramento 24 December 19, 1992 Utah 25 December 21, 1992 @ Washington 26 December 23, 1992 Indiana 27 December 26, 1992 New Jersey 28 December 28, 1992 Detroit 29 December 29, 1992 7:30 PM EST @ Atlanta W 114–96 Daugherty ,Nance (22) Daugherty (13) Price (7) The Omni 10,703 17–12
January: 8–6 (Home: 6–1; Road: 2–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 30 January 2, 1993 L.A. Lakers 31 January 5, 1993 @ New York 32 January 6, 1993 Chicago 33 January 9, 1993 Minnesota 34 January 12, 1993 Boston 35 January 13, 1993 @ New Jersey 36 January 15, 1993 @ Indiana 37 January 16, 1993 7:30 PM EST Atlanta W 127–99 Nance (20) Nance (14) Brandon (9) Richfield Coliseum 20,273 22–15 38 January 20, 1993 Phoenix 39 January 22, 1993 @ L.A. Clippers 40 January 23, 1993 @ Denver 41 January 26, 1993 @ Utah 42 January 28, 1993 Orlando 43 January 30, 1993 @ Miami
February: 12–1 (Home: 6–0; Road: 6–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 44 February 2, 1993 Golden State 45 February 3, 1993 @ Milwaukee 46 February 5, 1993 Detroit 47 February 6, 1993 7:30 PM EST @ Atlanta W 120–109 Daugherty (28) Nance (11) Price (7) The Omni 15,381 29–18 48 February 9, 1993 @ Charlotte 49 February 10, 1993 @ Orlando 50 February 12, 1993 Milwaukee 51 February 13, 1993 @ Chicago 52 February 15, 1993 Indiana 53 February 17, 1993 Dallas 54 February 23, 1993 Miami 55 February 26, 1993 @ L.A. Lakers 56 February 28, 1993 @ Phoenix
March: 6–6 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 57 March 2, 1993 @ Seattle 58 March 4, 1993 @ Minnesota 59 March 7, 1993 @ Boston 60 March 8, 1993 Denver 61 March 11, 1993 Charlotte 62 March 15, 1993 @ Washington 63 March 16, 1993 Philadelphia 64 March 18, 1993 New York 65 March 20, 1993 @ Miami 66 March 23, 1993 San Antonio 67 March 26, 1993 @ Philadelphia 68 March 28, 1993 @ Detroit
April: 11–3 (Home: 7–0; Road: 4–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 69 April 1, 1993 @ New York 70 April 2, 1993 @ Charlotte 71 April 4, 1993 New Jersey 72 April 6, 1993 Miami 73 April 9, 1993 Washington 74 April 10, 1993 @ New Jersey 75 April 13, 1993 7:30 PM EDT @ Atlanta W 112–109 (2 OT) Price (24) Daugherty (17) Daugherty, Price (7) The Omni 9,450 48–27 76 April 15, 1993 @ Milwaukee 77 April 16, 1993 Orlando 78 April 18, 1993 Chicago 79 April 20, 1993 Detroit 80 April 21, 1993 @ Indiana 81 April 23, 1993 @ Boston 82 April 25, 1993 Philadelphia
1992–93 season schedule

Playoffs

East First Round

(3) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (6) New Jersey Nets: Cavaliers win series 3–2

• Game 1 @ The Coliseum, Richfield (April 29): Cleveland 114, New Jersey 98
• Game 2 @ The Coliseum, Richfield (May 1): New Jersey 101, Cleveland 99
• Game 3 @ Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford (May 5): Cleveland 93, New Jersey 84
• Game 4 @ Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford (May 7): New Jersey 96, Cleveland 79
• Game 5 @ The Coliseum, Richfield (May 9): Cleveland 99, New Jersey 89

Last Playoff Meeting: 1992 Eastern Conference First Round (Cleveland won 3–1)

East Conference Semifinals

(2) Chicago Bulls vs. (3) Cleveland Cavaliers: Bulls win series 4–0

• Game 1 @ Chicago Stadium, Chicago (May 11): Chicago 91, Cleveland 84
• Game 2 @ Chicago Stadium, Chicago (May 13): Chicago 104, Cleveland 85
• Game 3 @ The Coliseum, Richfield (May 15): Chicago 96, Cleveland 90
• Game 4 @ The Coliseum, Richfield (May 17): Chicago 103, Cleveland 101 (Michael Jordan hits the series-winning shot)

Last Playoff Meeting: 1992 Eastern Conference Finals (Chicago won 4–2)

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

Awards and records

• Mark Price, All-NBA First Team
• Larry Nance, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

References

• Cleveland Cavaliers on Database Basketball