1992–93 Charlotte Hornets season

1992–93 Charlotte Hornets season
Alonzo Mourning`s rookie season First winning season and first Playoff appearance
Head coach	Allan Bristow
Owner(s)	George Shinn
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Results
Record	44–38 (.537)
Place	Division: 3rd (Central) Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Semifinals (eliminated 1–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	SportSouth, WJZY
Radio	WBT

The 1992–93 Charlotte Hornets season was Charlotte's fifth season in the National Basketball Association. The Hornets finished the season with a 44–38 record, and qualified for their first ever Playoff appearance. The team became the first of the four expansion franchises of the late 1980's to win a playoff series, when #2 draft choice Alonzo Mourning sunk a 20-foot (6.1 m) jumper at the buzzer in Game 4 of the first round playoff series against the Boston Celtics.^[1] The Hornets were eliminated by the New York Knicks, however, in the second round. The Hornets led the NBA in attendance for the fourth time in five seasons. Larry Johnson led them with 22.1 points, 10.5 rebounds per game and was selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 1992 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	2	Alonzo Mourning	C	United States	Georgetown
2	35	Tony Bennett	G	United States	Wisconsin–Green Bay

Roster

Charlotte Hornets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
1.0 !PG	54	USA !	Bennett, Tony	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Green Bay
1.0 !PG	1	USA !	Bogues, Muggsy	7000160020000000000♠5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)	136 lb (62 kg)	Wake Forest
2.0 !SG	30	USA !	Curry, Dell	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Virginia Tech
4.5 !PF	44	USA !	Gattison, Kenny	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Old Dominion
2.0 !SG	13	USA !	Gill, Kendall	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Illinois
6.0 !C	42	USA !	Gminski, Mike	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Duke
4.5 !PF	21	USA !	Green, Sidney	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	UNLV
4.5 !PF	2	USA !	Johnson, Larry	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	UNLV
2.0 !SG	9	USA !	Lynch, Kevin	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Minnesota
6.0 !C	33	USA !	Mourning, Alonzo	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Georgetown
3.0 !SF	22	USA !	Newman, Johnny	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Richmond
3.0 !SF	55	USA !	Wingate, David	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Georgetown

Head coach

Allan Bristow (Virginia Tech)

Legend

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

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve
C	Alonzo Mourning	Sidney Green	Mike Gminski
PF	Larry Johnson	Kenny Gattison
SF	David Wingate	Johnny Newman
SG	Kendall Gill	Dell Curry	Kevin Lynch
PG	Muggsy Bogues	Tony Bennett

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

#	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

Playoffs

1993 playoff game logTotal: 4–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–4)

First round: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 29	@ Boston	L 101–112	Kendall Gill, Alonzo Mourning (30)	Larry Johnson (13)	Muggsy Bogues (15)	Boston Garden 14,890	0–1
2	May 1	@ Boston	W 99–98 (2OT)	Larry Johnson (23)	Alonzo Mourning (14)	Muggsy Bogues (8)	Boston Garden 14,890	1–1
3	May 3	Boston	W 119–89	Larry Johnson (29)	Larry Johnson (11)	Muggsy Bogues (7)	Charlotte Coliseum 23,698	2–1
4	May 5	Boston	W 104–103	Alonzo Mourning (33)	Alonzo Mourning (7)	Muggsy Bogues (9)	Charlotte Coliseum 23,698	3–1

Conference Semifinals: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 9	@ New York	L 95–111	Alonzo Mourning (27)	Alonzo Mourning (13)	Muggsy Bogues (8)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	0–1
2	May 12	@ New York	L 101–105 (OT)	Alonzo Mourning (24)	Sidney Green (10)	Muggsy Bogues (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	0–2
3	May 14	New York	W 110–106 (2OT)	Alonzo Mourning (34)	Alonzo Mourning (10)	Muggsy Bogues (8)	Charlotte Coliseum 23,698	1–2
4	May 16	New York	L 92–94	Larry Johnson (24)	Alonzo Mourning (8)	Muggsy Bogues (5)	Charlotte Coliseum 23,698	1–3
5	May 18	@ New York	L 101–105	Kendall Gill (26)	Alonzo Mourning (12)	Kendall Gill (6)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	1–4

1993 playoff 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
Bennett, Tony !Tony Bennett	75	2	11.4	.423	.325	.732	0.8	1.8	0.4	0.0	3.7
Bogues, Muggsy !Muggsy Bogues	81	80	35.0	.453	.231	.833	3.7	8.8	2.0	0.1	10.0
Curry, Dell !Dell Curry	80	0	26.2	.452	.401	.866	3.6	2.3	1.1	0.3	15.3
Gattison, Kenny !Kenny Gattison	75	5	19.7	.529	.000	.604	4.7	0.9	0.6	0.7	6.8
Gill, Kendal !Kendall Gill	69	67	35.2	.449	.274	.772	4.9	3.9	1.4	0.5	16.9
Gminski, Mike !Mike Gminski	34	0	7.4	.506		.900	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	2.7
Green, Sidney !Sidney Green	24	0	5.3	.350	.000	.750	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.1	1.7
Hammonds, Tom !Tom Hammonds	19	5	7.5	.422		.625	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.2	2.3
Johnson, Larry !Larry Johnson	82	82	40.5	.526	.254	.767	10.5	4.3	0.6	0.3	22.1
Lynch, Kevin !Kevin Lynch	40	8	8.1	.508	.000	.684	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.2	2.2
Mourning, Alonzo !Alonzo Mourning	78	78	33.9	.511	.000	.781	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	21.0
Newman, Johnny !Johnny Newman	64	27	23.0	.522	.267	.808	2.2	1.8	0.7	0.3	11.9
Reid, J.R. !J.R. Reid	17	1	17.4	.429	.000	.741	4.1	1.4	0.6	0.3	7.5
Williams, Lorenzo !Lorenzo Williams	2	0	9.0	.333			4.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
Wingate, David !David Wingate	72	55	20.4	.536	.167	.738	2.4	2.5	0.9	0.1	6.1

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Bennett, Tony !Tony Bennett	8	0	10.8	.480	.500	1.000	1.1	1.6	0.3	0.1	3.8
Bogues, Muggsy !Muggsy Bogues	9	9	38.4	.476	.000	.714	4.0	7.8	2.7	0.0	9.8
Curry, Dell !Dell Curry	9	0	24.7	.433	.286	.818	3.6	2.0	1.4	0.0	11.0
Gattison, Kenny !Kenny Gattison	9	0	20.8	.478		.429	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.1	5.9
Gill, Kendal !Kendall Gill	9	9	39.2	.401	.167	.714	5.1	2.9	2.3	0.7	17.3
Gminski, Mike !Mike Gminski	2	0	2.5	.500			0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Green, Sidney !Sidney Green	9	0	8.7	.389		.333	3.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.7
Johnson, Larry !Larry Johnson	9	9	38.7	.557	.250	.788	6.9	3.3	0.6	0.2	19.8
Lynch, Kevin !Kevin Lynch	1	0	3.0				0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mourning, Alonzo !Alonzo Mourning	9	9	40.8	.480	.000	.774	9.9	1.4	0.7	3.4	23.8
Newman, Johnny !Johnny Newman	9	9	19.2	.509	.200	.688	2.1	2.0	1.1	0.1	7.6
Wingate, David !David Wingate	9	0	13.0	.364		.375	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.1	2.1

Awards and Records

Larry Johnson, All-NBA Second Team
Alonzo Mourning, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

Transactions

August 31, 1992

Signed LaMark Baker as a free agent.

October 2, 1992

Signed Lorenzo Williams as a free agent.

October 7, 1992

Elliot Perry signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers.

November 2, 1992

Waived LaMark Baker.

November 12, 1992

Waived Lorenzo Williams.

November 18, 1992

Signed David Wingate as a free agent.

December 9, 1992

Traded J.R. Reid to the San Antonio Spurs for Sidney Green, a 1993 1st round draft pick (Scott Burrell was later selected) and a 1996 2nd round draft pick (Ronnie Henderson was later selected).

January 26, 1993

Waived Tom Hammonds.

References

↑ 1993 Eastern Conference First Round, Celtics @ Hornets, Game 4

External links

Hornets on Database Basketball

Charlotte Hornets

Formerly the Charlotte Bobcats (2004–2014) Founded in 1988 Based in Charlotte, North Carolina

Franchise	History Seasons 1988 Expansion Draft 2004 Expansion Draft Draft history All-time roster Head coaches Accomplishments Broadcasters Current season

Arenas	Charlotte Coliseum Time Warner Cable Arena

General Managers	Scheer Bass Bickerstaff Higgins Cho

D-League Affiliate	Greensboro Swarm (beginning in the 2016–17 NBA D-League season)

Retired Numbers	13

Culture and lore	George Shinn Hugo Charlotte Honey Bees "Grandmama" "Zo" New Orleans Pelicans

Administration	Owner Michael Jordan President of Basketball Operations Rod Higgins General Manager Rich Cho

Media	TV Fox Sports Carolinas Fox Sports Southeast Radio WFNZ Announcers Eric Collins Dell Curry Stephanie Ready Steve Martin

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1992–93 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

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