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1992–93 NBA season
League National Basketball Association
Sport Basketball
Duration

  • November 6, 1992 – April 25, 1993

  • April 29 – June 5, 1993 (Playoffs)

  • June 9 – 20, 1993 (Finals)

Number of teams 27
TV partner(s)
NBC, TBS, TNT
Draft
Top draft pick Shaquille O'Neal
Picked by Orlando Magic
Regular season
Top seed Phoenix Suns
Season MVP

Charles Barkley (Phoenix)
Top scorer
Michael Jordan (Chicago)
Playoffs

Eastern champions
Chicago Bulls
  Eastern runners-up New York Knicks

Western champions
Phoenix Suns
  Western runners-up Seattle SuperSonics
Finals
Champions Chicago Bulls
  Runners-up Phoenix Suns
Finals MVP

Michael Jordan (Chicago)
NBA seasons

← 1991–92

1993–94 →


The 1992–93 NBA season was the 47th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Chicago Bulls winning their third-straight NBA Championship, beating the Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.




Contents






  • 1 Notable occurrences


  • 2 1992–93 NBA changes


  • 3 Standings


    • 3.1 By division


    • 3.2 By conference




  • 4 Playoffs


  • 5 Statistics leaders


  • 6 NBA awards


    • 6.1 Yearly awards


    • 6.2 Player of the week


    • 6.3 Player of the month


    • 6.4 Rookie of the month


    • 6.5 Coach of the month




  • 7 References





Notable occurrences























































































Coaching changes
Offseason
Team
1991–92 coach
1992–93 coach

Denver Nuggets

Paul Westhead

Dan Issel

Detroit Pistons

Chuck Daly

Ron Rothstein

Los Angeles Lakers

Mike Dunleavy, Sr.

Randy Pfund

Milwaukee Bucks

Frank Hamblen

Mike Dunleavy, Sr.

New Jersey Nets

Bill Fitch

Chuck Daly

Philadelphia 76ers

Jim Lynam

Doug Moe

Phoenix Suns

Cotton Fitzsimmons

Paul Westphal

Sacramento Kings

Rex Hughes

Garry St. Jean

San Antonio Spurs

Bob Bass

Jerry Tarkanian
In-season
Team
Outgoing coach
Incoming coach

Dallas Mavericks

Richie Adubato

Gar Heard

Minnesota Timberwolves

Jimmy Rodgers

Sidney Lowe

Philadelphia 76ers

Doug Moe

Fred Carter

San Antonio Spurs

Jerry Tarkanian

Rex Hughes

Rex Hughes

John Lucas


  • The 1993 NBA All-Star Game was played at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, with the West defeating the East 135–132 in overtime. Much to delight of the local fans, Karl Malone and John Stockton of the Utah Jazz were named co-MVPs of the game.

  • The Phoenix Suns played their first season at America West Arena.

  • The San Antonio Spurs played their final season in the HemisFair Arena.

  • The Charlotte Hornets became the first of the four late-1980s expansion franchises to win a playoff series on Alonzo Mourning's 20-foot jumper at the buzzer in Game 4 of their first round playoff series against the Boston Celtics.


  • Michael Jordan scored his 20,000th career point and tied Wilt Chamberlain's record of seven scoring titles.

  • In Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the Suns defeated the Bulls in triple overtime, 129–121. This marked the second time a Finals game lasted three overtimes, along with Game 5 of the 1976 Finals, which also involved the Suns. Coincidentally, in the 1976 game, Paul Westphal played for the Suns, and in the 1993 game, he coached the Suns.


  • Michael Jordan scored 40 or more points in 4 consecutive games of the NBA Finals, setting a record, and averaged an NBA Finals record 41.0 points per game for the series.

  • The Chicago Bulls defeated the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Finals to become the first team in almost 30 years to win three consecutive championships.


  • New Jersey Nets guard Dražen Petrović was killed in an automobile accident in Munich, Germany on June 7. Almost two months later, on July 27, Boston Celtics guard Reggie Lewis died of a heart attack during practice. Both were later honored by their respective teams by retiring their numbers, and Petrovic would be eventually inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

  • The Dallas Mavericks became the third team to lose 70 games in a season, after the 1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers and the 1986–87 Los Angeles Clippers, they finished 11–71. They would later be joined by the 1997–98 Denver Nuggets, the 2009–10 New Jersey Nets and the 2015-16 Philadelphia 76ers.

  • During the regular season, three backboards were broken. Two were done by Orlando's Shaquille O'Neal, once against Phoenix where he dunked the ball so hard the entire goal collapsed and once against New Jersey when he pulled the entire backboard off of the goal. The other was by New Jersey's Chris Morris, who dunked with such force during a game against Chicago that the backboard glass shattered.[1] This led the league to provide stronger shatterproof backboards. However, every team is still required to have a spare backboard in their home arenas just in case.



1992–93 NBA changes



  • The Atlanta Hawks changed their uniforms.

  • The Dallas Mavericks changed their road uniforms from green to blue.

  • The New York Knicks changed their logo.

  • The Phoenix Suns changed their logo and uniforms, and moved into the America West Arena.



Standings












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