1991–92 Golden State Warriors season


The 1991–92 NBA season was the Warriors' 46th season in the National Basketball Association, and 29th in the San Francisco Bay Area. On the first day of the regular season, Run TMC was broken up when the Warriors traded Mitch Richmond to the Sacramento Kings for rookie Billy Owens, whose additional height compared to Richmond was the size that head coach Don Nelson believed would complete the team. Nelson said he "was under pressure to get bigger" to improve the Warriors from a good team to a great one. "I’d never make that trade again", Nelson lamented.
The Warriors started their season winning their first four games, then won 11 of their 15 games in February including an 8-game winning streak. The team finished second in the Pacific Division with a 55–27 record, the most wins in a season for the franchise since 1975–76. Nelson was named Coach of The Year, and Owens was selected to the All-Rookie First Team. Chris Mullin and Tim Hardaway were both selected for the 1992 NBA All-Star Game, with Nelson coaching the Western Conference. However, in the first round of the playoffs, they lost in four games to the 6th-seeded Seattle SuperSonics, losing the final two games by just four points. Following the season, Rod Higgins signed as a free agent with the Sacramento Kings.

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
116Chris GatlingPFUnited StatesOld Dominion
117Victor AlexanderCUnited StatesIowa State
125Shaun VandiverPFUnited StatesColorado
243Lamont StrothersSGUnited StatesChristopher Newport

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

West First Round

Golden State Warriors vs. Seattle SuperSonics: SuperSonics win series 3-1
Last Playoff Meeting: 1975 Western Conference Semifinals

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records