Head coach Don Nelson | Record 55–27 (.671) | |
Arena Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena Place Division: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 3rd (Western) Playoff finish West First Round
(eliminated 1–3) Television SportsChannel Pacific, KPIX, KICU | ||
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 6-foot-9-inch (2.06 m) 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 [the team] bigger" to improve the Warriors from a good team to a great one. "I’d never make that trade again", Nelson lamented.
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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 All-Stars. 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.
Season standings
y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spotWest First Round
(3) Golden State Warriors vs. (6) Seattle SuperSonics: SuperSonics win series 3-1
Last Playoff Meeting: 1975 Western Conference Semifinals (Golden State won 4-2)