Record 53–29 (.646) | ||
The 1991–92 Phoenix Suns season was the 24th for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns were led by head coach Cotton Fitzsimmons, which would be the last of his four-season second stint as coach of the Suns. All home games were played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The team got off to a slow 5–9 start, but went on a nine-game winning streak as they won 14 of their next 15 games. The Suns finished third in the Pacific Division with a 53–29 record. In the first round of the playoffs, they swept the San Antonio Spurs in three straight games, but lost 4–1 to the Portland Trail Blazers in the semifinals.
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Guard Jeff Hornacek led the Suns in scoring, averaging 20.1 points for the season. Fellow guard mates Kevin Johnson and Dan Majerle were second and third in scoring, with Johnson's 19.7 points and team-leading assist average, 10.7, to go with Majerle's 17.3 scoring average. Tom Chambers, at 32 years of age, appeared in 69 games and averaged 16.3 point per contest. Hornacek finished the season third in three-point field goal percentage, while Johnson's assist average was good for second-best in the league.
Majerle was selected to appear in his first-career All-Star Game along with Hornacek, while by season's end, Johnson was selected to the All-NBA Third Team. Second-year player Cedric Ceballos won the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend in Orlando. Following the season, Hornacek was traded along with Tim Perry and Andrew Lang to the Philadelphia 76ers.
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† – Minimum 20 field goals made.
^ – Minimum 5 three-pointers made.
+ – Minimum 10 free throws made.