1991–92 Denver Nuggets season

The 1991–92 NBA season was the Nuggets' 16th season in the National Basketball Association, and 25th season as a franchise.[1] To improve defensively, the Nuggets selected 7'2" Georgetown center Dikembe Mutombo with the fourth overall pick in the 1991 NBA draft.[2] Mutombo was a native of Zaire, and spoke 9 languages (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and five African dialects). He had an immediate impact as the Nuggets showed improvement with an 8–8 start to the season, then holding a 17–26 record at the end of January. However, in the second half of the season, the Nuggets struggled losing nine consecutive games between February and March, then posting an 11-game losing streak near the end of the season. The Nuggets won just 7 of their last 39 games to post a record of 24–58, fifth in the Midwest Division.[3]

1991–92 Denver Nuggets season
Head coachPaul Westhead
General managerBernie Bickerstaff
PresidentBernie Bickerstaff
ArenaMcNichols Sports Arena
Results
Record24–58 (.293)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Midwest)
Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television
RadioKOA

Reggie Williams led the team in scoring with 18.2 points per game, and Mutombo made the All-Rookie First Team while being selected for the 1992 NBA All-Star Game. Meanwhile, top draft pick Mark Macon made the All-Rookie Second Team.

Draft picks
Main article: 1991 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
14Dikembe MutomboC ZaireGeorgetown
18Mark MaconSG United StatesTemple

Roster
1991–92 Denver Nuggets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
PF 33 Anderson, Cadillac 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1964-06-22 Houston
SF 43 Brooks, Kevin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1969-10-12 Louisiana
PF 00 Cook, Anthony  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1967-03-19 Arizona
SF 6 Davis, Walter 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1954-09-09 North Carolina
PG 12 Garland, Winston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1964-12-19 Missouri State
C 10 Hastings, Scott 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1960-06-03 Arkansas
PG 3 Jackson, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 162 lb (73 kg) 1969-03-09 LSU
SF 30 Liberty, Marcus 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1968-10-27 Illinois
SG 21 Lichti, Todd 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1967-01-08 Stanford
SG 1 Macon, Mark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1969-04-14 Temple
C 55 Mutombo, Dikembe 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1966-06-25 Georgetown
C 50 Scheffler, Steve 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1967-09-03 Purdue
SF 34 Williams, Reggie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1964-03-05 Georgetown
C 42 Wolf, Joe 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1964-12-17 North Carolina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 17, 1992

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Utah Jazz5527.671—37–418–2320–6
x-San Antonio Spurs4735.573831–1016–2518–8
Houston Rockets4240.5121328–1314–2712–14
Denver Nuggets2458.2933118–236–358–18
Dallas Mavericks2260.2683315–267–3411–15
Minnesota Timberwolves1567.183409–326–359–17
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Portland Trail Blazers5725.695–
2 y-Utah Jazz5527.6712
3 x-Golden State Warriors5527.6712
4 x-Phoenix Suns5329.6464
5 x-San Antonio Spurs4735.57310
6 x-Seattle SuperSonics4735.57310
7 x-Los Angeles Clippers4537.54912
8 x-Los Angeles Lakers4339.52414
9 Houston Rockets4240.51215
10 Sacramento Kings2953.35428
11 Denver Nuggets2458.29333
12 Dallas Mavericks2260.26835
13 Minnesota Timberwolves1567.18342
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1991-92 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta –3–12–20–50–52–02–01–41–12–01–41–10–22–23–12–03–12–22–22–22–00–21–10–21–11–12–2
Boston 1–3–3–11–33–11–11–14–01–11–12–22–02–03–22–20–22–33–25–03–11–11–12–01–12–01–13–1
Charlotte 2–21–3–0–42–31–11–11–41–10–23–20–21–11–32–31–11–30–43–13–11–10–21–12–01–10–22–2
Chicago 5–03–14–0–3–22–02–04–11–11–13–12–01–14–03–22–04–04–03–13–11–12–02–01–12–01–14–0
Cleveland 5–01–33–22–3–1–11–13–11–11–15–01–12–03–13–12–02–24–03–14–01–10–22–01–11–11–14–0
Dallas 0–21–11–10–21–1–3–20–20–44–21–11–30–41–11–13–20–20–21–10–22–20–41–30–50–41–40–2
Denver 0–21–11–10–21–12–3–0–20–42–30–20–41–30–21–12–31–10–22–02–01–31–32–21–41–31–51–1
Detroit 4–10–44–11–41–32–02–0–1–12–02–20–22–02–23–21–12–22–24–03–10–22–02–01–11–11–13–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–11–14–04–01–1–2–22–03–23–21–12–04–02–01–12–01–13–22–35–02–23–21–32–0
Houston 0–21–12–01–11–12–43–20–22–2–1–12–22–22–01–13–21–11–12–01–11–33–13–13–21–31–42–0
Indiana 4–12–22–31–30–51–12–02–20–21–1–0–22–03–14–12–02–21–32–22–21–10–21–12–00–21–12–2
L.A. Clippers 1–10–22–00–21–13–14–02–02–32–22–0–2–32–02–04–01–10–22–01–13–22–32–32–22–31–30–2
L.A. Lakers 2–00–21–11–10–24–03–10–22–32–20–23–2–2–01–13–12–02–02–02–02–31–44–11–31–41–31–1
Miami 2–22–33–10–41–31–12–02–21–10–21–30–20–2–4–02–02–21–43–11–40–20–22–01–11–11–15–0
Milwaukee 1–32–23–22–31–31–11–12–30–21–11–40–21–10–4–2–00–41–33–13–10–20–20–21–11–11–13–1
Minnesota 0–22–01–10–20–22–33–21–10–42–30–20–41–30–20–2–0–20–20–20–20–40–41–30–60–42–30–2
New Jersey 1–33–23–10–42–22–01–12–20–21–12–21–10–22–24–02–0–2–33–13–21–11–11–11–10–20–22–3
New York 2–22–34–00–40–42–02–02–21–11–13–12–00–24–13–12–03–2–4–13–11–11–11–10–22–02–04–0
Orlando 2–20–51–31–31–31–10–20–40–20–22–20–20–21–31–32–01–31–4–3–20–20–20–21–11–10–22–3
Philadelphia 2–21–31–31–30–42–00–21–31–11–12–21–10–24–11–32–02–31–32–3–0–21–11–11–12–00–25–0
Phoenix 0–21–11–11–11–12–23–12–02–33–11–12–33–22–02–04–01–11–12–02–0–3–24–13–13–22–22–0
Portland 2–01–12–00–22–04–03–10–23–21–32–03–24–12–02–04–01–11–12–01–12–3–5–02–24–12–22–0
Sacramento 1–10–21–10–20–23–12–20–20–51–31–13–21–40–22–03–11–11–12–01–11–40–5–1–31–41–32–0
San Antonio 2–01–10–21–11–15–04–11–12–22–30–22–23–11–11–16–01–12–01–11–11–32–23–1–3–11–40–2
Seattle 1–10–21–10–21–14–03–11–12–33–12–03–24–11–11–14–02–00–21–10–22–31–44–11–3–3–12–0
Utah 1–11–12–01–11–14–15–11–13–14–11–13–13–11–11–13–22–00–22–02–02–22–23–14–11–3–2–0
Washington 2–21–32–20–40–42–01–11–30–20–22–22–01–10–51–32–03–20–43–20–50–20–20–22–00–20–2—

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

Regular season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Reggie Williams 81 80 32.4 .471 .359 .803 5.0 2.9 1.8 0.8 18.2
Dikembe Mutombo 71 71 38.3 .493 .642 12.3 2.2 0.6 3.0 16.6
Greg Anderson 82 82 34.1 .456 .000 .623 11.5 1.0 1.1 0.8 11.5
Winston Garland 78 67 28.3 .444 .321 .859 2.4 5.3 1.3 0.3 10.8
Mark Macon 76 67 30.3 .375 .133 .730 2.9 2.2 2.0 0.2 10.6
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 81 11 19.0 .421 .330 .870 1.4 2.4 0.5 0.0 10.3
Walter Davis 46 0 16.1 .459 .313 .872 1.5 1.5 0.6 0.0 9.9
Marcus Liberty 75 13 20.4 .443 .340 .728 4.1 0.8 0.9 0.4 9.3
Todd Lichti 68 10 17.3 .460 .111 .839 1.7 1.1 0.6 0.2 6.6
Joe Wolf 67 0 17.3 .361 .091 .803 3.6 0.9 0.5 0.2 3.8
Jerome Lane 9 5 15.7 .250 .421 4.9 1.4 0.2 0.1 3.1
Kevin Brooks 37 0 7.3 .443 .182 .810 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 2.8
Steve Scheffler 7 0 6.6 .571 .667 1.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.7
Scott Hastings 40 4 10.5 .340 .000 .857 2.5 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.5
Anthony Cook 22 0 5.2 .600 .667 1.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.5

Player Statistics Citation:[4]

Awards, records, and honors

References
  1. "1991-92 Denver Nuggets". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  2. "BASKETBALL; Hornets Make Johnson No. 1 Pick in the Draft". New York Times. June 27, 1991. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  3. Denver Nuggets (1967-Present)
  4. "1991-92 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
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