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1992 NBA Playoffs Summary

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League Champion: Chicago Bulls

Finals MVP: Michael Jordan (35.8/4.8/6.5)

PTS Leader: Michael Jordan (759)
TRB Leader: Horace Grant (194)
AST Leader: John Stockton (217)
WS Leader: Michael Jordan (4.1)

League Playoffs

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Finals (4-2): Chicago Bulls over Portland Trail Blazers
 
Eastern Conference Finals (4-2): Chicago Bulls over Cleveland Cavaliers
Western Conference Finals (4-2): Portland Trail Blazers over Utah Jazz
 
Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3): Chicago Bulls over New York Knicks
Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3): Cleveland Cavaliers over Boston Celtics
Western Conference Semifinals (4-1): Portland Trail Blazers over Phoenix Suns
Western Conference Semifinals (4-1): Utah Jazz over Seattle SuperSonics
 
Eastern Conference First Round (3-0): Boston Celtics over Indiana Pacers
Eastern Conference First Round (3-0): Chicago Bulls over Miami Heat
Eastern Conference First Round (3-1): Cleveland Cavaliers over New Jersey Nets
Eastern Conference First Round (3-2): New York Knicks over Detroit Pistons
Western Conference First Round (3-0): Phoenix Suns over San Antonio Spurs
Western Conference First Round (3-1): Portland Trail Blazers over Los Angeles Lakers
Western Conference First Round (3-1): Seattle SuperSonics over Golden State Warriors
Western Conference First Round (3-2): Utah Jazz over Los Angeles Clippers

Team Stats

Rk Team G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
1 Phoenix Suns 8 1970 345 710 .486 29 78 .372 229 278 .824 103 225 328 219 60 40 115 205 948 118.5
2 Golden State Warriors 4 960 170 352 .483 17 47 .362 111 154 .721 55 90 145 93 41 19 49 109 468 117.0
3 Portland Trail Blazers 21 5165 848 1760 .482 78 221 .353 535 712 .751 292 603 895 541 184 97 325 553 2309 110.0
4 Indiana Pacers 3 745 111 242 .459 20 45 .444 81 103 .786 28 77 105 70 26 12 40 83 323 107.7
5 Boston Celtics 10 2450 442 886 .499 6 31 .194 181 236 .767 142 280 422 249 73 53 117 220 1071 107.1
6 Seattle Supersonics 9 2160 355 731 .486 29 99 .293 211 267 .790 130 234 364 184 59 56 145 238 950 105.6
7 Cleveland Cavaliers 17 4105 655 1357 .483 51 148 .345 400 483 .828 203 496 699 448 125 104 241 347 1761 103.6
8 San Antonio Spurs 3 720 123 253 .486 10 24 .417 54 81 .667 42 72 114 53 23 26 47 72 310 103.3
9 Utah Jazz 16 3865 592 1234 .480 29 98 .296 433 536 .808 201 428 629 367 119 76 227 354 1646 102.9
10 New Jersey Nets 4 960 168 381 .441 12 41 .293 59 83 .711 64 99 163 103 43 31 53 113 407 101.8
11 Chicago Bulls 22 5305 852 1750 .487 54 145 .372 450 612 .735 285 592 877 531 172 121 298 520 2208 100.4
12 Miami Heat 3 720 108 239 .452 17 38 .447 65 89 .730 33 66 99 60 21 9 44 68 298 99.3
13 Los Angeles Clippers 5 1200 195 406 .480 7 27 .259 94 133 .707 67 136 203 111 30 28 65 129 491 98.2
14 Los Angeles Lakers 4 985 134 311 .431 9 20 .450 101 130 .777 44 91 135 80 36 15 62 102 378 94.5
15 New York Knicks 12 2905 409 940 .435 27 106 .255 238 320 .744 186 334 520 273 76 50 165 300 1083 90.3
16 Detroit Pistons 5 1225 158 377 .419 12 39 .308 96 126 .762 54 130 184 108 29 23 76 117 424 84.8
League Average 9 2215 354 746 .475 25 75 .337 209 271 .769 121 247 368 218 70 48 129 221 942 103.3

Opponent Stats

Rk Team G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
1 New York Knicks 12 2905 401 893 .449 27 82 .329 242 336 .720 137 295 432 262 78 60 161 276 1071 89.3
2 Detroit Pistons 5 1225 173 418 .414 14 46 .304 103 138 .746 92 150 242 107 36 25 69 122 463 92.6
3 Chicago Bulls 22 5305 767 1708 .449 65 206 .316 473 615 .769 281 584 865 502 155 88 328 539 2072 94.2
4 Cleveland Cavaliers 17 4105 710 1496 .475 26 94 .277 272 361 .753 246 456 702 407 143 109 214 395 1718 101.1
5 Los Angeles Clippers 5 1200 183 380 .482 11 27 .407 134 173 .775 63 144 207 115 37 31 71 112 511 102.2
6 Utah Jazz 16 3865 620 1288 .481 56 161 .348 344 453 .759 205 400 605 371 108 85 213 405 1640 102.5
7 Portland Trail Blazers 21 5165 812 1720 .472 68 187 .364 547 695 .787 249 548 797 522 156 96 322 543 2239 106.6
8 Boston Celtics 10 2450 400 799 .501 38 101 .376 232 283 .820 94 276 370 270 75 56 129 207 1070 107.0
9 Seattle Supersonics 9 2160 357 732 .488 25 75 .333 238 305 .780 110 223 333 205 82 40 116 206 977 108.6
10 Los Angeles Lakers 4 985 165 328 .503 19 41 .463 88 131 .672 64 126 190 118 40 17 66 98 437 109.3
11 New Jersey Nets 4 960 155 332 .467 8 36 .222 122 144 .847 65 132 197 97 29 29 68 85 440 110.0
12 San Antonio Spurs 3 720 130 253 .514 5 19 .263 72 88 .818 42 83 125 78 23 14 38 64 337 112.3
13 Indiana Pacers 3 745 132 273 .484 2 6 .333 79 103 .767 53 98 151 75 23 13 37 75 345 115.0
14 Golden State Warriors 4 960 171 343 .499 12 41 .293 112 141 .794 66 122 188 88 27 25 75 117 466 116.5
15 Phoenix Suns 8 1970 353 712 .496 27 76 .355 204 283 .721 114 228 342 187 74 57 124 217 937 117.1
16 Miami Heat 3 720 136 254 .535 4 9 .444 76 94 .809 48 88 136 86 31 15 38 69 352 117.3
League Average 9 2215 354 746 .475 25 75 .337 209 271 .769 121 247 368 218 70 48 129 221 942 103.3

Miscellaneous Stats

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
Rk Team G W L W-L% PW PL ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA
1 Chicago Bulls 22 15 7 .682 15.6 6.4 112.2 105.3 89.0 .502 .129 .328 .257 .468 .142 .678 .277
2 Portland Trail Blazers 21 13 8 .619 12.7 8.3 113.6 110.1 94.5 .504 .136 .348 .304 .492 .137 .708 .318
3 Utah Jazz 16 9 7 .563 8.2 7.8 113.7 113.2 89.9 .491 .134 .334 .351 .503 .125 .676 .267
4 Cleveland Cavaliers 17 9 8 .529 10.0 7.0 112.3 109.6 91.7 .501 .133 .308 .295 .483 .115 .668 .182
5 New York Knicks 12 6 6 .500 6.5 5.5 105.7 104.6 84.6 .449 .132 .387 .253 .464 .134 .709 .271
6 Boston Celtics 10 6 4 .600 5.0 5.0 114.6 114.4 91.6 .502 .106 .340 .204 .524 .123 .749 .290
7 Phoenix Suns 8 4 4 .500 4.3 3.7 116.0 114.6 99.6 .506 .121 .311 .323 .515 .129 .664 .287
8 Seattle Supersonics 9 4 5 .444 3.6 5.4 113.3 116.6 93.1 .505 .146 .368 .289 .505 .118 .680 .325
9 Detroit Pistons 5 2 3 .400 1.1 3.9 96.9 105.8 85.7 .435 .149 .265 .255 .431 .126 .586 .246
10 Los Angeles Clippers 5 2 3 .400 1.8 3.2 108.4 112.8 90.6 .489 .123 .318 .232 .496 .135 .683 .353
11 Golden State Warriors 4 1 3 .250 2.1 1.9 117.2 116.7 99.8 .507 .105 .311 .315 .516 .156 .577 .327
12 New Jersey Nets 4 1 3 .250 1.0 3.0 105.0 113.5 96.9 .457 .113 .327 .155 .479 .147 .604 .367
13 Los Angeles Lakers 4 1 3 .250 0.5 3.5 100.8 116.5 91.4 .445 .144 .259 .325 .532 .146 .587 .268
14 Indiana Pacers 3 0 3 .000 0.9 2.1 111.0 118.6 93.7 .500 .122 .222 .335 .487 .104 .592 .289
15 San Antonio Spurs 3 0 3 .000 0.7 2.3 110.1 119.6 93.9 .506 .140 .336 .213 .524 .115 .632 .285
16 Miami Heat 3 0 3 .000 0.3 2.7 107.0 126.4 92.8 .487 .137 .273 .272 .543 .114 .579 .299
League Average 9.1 4.6 4.6 .500 4.5 4.6 111.4 111.4 91.7 .492 .130 .328 .280 .492 .130 .672 .280

Playoff Leaders

Rate statistic requirements
Minutes Played
1. Michael Jordan*-CHI 920
2. Scottie Pippen*-CHI 899
3. Terry Porter-POR 870
4. Horace Grant-CHI 856
5. Clyde Drexler*-POR 847
Field Goals
1. Michael Jordan*-CHI 290
2. Clyde Drexler*-POR 198
3. Scottie Pippen*-CHI 152
4. Karl Malone*-UTA 148
5. Terry Porter-POR 147
Field Goal Attempts
1. Michael Jordan*-CHI 581
2. Clyde Drexler*-POR 425
3. Scottie Pippen*-CHI 325
4. Terry Porter-POR 285
5. Karl Malone*-UTA 284
3-Pt Field Goals
1. Terry Porter-POR 37
2. Mark Price-CLE 25
3. Danny Ainge-POR 21
  Craig Ehlo-CLE 21
5. Clyde Drexler*-POR 19
3-Pt Field Goal Attempts
1. Clyde Drexler*-POR 81
2. Terry Porter-POR 78
3. Mark Price-CLE 69
4. John Stockton*-UTA 58
5. Danny Ainge-POR 52
Free Throws
1. Karl Malone*-UTA 169
2. Michael Jordan*-CHI 162
3. Clyde Drexler*-POR 138
4. Terry Porter-POR 119
5. Brad Daugherty-CLE 118
  Scottie Pippen*-CHI 118
Free Throw Attempts
1. Karl Malone*-UTA 210
2. Michael Jordan*-CHI 189
3. Clyde Drexler*-POR 171
4. Scottie Pippen*-CHI 155
5. Brad Daugherty-CLE 145
Offensive Rebounds
1. Horace Grant-CHI 76
2. Buck Williams-POR 61
3. Clyde Drexler*-POR 60
4. Scottie Pippen*-CHI 59
  Jerome Kersey-POR 59
Defensive Rebounds
1. Karl Malone*-UTA 138
2. Brad Daugherty-CLE 137
3. Scottie Pippen*-CHI 134
4. Buck Williams-POR 118
  Horace Grant-CHI 118
Total Rebounds
1. Horace Grant-CHI 194
2. Scottie Pippen*-CHI 193
3. Karl Malone*-UTA 181
4. Buck Williams-POR 179
5. Brad Daugherty-CLE 174
Assists
1. John Stockton*-UTA 217
2. Scottie Pippen*-CHI 147
  Clyde Drexler*-POR 147
4. Terry Porter-POR 141
5. Mark Price-CLE 128
Steals
1. Michael Jordan*-CHI 44
2. Scottie Pippen*-CHI 41
  Jerome Kersey-POR 41
4. John Stockton*-UTA 34
5. Clyde Drexler*-POR 31
Blocks
1. Larry Nance-CLE 46
2. Horace Grant-CHI 39
3. Mark Eaton-UTA 36
4. Patrick Ewing*-NYK 31
5. Scottie Pippen*-CHI 25
Turnovers
1. Michael Jordan*-CHI 81
2. Scottie Pippen*-CHI 70
3. John Stockton*-UTA 58
  Clyde Drexler*-POR 58
5. Mark Price-CLE 56
Personal Fouls
1. Jerome Kersey-POR 85
2. Clifford Robinson-POR 84
3. Clyde Drexler*-POR 77
4. Kevin Duckworth-POR 76
5. Buck Williams-POR 73
Points
1. Michael Jordan*-CHI 759
2. Clyde Drexler*-POR 553
3. Karl Malone*-UTA 465
4. Terry Porter-POR 450
5. Scottie Pippen*-CHI 428
Field Goal Pct
1. Mario Elie-GSW .639
2. Ed Pinckney-BOS .603
3. Tim Perry-PHO .603
4. Reggie Miller*-IND .581
5. Danny Manning-LAC .568
3-Pt Field Goal Pct
1. Steve Smith-MIA .636
  Reggie Miller*-IND .636
3. Sean Elliott-SAS .625
4. Dana Barros-SEA .588
5. Byron Scott-LAL .583
Free Throw Pct
1. David Benoit-UTA 1.000
2. Dan Majerle-PHO .962
3. Eddie Johnson-SEA .941
4. Charles Smith-LAC .933
5. Chris Mullin*-GSW .929
Minutes Per Game
1. Joe Dumars*-DET 44.2
2. Tim Hardaway-GSW 44.0
3. Karl Malone*-UTA 43.0
4. Jeff Hornacek-PHO 42.9
5. Chris Mullin*-GSW 42.0
Points Per Game
1. Michael Jordan*-CHI 34.5
2. Karl Malone*-UTA 29.1
3. Reggie Lewis-BOS 28.0
4. Clyde Drexler*-POR 26.3
5. Kevin Johnson-PHO 23.6
Rebounds Per Game
1. Shawn Kemp-SEA 12.2
2. Karl Malone*-UTA 11.3
3. Patrick Ewing*-NYK 11.1
4. Brad Daugherty-CLE 10.2
5. Dennis Rodman*-DET 10.2
Assists Per Game
1. John Stockton*-UTA 13.6
2. Kevin Johnson-PHO 11.6
3. John Bagley-BOS 8.5
4. Mookie Blaylock-NJN 7.8
5. Mark Price-CLE 7.5
Steals Per Game
1. Mookie Blaylock-NJN 3.8
2. Tim Hardaway-GSW 3.2
3. Reggie Lewis-BOS 2.4
4. John Stockton*-UTA 2.1
5. Michael Jordan*-CHI 2.0
Blocks Per Game
1. Antoine Carr-SAS 3.7
2. John Salley-DET 2.8
3. Larry Nance-CLE 2.7
4. Patrick Ewing*-NYK 2.6
5. Chris Dudley-NJN 2.5
  Chris Gatling-GSW 2.5
Player Efficiency Rating
1. Michael Jordan*-CHI 27.2
2. Karl Malone*-UTA 25.0
3. Reggie Lewis-BOS 23.8
4. Clyde Drexler*-POR 22.8
5. Kevin Johnson-PHO 21.3
True Shooting Pct
1. Reggie Miller*-IND .721
2. Byron Scott-LAL .671
3. Ed Pinckney-BOS .670
4. Sarunas Marciulionis-GSW .653
5. Terry Porter-POR .647
Effective Field Goal Pct
1. Mario Elie-GSW .667
2. Reggie Miller*-IND .663
3. Dana Barros-SEA .650
4. Ed Pinckney-BOS .603
5. Tim Perry-PHO .603
Offensive Rebound Pct
1. Shawn Kemp-SEA 17.0
2. Charles Oakley-NYK 15.0
3. Will Perdue-CHI 14.0
4. Ed Pinckney-BOS 13.4
5. Robert Parish*-BOS 13.3
Defensive Rebound Pct
1. Benoit Benjamin-SEA 28.1
2. Patrick Ewing*-NYK 25.6
3. Dennis Rodman*-DET 24.8
4. Karl Malone*-UTA 24.5
5. Scott Williams-CHI 23.5
Total Rebound Pct
1. Shawn Kemp-SEA 20.2
2. Dennis Rodman*-DET 18.8
3. Charles Oakley-NYK 18.6
4. Scott Williams-CHI 18.0
5. Robert Parish*-BOS 17.9
Assist Pct
1. John Stockton*-UTA 54.2
2. Kevin Johnson-PHO 40.2
3. Mark Jackson-NYK 38.7
4. Nate McMillan-SEA 37.7
5. John Bagley-BOS 36.0
Steal Pct
1. Greg Anthony-NYK 4.3
2. Tim Hardaway-GSW 3.6
3. Blue Edwards-UTA 3.5
4. Nate McMillan-SEA 3.4
5. John Starks-NYK 3.3
Block Pct
1. Benoit Benjamin-SEA 5.3
2. Mark Eaton-UTA 5.2
3. Andrew Lang-PHO 4.8
4. Patrick Ewing*-NYK 4.6
5. Will Perdue-CHI 4.5
Turnover Pct
1. Doc Rivers-LAC 4.2
2. Kevin McHale*-BOS 5.8
3. Reggie Lewis-BOS 6.1
4. Kevin Gamble-BOS 6.8
5. Dan Majerle-PHO 6.8
Usage Pct
1. Michael Jordan*-CHI 37.1
2. Eddie Johnson-SEA 29.4
3. Patrick Ewing*-NYK 28.5
4. Reggie Lewis-BOS 28.4
5. Clyde Drexler*-POR 28.4
Offensive Rating
1. Reggie Miller*-IND 143.4
2. Sarunas Marciulionis-GSW 141.1
3. Byron Scott-LAL 134.1
4. Terry Porter-POR 132.1
5. Ed Pinckney-BOS 130.7
Defensive Rating
1. Dennis Rodman*-DET 99.4
2. Patrick Ewing*-NYK 99.7
3. Greg Anthony-NYK 101.4
4. Scott Williams-CHI 101.9
5. Scottie Pippen*-CHI 102.4
Offensive Win Shares
1. Terry Porter-POR 3.0
2. Michael Jordan*-CHI 2.4
3. Clyde Drexler*-POR 2.4
4. Karl Malone*-UTA 2.3
5. Brad Daugherty-CLE 1.8
Defensive Win Shares
1. Scottie Pippen*-CHI 1.8
2. Michael Jordan*-CHI 1.7
3. Horace Grant-CHI 1.6
4. Patrick Ewing*-NYK 1.2
5. Jerome Kersey-POR 1.1
Win Shares
1. Michael Jordan*-CHI 4.1
2. Terry Porter-POR 3.7
3. Clyde Drexler*-POR 3.4
4. Horace Grant-CHI 3.3
5. Karl Malone*-UTA 3.2
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1. Karl Malone*-UTA .220
2. Michael Jordan*-CHI .216
3. Terry Porter-POR .202
4. Clyde Drexler*-POR .193
5. Hot Rod Williams-CLE .193