The1991–92 Phoenix Suns season was the 24th season for thePhoenix Suns in theNational Basketball Association.^[1] During the off-season, the Suns acquired three-point specialistTrent Tucker from theNew York Knicks;^[2] however, Tucker never played for the team as he was released to free agency, and later on signed with theSan Antonio Spurs.^[3][4] The Suns were led byhead coachCotton Fitzsimmons, which would be the last of his four-season second stint as coach of the Suns.^[5][6][7] This was also the team's final season playing at theArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

The Suns got off to a slow 5–9 start to the regular season, but then posted a nine-game winning streak as they won 14 of their next 15 games, and held a 32–16 record at the All-Star break.^[8] The Suns finished in third place in thePacific Division with a 53–29 record, and earned the fourth seed in theWestern Conference.^[9]

Jeff Hornacek averaged 20.1points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.0 steals per game, whileKevin Johnson averaged 19.7 points, 10.7assists and 1.5 steals per game, and was named to theAll-NBA Third Team, and sixth manDan Majerle provided the team with 17.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game off the bench. In addition,Tom Chambers contributed 16.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, whileTim Perry showed improvement becoming the team's starting small forward averaging 12.3 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, andAndrew Lang replacedMark West as the team's starting center this season, averaging 7.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and leading the team with 2.5 blocks per game. Meanwhile, second-year forwardCedric Ceballos contributed 7.2 points per game, West averaged 6.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, and second-year guardNegele Knight provided with 5.8 points and 2.7 assists per game.^[10]

During theNBA All-Star weekend at theOrlando Arena inOrlando, Florida, Hornacek and Majerle were both selected for the1992 NBA All-Star Game, as members of the Western Conference All-Star team; it was the first All-Star appearance for both players, and the only appearance for Hornacek.^[11][12][13] In addition, Hornacek also participated in theNBA Three-Point Shootout,^[14][15] and Ceballos won theNBA Slam Dunk Contest.^[16][12][15] Johnson finished in 15th place inMost Valuable Player voting,^[17] while Majerle finished in third place inSixth Man of the Year voting,^[17] and Perry finished tied in sixth place inMost Improved Player voting.^[17]

In the Western Conference First Round of the1992 NBA playoffs, the Suns faced off against the 5th–seededSpurs, who were led byTerry Cummings,Sean Elliott andRod Strickland; the Spurs were without All-Star center, and Defensive Player of the Year,David Robinson, who was out due to a season-ending thumb injury.^[18][19][20] The Suns won the first two games over the Spurs at home at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, before winning Game 3 on the road, 101–92 at theHemisFair Arena to win the series in a three-game sweep.^[21][22][23]

In the Western Conference Semi-finals, the team faced off against the top–seeded, and Pacific Division championPortland Trail Blazers, a team that featured All-Star guardClyde Drexler, All-Star guardTerry Porter, andJerome Kersey. The Trail Blazers took a 2–0 series lead, but the Suns managed to win Game 3 at home, 124–117 at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. After losing Game 4 at home in double-overtime, 153–151, the Suns lost Game 5 to the Trail Blazers on the road, 118–106 at theMemorial Coliseum, as the team lost the series in five games.^[24][25][26] The Trail Blazers would lose in six games to the defending NBA championChicago Bulls in the1992 NBA Finals.^[27][28][29]

Following the season, Hornacek, Perry and Lang were all traded to thePhiladelphia 76ers, after Hornacek spent six seasons with the Suns.^[30][31][32]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	32	Chad Gallagher	Center	United States	Creighton
2	46	Richard Dumas	Forward	United States	Oklahoma State
2	50	Joey Wright	Guard	United States	Texas

None of the three players that the Suns selected in the 1991 NBA draft would play with the Suns this season. Both Chad Gallagher and Joey Wright were cut from the team before the regular season began, while Richard Dumas showcased promising talents early on in training camp, but was suspended from the team for the entire season due to substance abuse violations.^[33][34] Dumas would, however, return to the Suns to play what became his proper rookie seasonthe following season afterward.

• Rookie small forwardRichard Dumas was suspended for violating the NBA'ssubstance abuse policy.^[35]

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

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• Jeff Hornacek was named Player of the Month for December.
• Cotton Fitzsimmons was named Coach of the Month for December.

• Jeff Hornacek was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in theAll-Star Game. It was his first and only All-Star selection. Hornacek finished seventh in voting among Western Conference guards with 271,180 votes.
• Dan Majerle was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in theAll-Star Game. It was his first All-Star selection.
• Other Suns players receiving All-Star votes wereTom Chambers (406,185) andKevin Johnson (309,820).
• Cedric Ceballos won theSlam Dunk Contest, winning the competition with the famous "Hocus Pocus" blindfolded dunk.
• Jeff Hornacek participated in theThree-Point Shootout, losing to champion and former Suns teammateCraig Hodges.

• Kevin Johnson was named to theAll-NBA Third Team. Johnson also finished 15th inMVP voting.^[17]
• Dan Majerle finished third inSixth Man of the Year voting.^[17]

† – Minimum 20 field goals made.
^ – Minimum 5 three-pointers made.
+ – Minimum 10 free throws made.

Player statistics citation:^[10]

June 27, 1991	ToCleveland Cavaliers Rights toMiloš Babić	ToPhoenix Suns Rights toStefano Rusconi
October 1, 1991	ToNew York Knicks Xavier McDaniel	ToPhoenix Suns Jerrod Mustaf Trent Tucker 1992 second-round draft pick (Brian Davis) 1994 second-round draft pick (Anthony Goldwire)

Player Transactions Citation:^[36]

• 1991–92 NBA season

• Phoenix Suns seasons

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