1992–93 New Jersey Nets season explained

The 1992–93 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 26th season in the National Basketball Association, and 17th season in East Rutherford, New Jersey.^[1] During the off-season, the Nets hired Chuck Daly as head coach; Daly led the Detroit Pistons to two straight championships in 1989 and 1990.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} The team also acquired Rumeal Robinson from the Atlanta Hawks,^{[6] [7] [8]} acquired Jayson Williams from the Philadelphia 76ers,^{[9] [10] [11]} and signed free agents Chucky Brown and Rick Mahorn.^{[12] [13] [14]}

Under Daly, the Nets continued to improve holding a 30–21 record at the All-Star break.^[15] However, they would lose second-year star Kenny Anderson for the remainder of the season to a wrist injury after 55 games.^{[16] [17] [18]} At mid-season, the Nets signed free agents, former All-Star guard Maurice Cheeks,^{[19] [20] [21]} and former All-Star forward Bernard King.^{[22] [23] [24]} Despite losing ten of their final eleven games, the team finished third in the Atlantic Division with a 43–39 record.^[25]

Dražen Petrović and Derrick Coleman were both selected to the All-NBA Third Team, as Petrović led the team in scoring averaging 22.3 points per game, and Coleman averaged 20.7 points, 11.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game. In addition, Anderson became the team's starting point guard, as he provided the team with 16.9 points, 8.2 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and finished in third place in Most Improved Player voting,^{[26] [27] [28]} while Chris Morris contributed 14.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game, and Sam Bowie provided with 9.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game.^[29] Daly finished in fifth place in Coach of the Year voting.^{[30] [31] [32]}

The Nets qualified for the playoffs, and faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second consecutive year; the Nets would lose to the Cavaliers in five games.^{[33] [34] [35] [36]}

Following the season, tragedy struck as Petrović was killed in a car accident in Germany at the age of 28 on June 7, 1993; Petrović was a passenger in a car driven by his girlfriend, which lost control and crashed head-on into a truck on a rain-drenched highway near Munich, Germany. His girlfriend, Klara Szalantzy, 23, and another passenger, Hilal Haene, 53, were both seriously injured. Shortly before his death, Petrović last played for the Croatian national basketball team in the European Championships in Wroclaw, Poland.^{[37] [38] [39] [40] [41]} The Nets retired his #3 jersey, as Petrović would later on be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame posthumously.

Also following the season, Bowie was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers,^{[42] [43] [44]} while Chris Dudley signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers,^{[45] [46]} Brown signed with the Dallas Mavericks, and King and Cheeks both retired.

Draft picks

See main article: article and 1992 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	29		PF		Louisiana Tech
2	40		SG		Alabama State

Roster

Roster notes

• Point guard Rumeal Robinson holds both American and Jamaican citizenships.

Regular season

Season standings

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1992-93 NBA Records
width=100	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	–	2–2	3–2	2–2	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2
Boston	2–2	–	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–4	3–2	4–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–1
Charlotte	2–3	1–3	–	2–3	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–2	0–5	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Chicago	2–2	3–1	3–2	–	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	5–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–1	2–0	4–0	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	5–0	1–3	3–1	3–2	–	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	4–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	–	1–5	1–1	0–4	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–5	1–3	0–5	1–1
Denver	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	–	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–4	1–3	2–3	2–0
Detroit	3–2	3–1	1–4	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–0
Golden State	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	2–0	–	2–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–5	4–1	3–1	1–4	3–1	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	–	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–0	4–1	1–3	4–1	1–1
Indiana	2–2	2–2	5–0	0–5	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	0–2	–	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	0–4	1–1	–	3–2	0–2	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	3–2	0–4	1–4	2–2	2–0
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–1	1–3	1–1	2–3	–	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–5	3–2	3–2	2–2	1–4	1–3	2–0
Miami	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	–	2–2	2–0	2–3	0–5	3–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3
Milwaukee	2–3	2–2	1–3	1–4	1–4	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	–	1–1	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–1	2–3	1–1	1–3	2–4	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	–	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–4	0–4	1–4	1–1
New Jersey	3–1	0–4	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	3–2	4–0	1–1	–	1–3	3–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1
New York	2–2	4–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	–	2–2	5–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1
Orlando	3–1	2–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	2–0	2–3	2–2	–	3–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–0
Philadelphia	1–3	1–4	0–4	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	0–5	2–3	–	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1
Phoenix	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	5–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	–	3–2	5–0	3–1	2–3	3–1	2–0
Portland	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	5–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–3	–	5–0	2–2	2–3	2–2	1–1
Sacramento	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–0	1–3	0–2	1–4	0–4	0–2	2–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	0–5	–	2–2	1–4	2–2	1–1
San Antonio	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	1–4	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	–	3–1	3–3	1–1
Seattle	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	0–2	4–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	4–1	1–3	–	2–2	2–0
Utah	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	3–2	2–0	1–3	1–4	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–3	2–2	–	1–1
Washington	2–2	1–4	0–4	0–4	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–4	1–4	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—

Game log

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| November 10, 1992| @ New York| L 96–99|||| Madison Square Garden| 1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 7| November 17, 1992| Utah| L 97–108|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 3–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 11| November 24, 1992| @ Seattle| L 97–103|||| Seattle Center Coliseum| 4–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 12| November 25, 1992| @ L.A. Lakers| W 100–98|||| Great Western Forum| 5–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 13| November 27, 1992| @ Utah| W 112–110|||| Delta Center| 6–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 16| December 4, 1992| San Antonio| W 108–103 (OT)|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 9–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 18| December 8, 1992
7:30p.m. EST| Phoenix| L 100–105| Morris (25)| Morris (12)| Anderson (7)| Brendan Byrne Arena
16,514| 10–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 19| December 10, 1992| L.A. Clippers| W 111–105|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 10–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 20| December 12, 1992
8:30p.m. EST| @ Chicago| L 89–95| Petrović (25)| Bowie (17)| Anderson,
Petrović (6)| Chicago Stadium
18,232| 11–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 21| December 15, 1992| New York| L 94–108|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 11–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 26| December 26, 1992| @ Cleveland| W 119–114|||| Richfield Coliseum| 14–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 27| December 28, 1992| Charlotte| W 104–103|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 15–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 29| January 2, 1993| @ Charlotte| L 117–118|||| Charlotte Coliseum| 16–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 34| January 13, 1993| Cleveland| W 104–98|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 19–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 38| January 21, 1993
7:30p.m. EST| Chicago| L 94–107| Anderson,
Coleman (22)| Coleman (12)| Anderson (12)| Brendan Byrne Arena
20,049| 22–16|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 40| January 24, 1993| Houston| W 100–83|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 23–17|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 41| January 26, 1993| L.A. Lakers| W 106–91|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 24–17|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 43| January 30, 1993| @ Houston| L 105–108|||| The Summit| 24–19|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 45| February 2, 1993| @ San Antonio| L 93–111|||| HemisFair Arena| 25–20|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 46| February 4, 1993| Seattle| W 113–103 (OT)|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 26–20|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- style="background:#cfc;"|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 52| February 23, 1993| @ Charlotte| L 95–104|||| Charlotte Coliseum| 30–22|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 55| February 28, 1993| New York| W 102–76|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 31–24|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 56| March 2, 1993
8:00p.m. EST| Chicago| L 80–87| Coleman (22)| Dudley (13)| Coleman,
George (4)| Brendan Byrne Arena
20,049| 31–25|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 59| March 10, 1993| @ L.A. Clippers| W 109–98|||| Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena| 34–25|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 61| March 13, 1993
9:30p.m. EST| @ Phoenix| W 124–93| Petrović (29)| Coleman (12)| Robinson (10)| America West Arena
19,023| 36–25|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 67| March 24, 1993| Charlotte| W 118–116|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 40–27|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 72| April 2, 1993
8:00p.m. EST| @ Chicago| L 105–118| Coleman (30)| Mahorn (11)| Coleman (7)| Chicago Stadium
18,676| 42–30|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 73| April 4, 1993| @ Cleveland| L 99–105|||| Richfield Coliseum| 42–31|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 76| April 10, 1993| Cleveland| L 99–100|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 42–34|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 80| April 21, 1993| @ New York| L 74–105|||| Madison Square Garden| 43–37

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| April 29, 1993| @ Cleveland| L 98–114| Coleman (31)| Coleman (10)| Cheeks,
George (5)| Richfield Coliseum
18,339| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| May 1, 1993| @ Cleveland| W 101–99| Coleman (27)| Coleman (14)| Robinson (9)| Richfield Coliseum
20,273| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| May 5, 1993| Cleveland| L 84–93| Coleman (22)| Coleman (13)| Robinson (9)| Brendan Byrne Arena
16,453| 1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 4| May 7, 1993| Cleveland| W 96–79| Morris (22)| Coleman (14)| Coleman,
Robinson (8)| Brendan Byrne Arena
15,238| 2–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| May 9, 1993| @ Cleveland| L 89–99| Coleman (33)| Coleman (16)| Robinson (6)| Richfield Coliseum
17,388| 2–3

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Dražen Petrović	70	67	38.0	.518	.449	.870	2.7	3.5	1.3	0.2	22.3
Derrick Coleman	76	73	36.3	.460	.232	.808	11.2	3.6	1.2	1.7	20.7
Kenny Anderson	55	55	36.5	.435	.280	.776	4.1	8.2	1.7	0.2	16.9
Chris Morris	77	57	29.9	.481	.224	.794	5.9	1.4	1.9	0.7	14.1
Sam Bowie	79	65	26.5	.450	.333	.779	7.0	1.6	0.4	1.6	9.1
Rumeal Robinson	80	28	19.8	.423	.357	.574	2.0	4.0	1.2	0.2	8.4
Bernard King	32	2	13.4	.514	.286	.684	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	7.0
Rafael Addison	68	15	17.1	.443	.206	.814	1.9	0.8	0.3	0.2	6.3
Chucky Brown	77	20	15.4	.483	.000	.724	3.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	5.1
Jayson Williams	12	2	11.6	.457		.389	3.4	0.0	0.3	0.3	4.1
Rick Mahorn	74	9	14.6	.472	.333	.800	3.8	0.4	0.3	0.4	3.9
Maurice Cheeks	35	0	14.6	.548	.000	.889	1.2	3.1	0.9	0.1	3.6
Chris Dudley	71	16	19.7	.353		.518	7.2	0.2	0.2	1.5	3.5
Tate George	48	1	7.9	.378	.000	.833	0.6	1.2	0.2	0.1	2.5
Dwayne Schintzius	5	0	7.0	.286		1.000	1.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.4
Dan O'Sullivan	3	0	3.3	.667			1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3
Doug Lee	5	0	6.6	.286	.333		0.4	1.0	0.0	0.2	1.0
Dave Hoppen	2	0	5.0	1.000		.000	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Derrick Coleman	5	5	45.0	.532	.417	.806	13.4	4.6	1.2	2.6	26.8
Chris Morris	5	4	32.6	.557	.375	.917	6.4	1.4	1.6	1.2	17.0
Dražen Petrović	5	5	38.6	.455	.333	.800	1.8	1.8	0.4	0.0	15.6
Rumeal Robinson	5	5	27.2	.429	.286	.714	2.4	7.0	1.0	0.0	9.8
Chucky Brown	4	0	15.5	.409		.857	2.3	0.3	0.8	0.8	6.0
Dwayne Schintzius	5	0	21.2	.448		.500	5.0	0.8	0.2	1.2	5.8
Maurice Cheeks	5	0	16.4	.478		.000	1.2	2.8	1.2	0.2	4.4
Rafael Addison	5	0	10.6	.333		1.000	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.0	3.4
Sam Bowie	3	3	23.7	.444		1.000	4.0	0.7	2.0	0.3	3.3
Bernard King	3	1	8.0	.571			0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.7
Rick Mahorn	4	2	15.8	.400			3.3	0.8	0.0	0.5	2.0
Tate George	2	0	11.0	.286			1.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	2.0

Player Statistics Citation:

Awards, Records and Honors

• Dražen Petrović, All-NBA Third Team
• Derrick Coleman, All-NBA Third Team

Notes and References

1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/1993.html 1992–93 New Jersey Nets
2. News: Vecsey . George . Sports of the Times; Good Move: Hiring Coach of Bad Boys . The New York Times . May 29, 1992 . October 14, 2021.
3. News: Araton . Harvey . BASKETBALL; Call It Daly's Passion: A New Nets Era Begins . The New York Times . May 29, 1992 . December 4, 2022.
4. News: Meinecke . Corky . Nets Show They're Serious, Hiring Daly . The Baltimore Sun . May 29, 1992 . July 8, 2023.
5. News: Hubbard . Jan . By Hiring Daly, No One Can Laugh at Nets Now . Los Angeles Times . May 30, 1992 . July 24, 2022.
6. News: Berger . Phil . BASKETBALL; Nets Reduce Logjam by Trading Blaylock to Hawks . The New York Times . November 4, 1992 . July 24, 2022.
7. News: Staff and Wire Reports . New Jersey Trades Blaylock to Atlanta . Los Angeles Times . November 4, 1992 . December 4, 2022.
8. News: Associated Press . Nets Ship Blaylock to Hawks . Deseret News . November 4, 1992 . June 22, 2023.
9. News: Araton . Harvey . BASKETBALL; Williams Rebounds, All the Way to Nets . The New York Times . October 9, 1992 . October 16, 2022.
10. News: Groller . Keith . 76ers Trade Williams to Find Spot for Weatherspoon . The Morning Call . October 9, 1992 . January 27, 2023.
11. News: Nets Waive Jayson Williams . United Press International . August 1, 2000 . June 22, 2023.
12. News: Harvin . Al . BASKETBALL; Nets Set Sights on Signing Mahorn . The New York Times . November 5, 1992 . September 25, 2022.
13. News: Nets Sign Mahorn to 3-Year Deal . Deseret News . November 10, 1992 . October 20, 2023.
14. News: Freeman . Mike . PRO BASKETBALL; Nets' Bench Strength Is Merely a Weakness . The New York Times . December 10, 1992 . February 8, 2023.
15. News: NBA Games Played on February 18, 1993 . Basketball-Reference . July 24, 2022.
16. News: Freeman . Mike . PRO BASKETBALL; Broken Wrist Sidelines Anderson and Angers Nets . The New York Times . March 2, 1993 . April 17, 2017.
17. News: Staff and Wire Reports . Nets Lose Anderson for Rest of the Season . Los Angeles Times . March 9, 1993 . September 30, 2022.
18. News: Cooper . Barry . Anderson's Injury Not Unusual, Just a Part of the Game . Orlando Sentinel. March 13, 1993 . February 8, 2023.
19. News: Freeman . Mike . PRO BASKETBALL; Nets Making a Pitch for Former Knick Cheeks . The New York Times . December 30, 1992 . November 10, 2022.
20. News: Nets Sign Cheeks . United Press International . January 7, 1993 . January 27, 2023.
21. News: Harvin . Al . Pro Basketball; Nets Sign Cheeks, Adding Ballast to Backcourt . The New York Times . January 8, 1993 . November 10, 2022.
22. News: Araton . Harvey . PRO BASKETBALL; Nets Are Close to Signing Bernard King . The New York Times . February 6, 1993 . January 15, 2022.
23. News: Aldridge . David . Former Bullet King Ready to Join Nets . The Washington Post . February 6, 1993 . October 16, 2022.
24. News: Harvin . Al . PRO BASKETBALL; Interview Goes Well, So King Gets the Call . The New York Times . February 7, 1993 . January 27, 2023.
25. Web site: 1992–93 New Jersey Nets Schedule and Results. Basketball-Reference. June 22, 2021.
26. News: SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Nugget Wins Improved Player Award . The New York Times . May 13, 1993 . September 25, 2022.
27. News: Sports Capsules . Deseret News . May 13, 1993 . April 23, 2023.
28. News: 1992–93 NBA Awards Voting . Basketball-Reference . January 3, 2022.
29. Web site: 1992–93 New Jersey Nets Roster and Stats. Basketball-Reference. June 22, 2021.
30. News: NBA Coach of the Year . The Baltimore Sun . May 18, 1993 . May 23, 2023.
31. News: Coach of Year: NBA Honors Riley as League's Finest . Deseret News . May 18, 1993 . May 23, 2023.
32. News: Riley Named Coach of Year . Tampa Bay Times . May 18, 1993 . May 23, 2023.
33. News: Freeman . Mike . PRO BASKETBALL; The Nets Never Say Die, But They're Done . The New York Times . May 10, 1993 . July 26, 2021.
34. News: Associated Press . NBA PLAYOFF ROUNDUP: Reserve Brandon Fuels Cavaliers to Victory . Los Angeles Times . May 10, 1993 . July 23, 2022.
35. News: Pluto . Terry . Cavs Trip Nets, Brace for Bulls . Orlando Sentinel . May 10, 1993 . December 4, 2022.
36. News: 1993 NBA Eastern Conference First Round: Nets vs. Cavaliers . Basketball-Reference . April 23, 2023.
37. News: Freeman . Mike . BASKETBALL; Nets' Petrovic Dies in Auto Accident in Germany . The New York Times . June 8, 1993 . February 16, 2022.
38. News: Lawrence . Mitch . Nets' Petrovic Dies in Auto Accident . The Washington Post . June 8, 1993 . July 24, 2022.
39. News: Stern . Henry . Basketball Star Drazen Petrovic Killed in Car Accident . Associated Press . June 8, 1993 . May 2, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230502180418/https://apnews.com/article/34076d877351d9cf9de5cab61aab4792 . May 2, 2023 . dead.
40. News: Associated Press . A World Apart, Nets' Petrovic Is Mourned: Basketball: In New Jersey and the Former Yugoslavia, 28-Year-Old Guard Is Remembered After Being Killed in Car Crash . Los Angeles Times . June 9, 1993 . July 24, 2022.
41. News: Freeman . Mike . PRO BASKETBALL; Details Emerge, But Petrovic's Death Still Baffles . The New York Times . June 9, 1993 . December 4, 2022.
42. News: Lakers Trade Benjamin to Nets . United Press International . June 21, 1993 . February 8, 2023.
43. News: Freeman . Mike . PRO BASKETBALL; Nets Get Benjamin in Swap for Bowie . The New York Times . June 22, 1993 . December 31, 2021.
44. News: Elliott . Helene . Lakers Trade Benjamin to True Believer: Basketball: He Is Dealt to Nets for Bowie and Draft Choice and Will Be Reunited with College Coach, Willis Reed . Los Angeles Times . June 22, 1993 . September 26, 2022.
45. News: BASKETBALL; Dudley's Blazer Contract Gets Final Approval . The New York Times . October 28, 1993 . September 19, 2022.
46. News: Staff and Wire Reports . Dudley Signs with Trail Blazers . Los Angeles Times . August 4, 1993 . November 10, 2022.