1991–92 Indiana Pacers season

The 1991–92 Indiana Pacers season was the 16th season for the Indiana Pacers in the National Basketball Association, and their 25th season as a franchise. The Pacers had the 13th overall pick in the 1991 NBA draft, and selected power forward Dale Davis out of Clemson University.

The Pacers struggled early into the regular season losing 9 of their first 13 games. After ten games, the team released Mike Sanders to free agency; Sanders would later on re-sign with his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Pacers continued to struggle with a 15–28 record near the end of January, and held a 19–29 record at the All-Star break. However, the team won 25 of their final 39 games, finishing in fourth place in the Central Division with a mediocre 40–42 record, and earning the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference.

Reggie Miller averaged 20.7 points, 3.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game, and contributed 129 three-point field goals, while Chuck Person averaged 18.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game, and led the Pacers with 132 three-point field goals, and sixth man Detlef Schrempf provided the team with 17.3 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game off the bench, and was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year for the second consecutive year. In addition, Michael Williams contributed 15.0 points, 8.2 assists and 2.9 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team, while Rik Smits provided with 13.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game. Off the bench, Vern Fleming averaged 8.9 points and 3.2 assists per game, while George McCloud contributed 6.6 points per game, but only played 51 games due to a thumb injury, Davis averaged 6.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, and LaSalle Thompson provided with 4.9 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. Schrempf finished tied in 16th place in Most Valuable Player voting, while Williams finished tied in eleventh place in Most Improved Player voting.

In the Eastern Conference First Round of the 1992 NBA playoffs, and for the second consecutive year, the Pacers faced off against the 2nd–seeded, and Atlantic Division champion Boston Celtics, who were led by All-Star guard Reggie Lewis, All-Star center Robert Parish, and All-Star forward and sixth man Kevin McHale; the Celtics were without All-Star forward Larry Bird, who was out due to a back injury. The Pacers lost the first two games to the Celtics on the road at the Boston Garden, before losing Game 3 at home, 102–98 at the Market Square Arena, thus losing the series in a three-game sweep.

The Pacers finished 24th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 517,352 at the Market Square Arena during the regular season, which was the fourth-lowest in the league. Following the season, Person and Williams were both traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, after Person spent six seasons with the Pacers.