The 1991–92 NBA season was the 46th season for the

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in the

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. This marked the thirteenth and final NBA season for All-Star forward, and Celtics legend

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, who would retire after the season. Bird missed nearly half of the season due to a nagging back injury, only playing just 45 games. Midway through the season in January, the Celtics traded Brian Shaw to the

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in exchange for

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. The Celtics trailed the

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in the Atlantic Division for the first half of the season, holding a 28–18 record at the All-Star break. But a furious rally at the end of the season helped the Celtics finish with a 51–31 record, and claim the division title (and the #2 Eastern Conference seed, although since they finished six games behind the #3 seed

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in record, Cleveland would have home court in a head-to-head playoff series). The Celtics also qualified for the playoffs for the thirteenth consecutive season. One of the season highlights for Bird was a 49-point performance in a nationally televised double-overtime win over eventual Western Conference champion

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. It was the most points for Bird since February 15, 1988, when he scored 49 at

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. Bird averaged 20.2 points, 9.6 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game, while

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led the team with 20.8 points and 1.5 steals per game. Bird and Lewis were both selected for the

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, but Bird did not play due to injury. In addition,

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averaged 14.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, and surpassed the 20,000 point mark, while sixth man Kevin McHale provided the team with 13.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game off the bench, but only played 56 games due to a leg injury,

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provided with 13.5 points per game, and second-year guard Dee Brown contributed 11.7 points and 5.3 assists per game, but only played just 31 games due to a knee injury. Also, top draft pick

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was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. In the

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, the Celtics swept the

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in three straight games of the Eastern Conference First Round, then took a 2–1 series lead over the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals, but lost in seven games. Following the loss, the Celtics would not win a playoff series for

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Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

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Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

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Player statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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Awards and records

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2nd Team

Transactions

References

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