High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1992–93 Charlotte Hornets season was Charlotte`s fifth season in the National Basketball Association. The Hornets finished the season with a 44–38 record, and qualified for their first ever Playoff appearance. The team become the first of the four expansion franchises to win a playoff series, when #2 draft choice Alonzo Mourning sunk a 20-foot (6.1 m) jumper at the buzzer in Game 4 of the first round playoff series against the Boston Celtics. The Hornets were eliminated by the New York Knicks, however, in the second round. The Hornets led the NBA in attendance for the fourth time in five seasons.