1981–82 San Antonio Spurs season

The 1981–82 NBA season was the Spurs' sixth season in the NBA and 15th season as a franchise. George Gervin was the winner of a fourth scoring title in five years with 32.3 points per game. The Spurs won their second straight division title with a record of 48–34. In the playoffs the Spurs beat the Seattle SuperSonics in 5 games. In the Western Finals, the Spurs would be swept in 4 straight by the Los Angeles Lakers. The Spurs had the third best team offensive rating in the NBA.

Draft picks

Main article: 1981 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	28	Gene Banks	SG/SF	United States	Duke
2	30	Ed Rains		United States	South Alabama
3	64	Tom Baker		United States	Eastern Kentucky
4	87	Earl Belcher	F	United States	St. Bonaventure
5	110	Mike Rhodes		United States	Vanderbilt
6	133	Norman Shavers		United States	Jackson State
7	156	Mark Minderman		United States	Northern Michigan
8	178	Bob Bartholomew		United States	San Diego
9	199	Leonel Marquetti		United States	Hampton
10	219	Alvin Brooks		United States	Lamar

Roster

1981–82 San Antonio Spurs roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
F	20	Banks, Gene	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1959-05-15	Duke
G	23	Bratz, Mike	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1955-10-17	Stanford
C	40	Corzine, Dave	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1956-04-25	DePaul
G	44	Gervin, George	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1952-04-27	Eastern Michigan
F	30	Griffin, Paul	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1954-01-20	Western Michigan
C	52	Johnson, George	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1948-12-18	Dillard
F	24	Lambert, John	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1953-01-14	USC
F	34	Mitchell, Mike	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1956-01-01	Auburn
G	00	Moore, Johnny	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1958-03-03	Texas
F	53	Olberding, Mark	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1956-04-21	Minnesota
G	21	Phegley, Roger	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1956-10-16	Bradley
F	15	Rains, Ed	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1956-12-24	North Alabama
F	43	Yonakor, Rich	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1958-10-03	North Carolina

Head coach

Stan Albeck

Assistant coach(es)

Morris McHone

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 29, 1982

Regular season

Season Standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	48	34	.585	–	29–12	19–22	20–10
x-Denver Nuggets	46	36	.561	2.0	29–12	17–24	19–11
x-Houston Rockets	46	36	.561	2.0	25–16	21–20	17–13
Kansas City Kings	30	52	.366	18.0	23–18	7–34	11–19
Dallas Mavericks	28	54	.341	20.0	16–25	12–29	11–19
Utah Jazz	25	57	.305	23.0	18–23	7–34	9–21

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	48	34	.585	9
3	x-Seattle SuperSonics	52	30	.634	5
4	x-Denver Nuggets	46	36	.561	11
5	x-Phoenix Suns	46	36	.561	11
6	x-Houston Rockets	46	36	.561	11

7	Golden State Warriors	45	37	.549	12
8	Portland Trail Blazers	42	40	.512	15
9	Kansas City Kings	30	52	.366	27
10	Dallas Mavericks	28	54	.341	29
11	Utah Jazz	25	57	.305	32
12	San Diego Clippers	17	65	.207	40

Record vs. opponents

1981-82 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–2	5–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–4
Boston	5–1	—	4–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	5–1	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	6–0
Chicago	3–2	2–4	—	5–1	1–1	1–1	0–6	0–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–5	2–4	3–2	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4
Cleveland	2–4	0–5	1–5	—	2–0	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–2	0–6	0–6	0–6	0–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–5
Dallas	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	—	1–5	1–1	0–5	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–3	1–5	2–3	1–4	3–3	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	—	1–1	3–2	5–1	0–2	4–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–3	2–4	5–0	2–3	3–3	2–0
Detroit	4–2	0–6	6–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–0	2–4	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–4	3–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–4
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–3	0–2	—	1–4	2–0	3–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–2	2–4	3–2	5–1	1–5	3–2	1–1
Houston	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–5	0–2	4–1	—	2–0	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	3–3	4–1	2–3	6–0	2–0
Indiana	2–4	1–5	3–3	5–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	0–2	0–2	—	1–1	0–2	0–6	4–2	3–2	0–6	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–5
Kansas City	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–4	0–2	2–3	3–3	1–1	—	1–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	0–5	1–5	4–1	2–3	3–3	0–2
Los Angeles	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–1	4–1	2–0	3–3	4–1	2–0	4–1	—	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2	5–1	2–3	5–1	4–2	5–0	2–0
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	5–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	—	4–1	3–3	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–2
New Jersey	2–3	1–5	4–2	6–0	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–4	—	4–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–2
New York	1–5	1–5	2–3	6–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	2–0	3–3	2–4	—	1–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–5
Philadelphia	3–3	2–4	5–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	6–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	5–1	—	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	6–0
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	3–2	2–0	2–4	2–3	1–1	3–2	2–4	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	3–3	4–1	4–2	3–3	3–2	1–1
Portland	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	2–0	4–2	1–4	1–1	5–0	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–3	—	3–2	4–2	3–3	4–1	0–2
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–3	3–3	0–2	5–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–4	2–3	—	3–2	4–1	3–3	1–1
San Diego	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	0–5	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	1–4	1–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	2–3	—	1–5	1–4	0–2
Seattle	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–2	1–1	5–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–4	5–1	—	5–0	1–1
Utah	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–1	2–3	0–6	1–1	3–3	0–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	3–3	4–1	0–5	—	1–1
Washington	4–2	0–6	4–2	5–1	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	0–2	5–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–4	5–1	0–6	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	—

Game log

Regular season

1981–82 game log
Total: 48–34 (home: 29–12; road: 19–22)

October: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 30	@ Kansas City	W 113–102				Kemper Arena	1–0
2	October 31	Denver	W 145–120				HemisFair Arena	2–0

November: 8–5 (home: 5–1; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
3	November 3	@ Phoenix	L 88–111	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	2–1
4	November 4	Cleveland	W 128–102	HemisFair Arena	3–1
5	November 7	New York	W 103–96	HemisFair Arena	4–1
6	November 10	Los Angeles	W 128–102	HemisFair Arena	5–1
7	November 13	@ Seattle	W 119–112	Kingdome	6–1
8	November 15	@ Portland	W 110–105	Memorial Coliseum	7–1
9	November 17	@ Dallas	W 112–105	Reunion Arena	8–1
10	November 18	Seattle	W 111–93	HemisFair Arena	9–1
11	November 20	@ Los Angeles	L 116–136	The Forum	9–2
12	November 21	@ Golden State	L 122–129	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	9–3
13	November 25	Los Angeles	L 96–117	HemisFair Arena	9–4
14	November 27	New Jersey	W 114–86	HemisFair Arena	10–4
15	November 29	@ Milwaukee	L 89–105	MECCA Arena	10–5

December: 9–4 (home: 5–2; road: 4–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
16	December 1	@ Washington	W 110–99	Capital Centre	11–5
17	December 2	@ Philadelphia	W 106–101	The Spectrum	12–5
18	December 4	Portland	W 127–111	HemisFair Arena	13–5
19	December 9	Seattle	W 110–99	HemisFair Arena	14–5
20	December 11	@ Dallas	W 101–99	Reunion Arena	15–5
21	December 12	Utah	W 111–97	HemisFair Arena	16–5
22	December 15	@ Utah	L 103–108	Salt Palace Acord Arena	16–6
23	December 18	Phoenix	L 104–108	HemisFair Arena	16–7
24	December 19	@ Denver	L 125–138	McNichols Sports Arena	16–8
25	December 23	@ San Diego	W 114–109	San Diego Sports Arena	17–8
26	December 26	Atlanta	L 97–105	HemisFair Arena	17–9
27	December 29	San Diego	W 119–107	HemisFair Arena	18–9
28	December 30	Houston	W 109–104	HemisFair Arena	19–9

January: 9–5 (home: 7–1; road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
29	January 2	Denver	W 148–133	HemisFair Arena	20–9
30	January 5	@ Portland	L 110–115	Memorial Coliseum	20–10
31	January 6	@ Utah	L 115–130	Salt Palace Acord Arena	20–11
32	January 7	@ Golden State	W 123–112	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	21–11
33	January 9	Kansas City	W 113–100	HemisFair Arena	22–11
34	January 12	Dallas	W 127–109	HemisFair Arena	23–11
35	January 15	Houston	W 128–90	HemisFair Arena	24–11
36	January 16	@ Houston	L 99–116	The Summit	24–12
37	January 19	@ Phoenix	L 96–108	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	24–13
38	January 21	Utah	W 123–104	HemisFair Arena	25–13
39	January 22	@ Atlanta	W 115–107	The Omni	26–13
40	January 23	Indiana	L 98–107	HemisFair Arena	26–14
41	January 26	Philadelphia	W 103–95	HemisFair Arena	27–14
42	January 28	Kansas City	W 126–115	HemisFair Arena	28–14

February: 8–6 (home: 5–2; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
43	February 2	Dallas	W 103–98	HemisFair Arena	28–15
44	February 4	Phoenix	W 118–112	HemisFair Arena	29–15
45	February 5	@ Kansas City	L 102–109	Kemper Arena	30–15
46	February 7	@ Golden State	L 111–116	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	30–16
47	February 9	Washington	L 110–112	HemisFair Arena	30–17
48	February 12	@ Los Angeles	W 100–94	The Forum	31–17
49	February 14	Seattle	W 114–94	HemisFair Arena	32–17
50	February 17	Detroit	W 126–112	HemisFair Arena	33–17
51	February 19	@ Denver	W 126–121	McNichols Sports Arena	34–17
52	February 20	San Diego	L 101–118	HemisFair Arena	34–18
53	February 23	Golden State	W 143–123	HemisFair Arena	35–18
54	February 25	@ Detroit	W 119–116	Pontiac Silverdome	36–18
55	February 26	@ Indiana	L 100–108	Market Square Arena	36–19
56	February 28	@ Chicago	L 104–118	Chicago Stadium	36–20

March: 8–8 (home: 4–4; road: 4–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
57	March 2	@ Houston	W 119–117	The Summit	37–20
58	March 4	Boston	L 101–110	HemisFair Arena	37–21
59	March 6	Milwaukee	W 171–166 (3OT)	HemisFair Arena	38–21
60	March 8	Dallas	L 113–121	HemisFair Arena	38–22
61	March 9	@ San Diego	L 127–138	San Diego Sports Arena	38–23
62	March 12	Portland	L 108–112	HemisFair Arena	38–24
63	March 14	Chicago	W 119–117	HemisFair Arena	39–24
64	March 16	@ New York	W 114–91	Madison Square Garden	40–24
65	March 17	@ New Jersey	L 90–93	Brendan Byrne Arena	40–25
66	March 19	@ Boston	L 110–134	Boston Garden	40–26
67	March 20	@ Cleveland	W 115–102	Richfield Coliseum	41–26
68	March 23	San Diego	W 106–98	HemisFair Arena	42–26
69	March 24	@ Denver	L 115–129	McNichols Sports Arena	42–27
70	March 26	Los Angeles	W 110–105	HemisFair Arena	43–27
71	March 27	@ Utah	W 114–110	Salt Palace Acord Arena	44–27
72	March 30	Golden State	L 107–113	HemisFair Arena	44–28

April: 4–6 (home: 2–2; road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
73	April 1	@ Portland	L 105–109	Memorial Coliseum	44–29
74	April 2	@ Seattle	L 86–111	Kingdome	44–30
75	April 4	Houston	L 93–95	HemisFair Arena	44–31
76	April 7	Kansas City	W 118–113	HemisFair Arena	45–31
77	April 10	@ Houston	L 100–105	The Summit	45–32
78	April 11	@ Kansas City	W 126–121	Kemper Arena	46–32
79	April 13	Denver	W 144–137	HemisFair Arena	47–32
80	April 14	@ Phoenix	L 92–104	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	47–33
81	April 16	@ Dallas	W 118–106	Reunion Arena	48–33
82	April 18	Utah	L 120–128	HemisFair Arena	48–34

1981–82 schedule

Playoffs

1982 playoff game log

Conference semifinals: 4–1 (home: 2–0; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 27	@ Seattle	W 95–93	George Gervin (31)	Mike Mitchell (11)	Johnny Moore (8)	Kingdome 14,457	1–0
2	April 28	@ Seattle	L 99–114	George Gervin (24)	Johnson, Corzine (8)	Johnny Moore (14)	Kingdome 19,403	1–1
3	April 30	Seattle	W 99–97	George Gervin (36)	Mike Mitchell (12)	Johnny Moore (12)	HemisFair Arena 14,019	2–1
4	May 2	Seattle	W 115–113	Mike Mitchell (22)	Olberding, Banks (9)	Mike Bratz (10)	HemisFair Arena 15,002	3–1
5	May 5	@ Seattle	W 109–103	George Gervin (26)	Dave Corzine (11)	Moore, Bratz (9)	Kingdome 23,180	4–1

Conference finals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 9	@ Los Angeles	L 117–128	George Gervin (34)	Dave Corzine (11)	Johnny Moore (12)	The Forum 15,700	0–1
2	May 11	@ Los Angeles	L 101–110	Mike Mitchell (34)	Dave Corzine (13)	Johnny Moore (11)	The Forum 17,505	0–2
3	May 14	Los Angeles	L 108–118	George Gervin (39)	George Gervin (15)	Johnny Moore (12)	HemisFair Arena 15,800	0–3
4	May 15	Los Angeles	L 123–128	George Gervin (38)	Mike Mitchell (10)	Johnny Moore (10)	HemisFair Arena 15,800	0–4

1982 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Dave Corzine	C	82	21	2,189	629	130	33	126	832	26.7	7.7	1.6	.4	1.5	10.1
Mike Bratz	PG	81	3	1,616	166	438	65	11	625	20.0	2.0	5.4	.8	.1	7.7
Gene Banks	SF	80	4	1,700	411	147	55	17	767	21.3	5.1	1.8	.7	.2	9.6
George Gervin	SG	79	79	2,817	392	187	77	45	2,551	35.7	5.0	2.4	1.0	.6	32.3
Johnny Moore	PG	79	78	2,294	275	762	163	12	741	29.0	3.5	9.6	2.1	.2	9.4
George T. Johnson	C	75	62	1,578	454	79	20	234	225	21.0	6.1	1.1	.3	3.1	3.0
Mark Olberding	PF	68	63	2,098	439	202	57	29	941	30.9	6.5	3.0	.8	.4	13.8
Mike Mitchell	SF	57	57	2,090	449	43	33	28	1,196	36.7	7.9	.8	.6	.5	21.0
Roger Phegley	SG	54	1	617	83	61	20	6	308	11.4	1.5	1.1	.4	.1	5.7
Ed Rains	SF	49	15	637	80	40	18	2	192	13.0	1.6	.8	.4	.0	3.9
Ron Brewer	SG	25	4	595	50	67	23	7	444	23.8	2.0	2.7	.9	.3	17.8
Paul Griffin	PF	23	0	459	95	54	20	8	88	20.0	4.1	2.3	.9	.3	3.8
Reggie Johnson	PF	21	17	504	137	20	7	16	220	24.0	6.5	1.0	.3	.8	10.5
John Lambert	PF	21	6	271	51	13	6	6	65	12.9	2.4	.6	.3	.3	3.1
Kevin Restani	PF	13	0	145	35	7	1	4	21	11.2	2.7	.5	.1	.3	1.6
Rich Yonakor	PF	10	0	70	27	3	1	2	33	7.0	2.7	.3	.1	.2	3.3
Steve Hayes	C	9	0	75	17	4	1	2	23	8.3	1.9	.4	.1	.2	2.6

Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
George Gervin	SG	9	373	66	41	10	4	265	41.4	7.3	4.6	1.1	.4	29.4
Mike Mitchell	SF	9	365	73	7	5	1	223	40.6	8.1	.8	.6	.1	24.8
Mark Olberding	PF	9	328	58	32	9	6	132	36.4	6.4	3.6	1.0	.7	14.7
Johnny Moore	PG	9	292	31	93	15	6	94	32.4	3.4	10.3	1.7	.7	10.4
Dave Corzine	C	9	258	85	17	6	9	122	28.7	9.4	1.9	.7	1.0	13.6
Mike Bratz	PG	9	180	14	48	9	0	43	20.0	1.6	5.3	1.0	.0	4.8
George T. Johnson	C	9	175	46	12	6	15	11	19.4	5.1	1.3	.7	1.7	1.2
Gene Banks	SF	9	146	43	9	4	3	64	16.2	4.8	1.0	.4	.3	7.1
Ed Rains	SF	5	30	8	1	1	0	10	6.0	1.6	.2	.2	.0	2.0
Roger Phegley	SG	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Rich Yonakor	PF	2	4	1	1	1	0	2	2.0	.5	.5	.5	.0	1.0
John Lambert	PF	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.5	.5	.5	.0	.0	.0

Awards and honors

George Gervin, All-NBA First Team
George Gervin, NBA Scoring Champion

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References

Spurs on Basketball Reference

1981–82 NBA season

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Washington
Central	Atlanta Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Kansas City San Antonio Utah
Pacific	Golden State Los Angeles Phoenix Portland San Diego Seattle

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Founded in 1967 Formerly the Dallas Chaparrals (1967–1970, 1971–1973) and the Texas Chaparrals (1970–1971) Based in San Antonio, Texas
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