1982–83 New Jersey Nets season

NBA professional basketball team season

Head coach

Larry Brown
Bill Blair

Arena

Brendan Byrne Arena

Results

Record

49–33 (.598)

Place

Division: 3rd (Atlantic)
Conference: 4th (Eastern)

Playoff finish

First round
(lost to Knicks 0–2)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

< 1981–82

1983–84 >

The 1982–83 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' seventh season in the NBA. With 49 wins and 33 losses, it was also their best record since the ABA–NBA merger—a mark that would stand until the 2001–02 season.

Draft picks

Main article: 1982 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	13	Sleepy Floyd	PG	United States	Georgetown
1	21	Eddie Phillips	PF	United States	Alabama
3	59	Jimmy Black	PG	United States	North Carolina
4	80	James Griffin		United States	Illinois
4	82	Tony Brown	SG/SF	United States	Arkansas
5	105	Chris Giles		United States	Alabama-Birmingham
6	128	Mel Daniel		United States	Furman
7	151	Tony Anderson		United States	UCLA
8	174	Otis Jackson		United States	Memphis
9	197	Gary Johnson		United States	Oral Roberts
10	218	Sean Tuohy	PG	United States	Mississippi

Roster

1982–83 New Jersey Nets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SG	10	Birdsong, Otis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1955-12-09	Houston
PG	12	Cook, Darwin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1958-08-06	Portland
C	53	Dawkins, Darryl	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	251 lb (114 kg)	1957-01-11	Maynard Evans HS (FL)
C	44	Elmore, Len	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1952-03-28	Maryland
C	42	Gminski, Mike	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1959-08-03	Duke
SF	55	King, Albert	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1959-12-17	Maryland
SF	31	O'Koren, Mike	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	1958-02-07	North Carolina
SF	51	Phillips, Eddie	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1961-09-29	Alabama
PG	20	Richardson, Micheal Ray	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	1955-04-11	Montana
PG	1	Walker, Foots	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1951-05-21	West Georgia
PF	52	Williams, Buck	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1954-10-14	Maryland
SF	34	Willoughby, Bill	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1957-05-20	Dwight Morrow HS (NJ)

Head coach

Bill Blair

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Schuler

Legend

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

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Philadelphia 76ers	65	17	.793	–	35–6	30–11	15–9
x-Boston Celtics	56	26	.683	9	33–8	23–18	14–10
x-New Jersey Nets	49	33	.598	16	30–11	19–22	11–13
x-New York Knicks	44	38	.537	21	26–15	18–23	10–14
Washington Bullets	42	40	.512	23	27–14	15–26	10–14

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Philadelphia 76ers	65	17	.793	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	51	31	.622	14
3	x-Boston Celtics	56	26	.683	9
4	x-New Jersey Nets	49	33	.598	16
5	x-New York Knicks	44	38	.537	21
6	x-Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	22

7	Washington Bullets	42	40	.512	23
8	Detroit Pistons	37	45	.451	28
9	Chicago Bulls	28	54	.341	37
10	Cleveland Cavaliers	23	59	.280	42
11	Indiana Pacers	20	62	.244	45

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1982-83 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	5–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	0–2	2–0	6–0	0–2	0–2	1–4	2–4	3–2	2–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–2
Boston	5–1	—	3–2	5–1	2–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	5–1	3–3	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3
Chicago	1–5	2–3	—	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	4–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–4	1–4	1–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–5
Cleveland	0–6	1–5	1–5	—	2–0	0–2	1–5	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–6	1–5	0–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–2
Dallas	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	—	3–3	2–0	3–2	5–1	2–0	3–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	2–4	5–0	2–3	2–4	0–2
Denver	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–3	—	2–0	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–3	1–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–1	2–3	2–4	3–2	3–2	4–2	1–1
Detroit	3–3	3–3	4–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	—	2–0	2–0	4–2	0–2	0–2	3–3	3–2	1–5	0–6	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–2
Golden State	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	0–2	—	3–2	1–1	1–4	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–4	1–4	3–3	3–3	3–2	2–0
Houston	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–5	0–2	2–3	—	2–0	1–5	0–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–5	0–5	1–5	2–3	1–4	0–6	1–1
Indiana	0–6	1–4	2–4	1–5	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–6	3–3	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–5
Kansas City	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–0	4–1	5–1	1–1	—	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–4	2–3	3–3	4–1	1–4	4–2	2–0
Los Angeles	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	5–1	5–0	2–0	4–1	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–4	5–1	5–1	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	4–1	3–3	5–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–2	—	3–2	4–2	1–5	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–2
New Jersey	4–2	1–5	4–2	6–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	—	4–2	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2
New York	2–3	3–3	4–1	5–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–4	—	1–5	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–2
Philadelphia	4–2	3–3	5–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	3–3	5–1	—	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–4	1–1	4–2	5–0	1–1	4–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	—	5–1	3–2	4–2	5–1	5–0	0–2
Portland	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	4–2	5–0	2–0	3–2	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–5	—	2–3	5–1	3–3	3–2	1–1
San Antonio	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	4–2	1–1	4–1	5–1	2–0	3–3	4–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–3	3–2	—	4–1	1–4	5–1	2–0
San Diego	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–5	2–3	1–1	3–3	3–2	1–1	1–4	1–5	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–4	1–5	1–4	—	0–6	2–3	0–2
Seattle	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	3–3	4–1	1–1	4–1	1–5	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	3–3	4–1	6–0	—	5–0	1–1
Utah	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–4	2–0	2–3	6–0	0–2	2–4	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–5	2–3	1–5	3–2	0–5	—	0–2
Washington	2–4	3–3	5–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–1	5–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–4	2–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	—

Game log

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Playoffs

1983 playoff game log

First Round: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 20	New York	L 107–118	Albert King (17)	Buck Williams (13)	Cook, Birdsong (6)	Brendan Byrne Arena 15,672	0–1
2	April 21	@ New York	L 99–105	Albert King (25)	Buck Williams (10)	Foots Walker (6)	Madison Square Garden 19,591	0–2

1983 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

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Playoffs

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Awards and records

Buck Williams, All-NBA Second Team

Transactions

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References

1982–83 New Jersey Nets

v t e Brooklyn Nets
Founded in 1967 Formerly the New Jersey Americans (1967–1968); played in New York (1968–1977) and New Jersey (1977–2012) Based in Brooklyn, New York
Franchise	History ABA–NBA merger All-time roster Draft history Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Teaneck Armory Long Island Arena Island Garden Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Rutgers Athletic Center Meadowlands Arena Prudential Center Barclays Center
Personnel	Owner(s) Joseph Tsai General manager Sean Marks Head coach Jordi Fernández
G League affiliate	Long Island Nets
Retired numbers	3 5 23 25 32 52
ABA championships	1974 1976
Rivalries	New York Knicks Toronto Raptors
Culture and lore	Broadcasters Just Wright BrooklyKnight Marv Albert Erving for $6 million Forest City Enterprises
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