1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Don Nelson |
Arena | MECCA Arena |
Results | |
Record | 51–31 (.622) |
Place | Division: 1st (Central) Conference: 2nd (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | East Conference Finals (eliminated 1-4) |
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1982-83 NBA season was the Bucks' 15th season in the NBA.[1]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 20 | Paul Pressey | SF | ![]() |
Tulsa |
2 | 27 | Fred Roberts | PF | ![]() |
Brigham Young |
4 | 89 | Jerry Beck | SF/PF | ![]() |
Middle Tennessee State |
6 | 135 | Tony Carr | ![]() |
Wisconsin-Eau Claire | |
7 | 158 | Bobby Austin | ![]() |
Cincinnati | |
8 | 181 | Bryan Leonard | ![]() |
Illinois | |
9 | 202 | Robert Tate | ![]() |
Idaho State | |
10 | 223 | Bob Coenen | ![]() |
Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
Central Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
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y-Milwaukee Bucks | 51 | 31 | .622 | - | 31-10 | 20-21 | 22-7 |
x-Atlanta Hawks | 43 | 39 | .524 | 8 | 26-15 | 17-24 | 21-8 |
Detroit Pistons | 37 | 45 | .451 | 14 | 23-18 | 14-27 | 19-11 |
Chicago Bulls | 28 | 54 | .341 | 23 | 18-23 | 10-31 | 13-17 |
Cleveland Cavaliers | 23 | 59 | .280 | 28 | 15-26 | 8-33 | 8-22 |
Indiana Pacers | 20 | 62 | .244 | 31 | 14-27 | 6-35 | 6-24 |
# | Eastern Conference | ||||
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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 |
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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 | -- |
The Bucks had a first round bye.
(2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (3) Boston Celtics
Bucks win series 4-0
(1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (2) Milwaukee Bucks
76ers win series 4-1
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Junior Bridgeman | 70 | 14.4 | |||||||||
Harvey Catchings | 74 | 3.3 | |||||||||
Dave Cowens | 40 | 8.1 | |||||||||
Charlie Criss | |||||||||||
Phil Ford | 56 | 6.8 | |||||||||
Joe Hassett | |||||||||||
Marques Johnson | 80 | 21.4 | |||||||||
Tom LaGarde | |||||||||||
Bob Lanier | |||||||||||
Alton Lister | |||||||||||
Steve Mix | |||||||||||
Paul Mokeski | |||||||||||
Sidney Moncrief | |||||||||||
Paul Pressey | |||||||||||
Brian Winters |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Junior Bridgeman | |||||||||||
Harvey Catchings | |||||||||||
Phil Ford | |||||||||||
Joe Hassett | |||||||||||
Marques Johnson | |||||||||||
Tom LaGarde | |||||||||||
Bob Lanier | |||||||||||
Alton Lister | |||||||||||
Sidney Moncrief | |||||||||||
Paul Pressey | |||||||||||
Brian Winters |
June 28, 1982 |
To Milwaukee Bucks----
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To Dallas Mavericks---- |
September 9, 1982 |
To Milwaukee Bucks---- | To Boston Celtics---- |
November 12, 1982 |
To Milwaukee Bucks---- | To New Jersey Nets---- |