1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 1982-83 NBA season was the Bucks' 15th season in the NBA.[1]

1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks season
Division champions
Head coachDon Nelson
General managerDon Nelson
Owner(s)Jim Fitzgerald
ArenaMECCA Arena
Results
Record51–31 (.622)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Central)
Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishConference finals
(lost to 76ers 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Draft picks
Main article: 1982 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
120Paul PresseySF United StatesTulsa
227Fred RobertsPF United StatesBrigham Young
489Jerry BeckSF/PF United StatesMiddle Tennessee State
6135Tony Carr United StatesWisconsin-Eau Claire
7158Bobby Austin United StatesCincinnati
8181Bryan Leonard United StatesIllinois
9202Robert Tate United StatesIdaho State
10223Bob Coenen United StatesWisconsin-Eau Claire

Roster
1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G/F 2 Bridgeman, Junior 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Louisville
F/C 42 Catchings, Harvey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Hardin–Simmons
F/C 36 Cowens, Dave 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Florida State
PG 12 Ford, Phil 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) North Carolina
G 11 Hassett, Joe 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Providence
SF 8 Johnson, Marques 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) UCLA
C 23 LaGarde, Tom 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) North Carolina
C 16 Lanier, Bob 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) St. Bonaventure
F/C 53 Lister, Alton 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Arizona State
C 45 Mokeski, Paul 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Kansas
G 4 Moncrief, Sidney 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Arkansas
G/F 25 Pressey, Paul 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Tulsa
SG 32 Winters, Brian 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) South Carolina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 5131.622–31–1020–2122–7
x-Atlanta Hawks 4339.524826–1517–2421–8
Detroit Pistons 3745.4511423–1814–2719–11
Chicago Bulls 2854.3412318–2310–3113–17
Cleveland Cavaliers 2359.2802815–268–338–22
Indiana Pacers 2062.2443114–276–356–24
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Philadelphia 76ers6517.793–
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks5131.62214
3 x-Boston Celtics5626.6839
4 x-New Jersey Nets4933.59816
5 x-New York Knicks4438.53721
6 x-Atlanta Hawks4339.52422
7 Washington Bullets4240.51223
8 Detroit Pistons3745.45128
9 Chicago Bulls2854.34137
10 Cleveland Cavaliers2359.28042
11 Indiana Pacers2062.24445
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 —1–55–16–01–11–13–30–22–06–00–20–21–42–43–22–41–11–10–21–11–12–04–2
Boston 5–1—3–25–12–02–03–31–12–04–11–12–03–35–13–33–32–01–12–01–11–12–03–3
Chicago 1–52–3—5–11–11–12–42–01–14–20–20–21–52–41–41–50–21–10–21–10–21–11–5
Cleveland 0–61–51–5—2–00–21–52–02–05–11–10–21–50–61–50–50–21–10–21–11–10–23–2
Dallas 1–10–21–10–2—3–32–03–25–12–03–32–30–20–20–20–22–33–22–45–02–32–40–2
Denver 1–10–21–12–03–3—2–04–15–11–13–31–42–01–10–20–24–12–32–43–23–24–21–1
Detroit 3–33–34–25–10–20–2—2–02–04–20–20–23–33–21–50–61–11–11–11–10–20–23–2
Golden State 2–01–10–20–22–31–40–2—3–21–11–41–51–10–21–10–22–42–41–43–33–33–22–0
Houston 0–20–21–10–21–51–50–22–3—2–01–50–50–21–10–20–20–50–51–52–31–40–61–1
Indiana 0–61–42–41–50–21–12–41–10–2—1–10–21–50–63–31–41–10–20–21–11–12–01–5
Kansas City 2–01–12–01–13–33–32–04–15–11–1—1–41–11–11–10–21–42–33–34–11–44–22–0
Los Angeles 2–00–22–02–03–24–12–05–15–02–04–1—2–01–12–00–23–33–31–45–15–14–11–1
Milwaukee 4–13–35–15–12–00–23–31–12–05–11–10–2—3–24–21–51–12–02–02–00–22–03–2
New Jersey 4–21–54–26–02–01–12–32–01–16–01–11–12–3—4–23–31–11–10–21–12–01–13–2
New York 2–33–34–15–12–02–05–11–12–03–31–10–22–42–4—1–50–21–12–00–21–11–14–2
Philadelphia 4–23–35–15–02–02–06–02–02–04–12–02–05–13–35–1—2–00–21–12–02–02–04–2
Phoenix 1–10–22–02–03–21–41–14–25–01–14–13–31–11–12–00–2—5–13–24–25–15–00–2
Portland 1–11–11–11–12–33–21–14–25–02–03–23–30–21–11–12–01–5—2–35–13–33–21–1
San Antonio 2–00–22–02–04–24–21–14–15–12–03–34–10–22–00–21–12–33–2—4–11–45–12–0
San Diego 1–11–11–11–10–52–31–13–33–21–11–41–50–21–12–00–22–41–51–4—0–62–30–2
Seattle 1–11–12–01–13–22–32–03–34–11–14–11–52–00–21–10–21–53–34–16–0—5–01–1
Utah 0–20–21–12–04–22–42–02–36–00–22–41–40–21–11–10–20–52–31–53–20–5—0–2
Washington 2–43–35–12–32–01–12–30–21–15–10–21–13–33–32–42–42–01–10–22–01–12–0—

Game log
1982–83 game log
Total: 51–31 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
October: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1October 30, 1982New York W 108–86 MECCA Arena 1–0
2October 31, 1982@ Cleveland W 119—95 Junior Bridgeman (17) Coliseum at Richfield 2–0
November: 5–4 (home: 2–2; road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
3November 2, 1982@ Kansas City L 112–119 Kemper Arena 2–1
4November 4, 1982@ Atlanta W 104—100 The Omni 3–1
5November 5, 1982San Diego W 130–99 MECCA Arena 4–1
5November 7, 1982Seattle L 90–102 MECCA Arena 4–2
6November 10, 1982@ Boston W 105—101 Boston Garden 5–2
7November 12, 1982@ Detroit L 100–111 Pontiac Silverdome 5–3
8November 14, 1982Boston L 98–100 MECCA Arena 5–4
9November 16, 1982Indiana W 115–103 MECCA Arena 6–4
10November 18, 1982@ New York L 89—77 Madison Square Garden 7–4
December: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
January: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
February: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
March: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
April: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1982–83 schedule

Playoffs
1983 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 27 @ Boston W 116–95 Sidney Moncrief (22) Bob Lanier (10) Marques Johnson (5) Boston Garden
15,320		 1–0
2 April 29 @ Boston W 95–91 Sidney Moncrief (20) Marques Johnson (9) Sidney Moncrief (4) Boston Garden
15,320		 2–0
3 May 1 Boston W 107–99 Sidney Moncrief (26) Junior Bridgeman (10) Bob Lanier (6) MECCA Arena
11,052		 3–0
4 May 2 Boston W 107–93 Marques Johnson (33) Alton Lister (11) Marques Johnson (6) MECCA Arena
11,052		 4–0
Conference finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 8 @ Philadelphia L 109–111 (OT) Marques Johnson (30) Bob Lanier (9) Moncrief, Lanier (6) Spectrum
18,482		 0–1
2 May 11 @ Philadelphia L 81–87 Marques Johnson (25) Marques Johnson (11) Lanier, Winters (4) Spectrum
18,482		 0–2
3 May 14 Philadelphia L 96–104 Junior Bridgeman (24) Sidney Moncrief (10) Brian Winters (7) MECCA Arena
11,052		 0–3
4 May 15 Philadelphia W 100–94 Marques Johnson (19) Marques Johnson (10) Marques Johnson (8) MECCA Arena
11,052		 1–3
5 May 18 @ Philadelphia L 103–115 Marques Johnson (21) Alton Lister (12) Junior Bridgeman (5) Spectrum
18,482		 1–4
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

Player statistics source:[2]

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Sidney Moncrief 767635.752.410.082.65.83.91.50.322.5
Marques Johnson 808035.750.920.073.57.04.51.30.721.4
Junior Bridgeman 70526.549.27.783.73.53.00.60.114.4
Mickey Johnson 6025.545.50.077.84.21.80.20.311.2
Bob Lanier 393525.149.10.068.45.12.70.90.610.7
Brian Winters 571223.943.432.485.91.92.70.80.110.6
Alton Lister 803723.652.90.053.77.11.40.62.28.4
Dave Cowens 403425.444.40.082.56.92.10.80.48.1
Phil Ford 705620.747.112.579.61.43.60.70.06.8
Paul Pressey 791819.345.711.159.73.62.61.30.66.7
Charlie Criss 66014.045.119.489.51.21.90.40.06.2
Steve Mix 572013.948.725.085.12.41.20.60.16.0
Harvey Catchings 743321.045.70.067.45.51.00.42.03.3
Armond Hill 14312.153.80.081.81.41.90.60.03.3
Paul Mokeski 50111.846.00.081.02.40.50.20.43.2
Sam Pellom 4 0 5.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Marques Johnson 942.448.60.065.18.04.20.90.822.0
Sidney Moncrief 941.943.70.075.46.73.72.00.318.9
Junior Bridgeman 934.246.940.093.35.03.11.10.216.9
Bob Lanier 927.857.30.060.07.02.60.61.613.7
Brian Winters 926.742.927.382.42.43.60.70.49.9
Alton Lister 922.942.90.080.06.81.21.01.76.4
Charlie Criss 912.944.10.094.41.61.31.00.05.2
Paul Pressey 916.740.40.040.03.71.61.00.75.1
Phil Ford 22.50.00.0100.00.00.50.00.03.0
Harvey Catchings 915.447.40.0100.04.20.40.21.12.3
Paul Mokeski 43.050.00.00.00.50.30.30.01.0

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades
June 28, 1982 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To Dallas Mavericks----
September 9, 1982 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To Boston Celtics----
November 12, 1982 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To New Jersey Nets----

References
  1. 1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks
  2. "1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.

See also
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