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1983 NBA Western Conference Semifinals

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League Champion: Philadelphia 76ers

Finals MVP: Moses Malone (25.8/18.0/2.0)

PTS Leader: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (406)
TRB Leader: Moses Malone (206)
AST Leader: Magic Johnson (192)
WS Leader: Moses Malone (2.8)

2 Series

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2 vs. 6 San Antonio Spurs vs. Denver Nuggets SAN ANTONIO SPURS win 4-1
1 vs. 5 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers LOS ANGELES LAKERS win 4-1

San Antonio Spurs (4) vs. Denver Nuggets (1)

Game 1
DEN
SAS
133
152
Game 2
DEN
SAS
109
126
Game 3
SAS
DEN
127
126
Game 4
SAS
DEN
114
124
Game 5
DEN
SAS
105
145

San Antonio Spurs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 George Gervin 30 5 53 87 0 35 39 141 .609 .897 28.2
2 Johnny Moore 24 5 61 101 4 10 14 136 .604 .714 27.2
3 Gene Banks 23 5 42 77 0 16 21 100 .545 .762 20.0
4 Mike Mitchell 27 5 34 74 0 8 11 76 .459 .727 15.2
5 Artis Gilmore 33 5 25 47 0 15 21 65 .532 .714 13.0
6 Edgar Jones 26 5 20 39 0 12 18 52 .513 .667 10.4
7 Mike Dunleavy 28 5 11 41 3 6 9 31 .268 .667 6.2
8 Billy Paultz 34 5 10 26 0 2 2 22 .385 1.000 4.4
9 Roger Phegley 26 5 7 15 2 3 4 19 .467 .750 3.8
10 Mike Sanders 22 3 5 10 0 0 0 10 .500 3.3
11 Robert Smith 27 4 4 9 0 0 0 8 .444 2.0
12 Ed Rains 26 2 2 5 0 0 0 4 .400 2.0
Team Totals 5 1225 274 531 107 139 140 664 245.0 132.8

Denver Nuggets

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Kiki Vandeweghe 24 5 52 100 0 24 30 128 .520 .800 25.6
2 Alex English 29 4 36 85 0 30 33 102 .424 .909 25.5
3 Dan Issel 34 5 43 84 0 11 13 97 .512 .846 19.4
4 Mike Evans 27 5 22 44 0 8 13 52 .500 .615 10.4
5 Billy McKinney 27 5 20 34 0 9 16 49 .588 .563 9.8
6 Rob Williams 21 5 20 41 2 7 7 49 .488 1.000 9.8
7 Danny Schayes 23 5 13 30 0 15 15 41 .433 1.000 8.2
8 Bill Hanzlik 25 5 14 34 0 8 11 36 .412 .727 7.2
9 T.R. Dunn 27 5 9 22 0 5 8 23 .409 .625 4.6
10 Glen Gondrezick 27 5 7 19 0 1 2 15 .368 .500 3.0
11 James Ray 25 3 1 6 0 1 4 3 .167 .250 1.0
12 Dave Robisch 33 3 1 7 0 0 2 2 .143 .000 0.7
Team Totals 5 1225 238 506 119 154 125 597 245.0 119.4

Los Angeles Lakers (4) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (1)

Game 1
POR
LAL
97
118
Game 2
POR
LAL
106
112
Game 3
LAL
POR
115
109
Game 4
LAL
POR
95
108
Game 5
POR
LAL
108
116

Los Angeles Lakers

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 35 5 59 95 0 36 47 154 .621 .766 30.8
2 Norm Nixon 27 5 45 94 0 10 16 100 .479 .625 20.0
3 Jamaal Wilkes 29 5 44 86 0 9 16 97 .512 .563 19.4
4 Magic Johnson 23 5 35 67 0 17 19 87 .522 .895 17.4
5 Kurt Rambis 24 5 20 33 0 7 11 47 .606 .636 9.4
6 Michael Cooper 26 5 12 27 0 13 16 37 .444 .813 7.4
7 Mark Landsberger 27 5 8 16 0 0 2 16 .500 .000 3.2
8 Dwight Jones 30 3 4 8 0 2 3 10 .500 .667 3.3
9 Steve Mix 35 5 2 5 0 1 1 5 .400 1.000 1.0
10 Mike McGee 23 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1.000 3.0
11 Clay Johnson 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1225 230 432 95 131 214 154 123 556 245.0 111.2 42.8 30.8

Portland Trail Blazers

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Jim Paxson 25 5 48 85 2 14 19 112 .565 .737 22.4
2 Calvin Natt 26 5 42 80 1 14 24 99 .525 .583 19.8
3 Mychal Thompson 28 5 26 57 0 15 25 67 .456 .600 13.4
4 Darnell Valentine 23 5 27 61 1 11 14 55 66 .443 .786 13.2 11.0
5 Wayne Cooper 26 5 27 54 0 9 11 63 .500 .818 12.6
6 Kenny Carr 27 5 18 44 0 13 17 49 .409 .765 9.8
7 Fat Lever 22 5 13 28 0 4 5 30 .464 .800 6.0
8 Linton Townes 23 4 9 18 1 3 3 22 .500 1.000 5.5
9 Audie Norris 22 5 5 10 0 1 2 11 .500 .500 2.2
10 Don Buse 32 4 2 8 0 3 4 7 .250 .750 1.8
11 Jeff Lamp 23 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 .500 2.0
12 Hank McDowell 23 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Totals 5 1225 218 448 87 124 196 151 114 528 245.0 105.6 39.2 30.2