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42-40, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 101.0 points per game, Allowed 100.5 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 43-39)
Coached by Kevin Loughery (42-40)
Arena: Omni Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 308,899 (20th of 23)
SRS: 0.81 (10th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 95.1 (23rd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 105.1 (18th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.6 (8th of 23)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Philadelphia 76ers
1981-82 Statistics ▪ Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 31, 1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 106 | 108 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 3, 1981 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 96 | 104 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Nov 4, 1981 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 95 | 86 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Nov 6, 1981 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 106 | 99 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Nov 10, 1981 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 94 | 83 | 3 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 6 | Thu, Nov 12, 1981 | Washington Bullets | L | 87 | 95 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Nov 14, 1981 | Detroit Pistons | L | 104 | 117 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 8 | Wed, Nov 18, 1981 | Phoenix Suns | W | 102 | 97 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Thu, Nov 19, 1981 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 89 | 84 | 5 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Nov 21, 1981 | Indiana Pacers | W | 107 | 100 | 6 | 4 | W 3 | |||
| 11 | Tue, Nov 24, 1981 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | OT | 94 | 92 | 7 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 27, 1981 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | OT | 114 | 112 | 8 | 4 | W 5 | |
| 13 | Sat, Nov 28, 1981 | Boston Celtics | L | 90 | 98 | 8 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 14 | Tue, Dec 1, 1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 98 | 107 | 8 | 6 | L 2 | |||
| 15 | Fri, Dec 4, 1981 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 80 | 97 | 8 | 7 | L 3 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Dec 5, 1981 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 85 | 92 | 8 | 8 | L 4 | |||
| 17 | Tue, Dec 8, 1981 | New Jersey Nets | L | 88 | 98 | 8 | 9 | L 5 | |||
| 18 | Wed, Dec 9, 1981 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | OT | 108 | 112 | 8 | 10 | L 6 | |
| 19 | Fri, Dec 11, 1981 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 86 | 94 | 8 | 11 | L 7 | at Hartford, CT | |
| 20 | Sat, Dec 12, 1981 | Boston Celtics | W | 108 | 97 | 9 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Dec 15, 1981 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 111 | 98 | 10 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 22 | Thu, Dec 17, 1981 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 103 | 138 | 10 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 19, 1981 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 109 | 126 | 10 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 20, 1981 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 94 | 112 | 10 | 14 | L 3 | ||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 22, 1981 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 88 | 92 | 10 | 15 | L 4 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 26, 1981 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 105 | 97 | 11 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 29, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 102 | 93 | 12 | 15 | W 2 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 30, 1981 | San Diego Clippers | L | 91 | 94 | 12 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 29 | Sat, Jan 2, 1982 | New Jersey Nets | W | 97 | 95 | 13 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 30 | Tue, Jan 5, 1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 113 | 103 | 14 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 31 | Fri, Jan 8, 1982 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 90 | 88 | 15 | 16 | W 3 | ||
| 32 | Sat, Jan 9, 1982 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 102 | 89 | 16 | 16 | W 4 | |||
| 33 | Wed, Jan 13, 1982 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 95 | 116 | 16 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Fri, Jan 15, 1982 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 96 | 90 | 17 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| 35 | Sun, Jan 17, 1982 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 78 | 96 | 17 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Tue, Jan 19, 1982 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 112 | 101 | 18 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Thu, Jan 21, 1982 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 101 | 104 | 18 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Fri, Jan 22, 1982 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 107 | 115 | 18 | 20 | L 2 | |||
| 39 | Sat, Jan 23, 1982 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 109 | 99 | 19 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 26, 1982 | Dallas Mavericks | L | 88 | 90 | 19 | 21 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 27, 1982 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 107 | 108 | 19 | 22 | L 2 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Feb 2, 1982 | Detroit Pistons | L | 105 | 106 | 19 | 23 | L 3 | |||
| 43 | Wed, Feb 3, 1982 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 103 | 112 | 19 | 24 | L 4 | ||
| 44 | Sat, Feb 6, 1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 87 | 88 | 19 | 25 | L 5 | |||
| 45 | Tue, Feb 9, 1982 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 117 | 130 | 19 | 26 | L 6 | |||
| 46 | Wed, Feb 10, 1982 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 73 | 91 | 19 | 27 | L 7 | ||
| 47 | Fri, Feb 12, 1982 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 90 | 94 | 19 | 28 | L 8 | ||
| 48 | Tue, Feb 16, 1982 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 102 | 91 | 20 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 49 | Wed, Feb 17, 1982 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 117 | 109 | 21 | 28 | W 2 | ||
| 50 | Fri, Feb 19, 1982 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 4OT | 127 | 122 | 22 | 28 | W 3 | |
| 51 | Sun, Feb 21, 1982 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 109 | 97 | 23 | 28 | W 4 | ||
| 52 | Tue, Feb 23, 1982 | Kansas City Kings | W | 103 | 94 | 24 | 28 | W 5 | |||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 26, 1982 | Chicago Bulls | L | OT | 110 | 116 | 24 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 54 | Sun, Feb 28, 1982 | Golden State Warriors | L | 77 | 105 | 24 | 30 | L 2 | |||
| 55 | Wed, Mar 3, 1982 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 87 | 96 | 24 | 31 | L 3 | |||
| 56 | Fri, Mar 5, 1982 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 80 | 89 | 24 | 32 | L 4 | ||
| 57 | Sat, Mar 6, 1982 | New Jersey Nets | W | 112 | 92 | 25 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Mon, Mar 8, 1982 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 98 | 95 | 26 | 32 | W 2 | |||
| 59 | Tue, Mar 9, 1982 | Denver Nuggets | W | 120 | 106 | 27 | 32 | W 3 | |||
| 60 | Thu, Mar 11, 1982 | Utah Jazz | W | 107 | 91 | 28 | 32 | W 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Mar 13, 1982 | Indiana Pacers | W | 110 | 90 | 29 | 32 | W 5 | |||
| 62 | Sun, Mar 14, 1982 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 85 | 92 | 29 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Wed, Mar 17, 1982 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 113 | 29 | 34 | L 2 | ||
| 64 | Thu, Mar 18, 1982 | Houston Rockets | W | 95 | 94 | 30 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| 65 | Sat, Mar 20, 1982 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 104 | 98 | 31 | 34 | W 2 | ||
| 66 | Sun, Mar 21, 1982 | Detroit Pistons | W | 119 | 111 | 32 | 34 | W 3 | |||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 23, 1982 | Washington Bullets | W | 107 | 87 | 33 | 34 | W 4 | |||
| 68 | Wed, Mar 24, 1982 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 106 | 110 | 33 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 26, 1982 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 100 | 87 | 34 | 35 | W 1 | ||
| 70 | Sat, Mar 27, 1982 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 96 | 85 | 35 | 35 | W 2 | ||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 30, 1982 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 107 | 92 | 36 | 35 | W 3 | ||
| 72 | Thu, Apr 1, 1982 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 113 | 117 | 36 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 73 | Fri, Apr 2, 1982 | Boston Celtics | L | 107 | 110 | 36 | 37 | L 2 | |||
| 74 | Sat, Apr 3, 1982 | Washington Bullets | W | 106 | 101 | 37 | 37 | W 1 | |||
| 75 | Tue, Apr 6, 1982 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 106 | 104 | 38 | 37 | W 2 | |||
| 76 | Wed, Apr 7, 1982 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 115 | 120 | 38 | 38 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Apr 9, 1982 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 103 | 88 | 39 | 38 | W 1 | |||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 11, 1982 | Chicago Bulls | W | 108 | 89 | 40 | 38 | W 2 | |||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 13, 1982 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 119 | 111 | 41 | 38 | W 3 | ||
| 80 | Thu, Apr 15, 1982 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 102 | 108 | 41 | 39 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 16, 1982 | Indiana Pacers | W | 109 | 91 | 42 | 39 | W 1 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 18, 1982 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 96 | 99 | 42 | 40 | L 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Apr 21, 1982 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 76 | 111 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Apr 23, 1982 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | OT | 95 | 98 | 0 | 2 | L 2 |