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1981-82 Kansas City Kings Roster and Statistics

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30-52, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Cotton Fitzsimmons (30-52)

Points Per Game: 107.1 (13th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.2 (17th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 33-49 (19th of 23)

Arena: Kemper Arena ▪ Attendance: 280,564 (21st of 23)

SRS: -3.25 (19th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.8 (7th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 104.2 (19th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.2 (12th of 23)

1981-82 Kansas City Kings:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
9 Kenny Dennard F 6-8 220 October 18, 1958 R Duke University
13 Leon Douglas C-F 6-10 230 August 26, 1954 5 University of Alabama
22 Larry Drew G 6-1 170 April 2, 1958 1 University of Missouri
1 Phil Ford G 6-2 175 February 9, 1956 3 University of North Carolina
20 Ernie Grunfeld G-F 6-6 210 April 24, 1955 4 University of Tennessee
8 Eddie Johnson F-G 6-7 215 May 1, 1959 R University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
32 Reggie Johnson F-C 6-9 205 June 25, 1957 1 University of Tennessee
33 Steve Johnson C-F 6-10 235 November 3, 1957 R Oregon State University
51 Reggie King F 6-6 225 February 14, 1957 2 University of Alabama
44 Sam Lacey C 6-10 235 March 28, 1948 11 New Mexico State University
24 John Lambert C-F 6-10 225 January 14, 1953 6 University of Southern California
30 Kevin Loder F-G 6-6 205 March 15, 1959 R Alabama State University
50 Joe Meriweather C-F 6-10 215 October 26, 1953 6 Southern Illinois University
11 Cliff Robinson F 6-9 220 March 13, 1960 2 University of Southern California
43 Hawkeye Whitney G-F 6-5 235 June 22, 1957 1 North Carolina State University
42 Mike Woodson G-F 6-5 195 March 24, 1958 1 Indiana University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19880 3604 7284 .495 26 130 .200 1551 2158 .719 1086 2276 3362 2056 743 402 1507 2359 8785 107.1
Opponent 82 19880 3493 6984 .500 48 158 .304 2005 2653 .756 1171 2552 3723 1853 707 450 1609 2136 9039 110.2

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Mike Woodson 23 76 74 2186 508 1001 .507 7 24 .292 198 254 .780 97 137 234 206 135 33 144 199 1221
2 Ernie Grunfeld 26 81 11 1892 420 822 .511 2 14 .143 188 229 .821 55 127 182 276 72 39 148 191 1030
3 Steve Johnson 24 78 50 1741 395 644 .613 0 0 212 330 .642 152 307 459 91 39 89 197 372 1002
4 Reggie King 24 80 76 2609 383 752 .509 0 0 201 285 .705 162 361 523 173 84 29 155 221 967
5 Larry Drew 23 81 19 1973 358 757 .473 8 27 .296 150 189 .794 30 119 149 419 110 1 174 150 874
6 Cliff Robinson 21 38 30 1229 322 708 .455 0 3 .000 125 180 .694 83 239 322 71 46 60 86 120 769
7 Phil Ford 25 72 65 1952 285 649 .439 7 32 .219 136 166 .819 24 81 105 451 63 1 194 160 713
8 Eddie Johnson 22 74 27 1517 295 643 .459 1 11 .091 99 149 .664 128 194 322 109 50 14 97 210 690
9 Kevin Loder 22 71 13 1139 208 448 .464 0 11 .000 77 107 .720 69 126 195 88 35 30 68 147 493
10 Reggie Johnson 24 31 9 783 163 293 .556 0 1 .000 51 72 .708 54 135 189 31 20 27 50 117 377
11 Leon Douglas 27 63 17 1093 70 140 .500 0 0 32 80 .400 111 179 290 35 15 38 55 210 172
12 Kenny Dennard 23 30 3 607 62 121 .512 0 0 26 40 .650 47 86 133 42 35 8 35 81 150
13 John Lambert 29 42 1 493 60 139 .432 1 6 .167 21 28 .750 36 91 127 24 12 10 38 80 142
14 Joe Meriweather 28 18 10 380 47 91 .516 0 0 31 40 .775 25 63 88 17 13 21 25 68 125
15 Hawkeye Whitney 24 23 4 266 25 71 .352 0 1 .000 4 7 .571 13 27 40 19 12 1 14 31 54
16 Sam Lacey 33 2 1 20 3 5 .600 0 0 0 2 .000 0 4 4 4 2 1 2 2 6

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Cliff Robinson 21 38 30 32.3 8.5 18.6 .455 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 4.7 .694 2.2 6.3 8.5 1.9 1.2 1.6 2.3 3.2 20.2
2 Mike Woodson 23 76 74 28.8 6.7 13.2 .507 0.1 0.3 .292 2.6 3.3 .780 1.3 1.8 3.1 2.7 1.8 0.4 1.9 2.6 16.1
3 Steve Johnson 24 78 50 22.3 5.1 8.3 .613 0.0 0.0 2.7 4.2 .642 1.9 3.9 5.9 1.2 0.5 1.1 2.5 4.8 12.8
4 Ernie Grunfeld 26 81 11 23.4 5.2 10.1 .511 0.0 0.2 .143 2.3 2.8 .821 0.7 1.6 2.2 3.4 0.9 0.5 1.8 2.4 12.7
5 Reggie Johnson 24 31 9 25.3 5.3 9.5 .556 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.3 .708 1.7 4.4 6.1 1.0 0.6 0.9 1.6 3.8 12.2
6 Reggie King 24 80 76 32.6 4.8 9.4 .509 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.6 .705 2.0 4.5 6.5 2.2 1.1 0.4 1.9 2.8 12.1
7 Larry Drew 23 81 19 24.4 4.4 9.3 .473 0.1 0.3 .296 1.9 2.3 .794 0.4 1.5 1.8 5.2 1.4 0.0 2.1 1.9 10.8
8 Phil Ford 25 72 65 27.1 4.0 9.0 .439 0.1 0.4 .219 1.9 2.3 .819 0.3 1.1 1.5 6.3 0.9 0.0 2.7 2.2 9.9
9 Eddie Johnson 22 74 27 20.5 4.0 8.7 .459 0.0 0.1 .091 1.3 2.0 .664 1.7 2.6 4.4 1.5 0.7 0.2 1.3 2.8 9.3
10 Joe Meriweather 28 18 10 21.1 2.6 5.1 .516 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.2 .775 1.4 3.5 4.9 0.9 0.7 1.2 1.4 3.8 6.9
11 Kevin Loder 22 71 13 16.0 2.9 6.3 .464 0.0 0.2 .000 1.1 1.5 .720 1.0 1.8 2.7 1.2 0.5 0.4 1.0 2.1 6.9
12 Kenny Dennard 23 30 3 20.2 2.1 4.0 .512 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 .650 1.6 2.9 4.4 1.4 1.2 0.3 1.2 2.7 5.0
13 John Lambert 29 42 1 11.7 1.4 3.3 .432 0.0 0.1 .167 0.5 0.7 .750 0.9 2.2 3.0 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.9 1.9 3.4
14 Sam Lacey 33 2 1 10.0 1.5 2.5 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 3.0
15 Leon Douglas 27 63 17 17.3 1.1 2.2 .500 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.3 .400 1.8 2.8 4.6 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.9 3.3 2.7
16 Hawkeye Whitney 24 23 4 11.6 1.1 3.1 .352 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.3 .571 0.6 1.2 1.7 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.6 1.3 2.3

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Cliff Robinson 21 38 30 1229 9.4 20.7 .455 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 5.3 .694 2.4 7.0 9.4 2.1 1.3 1.8 2.5 3.5 22.5
2 Steve Johnson 24 78 50 1741 8.2 13.3 .613 0.0 0.0 4.4 6.8 .642 3.1 6.3 9.5 1.9 0.8 1.8 4.1 7.7 20.7
3 Mike Woodson 23 76 74 2186 8.4 16.5 .507 0.1 0.4 .292 3.3 4.2 .780 1.6 2.3 3.9 3.4 2.2 0.5 2.4 3.3 20.1
4 Ernie Grunfeld 26 81 11 1892 8.0 15.6 .511 0.0 0.3 .143 3.6 4.4 .821 1.0 2.4 3.5 5.3 1.4 0.7 2.8 3.6 19.6
5 Reggie Johnson 24 31 9 783 7.5 13.5 .556 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.3 .708 2.5 6.2 8.7 1.4 0.9 1.2 2.3 5.4 17.3
6 Eddie Johnson 22 74 27 1517 7.0 15.3 .459 0.0 0.3 .091 2.3 3.5 .664 3.0 4.6 7.6 2.6 1.2 0.3 2.3 5.0 16.4
7 Larry Drew 23 81 19 1973 6.5 13.8 .473 0.1 0.5 .296 2.7 3.4 .794 0.5 2.2 2.7 7.6 2.0 0.0 3.2 2.7 15.9
8 Kevin Loder 22 71 13 1139 6.6 14.2 .464 0.0 0.3 .000 2.4 3.4 .720 2.2 4.0 6.2 2.8 1.1 0.9 2.1 4.6 15.6
9 Reggie King 24 80 76 2609 5.3 10.4 .509 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.9 .705 2.2 5.0 7.2 2.4 1.2 0.4 2.1 3.0 13.3
10 Phil Ford 25 72 65 1952 5.3 12.0 .439 0.1 0.6 .219 2.5 3.1 .819 0.4 1.5 1.9 8.3 1.2 0.0 3.6 3.0 13.1
11 Joe Meriweather 28 18 10 380 4.5 8.6 .516 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.8 .775 2.4 6.0 8.3 1.6 1.2 2.0 2.4 6.4 11.8
12 Sam Lacey 33 2 1 20 5.4 9.0 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 .000 0.0 7.2 7.2 7.2 3.6 1.8 3.6 3.6 10.8
13 John Lambert 29 42 1 493 4.4 10.2 .432 0.1 0.4 .167 1.5 2.0 .750 2.6 6.6 9.3 1.8 0.9 0.7 2.8 5.8 10.4
14 Kenny Dennard 23 30 3 607 3.7 7.2 .512 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.4 .650 2.8 5.1 7.9 2.5 2.1 0.5 2.1 4.8 8.9
15 Hawkeye Whitney 24 23 4 266 3.4 9.6 .352 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 0.9 .571 1.8 3.7 5.4 2.6 1.6 0.1 1.9 4.2 7.3
16 Leon Douglas 27 63 17 1093 2.3 4.6 .500 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.6 .400 3.7 5.9 9.6 1.2 0.5 1.3 1.8 6.9 5.7

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Mike Woodson 23 76 2186 17.8 .549 .511 4.8 7.2 6.0 14.0 2.9 0.9 11.5 23.5 108 107 3.0 2.3 5.3
2 Reggie King 24 80 2609 13.0 .551 .509 6.8 16.0 11.2 8.7 1.5 0.6 15.0 16.2 107 107 2.2 2.5 4.8
3 Steve Johnson 24 78 1741 17.6 .635 .613 9.5 20.3 14.8 7.7 1.1 3.0 20.0 23.1 108 105 2.2 2.2 4.4
4 Ernie Grunfeld 26 81 1892 17.2 .558 .512 3.2 7.7 5.4 21.3 1.8 1.2 13.8 23.1 109 109 2.8 1.5 4.3
5 Larry Drew 23 81 1973 15.3 .520 .478 1.7 7.0 4.2 29.3 2.6 0.0 17.2 21.0 103 108 1.3 1.7 3.0
6 Cliff Robinson 21 38 1229 18.5 .488 .455 7.4 22.4 14.7 9.0 1.8 2.8 9.8 29.0 99 104 0.1 1.8 1.9
7 Reggie Johnson 24 31 783 15.7 .581 .556 7.5 19.9 13.5 5.7 1.2 2.0 13.3 19.5 109 106 0.9 0.9 1.8
8 Eddie Johnson 22 74 1517 13.1 .487 .460 9.2 14.8 11.9 10.1 1.6 0.5 12.0 21.7 100 108 0.3 1.4 1.8
9 Kevin Loder 22 71 1139 12.9 .498 .464 6.6 12.8 9.6 10.7 1.4 1.5 12.1 20.2 101 108 0.4 1.1 1.5
10 Kenny Dennard 23 30 607 11.1 .541 .512 8.5 16.3 12.3 8.6 2.7 0.8 20.2 11.7 104 105 0.3 0.8 1.1
11 Leon Douglas 27 63 1093 6.5 .491 .500 11.1 18.9 14.9 3.8 0.6 2.0 23.9 8.6 97 107 -0.1 1.1 1.0
12 Phil Ford 25 72 1952 11.4 .494 .445 1.3 4.8 3.0 30.4 1.5 0.0 21.2 19.2 98 111 -0.2 1.1 0.9
13 Joe Meriweather 28 18 380 12.2 .576 .516 7.2 19.1 13.0 5.7 1.6 3.2 18.7 14.4 106 104 0.3 0.5 0.8
14 John Lambert 29 42 493 8.1 .469 .435 8.0 21.3 14.5 6.2 1.1 1.2 20.1 15.7 90 106 -0.4 0.6 0.1
15 Sam Lacey 33 2 20 15.6 .510 .600 0.0 23.1 11.2 26.4 4.7 2.9 25.4 16.1 89 97 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Hawkeye Whitney 24 23 266 5.4 .364 .352 5.3 11.7 8.4 8.8 2.1 0.2 15.9 13.5 81 108 -0.4 0.3 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Larry Drew *$400,000
2 Reggie King *$218,750
3 Mike Woodson *$187,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)