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45-37, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Cotton Fitzsimmons (45-37)
Points Per Game: 113.8 (4th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 112.3 (16th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 45-37 (11th of 23)
Arena: Kemper Arena ▪ Attendance: 340,359 (17th of 23)
SRS: 1.04 (11th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 106.6 (3rd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 106.2 (7th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.9 (11th of 23)
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 29, 1982 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 113 | 111 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 2, 1982 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 119 | 112 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 5, 1982 | Dallas Mavericks | L | 113 | 118 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 4 | Tue, Nov 9, 1982 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 117 | 139 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Nov 10, 1982 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 100 | 106 | 2 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 13, 1982 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 112 | 111 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Nov 16, 1982 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 105 | 102 | 4 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Nov 20, 1982 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 127 | 120 | 5 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Nov 24, 1982 | Detroit Pistons | W | 122 | 112 | 6 | 3 | W 4 | |||
| 10 | Thu, Nov 25, 1982 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 88 | 79 | 7 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 27, 1982 | Phoenix Suns | W | 105 | 99 | 8 | 3 | W 6 | |||
| 12 | Sun, Nov 28, 1982 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 110 | 118 | 8 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 30, 1982 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 103 | 112 | 8 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Dec 1, 1982 | Chicago Bulls | W | 143 | 132 | 9 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 15 | Fri, Dec 3, 1982 | Golden State Warriors | L | 107 | 123 | 9 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 16 | Sun, Dec 5, 1982 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 106 | 103 | 10 | 6 | W 1 | at St. Louis, MO | ||
| 17 | Wed, Dec 8, 1982 | San Antonio Spurs | L | OT | 101 | 102 | 10 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Fri, Dec 10, 1982 | San Diego Clippers | W | 118 | 106 | 11 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Sat, Dec 11, 1982 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 122 | 110 | 12 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Wed, Dec 15, 1982 | New Jersey Nets | W | 119 | 118 | 13 | 7 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Dec 17, 1982 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 90 | 93 | 13 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Dec 18, 1982 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 106 | 90 | 14 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Mon, Dec 20, 1982 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 117 | 119 | 14 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Dec 22, 1982 | Denver Nuggets | W | 146 | 102 | 15 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Sun, Dec 26, 1982 | Utah Jazz | W | OT | 120 | 118 | 16 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 28, 1982 | Boston Celtics | W | 129 | 124 | 17 | 9 | W 3 | |||
| 27 | Thu, Dec 30, 1982 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 107 | 113 | 17 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 28 | Sun, Jan 2, 1983 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 108 | 104 | 18 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 29 | Tue, Jan 4, 1983 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 121 | 137 | 18 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Wed, Jan 5, 1983 | Denver Nuggets | W | 138 | 118 | 19 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Fri, Jan 7, 1983 | Utah Jazz | W | 139 | 117 | 20 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 32 | Sat, Jan 8, 1983 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 113 | 125 | 20 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 33 | Tue, Jan 11, 1983 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 98 | 106 | 20 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 34 | Wed, Jan 12, 1983 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 118 | 113 | 21 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 35 | Fri, Jan 14, 1983 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 120 | 127 | 21 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Sat, Jan 15, 1983 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 110 | 121 | 21 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 37 | Sun, Jan 16, 1983 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 96 | 111 | 21 | 16 | L 3 | ||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 19, 1983 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 91 | 88 | 22 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 21, 1983 | Houston Rockets | W | 115 | 108 | 23 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 40 | Sun, Jan 23, 1983 | Phoenix Suns | L | 92 | 102 | 23 | 17 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Jan 25, 1983 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 112 | 119 | 23 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 42 | Wed, Jan 26, 1983 | Dallas Mavericks | L | 115 | 125 | 23 | 19 | L 3 | |||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 28, 1983 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 99 | 114 | 23 | 20 | L 4 | |||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 29, 1983 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 122 | 133 | 23 | 21 | L 5 | ||
| 45 | Mon, Jan 31, 1983 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 97 | 114 | 23 | 22 | L 6 | ||
| 46 | Wed, Feb 2, 1983 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 117 | 115 | 24 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 47 | Fri, Feb 4, 1983 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 125 | 143 | 24 | 23 | L 1 | at St. Louis, MO | ||
| 48 | Sun, Feb 6, 1983 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 106 | 116 | 24 | 24 | L 2 | ||
| 49 | Tue, Feb 8, 1983 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | OT | 115 | 116 | 24 | 25 | L 3 | |
| 50 | Wed, Feb 9, 1983 | Golden State Warriors | W | 103 | 98 | 25 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 51 | Wed, Feb 16, 1983 | Phoenix Suns | L | 102 | 111 | 25 | 26 | L 1 | at St. Louis, MO | ||
| 52 | Fri, Feb 18, 1983 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 124 | 118 | 26 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 53 | Sun, Feb 20, 1983 | Houston Rockets | W | 128 | 106 | 27 | 26 | W 2 | |||
| 54 | Wed, Feb 23, 1983 | Washington Bullets | W | 113 | 107 | 28 | 26 | W 3 | |||
| 55 | Fri, Feb 25, 1983 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 125 | 131 | 28 | 27 | L 1 | |||
| 56 | Sat, Feb 26, 1983 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 107 | 118 | 28 | 28 | L 2 | ||
| 57 | Tue, Mar 1, 1983 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 111 | 129 | 28 | 29 | L 3 | ||
| 58 | Thu, Mar 3, 1983 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 125 | 118 | 29 | 29 | W 1 | ||
| 59 | Fri, Mar 4, 1983 | Indiana Pacers | W | 120 | 103 | 30 | 29 | W 2 | |||
| 60 | Sun, Mar 6, 1983 | San Diego Clippers | W | 144 | 105 | 31 | 29 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Mar 9, 1983 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 129 | 113 | 32 | 29 | W 4 | |||
| 62 | Fri, Mar 11, 1983 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 100 | 108 | 32 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Sun, Mar 13, 1983 | Seattle Supersonics | L | OT | 115 | 120 | 32 | 31 | L 2 | ||
| 64 | Tue, Mar 15, 1983 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 98 | 115 | 32 | 32 | L 3 | ||
| 65 | Wed, Mar 16, 1983 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 102 | 110 | 32 | 33 | L 4 | ||
| 66 | Fri, Mar 18, 1983 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 96 | 109 | 32 | 34 | L 5 | ||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 20, 1983 | Golden State Warriors | W | 128 | 114 | 33 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 22, 1983 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 117 | 94 | 34 | 34 | W 2 | |||
| 69 | Thu, Mar 24, 1983 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 95 | 112 | 34 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Sat, Mar 26, 1983 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 114 | 111 | 35 | 35 | W 1 | ||
| 71 | Sun, Mar 27, 1983 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 110 | 95 | 36 | 35 | W 2 | |||
| 72 | Tue, Mar 29, 1983 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 111 | 95 | 37 | 35 | W 3 | ||
| 73 | Fri, Apr 1, 1983 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 135 | 119 | 38 | 35 | W 4 | ||
| 74 | Sat, Apr 2, 1983 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 122 | 112 | 39 | 35 | W 5 | ||
| 75 | Tue, Apr 5, 1983 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 113 | 130 | 39 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Wed, Apr 6, 1983 | Denver Nuggets | W | 130 | 113 | 40 | 36 | W 1 | |||
| 77 | Fri, Apr 8, 1983 | Utah Jazz | W | 112 | 97 | 41 | 36 | W 2 | |||
| 78 | Sat, Apr 9, 1983 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 108 | 102 | 42 | 36 | W 3 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 12, 1983 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 112 | 102 | 43 | 36 | W 4 | ||
| 80 | Wed, Apr 13, 1983 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 114 | 103 | 44 | 36 | W 5 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 15, 1983 | Houston Rockets | W | 117 | 102 | 45 | 36 | W 6 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 17, 1983 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 116 | 125 | 45 | 37 | L 1 |