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58-24, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 115.0 points per game, Allowed 109.5 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 55-27)
Coached by Pat Riley (58-24)
Arena: The Forum / Attendance: 648,244 (1st of 23 available)
SRS: 5.06 (3rd of 23) / Pace Factor: 103.8 (10th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 110.5 (1st of 23) / Defensive Rating: 105.2 (13th of 23)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-0) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus San Antonio Spurs
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers
1982-83 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 29, 1982 | Golden State Warriors | L | 117 | 132 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Wed, Nov 3, 1982 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | OT | 135 | 134 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Thu, Nov 4, 1982 | Denver Nuggets | W | 131 | 108 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 6, 1982 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 104 | 101 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Nov 7, 1982 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 103 | 89 | 4 | 1 | W 4 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Nov 9, 1982 | Kansas City Kings | W | 139 | 117 | 5 | 1 | W 5 | |||
| 7 | Fri, Nov 12, 1982 | Houston Rockets | W | 127 | 96 | 6 | 1 | W 6 | |||
| 8 | Sun, Nov 14, 1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 111 | 98 | 7 | 1 | W 7 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Nov 16, 1982 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 105 | 113 | 7 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Nov 17, 1982 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 117 | 118 | 7 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 19, 1982 | Washington Bullets | W | 122 | 92 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Sun, Nov 21, 1982 | Denver Nuggets | W | 143 | 129 | 9 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 13 | Wed, Nov 24, 1982 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 111 | 93 | 10 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 26, 1982 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 117 | 115 | 11 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 15 | Sun, Nov 28, 1982 | Golden State Warriors | W | 142 | 127 | 12 | 3 | W 5 | |||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 30, 1982 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 114 | 117 | 12 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Dec 1, 1982 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 106 | 95 | 13 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Fri, Dec 3, 1982 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 115 | 100 | 14 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 19 | Sun, Dec 5, 1982 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 104 | 114 | 14 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 20 | Wed, Dec 8, 1982 | Phoenix Suns | W | 89 | 86 | 15 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Dec 10, 1982 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 128 | 122 | 16 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Dec 11, 1982 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 128 | 107 | 17 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 23 | Tue, Dec 14, 1982 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 103 | 107 | 17 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 17, 1982 | New Jersey Nets | W | 117 | 106 | 18 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 18, 1982 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 100 | 126 | 18 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Sun, Dec 19, 1982 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 110 | 108 | 19 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 27 | Wed, Dec 22, 1982 | Utah Jazz | W | 124 | 100 | 20 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| 28 | Thu, Dec 23, 1982 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 120 | 115 | 21 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 26, 1982 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 96 | 94 | 22 | 7 | W 4 | ||
| 30 | Wed, Dec 29, 1982 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 120 | 110 | 23 | 7 | W 5 | ||
| 31 | Thu, Dec 30, 1982 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 137 | 117 | 24 | 7 | W 6 | |||
| 32 | Sun, Jan 2, 1983 | Detroit Pistons | W | 127 | 112 | 25 | 7 | W 7 | |||
| 33 | Wed, Jan 5, 1983 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | OT | 120 | 122 | 25 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 34 | Thu, Jan 6, 1983 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 125 | 107 | 26 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 35 | Sat, Jan 8, 1983 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 108 | 90 | 27 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 36 | Tue, Jan 11, 1983 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 96 | 110 | 27 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 37 | Sat, Jan 15, 1983 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 120 | 101 | 28 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 19, 1983 | San Diego Clippers | W | 107 | 104 | 29 | 9 | W 2 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 21, 1983 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 119 | 110 | 30 | 9 | W 3 | |||
| 40 | Sun, Jan 23, 1983 | Indiana Pacers | W | 105 | 102 | 31 | 9 | W 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Jan 25, 1983 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 125 | 120 | 32 | 9 | W 5 | ||
| 42 | Wed, Jan 26, 1983 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 115 | 113 | 33 | 9 | W 6 | |||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 28, 1983 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 109 | 85 | 34 | 9 | W 7 | |||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 30, 1983 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 95 | 110 | 34 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Wed, Feb 2, 1983 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 120 | 122 | 34 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 46 | Fri, Feb 4, 1983 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 143 | 125 | 35 | 11 | W 1 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 47 | Sun, Feb 6, 1983 | Kansas City Kings | W | 116 | 106 | 36 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 48 | Tue, Feb 8, 1983 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 121 | 118 | 37 | 11 | W 3 | ||
| 49 | Wed, Feb 9, 1983 | Utah Jazz | W | 113 | 99 | 38 | 11 | W 4 | |||
| 50 | Tue, Feb 15, 1983 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 103 | 124 | 38 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 51 | Thu, Feb 17, 1983 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 127 | 110 | 39 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 52 | Fri, Feb 18, 1983 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 118 | 124 | 39 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 53 | Sun, Feb 20, 1983 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 126 | 112 | 40 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 54 | Wed, Feb 23, 1983 | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 113 | 40 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 55 | Sat, Feb 26, 1983 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 92 | 101 | 40 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 27, 1983 | Denver Nuggets | L | 120 | 135 | 40 | 16 | L 3 | |||
| 57 | Tue, Mar 1, 1983 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 114 | 111 | 41 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 58 | Wed, Mar 2, 1983 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 127 | 117 | 42 | 16 | W 2 | ||
| 59 | Fri, Mar 4, 1983 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 93 | 96 | 42 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Mar 5, 1983 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 122 | 108 | 43 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Mar 8, 1983 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 116 | 112 | 44 | 17 | W 2 | ||
| 62 | Wed, Mar 9, 1983 | San Diego Clippers | W | 119 | 114 | 45 | 17 | W 3 | |||
| 63 | Sat, Mar 12, 1983 | Chicago Bulls | W | 123 | 116 | 46 | 17 | W 4 | |||
| 64 | Wed, Mar 16, 1983 | Phoenix Suns | W | 104 | 95 | 47 | 17 | W 5 | |||
| 65 | Fri, Mar 18, 1983 | Kansas City Kings | W | 109 | 96 | 48 | 17 | W 6 | |||
| 66 | Sat, Mar 19, 1983 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 99 | 107 | 48 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 20, 1983 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 117 | 110 | 49 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 22, 1983 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 123 | 108 | 50 | 18 | W 2 | |||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 25, 1983 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 120 | 132 | 50 | 19 | L 1 | |||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 27, 1983 | Houston Rockets | W | 114 | 93 | 51 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 29, 1983 | San Diego Clippers | W | 127 | 109 | 52 | 19 | W 2 | |||
| 72 | Thu, Mar 31, 1983 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 122 | 116 | 53 | 19 | W 3 | ||
| 73 | Fri, Apr 1, 1983 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 102 | 88 | 54 | 19 | W 4 | |||
| 74 | Mon, Apr 4, 1983 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 111 | 121 | 54 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 75 | Tue, Apr 5, 1983 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 101 | 107 | 54 | 21 | L 2 | ||
| 76 | Thu, Apr 7, 1983 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 117 | 108 | 55 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Apr 8, 1983 | Golden State Warriors | W | 118 | 107 | 56 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 10, 1983 | Phoenix Suns | L | 95 | 101 | 56 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 12, 1983 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 114 | 113 | 57 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 80 | Wed, Apr 13, 1983 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 109 | 114 | 57 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 15, 1983 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 100 | 99 | 58 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 17, 1983 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 108 | 119 | 58 | 24 | L 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Apr 24, 1983 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 118 | 97 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Apr 26, 1983 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 112 | 106 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Apr 29, 1983 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | OT | 115 | 109 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Sun, May 1, 1983 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 95 | 108 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Tue, May 3, 1983 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 116 | 108 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Sun, May 8, 1983 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 119 | 107 | 5 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 7 | Tue, May 10, 1983 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 113 | 122 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 8 | Fri, May 13, 1983 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 113 | 100 | 6 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Sun, May 15, 1983 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 129 | 121 | 7 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 10 | Wed, May 18, 1983 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 112 | 117 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 11 | Fri, May 20, 1983 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 101 | 100 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Sun, May 22, 1983 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 107 | 113 | 8 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Thu, May 26, 1983 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 93 | 103 | 8 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 14 | Sun, May 29, 1983 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 94 | 111 | 8 | 6 | L 3 | |||
| 15 | Tue, May 31, 1983 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 108 | 115 | 8 | 7 | L 4 |