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54-28, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 115.6 points per game, Allowed 111.8 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 50-32)
Coached by Pat Riley (54-28)
Arena: The Forum / Attendance: 622,398 (2nd of 23 available)
SRS: 3.32 (5th of 23) / Pace Factor: 103.7 (6th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 110.9 (5th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 107.3 (9th of 23)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus Phoenix Suns
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Dallas Mavericks
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Kansas City Kings
1983-84 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 28, 1983 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 117 | 107 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 29, 1983 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 120 | 115 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Nov 2, 1983 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 106 | 110 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 5, 1983 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 102 | 107 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Nov 8, 1983 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 133 | 124 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Nov 9, 1983 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 120 | 106 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 7 | Fri, Nov 11, 1983 | Phoenix Suns | W | 119 | 105 | 5 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 8 | Sun, Nov 13, 1983 | Utah Jazz | W | 124 | 118 | 6 | 2 | W 4 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Nov 15, 1983 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 126 | 97 | 7 | 2 | W 5 | |||
| 10 | Thu, Nov 17, 1983 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 127 | 114 | 8 | 2 | W 6 | |||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 19, 1983 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 117 | 110 | 9 | 2 | W 7 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 22, 1983 | Utah Jazz | L | OT | 126 | 130 | 9 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Nov 23, 1983 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 98 | 106 | 9 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 25, 1983 | New Jersey Nets | W | 147 | 123 | 10 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 15 | Sun, Nov 27, 1983 | Chicago Bulls | W | 103 | 100 | 11 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 29, 1983 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 111 | 105 | 12 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 17 | Fri, Dec 2, 1983 | Dallas Mavericks | L | 118 | 133 | 12 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 18 | Sun, Dec 4, 1983 | San Diego Clippers | W | 120 | 99 | 13 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Thu, Dec 8, 1983 | Kansas City Kings | W | 129 | 106 | 14 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 20 | Sun, Dec 11, 1983 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 98 | 109 | 14 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Thu, Dec 15, 1983 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 104 | 114 | 14 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 22 | Fri, Dec 16, 1983 | San Diego Clippers | W | 122 | 109 | 15 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 23 | Sun, Dec 18, 1983 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 122 | 115 | 16 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| 24 | Tue, Dec 20, 1983 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 108 | 102 | 17 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 25 | Thu, Dec 22, 1983 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 102 | 109 | 17 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Fri, Dec 23, 1983 | Golden State Warriors | W | 123 | 116 | 18 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 25, 1983 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 121 | 141 | 18 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 27, 1983 | Denver Nuggets | W | 118 | 116 | 19 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 30, 1983 | Golden State Warriors | L | 105 | 116 | 19 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 30 | Tue, Jan 3, 1984 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 105 | 117 | 19 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 31 | Wed, Jan 4, 1984 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 106 | 99 | 20 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Fri, Jan 6, 1984 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 117 | 124 | 20 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 33 | Sun, Jan 8, 1984 | Houston Rockets | L | 118 | 129 | 20 | 13 | L 2 | |||
| 34 | Tue, Jan 10, 1984 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | OT | 136 | 132 | 21 | 13 | W 1 | |
| 35 | Thu, Jan 12, 1984 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 95 | 89 | 22 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 36 | Fri, Jan 13, 1984 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 141 | 134 | 23 | 13 | W 3 | ||
| 37 | Sun, Jan 15, 1984 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 91 | 102 | 23 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 38 | Tue, Jan 17, 1984 | Washington Bullets | W | 108 | 95 | 24 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Thu, Jan 19, 1984 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 123 | 138 | 24 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 21, 1984 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 108 | 113 | 24 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Jan 24, 1984 | Phoenix Suns | W | 116 | 110 | 25 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Thu, Jan 26, 1984 | Houston Rockets | W | 131 | 102 | 26 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 31, 1984 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 129 | 124 | 27 | 16 | W 3 | |||
| 44 | Wed, Feb 1, 1984 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 116 | 108 | 28 | 16 | W 4 | ||
| 45 | Fri, Feb 3, 1984 | Utah Jazz | W | 109 | 105 | 29 | 16 | W 5 | |||
| 46 | Sun, Feb 5, 1984 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 110 | 98 | 30 | 16 | W 6 | ||
| 47 | Tue, Feb 7, 1984 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 106 | 105 | 31 | 16 | W 7 | ||
| 48 | Wed, Feb 8, 1984 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 111 | 109 | 32 | 16 | W 8 | ||
| 49 | Fri, Feb 10, 1984 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 93 | 96 | 32 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Sun, Feb 12, 1984 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 108 | 87 | 33 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 51 | Fri, Feb 17, 1984 | Denver Nuggets | L | 138 | 141 | 33 | 18 | L 1 | |||
| 52 | Sat, Feb 18, 1984 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 120 | 116 | 34 | 18 | W 1 | ||
| 53 | Tue, Feb 21, 1984 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 128 | 112 | 35 | 18 | W 2 | |||
| 54 | Wed, Feb 22, 1984 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 114 | 121 | 35 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Fri, Feb 24, 1984 | Boston Celtics | W | 116 | 108 | 36 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 26, 1984 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 101 | 99 | 37 | 19 | W 2 | ||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 28, 1984 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 124 | 108 | 38 | 19 | W 3 | ||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 29, 1984 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 92 | 102 | 38 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 59 | Fri, Mar 2, 1984 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 98 | 94 | 39 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 60 | Sun, Mar 4, 1984 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 118 | 114 | 40 | 20 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Mar 7, 1984 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 105 | 113 | 40 | 21 | L 1 | |||
| 62 | Fri, Mar 9, 1984 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 2OT | 121 | 120 | 41 | 21 | W 1 | |
| 63 | Sat, Mar 10, 1984 | Indiana Pacers | L | 114 | 126 | 41 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 64 | Tue, Mar 13, 1984 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 114 | 98 | 42 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 65 | Thu, Mar 15, 1984 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 143 | 124 | 43 | 22 | W 2 | |||
| 66 | Sat, Mar 17, 1984 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 123 | 111 | 44 | 22 | W 3 | ||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 20, 1984 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 99 | 94 | 45 | 22 | W 4 | ||
| 68 | Wed, Mar 21, 1984 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 123 | 116 | 46 | 22 | W 5 | ||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 23, 1984 | Detroit Pistons | L | 118 | 121 | 46 | 23 | L 1 | |||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 25, 1984 | San Diego Clippers | W | 114 | 102 | 47 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Wed, Mar 28, 1984 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 115 | 122 | 47 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Thu, Mar 29, 1984 | Houston Rockets | W | 115 | 109 | 48 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 73 | Sat, Mar 31, 1984 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 119 | 97 | 49 | 24 | W 2 | ||
| 74 | Sun, Apr 1, 1984 | Golden State Warriors | W | 121 | 110 | 50 | 24 | W 3 | |||
| 75 | Tue, Apr 3, 1984 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 109 | 137 | 50 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Thu, Apr 5, 1984 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 129 | 115 | 51 | 25 | W 1 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Apr 6, 1984 | Kansas City Kings | W | 112 | 97 | 52 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 8, 1984 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 119 | 113 | 53 | 25 | W 3 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 10, 1984 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 115 | 117 | 53 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 80 | Wed, Apr 11, 1984 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 121 | 108 | 54 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 13, 1984 | Dallas Mavericks | L | 103 | 104 | 54 | 27 | L 1 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 15, 1984 | Phoenix Suns | L | 114 | 123 | 54 | 28 | L 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Apr 18, 1984 | Kansas City Kings | W | 116 | 105 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Apr 20, 1984 | Kansas City Kings | W | 109 | 102 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Apr 22, 1984 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 108 | 102 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Apr 28, 1984 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 134 | 91 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |||
| 5 | Tue, May 1, 1984 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 117 | 101 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | |||
| 6 | Fri, May 4, 1984 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 115 | 125 | 5 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun, May 6, 1984 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | OT | 122 | 115 | 6 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Tue, May 8, 1984 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 115 | 99 | 7 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 9 | Sat, May 12, 1984 | Phoenix Suns | W | 110 | 94 | 8 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 10 | Tue, May 15, 1984 | Phoenix Suns | W | 118 | 102 | 9 | 1 | W 4 | |||
| 11 | Fri, May 18, 1984 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | OT | 127 | 135 | 9 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Sun, May 20, 1984 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 126 | 115 | 10 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Wed, May 23, 1984 | Phoenix Suns | L | 121 | 126 | 10 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 14 | Fri, May 25, 1984 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 99 | 97 | 11 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Sun, May 27, 1984 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 115 | 109 | 12 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Thu, May 31, 1984 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | OT | 121 | 124 | 12 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Sun, Jun 3, 1984 | Boston Celtics | W | 137 | 104 | 13 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Wed, Jun 6, 1984 | Boston Celtics | L | OT | 125 | 129 | 13 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Fri, Jun 8, 1984 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 121 | 13 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Jun 10, 1984 | Boston Celtics | W | 119 | 108 | 14 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Jun 12, 1984 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 111 | 14 | 7 | L 1 |