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1981-82 Milwaukee Bucks

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55-27, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 108.4 points per game, Allowed 102.9 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 55-27)
Coached by Don Nelson (55-27)

Arena: MECCA Arena / Attendance: 443,288 (11th of 23 available)

SRS: 5.38 (3rd of 23) / Pace Factor: 100.0 (13th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 107.7 (9th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 102.3 (1st of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers

1981-82 Statistics / Schedule

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 30, 1981 @ Detroit Pistons L 113 118 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 31, 1981 Boston Celtics W 119 103 1 1 W 1
3 Thu, Nov 5, 1981 Washington Bullets W 98 90 2 1 W 2
4 Sat, Nov 7, 1981 San Diego Clippers W 105 102 3 1 W 3
5 Tue, Nov 10, 1981 @ Atlanta Hawks L 83 94 3 2 L 1
6 Wed, Nov 11, 1981 @ New Jersey Nets W 100 88 4 2 W 1
7 Fri, Nov 13, 1981 New York Knickerbockers W 95 85 5 2 W 2
8 Sun, Nov 15, 1981 Cleveland Cavaliers W 98 96 6 2 W 3
9 Tue, Nov 17, 1981 @ Washington Bullets W 99 95 7 2 W 4
10 Wed, Nov 18, 1981 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 100 102 7 3 L 1
11 Fri, Nov 20, 1981 @ Boston Celtics L 89 112 7 4 L 2
12 Sat, Nov 21, 1981 @ New York Knickerbockers L 112 118 7 5 L 3
13 Tue, Nov 24, 1981 Detroit Pistons W 103 95 8 5 W 1
14 Fri, Nov 27, 1981 Golden State Warriors L 96 113 8 6 L 1
15 Sun, Nov 29, 1981 San Antonio Spurs W 105 89 9 6 W 1
16 Tue, Dec 1, 1981 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 126 110 10 6 W 2
17 Fri, Dec 4, 1981 Atlanta Hawks W 97 80 11 6 W 3
18 Sat, Dec 5, 1981 @ Detroit Pistons W 111 108 12 6 W 4
19 Wed, Dec 9, 1981 Houston Rockets W 89 83 13 6 W 5
20 Fri, Dec 11, 1981 Indiana Pacers W OT 103 100 14 6 W 6
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 12, 1981 @ New York Knickerbockers W 104 86 15 6 W 7
22 Sun, Dec 13, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers W 127 108 16 6 W 8
23 Tue, Dec 15, 1981 @ Indiana Pacers W 104 96 17 6 W 9
24 Fri, Dec 18, 1981 New Jersey Nets L 88 100 17 7 L 1
25 Tue, Dec 22, 1981 Kansas City Kings L 101 106 17 8 L 2
26 Sat, Dec 26, 1981 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 109 102 18 8 W 1
27 Sun, Dec 27, 1981 Chicago Bulls W 108 96 19 8 W 2
28 Tue, Dec 29, 1981 @ Indiana Pacers W 107 96 20 8 W 3
29 Wed, Dec 30, 1981 Washington Bullets W 107 103 21 8 W 4
30 Sat, Jan 2, 1982 @ Chicago Bulls W 128 121 22 8 W 5
31 Sun, Jan 3, 1982 Denver Nuggets L 122 128 22 9 L 1
32 Tue, Jan 5, 1982 New York Knickerbockers L 102 112 22 10 L 2
33 Wed, Jan 6, 1982 @ New Jersey Nets W 109 95 23 10 W 1
34 Fri, Jan 8, 1982 Atlanta Hawks L 88 90 23 11 L 1
35 Sun, Jan 10, 1982 Los Angeles Lakers W 118 107 24 11 W 1
36 Wed, Jan 13, 1982 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 111 107 25 11 W 2
37 Fri, Jan 15, 1982 Boston Celtics W 122 118 26 11 W 3
38 Sun, Jan 17, 1982 Detroit Pistons L 103 108 26 12 L 1
39 Wed, Jan 20, 1982 @ Dallas Mavericks L 104 109 26 13 L 2
40 Fri, Jan 22, 1982 @ Denver Nuggets W 131 125 27 13 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 23, 1982 @ Golden State Warriors L 113 119 27 14 L 1
42 Tue, Jan 26, 1982 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 96 94 28 14 W 1
43 Thu, Jan 28, 1982 @ Utah Jazz W 119 101 29 14 W 2
44 Wed, Feb 3, 1982 Chicago Bulls W 113 98 30 14 W 3
45 Fri, Feb 5, 1982 Dallas Mavericks W 117 92 31 14 W 4
46 Sun, Feb 7, 1982 Phoenix Suns W 107 92 32 14 W 5
47 Tue, Feb 9, 1982 @ Indiana Pacers W 108 101 33 14 W 6
48 Thu, Feb 11, 1982 Portland Trail Blazers W 116 105 34 14 W 7
49 Sat, Feb 13, 1982 @ Chicago Bulls W 120 90 35 14 W 8
50 Sun, Feb 14, 1982 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 125 97 36 14 W 9
51 Wed, Feb 17, 1982 Indiana Pacers W 104 93 37 14 W 10
52 Fri, Feb 19, 1982 Cleveland Cavaliers W 106 88 38 14 W 11
53 Sun, Feb 21, 1982 @ Kansas City Kings W 110 104 39 14 W 12
54 Tue, Feb 23, 1982 @ New York Knickerbockers L 110 113 39 15 L 1
55 Wed, Feb 24, 1982 @ New Jersey Nets W 113 106 40 15 W 1
56 Sun, Feb 28, 1982 @ Boston Celtics L 102 106 40 16 L 1
57 Tue, Mar 2, 1982 Detroit Pistons W 101 91 41 16 W 1
58 Wed, Mar 3, 1982 @ Atlanta Hawks W 96 87 42 16 W 2
59 Sat, Mar 6, 1982 @ San Antonio Spurs L 3OT 166 171 42 17 L 1
60 Mon, Mar 8, 1982 @ Atlanta Hawks L 95 98 42 18 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Mar 9, 1982 @ Houston Rockets L 91 103 42 19 L 3
62 Wed, Mar 10, 1982 Chicago Bulls L 98 101 42 20 L 4
63 Fri, Mar 12, 1982 Seattle Supersonics L 110 112 42 21 L 5
64 Sun, Mar 14, 1982 Utah Jazz W 129 100 43 21 W 1
65 Tue, Mar 16, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers W 106 91 44 21 W 2
66 Fri, Mar 19, 1982 Cleveland Cavaliers W 119 97 45 21 W 3
67 Sun, Mar 21, 1982 New Jersey Nets W 102 86 46 21 W 4
68 Tue, Mar 23, 1982 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 109 104 47 21 W 5
69 Wed, Mar 24, 1982 @ Seattle Supersonics L 97 99 47 22 L 1
70 Fri, Mar 26, 1982 @ Phoenix Suns L 112 113 47 23 L 2
71 Sat, Mar 27, 1982 @ San Diego Clippers W 128 99 48 23 W 1
72 Tue, Mar 30, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers W OT 116 114 49 23 W 2
73 Thu, Apr 1, 1982 Atlanta Hawks W 117 113 50 23 W 3
74 Fri, Apr 2, 1982 @ Chicago Bulls W 114 105 51 23 W 4
75 Sun, Apr 4, 1982 Indiana Pacers W 129 115 52 23 W 5
76 Tue, Apr 6, 1982 Boston Celtics W 122 116 53 23 W 6
77 Fri, Apr 9, 1982 @ Detroit Pistons W 118 100 54 23 W 7
78 Sat, Apr 10, 1982 @ Washington Bullets L 114 115 54 24 L 1
79 Tue, Apr 13, 1982 Washington Bullets L 99 109 54 25 L 2
80 Wed, Apr 14, 1982 @ Boston Celtics L 91 100 54 26 L 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 16, 1982 New York Knickerbockers W 112 99 55 26 W 1
82 Sun, Apr 18, 1982 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 86 110 55 27 L 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sun, Apr 25, 1982 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 122 125 0 1 L 1
2 Wed, Apr 28, 1982 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 108 120 0 2 L 2
3 Sat, May 1, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers W 92 91 1 2 W 1
4 Sun, May 2, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers L 93 100 1 3 L 1
5 Wed, May 5, 1982 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 110 98 2 3 W 1
6 Fri, May 7, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers L 90 102 2 4 L 1