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50-32, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 105.7 points per game, Allowed 101.5 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 52-30)
Coached by Don Nelson (50-32)
Arena: MECCA Arena ▪ Attendance: 414,250 (14th of 23)
SRS: 4.04 (2nd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 96.9 (22nd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 107.8 (12th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.6 (2nd of 23)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus New Jersey Nets
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Atlanta Hawks
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 | Indiana Pacers | W | 104 | 83 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 1, 1983 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 93 | 106 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Nov 2, 1983 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 119 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Nov 4, 1983 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 104 | 94 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Nov 6, 1983 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 97 | 84 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Nov 8, 1983 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 97 | 90 | 4 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Nov 9, 1983 | Kansas City Kings | W | 95 | 93 | 5 | 2 | W 4 | |||
| 8 | Fri, Nov 11, 1983 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 103 | 107 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Sun, Nov 13, 1983 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 108 | 107 | 6 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Tue, Nov 15, 1983 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 97 | 126 | 6 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Nov 17, 1983 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 122 | 141 | 6 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 18, 1983 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 109 | 94 | 7 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 19, 1983 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 126 | 133 | 7 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Nov 23, 1983 | Golden State Warriors | W | 118 | 94 | 8 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 26, 1983 | Washington Bullets | W | 109 | 92 | 9 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 29, 1983 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 94 | 88 | 10 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Nov 30, 1983 | Denver Nuggets | W | 139 | 122 | 11 | 6 | W 4 | |||
| 18 | Fri, Dec 2, 1983 | New Jersey Nets | W | 122 | 107 | 12 | 6 | W 5 | |||
| 19 | Wed, Dec 7, 1983 | Houston Rockets | W | 103 | 101 | 13 | 6 | W 6 | |||
| 20 | Fri, Dec 9, 1983 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 96 | 83 | 14 | 6 | W 7 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Dec 11, 1983 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 87 | 97 | 14 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 22 | Tue, Dec 13, 1983 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 88 | 96 | 14 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 14, 1983 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 93 | 115 | 14 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 16, 1983 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 110 | 105 | 15 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 17, 1983 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 96 | 102 | 15 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Thu, Dec 22, 1983 | Chicago Bulls | L | 99 | 116 | 15 | 11 | L 2 | |||
| 27 | Fri, Dec 23, 1983 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 89 | 83 | 16 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 27, 1983 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 104 | 115 | 16 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 29 | Wed, Dec 28, 1983 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 89 | 85 | 17 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Fri, Dec 30, 1983 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 93 | 88 | 18 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 31 | Tue, Jan 3, 1984 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 104 | 92 | 19 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 32 | Thu, Jan 5, 1984 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | OT | 102 | 103 | 19 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 33 | Fri, Jan 6, 1984 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 87 | 91 | 19 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 34 | Sun, Jan 8, 1984 | Detroit Pistons | L | 100 | 111 | 19 | 15 | L 3 | |||
| 35 | Tue, Jan 10, 1984 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 104 | 116 | 19 | 16 | L 4 | |||
| 36 | Fri, Jan 13, 1984 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 103 | 101 | 20 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Sun, Jan 15, 1984 | Boston Celtics | W | 106 | 87 | 21 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 38 | Tue, Jan 17, 1984 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 112 | 92 | 22 | 16 | W 3 | ||
| 39 | Wed, Jan 18, 1984 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 99 | 90 | 23 | 16 | W 4 | |||
| 40 | Fri, Jan 20, 1984 | Washington Bullets | W | 133 | 103 | 24 | 16 | W 5 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Jan 22, 1984 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 109 | 24 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 24, 1984 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 2OT | 117 | 123 | 24 | 18 | L 2 | |
| 43 | Wed, Jan 25, 1984 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 105 | 109 | 24 | 19 | L 3 | ||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 31, 1984 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | OT | 123 | 119 | 25 | 19 | W 1 | |
| 45 | Wed, Feb 1, 1984 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 98 | 99 | 25 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Fri, Feb 3, 1984 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 110 | 116 | 25 | 21 | L 2 | ||
| 47 | Sat, Feb 4, 1984 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 102 | 116 | 25 | 22 | L 3 | ||
| 48 | Tue, Feb 7, 1984 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | OT | 112 | 110 | 26 | 22 | W 1 | |
| 49 | Wed, Feb 8, 1984 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 113 | 103 | 27 | 22 | W 2 | |||
| 50 | Fri, Feb 10, 1984 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 127 | 132 | 27 | 23 | L 1 | |||
| 51 | Sun, Feb 12, 1984 | San Diego Clippers | W | OT | 107 | 100 | 28 | 23 | W 1 | ||
| 52 | Tue, Feb 14, 1984 | Phoenix Suns | W | 92 | 83 | 29 | 23 | W 2 | |||
| 53 | Wed, Feb 15, 1984 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 107 | 91 | 30 | 23 | W 3 | ||
| 54 | Fri, Feb 17, 1984 | Utah Jazz | W | 105 | 91 | 31 | 23 | W 4 | |||
| 55 | Sun, Feb 19, 1984 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 113 | 103 | 32 | 23 | W 5 | ||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 21, 1984 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 102 | 119 | 32 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 24, 1984 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 95 | 88 | 33 | 24 | W 1 | ||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 25, 1984 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 130 | 119 | 34 | 24 | W 2 | ||
| 59 | Wed, Feb 29, 1984 | Chicago Bulls | W | 112 | 83 | 35 | 24 | W 3 | |||
| 60 | Fri, Mar 2, 1984 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 98 | 78 | 36 | 24 | W 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Mar 3, 1984 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 111 | 106 | 37 | 24 | W 5 | ||
| 62 | Tue, Mar 6, 1984 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | OT | 109 | 104 | 38 | 24 | W 6 | |
| 63 | Wed, Mar 7, 1984 | New Jersey Nets | L | 100 | 106 | 38 | 25 | L 1 | |||
| 64 | Fri, Mar 9, 1984 | Boston Celtics | L | 2OT | 128 | 129 | 38 | 26 | L 2 | ||
| 65 | Sun, Mar 11, 1984 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 94 | 108 | 38 | 27 | L 3 | |||
| 66 | Tue, Mar 13, 1984 | Detroit Pistons | W | 116 | 95 | 39 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Wed, Mar 14, 1984 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 91 | 92 | 39 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Fri, Mar 16, 1984 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 99 | 109 | 39 | 29 | L 2 | ||
| 69 | Sun, Mar 18, 1984 | Washington Bullets | W | 109 | 101 | 40 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 70 | Tue, Mar 20, 1984 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 94 | 99 | 40 | 30 | L 1 | |||
| 71 | Wed, Mar 21, 1984 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 102 | 95 | 41 | 30 | W 1 | ||
| 72 | Sat, Mar 24, 1984 | Indiana Pacers | W | 106 | 92 | 42 | 30 | W 2 | |||
| 73 | Wed, Mar 28, 1984 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 130 | 98 | 43 | 30 | W 3 | |||
| 74 | Fri, Mar 30, 1984 | Chicago Bulls | W | 119 | 86 | 44 | 30 | W 4 | |||
| 75 | Sat, Mar 31, 1984 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 105 | 107 | 44 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Tue, Apr 3, 1984 | New Jersey Nets | W | 109 | 92 | 45 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 77 | Thu, Apr 5, 1984 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 113 | 103 | 46 | 31 | W 2 | |||
| 78 | Sat, Apr 7, 1984 | Detroit Pistons | W | 110 | 92 | 47 | 31 | W 3 | |||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 10, 1984 | Boston Celtics | L | 95 | 96 | 47 | 32 | L 1 | |||
| 80 | Wed, Apr 11, 1984 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 108 | 95 | 48 | 32 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 13, 1984 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 109 | 85 | 49 | 32 | W 2 | ||
| 82 | Sat, Apr 14, 1984 | Indiana Pacers | W | 104 | 92 | 50 | 32 | W 3 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Apr 17, 1984 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 105 | 89 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Apr 19, 1984 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 101 | 87 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Apr 21, 1984 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 94 | 103 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Apr 24, 1984 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 97 | 100 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Apr 26, 1984 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 118 | 89 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Sun, Apr 29, 1984 | New Jersey Nets | L | 100 | 106 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 7 | Tue, May 1, 1984 | New Jersey Nets | W | 98 | 94 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Thu, May 3, 1984 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 100 | 93 | 5 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Sat, May 5, 1984 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 99 | 106 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Tue, May 8, 1984 | New Jersey Nets | W | 94 | 82 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Thu, May 10, 1984 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 98 | 97 | 7 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Tue, May 15, 1984 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 96 | 119 | 7 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Thu, May 17, 1984 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 110 | 125 | 7 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 14 | Sat, May 19, 1984 | Boston Celtics | L | 100 | 109 | 7 | 7 | L 3 | |||
| 15 | Mon, May 21, 1984 | Boston Celtics | W | 122 | 113 | 8 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Wed, May 23, 1984 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 108 | 115 | 8 | 8 | L 1 |