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1981-82 New Jersey Nets Roster and Statistics

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44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Larry Brown (44-38)

Points Per Game: 106.7 (14th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 106.0 (10th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-39 (10th of 23)

Arena: Brendan Byrne Arena ▪ Attendance: 568,861 (4th of 23)

SRS: 0.86 (9th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.1 (5th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 103.0 (22nd of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.3 (2nd of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Washington Bullets

1981-82 New Jersey Nets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
33 James Bailey F-C 6-9 220 May 21, 1957 2 Rutgers University
10 Otis Birdsong G 6-3 190 December 9, 1955 4 University of Houston
21 David Burns G 6-2 180 July 3, 1958 R Saint Louis University
12 Darwin Cook G 6-3 184 August 6, 1958 1 University of Portland
44 Joe Cooper C-F 6-10 230 September 1, 1957 R University of Colorado
44 Len Elmore C-F 6-9 220 March 28, 1952 7 University of Maryland
42 Mike Gminski C 6-11 250 August 3, 1959 1 Duke University
55 Albert King F-G 6-6 190 December 17, 1959 R University of Maryland
40 Sam Lacey C 6-10 235 March 28, 1948 11 New Mexico State University
31 Mike O'Koren F-G 6-7 207 February 7, 1958 1 University of North Carolina
30 Ray Tolbert F 6-9 225 September 10, 1958 R Indiana University
20 Jan Van Breda Kolff F-G 6-7 195 December 16, 1951 7 Vanderbilt University
1 Foots Walker G 6-0 172 May 21, 1951 7 State University of West Georgia
52 Buck Williams F-C 6-8 215 March 8, 1960 R University of Maryland
13 Ray Williams G 6-3 188 October 14, 1954 4 University of Minnesota
42 Mike Woodson G-F 6-5 195 March 24, 1958 1 Indiana University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19780 3501 7227 .484 30 146 .205 1714 2354 .728 1194 2320 3514 2096 918 481 1650 2295 8746 106.7
Opponent 82 19780 3343 6934 .482 58 187 .310 1946 2597 .749 1142 2346 3488 1931 832 539 1809 2164 8690 106.0

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Ray Williams 27 82 69 2732 639 1383 .462 9 54 .167 387 465 .832 117 208 325 488 199 43 290 302 1674
2 Buck Williams 21 82 82 2825 513 881 .582 0 1 .000 242 388 .624 347 658 1005 107 84 84 235 285 1268
3 Albert King 22 76 52 1694 391 812 .482 3 13 .231 133 171 .778 105 207 312 142 64 36 180 261 918
4 Mike O'Koren 23 80 32 2018 383 778 .492 8 23 .348 135 189 .714 111 194 305 192 83 13 147 175 909
5 Darwin Cook 23 82 17 2090 387 803 .482 7 31 .226 118 162 .728 52 103 155 319 146 24 175 196 899
6 Len Elmore 29 81 70 2100 300 652 .460 0 0 135 170 .794 167 274 441 100 92 92 136 280 735
7 James Bailey 24 67 0 1288 230 440 .523 0 0 133 213 .624 110 233 343 52 39 76 120 228 593
8 Otis Birdsong 26 37 22 1025 225 480 .469 0 10 .000 74 127 .583 30 67 97 124 30 5 64 74 524
9 Foots Walker 30 77 54 1861 156 378 .413 3 9 .333 141 194 .727 31 119 150 398 120 6 107 179 456
10 Mike Gminski 22 64 6 740 119 270 .441 0 0 97 118 .822 70 116 186 41 17 48 56 69 335
11 Sam Lacey 33 54 6 650 64 149 .430 0 1 .000 27 35 .771 20 83 103 73 20 37 54 137 155
12 Jan Van Breda Kolff 30 41 0 452 41 82 .500 0 2 .000 62 76 .816 17 31 48 32 12 13 29 63 144
13 Mike Woodson 23 7 145 30 68 .441 0 1 .000 23 32 .719 5 8 13 16 7 2 9 21 83
14 Ray Tolbert 23 12 0 115 20 44 .455 0 1 .000 4 8 .500 11 16 27 8 4 2 12 19 44
15 David Burns 23 3 0 34 2 5 .400 0 0 3 6 .500 0 2 2 4 1 0 5 4 7
16 Joe Cooper 24 1 0 11 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 2

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Ray Williams 27 82 69 33.3 7.8 16.9 .462 0.1 0.7 .167 4.7 5.7 .832 1.4 2.5 4.0 6.0 2.4 0.5 3.5 3.7 20.4
2 Buck Williams 21 82 82 34.5 6.3 10.7 .582 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 4.7 .624 4.2 8.0 12.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 2.9 3.5 15.5
3 Otis Birdsong 26 37 22 27.7 6.1 13.0 .469 0.0 0.3 .000 2.0 3.4 .583 0.8 1.8 2.6 3.4 0.8 0.1 1.7 2.0 14.2
4 Albert King 22 76 52 22.3 5.1 10.7 .482 0.0 0.2 .231 1.8 2.3 .778 1.4 2.7 4.1 1.9 0.8 0.5 2.4 3.4 12.1
5 Mike Woodson 23 7 20.7 4.3 9.7 .441 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 4.6 .719 0.7 1.1 1.9 2.3 1.0 0.3 1.3 3.0 11.9
6 Mike O'Koren 23 80 32 25.2 4.8 9.7 .492 0.1 0.3 .348 1.7 2.4 .714 1.4 2.4 3.8 2.4 1.0 0.2 1.8 2.2 11.4
7 Darwin Cook 23 82 17 25.5 4.7 9.8 .482 0.1 0.4 .226 1.4 2.0 .728 0.6 1.3 1.9 3.9 1.8 0.3 2.1 2.4 11.0
8 Len Elmore 29 81 70 25.9 3.7 8.0 .460 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.1 .794 2.1 3.4 5.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.7 3.5 9.1
9 James Bailey 24 67 0 19.2 3.4 6.6 .523 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.2 .624 1.6 3.5 5.1 0.8 0.6 1.1 1.8 3.4 8.9
10 Foots Walker 30 77 54 24.2 2.0 4.9 .413 0.0 0.1 .333 1.8 2.5 .727 0.4 1.5 1.9 5.2 1.6 0.1 1.4 2.3 5.9
11 Mike Gminski 22 64 6 11.6 1.9 4.2 .441 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.8 .822 1.1 1.8 2.9 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.9 1.1 5.2
12 Ray Tolbert 23 12 0 9.6 1.7 3.7 .455 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.7 .500 0.9 1.3 2.3 0.7 0.3 0.2 1.0 1.6 3.7
13 Jan Van Breda Kolff 30 41 0 11.0 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 1.9 .816 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.5 3.5
14 Sam Lacey 33 54 6 12.0 1.2 2.8 .430 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.6 .771 0.4 1.5 1.9 1.4 0.4 0.7 1.0 2.5 2.9
15 David Burns 23 3 0 11.3 0.7 1.7 .400 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.3 0.0 1.7 1.3 2.3
16 Joe Cooper 24 1 0 11.0 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Ray Williams 27 82 69 2732 8.4 18.2 .462 0.1 0.7 .167 5.1 6.1 .832 1.5 2.7 4.3 6.4 2.6 0.6 3.8 4.0 22.1
2 Mike Woodson 23 7 145 7.4 16.9 .441 0.0 0.2 .000 5.7 7.9 .719 1.2 2.0 3.2 4.0 1.7 0.5 2.2 5.2 20.6
3 Albert King 22 76 52 1694 8.3 17.3 .482 0.1 0.3 .231 2.8 3.6 .778 2.2 4.4 6.6 3.0 1.4 0.8 3.8 5.5 19.5
4 Otis Birdsong 26 37 22 1025 7.9 16.9 .469 0.0 0.4 .000 2.6 4.5 .583 1.1 2.4 3.4 4.4 1.1 0.2 2.2 2.6 18.4
5 James Bailey 24 67 0 1288 6.4 12.3 .523 0.0 0.0 3.7 6.0 .624 3.1 6.5 9.6 1.5 1.1 2.1 3.4 6.4 16.6
6 Mike Gminski 22 64 6 740 5.8 13.1 .441 0.0 0.0 4.7 5.7 .822 3.4 5.6 9.0 2.0 0.8 2.3 2.7 3.4 16.3
7 Mike O'Koren 23 80 32 2018 6.8 13.9 .492 0.1 0.4 .348 2.4 3.4 .714 2.0 3.5 5.4 3.4 1.5 0.2 2.6 3.1 16.2
8 Buck Williams 21 82 82 2825 6.5 11.2 .582 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.9 .624 4.4 8.4 12.8 1.4 1.1 1.1 3.0 3.6 16.2
9 Darwin Cook 23 82 17 2090 6.7 13.8 .482 0.1 0.5 .226 2.0 2.8 .728 0.9 1.8 2.7 5.5 2.5 0.4 3.0 3.4 15.5
10 Ray Tolbert 23 12 0 115 6.3 13.8 .455 0.0 0.3 .000 1.3 2.5 .500 3.4 5.0 8.5 2.5 1.3 0.6 3.8 5.9 13.8
11 Len Elmore 29 81 70 2100 5.1 11.2 .460 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.9 .794 2.9 4.7 7.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 2.3 4.8 12.6
12 Jan Van Breda Kolff 30 41 0 452 3.3 6.5 .500 0.0 0.2 .000 4.9 6.1 .816 1.4 2.5 3.8 2.5 1.0 1.0 2.3 5.0 11.5
13 Foots Walker 30 77 54 1861 3.0 7.3 .413 0.1 0.2 .333 2.7 3.8 .727 0.6 2.3 2.9 7.7 2.3 0.1 2.1 3.5 8.8
14 Sam Lacey 33 54 6 650 3.5 8.3 .430 0.0 0.1 .000 1.5 1.9 .771 1.1 4.6 5.7 4.0 1.1 2.0 3.0 7.6 8.6
15 David Burns 23 3 0 34 2.1 5.3 .400 0.0 0.0 3.2 6.4 .500 0.0 2.1 2.1 4.2 1.1 0.0 5.3 4.2 7.4
16 Joe Cooper 24 1 0 11 3.3 6.5 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 3.3 6.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 6.5 6.5

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Buck Williams 21 82 2825 17.2 .603 .582 13.7 26.6 20.1 5.4 1.4 1.7 18.3 18.2 110 100 3.6 5.3 8.9
2 Ray Williams 27 82 2732 19.0 .527 .465 4.8 8.7 6.7 27.4 3.4 0.9 15.4 27.4 106 101 3.3 4.6 7.9
3 Foots Walker 30 77 1861 11.8 .492 .417 1.9 7.3 4.6 26.7 3.0 0.2 18.8 12.2 108 103 1.4 2.8 4.2
4 Len Elmore 29 81 2100 11.8 .506 .460 8.9 14.9 11.9 6.4 2.0 2.6 15.8 16.4 101 101 0.5 3.6 4.1
5 Mike O'Koren 23 80 2018 13.6 .528 .497 6.1 11.0 8.5 13.7 1.9 0.4 14.6 19.9 104 104 1.4 2.8 4.1
6 Darwin Cook 23 82 2090 13.7 .514 .486 2.8 5.6 4.2 21.8 3.3 0.7 16.7 20.0 101 103 0.7 3.2 3.9
7 James Bailey 24 67 1288 14.0 .556 .523 9.5 20.7 15.0 5.7 1.4 3.5 18.4 20.3 101 100 0.4 2.4 2.8
8 Albert King 22 76 1694 13.5 .517 .483 6.9 14.0 10.4 12.8 1.8 1.2 16.9 25.1 97 103 -0.2 2.6 2.4
9 Mike Gminski 22 64 740 15.3 .520 .441 10.6 17.9 14.2 7.7 1.1 3.8 14.8 20.4 105 102 0.6 1.2 1.8
10 Otis Birdsong 26 37 1025 13.3 .489 .469 3.3 7.5 5.3 18.2 1.4 0.3 10.7 23.4 102 106 0.5 1.1 1.6
11 Jan Van Breda Kolff 30 41 452 10.2 .624 .500 4.2 7.8 6.0 8.9 1.2 1.7 20.1 12.8 114 105 0.6 0.5 1.1
12 Sam Lacey 33 54 650 7.2 .471 .430 3.4 14.6 9.0 14.3 1.4 3.3 24.7 13.4 89 102 -0.5 1.1 0.5
13 Mike Woodson 23 7 145 15.1 .506 .441 3.9 6.3 5.1 16.3 2.2 0.8 9.9 25.1 107 104 0.2 0.2 0.4
14 Ray Tolbert 23 12 115 9.1 .463 .455 10.7 15.9 13.3 9.8 1.6 1.0 20.2 20.7 88 103 -0.1 0.2 0.0
15 Joe Cooper 24 1 11 1.3 .500 .500 10.2 10.4 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 10.9 78 108 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 David Burns 23 3 34 0.9 .458 .400 0.0 6.7 3.3 14.2 1.4 0.0 39.6 14.8 67 107 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Albert King 22 2 58 18 33 0 0 4 5 3 8 6 5 1 5 8 40 .545 .800 29.0 20.0 4.0 3.0
2 Buck Williams 21 2 79 14 26 0 0 7 15 11 21 3 1 2 4 7 35 .538 .467 39.5 17.5 10.5 1.5
3 Ray Williams 27 2 77 14 47 2 5 4 5 8 12 14 4 0 6 10 34 .298 .400 .800 38.5 17.0 6.0 7.0
4 Darwin Cook 23 2 86 13 33 0 3 2 6 0 3 9 2 2 9 7 28 .394 .000 .333 43.0 14.0 1.5 4.5
5 Len Elmore 29 2 76 9 16 0 0 4 4 1 16 2 1 2 2 4 22 .563 1.000 38.0 11.0 8.0 1.0
6 Mike O'Koren 23 2 44 3 11 0 1 1 2 0 8 3 1 0 2 8 7 .273 .000 .500 22.0 3.5 4.0 1.5
7 Mike Gminski 22 1 10 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 .667 .500 10.0 5.0 2.0 0.0
8 James Bailey 24 2 26 1 3 0 0 2 2 2 6 1 2 1 3 5 4 .333 1.000 13.0 2.0 3.0 0.5
9 Jan Van Breda Kolff 30 2 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 .000 8.0 0.0 1.5 0.0
10 Ed Sherod 22 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 4.0 0.0 0.5 0.5

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Buck Williams 21 2 79 16.5 .537 .538 15.9 15.6 15.8 6.4 0.6 1.6 10.9 19.9 109 105 0.1 0.1 0.2
2 Albert King 22 2 58 23.7 .568 .545 5.9 10.6 8.2 22.5 4.3 1.1 12.4 29.7 109 99 0.1 0.1 0.2
3 Len Elmore 29 2 76 12.6 .619 .563 1.5 24.3 12.5 4.0 0.7 1.6 10.1 11.1 120 103 0.1 0.1 0.2
4 Mike Gminski 22 1 10 15.6 .644 .667 0.0 24.6 11.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.6 133 105 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Mike O'Koren 23 2 44 1.8 .295 .273 0.0 22.4 10.8 9.7 1.1 0.0 14.4 13.5 65 103 -0.1 0.1 0.0
6 James Bailey 24 2 26 6.6 .515 .333 8.8 18.9 13.7 5.3 3.8 2.4 43.6 11.3 74 97 0.0 0.1 0.0
7 Jan Van Breda Kolff 30 2 16 6.1 .000 .000 0.0 23.1 11.1 0.0 6.2 3.8 50.0 5.4 0 90 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Ed Sherod 22 2 8 8.0 .000 .000 14.3 0.0 7.4 16.2 6.2 0.0 0.0 5.4 79 99 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Ray Williams 27 2 77 10.7 .346 .319 11.9 6.4 9.2 30.9 2.6 0.0 10.9 30.7 85 105 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
10 Darwin Cook 23 2 86 4.3 .393 .394 0.0 4.3 2.1 16.9 1.2 1.4 20.2 22.2 74 107 -0.3 0.1 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Otis Birdsong *$1,018,750
2 Mike Woodson *$187,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)