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1981-82 Philadelphia 76ers Schedule and Results

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58-24, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Billy Cunningham (58-24)

Points Per Game: 111.2 (5th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.5 (7th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 56-26 (2nd of 23)

Arena: The Spectrum ▪ Attendance: 506,847 (6th of 23)

SRS: 5.74 (2nd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 100.6 (11th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 109.6 (5th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.9 (7th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Atlanta Hawks

1981-82 Philadelphia 76ers:

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Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 30, 1981 Cleveland Cavaliers W 128 104 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 31, 1981 @ Atlanta Hawks W 108 106 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, Nov 3, 1981 @ Washington Bullets W 112 99 3 0 W 3
4 Wed, Nov 4, 1981 Indiana Pacers W 107 99 4 0 W 4
5 Fri, Nov 6, 1981 Atlanta Hawks L 99 106 4 1 L 1
6 Tue, Nov 10, 1981 @ Detroit Pistons W 95 93 5 1 W 1
7 Wed, Nov 11, 1981 Chicago Bulls W 117 90 6 1 W 2
8 Fri, Nov 13, 1981 Kansas City Kings W 105 85 7 1 W 3
9 Sat, Nov 14, 1981 @ New York Knickerbockers W 109 102 8 1 W 4
10 Wed, Nov 18, 1981 Milwaukee Bucks W 102 100 9 1 W 5
11 Fri, Nov 20, 1981 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 99 94 10 1 W 6
12 Sat, Nov 21, 1981 Houston Rockets W 135 106 11 1 W 7
13 Fri, Nov 27, 1981 @ Indiana Pacers W OT 124 112 12 1 W 8
14 Sat, Nov 28, 1981 Detroit Pistons W 116 103 13 1 W 9
15 Tue, Dec 1, 1981 @ Atlanta Hawks W 107 98 14 1 W 10
16 Wed, Dec 2, 1981 San Antonio Spurs L 101 106 14 2 L 1
17 Fri, Dec 4, 1981 @ Boston Celtics L 103 111 14 3 L 2
18 Sat, Dec 5, 1981 @ New Jersey Nets W 114 105 15 3 W 1
19 Wed, Dec 9, 1981 Denver Nuggets W 137 109 16 3 W 2
20 Fri, Dec 11, 1981 Cleveland Cavaliers W 131 113 17 3 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 12, 1981 @ Chicago Bulls W OT 117 114 18 3 W 4
22 Sun, Dec 13, 1981 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 108 127 18 4 L 1
23 Wed, Dec 16, 1981 New York Knickerbockers L 115 117 18 5 L 2
24 Sat, Dec 19, 1981 Boston Celtics W OT 123 118 19 5 W 1
25 Tue, Dec 22, 1981 @ New York Knickerbockers W 112 105 20 5 W 2
26 Sun, Dec 27, 1981 @ Phoenix Suns L 96 99 20 6 L 1
27 Tue, Dec 29, 1981 @ Golden State Warriors W 142 135 21 6 W 1
28 Wed, Dec 30, 1981 @ Seattle Supersonics W 102 99 22 6 W 2
29 Fri, Jan 1, 1982 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 120 105 23 6 W 3
30 Sat, Jan 2, 1982 @ Utah Jazz W 109 107 24 6 W 4
31 Tue, Jan 5, 1982 @ Detroit Pistons L 101 124 24 7 L 1
32 Wed, Jan 6, 1982 Washington Bullets W 126 112 25 7 W 1
33 Fri, Jan 8, 1982 @ Boston Celtics L 90 96 25 8 L 1
34 Sat, Jan 9, 1982 New Jersey Nets L 113 120 25 9 L 2
35 Tue, Jan 12, 1982 @ Washington Bullets W 95 92 26 9 W 1
36 Wed, Jan 13, 1982 Milwaukee Bucks L 107 111 26 10 L 1
37 Fri, Jan 15, 1982 Atlanta Hawks L 90 96 26 11 L 2
38 Sun, Jan 17, 1982 @ New Jersey Nets L 97 105 26 12 L 3
39 Wed, Jan 20, 1982 Portland Trail Blazers W 115 110 27 12 W 1
40 Fri, Jan 22, 1982 @ Indiana Pacers W 112 105 28 12 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 23, 1982 Seattle Supersonics W 100 87 29 12 W 3
42 Tue, Jan 26, 1982 @ San Antonio Spurs L 95 103 29 13 L 1
43 Wed, Jan 27, 1982 @ Dallas Mavericks W 99 86 30 13 W 1
44 Thu, Jan 28, 1982 @ Houston Rockets L 101 109 30 14 L 1
45 Wed, Feb 3, 1982 Washington Bullets W 122 96 31 14 W 1
46 Fri, Feb 5, 1982 New Jersey Nets W 116 112 32 14 W 2
47 Sun, Feb 7, 1982 Chicago Bulls W 123 107 33 14 W 3
48 Wed, Feb 10, 1982 Indiana Pacers W 102 96 34 14 W 4
49 Sat, Feb 13, 1982 @ New York Knickerbockers W 114 107 35 14 W 5
50 Sun, Feb 14, 1982 New York Knickerbockers W 117 105 36 14 W 6
51 Wed, Feb 17, 1982 Dallas Mavericks W 114 109 37 14 W 7
52 Fri, Feb 19, 1982 Utah Jazz W 132 117 38 14 W 8
53 Sun, Feb 21, 1982 Phoenix Suns W 109 102 39 14 W 9
54 Tue, Feb 23, 1982 @ San Diego Clippers W 115 101 40 14 W 10
55 Fri, Feb 26, 1982 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 2OT 114 116 40 15 L 1
56 Sat, Feb 27, 1982 @ Denver Nuggets L 125 134 40 16 L 2
57 Tue, Mar 2, 1982 @ Chicago Bulls L 109 112 40 17 L 3
58 Wed, Mar 3, 1982 San Diego Clippers W 125 107 41 17 W 1
59 Fri, Mar 5, 1982 Atlanta Hawks W 89 80 42 17 W 2
60 Sun, Mar 7, 1982 Los Angeles Lakers W 119 113 43 17 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Mar 10, 1982 Golden State Warriors W 134 114 44 17 W 4
62 Sun, Mar 14, 1982 @ Kansas City Kings W 128 114 45 17 W 5
63 Tue, Mar 16, 1982 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 91 106 45 18 L 1
64 Wed, Mar 17, 1982 Washington Bullets W 102 93 46 18 W 1
65 Fri, Mar 19, 1982 Indiana Pacers W 112 95 47 18 W 2
66 Sun, Mar 21, 1982 Boston Celtics L 111 123 47 19 L 1
67 Wed, Mar 24, 1982 New Jersey Nets L 106 111 47 20 L 2
68 Thu, Mar 25, 1982 @ Detroit Pistons L 98 100 47 21 L 3
69 Fri, Mar 26, 1982 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 115 111 48 21 W 1
70 Sun, Mar 28, 1982 @ Boston Celtics W 116 98 49 21 W 2
71 Tue, Mar 30, 1982 @ Milwaukee Bucks L OT 114 116 49 22 L 1
72 Wed, Mar 31, 1982 Chicago Bulls W 99 98 50 22 W 1
73 Fri, Apr 2, 1982 Cleveland Cavaliers W 135 115 51 22 W 2
74 Sun, Apr 4, 1982 New York Knickerbockers W 127 106 52 22 W 3
75 Tue, Apr 6, 1982 @ Chicago Bulls W 117 104 53 22 W 4
76 Wed, Apr 7, 1982 @ New Jersey Nets W 116 113 54 22 W 5
77 Fri, Apr 9, 1982 @ Atlanta Hawks L 88 103 54 23 L 1
78 Sun, Apr 11, 1982 Boston Celtics L OT 109 110 54 24 L 2
79 Tue, Apr 13, 1982 @ Indiana Pacers W 93 89 55 24 W 1
80 Wed, Apr 14, 1982 Detroit Pistons W 119 111 56 24 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 16, 1982 @ Washington Bullets W 100 96 57 24 W 3
82 Sun, Apr 18, 1982 Milwaukee Bucks W 110 86 58 24 W 4

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 21, 1982 Atlanta Hawks W 111 76 1 0 W 1
2 Fri, Apr 23, 1982 @ Atlanta Hawks W OT 98 95 2 0 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
3 Sun, Apr 25, 1982 Milwaukee Bucks W 125 122 3 0 W 3
4 Wed, Apr 28, 1982 Milwaukee Bucks W 120 108 4 0 W 4
5 Sat, May 1, 1982 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 91 92 4 1 L 1
6 Sun, May 2, 1982 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 100 93 5 1 W 1
7 Wed, May 5, 1982 Milwaukee Bucks L 98 110 5 2 L 1
8 Fri, May 7, 1982 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 102 90 6 2 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
9 Sun, May 9, 1982 @ Boston Celtics L 81 121 6 3 L 1
10 Wed, May 12, 1982 @ Boston Celtics W 121 113 7 3 W 1
11 Sat, May 15, 1982 Boston Celtics W 99 97 8 3 W 2
12 Sun, May 16, 1982 Boston Celtics W 119 94 9 3 W 3
13 Wed, May 19, 1982 @ Boston Celtics L 85 114 9 4 L 1
14 Fri, May 21, 1982 Boston Celtics L 75 88 9 5 L 2
15 Sun, May 23, 1982 @ Boston Celtics W 120 106 10 5 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
16 Thu, May 27, 1982 Los Angeles Lakers L 117 124 10 6 L 1
17 Sun, May 30, 1982 Los Angeles Lakers W 110 94 11 6 W 1
18 Tue, Jun 1, 1982 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 108 129 11 7 L 1
19 Thu, Jun 3, 1982 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 101 111 11 8 L 2
20 Sun, Jun 6, 1982 Los Angeles Lakers W 135 102 12 8 W 1
21 Tue, Jun 8, 1982 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 104 114 12 9 L 1