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65-17, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Billy Cunningham (65-17)
1982-83 NBA Champions
Points Per Game: 112.1 (8th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.4 (7th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 60-22 (1st of 23)
Arena: The Spectrum ▪ Attendance: 646,788 (2nd of 23)
SRS: 7.53 (1st of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 102.7 (15th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 108.3 (5th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 100.9 (5th of 23)
Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-0) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus New York Knickerbockers
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 29, 1982 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 104 | 89 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 30, 1982 | New Jersey Nets | W | 110 | 99 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Nov 3, 1982 | San Diego Clippers | W | 130 | 111 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 4 | Fri, Nov 5, 1982 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 120 | 109 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Nov 6, 1982 | Boston Celtics | W | 2OT | 119 | 115 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Nov 10, 1982 | Chicago Bulls | W | 145 | 108 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | |||
| 7 | Fri, Nov 12, 1982 | Indiana Pacers | L | 108 | 117 | 6 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Nov 13, 1982 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 110 | 100 | 7 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Sun, Nov 14, 1982 | Washington Bullets | W | 102 | 93 | 8 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 10 | Wed, Nov 17, 1982 | Detroit Pistons | W | 120 | 103 | 9 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 19, 1982 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 121 | 109 | 10 | 1 | W 4 | |||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 23, 1982 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 103 | 106 | 10 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 13 | Wed, Nov 24, 1982 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 121 | 106 | 11 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 26, 1982 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 120 | 102 | 12 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 27, 1982 | Utah Jazz | W | 126 | 113 | 13 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 30, 1982 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 97 | 111 | 13 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Dec 2, 1982 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 116 | 108 | 14 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Fri, Dec 3, 1982 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 127 | 110 | 15 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Sun, Dec 5, 1982 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 114 | 104 | 16 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 20 | Wed, Dec 8, 1982 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 132 | 85 | 17 | 3 | W 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Dec 10, 1982 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 123 | 17 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Dec 11, 1982 | Detroit Pistons | W | 128 | 111 | 18 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 15, 1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 99 | 93 | 19 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 17, 1982 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 109 | 95 | 20 | 4 | W 3 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 18, 1982 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 97 | 100 | 20 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 21, 1982 | Boston Celtics | W | 122 | 105 | 21 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 26, 1982 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 124 | 122 | 22 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 28, 1982 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 104 | 93 | 23 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 29 | Wed, Dec 29, 1982 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | OT | 126 | 116 | 24 | 5 | W 4 | |
| 30 | Wed, Jan 5, 1983 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | OT | 122 | 120 | 25 | 5 | W 5 | ||
| 31 | Fri, Jan 7, 1983 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 106 | 89 | 26 | 5 | W 6 | ||
| 32 | Sat, Jan 8, 1983 | Kansas City Kings | W | 125 | 113 | 27 | 5 | W 7 | |||
| 33 | Tue, Jan 11, 1983 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 109 | 99 | 28 | 5 | W 8 | ||
| 34 | Wed, Jan 12, 1983 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 122 | 121 | 29 | 5 | W 9 | |||
| 35 | Fri, Jan 14, 1983 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 115 | 105 | 30 | 5 | W 10 | ||
| 36 | Sat, Jan 15, 1983 | Indiana Pacers | W | 114 | 105 | 31 | 5 | W 11 | |||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 18, 1983 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 98 | 90 | 32 | 5 | W 12 | ||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 19, 1983 | Chicago Bulls | W | 126 | 106 | 33 | 5 | W 13 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 21, 1983 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 130 | 117 | 34 | 5 | W 14 | |||
| 40 | Sun, Jan 23, 1983 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 96 | 107 | 34 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Jan 25, 1983 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 116 | 99 | 35 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 42 | Wed, Jan 26, 1983 | Phoenix Suns | W | 113 | 102 | 36 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 28, 1983 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 114 | 99 | 37 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 29, 1983 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 126 | 109 | 38 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 45 | Tue, Feb 1, 1983 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 133 | 124 | 39 | 6 | W 5 | ||
| 46 | Thu, Feb 3, 1983 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 117 | 111 | 40 | 6 | W 6 | ||
| 47 | Fri, Feb 4, 1983 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 109 | 115 | 40 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Sun, Feb 6, 1983 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 97 | 96 | 41 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 49 | Wed, Feb 9, 1983 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 106 | 93 | 42 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| 50 | Thu, Feb 10, 1983 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 116 | 110 | 43 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 51 | Wed, Feb 16, 1983 | Denver Nuggets | W | 116 | 95 | 44 | 7 | W 4 | |||
| 52 | Fri, Feb 18, 1983 | Houston Rockets | W | 127 | 98 | 45 | 7 | W 5 | |||
| 53 | Sun, Feb 20, 1983 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 104 | 89 | 46 | 7 | W 6 | |||
| 54 | Wed, Feb 23, 1983 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 133 | 101 | 47 | 7 | W 7 | |||
| 55 | Fri, Feb 25, 1983 | Chicago Bulls | W | 116 | 111 | 48 | 7 | W 8 | |||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 27, 1983 | Golden State Warriors | W | 115 | 104 | 49 | 7 | W 9 | |||
| 57 | Tue, Mar 1, 1983 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 106 | 94 | 50 | 7 | W 10 | ||
| 58 | Fri, Mar 4, 1983 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 110 | 115 | 50 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 59 | Sun, Mar 6, 1983 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 106 | 112 | 50 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| 60 | Mon, Mar 7, 1983 | Detroit Pistons | W | 123 | 114 | 51 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Mar 12, 1983 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 95 | 86 | 52 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 62 | Sun, Mar 13, 1983 | Washington Bullets | W | 97 | 93 | 53 | 9 | W 3 | |||
| 63 | Tue, Mar 15, 1983 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 132 | 128 | 54 | 9 | W 4 | ||
| 64 | Wed, Mar 16, 1983 | Boston Celtics | W | 105 | 100 | 55 | 9 | W 5 | |||
| 65 | Sat, Mar 19, 1983 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 105 | 97 | 56 | 9 | W 6 | ||
| 66 | Sun, Mar 20, 1983 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 121 | 119 | 57 | 9 | W 7 | ||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 22, 1983 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 76 | 89 | 57 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Wed, Mar 23, 1983 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | OT | 104 | 101 | 58 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 25, 1983 | New Jersey Nets | L | 92 | 101 | 58 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 27, 1983 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 94 | 80 | 59 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 29, 1983 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 95 | 97 | 59 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 30, 1983 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 120 | 113 | 60 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 73 | Fri, Apr 1, 1983 | New Jersey Nets | L | 104 | 111 | 60 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| 74 | Sun, Apr 3, 1983 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 96 | 84 | 61 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 75 | Tue, Apr 5, 1983 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 116 | 108 | 62 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 76 | Wed, Apr 6, 1983 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 109 | 112 | 62 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 77 | Fri, Apr 8, 1983 | Indiana Pacers | W | OT | 126 | 118 | 63 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 10, 1983 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 113 | 97 | 64 | 14 | W 2 | |||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 12, 1983 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 97 | 102 | 64 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 80 | Wed, Apr 13, 1983 | Washington Bullets | L | 76 | 95 | 64 | 16 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 15, 1983 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 100 | 98 | 65 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 17, 1983 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 101 | 114 | 65 | 17 | L 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Apr 24, 1983 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 112 | 102 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Wed, Apr 27, 1983 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 98 | 91 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Apr 30, 1983 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 107 | 105 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sun, May 1, 1983 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 105 | 102 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 5 | Sun, May 8, 1983 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | OT | 111 | 109 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Wed, May 11, 1983 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 87 | 81 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | |||
| 7 | Sat, May 14, 1983 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 104 | 96 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | ||
| 8 | Sun, May 15, 1983 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 94 | 100 | 7 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Wed, May 18, 1983 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 115 | 103 | 8 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 10 | Sun, May 22, 1983 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 113 | 107 | 9 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 11 | Thu, May 26, 1983 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 103 | 93 | 10 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 12 | Sun, May 29, 1983 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 111 | 94 | 11 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 13 | Tue, May 31, 1983 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 115 | 108 | 12 | 1 | W 5 |