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1981-82 Phoenix Suns Schedule and Results

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Record: 46-36, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John MacLeod (46-36)

PTS/G: 106.2 (17th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 102.7 (3rd of 23)
SRS: 3.05 (6th of 23) ▪ Pace: 99.5 (15th of 23)
Off Rtg: 105.8 (16th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 102.4 (4th of 23)
Expected W-L: 50-32 (6th of 23)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 487,215 (7th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Denver Nuggets

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 30, 1981 Box Score @ Portland Trail Blazers L 95 103 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 31, 1981 Box Score @ Seattle SuperSonics L 84 94 0 2 L 2
3 Tue, Nov 3, 1981 Box Score San Antonio Spurs W 111 88 1 2 W 1
4 Thu, Nov 5, 1981 Box Score Dallas Mavericks W 121 93 2 2 W 2
5 Fri, Nov 6, 1981 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers W 101 99 3 2 W 3
6 Sat, Nov 7, 1981 Box Score @ Utah Jazz L 87 95 3 3 L 1
7 Tue, Nov 10, 1981 Box Score @ Denver Nuggets W 109 106 4 3 W 1
8 Thu, Nov 12, 1981 Box Score Indiana Pacers W 95 93 5 3 W 2
9 Sat, Nov 14, 1981 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers L 97 98 5 4 L 1
10 Wed, Nov 18, 1981 Box Score @ Atlanta Hawks L 97 102 5 5 L 2
11 Sat, Nov 21, 1981 Box Score @ Dallas Mavericks W 110 88 6 5 W 1
12 Wed, Nov 25, 1981 Box Score Houston Rockets W 128 114 7 5 W 2
13 Fri, Nov 27, 1981 Box Score Chicago Bulls W 111 107 8 5 W 3
14 Tue, Dec 1, 1981 Box Score San Diego Clippers W 117 94 9 5 W 4
15 Thu, Dec 3, 1981 Box Score Denver Nuggets W 137 109 10 5 W 5
16 Sat, Dec 5, 1981 Box Score Utah Jazz W 101 99 11 5 W 6
17 Tue, Dec 8, 1981 Box Score @ San Diego Clippers L 110 121 11 6 L 1
18 Wed, Dec 9, 1981 Box Score @ Golden State Warriors L 2OT 127 134 11 7 L 2
19 Thu, Dec 10, 1981 Box Score Portland Trail Blazers W 117 110 12 7 W 1
20 Sat, Dec 12, 1981 Box Score Washington Bullets L 98 105 12 8 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Dec 15, 1981 Box Score @ Houston Rockets L 95 99 12 9 L 2
22 Wed, Dec 16, 1981 Box Score @ Kansas City Kings L 81 97 12 10 L 3
23 Fri, Dec 18, 1981 Box Score @ San Antonio Spurs W 108 104 13 10 W 1
24 Sat, Dec 19, 1981 Box Score Kansas City Kings W 95 87 14 10 W 2
25 Wed, Dec 23, 1981 Box Score Golden State Warriors W 118 103 15 10 W 3
26 Fri, Dec 25, 1981 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers L 101 104 15 11 L 1
27 Sat, Dec 26, 1981 Box Score @ Golden State Warriors L 96 112 15 12 L 2
28 Sun, Dec 27, 1981 Box Score Philadelphia 76ers W 99 96 16 12 W 1
29 Wed, Dec 30, 1981 Box Score Portland Trail Blazers W 113 112 17 12 W 2
30 Sat, Jan 2, 1982 Box Score Seattle SuperSonics W 120 97 18 12 W 3
31 Tue, Jan 5, 1982 Box Score @ Indiana Pacers L 82 87 18 13 L 1
32 Thu, Jan 7, 1982 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons W 110 94 19 13 W 1
33 Sat, Jan 9, 1982 Box Score @ Dallas Mavericks L 101 105 19 14 L 1
34 Tue, Jan 12, 1982 Box Score Golden State Warriors W 133 121 20 14 W 1
35 Thu, Jan 14, 1982 Box Score New York Knicks W 90 89 21 14 W 2
36 Sat, Jan 16, 1982 Box Score San Diego Clippers W 106 87 22 14 W 3
37 Tue, Jan 19, 1982 Box Score San Antonio Spurs W 108 96 23 14 W 4
38 Fri, Jan 22, 1982 Box Score New Jersey Nets L 97 99 23 15 L 1
39 Sat, Jan 23, 1982 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 113 90 24 15 W 1
40 Wed, Jan 27, 1982 Box Score @ San Diego Clippers L 92 99 24 16 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 28, 1982 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers L 87 97 24 17 L 2
42 Wed, Feb 3, 1982 Box Score Golden State Warriors L 88 90 24 18 L 3
43 Thu, Feb 4, 1982 Box Score @ San Antonio Spurs L 112 118 24 19 L 4
44 Fri, Feb 5, 1982 Box Score @ Houston Rockets L 104 106 24 20 L 5
45 Sun, Feb 7, 1982 Box Score @ Milwaukee Bucks L 92 107 24 21 L 6
46 Wed, Feb 10, 1982 Box Score Boston Celtics W 112 110 25 21 W 1
47 Fri, Feb 12, 1982 Box Score Atlanta Hawks W 94 90 26 21 W 2
48 Sat, Feb 13, 1982 Box Score @ Utah Jazz L 115 120 26 22 L 1
49 Tue, Feb 16, 1982 Box Score @ Chicago Bulls W 91 86 27 22 W 1
50 Wed, Feb 17, 1982 Box Score @ Kansas City Kings L 107 110 27 23 L 1
51 Fri, Feb 19, 1982 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 104 90 28 23 W 1
52 Sun, Feb 21, 1982 Box Score @ Philadelphia 76ers L 102 109 28 24 L 1
53 Wed, Feb 24, 1982 Box Score Cleveland Cavaliers W 131 97 29 24 W 1
54 Fri, Feb 26, 1982 Box Score Denver Nuggets W 131 122 30 24 W 2
55 Sun, Feb 28, 1982 Box Score @ Seattle SuperSonics W 103 98 31 24 W 3
56 Tue, Mar 2, 1982 Box Score @ Portland Trail Blazers L OT 108 119 31 25 L 1
57 Wed, Mar 3, 1982 Box Score Utah Jazz W 115 102 32 25 W 1
58 Fri, Mar 5, 1982 Box Score Kansas City Kings W 110 98 33 25 W 2
59 Sun, Mar 7, 1982 Box Score Houston Rockets L 92 94 33 26 L 1
60 Tue, Mar 9, 1982 Box Score @ Washington Bullets W 103 95 34 26 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Mar 10, 1982 Box Score @ New Jersey Nets L 105 113 34 27 L 1
62 Thu, Mar 11, 1982 Box Score @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 101 95 35 27 W 1
63 Sun, Mar 14, 1982 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 92 105 35 28 L 1
64 Tue, Mar 16, 1982 Box Score @ Houston Rockets W 114 109 36 28 W 1
65 Wed, Mar 17, 1982 Box Score Denver Nuggets L OT 133 135 36 29 L 1
66 Sun, Mar 21, 1982 Box Score Seattle SuperSonics L 105 115 36 30 L 2
67 Tue, Mar 23, 1982 Box Score @ Golden State Warriors L 91 95 36 31 L 3
68 Wed, Mar 24, 1982 Box Score Dallas Mavericks W 104 96 37 31 W 1
69 Fri, Mar 26, 1982 Box Score Milwaukee Bucks W 113 112 38 31 W 2
70 Sat, Mar 27, 1982 Box Score @ Denver Nuggets L 2OT 134 140 38 32 L 1
71 Mon, Mar 29, 1982 Box Score @ Utah Jazz W 113 102 39 32 W 1
72 Wed, Mar 31, 1982 Box Score San Diego Clippers W 127 106 40 32 W 2
73 Fri, Apr 2, 1982 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers W 109 99 41 32 W 3
74 Sun, Apr 4, 1982 Box Score Kansas City Kings W 104 95 42 32 W 4
75 Tue, Apr 6, 1982 Box Score @ Seattle SuperSonics L 91 102 42 33 L 1
76 Thu, Apr 8, 1982 Box Score Portland Trail Blazers L 104 106 42 34 L 2
77 Fri, Apr 9, 1982 Box Score @ Dallas Mavericks L 100 105 42 35 L 3
78 Sat, Apr 10, 1982 Box Score Seattle SuperSonics W 116 99 43 35 W 1
79 Tue, Apr 13, 1982 Box Score @ San Diego Clippers W 105 94 44 35 W 2
80 Wed, Apr 14, 1982 Box Score San Antonio Spurs W 104 92 45 35 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 16, 1982 Box Score @ Portland Trail Blazers W 113 99 46 35 W 4
82 Sun, Apr 18, 1982 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers L 115 120 46 36 L 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 20, 1982 Box Score @ Denver Nuggets L 113 129 0 1 L 1
2 Fri, Apr 23, 1982 Box Score Denver Nuggets W 126 110 1 1 W 1
3 Sat, Apr 24, 1982 Box Score @ Denver Nuggets W 124 119 2 1 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
4 Tue, Apr 27, 1982 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers L 96 115 2 2 L 1
5 Wed, Apr 28, 1982 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers L 98 117 2 3 L 2
6 Fri, Apr 30, 1982 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers L 106 114 2 4 L 3
7 Sun, May 2, 1982 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers L 107 112 2 5 L 4