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53-29, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 107.0 points per game, Allowed 102.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 54-28)
Coached by John MacLeod (53-29)
Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum / Attendance: 465,603 (10th of 23 available)
SRS: 4.61 (4th of 23) / Pace Factor: 101.6 (17th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 105.1 (12th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 100.1 (4th of 23)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Denver Nuggets
1982-83 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 29, 1982 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 113 | 99 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Oct 31, 1982 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 110 | 114 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Nov 2, 1982 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 92 | 87 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Thu, Nov 4, 1982 | Utah Jazz | W | 119 | 104 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Nov 6, 1982 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 112 | 100 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Sun, Nov 7, 1982 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 100 | 101 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Nov 9, 1982 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 119 | 91 | 5 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Nov 10, 1982 | Kansas City Kings | W | 106 | 100 | 6 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 9 | Fri, Nov 12, 1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 94 | 81 | 7 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 10 | Sun, Nov 14, 1982 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 102 | 94 | 8 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 11 | Tue, Nov 16, 1982 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 113 | 105 | 9 | 2 | W 5 | |||
| 12 | Thu, Nov 18, 1982 | Denver Nuggets | L | 107 | 118 | 9 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 20, 1982 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 91 | 80 | 10 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 14 | Wed, Nov 24, 1982 | Washington Bullets | L | 93 | 106 | 10 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 15 | Fri, Nov 26, 1982 | New Jersey Nets | W | 110 | 99 | 11 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 27, 1982 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 99 | 105 | 11 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Tue, Nov 30, 1982 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 98 | 110 | 11 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Dec 2, 1982 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 108 | 116 | 11 | 7 | L 3 | |||
| 19 | Sat, Dec 4, 1982 | San Diego Clippers | L | 103 | 113 | 11 | 8 | L 4 | |||
| 20 | Wed, Dec 8, 1982 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 86 | 89 | 11 | 9 | L 5 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Dec 10, 1982 | Houston Rockets | W | 97 | 83 | 12 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Sun, Dec 12, 1982 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 94 | 99 | 12 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Tue, Dec 14, 1982 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 114 | 109 | 13 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Dec 16, 1982 | Golden State Warriors | L | 94 | 98 | 13 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 18, 1982 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 126 | 100 | 14 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 21, 1982 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 114 | 113 | 15 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Thu, Dec 23, 1982 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 125 | 106 | 16 | 11 | W 3 | |||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 25, 1982 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 111 | 101 | 17 | 11 | W 4 | ||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 26, 1982 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 87 | 88 | 17 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 28, 1982 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 116 | 94 | 18 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Thu, Dec 30, 1982 | Detroit Pistons | W | 115 | 98 | 19 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 32 | Sat, Jan 1, 1983 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 125 | 127 | 19 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 33 | Sun, Jan 2, 1983 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 116 | 99 | 20 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Tue, Jan 4, 1983 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 97 | 85 | 21 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 35 | Thu, Jan 6, 1983 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 93 | 94 | 21 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Fri, Jan 7, 1983 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 108 | 101 | 22 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 37 | Sun, Jan 9, 1983 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 96 | 106 | 22 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Tue, Jan 11, 1983 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 109 | 96 | 23 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 39 | Thu, Jan 13, 1983 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 102 | 99 | 24 | 15 | W 2 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 15, 1983 | San Diego Clippers | W | 114 | 101 | 25 | 15 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 19, 1983 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 118 | 113 | 26 | 15 | W 4 | |||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 21, 1983 | Indiana Pacers | L | 117 | 118 | 26 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 43 | Sun, Jan 23, 1983 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 102 | 92 | 27 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 25, 1983 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 94 | 96 | 27 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Wed, Jan 26, 1983 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 102 | 113 | 27 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 46 | Fri, Jan 28, 1983 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 111 | 27 | 19 | L 3 | ||
| 47 | Sat, Jan 29, 1983 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 82 | 88 | 27 | 20 | L 4 | ||
| 48 | Wed, Feb 2, 1983 | Utah Jazz | W | 112 | 96 | 28 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 49 | Fri, Feb 4, 1983 | Houston Rockets | W | 115 | 99 | 29 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 50 | Sun, Feb 6, 1983 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 109 | 92 | 30 | 20 | W 3 | ||
| 51 | Tue, Feb 8, 1983 | Dallas Mavericks | L | 100 | 112 | 30 | 21 | L 1 | |||
| 52 | Thu, Feb 10, 1983 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 100 | 101 | 30 | 22 | L 2 | ||
| 53 | Wed, Feb 16, 1983 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 111 | 102 | 31 | 22 | W 1 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 54 | Sat, Feb 19, 1983 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 101 | 112 | 31 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Sun, Feb 20, 1983 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 103 | 81 | 32 | 23 | W 1 | ||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 22, 1983 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 112 | 105 | 33 | 23 | W 2 | |||
| 57 | Thu, Feb 24, 1983 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 110 | 103 | 34 | 23 | W 3 | ||
| 58 | Fri, Feb 25, 1983 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 106 | 101 | 35 | 23 | W 4 | ||
| 59 | Sat, Feb 26, 1983 | Boston Celtics | L | 101 | 103 | 35 | 24 | L 1 | |||
| 60 | Wed, Mar 2, 1983 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 110 | 106 | 36 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Mar 4, 1983 | Golden State Warriors | W | 109 | 102 | 37 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 62 | Tue, Mar 8, 1983 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 99 | 120 | 37 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Wed, Mar 9, 1983 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 105 | 108 | 37 | 26 | L 2 | ||
| 64 | Sat, Mar 12, 1983 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 105 | 94 | 38 | 26 | W 1 | ||
| 65 | Tue, Mar 15, 1983 | Chicago Bulls | W | 116 | 108 | 39 | 26 | W 2 | |||
| 66 | Wed, Mar 16, 1983 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 95 | 104 | 39 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 67 | Thu, Mar 17, 1983 | Houston Rockets | W | 125 | 99 | 40 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Sat, Mar 19, 1983 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 115 | 112 | 41 | 27 | W 2 | |||
| 69 | Tue, Mar 22, 1983 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 117 | 130 | 41 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Thu, Mar 24, 1983 | Kansas City Kings | W | 112 | 95 | 42 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Sat, Mar 26, 1983 | Denver Nuggets | W | 124 | 110 | 43 | 28 | W 2 | |||
| 72 | Tue, Mar 29, 1983 | Utah Jazz | W | 115 | 107 | 44 | 28 | W 3 | |||
| 73 | Thu, Mar 31, 1983 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 106 | 89 | 45 | 28 | W 4 | |||
| 74 | Sat, Apr 2, 1983 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 115 | 108 | 46 | 28 | W 5 | |||
| 75 | Tue, Apr 5, 1983 | Golden State Warriors | W | 126 | 106 | 47 | 28 | W 6 | |||
| 76 | Thu, Apr 7, 1983 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 108 | 117 | 47 | 29 | L 1 | |||
| 77 | Fri, Apr 8, 1983 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 99 | 98 | 48 | 29 | W 1 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 10, 1983 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 101 | 95 | 49 | 29 | W 2 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 12, 1983 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 115 | 108 | 50 | 29 | W 3 | ||
| 80 | Wed, Apr 13, 1983 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 109 | 96 | 51 | 29 | W 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 15, 1983 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 113 | 101 | 52 | 29 | W 5 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 17, 1983 | San Diego Clippers | W | 110 | 101 | 53 | 29 | W 6 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Apr 19, 1983 | Denver Nuggets | W | 121 | 108 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Apr 21, 1983 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 99 | 113 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sun, Apr 24, 1983 | Denver Nuggets | L | OT | 112 | 117 | 1 | 2 | L 2 |