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25-57, Finished 6th in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 110.9 points per game, Allowed 116.6 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 27-55)
Coached by Tom Nissalke (8-12), Frank Layden (17-45)
Arena: Salt Palace ▪ Attendance: 313,864 (19th of 23)
SRS: -5.63 (21st of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.9 (3rd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 106.2 (13th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 111.7 (20th of 23)
1981-82 Statistics ▪ Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 30, 1981 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 105 | 89 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 31, 1981 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 91 | 106 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Thu, Nov 5, 1981 | Golden State Warriors | W | 110 | 101 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Fri, Nov 6, 1981 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 109 | 119 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Nov 7, 1981 | Phoenix Suns | W | 95 | 87 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Nov 10, 1981 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 106 | 97 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Fri, Nov 13, 1981 | Denver Nuggets | W | 131 | 124 | 5 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Nov 14, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | OT | 105 | 109 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Wed, Nov 18, 1981 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 110 | 113 | 5 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 10 | Fri, Nov 20, 1981 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 105 | 103 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 21, 1981 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 86 | 95 | 6 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 25, 1981 | San Diego Clippers | W | 102 | 100 | 7 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 27, 1981 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 93 | 103 | 7 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 28, 1981 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | OT | 124 | 131 | 7 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 15 | Tue, Dec 1, 1981 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 86 | 117 | 7 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Dec 2, 1981 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 114 | 103 | 8 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Fri, Dec 4, 1981 | Chicago Bulls | L | 101 | 105 | 8 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 18 | Sat, Dec 5, 1981 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 99 | 101 | 8 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 19 | Tue, Dec 8, 1981 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 103 | 128 | 8 | 11 | L 3 | ||
| 20 | Wed, Dec 9, 1981 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 77 | 113 | 8 | 12 | L 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Dec 11, 1981 | Kansas City Kings | W | 122 | 102 | 9 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Sat, Dec 12, 1981 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 97 | 111 | 9 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Tue, Dec 15, 1981 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 108 | 103 | 10 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 18, 1981 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 95 | 100 | 10 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 19, 1981 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 103 | 115 | 10 | 15 | L 2 | |||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 23, 1981 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 99 | 113 | 10 | 16 | L 3 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 26, 1981 | Houston Rockets | L | 104 | 115 | 10 | 17 | L 4 | |||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 29, 1981 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 114 | 121 | 10 | 18 | L 5 | ||
| 29 | Wed, Dec 30, 1981 | Boston Celtics | L | 110 | 121 | 10 | 19 | L 6 | |||
| 30 | Sat, Jan 2, 1982 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 107 | 109 | 10 | 20 | L 7 | |||
| 31 | Wed, Jan 6, 1982 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 130 | 115 | 11 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Fri, Jan 8, 1982 | Indiana Pacers | W | 108 | 102 | 12 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Jan 9, 1982 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 118 | 125 | 12 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Tue, Jan 12, 1982 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 121 | 129 | 12 | 22 | L 2 | |||
| 35 | Fri, Jan 15, 1982 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 103 | 115 | 12 | 23 | L 3 | ||
| 36 | Sat, Jan 16, 1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 120 | 125 | 12 | 24 | L 4 | |||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 19, 1982 | Detroit Pistons | W | 123 | 117 | 13 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 38 | Thu, Jan 21, 1982 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 104 | 123 | 13 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 22, 1982 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 110 | 128 | 13 | 26 | L 2 | ||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 23, 1982 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 110 | 122 | 13 | 27 | L 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Jan 26, 1982 | New Jersey Nets | L | OT | 129 | 138 | 13 | 28 | L 4 | ||
| 42 | Thu, Jan 28, 1982 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 101 | 119 | 13 | 29 | L 5 | |||
| 43 | Wed, Feb 3, 1982 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 122 | 118 | 14 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 44 | Fri, Feb 5, 1982 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 100 | 121 | 14 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Sat, Feb 6, 1982 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 103 | 129 | 14 | 31 | L 2 | ||
| 46 | Tue, Feb 9, 1982 | Golden State Warriors | W | 123 | 107 | 15 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 47 | Wed, Feb 10, 1982 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 151 | 148 | 16 | 31 | W 2 | ||
| 48 | Fri, Feb 12, 1982 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 129 | 114 | 17 | 31 | W 3 | ||
| 49 | Sat, Feb 13, 1982 | Phoenix Suns | W | 120 | 115 | 18 | 31 | W 4 | |||
| 50 | Mon, Feb 15, 1982 | Denver Nuggets | L | 134 | 145 | 18 | 32 | L 1 | |||
| 51 | Wed, Feb 17, 1982 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 109 | 117 | 18 | 33 | L 2 | |||
| 52 | Fri, Feb 19, 1982 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 117 | 132 | 18 | 34 | L 3 | ||
| 53 | Sat, Feb 20, 1982 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 108 | 125 | 18 | 35 | L 4 | ||
| 54 | Tue, Feb 23, 1982 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 113 | 106 | 19 | 35 | W 1 | ||
| 55 | Wed, Feb 24, 1982 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 90 | 132 | 19 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 26, 1982 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 97 | 98 | 19 | 37 | L 2 | |||
| 57 | Tue, Mar 2, 1982 | Kansas City Kings | L | 117 | 125 | 19 | 38 | L 3 | |||
| 58 | Wed, Mar 3, 1982 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 102 | 115 | 19 | 39 | L 4 | ||
| 59 | Thu, Mar 4, 1982 | Houston Rockets | L | 124 | 128 | 19 | 40 | L 5 | |||
| 60 | Sat, Mar 6, 1982 | Washington Bullets | L | 113 | 127 | 19 | 41 | L 6 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Mar 9, 1982 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 112 | 126 | 19 | 42 | L 7 | ||
| 62 | Thu, Mar 11, 1982 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 91 | 107 | 19 | 43 | L 8 | ||
| 63 | Sat, Mar 13, 1982 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 115 | 121 | 19 | 44 | L 9 | ||
| 64 | Sun, Mar 14, 1982 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 100 | 129 | 19 | 45 | L 10 | ||
| 65 | Tue, Mar 16, 1982 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 138 | 154 | 19 | 46 | L 11 | ||
| 66 | Wed, Mar 17, 1982 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 112 | 120 | 19 | 47 | L 12 | |||
| 67 | Fri, Mar 19, 1982 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | OT | 129 | 131 | 19 | 48 | L 13 | ||
| 68 | Sun, Mar 21, 1982 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 102 | 113 | 19 | 49 | L 14 | ||
| 69 | Tue, Mar 23, 1982 | Houston Rockets | L | 115 | 117 | 19 | 50 | L 15 | |||
| 70 | Thu, Mar 25, 1982 | Golden State Warriors | L | 105 | 107 | 19 | 51 | L 16 | |||
| 71 | Sat, Mar 27, 1982 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 110 | 114 | 19 | 52 | L 17 | |||
| 72 | Mon, Mar 29, 1982 | Phoenix Suns | L | 102 | 113 | 19 | 53 | L 18 | |||
| 73 | Fri, Apr 2, 1982 | Kansas City Kings | W | 127 | 118 | 20 | 53 | W 1 | |||
| 74 | Sat, Apr 3, 1982 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 133 | 124 | 21 | 53 | W 2 | ||
| 75 | Tue, Apr 6, 1982 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 129 | 114 | 22 | 53 | W 3 | |||
| 76 | Wed, Apr 7, 1982 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 109 | 123 | 22 | 54 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Apr 9, 1982 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 99 | 115 | 22 | 55 | L 2 | ||
| 78 | Sat, Apr 10, 1982 | Denver Nuggets | W | 151 | 136 | 23 | 55 | W 1 | |||
| 79 | Mon, Apr 12, 1982 | San Diego Clippers | W | 112 | 107 | 24 | 55 | W 2 | |||
| 80 | Wed, Apr 14, 1982 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 115 | 128 | 24 | 56 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 16, 1982 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 100 | 107 | 24 | 57 | L 2 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 18, 1982 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 128 | 120 | 25 | 57 | W 1 |