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42-40, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 99.2 points per game, Allowed 99.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 41-41)
Coached by Gene Shue (42-40)
Arena: Capital Centre / Attendance: 368,601 (14th of 23 available)
SRS: 0.20 (13th of 23) / Pace Factor: 99.4 (20th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 99.1 (22nd of 23) / Defensive Rating: 99.3 (2nd of 23)
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 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 90 | 93 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 30, 1982 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 143 | 125 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Nov 2, 1982 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 88 | 105 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Nov 3, 1982 | New Jersey Nets | W | 104 | 85 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Fri, Nov 5, 1982 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 104 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 6, 1982 | Indiana Pacers | W | 119 | 115 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Tue, Nov 9, 1982 | Detroit Pistons | L | 105 | 108 | 3 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 8 | Fri, Nov 12, 1982 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 87 | 88 | 3 | 5 | L 2 | |||
| 9 | Sun, Nov 14, 1982 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 93 | 102 | 3 | 6 | L 3 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Nov 17, 1982 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 112 | 114 | 3 | 7 | L 4 | |||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 19, 1982 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 92 | 122 | 3 | 8 | L 5 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 20, 1982 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 95 | 87 | 4 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Nov 24, 1982 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 106 | 93 | 5 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 26, 1982 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 87 | 85 | 6 | 8 | W 3 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 27, 1982 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 107 | 90 | 7 | 8 | W 4 | |||
| 16 | Wed, Dec 1, 1982 | New Jersey Nets | L | 99 | 105 | 7 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 17 | Fri, Dec 3, 1982 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 105 | 98 | 8 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Sat, Dec 4, 1982 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 115 | 105 | 9 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Dec 8, 1982 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 95 | 98 | 9 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Dec 9, 1982 | Denver Nuggets | W | 98 | 90 | 10 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Dec 11, 1982 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 79 | 85 | 10 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Tue, Dec 14, 1982 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 108 | 102 | 11 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Dec 17, 1982 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 119 | 110 | 12 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 18, 1982 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 100 | 97 | 13 | 11 | W 3 | |||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 21, 1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 77 | 74 | 14 | 11 | W 4 | |||
| 26 | Thu, Dec 23, 1982 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 90 | 97 | 14 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 25, 1982 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 91 | 97 | 14 | 13 | L 2 | |||
| 28 | Mon, Dec 27, 1982 | Chicago Bulls | W | 89 | 87 | 15 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 29 | Wed, Dec 29, 1982 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 94 | 87 | 16 | 13 | W 2 | |||
| 30 | Sat, Jan 1, 1983 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 77 | 98 | 16 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Tue, Jan 4, 1983 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 92 | 84 | 17 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Fri, Jan 7, 1983 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 89 | 106 | 17 | 15 | L 1 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Jan 8, 1983 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 82 | 98 | 17 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 34 | Wed, Jan 12, 1983 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 100 | 116 | 17 | 17 | L 3 | ||
| 35 | Fri, Jan 14, 1983 | Golden State Warriors | L | 104 | 116 | 17 | 18 | L 4 | |||
| 36 | Sat, Jan 15, 1983 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 96 | 117 | 17 | 19 | L 5 | ||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 18, 1983 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 98 | 100 | 17 | 20 | L 6 | ||
| 38 | Thu, Jan 20, 1983 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 89 | 97 | 17 | 21 | L 7 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 21, 1983 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 104 | 111 | 17 | 22 | L 8 | ||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 22, 1983 | Chicago Bulls | L | 86 | 95 | 17 | 23 | L 9 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Mon, Jan 24, 1983 | Boston Celtics | W | 93 | 91 | 18 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Wed, Jan 26, 1983 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 99 | 125 | 18 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 43 | Thu, Jan 27, 1983 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 99 | 86 | 19 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 29, 1983 | Phoenix Suns | W | 88 | 82 | 20 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 45 | Wed, Feb 2, 1983 | Kansas City Kings | L | 115 | 117 | 20 | 25 | L 1 | |||
| 46 | Fri, Feb 4, 1983 | San Diego Clippers | W | 100 | 93 | 21 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Feb 6, 1983 | Indiana Pacers | W | 103 | 99 | 22 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 48 | Tue, Feb 8, 1983 | Boston Celtics | W | 104 | 101 | 23 | 25 | W 3 | |||
| 49 | Thu, Feb 10, 1983 | Houston Rockets | W | 104 | 100 | 24 | 25 | W 4 | |||
| 50 | Tue, Feb 15, 1983 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 93 | 111 | 24 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 51 | Fri, Feb 18, 1983 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 112 | 115 | 24 | 27 | L 2 | ||
| 52 | Sun, Feb 20, 1983 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 95 | 104 | 24 | 28 | L 3 | ||
| 53 | Tue, Feb 22, 1983 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 99 | 98 | 25 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 54 | Wed, Feb 23, 1983 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 107 | 113 | 25 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Sat, Feb 26, 1983 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 111 | 125 | 25 | 30 | L 2 | ||
| 56 | Tue, Mar 1, 1983 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 99 | 101 | 25 | 31 | L 3 | |||
| 57 | Thu, Mar 3, 1983 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 89 | 91 | 25 | 32 | L 4 | ||
| 58 | Fri, Mar 4, 1983 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 96 | 93 | 26 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 59 | Sun, Mar 6, 1983 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 102 | 91 | 27 | 32 | W 2 | |||
| 60 | Wed, Mar 9, 1983 | Chicago Bulls | W | 110 | 92 | 28 | 32 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Mar 12, 1983 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 86 | 95 | 28 | 33 | L 1 | |||
| 62 | Sun, Mar 13, 1983 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 93 | 97 | 28 | 34 | L 2 | ||
| 63 | Tue, Mar 15, 1983 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | OT | 95 | 92 | 29 | 34 | W 1 | ||
| 64 | Wed, Mar 16, 1983 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 81 | 94 | 29 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 65 | Fri, Mar 18, 1983 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 100 | 106 | 29 | 36 | L 2 | |||
| 66 | Sat, Mar 19, 1983 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 96 | 90 | 30 | 36 | W 1 | ||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 22, 1983 | Utah Jazz | W | 121 | 98 | 31 | 36 | W 2 | |||
| 68 | Thu, Mar 24, 1983 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 102 | 96 | 32 | 36 | W 3 | ||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 25, 1983 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 97 | 96 | 33 | 36 | W 4 | ||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 27, 1983 | Indiana Pacers | W | 120 | 101 | 34 | 36 | W 5 | |||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 29, 1983 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 94 | 81 | 35 | 36 | W 6 | |||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 30, 1983 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 100 | 97 | 36 | 36 | W 7 | ||
| 73 | Fri, Apr 1, 1983 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 123 | 109 | 37 | 36 | W 8 | ||
| 74 | Sat, Apr 2, 1983 | Boston Celtics | L | 117 | 120 | 37 | 37 | L 1 | |||
| 75 | Tue, Apr 5, 1983 | New Jersey Nets | W | 95 | 89 | 38 | 37 | W 1 | |||
| 76 | Wed, Apr 6, 1983 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 96 | 107 | 38 | 38 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Apr 8, 1983 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 107 | 99 | 39 | 38 | W 1 | ||
| 78 | Sat, Apr 9, 1983 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 100 | 78 | 40 | 38 | W 2 | |||
| 79 | Wed, Apr 13, 1983 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 95 | 76 | 41 | 38 | W 3 | ||
| 80 | Thu, Apr 14, 1983 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 90 | 97 | 41 | 39 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sat, Apr 16, 1983 | Detroit Pistons | W | 102 | 95 | 42 | 39 | W 1 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 17, 1983 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 105 | 118 | 42 | 40 | L 1 |