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1982–83 San Antonio Spurs season

1982–83 San Antonio Spurs season
Division champions
Head coachStan Albeck
General managerBob Bass
Owner(s)Angelo Drossos
ArenaHemisFair Arena
Results
Record53–29 (.646)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Midwest)
Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishConference finals
(lost to Lakers 2–4)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1981–82 1983–84 >

The 1982–83 NBA season was the Spurs' seventh season in the NBA and 16th season as a franchise.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
2 24 Oliver Robinson SG  United States Alabama-Birmingham
3 64 Willie Redden  United States South Florida
4 87 Tony Grier  United States South Florida
5 110 Clarence Swannegan  United States Texas Tech
6 133 Jaime Pena  Mexico
 United States
New Mexico State
7 156 Delonte Taylor  United States North Texas State
8 179 Chris Faggi  United States Memphis
9 201 Harry O'Brien  United States St. Mary's
10 222 Keith White  United States McMurry

Roster

1982–83 San Antonio Spurs roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
PF 20 Banks, Gene 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959-05-15 Duke
PG 10 Dunleavy, Mike 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1954-03-21 South Carolina
G/F 44 Gervin, George 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1952-04-27 Eastern Michigan
C 53 Gilmore, Artis 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1949-09-21 Jacksonville
PF 30 Griffin, Paul 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1954-01-20 Western Michigan
PF 42 Jones, Edgar 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1956-06-17 Nevada
SF 34 Mitchell, Mike 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1956-01-01 Auburn
PG 00 Moore, Johnny 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1958-03-03 Texas
C 5 Paultz, Billy 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1948-07-30 St. John's
SG 21 Phegley, Roger 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1956-10-16 Bradley
SF 15 Rains, Ed 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1956-12-24 South Alabama
SG 1 Robinson, Oliver 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1960-03-13 UAB
SF 35 Sanders, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1960-05-07 UCLA
PG 9 Smith, Robert 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1955-03-10 UNLV
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 7, 1983

Regular season

Season standings

W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-San Antonio Spurs 53 29 .646 31–10 22–19 21–9
x-Denver Nuggets 45 37 .549 8 29–12 16–25 17–13
Kansas City Kings 45 37 .549 8 30–11 15–26 18–12
Dallas Mavericks 38 44 .463 15 23–18 15–26 15–15
Utah Jazz 30 52 .366 23 21–20 9–32 15–15
Houston Rockets 14 68 .171 39 9–32 5–36 4–26
#
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers 58 24 .707
2 y-San Antonio Spurs 53 29 .646 5
3 x-Phoenix Suns 53 29 .646 5
4 x-Seattle SuperSonics 48 34 .585 10
5 x-Portland Trail Blazers 46 36 .561 12
6 x-Denver Nuggets 45 37 .549 13
7 Kansas City Kings 45 37 .549 13
8 Dallas Mavericks 38 44 .463 20
9 Utah Jazz 30 52 .366 28
9 Golden State Warriors 30 52 .366 28
11 San Diego Clippers 25 57 .305 33
12 Houston Rockets 14 68 .171 44
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1982-83 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SDC SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta 1–5 5–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–2 2–0 6–0 0–2 0–2 1–4 2–4 3–2 2–4 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–2
Boston 5–1 3–2 5–1 2–0 2–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–3 5–1 3–3 3–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–3
Chicago 1–5 2–3 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–1 4–2 0–2 0–2 1–5 2–4 1–4 1–5 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–5
Cleveland 0–6 1–5 1–5 2–0 0–2 1–5 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 0–2 1–5 0–6 1–5 0–5 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–2
Dallas 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–3 2–0 3–2 5–1 2–0 3–3 2–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–3 3–2 2–4 5–0 2–3 2–4 0–2
Denver 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–3 2–0 4–1 5–1 1–1 3–3 1–4 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 4–1 2–3 2–4 3–2 3–2 4–2 1–1
Detroit 3–3 3–3 4–2 5–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 0–2 0–2 3–3 3–2 1–5 0–6 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 3–2
Golden State 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–4 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–4 1–5 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–4 2–4 1–4 3–3 3–3 3–2 2–0
Houston 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–5 1–5 0–2 2–3 2–0 1–5 0–5 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–5 0–5 1–5 2–3 1–4 0–6 1–1
Indiana 0–6 1–4 2–4 1–5 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–5 0–6 3–3 1–4 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–5
Kansas City 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 3–3 2–0 4–1 5–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–4 2–3 3–3 4–1 1–4 4–2 2–0
Los Angeles 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 5–1 5–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–3 3–3 1–4 5–1 5–1 4–1 1–1
Milwaukee 4–1 3–3 5–1 5–1 2–0 0–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 4–2 1–5 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 3–2
New Jersey 4–2 1–5 4–2 6–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 4–2 3–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2
New York 2–3 3–3 4–1 5–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 2–0 3–3 1–1 0–2 2–4 2–4 1–5 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 4–2
Philadelphia 4–2 3–3 5–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 6–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 3–3 5–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–2
Phoenix 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–2 1–4 1–1 4–2 5–0 1–1 4–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 5–1 3–2 4–2 5–1 5–0 0–2
Portland 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 1–1 4–2 5–0 2–0 3–2 3–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–5 2–3 5–1 3–3 3–2 1–1
San Antonio 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 4–2 1–1 4–1 5–1 2–0 3–3 4–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–3 3–2 4–1 1–4 5–1 2–0
San Diego 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–5 2–3 1–1 3–3 3–2 1–1 1–4 1–5 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–4 1–5 1–4 0–6 2–3 0–2
Seattle 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–3 2–0 3–3 4–1 1–1 4–1 1–5 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–5 3–3 4–1 6–0 5–0 1–1
Utah 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 4–2 2–4 2–0 2–3 6–0 0–2 2–4 1–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–5 2–3 1–5 3–2 0–5 0–2
Washington 2–4 3–3 5–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 5–1 0–2 1–1 3–3 3–3 2–4 2–4 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0

Game log

Regular season

1982–83 game log
Total: 53–29 (home: 31–10; road: 22–19)
October: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 October 29 @ Utah W 120–114 Salt Palace Acord Arena 1–0
2 October 30 Portland W 112–107 HemisFair Arena 2–0
November: 10–6 (home: 6–2; road: 4–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
3 November 3 @ Seattle L 107–109 Kingdome 2–1
4 November 4 @ Portland W 108–107 (OT) Memorial Coliseum 3–1
5 November 5 @ Golden State W 105–104 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 4–1
6 November 7 Phoenix W 101–100 HemisFair Arena 5–1
7 November 9 Utah W 120–114 HemisFair Arena 6–1
8 November 11 @ San Diego L 105–109 San Diego Sports Arena 5–3
9 November 13 Seattle L 98–107 HemisFair Arena 6–3
10 November 16 Kansas City L 102–105 HemisFair Arena 6–4
11 November 17 @ Washington W 114–112 Capital Centre 7–4
12 November 19 @ Boston L 111–119 Boston Garden 7–5
13 November 20 Golden State W 134–112 HemisFair Arena 8–5
14 November 23 Denver W 136–126 HemisFair Arena 9–5
15 November 24 @ Denver L 123–129 McNichols Sports Arena 9–6
16 November 26 Chicago W 122–120 HemisFair Arena 10–6
17 November 27 @ Dallas W 107–106 Reunion Arena 11–6
18 November 30 Los Angeles W 117–114 HemisFair Arena 12–6
December: 9–6 (home: 4–3; road: 5–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
19 December 1 @ Detroit L 97–105 Pontiac Silverdome 12–7
20 December 3 Houston W 88–78 HemisFair Arena 13–7
21 December 4 @ Houston L 93–94 The Summit 13–8
22 December 7 Dallas W 106–92 HemisFair Arena 14–8
23 December 8 @ Kansas City W 102–101 (OT) Kemper Arena 15–8
24 December 10 @ New Jersey W 114–102 Brendan Byrne Arena 16–8
25 December 11 Kansas City L 110–122 HemisFair Arena 16–9
26 December 14 @ Houston W 102–93 The Summit 17–9
27 December 16 @ Denver W 120–108 McNichols Sports Arena 18–9
28 December 17 Utah W 110–103 HemisFair Arena 19–9
29 December 19 @ Milwaukee L 98–113 MECCA Arena 19–10
30 December 21 Phoenix L 113–114 HemisFair Arena 19–11
31 December 26 Philadelphia L 122–124 HemisFair Arena 19–12
32 December 29 San Diego W 124–115 HemisFair Arena 20–12
33 December 30 @ Chicago W 105–102 Chicago Stadium 21–12
January: 9–6 (home: 5–2; road: 4–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
34 January 2 @ Cleveland W 103–95 Richfield Coliseum 22–12
35 January 4 @ Atlanta W 104–95 The Omni 23–12
36 January 5 @ Dallas L 131–136 Reunion Arena 23–13
37 January 7 Boston L 113–116 HemisFair Arena 23–14
38 January 11 Dallas W 109–101 HemisFair Arena 24–14
39 January 12 @ Kansas City L 113–118 Kemper Arena 24–15
40 January 14 Houston W 96–92 HemisFair Arena 25–15
41 January 15 Washington W 117–96 HemisFair Arena 26–15
42 January 18 Denver W 143–124 HemisFair Arena 27–15
43 January 19 @ Phoenix L 113–118 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 27–16
44 January 21 @ Los Angeles L 110–119 The Forum 27–17
45 January 23 Portland L 107–108 HemisFair Arena 27–18
46 January 25 @ Utah W 116–106 Salt Palace Acord Arena 28–18
47 January 27 @ Indiana W 143–138 Market Square Arena 29–18
48 January 29 New Jersey W 120–109 HemisFair Arena 30–18
February: 6–5 (home: 4–2; road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
49 February 2 New York L 98–109 HemisFair Arena 30–19
50 February 4 @ Seattle L 103–115 Kingdome 30–20
51 February 5 @ Golden State L 102–106 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 30–21
52 February 8 Detroit W 147–143 (OT) HemisFair Arena 31–21
53 February 10 Golden State W 128–109 HemisFair Arena 32–21
54 February 15 @ Los Angeles W 124–103 The Forum 33–21
55 February 16 @ Utah L 101–112 Salt Palace Acord Arena 33–22
56 February 20 Atlanta W 103–100 HemisFair Arena 34–22
57 February 23 Portland W 124–114 HemisFair Arena 35–22
58 February 25 @ Kansas City W 131–125 Kemper Arena 36–22
59 February 26 Milwaukee L 104–107 HemisFair Arena 36–23
March: 10–4 (home: 7–0; road: 3–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
60 March 1 Seattle W 119–104 HemisFair Arena 37–23
61 March 2 @ Phoenix L 106–110 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 37–24
62 March 4 @ San Diego W 107–99 San Diego Sports Arena 38–24
63 March 6 Cleveland W 117–98 HemisFair Arena 39–24
64 March 8 @ Denver L 118–129 McNichols Sports Arena 39–25
65 March 9 Phoenix W 108–105 HemisFair Arena 40–25
66 March 12 Golden State W 131–120 HemisFair Arena 41–25
67 March 15 San Diego W 130–109 HemisFair Arena 42–25
68 March 17 @ San Diego W 111–101 San Diego Sports Arena 43–25
69 March 19 Indiana W 138–118 HemisFair Arena 44–25
70 March 22 @ Portland L 102–119 Memorial Coliseum 44–26
71 March 23 @ Seattle L 117–137 Kingdome 44–27
72 March 25 @ Los Angeles W 132–120 The Forum 45–27
73 March 29 Denver W 136–129 HemisFair Arena 46–27
April: 7–2 (home: 4–1; road: 3–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
74 April 1 Houston W 124–99 HemisFair Arena 47–27
75 April 2 @ Houston W 112–101 The Summit 48–27
76 April 5 Kansas City W 130–113 HemisFair Arena 49–27
77 April 6 @ Philadelphia W 112–109 The Spectrum 50–27
78 April 8 @ New York L 100–102 (OT) Madison Square Garden 50–28
79 April 9 Dallas L 111–122 HemisFair Arena 50–29
80 April 13 Los Angeles W 114–109 HemisFair Arena 51–29
81 April 15 Utah W 121–118 HemisFair Arena 52–29
82 April 16 @ Dallas W 132–120 Reunion Arena 53–29
1982–83 schedule

Playoffs

1983 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 April 26 Denver W 152–133 George Gervin (42) Gene Banks (11) Johnny Moore (17) HemisFair Arena
10,116
1–0
2 April 27 Denver W 126–109 George Gervin (30) Artis Gilmore (12) Johnny Moore (20) HemisFair Arena
10,690
2–0
3 April 29 @ Denver W 127–126 (OT) Johnny Moore (39) Artis Gilmore (14) Johnny Moore (12) McNichols Sports Arena
16,965
3–0
4 May 2 @ Denver L 114–124 Johnny Moore (27) Artis Gilmore (11) Johnny Moore (9) McNichols Sports Arena
15,035
3–1
5 May 4 Denver W 145–105 George Gervin (26) Artis Gilmore (15) Johnny Moore (13) HemisFair Arena
12,736
4–1
Conference finals: 2–4 (home: 0–3; road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 May 8 @ Los Angeles L 107–119 Mike Mitchell (26) George Gervin (9) Johnny Moore (18) The Forum
15,063
0–1
2 May 10 @ Los Angeles W 122–113 George Gervin (32) Artis Gilmore (20) Johnny Moore (15) The Forum
17,505
1–1
3 May 13 Los Angeles L 100–113 Mike Mitchell (23) Artis Gilmore (14) Johnny Moore (9) HemisFair Arena
15,782
1–2
4 May 15 Los Angeles L 121–129 Mike Mitchell (35) Mike Mitchell (11) Johnny Moore (17) HemisFair Arena
15,782
1–3
5 May 18 @ Los Angeles W 117–112 Mike Mitchell (26) Artis Gilmore (14) Johnny Moore (17) The Forum
17,505
2–3
6 May 20 Los Angeles L 100–101 George Gervin (25) Artis Gilmore (18) Johnny Moore (14) HemisFair Arena
15,782
2–4
1983 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Artis Gilmore C 82 82 2,797 984 126 40 192 1,479 34.1 12.0 1.5 .5 2.3 18.0
Gene Banks PF 81 81 2,722 612 279 78 21 1,206 33.6 7.6 3.4 1.0 .3 14.9
Mike Mitchell SF 80 79 2,803 537 98 57 52 1,591 35.0 6.7 1.2 .7 .7 19.9
Mike Dunleavy Sr. PG 79 9 1,619 134 437 74 4 613 20.5 1.7 5.5 .9 .1 7.8
George Gervin SG 78 78 2,830 357 264 88 67 2,043 36.3 4.6 3.4 1.1 .9 26.2
Johnny Moore PG 77 73 2,552 277 753 194 32 941 33.1 3.6 9.8 2.5 .4 12.2
Roger Phegley SG 62 4 599 84 60 30 8 286 9.7 1.4 1.0 .5 .1 4.6
Paul Griffin PF 53 0 956 216 86 33 25 173 18.0 4.1 1.6 .6 .5 3.3
Bill Willoughby SF 52 0 1,062 190 56 24 16 319 20.4 3.7 1.1 .5 .3 6.1
Oliver Robinson SG 35 0 147 17 21 4 2 101 4.2 .5 .6 .1 .1 2.9
Ed Rains SF 34 1 292 44 22 10 1 95 8.6 1.3 .6 .3 .0 2.8
Edgar Jones PF 28 3 622 177 20 14 31 268 22.2 6.3 .7 .5 1.1 9.6
Mike Sanders SF 26 0 393 94 19 18 6 183 15.1 3.6 .7 .7 .2 7.0
Geoff Crompton C 14 0 148 48 7 3 5 31 10.6 3.4 .5 .2 .4 2.2
Coby Dietrick C 8 0 34 8 6 1 0 2 4.3 1.0 .8 .1 .0 .3
Billy Paultz C 7 0 125 33 4 5 6 25 17.9 4.7 .6 .7 .9 3.6
Jim Johnstone C 7 0 54 16 1 1 1 7 7.7 2.3 .1 .1 .1 1.0
Robert Smith PG 7 0 25 3 2 1 0 12 3.6 .4 .3 .1 .0 1.7
  • Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.

Playoffs

Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
George Gervin SG 11 437 74 37 12 4 277 39.7 6.7 3.4 1.1 .4 25.2
Mike Mitchell SF 11 422 105 12 7 19 230 38.4 9.5 1.1 .6 1.7 20.9
Johnny Moore PG 11 414 47 161 28 3 247 37.6 4.3 14.6 2.5 .3 22.5
Artis Gilmore C 11 401 142 18 9 34 184 36.5 12.9 1.6 .8 3.1 16.7
Gene Banks PF 11 398 76 50 11 1 175 36.2 6.9 4.5 1.0 .1 15.9
Edgar Jones PF 11 193 53 17 6 14 75 17.5 4.8 1.5 .5 1.3 6.8
Mike Dunleavy Sr. PG 11 174 13 49 9 1 61 15.8 1.2 4.5 .8 .1 5.5
Billy Paultz C 11 133 32 11 4 2 30 12.1 2.9 1.0 .4 .2 2.7
Roger Phegley SG 8 38 8 1 0 0 24 4.8 1.0 .1 .0 .0 3.0
Mike Sanders SF 6 25 9 4 0 0 14 4.2 1.5 .7 .0 .0 2.3
Robert Smith PG 6 19 5 6 1 0 10 3.2 .8 1.0 .2 .0 1.7
Ed Rains SF 3 11 1 1 0 0 4 3.7 .3 .3 .0 .0 1.3

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