1982–83 Denver Nuggets season

1982–83 Denver Nuggets season
1982–83 Denver Nuggets season
Head coach	Doug Moe
Arena	McNichols Sports Arena
Results
Record	45–37 (.549)
Place	Division: 2nd (Midwest); Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	West Conference Semi-finals; (lost to Spurs 1–4)
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KWGN
Radio	KOA
< 1981–82	1983–84 >

The 1982–83 Denver Nuggets season was their 16th season, and their seventh in the NBA. The Nuggets head coach was Doug Moe and his assistant coach was Bill Ficke.

In the playoffs, the Nuggets defeated the Phoenix Suns in three games in the First Round, before losing to the San Antonio Spurs in five games in the Semi-finals.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	19	Rob Williams	PG	United States	Houston
3	62	Roylin Bond		United States	Pepperdine
4	84	Alford Turner		United States	Southwest Louisiana
5	109	Bill Duffy		United States	Santa Clara
6	131	Chris Brust		United States	North Carolina
7	153	Jeb Barlow		United States	North Carolina
8	178	Donnie Speer		United States	Alabama-Birmingham
9	200	Dean Sears		United States	UCLA
10	220	Mike Phillips		United States	Niagara

Roster

1982-83 Denver Nuggets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
PG	20	Anderson, Dwight	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	USC
SG	23	Dunn, T.R.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Alabama
SF	2	English, Alex	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	South Carolina
G	5	Evans, Mike	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Kansas State
F	22	Gondrezick, Glen	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	UNLV
PF	24	Hanzlik, Bill	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Notre Dame
C	44	Issel, Dan	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Kentucky
C	53	Kelley, Rich	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	253 lb (115 kg)	Stanford
G	7	McKinney, Billy	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Northwestern
G	43	Ray, James	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jacksonville
C	25	Robisch, Dave	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Kansas
C	34	Schayes, Danny	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Syracuse
PF	55	Vandeweghe, Kiki	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	UCLA
PG	21	Williams, Rob	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Houston

Head coach

Doug Moe

Legend

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

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	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

#	Western Conference v t e
#	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

Notes

z, y – division champions
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: 45–37 (home: 29–12; road: 16–25)

October: 1–1 (home: 1–1; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 29	Dallas	L 117–125				McNichols Sports Arena	0–1
2	October 31	Phoenix	W 114–110				McNichols Sports Arena	1–1

November: 6–9 (home: 3–4; road: 3–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
3	November 3	Los Angeles	L 134–135 (OT)	McNichols Sports Arena	1–2
4	November 4	@ Los Angeles	L 108–131	The Forum	1–3
5	November 6	Golden State	W 127–118	McNichols Sports Arena	2–3
6	November 9	Atlanta	L 105–106	McNichols Sports Arena	2–4
7	November 10	@ Utah	L 119–125	Salt Palace Acord Arena	2–5
8	November 12	Portland	L 111–128	McNichols Sports Arena	2–6
9	November 13	@ Dallas	W 140–130	Reunion Arena	3–6
10	November 16	@ San Diego	W 136–130	San Diego Sports Arena	4–6
11	November 18	@ Phoenix	W 118–107	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	5–6
12	November 21	@ Los Angeles	L 129–143	The Forum	5–7
13	November 23	@ San Antonio	L 126–136	HemisFair Arena	5–8
14	November 24	San Antonio	W 129–123	McNichols Sports Arena	6–8
15	November 26	@ Seattle	L 106–127	Kingdome	6–9
16	November 27	San Diego	W 141–125	McNichols Sports Arena	7–9
17	November 30	Dallas	L 129–140	McNichols Sports Arena	7–10

December: 6–7 (home: 3–3; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
18	December 3	Chicago	W 132–124	McNichols Sports Arena	8–10
19	December 8	@ Indiana	L 126–130	Market Square Arena	8–11
20	December 9	@ Washington	L 90–98	Capital Centre	8–12
21	December 10	@ Cleveland	W 117–107	Richfield Coliseum	9–12
22	December 12	@ Boston	L 112–126	Boston Garden	9–13
23	December 15	@ Milwaukee	W 113–98	MECCA Arena	10–13
24	December 16	San Antonio	L 108–120	McNichols Sports Arena	10–14
25	December 18	New Jersey	L 114–123	McNichols Sports Arena	10–15
26	December 22	@ Kansas City	L 102–146	Kemper Arena	10–16
27	December 23	@ Detroit	W 131–120	Pontiac Silverdome	11–16
28	December 27	Golden State	W 130–128	McNichols Sports Arena	12–16
29	December 28	Indiana	W 155–150 (OT)	McNichols Sports Arena	13–16
30	December 30	Boston	L 132–145	McNichols Sports Arena	13–17

January: 9–7 (home: 7–1; road: 2–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
31	January 1	Phoenix	W 127–125	McNichols Sports Arena	14–17
32	January 2	@ Portland	L 104–122	Memorial Coliseum	14–18
33	January 4	Kansas City	W 137–121	McNichols Sports Arena	15–18
34	January 5	@ Kansas City	L 118–138	Kemper Arena	15–19
35	January 7	Houston	W 125–97	McNichols Sports Arena	16–19
36	January 8	@ San Diego	L 120–122	San Diego Sports Arena	16–20
37	January 11	@ Seattle	W 131–119	Kingdome	17–20
38	January 12	Utah	W 126–118	McNichols Sports Arena	18–20
39	January 14	@ Dallas	L 139–149	Reunion Arena	18–21
40	January 15	@ Houston	W 131–111	The Summit	19–21
41	January 18	@ San Antonio	L 124–143	HemisFair Arena	19–22
42	January 19	Houston	W 130–93	McNichols Sports Arena	20–22
43	January 21	@ Golden State	L 121–136	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	20–23
44	January 22	New York	L 98–102	McNichols Sports Arena	20–24
45	January 25	Kansas City	W 119–112	McNichols Sports Arena	21–24
46	January 28	Portland	W 118–109	McNichols Sports Arena	22–24

February: 7–6 (home: 4–1; road: 3–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
47	February 1	Philadelphia	L 124–133	McNichols Sports Arena	22–25
48	February 2	@ Houston	L 128–135	The Summit	22–26
49	February 3	@ Atlanta	W 126–112	The Omni	23–26
50	February 5	Utah	W 143–136	McNichols Sports Arena	24–26
51	February 8	@ San Diego	L 98–125	San Diego Sports Arena	24–27
52	February 9	Seattle	W 134–125	McNichols Sports Arena	25–27
All-Star Break
53	February 16	@ Philadelphia	L 95–116	The Spectrum	25–28
54	February 17	@ New Jersey	W 117–108	Brendan Byrne Arena	26–28
55	February 19	@ New York	L 115–124	Madison Square Garden	26–29
56	February 22	@ Chicago	L 133–144	Chicago Stadium	26–30
57	February 24	Seattle	W 138–129	McNichols Sports Arena	27–30
58	February 26	Washington	W 125–111	McNichols Sports Arena	28–30
59	February 27	@ Los Angeles	W 135–120	The Forum	29–30

March: 10–5 (home: 7–2; road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
60	March 1	Cleveland	W 132–121	McNichols Sports Arena	30–30
61	March 2	@ Golden State	W 128–108	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	31–30
62	March 4	@ Portland	W 142–138	Memorial Coliseum	32–30
63	March 5	Milwaukee	W 126–120	McNichols Sports Arena	33–30
64	March 8	San Antonio	W 129–118	McNichols Sports Arena	34–30
65	March 9	@ Utah	W 122–109	Salt Palace Acord Arena	35–30
66	March 13	Utah	W 130–117	McNichols Sports Arena	36–30
67	March 15	Golden State	W 139–115	McNichols Sports Arena	37–30
68	March 18	@ Seattle	L 117–147	Kingdome	37–31
69	March 20	Portland	L 106–118	McNichols Sports Arena	37–32
70	March 22	Phoenix	W 130–117	McNichols Sports Arena	38–32
71	March 25	Detroit	W 131–120	McNichols Sports Arena	39–32
72	March 26	@ Phoenix	L 110–124	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	39–33
73	March 29	@ San Antonio	L 129–136	HemisFair Arena	39–34
74	March 31	Los Angeles	L 116–122	McNichols Sports Arena	39–35

April: 6–2 (home: 4–0; road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
75	April 2	San Diego	W 107–99	McNichols Sports Arena	40–35
76	April 6	@ Kansas City	L 113–130	Kemper Arena	40–36
77	April 8	@ Dallas	W 132–115	Reunion Arena	41–36
78	April 9	@ Houston	W 123–105	The Summit	42–36
79	April 12	@ Utah	L 116–125	Salt Palace Acord Arena	42–37
80	April 13	Houston	W 131–112	McNichols Sports Arena	43–37
81	April 15	Dallas	W 137–126	McNichols Sports Arena	44–37
82	April 17	Kansas City	W 125–116	McNichols Sports Arena	45–37

1982–83 schedule

Playoffs

1983 playoff game log

Western Conference First Round: 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 19	@ Phoenix	L 108–121	VanDeWeghe (32)	Dunn (12)	English, Evans (4)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11,901	0–1
2	April 21	Phoenix	W 113–99	VanDeWeghe (26)	Issel (11)	Rob Williams (9)	McNichols Sports Arena 15,903	1–1
3	April 24	@ Phoenix	W 117–112 (OT)	English (42)	Dunn (12)	Dunn, Williams (6)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,660	2–1

Western Conference Semifinals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 26	@ San Antonio	L 133–152	Issel (28)	Dunn (11)	English, Williams (7)	HemisFair Arena 10,116	0–1
2	April 27	@ San Antonio	L 109–126	VanDeWeghe (22)	Dunn (8)	Evans (9)	HemisFair Arena 10,690	0–2
3	April 29	San Antonio	L 126–127 (OT)	English (39)	VanDeWeghe (14)	English, Williams (7)	McNichols Sports Arena 16,965	0–3
4	May 2	San Antonio	W 124–114	VanDeWeghe (37)	VanDeWeghe (11)	English (11)	McNichols Sports Arena 15,035	1–3
5	May 4	@ San Antonio	L 105–145	McKinney (20)	Dunn (8)	Evans (6)	HemisFair Arena 12,736	1–4

1983 schedule

Awards and records

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Transactions

References

Nuggets on Basketball Reference