1982–83 Washington Bullets season

1982–83 Washington Bullets season
Head coach	Gene Shue
Arena	Capital Centre
Results
Record	42–40 (.512)
Place	Division: 5th (Atlantic) Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	WDCA
Radio	WTOP

The 1982–83 NBA season was the Washington Bullets' 22nd season in the NBA and their 10th season in the city of Washington, D.C.

Draft picks

Main article: 1982 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	25	Bryan Warrick		United States	St. Joseph's
2	41	Dwight Anderson	G	United States	Southern California
2	44	Mike Gibson		United States	South Carolina Upstate
3	58	Mike Largey		United States	Upsala
4	81	Dino Gregory		United States	California State-Long Beach
5	104	Clarence Dickerson		United States	Hawaii
5	112	Jerry Davis		United States	Detroit Mercy
6	127	Byron Williams		United States	Idaho State
7	150	Wendell Gibson		United States	South Carolina
8	173	Ken Luck		United States	Delaware
9	196	James Terry		United States	Howard
10	217	Donald Sinclair		United States	North Carolina Central

Roster

Washington Bullets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From F 42 Greg Ballard 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Oregon C 40 Dave Batton 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Notre Dame G/F 22 Don Collins 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Washington State SF 23 Charles Davis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Vanderbilt F 35 Kevin Grevey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Kentucky PF 24 Spencer Haywood 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Detroit Mercy PG 15 Frank Johnson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Wake Forest PF 44 Rick Mahorn 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Hampton C 43 Jeff Ruland 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Iona G 12 Carlos Terry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Winston-Salem State

Head coach Gene Shue Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Philadelphia 76ers	65	17	.793	–	35–6	30–11	15–9
x-Boston Celtics	56	26	.683	9	33–8	23–18	14–10
x-New Jersey Nets	49	33	.598	16	30–11	19–22	11–13
x-New York Knicks	44	38	.537	21	26–15	18–23	10–14
Washington Bullets	42	40	.512	23	27–14	15–26	10–14

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Philadelphia 76ers	65	17	.793	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	51	31	.622	14
3	x-Boston Celtics	56	26	.683	9
4	x-New Jersey Nets	49	33	.598	16
5	x-New York Knicks	44	38	.537	21
6	x-Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	22
7	Washington Bullets	42	40	.512	23
8	Detroit Pistons	37	45	.451	28
9	Chicago Bulls	28	54	.341	37
10	Cleveland Cavaliers	23	59	.280	42
11	Indiana Pacers	20	62	.244	45

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: 42–40 (Home: 27–14; Road: 15–26)
October: 1–1 (home: 0–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 29 @ Indiana L 90–93 Market Square Arena 0–1 2 October 30 @ Chicago W 143–125 Chicago Stadium 1–1
November: 6–7 (home: 3–3; road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 2 @ Atlanta L 88–105 The Omni 1–2 4 November 3 New Jersey W 104–85 Capital Centre 2–2 5 November 5 @ Boston L 97–104 Boston Garden 2–3 6 November 6 Indiana W 119–115 (OT) Capital Centre 3–3 7 November 9 Detroit L 105–108 Capital Centre 3–4 8 November 12 New York L 87–88 Capital Centre 3–5 9 November 14 @ Philadelphia L 92–101 Spectrum 3–6 10 November 17 San Antonio L 112–114 Capital Centre 3–7 11 November 19 @ Los Angeles L 92–122 The Forum 3–8 12 November 20 @ San Diego W 95–87 San Diego Sports Arena 4–8 13 November 24 @ Phoenix W 106–93 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5–8 14 November 26 @ Indiana W 87–85 Market Square Arena 6–8 15 November 27 Portland W 107–90 Capital Centre 7–8
December: 9–5 (home: 6–2; road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 16 December 1 New Jersey L 99–105 Capital Centre 7–9 17 December 3 New York W 105–98 Capital Centre 8–9 18 December 4 @ Dallas W 115–105 Reunion Arena 9–9 19 December 8 @ New Jersey L 95–98 Brendan Byrne Arena 9–10 20 December 9 Denver W 98–90 Capital Centre 10–10 21 December 11 @ New York L 79–85 Madison Square Garden 10–11 22 December 14 @ Chicago W 108–102 Chicago Stadium 11–1 23 December 18 @ Detroit W 119–110 Pontiac Silverdome 12–11 24 December 18 Philadelphia W 100–97 Capital Centre 13–11 25 December 21 Cleveland W 77–74 Capital Centre 14–11 26 December 23 @ New Jersey L 90–97 Brendan Byrne Arena 14–12 27 December 25 Atlanta L 91–97 Capital Centre 14–13 28 December 27 Chicago W 89–87 Capital Centre 15–13 29 December 29 Milwaukee W 94–87 Capital Centre 16–13
January: 4–11 (home: 4–4; road: 0–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 30 January 1 @ New York L 77–98 Madison Square Garden 16–14 31 January 4 Dallas W 92–84 Capital Centre 17–14 32 January 7 Philadelphia L 89–106 Capital Centre 17–15 33 January 8 @ Cleveland L 82–98 Richfield Coliseum 17–16 34 January 12 @ Detroit L 100–116 Pontiac Silverdome 17–17 35 January 14 Golden State L 104–116 Capital Centre 17–18 36 January 15 @ San Antonio L 96–117 HemisFair Arena 17–19 37 January 18 @ Houston L 98–100 The Summit 17–20 38 January 20 Cleveland L 89–97 Capital Centre 17–21 39 January 21 @ Milwaukee L 104–111 MECCA Arena 17–22 40 January 22 Chicago L 86–95 Capital Centre 17–23 41 January 24 Boston W 93–91 Capital Centre 18–23 42 January 26 @ Boston L 99–125 Boston Garden 18–24 43 January 27 Seattle W 99–86 Capital Centre 19–24 44 January 29 Phoenix W 88–82 Capital Centre 20–24
February: 5–6 (home: 4–1; road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 45 February 2 Kansas City L 115–117 Capital Centre 20–25 46 February 4 San Diego W 100–93 Capital Centre 21–25 47 February 6 Indiana W 103–99 Capital Centre 22–25 48 February 8 Boston W 104–101 (OT) Capital Centre 23–25 49 February 10 Houston W 104–100 Capital Centre 24–25 All-Star Break 50 February 15 @ Golden State L 93–111 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 24–26 51 February 18 @ Seattle L 112–115 Kingdome 24–27 52 February 20 @ Portland L 95–104 Memorial Coliseum 24–28 53 February 22 @ Utah W 99–98 Salt Palace Acord Arena 25–28 54 February 23 @ Kansas City L 107–113 Kemper Arena 25–29 55 February 26 @ Denver L 111–125 McNichols Sports Arena 25–30
March: 11–6 (home: 7–3; road: 4–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 56 March 1 Milwaukee L 99–101 Capital Centre 25–31 57 March 3 @ Atlanta L 89–91 The Omni 25–32 58 March 4 Los Angeles W 96–93 Capital Centre 26–32 59 March 6 Atlanta W 102–91 Capital Centre 27–32 60 March 9 Chicago W 110–92 Capital Centre 28–32 61 March 12 Philadelphia L 86–95 Capital Centre 28–33 62 March 13 @ Philadelphia L 93–97 Spectrum 28–34 63 March 15 Cleveland W 95–92 (OT) Capital Centre 29–34 64 March 16 @ Atlanta L 81–94 (OT) The Omni 29–35 65 March 18 New York L 100–106 Capital Centre 29–36 66 March 19 @ New York W 96–90 Madison Square Garden 30–36 67 March 22 Utah W 121–98 Capital Centre 31–36 68 March 24 @ Chicago W 102–96 Chicago Stadium 32–36 69 March 25 @ Milwaukee W 97–96 MECCA Arena 33–36 70 March 27 Indiana W 120–101 Capital Centre 34–36 71 March 29 Milwaukee W 94–81 Capital Centre 35–36 72 March 30 @ New Jersey W 100–97 Brendan Byrne Arena 36–36
April: 6–4 (home: 3–1; road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 73 April 1 @ Indiana W 123–109 Market Square Arena 37–36 74 April 2 Boston L 117–120 (OT) Capital Centre 37–37 75 April 5 New Jersey W 95–89 Capital Centre 38–37 76 April 6 @ Detroit L 96–107 Pontiac Silverdome 38–38 77 April 8 @ Boston W 107–99 Boston Garden 39–38 78 April 9 Atlanta W 100–78 Capital Centre 40–38 79 April 13 @ Philadelphia W 95–76 Spectrum 41–38 80 April 14 @ Milwaukee L 90–97 MECCA Arena 41–39 81 April 16 Detroit W 102–95 Capital Centre 42–39 82 April 17 @ Cleveland L 105–118 Richfield Coliseum 42–40
1982–83 schedule

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

See also

• 1982–83 NBA season