1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks season

1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks season
Division Champions
Head coach	Don Nelson
Arena	MECCA Arena
Results
Record	51–31 (.622)
Place	Division: 1st (Central) Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Conference Finals (eliminated 1-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1982-83 NBA season was the Bucks' 15th season in the NBA.^[1]

Draft picks

Main article: 1982 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	20	Paul Pressey	SF	United States	Tulsa
2	27	Fred Roberts	PF	United States	Brigham Young
4	89	Jerry Beck	SF/PF	United States	Middle Tennessee State
6	135	Tony Carr		United States	Wisconsin-Eau Claire
7	158	Bobby Austin		United States	Cincinnati
8	181	Bryan Leonard		United States	Illinois
9	202	Robert Tate		United States	Idaho State
10	223	Bob Coenen		United States	Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Roster

Milwaukee Bucks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
1.5 !G	24	Bratz, Mike	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Stanford
3.0 !SF	2	Bridgeman, Junior	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Louisville
4.5 !PF	42	Catchings, Harvey	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Hardin Simmons
4.5 !PF	36	Cowens, Dave	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Florida State
1.0 !PG	12	Ford, Phil	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	North Carolina
1.0 !PG	10	Hassett, Joe	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Providence
3.0 !SF	8	Johnson, Marques	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	UCLA
4.5 !PF	23	LaGarde, Tom	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	North Carolina
6.0 !C	16	Lanier, Bob	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	St. Bonaventure
6.0 !C	53	Lister, Alton	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Arizona State
2.0 !SG	4	Moncrief, Sidney	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Arkansas
1.5 !G	25	Pressey, Paul	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Tulsa
2.0 !SG	32	Winters, Brian	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	South Carolina

Head coach

Don Nelson

Assistant coach(es)

Jon Killilea

Legend

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

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	51	31	.622	–	31–10	20–21	22–7
x-Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	8	26–15	17–24	21–8
Detroit Pistons	37	45	.451	14	23–18	14–27	19–11
Chicago Bulls	28	54	.341	23	18–23	10–31	13–17
Cleveland Cavaliers	23	59	.280	28	15–26	8–33	8–22
Indiana Pacers	20	62	.244	31	14–27	6–35	6–24

#	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	—

Playoffs

East First Round

The Bucks had a first round bye.

East Conference Semifinals

(2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (3) Boston Celtics
Bucks win series 4–0

Game 1 @ Boston Garden, Boston: Milwaukee 116, Boston 95
Game 2 @ Boston Garden, Boston: Milwaukee 95, Boston 91
Game 3 @ The MECCA, Milwaukee: Milwaukee 107, Boston 99
Game 4 @ The MECCA, Milwaukee: Milwaukee 107, Boston 93

East Conference Finals

(1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (2) Milwaukee Bucks
76ers win series 4–1

Game 1 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia: Philadelphia 111, Milwaukee 109 (OT)
Game 2 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia: Philadelphia 87, Milwaukee 81
Game 3 @ The MECCA, Milwaukee: Philadelphia 104, Milwaukee 96
Game 4 @ The MECCA, Milwaukee: Milwaukee 100, Philadelphia 94
Game 5 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia: Philadelphia 115, Milwaukee 103

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
Bridgeman, Junior !Junior Bridgeman
Catchings, Harvey !Harvey Catchings
Cowens, Dave !Dave Cowens
Criss, Charlie !Charlie Criss
Ford, Phil !Phil Ford
Hill, Armond !Armond Hill
Johnson, Marques !Marques Johnson
Johnson, Mickey !Mickey Johnson
Lanier, Bob !Bob Lanier
Lister, Alton !Alton Lister
Mix, Steve !Steve Mix
Mokeski, Paul !Paul Mokeski
Moncrief, Sidney !Sidney Moncrief
Pressey, Paul !Paul Pressey
Winters, Brian !Brian Winters

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Bridgeman, Junior !Junior Bridgeman
Catchings, Harvey !Harvey Catchings
Criss, Charlie !Charlie Criss
Ford, Phil !Phil Ford
Johnson, Marques !Marques Johnson
Lanier, Bob !Bob Lanier
Lister, Alton !Alton Lister
Mokeski, Paul !Paul Mokeski
Moncrief, Sidney !Sidney Moncrief
Pressey, Paul !Paul Pressey
Winters, Brian !Brian Winters

Awards and records

References

↑ 1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks

Founded in 1968 Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Franchise	Franchise 1968 Expansion Draft All-time roster Draft history Seasons Records Head coaches Current season

Arenas	MECCA Arena BMO Harris Bradley Center Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center (planned for 2018)

General managers	Erickson Embry Nelson D. Harris Dunleavy Weinhauer Grunfeld L. Harris Hammond

D-League affiliate	None

Administration	Owner Wesley Edens & Marc Lasry General Manager John Hammond Head Coach Jason Kidd

Retired numbers	1 2 4 10 14 16 32 33

Hall of Famers	Lew Alcindor Nate Archibald Dave Cowens Wayne Embry Alex English Bob Lanier Moses Malone Oscar Robertson

NBA Championships (1)	1971

Conference Championships (2)	1971 1974

Division titles (13)	1971 1972 1973 1974 1976 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 2001

Culture & lore	The Big O Bango The Fastest Expansion Champion MECCA Court The Coin Flip Fear the Deer

Media	TV Fox Sports Wisconsin Jim Paschke (play-by-play) Gus Johnson (part-time play-by-play) Jon McGlocklin (color) Marques Johnson (part-time color) Radio WTMJ Ted Davis Dennis Krause

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1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks season

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

East First Round

East Conference Semifinals

East Conference Finals

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

References

See also