1982–83 Indiana Pacers season

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

1982–83 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach	Jack McKinney
Arena	Market Square Arena
Results
Record	20–62 (.244)
Place	Division: 6th (Central) Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	WTTV
Radio	WNDE
< 1981–82 1983–84 >

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1983 NBA draft

This table only lists picks through the second round.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	8	Clark Kellogg	PF	United States	Ohio State
2	40	Guy Morgan	SG	United States	Wake Forest
2	43	Jose Slaughter	SG	United States	Portland

Roster

Indiana Pacers roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From PF 52 Brad Branson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) SMU SF 11 Marty Byrnes 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Syracuse SG 12 Butch Carter 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Indiana PG 44 John Duren 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Georgetown SF 24 George Johnson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) St. John's PF 33 Clark Kellogg 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Ohio State SG 25 Billy Knight 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Pittsburgh PF 40 Russ Schoene 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Chattanooga PG 14 Jerry Sichting 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Purdue SG 21 Jose Slaughter 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Portland C 32 Herb Williams 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 242 lb (110 kg) Ohio State

Head coach Jack McKinney Assistant(s) George Irvine Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	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 v t e
	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

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
George L. Johnson	SF	82	64	2,297	545	220	77	53	951	28.0	6.6	2.7	.9	.6	11.6
John Duren	PG	82	24	1,433	107	200	66	5	369	17.5	1.3	2.4	.8	.1	4.5
Clark Kellogg	PF	81	81	2,761	860	223	141	43	1,625	34.1	10.6	2.8	1.7	.5	20.1
Butch Carter	SG	81	28	1,716	150	194	78	13	849	21.2	1.9	2.4	1.0	.2	10.5
Billy Knight	SG	80	54	2,262	324	192	66	8	1,370	28.3	4.1	2.4	.8	.1	17.1
Marty Byrnes	SF	80	12	1,436	191	179	41	6	391	18.0	2.4	2.2	.5	.1	4.9
Herb Williams	C	78	74	2,513	583	262	54	171	1,315	32.2	7.5	3.4	.7	2.2	16.9
Jerry Sichting	PG	78	58	2,435	155	433	104	2	727	31.2	2.0	5.6	1.3	.0	9.3
Jose Slaughter	SG	63	1	515	68	52	36	7	225	8.2	1.1	.8	.6	.1	3.6
Brad Branson	PF	62	2	680	173	46	27	26	338	11.0	2.8	.7	.4	.4	5.5
Clemon Johnson†	C	51	7	1,216	319	115	51	63	493	23.8	6.3	2.3	1.0	1.2	9.7
Russ Schoene†	PF	31	5	520	101	27	12	14	243	16.8	3.3	.9	.4	.5	7.8
Guy Morgan	SG	8	0	46	17	7	2	0	15	5.8	2.1	.9	.3	.0	1.9

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Pacers only.

Awards and records

• Clark Kellogg, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team