1982–83 San Antonio Spurs season

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

1982–83 San Antonio Spurs season
Division champions
Head coach	Stan Albeck
General manager	Bob Bass
Owner(s)	Angelo Drossos
Arena	HemisFair Arena
Results
Record	53–29 (.646)
Place	Division: 1st (Midwest) Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference finals (lost to Lakers 2–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
< 1981–82 1983–84 >

Draft picks

Main article: 1982 NBA draft

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. Player Height Weight DOB From PF 20 Gene Banks 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959-05-15 Duke PG 10 Mike Dunleavy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1954-03-21 South Carolina G/F 44 George Gervin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1952-04-27 Eastern Michigan C 53 Artis Gilmore 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1949-09-21 Jacksonville PF 30 Paul Griffin 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1954-01-20 Western Michigan PF 42 Edgar Jones 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1956-06-17 Nevada SF 34 Mike Mitchell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1956-01-01 Auburn PG 00 Johnny Moore 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1958-03-03 Texas C 5 Billy Paultz 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1948-07-30 St. John's SG 21 Roger Phegley 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1956-10-16 Bradley SF 15 Ed Rains 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1956-12-24 South Alabama SG 1 Oliver Robinson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1960-03-13 UAB SF 35 Mike Sanders 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1960-05-07 UCLA PG 9 Robert Smith 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1955-03-10 UNLV

Head coach Stan Albeck Assistant(s) Morris McHone Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: April 7, 1983

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

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

Awards and records

• George Gervin, All-NBA Second Team

Transactions