1982-83 New Jersey Nets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 49-33
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to New York Knicks 2-0
Coach: Larry Brown (47-29)
Coach: Bill Blair (2-4)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 530,808, Avg. 12,947 in 41 home dates

1982-83 New Jersey Nets Roster
1982-83 New Jersey Nets Results

The New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1982-83 season with a record of 49 wins and 33 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Nets scored 8,672 points and yielded 8,445. Buck Williams tossed in a team-leading 1,396 points for New Jersey, and Albert King contributed 17 or more per game, too. Buck Williams accounted for 1,027 boards. Darwin Cook dished out 448 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Darwin Cook added 194 steals, while Darryl Dawkins swatted 152 opponent shot attempts.

Larry Brown and Bill Blair coached the team. The 1982-83 New Jersey Nets lost in the conference first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Buck Williams	F-C	82	82	2961	912	536	4	0	523	324	365	662	1027	125	91	110	246	270	1396
Albert King	F-G	79	75	2447	1226	582	23	6	227	176	157	299	456	291	95	41	245	278	1346
Darwin Cook	G	82	47	2625	986	443	38	8	242	186	73	167	240	448	194	48	238	213	1080
Darryl Dawkins	C	81	81	2093	669	401	0	0	257	166	127	293	420	114	67	152	281	379	968
Otis Birdsong	G	62	54	1885	834	426	6	2	145	82	53	97	150	239	85	16	114	155	936
Mike Gminski	C	80	1	1255	426	213	1	0	225	175	154	228	382	61	35	116	126	118	601
Mickey Johnson	F	42	7	1001	496	199	17	2	201	164	66	158	224	144	56	21	121	135	564
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	31	26	1002	388	170	20	4	76	51	68	82	150	187	81	15	107	116	395
Foots Walker	G	79	10	1388	250	114	12	2	149	116	30	106	136	264	78	3	104	134	346
Mike O'Koren	F-G	46	14	803	259	136	9	2	48	34	42	72	114	82	42	11	62	67	308
Len Elmore	C-F	74	0	975	244	97	1	0	84	54	81	157	238	39	44	38	83	125	248
Sleepy Floyd	G	43	6	494	216	92	14	4	45	38	16	26	42	67	19	9	40	56	226
Eddie Phillips	F	48	0	416	138	56	2	0	59	40	27	50	77	29	14	8	50	58	152
Phil Ford	G	7	7	163	35	20	1	0	10	7	0	7	7	38	6	0	21	22	47
Bill Willoughby	F-C	10	0	84	29	11	1	0	2	2	2	9	11	8	1	1	5	16	24
James Bailey	F-C	6	0	50	18	9	0	0	2	2	3	3	6	2	1	1	6	15	20
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	13	0	63	14	5	0	0	6	5	2	11	13	5	2	2	3	9	15
Totals		865	410	19705	7140	3510	149	30	2301	1622	1266	2427	3693	2143	911	592	1852	2166	8672

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Buck Williams	F-C	82	82	36.1	58.8	0.0	62.0	4.5	8.1	12.5	1.5	1.1	1.3	3.0	3.3	17.0
Albert King	F-G	79	75	31.0	47.5	26.1	77.5	2.0	3.8	5.8	3.7	1.2	0.5	3.1	3.5	17.0
Darwin Cook	G	82	47	32.0	44.9	21.1	76.9	0.9	2.0	2.9	5.5	2.4	0.6	2.9	2.6	13.2
Darryl Dawkins	C	81	81	25.8	59.9		64.6	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.4	0.8	1.9	3.5	4.7	12.0
Otis Birdsong	G	62	54	30.4	51.1	33.3	56.6	0.9	1.6	2.4	3.9	1.4	0.3	1.8	2.5	15.1
Mike Gminski	C	80	1	15.7	50.0	0.0	77.8	1.9	2.9	4.8	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.6	1.5	7.5
Mickey Johnson	F	42	7	23.8	40.1	11.8	81.6	1.6	3.8	5.3	3.4	1.3	0.5	2.9	3.2	13.4
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	31	26	32.3	43.8	20.0	67.1	2.2	2.6	4.8	6.0	2.6	0.5	3.5	3.7	12.7
Foots Walker	G	79	10	17.6	45.6	16.7	77.9	0.4	1.3	1.7	3.3	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	4.4
Mike O'Koren	F-G	46	14	17.5	52.5	22.2	70.8	0.9	1.6	2.5	1.8	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.5	6.7
Len Elmore	C-F	74	0	13.2	39.8	0.0	64.3	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.5	0.6	0.5	1.1	1.7	3.4
Sleepy Floyd	G	43	6	11.5	42.6	28.6	84.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.3	5.3
Eddie Phillips	F	48	0	8.7	40.6	0.0	67.8	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.2	3.2
Phil Ford	G	7	7	23.3	57.1	0.0	70.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.4	0.9	0.0	3.0	3.1	6.7
Bill Willoughby	F-C	10	0	8.4	37.9	0.0	100.0	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.6	2.4
James Bailey	F-C	6	0	8.3	50.0		100.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.5	3.3
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	13	0	4.8	35.7		83.3	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.2
Averages		865	410	22.8	49.2	20.1	70.5	1.5	2.8	4.3	2.5	1.1	0.7	2.1	2.5	10.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Albert King	F-G	2	68	38	18	2	1	6	5	4	4	8	3	2	0	4	12	42
Buck Williams	F-C	2	85	22	11	0	0	20	16	9	14	23	4	2	2	5	12	38
Darryl Dawkins	C	2	59	22	17	1	0	2	2	2	8	10	2	4	5	8	7	36
Darwin Cook	G	2	63	27	9	1	0	2	2	3	3	6	10	1	0	4	8	20
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	2	58	21	8	1	0	5	3	2	6	8	5	5	0	4	3	19
Mike Gminski	C	2	29	9	6	0	0	4	3	4	5	9	1	0	4	1	2	15
Otis Birdsong	G	2	37	16	6	1	0	2	1	1	1	2	9	3	0	1	3	13
Eddie Phillips	F	2	12	6	3	2	0	4	1	3	2	5	3	0	0	1	2	7
Foots Walker	G	2	36	6	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	2	1	7
Len Elmore	C-F	2	15	5	2	0	0	2	1	5	4	9	1	1	0	1	4	5
Mike O'Koren	F-G	2	18	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	3	0	0	2	3	4
Totals		22	480	180	84	8	1	50	37	34	52	86	52	18	11	33	57	206

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Albert King	F-G	2	34.0	47.4	50.0	83.3	2.0	2.0	4.0	1.5	1.0	0.0	2.0	6.0	21.0
Buck Williams	F-C	2	42.5	50.0		80.0	4.5	7.0	11.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	6.0	19.0
Darryl Dawkins	C	2	29.5	77.3	0.0	100.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	4.0	3.5	18.0
Darwin Cook	G	2	31.5	33.3	0.0	100.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	4.0	10.0
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	2	29.0	38.1	0.0	60.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.5	2.5	0.0	2.0	1.5	9.5
Mike Gminski	C	2	14.5	66.7		75.0	2.0	2.5	4.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	7.5
Otis Birdsong	G	2	18.5	37.5	0.0	50.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	4.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	6.5
Eddie Phillips	F	2	6.0	50.0	0.0	25.0	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.5
Foots Walker	G	2	18.0	33.3		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	3.5
Len Elmore	C-F	2	7.5	40.0		50.0	2.5	2.0	4.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	2.0	2.5
Mike O'Koren	F-G	2	9.0	25.0			0.5	2.5	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.0
Averages		865	21.8	46.7	12.5	74.0	1.5	2.4	3.9	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.6	9.4