1983-84 New Jersey Nets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 45-37
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 5-6 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Philadelphia 76ers 3-2
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Milwaukee Bucks 4-2
Coach: Stan Albeck (45-37)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 512,441, Avg. 12,499 in 41 home dates

1983-84 New Jersey Nets Roster
1983-84 New Jersey Nets Results

The New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1983-84 season with a record of 45 wins and 37 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-6.

The Nets poured in 9,019 points and gave up 8,929. Otis Birdsong tossed in a team-leading 1,365 points for New Jersey, while Buck Williams contributed 1,000 boards. Kelvin Ransey dished out 483 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Darwin Cook added 164 steals, and Darryl Dawkins swatted 136 opponent shot attempts.

Stan Albeck coached the team. The 1983-84 New Jersey Nets lost in the conference semifinals.

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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
Otis Birdsong	G	69	57	2168	1147	583	20	5	319	194	74	96	170	266	86	17	170	180	1365
Darryl Dawkins	C	81	80	2417	855	507	5	2	464	341	159	382	541	123	60	136	231	386	1357
Buck Williams	F-C	81	81	3003	926	495	4	0	498	284	355	645	1000	130	81	125	237	298	1274
Albert King	F-G	79	53	2103	946	465	22	3	295	232	125	263	388	203	91	33	208	258	1165
Kelvin Ransey	G	80	50	1937	700	304	32	7	183	145	28	99	127	483	91	6	141	182	760
Darwin Cook	G	82	31	1870	687	304	46	11	126	95	51	105	156	356	164	36	142	184	714
Mike Gminski	C	82	2	1655	462	237	3	0	184	147	161	272	433	92	37	70	120	162	621
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	48	25	1285	528	243	58	14	108	76	56	116	172	214	103	20	118	156	576
Mike O'Koren	F-G	73	25	1191	385	186	28	5	87	53	71	104	175	95	34	11	75	148	430
Reggie Johnson	F-C	72	4	818	256	127	1	0	126	92	53	85	138	40	24	18	59	141	346
Bill Willoughby	F-C	67	2	936	258	124	7	0	63	55	75	118	193	56	23	24	53	106	303
Foots Walker	G	34	0	378	90	32	5	2	27	24	8	23	31	81	20	3	31	37	90
Bruce Kuczenski	F	7	0	28	12	4	0	0	6	3	3	5	8	4	0	0	2	3	11
Mark Jones	G	6	0	16	6	3	1	0	2	1	2	0	2	5	0	0	2	2	7
Totals		861	410	19805	7258	3614	232	49	2488	1742	1221	2313	3534	2148	814	499	1589	2243	9019

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Otis Birdsong	G	69	57	31.4	50.8	25.0	60.8	1.1	1.4	2.5	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	2.6	19.8
Darryl Dawkins	C	81	80	29.8	59.3	40.0	73.5	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.9	4.8	16.8
Buck Williams	F-C	81	81	37.1	53.5	0.0	57.0	4.4	8.0	12.3	1.6	1.0	1.5	2.9	3.7	15.7
Albert King	F-G	79	53	26.6	49.2	13.6	78.6	1.6	3.3	4.9	2.6	1.2	0.4	2.6	3.3	14.7
Kelvin Ransey	G	80	50	24.2	43.4	21.9	79.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	6.0	1.1	0.1	1.8	2.3	9.5
Darwin Cook	G	82	31	22.8	44.3	23.9	75.4	0.6	1.3	1.9	4.3	2.0	0.4	1.7	2.2	8.7
Mike Gminski	C	82	2	20.2	51.3	0.0	79.9	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.0	7.6
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	48	25	26.8	46.0	24.1	70.4	1.2	2.4	3.6	4.5	2.1	0.4	2.5	3.3	12.0
Mike O'Koren	F-G	73	25	16.3	48.3	17.9	60.9	1.0	1.4	2.4	1.3	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.0	5.9
Reggie Johnson	F-C	72	4	11.4	49.6	0.0	73.0	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.0	4.8
Bill Willoughby	F-C	67	2	14.0	48.1	0.0	87.3	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.6	4.5
Foots Walker	G	34	0	11.1	35.6	40.0	88.9	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.1	2.6
Bruce Kuczenski	F	7	0	4.0	33.3		50.0	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.4	1.6
Mark Jones	G	6	0	2.7	50.0	0.0	50.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.2
Averages		861	410	23.0	49.8	21.1	70.0	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.5	0.9	0.6	1.8	2.6	10.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Darryl Dawkins	C	11	340	118	66	3	0	83	70	22	46	68	13	5	10	32	52	202
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	11	443	169	69	22	6	56	41	20	34	54	79	34	4	30	40	185
Buck Williams	F-C	11	473	130	63	0	0	81	45	57	98	155	16	15	17	29	44	171
Otis Birdsong	G	11	387	171	71	1	0	48	25	7	19	26	41	20	1	22	38	167
Albert King	F-G	11	295	128	53	2	0	46	32	25	33	58	25	10	4	23	32	138
Mike Gminski	C	11	223	50	29	0	0	52	36	22	33	55	6	7	15	9	17	94
Darwin Cook	G	11	185	82	30	13	4	24	17	8	10	18	31	15	0	21	26	81
Mike O'Koren	F-G	11	216	59	25	1	0	6	5	18	17	35	21	3	4	12	37	55
Kelvin Ransey	G	5	44	14	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	10	0	1	5	6	13
Reggie Johnson	F-C	7	17	4	0	0	0	6	5	1	4	5	0	0	1	4	2	5
Bill Willoughby	F-C	3	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	2
Foots Walker	G	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		105	2640	929	413	43	11	402	276	183	295	478	242	109	57	187	296	1113

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Darryl Dawkins	C	11	30.9	55.9	0.0	84.3	2.0	4.2	6.2	1.2	0.5	0.9	2.9	4.7	18.4
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	11	40.3	40.8	27.3	73.2	1.8	3.1	4.9	7.2	3.1	0.4	2.7	3.6	16.8
Buck Williams	F-C	11	43.0	48.5		55.6	5.2	8.9	14.1	1.5	1.4	1.5	2.6	4.0	15.5
Otis Birdsong	G	11	35.2	41.5	0.0	52.1	0.6	1.7	2.4	3.7	1.8	0.1	2.0	3.5	15.2
Albert King	F-G	11	26.8	41.4	0.0	69.6	2.3	3.0	5.3	2.3	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.9	12.5
Mike Gminski	C	11	20.3	58.0		69.2	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.6	1.4	0.8	1.5	8.5
Darwin Cook	G	11	16.8	36.6	30.8	70.8	0.7	0.9	1.6	2.8	1.4	0.0	1.9	2.4	7.4
Mike O'Koren	F-G	11	19.6	42.4	0.0	83.3	1.6	1.5	3.2	1.9	0.3	0.4	1.1	3.4	5.0
Kelvin Ransey	G	5	8.8	42.9	100.0		0.0	0.2	0.2	2.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.6
Reggie Johnson	F-C	7	2.4	0.0		83.3	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.3	0.7
Bill Willoughby	F-C	3	4.3	33.3			1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7
Foots Walker	G	2	2.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		861	25.1	44.5	25.6	68.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	2.3	1.0	0.5	1.8	2.8	10.6