The 1981–82 NBA season was the Bullets’ 21st season in the NBA and their ninth in the city of Washington, D.C.[1] This for first since 1967-68 season Wes Unseld was not on the opening day roster. The Bullets finished 43–39 and won their first playoff round against the New Jersey Nets. They lost the semifinals to a powerful Boston Celtic outfit and their Nets win would prove their last playoff series win until 2004–05 against the Chicago Bulls.
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The 1981 82 NBA season was the Bullets 21st season in the NBA and their ninth in the city of Washington D C 1 This for first since 1967 68 season Wes Unseld was not on the opening day roster The Bullets finished 43 39 and won their first playoff round against the New Jersey Nets They lost the semifinals to a powerful Boston Celtic outfit and their Nets win would prove their last playoff series win until 2004 05 against the Chicago Bulls 1981 82 Washington Bullets seasonHead coachGene ShueGeneral managerBob FerryOwner s Abe PollinArenaCapital CentreResultsRecord43 39 524 PlaceDivision 4th Atlantic Conference 5th Eastern Playoff finishConference semifinals lost to Celtics 1 4 Stats at Basketball Reference comLocal mediaTelevisionWDCARadioWTOP lt 1980 81 1982 83 gt Contents 1 Draft picks 2 Roster 3 Regular season 3 1 Season standings 3 2 Record vs opponents 4 Game log 4 1 Regular season 4 2 Playoffs 5 Player statistics 5 1 Season 5 2 Playoffs 6 Awards and records 7 Transactions 8 References 9 See alsoDraft picks editMain article 1981 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 11 Frank Johnson PG nbsp United States Wake Forest 2 35 Charles Davis SF nbsp United States Vanderbilt 2 41 Claude Gregory PF nbsp United States Wisconsin 2 44 Steve Lingenfelter PF nbsp United States South Dakota State 3 48 Mike Ferrara nbsp United States Colgate 4 79 Ron Davis nbsp United States Arizona 5 103 Garry Witts nbsp United States Holy Cross 6 125 Robert Williams nbsp United States Grambling State 7 149 Randy Martel nbsp United States Houston Baptist 8 170 Mike Howard nbsp United States Wofford 9 193 Eddie Brown nbsp United States Valdosta State 10 212 Ralton Way nbsp United States Houston BaptistRoster edit1981 82 Washington Bullets roster Players Coaches Pos No Name Height Weight DOB From F 42 Ballard Greg 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 215 lb 98 kg Oregon C 9 Chones Jim 6 ft 11 in 2 11 m 220 lb 100 kg Marquette G F 22 Collins Don 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 190 lb 86 kg Washington State SF 23 Davis Charles 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 215 lb 98 kg Vanderbilt F 35 Grevey Kevin 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 210 lb 95 kg Kentucky PF 24 Haywood Spencer 6 ft 8 in 2 03 m 225 lb 102 kg Detroit Mercy PG 15 Johnson Frank 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m 185 lb 84 kg Wake Forest G 5 Lucas John 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 175 lb 79 kg Maryland PF 44 Mahorn Rick 6 ft 10 in 2 08 m 240 lb 109 kg Hampton PG 1 Porter Kevin 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m 170 lb 77 kg Saint Francis PA C 43 Ruland Jeff 6 ft 10 in 2 08 m 240 lb 109 kg Iona G 12 Terry Carlos 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 210 lb 95 kg Winston Salem State F 20 Witts Garry 6 ft 9 in 2 06 m 190 lb 86 kg Holy Cross Head coach Gene Shue Assistant coach es Bernie Bickerstaff Legend DP Unsigned draft pick FA Free agent S Suspended nbsp InjuredRegular season editSeason standings edit Atlantic Divisionvte W L PCT GB Home Road Div y Boston Celtics 63 19 768 35 6 28 13 20 4 x Philadelphia 76ers 58 24 707 5 0 32 9 26 15 16 8 x New Jersey Nets 44 38 537 19 0 25 16 19 22 12 12 x Washington Bullets 43 39 524 20 0 22 19 21 20 7 17 New York Knicks 33 49 402 30 0 19 22 14 27 5 19 Eastern Conferencevte Team W L PCT GB 1 z Boston Celtics 63 19 768 2 y Milwaukee Bucks 55 27 671 8 3 x Philadelphia 76ers 58 24 707 5 4 x New Jersey Nets 44 38 537 19 5 x Washington Bullets 43 39 524 20 6 x Atlanta Hawks 42 40 512 21 7 Detroit Pistons 39 43 476 24 8 Indiana Pacers 35 47 427 28 9 Chicago Bulls 34 48 415 29 10 New York Knicks 33 49 402 30 11 Cleveland Cavaliers 15 67 183 48 Notes z y division champions x clinched playoff spot Record vs opponents edit 1981 82 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 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 0 2 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 3 3 3 2 5 1 3 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 4 Boston 5 1 4 2 5 0 2 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 0 1 1 3 3 5 1 5 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 6 0 Chicago 3 2 2 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 0 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 0 1 5 2 4 3 2 1 5 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 Cleveland 2 4 0 5 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 2 0 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1 2 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 New York 1 5 1 5 2 3 6 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 3 3 2 4 1 5 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 5 Philadelphia 3 3 2 4 5 1 5 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 6 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 3 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 Phoenix 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 3 2 3 2 2 0 2 4 2 3 1 1 3 2 2 4 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 3 3 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 Portland 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 2 0 4 2 1 4 1 1 5 0 1 5 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 3 3 2 4 2 3 3 4 1 0 2 San Antonio 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 5 1 4 2 2 0 2 3 3 3 0 2 5 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 1 3 3 1 1 San Diego 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 5 0 2 1 5 1 4 0 2 1 4 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 4 2 4 2 3 1 5 1 4 0 2 Seattle 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 3 2 1 1 5 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 3 3 3 3 1 4 5 1 5 0 1 1 Utah 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 0 6 1 1 3 3 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 4 3 3 4 1 0 5 1 1 Washington 4 2 0 6 4 2 5 1 1 1 0 2 4 1 1 1 0 2 5 1 2 0 0 2 2 3 2 4 5 1 0 6 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 Game log editRegular season edit 1981 82 game logTotal 43 39 home 22 19 road 21 20 October 0 1 home 0 0 road 0 1 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Record 1 October 30 Boston L 100 124 Boston Garden 0 1 November 4 9 home 3 5 road 1 4 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Record 2 November 3 Philadelphia L 99 112 Capital Centre 0 2 3 November 5 Milwaukee L 90 98 MECCA Arena 0 3 4 November 6 Detroit W 86 82 Capital Centre 1 3 5 November 10 Boston L 84 90 Capital Centre 1 4 6 November 12 Atlanta W 95 87 The Omni 2 4 7 November 14 Chicago W 104 99 Capital Centre 3 4 8 November 17 Milwaukee L 95 99 Capital Centre 3 5 9 November 19 Detroit L 97 122 Pontiac Silverdome 3 6 10 November 20 Houston L 94 95 Capital Centre 3 7 11 November 21 Chicago L 105 117 Chicago Stadium 3 8 12 November 24 Golden State W 107 88 Capital Centre 4 8 13 November 27 Boston L 100 113 Boston Garden 4 9 14 November 28 Indiana L 90 92 Capital Centre 4 10 December 8 7 home 3 3 road 5 4 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Record 15 December 1 San Antonio L 99 110 Capital Centre 4 11 16 December 3 New York W 114 88 Madison Square Garden 5 11 17 December 5 Cleveland W 94 87 Capital Centre 6 11 18 December 8 Los Angeles L 98 102 The Forum 6 12 19 December 11 San Diego W 106 102 San Diego Sports Arena 7 12 20 December 12 Phoenix W 105 98 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8 12 21 December 15 Dallas L 102 107 Capital Centre 8 13 22 December 16 Cleveland W 106 102 Richfield Coliseum 9 13 23 December 18 Boston L 98 99 Capital Centre 9 14 24 December 22 Chicago L 90 92 Chicago Stadium 9 15 25 December 25 Indiana W 115 98 Capital Centre 10 15 26 December 26 New Jersey W 105 90 Brendan Byrne Arena 11 15 27 December 29 Detroit W 129 125 Capital Centre 12 15 28 December 30 Milwaukee L 103 107 MECCA Arena 12 16 January 10 4 home 5 3 road 5 1 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Record 29 January 2 Indiana W 107 103 Market Square Arena 13 16 30 January 5 New Jersey L 108 114 Capital Centre 13 17 31 January 6 Philadelphia L 112 116 The Spectrum 13 18 32 January 7 Cleveland W 109 100 Richfield Coliseum 14 18 33 January 10 New York W 129 126 OT Madison Square Garden 15 18 34 January 12 Philadelphia L 92 95 Capital Centre 15 19 35 January 14 Detroit W 121 114 Pontiac Silverdome 16 19 36 January 15 Chicago W 93 90 Capital Centre 17 19 37 January 17 Atlanta W 96 78 Capital Centre 18 19 38 January 20 Seattle W 106 95 Capital Centre 19 19 39 January 22 Portland W 110 97 Capital Centre 20 19 41 January 23 Kansas City W 109 106 OT Kemper Arena 21 19 41 January 26 Chicago W 94 84 Capital Centre 22 19 42 January 28 New York L 98 102 Capital Centre 22 20 February 5 8 home 2 4 road 3 4 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Record 43 February 2 Cleveland L 99 100 Capital Centre 22 21 44 February 3 Philadelphia L 96 122 The Spectrum 22 22 45 February 5 Los Angeles L 87 90 Capital Centre 22 23 46 February 7 Denver L 115 124 Capital Centre 22 24 47 February 9 San Antonio W 112 110 HemisFair Arena 23 24 48 February 10 Dallas W 119 102 Reunion Arena 24 24 49 February 13 Houston L 104 111 The Summit 24 25 50 February 16 Portland W 100 97 Memorial Coliseum 25 25 51 February 18 Seattle L 87 105 Kingdome 25 26 52 February 20 Golden State L 102 110 Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Arena 25 27 53 February 23 Utah L 106 113 Capital Centre 25 28 54 February 26 Kansas City W 100 98 Capital Centre 26 28 55 February 28 New York W 113 109 OT Capital Centre 27 28 March 10 7 home 6 3 road 4 4 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Record 56 March 2 New Jersey L 124 130 2OT Capital Centre 27 29 57 March 5 Denver L 126 127 McNichols Sports Arena 27 30 58 March 6 Utah W 127 113 Salt Palace Acord Arena 28 30 59 March 9 Phoenix L 95 103 Capital Centre 28 31 60 March 12 Indiana W 110 105 Capital Centre 29 31 61 March 13 New York W 109 99 Madison Square Garden 30 31 62 March 14 Atlanta W 92 85 Capital Centre 31 31 63 March 16 Boston L 97 98 OT Capital Centre 31 32 64 March 17 Philadelphia L 93 102 The Spectrum 31 33 65 March 19 San Diego W 108 98 Capital Centre 32 33 66 March 21 New York W 110 109 Capital Centre 33 33 67 March 23 Atlanta L 87 107 The Omni 33 34 68 March 24 Indiana W 114 106 Market Square Arena 34 34 69 March 26 New Jersey W 104 88 Capital Centre 35 34 70 March 28 Cleveland W 104 101 Richfield Coliseum 36 34 71 March 30 Detroit W 127 98 Capital Centre 37 34 72 March 31 Boston L 109 119 Boston Garden 37 35 April 6 4 home 3 1 road 3 3 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Record 73 April 2 New Jersey L 96 98 Brendan Byrne Arena 37 36 74 April 3 Atlanta L 101 106 The Omni 37 37 75 April 6 Cleveland W 94 85 Capital Centre 38 37 76 April 7 Indiana W 97 85 Market Square Arena 39 37 77 April 9 Chicago W 114 98 Chicago Stadium 40 37 78 April 10 Milwaukee W 115 114 Capital Centre 41 37 79 April 13 Milwaukee W 109 99 MECCA Arena 42 37 80 April 14 New Jersey L 94 98 Brendan Byrne Arena 42 38 81 April 16 Philadelphia L 96 100 Capital Centre 42 39 82 April 18 Atlanta W 99 96 Capital Centre 43 39 1981 82 schedule Playoffs edit 1982 playoff game log First Round 2 0 home 1 0 road 1 0 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Series 1 April 20 New Jersey W 96 83 Jeff Ruland 18 Jeff Ruland 20 Frank Johnson 11 Brendan Byrne Arena14 015 1 0 2 April 23 New Jersey W 103 92 Kevin Grevey 23 Rick Mahorn 11 Frank Johnson 9 Capital Centre19 035 2 0 Conference semifinals 1 4 home 0 2 road 1 2 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Series 1 April 25 Boston L 91 109 Spencer Haywood 17 Greg Ballard 9 Frank Johnson 6 Boston Garden15 320 0 1 2 April 28 Boston W 103 102 Johnson Haywood 26 Jeff Ruland 10 Frank Johnson 8 Boston Garden15 320 1 1 3 May 1 Boston L 83 92 Spencer Haywood 19 Rick Mahorn 14 Frank Johnson 8 Capital Centre15 035 1 2 4 May 2 Boston L 99 103 OT Spencer Haywood 28 Rick Mahorn 10 Frank Johnson 7 Capital Centre16 295 1 3 5 May 5 Boston L 126 131 2OT Jeff Ruland 33 Jeff Ruland 13 Frank Johnson 10 Boston Garden15 320 1 4 1982 schedulePlayer statistics editLegend 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 edit This section is empty You can help by adding to it January 2011 Playoffs editAwards and records editGene Shue NBA Coach of the Year Award Bob Ferry NBA Executive of the Year Award Jeff Ruland NBA All Rookie Team 1st TeamTransactions editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it January 2011 References edit 1981 82 Washington BulletsSee also edit1981 82 NBA season Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1981 82 Washington Bullets season amp oldid 1172535018, 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