1982–83 Denver Nuggets season

The 1982–83 Denver Nuggets season was their 16th season, and their seventh in the NBA. The Nuggets head coach was Doug Moe and his assistant coach was Bill Ficke.

1982–83 Denver Nuggets season
Head coach	Doug Moe
Arena	McNichols Sports Arena
Results
Record	45–37 (.549)
Place	Division: 2nd (Midwest) Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	West Conference Semi-finals (lost to Spurs 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KWGN
Radio	KOA
< 1981–82 1983–84 >

In the playoffs, the Nuggets defeated the Phoenix Suns in three games in the First Round, before losing to the San Antonio Spurs in five games in the Semi-finals.

Draft picks

Main article: 1982 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	19	Rob Williams	PG	United States	Houston
3	62	Roylin Bond		United States	Pepperdine
4	84	Alford Turner		United States	Southwest Louisiana
5	109	Bill Duffy		United States	Santa Clara
6	131	Chris Brust		United States	North Carolina
7	153	Jeb Barlow		United States	North Carolina
8	178	Donnie Speer		United States	Alabama-Birmingham
9	200	Dean Sears		United States	UCLA
10	220	Mike Phillips		United States	Niagara

Roster

1982-83 Denver Nuggets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From PG 20 Anderson, Dwight 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) USC SG 23 Dunn, T.R. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Alabama SF 2 English, Alex (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) South Carolina G 5 Evans, Mike 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Kansas State F 22 Gondrezick, Glen 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 218 lb (99 kg) UNLV PF 24 Hanzlik, Bill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Notre Dame C 44 Issel, Dan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Kentucky C 53 Kelley, Rich 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 253 lb (115 kg) Stanford G 7 McKinney, Billy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Northwestern G 43 Ray, James 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jacksonville C 25 Robisch, Dave 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Kansas C 34 Schayes, Danny 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Syracuse PF 55 Vandeweghe, Kiki 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) UCLA PG 21 Williams, Rob 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Houston

Head coach   Doug Moe Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended   Injured

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

Notes

• z, y – division champions
• 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: 45–37 (home: 29–12; road: 16–25)
October: 1–1 (home: 1–1; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
November: 6–9 (home: 3–4; road: 3–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
December: 6–7 (home: 3–3; road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
January: 9–7 (home: 7–1; road: 2–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
February: 7–6 (home: 4–1; road: 3–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
March: 10–5 (home: 7–2; road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
April: 6–2 (home: 4–0; road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
1982–83 schedule

Playoffs

1983 playoff game log
First round: 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 19 @ Phoenix L 108–121 Kiki VanDeWeghe (32) T. R. Dunn (12) English, Evans (4) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11,901 0–1 2 April 21 Phoenix W 113–99 Kiki VanDeWeghe (26) Dan Issel (11) Rob Williams (9) McNichols Sports Arena 15,903 1–1 3 April 24 @ Phoenix W 117–112 (OT) Alex English (42) T. R. Dunn (12) Dunn, Williams (6) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,660 2–1
Conference Semi-finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 26 @ San Antonio L 133–152 Dan Issel (28) T. R. Dunn (11) English, Williams (7) HemisFair Arena 10,116 0–1 2 April 27 @ San Antonio L 109–126 Kiki VanDeWeghe (22) T. R. Dunn (8) Mike Evans (9) HemisFair Arena 10,690 0–2 3 April 29 San Antonio L 126–127 (OT) Alex English (39) Kiki VanDeWeghe (14) English, Williams (7) McNichols Sports Arena 16,965 0–3 4 May 2 San Antonio W 124–114 Kiki VanDeWeghe (37) Kiki VanDeWeghe (11) Alex English (11) McNichols Sports Arena 15,035 1–3 5 May 4 @ San Antonio L 105–145 Billy McKinney (20) T. R. Dunn (8) Mike Evans (6) HemisFair Arena 12,736 1–4
1983 schedule

Awards and records

• Alex English, All-NBA Second Team
• T.R. Dunn, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Player statistics

Legend

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Transactions

References

• Nuggets on Basketball Reference