1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks season

1982–83   Milwaukee Bucks season
Division champions
Head coach	Don Nelson
General manager	Don Nelson
Owner	Jim Fitzgerald
Arena	MECCA Arena
Results
Record	51–31 (.622)
Place	Division: 1st (Central) Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Conference finals (lost to 76ers 1–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
< 1981–82 1983–84 >

The 1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' 15th season in the NBA. ^[1]

Draft picks

Main article: 1982 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	20	Paul Pressey	SF	United States	Tulsa
2	27	Fred Roberts	PF	United States	Brigham Young
4	89	Jerry Beck	SF/PF	United States	Middle Tennessee State
6	135	Tony Carr		United States	Wisconsin-Eau Claire
7	158	Bobby Austin		United States	Cincinnati
8	181	Bryan Leonard		United States	Illinois
9	202	Robert Tate		United States	Idaho State
10	223	Bob Coenen		United States	Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Roster

1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G/F 2 Junior Bridgeman 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1953–09–17 Louisville F/C 42 Harvey Catchings 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1951–09–02 Hardin–Simmons F/C 36 Dave Cowens 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1948–10–25 Florida State G 15 Charlie Criss 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1948–11–06 New Mexico State PG 12 Phil Ford 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1956–02–09 North Carolina SF 8 Marques Johnson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1956–02–08 UCLA C 16 Bob Lanier 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1948–09–10 St. Bonaventure C 53 Alton Lister 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1958–10–01 Arizona State C 45 Paul Mokeski 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1957–01–03 Kansas PG 4 Sidney Moncrief 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1957–09–21 Arkansas G/F 25 Paul Pressey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1958–12–24 Tulsa SG 32 Brian Winters 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1952–03–01 South Carolina

Head coach Don Nelson Assistant(s) John Killilea Garry St. Jean Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	51	31	.622	–	31–10	20–21	22–7
x-Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	8	26–15	17–24	21–8
Detroit Pistons	37	45	.451	14	23–18	14–27	19–11
Chicago Bulls	28	54	.341	23	18–23	10–31	13–17
Cleveland Cavaliers	23	59	.280	28	15–26	8–33	8–22
Indiana Pacers	20	62	.244	31	14–27	6–35	6–24

#	Eastern Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Philadelphia 76ers	65	17	.793	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	51	31	.622	14
3	x-Boston Celtics	56	26	.683	9
4	x-New Jersey Nets	49	33	.598	16
5	x-New York Knicks	44	38	.537	21
6	x-Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	22
7	Washington Bullets	42	40	.512	23
8	Detroit Pistons	37	45	.451	28
9	Chicago Bulls	28	54	.341	37
10	Cleveland Cavaliers	23	59	.280	42
11	Indiana Pacers	20	62	.244	45

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

1982–83 game log Total: 51–31 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
October: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 30, 1982 New York W 108–86 MECCA Arena 1–0 2 October 31, 1982 @ Cleveland W 119—95 Junior Bridgeman (17) Coliseum at Richfield 2–0
November: 5–4 (home: 2–2; road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 2, 1982 @ Kansas City L 112–119 Kemper Arena 2–1 4 November 4, 1982 @ Atlanta W 104—100 The Omni 3–1 5 November 5, 1982 San Diego W 130–99 MECCA Arena 4–1 5 November 7, 1982 Seattle L 90–102 MECCA Arena 4–2 6 November 10, 1982 @ Boston W 105—101 Boston Garden 5–2 7 November 12, 1982 @ Detroit L 100–111 Pontiac Silverdome 5–3 8 November 14, 1982 Boston L 98–100 MECCA Arena 5–4 9 November 16, 1982 Indiana W 115–103 MECCA Arena 6–4 10 November 18, 1982 @ New York L 89—77 Madison Square Garden 7–4
December: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
January: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
February: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
March: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
April: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
1982–83 schedule

Playoffs

1983 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 27 @ Boston W 116–95 Sidney Moncrief (22) Bob Lanier (10) Marques Johnson (5) Boston Garden 15,320 1–0 2 April 29 @ Boston W 95–91 Sidney Moncrief (20) Marques Johnson (9) Sidney Moncrief (4) Boston Garden 15,320 2–0 3 May 1 Boston W 107–99 Sidney Moncrief (26) Junior Bridgeman (10) Bob Lanier (6) MECCA Arena 11,052 3–0 4 May 2 Boston W 107–93 Marques Johnson (33) Alton Lister (11) Marques Johnson (6) MECCA Arena 11,052 4–0
Conference finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 8 @ Philadelphia L 109–111 (OT) Marques Johnson (30) Bob Lanier (9) Moncrief, Lanier (6) Spectrum 18,482 0–1 2 May 11 @ Philadelphia L 81–87 Marques Johnson (25) Marques Johnson (11) Lanier, Winters (4) Spectrum 18,482 0–2 3 May 14 Philadelphia L 96–104 Junior Bridgeman (24) Sidney Moncrief (10) Brian Winters (7) MECCA Arena 11,052 0–3 4 May 15 Philadelphia W 100–94 Marques Johnson (19) Marques Johnson (10) Marques Johnson (8) MECCA Arena 11,052 1–3 5 May 18 @ Philadelphia L 103–115 Marques Johnson (21) Alton Lister (12) Junior Bridgeman (5) Spectrum 18,482 1–4
1983 schedule

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

Player statistics source: ^[2]

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Sidney Moncrief	76	76	35.7	52.4	10.0	82.6	5.8	3.9	1.5	0.3	22.5
Marques Johnson	80	80	35.7	50.9	20.0	73.5	7.0	4.5	1.3	0.7	21.4
Junior Bridgeman	70	5	26.5	49.2	7.7	83.7	3.5	3.0	0.6	0.1	14.4
Mickey Johnson	6	0	25.5	45.5	0.0	77.8	4.2	1.8	0.2	0.3	11.2
Bob Lanier	39	35	25.1	49.1	0.0	68.4	5.1	2.7	0.9	0.6	10.7
Brian Winters	57	12	23.9	43.4	32.4	85.9	1.9	2.7	0.8	0.1	10.6
Alton Lister	80	37	23.6	52.9	0.0	53.7	7.1	1.4	0.6	2.2	8.4
Dave Cowens	40	34	25.4	44.4	0.0	82.5	6.9	2.1	0.8	0.4	8.1
Phil Ford	70	56	20.7	47.1	12.5	79.6	1.4	3.6	0.7	0.0	6.8
Paul Pressey	79	18	19.3	45.7	11.1	59.7	3.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	6.7
Charlie Criss	66	0	14.0	45.1	19.4	89.5	1.2	1.9	0.4	0.0	6.2
Steve Mix	57	20	13.9	48.7	25.0	85.1	2.4	1.2	0.6	0.1	6.0
Harvey Catchings	74	33	21.0	45.7	0.0	67.4	5.5	1.0	0.4	2.0	3.3
Armond Hill	14	3	12.1	53.8	0.0	81.8	1.4	1.9	0.6	0.0	3.3
Paul Mokeski	50	1	11.8	46.0	0.0	81.0	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	3.2
Sam Pellom	4	0	5.0	40.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Marques Johnson	9		42.4	48.6	0.0	65.1	8.0	4.2	0.9	0.8	22.0
Sidney Moncrief	9		41.9	43.7	0.0	75.4	6.7	3.7	2.0	0.3	18.9
Junior Bridgeman	9		34.2	46.9	40.0	93.3	5.0	3.1	1.1	0.2	16.9
Bob Lanier	9		27.8	57.3	0.0	60.0	7.0	2.6	0.6	1.6	13.7
Brian Winters	9		26.7	42.9	27.3	82.4	2.4	3.6	0.7	0.4	9.9
Alton Lister	9		22.9	42.9	0.0	80.0	6.8	1.2	1.0	1.7	6.4
Charlie Criss	9		12.9	44.1	0.0	94.4	1.6	1.3	1.0	0.0	5.2
Paul Pressey	9		16.7	40.4	0.0	40.0	3.7	1.6	1.0	0.7	5.1
Phil Ford	2		2.5	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	3.0
Harvey Catchings	9		15.4	47.4	0.0	100.0	4.2	0.4	0.2	1.1	2.3
Paul Mokeski	4		3.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0

Awards and records

• Sidney Moncrief, NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
• Sidney Moncrief, All-NBA First Team
• Sidney Moncrief, NBA All-Defensive First Team
• Don Nelson, NBA Coach of the Year Award

Transactions

Trades

June 28, 1982	To Milwaukee Bucks ---- 1982 2nd round pick (Fred Roberts)	To Dallas Mavericks ---- Pat Cummings
September 9, 1982	To Milwaukee Bucks ---- Dave Cowens	To Boston Celtics ---- Quinn Buckner
November 12, 1982	To Milwaukee Bucks ---- Phil Ford	To New Jersey Nets ---- Mickey Johnson Fred Roberts

References

1. 1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks
2. "1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.

See also

• 1982-83 NBA season