1982–83 San Antonio Spurs season

1982–83 San Antonio Spurs season
1982–83 San Antonio Spurs season
Division champions
Head coach	Stan Albeck
General manager	Bob Bass
Owner(s)	Angelo Drossos
Arena	HemisFair Arena
Results
Record	53–29 (.646)
Place	Division: 1st (Midwest); Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference finals; (lost to Lakers 2–4)
	Stats at Basketball Reference

The 1982–83 NBA season was the Spurs' seventh season in the NBA and 16th season as a franchise.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	24	Oliver Robinson	SG	United States	Alabama-Birmingham
3	64	Willie Redden		United States	South Florida
4	87	Tony Grier		United States	South Florida
5	110	Clarence Swannegan		United States	Texas Tech
6	133	Jaime Pena		Mexico United States	New Mexico State
7	156	Delonte Taylor		United States	North Texas State
8	179	Chris Faggi		United States	Memphis
9	201	Harry O'Brien		United States	St. Mary's
10	222	Keith White		United States	McMurry

Roster

1982–83 San Antonio Spurs roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Player	Height	Weight	DOB	From
PF	20	Gene Banks	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1959-05-15	Duke
PG	10	Mike Dunleavy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1954-03-21	South Carolina
G/F	44	George Gervin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1952-04-27	Eastern Michigan
C	53	Artis Gilmore	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1949-09-21	Jacksonville
PF	30	Paul Griffin	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1954-01-20	Western Michigan
PF	42	Edgar Jones	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1956-06-17	Nevada
SF	34	Mike Mitchell	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1956-01-01	Auburn
PG	00	Johnny Moore	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1958-03-03	Texas
C	5	Billy Paultz	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1948-07-30	St. John's
SG	21	Roger Phegley	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1956-10-16	Bradley
SF	15	Ed Rains	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1956-12-24	South Alabama
SG	1	Oliver Robinson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1960-03-13	UAB
SF	35	Mike Sanders	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1960-05-07	UCLA
PG	9	Robert Smith	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1955-03-10	UNLV

Head coach

Stan Albeck

Assistant(s)

Morris McHone

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Updated: April 7, 1983

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-	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
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	–
2	y-	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

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

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: 53–29 (home: 31–10; road: 22–19)

October: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 29	@ Utah	W 120–114				Salt Palace Acord Arena	1–0
2	October 30	Portland	W 112–107				HemisFair Arena	2–0

November: 10–6 (home: 6–2; road: 4–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
3	November 3	@ Seattle	L 107–109	Kingdome	2–1
4	November 4	@ Portland	W 108–107 (OT)	Memorial Coliseum	3–1
5	November 5	@ Golden State	W 105–104	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	4–1
6	November 7	Phoenix	W 101–100	HemisFair Arena	5–1
7	November 9	Utah	W 120–114	HemisFair Arena	6–1
8	November 11	@ San Diego	L 105–109	San Diego Sports Arena	5–3
9	November 13	Seattle	L 98–107	HemisFair Arena	6–3
10	November 16	Kansas City	L 102–105	HemisFair Arena	6–4
11	November 17	@ Washington	W 114–112	Capital Centre	7–4
12	November 19	@ Boston	L 111–119	Boston Garden	7–5
13	November 20	Golden State	W 134–112	HemisFair Arena	8–5
14	November 23	Denver	W 136–126	HemisFair Arena	9–5
15	November 24	@ Denver	L 123–129	McNichols Sports Arena	9–6
16	November 26	Chicago	W 122–120	HemisFair Arena	10–6
17	November 27	@ Dallas	W 107–106	Reunion Arena	11–6
18	November 30	Los Angeles	W 117–114	HemisFair Arena	12–6

December: 9–6 (home: 4–3; road: 5–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
19	December 1	@ Detroit	L 97–105	Pontiac Silverdome	12–7
20	December 3	Houston	W 88–78	HemisFair Arena	13–7
21	December 4	@ Houston	L 93–94	The Summit	13–8
22	December 7	Dallas	W 106–92	HemisFair Arena	14–8
23	December 8	@ Kansas City	W 102–101 (OT)	Kemper Arena	15–8
24	December 10	@ New Jersey	W 114–102	Brendan Byrne Arena	16–8
25	December 11	Kansas City	L 110–122	HemisFair Arena	16–9
26	December 14	@ Houston	W 102–93	The Summit	17–9
27	December 16	@ Denver	W 120–108	McNichols Sports Arena	18–9
28	December 17	Utah	W 110–103	HemisFair Arena	19–9
29	December 19	@ Milwaukee	L 98–113	MECCA Arena	19–10
30	December 21	Phoenix	L 113–114	HemisFair Arena	19–11
31	December 26	Philadelphia	L 122–124	HemisFair Arena	19–12
32	December 29	San Diego	W 124–115	HemisFair Arena	20–12
33	December 30	@ Chicago	W 105–102	Chicago Stadium	21–12

January: 9–6 (home: 5–2; road: 4–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
34	January 2	@ Cleveland	W 103–95	Richfield Coliseum	22–12
35	January 4	@ Atlanta	W 104–95	The Omni	23–12
36	January 5	@ Dallas	L 131–136	Reunion Arena	23–13
37	January 7	Boston	L 113–116	HemisFair Arena	23–14
38	January 11	Dallas	W 109–101	HemisFair Arena	24–14
39	January 12	@ Kansas City	L 113–118	Kemper Arena	24–15
40	January 14	Houston	W 96–92	HemisFair Arena	25–15
41	January 15	Washington	W 117–96	HemisFair Arena	26–15
42	January 18	Denver	W 143–124	HemisFair Arena	27–15
43	January 19	@ Phoenix	L 113–118	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	27–16
44	January 21	@ Los Angeles	L 110–119	The Forum	27–17
45	January 23	Portland	L 107–108	HemisFair Arena	27–18
46	January 25	@ Utah	W 116–106	Salt Palace Acord Arena	28–18
47	January 27	@ Indiana	W 143–138	Market Square Arena	29–18
48	January 29	New Jersey	W 120–109	HemisFair Arena	30–18

February: 6–5 (home: 4–2; road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
49	February 2	New York	L 98–109	HemisFair Arena	30–19
50	February 4	@ Seattle	L 103–115	Kingdome	30–20
51	February 5	@ Golden State	L 102–106	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	30–21
52	February 8	Detroit	W 147–143 (OT)	HemisFair Arena	31–21
53	February 10	Golden State	W 128–109	HemisFair Arena	32–21
54	February 15	@ Los Angeles	W 124–103	The Forum	33–21
55	February 16	@ Utah	L 101–112	Salt Palace Acord Arena	33–22
56	February 20	Atlanta	W 103–100	HemisFair Arena	34–22
57	February 23	Portland	W 124–114	HemisFair Arena	35–22
58	February 25	@ Kansas City	W 131–125	Kemper Arena	36–22
59	February 26	Milwaukee	L 104–107	HemisFair Arena	36–23

March: 10–4 (home: 7–0; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
60	March 1	Seattle	W 119–104	HemisFair Arena	37–23
61	March 2	@ Phoenix	L 106–110	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	37–24
62	March 4	@ San Diego	W 107–99	San Diego Sports Arena	38–24
63	March 6	Cleveland	W 117–98	HemisFair Arena	39–24
64	March 8	@ Denver	L 118–129	McNichols Sports Arena	39–25
65	March 9	Phoenix	W 108–105	HemisFair Arena	40–25
66	March 12	Golden State	W 131–120	HemisFair Arena	41–25
67	March 15	San Diego	W 130–109	HemisFair Arena	42–25
68	March 17	@ San Diego	W 111–101	San Diego Sports Arena	43–25
69	March 19	Indiana	W 138–118	HemisFair Arena	44–25
70	March 22	@ Portland	L 102–119	Memorial Coliseum	44–26
71	March 23	@ Seattle	L 117–137	Kingdome	44–27
72	March 25	@ Los Angeles	W 132–120	The Forum	45–27
73	March 29	Denver	W 136–129	HemisFair Arena	46–27

April: 7–2 (home: 4–1; road: 3–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
74	April 1	Houston	W 124–99	HemisFair Arena	47–27
75	April 2	@ Houston	W 112–101	The Summit	48–27
76	April 5	Kansas City	W 130–113	HemisFair Arena	49–27
77	April 6	@ Philadelphia	W 112–109	The Spectrum	50–27
78	April 8	@ New York	L 100–102 (OT)	Madison Square Garden	50–28
79	April 9	Dallas	L 111–122	HemisFair Arena	50–29
80	April 13	Los Angeles	W 114–109	HemisFair Arena	51–29
81	April 15	Utah	W 121–118	HemisFair Arena	52–29
82	April 16	@ Dallas	W 132–120	Reunion Arena	53–29

1982–83 schedule

Playoffs

1983 playoff game log

Conference semifinals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 26	Denver	W 152–133	George Gervin (42)	Gene Banks (11)	Johnny Moore (17)	HemisFair Arena 10,116	1–0
2	April 27	Denver	W 126–109	George Gervin (30)	Artis Gilmore (12)	Johnny Moore (20)	HemisFair Arena 10,690	2–0
3	April 29	@ Denver	W 127–126 (OT)	Johnny Moore (39)	Artis Gilmore (14)	Johnny Moore (12)	McNichols Sports Arena 16,965	3–0
4	May 2	@ Denver	L 114–124	Johnny Moore (27)	Artis Gilmore (11)	Johnny Moore (9)	McNichols Sports Arena 15,035	3–1
5	May 4	Denver	W 145–105	George Gervin (26)	Artis Gilmore (15)	Johnny Moore (13)	HemisFair Arena 12,736	4–1

Conference finals: 2–4 (home: 0–3; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 8	@ Los Angeles	L 107–119	Mike Mitchell (26)	George Gervin (9)	Johnny Moore (18)	The Forum 15,063	0–1
2	May 10	@ Los Angeles	W 122–113	George Gervin (32)	Artis Gilmore (20)	Johnny Moore (15)	The Forum 17,505	1–1
3	May 13	Los Angeles	L 100–113	Mike Mitchell (23)	Artis Gilmore (14)	Johnny Moore (9)	HemisFair Arena 15,782	1–2
4	May 15	Los Angeles	L 121–129	Mike Mitchell (35)	Mike Mitchell (11)	Johnny Moore (17)	HemisFair Arena 15,782	1–3
5	May 18	@ Los Angeles	W 117–112	Mike Mitchell (26)	Artis Gilmore (14)	Johnny Moore (17)	The Forum 17,505	2–3
6	May 20	Los Angeles	L 100–101	George Gervin (25)	Artis Gilmore (18)	Johnny Moore (14)	HemisFair Arena 15,782	2–4

1983 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Artis Gilmore	C	82	82	2,797	984	126	40	192	1,479	34.1	12.0	1.5	.5	2.3	18.0
Gene Banks	PF	81	81	2,722	612	279	78	21	1,206	33.6	7.6	3.4	1.0	.3	14.9
Mike Mitchell	SF	80	79	2,803	537	98	57	52	1,591	35.0	6.7	1.2	.7	.7	19.9
Mike Dunleavy Sr.	PG	79	9	1,619	134	437	74	4	613	20.5	1.7	5.5	.9	.1	7.8
George Gervin	SG	78	78	2,830	357	264	88	67	2,043	36.3	4.6	3.4	1.1	.9	26.2
Johnny Moore	PG	77	73	2,552	277	753	194	32	941	33.1	3.6	9.8	2.5	.4	12.2
Roger Phegley	SG	62	4	599	84	60	30	8	286	9.7	1.4	1.0	.5	.1	4.6
Paul Griffin	PF	53	0	956	216	86	33	25	173	18.0	4.1	1.6	.6	.5	3.3
Bill Willoughby^†	SF	52	0	1,062	190	56	24	16	319	20.4	3.7	1.1	.5	.3	6.1
Oliver Robinson	SG	35	0	147	17	21	4	2	101	4.2	.5	.6	.1	.1	2.9
Ed Rains	SF	34	1	292	44	22	10	1	95	8.6	1.3	.6	.3	.0	2.8
Edgar Jones^†	PF	28	3	622	177	20	14	31	268	22.2	6.3	.7	.5	1.1	9.6
Mike Sanders	SF	26	0	393	94	19	18	6	183	15.1	3.6	.7	.7	.2	7.0
Geoff Crompton	C	14	0	148	48	7	3	5	31	10.6	3.4	.5	.2	.4	2.2
Coby Dietrick	C	8	0	34	8	6	1	0	2	4.3	1.0	.8	.1	.0	.3
Billy Paultz^†	C	7	0	125	33	4	5	6	25	17.9	4.7	.6	.7	.9	3.6
Jim Johnstone^†	C	7	0	54	16	1	1	1	7	7.7	2.3	.1	.1	.1	1.0
Robert Smith^†	PG	7	0	25	3	2	1	0	12	3.6	.4	.3	.1	.0	1.7

^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
George Gervin	SG	11	437	74	37	12	4	277	39.7	6.7	3.4	1.1	.4	25.2
Mike Mitchell	SF	11	422	105	12	7	19	230	38.4	9.5	1.1	.6	1.7	20.9
Johnny Moore	PG	11	414	47	161	28	3	247	37.6	4.3	14.6	2.5	.3	22.5
Artis Gilmore	C	11	401	142	18	9	34	184	36.5	12.9	1.6	.8	3.1	16.7
Gene Banks	PF	11	398	76	50	11	1	175	36.2	6.9	4.5	1.0	.1	15.9
Edgar Jones	PF	11	193	53	17	6	14	75	17.5	4.8	1.5	.5	1.3	6.8
Mike Dunleavy Sr.	PG	11	174	13	49	9	1	61	15.8	1.2	4.5	.8	.1	5.5
Billy Paultz	C	11	133	32	11	4	2	30	12.1	2.9	1.0	.4	.2	2.7
Roger Phegley	SG	8	38	8	1	0	0	24	4.8	1.0	.1	.0	.0	3.0
Mike Sanders	SF	6	25	9	4	0	0	14	4.2	1.5	.7	.0	.0	2.3
Robert Smith	PG	6	19	5	6	1	0	10	3.2	.8	1.0	.2	.0	1.7
Ed Rains	SF	3	11	1	1	0	0	4	3.7	.3	.3	.0	.0	1.3

San Antonio Spurs
Founded in 1967 Formerly the Dallas Chaparrals (1967–1970, 1971–1973) and the Texas Chaparrals (1970–1971) Based in San Antonio, Texas
Franchise	ABA–NBA merger All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	State Fair Coliseum Moody Coliseum Tarrant County Coliseum Lubbock Municipal Coliseum HemisFair Arena Alamodome Frost Bank Center
Personnel	Owner(s) Spurs Sports & Entertainment President Gregg Popovich General manager Brian Wright Head coach Mitch Johnson
G League affiliate	Austin Spurs
Retired numbers	00 6 9 12 13 20 21 32 44 50
NBA championships	1999 2003 2005 2007 2014
Rivalries	Dallas Mavericks Houston Rockets Los Angeles Lakers Phoenix Suns
Culture and lore	The Coyote Bruise Brothers The Iceman "Get Ready for This" The Admiral The Twin Towers The Big Three Memorial Day Miracle The Big Fundamental Semi-Pro The Shot

1982–83 San Antonio Spurs season

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Ragular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

References

See also