1982–83 Denver Nuggets season

1982–83 Denver Nuggets season
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 >

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.

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

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	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	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

(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	Location Attendance	Record
3	November 3	Los Angeles	L 134–135 (OT)	McNichols Sports Arena	1–2
4	November 4	@ Los Angeles	L 108–131	The Forum	1–3
12	November 21	@ Los Angeles	L 129–143	The Forum	5–7

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	Location Attendance	Record
47	February 1	Philadelphia	L 124–133	McNichols Sports Arena	22–25
All-Star Break
53	February 16	@ Philadelphia	L 95–116	The Spectrum	25–28
59	February 27	@ Los Angeles	W 135–120	The Forum	29–30

March: 10–5 (home: 7–2; road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
74	March 31	Los Angeles	L 116–122				McNichols Sports Arena	39–35

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

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1983 playoff game log
home_wins = 1	home_losses = 0	road_wins = 1	road_losses = 1 }}
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

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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

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Awards and records

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

v t e Denver Nuggets
Founded in 1967 Formerly the Denver Rockets (1967–1974) Based in Denver, Colorado
Franchise	ABA–NBA merger All-time roster Draft history Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Denver Auditorium Arena Denver Coliseum McNichols Sports Arena Ball Arena
Personnel	Owner(s) Ann Walton Kroenke President Josh Kroenke General manager Calvin Booth Head coach Michael Malone
G League affiliate	Grand Rapids Gold
Retired numbers	2 12 33 40 44 55 432
NBA championships	2023
Rivalries	Minnesota Timberwolves Utah Jazz
Culture and lore	Alex English Mt. Mutombo The Hey Song "Cartman Finds Love" (South Park) Kansas City (ABA) 1976 ABA All-Star Game Knicks–Nuggets brawl The Joker