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1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks season

{{short description|NBA professional basketball team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{NBA season

| team = Milwaukee Bucks

| end_year = 1983

| DivisionWin = yes

| wins = 51

| losses = 31

| division = Central

| division_place = 1

| conf_place = 2

| coach = Don Nelson

| gm = Don Nelson

| owner = Jim Fitzgerald

| arena = MECCA Arena

| television =

| radio =

| playoffs = Conference finals
(lost to 76ers 1–4)

| bbr_team = MIL

}}

The 1982-83 NBA season was the Bucks' 15th season in the NBA.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1983.html 1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks]

Draft picks

{{main article|1982 NBA draft}}

class="wikitable sortable sortable"

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="10%"| Round

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="10%"| Pick

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="20%"| Player

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="15%"| Position

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="15%"| Nationality

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="20%"| College

style="text-align: center"

| 1

20Paul PresseySF{{USA}}Tulsa
style="text-align: center"

| 2

27Fred RobertsPF{{USA}}Brigham Young
style="text-align: center"

| 4

89Jerry BeckSF/PF{{USA}}Middle Tennessee State
style="text-align: center"

| 6

135Tony Carr{{USA}}Wisconsin-Eau Claire
style="text-align: center"

| 7

158Bobby Austin{{USA}}Cincinnati
style="text-align: center"

| 8

181Bryan Leonard{{USA}}Illinois
style="text-align: center"

| 9

202Robert Tate{{USA}}Idaho State
style="text-align: center"

| 10

223Bob Coenen{{USA}}Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Roster

{{NBA roster header|team=Milwaukee Bucks|season=1982–83

| bg1 = #255325 | color1 = #FFFFFF

| bg2 = #d4312a | color2 = #FFFFFF

}}

{{player2 | num = 2 | first = Junior | last = Bridgeman | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 210 | DOB = 1953–09–17 | college = Louisville}}

{{player2 | num = 42 | first = Harvey | last = Catchings | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 218 | DOB = 1951–09–02 | college = Hardin-Simmons}}

{{player2 | num = 36 | first = Dave | last = Cowens | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 230 | DOB = 1948–10–25 | college = Florida State}}

{{player2 | num = 15 | first = Charlie | last = Criss | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 8 | lbs = 165 | DOB = 1948–11–06 | college = New Mexico State}}

{{player2 | num = 12 | first = Phil | last = Ford | dab = basketball | pos = PG | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 175 | DOB = 1956–02–09 | college = North Carolina}}

{{player2 | num = 8 | first = Marques | last = Johnson | pos = SF | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 218 | DOB = 1956–02–08 | college = UCLA}}

{{player2 | num = 16 | first = Bob | last = Lanier | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 11 | lbs = 250 | DOB = 1948–09–10 | college = St. Bonaventure}}

{{player2 | num = 53 | first = Alton | last = Lister | pos = C | ft = 7 | in = 0 | lbs = 240 | DOB = 1958–10–01 | college = Arizona State}}

{{player2 | num = 45 | first = Paul | last = Mokeski | pos = C | ft = 7 | in = 0 | lbs = 250 | DOB = 1957–01–03 | college = Kansas}}

{{player2 | num = 4 | first = Sidney | last = Moncrief | pos = PG | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 180 | DOB = 1957–09–21 | college = Arkansas}}

{{player2 | num = 25 | first = Paul | last = Pressey | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 185 | DOB = 1958–12–24 | college = Tulsa}}

{{player2 | num = 32 | first = Brian | last = Winters | pos = SG | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 185 | DOB = 1952–03–01 | college = South Carolina}}

{{NBA roster footer

| head_coach =

| asst_coach =

}}

Regular season

=Season standings=

{{1982–83 NBA Central standings|team=MIL}}

{{1982–83 NBA East standings|team=MIL}}

:z - clinched division title

:y - clinched division title

:x - clinched playoff spot

=Record vs. opponents=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
colspan=24|1982-83 NBA Records
width=100|Team

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|ATL

!style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|BOS

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#000000;width=35"|CHI

!style="background:#FFD700;color:#8B0000;width=35"|CLE

!style="background:#008000;color:#00008B;width=35"|DAL

!style="background:#0000CD;color:#FFD700;width=35"|DEN

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FF0000;width=35"|DET

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FFD700;width=35"|GSW

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFD700;width=35"|HOU

!style="background:#000080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|IND

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|KCK

!style="background:#800080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|LAL

!style="background:#006400;color:#B22222;width=35"|MIL

!style="background:#B0170C;color:#00056D;width=35"|NJN

!style="background:#800000;color:#191970;width=35"|NYK

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#0000FF;width=35"|PHI

!style="background:#800080;color:#FF4500;width=35"|PHO

!style="background:#000000;color:#FF0000;width=35"|POR

!style="background:#000000;color:#C0C0C0;width=35"|SAS

!style="background:#F9160D;color:#1A2E8B;width=35"|SDC

!style="background:#005831;color:#FFC322;width=35"|SEA

!style="background:#36004A;color:#FFFF00;width=35"|UTA

!style="background:#DC143C;color:#0000CD;width=35"|WAS

style="text-align:left;" | Atlanta—1–55–16–01–11–13–30–22–06–00–20–21–42–43–22–41–11–10–21–11–12–04–2
style="text-align:left;" | Boston5–1—3–25–12–02–03–31–12–04–11–12–03–35–13–33–32–01–12–01–11–12–03–3
style="text-align:left;" | Chicago1–52–3—5–11–11–12–42–01–14–20–20–21–52–41–41–50–21–10–21–10–21–11–5
style="text-align:left;" | Cleveland0–61–51–5—2–00–21–52–02–05–11–10–21–50–61–50–50–21–10–21–11–10–23–2
style="text-align:left;" | Dallas1–10–21–10–2—3–32–03–25–12–03–32–30–20–20–20–22–33–22–45–02–32–40–2
style="text-align:left;" | Denver1–10–21–12–03–3—2–04–15–11–13–31–42–01–10–20–24–12–32–43–23–24–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | Detroit3–33–34–25–10–20–2—2–02–04–20–20–23–33–21–50–61–11–11–11–10–20–23–2
style="text-align:left;" | Golden State2–01–10–20–22–31–40–2—3–21–11–41–51–10–21–10–22–42–41–43–33–33–22–0
style="text-align:left;" | Houston0–20–21–10–21–51–50–22–3—2–01–50–50–21–10–20–20–50–51–52–31–40–61–1
style="text-align:left;" | Indiana0–61–42–41–50–21–12–41–10–2—1–10–21–50–63–31–41–10–20–21–11–12–01–5
style="text-align:left;" | Kansas City2–01–12–01–13–33–32–04–15–11–1—1–41–11–11–10–21–42–33–34–11–44–22–0
style="text-align:left;" | Los Angeles2–00–22–02–03–24–12–05–15–02–04–1—2–01–12–00–23–33–31–45–15–14–11–1
style="text-align:left;" | Milwaukee4–13–35–15–12–00–23–31–12–05–11–10–2—3–24–21–51–12–02–02–00–22–03–2
style="text-align:left;" | New Jersey4–21–54–26–02–01–12–32–01–16–01–11–12–3—4–23–31–11–10–21–12–01–13–2
style="text-align:left;" | New York2–33–34–15–12–02–05–11–12–03–31–10–22–42–4—1–50–21–12–00–21–11–14–2
style="text-align:left;" | Philadelphia4–23–35–15–02–02–06–02–02–04–12–02–05–13–35–1—2–00–21–12–02–02–04–2
style="text-align:left;" | Phoenix1–10–22–02–03–21–41–14–25–01–14–13–31–11–12–00–2—5–13–24–25–15–00–2
style="text-align:left;" | Portland1–11–11–11–12–33–21–14–25–02–03–23–30–21–11–12–01–5—2–35–13–33–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | San Antonio2–00–22–02–04–24–21–14–15–12–03–34–10–22–00–21–12–33–2—4–11–45–12–0
style="text-align:left;" | San Diego1–11–11–11–10–52–31–13–33–21–11–41–50–21–12–00–22–41–51–4—0–62–30–2
style="text-align:left;" | Seattle1–11–12–01–13–22–32–03–34–11–14–11–52–00–21–10–21–53–34–16–0—5–01–1
style="text-align:left;" | Utah0–20–21–12–04–22–42–02–36–00–22–41–40–21–11–10–20–52–31–53–20–5—0–2
style="text-align:left;" | Washington2–43–35–12–32–01–12–30–21–15–10–21–13–33–32–42–42–01–10–22–01–12–0—

=Game log=

{{NBA game log start|Milwaukee Bucks|end_year=1983|bgcolor=#255325|color=#FFFFFF|record=Total: 51–31 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)}}

{{NBA game log section|Milwaukee Bucks|October|first=yes|bgcolor=#d4312a|color=#255325

| home_wins = 1

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 0

}}

|-style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 1 || October 30, 1982 || New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198210300MIL.html W 108–86]

|

|

|

| MECCA Arena

| 1–0

|-style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 2 || October 31, 1982 || @ Cleveland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198210310CLE.html W 119—95]

|Junior Bridgeman (17)

|

|

| Coliseum at Richfield

| 2–0

{{NBA game log section|Milwaukee Bucks|November|bgcolor=#d4312a|color=#255325

| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 2

| road_wins = 3

| road_losses = 2

}}

|-style="background:#fcc;"

| 3 || November 2, 1982 || @ Kansas City

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198211020KCK.html L 112–119]

|

|

|

| Kemper Arena

| 2–1

|-style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 4 || November 4, 1982 || @ Atlanta

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198211040ATL.html W 104—100]

|

|

|

| The Omni

| 3–1

|-style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 5 || November 5, 1982 || San Diego

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198211050MIL.html W 130–99]

|

|

|

| MECCA Arena

| 4–1

|-style="background:#fcc;"

| 5 || November 7, 1982 || Seattle

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198211070MIL.html L 90–102]

|

|

|

| MECCA Arena

| 4–2

|-style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 6 || November 10, 1982 || @ Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198211100BOS.html W 105—101]

|

|

|

| Boston Garden

| 5–2

|-style="background:#fcc;"

| 7 || November 12, 1982 || @ Detroit

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198211120DET.html L 100–111]

|

|

|

| Pontiac Silverdome

| 5–3

|-style="background:#fcc;"

| 8 || November 14, 1982 || Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198211140MIL.html L 98–100]

|

|

|

| MECCA Arena

| 5–4

|-style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 9 || November 16, 1982 || Indiana

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198211160MIL.html W 115–103]

|

|

|

| MECCA Arena

| 6–4

|-style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 10 || November 18, 1982 || @ New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198211180NYK.html L 89—77]

|

|

|

| Madison Square Garden

| 7–4

{{NBA game log section|Milwaukee Bucks|December|bgcolor=#d4312a|color=#255325

| home_wins = 0

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 0

}}

{{NBA game log section|Milwaukee Bucks|January|bgcolor=#d4312a|color=#255325

| home_wins = 0

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 0

}}

{{NBA game log section|Milwaukee Bucks|February|bgcolor=#d4312a|color=#255325

| home_wins = 0

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 0

}}

{{NBA game log section|Milwaukee Bucks|March|bgcolor=#d4312a|color=#255325

| home_wins = 0

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 0

}}

{{NBA game log section|Milwaukee Bucks|April|bgcolor=#d4312a|color=#255325

| home_wins = 0

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 0

}}

{{NBA game log end|bbr_team=MIL|end_year=1983}}

Playoffs

{{NBA game log start|Milwaukee Bucks|end_year=1983|playoffs=yes|bgcolor=#255325|color=#FFFFFF}}

{{NBA game log section|Milwaukee Bucks|Conference semifinals|first=yes|playoffs=yes|show=no|bgcolor=#D4312A|color=#255325

| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 2

| road_losses = 0

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 1

| April 27

| @ Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198304270BOS.html W 116–95]

| Sidney Moncrief (22)

| Bob Lanier (10)

| Marques Johnson (5)

| Boston Garden
15,320

| 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 2

| April 29

| @ Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198304290BOS.html W 95–91]

| Sidney Moncrief (20)

| Marques Johnson (9)

| Sidney Moncrief (4)

| Boston Garden
15,320

| 2–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 3

| May 1

| Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198305010MIL.html W 107–99]

| Sidney Moncrief (26)

| Junior Bridgeman (10)

| Bob Lanier (6)

| MECCA Arena
11,052

| 3–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 4

| May 2

| Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198305020MIL.html W 107–93]

| Marques Johnson (33)

| Alton Lister (11)

| Marques Johnson (6)

| MECCA Arena
11,052

| 4–0

|-

{{NBA game log section|Milwaukee Bucks|Conference finals|playoffs=yes|show=no|bgcolor=#D4312A|color=#255325

| home_wins = 1

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 3

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 1

| May 8

| @ Philadelphia

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198305080PHI.html L 109–111 (OT)]

| Marques Johnson (30)

| Bob Lanier (9)

| Moncrief, Lanier (6)

| Spectrum
18,482

| 0–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| May 11

| @ Philadelphia

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198305110PHI.html L 81–87]

| Marques Johnson (25)

| Marques Johnson (11)

| Lanier, Winters (4)

| Spectrum
18,482

| 0–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 3

| May 14

| Philadelphia

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198305140MIL.html L 96–104]

| Junior Bridgeman (24)

| Sidney Moncrief (10)

| Brian Winters (7)

| MECCA Arena
11,052

| 0–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 4

| May 15

| Philadelphia

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198305150MIL.html W 100–94]

| Marques Johnson (19)

| Marques Johnson (10)

| Marques Johnson (8)

| MECCA Arena
11,052

| 1–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 5

| May 18

| @ Philadelphia

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198305180PHI.html L 103–115]

| Marques Johnson (21)

| Alton Lister (12)

| Junior Bridgeman (5)

| Spectrum
18,482

| 1–4

|-

{{NBA game log end|bbr_team=MIL|end_year=1983|playoffs=yes}}

Player statistics

{{NBA roster statistics legend}}

Player statistics source:{{Cite web|title=1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1983.html|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Basketball-Reference.com|language=en}}

=Season=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%"
style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="10%" | Player

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | GP

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | GS

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | MPG

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | FG%

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | 3FG%

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | FT%

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | RPG

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | APG

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | SPG

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | BPG

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | PPG

Sidney Moncrief

| 76

7635.752.410.082.65.83.91.50.322.5
Marques Johnson

| 80

8035.750.920.073.57.04.51.30.721.4
Junior Bridgeman

| 70

526.549.27.783.73.53.00.60.114.4
Mickey Johnson

| 6

025.545.50.077.84.21.80.20.311.2
Bob Lanier

| 39

3525.149.10.068.45.12.70.90.610.7
Brian Winters

| 57

1223.943.432.485.91.92.70.80.110.6
Alton Lister

| 80

3723.652.90.053.77.11.40.62.28.4
Dave Cowens

| 40

3425.444.40.082.56.92.10.80.48.1
Phil Ford

| 70

5620.747.112.579.61.43.60.70.06.8
Paul Pressey

| 79

1819.345.711.159.73.62.61.30.66.7
Charlie Criss

| 66

014.045.119.489.51.21.90.40.06.2
Steve Mix

| 57

2013.948.725.085.12.41.20.60.16.0
Harvey Catchings

| 74

3321.045.70.067.45.51.00.42.03.3
Armond Hill

| 14

312.153.80.081.81.41.90.60.03.3
Paul Mokeski

| 50

111.846.00.081.02.40.50.20.43.2
Sam Pellom

|4

|0

|5.0

|40.0

|0.0

|0.0

|2.0

|0.0

|0.0

|0.0

|2.0

=Playoffs=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%"
style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="10%" | Player

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | GP

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | GS

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | MPG

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | FG%

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | 3FG%

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | FT%

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | RPG

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | APG

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | SPG

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | BPG

! style="background:#255325; color:#59A04F" width="6%" | PPG

Marques Johnson

| 9

42.448.60.065.18.04.20.90.822.0
Sidney Moncrief

| 9

41.943.70.075.46.73.72.00.318.9
Junior Bridgeman

| 9

34.246.940.093.35.03.11.10.216.9
Bob Lanier

| 9

27.857.30.060.07.02.60.61.613.7
Brian Winters

| 9

26.742.927.382.42.43.60.70.49.9
Alton Lister

| 9

22.942.90.080.06.81.21.01.76.4
Charlie Criss

| 9

12.944.10.094.41.61.31.00.05.2
Paul Pressey

| 9

16.740.40.040.03.71.61.00.75.1
Phil Ford

| 2

2.50.00.0100.00.00.50.00.03.0
Harvey Catchings

| 9

15.447.40.0100.04.20.40.21.12.3
Paul Mokeski

| 4

3.050.00.00.00.50.30.30.01.0

Awards and records

Transactions

=Trades=

border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; width:100%;" cellpadding="5"
style="background:#eee;"

| style="width:12%" | June 28, 1982

| style="width:30%; vertical-align:top;"| To Milwaukee Bucks----

| style="width:30%; vertical-align:top;"| To Dallas Mavericks----

style="background:#eee;"

| style="width:12%" | September 9, 1982

| style="width:30%; vertical-align:top;"| To Milwaukee Bucks----

| style="width:30%; vertical-align:top;"| To Boston Celtics----

style="background:#eee;"

| style="width:12%" | November 12, 1982

| style="width:30%; vertical-align:top;"| To Milwaukee Bucks----

| style="width:30%; vertical-align:top;"| To New Jersey Nets----

References

{{reflist}}

See also

{{1982-83 NBA season by team}}

{{Milwaukee Bucks seasons}}

{{Milwaukee Bucks}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks Season}}

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