1981–82 New Jersey Nets season

The 1981–82 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' sixth season in the NBA.[1] The Nets moved their home games from the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway to the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford.

1981–82 New Jersey Nets season
Head coachLarry Brown
ArenaBrendan Byrne Arena
Results
Record44–38 (.537)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Atlantic)
Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Bullets 0–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Draft picks
Main article: 1981 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
13Buck WilliamsPF/C United StatesMaryland
110Albert KingSF/SG United StatesMaryland
118Ray TolbertPF United StatesIndiana
349David BurnsG United StatesSt. Louis
472Edmund SherodG United StatesVirginia Commonwealth
595Joe CooperC/PF United StatesColorado
6118Kevin Lynam United StatesLa Salle
7141Rod Robertson United StatesNorthwestern
8164Ken Webb United StatesFarleigh Dickinson
9186Rudy Williams United StatesProvidence
10206Vic Sison United StatesUCLA

Roster
1981–82 New Jersey Nets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 33 Bailey, James 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1957-05-21 Rutgers
G 10 Birdsong, Otis Injured 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1955-12-09 Houston
G 12 Cook, Darwin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1958-08-06 Portland
F/C 44 Elmore, Len 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1952-03-28 Maryland
C 42 Gminski, Mike 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1959-08-03 Duke
F 55 King, Albert 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1959-12-17 Maryland
C 40 Lacey, Sam 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1948-03-28 New Mexico State
F 31 O'Koren, Mike 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1958-02-07 North Carolina
F 20 van Breda Kolff, Jan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1951-12-16 Vanderbilt
G 1 Walker, Foots 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1951-05-21 West Georgia
F 52 Williams, Buck 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1954-10-14 Maryland
G 13 Williams, Ray 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1954-10-14 Minnesota
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Boston Celtics6319.768–35–628–1320–4
x-Philadelphia 76ers5824.7075.032–926–1516–8
x-New Jersey Nets4438.53719.025–1619–2212–12
x-Washington Bullets4339.52420.022–1921–207–17
New York Knicks3349.40230.019–2214–275–19
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics6319.768–
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks5527.6718
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers5824.7075
4 x-New Jersey Nets4438.53719
5 x-Washington Bullets4339.52420
6 x-Atlanta Hawks4240.51221
7 Detroit Pistons3943.47624
8 Indiana Pacers3547.42728
9 Chicago Bulls3448.41529
10 New York Knicks3349.40230
11 Cleveland Cavaliers1567.18348
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1981-82 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 —1–52–34–21–11–12–40–22–04–21–10–23–33–25–13–31–12–01–11–11–12–02–4
Boston 5–1—4–25–02–01–16–01–11–14–12–01–13–35–15–14–21–11–12–02–00–22–06–0
Chicago 3–22–4—5–11–11–10–60–21–13–31–12–01–52–43–21–50–21–11–12–01–11–12–4
Cleveland 2–40–51–5—2–00–21–51–11–11–51–10–20–60–60–60–50–21–10–21–10–22–01–5
Dallas 1–10–21–10–2—1–51–10–52–41–14–21–41–12–01–10–22–32–31–52–31–43–31–1
Denver 1–11–11–12–05–1—1–13–25–10–24–21–41–11–11–11–12–32–32–45–02–33–32–0
Detroit 4–20–66–05–11–11–1—2–02–02–42–00–22–42–43–32–30–20–20–22–01–11–11–4
Golden State 2–01–12–01–15–02–30–2—1–42–03–23–32–01–11–10–24–22–43–25–11–53–21–1
Houston 0–21–11–11–14–21–50–24–1—2–03–31–41–11–11–11–13–24–13–34–12–36–02–0
Indiana 2–41–53–35–11–12–04–20–20–2—1–10–20–64–23–20–61–11–12–02–01–11–11–5
Kansas City 1–10–21–11–12–42–40–22–33–31–1—1–41–11–12–00–22–30–51–54–12–33–30–2
Los Angeles 2–01–10–22–04–14–12–03–34–12–04–1—0–21–10–21–14–25–12–35–14–25–02–0
Milwaukee 3–33–35–16–01–11–14–20–21–16–01–12–0—4–13–34–21–12–01–12–00–22–03–2
New Jersey 2–31–54–26–00–21–14–21–11–12–41–11–11–4—4–23–32–01–11–12–00–22–04–2
New York 1–51–52–36–01–11–13–31–11–12–30–22–03–32–4—1–50–21–10–22–00–22–01–5
Philadelphia 3–32–45–15–02–01–13–22–01–16–02–01–12–43–35–1—1–12–00–22–02–02–06–0
Phoenix 1–11–12–02–03–23–22–02–42–31–13–22–41–10–22–01–1—3–34–14–23–33–21–1
Portland 0–21–11–11–13–23–22–04–21–41–15–01–50–21–11–10–23–3—3–24–23–34–10–2
San Antonio 1–10–21–12–05–14–22–02–33–30–25–13–21–11–12–02–01–42–3—3–24–13–31–1
San Diego 1–10–20–21–13–20–50–21–51–40–21–41–50–20–20–20–22–42–42–3—1–51–40–2
Seattle 1–12–01–12–04–13–21–15–13–21–13–22–42–02–02–00–23–33–31–45–1—5–01–1
Utah 0–20–21–10–23–33–31–12–30–61–13–30–50–20–20–20–22–31–43–34–10–5—1–1
Washington 4–20–64–25–11–10–24–11–10–25–12–00–22–32–45–10–61–12–01–12–01–11–1—

Game log

Regular season
1981–82 game log
Total: 44–38 (home: 25–16; road: 19–22)
October: 0–1 (home: 0–1; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 October 30, 1981 New York L 99–103 Brendan Byrne Arena 0–1
November: 3–10 (home: 2–1; road: 1–9)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
2
3
4
5
6 November 10, 1981 @ New York L 99–111 Madison Square Garden 1–5
7
8 November 13, 1981 @ Boston
9
10
11
12
13
14 November 27, 1981 @ San Antonio
15
December: 8–6 (home: 4–4; road: 4–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
16
17 December 5, 1981 Philadelphia L 105–114 Brendan Byrne Arena 4–13
18
19 December 9, 1981 @ Boston
20
21
22
23
24
25 December 23, 1981 New York W 115–99 Brendan Byrne Arena 9–16
26 December 25, 1981 @ New York W 96–95 Madison Square Garden 10–16
27
28
29
January: 8–6 (home: 3–2; road: 5–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
30
31
32
33
34 January 9, 1982 @ Philadelphia W 120–113 The Spectrum 14–20
35 January 11, 1982 Boston
36
37
38 January 17, 1982 Philadelphia W 115–107 Brendan Byrne Arena 16–22
39 January 20, 1982 @ Los Angeles L 113–132 The Forum 16–23
40
41
42
43
February: 10–5 (home: 7–3; road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
44
45
46 February 5, 1982 @ Philadelphia L 112–116 The Spectrum 21–25
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
March: 8–7 (home: 5–3; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
59
60 March 3, 1982 Los Angeles W 111–103 Brendan Byrne Arena 31–29
61
62
63
64 March 12, 1982 Boston
65
66 March 17, 1982 San Antonio
67
68
69 March 24, 1982 @ Philadelphia W 111–106 The Spectrum 35–34
70
71
72 March 28, 1982 New York W 113–106 Brendan Byrne Arena 36–36
73
April: 7–2 (home: 4–1; road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
74
75
76 April 7, 1982 Philadelphia L 113–116 Brendan Byrne Arena 39–37
77 April 9, 1982 @ Boston
78
79 April 13, 1982 @ New York W 104–102 Madison Square Garden 41–38
80
81 April 16, 1982 Boston
82
1981–82 schedule

Playoffs
1982 playoff game log
First Round: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 20 Washington L 83–96 Buck Williams (23) Buck Williams (13) Ray Williams (8) Brendan Byrne Arena
14,015		 0–1
2 April 23 @ Washington L 92–103 Ray Williams (23) Len Elmore (9) Ray Williams (6) Capital Centre
19,035		 0–2
1982 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

Season

Awards and records

References
  1. 1981-82 New Jersey Nets

See also
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