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1982-83 Chicago Bulls Schedule and Results

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Record: 28-54, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Paul Westhead (28-54)

Executive: Rod Thorn

PTS/G: 111.0 (9th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 115.9 (22nd of 23)

SRS: -4.41 (19th of 23) Pace: 106.1 (4th of 23)

Off Rtg: 103.4 (16th of 23) Def Rtg: 108.0 (18th of 23) Net Rtg: -4.6 (19th of 23)

Expected W-L: 29-53 (19th of 23)

Arena: Chicago Stadium Attendance: 296,411 (18th of 23)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 29, 1982	7:40p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		102	114	0	1	L 1	11,042	2:06
2	Sat, Oct 30, 1982		Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		125	143	0	2	L 2	9,218
3	Wed, Nov 3, 1982		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		144	152	0	3	L 3	6,288
4	Thu, Nov 4, 1982		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		118	111	1	3	W 1	4,520
5	Sat, Nov 6, 1982		Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		129	124	2	3	W 2	11,162
6	Tue, Nov 9, 1982		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		111	112	2	4	L 1	9,122
7	Wed, Nov 10, 1982		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	145	2	5	L 2	13,056	2:03
8	Fri, Nov 12, 1982		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		113	105	3	5	W 1	5,828
9	Sat, Nov 13, 1982		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		115	119	3	6	L 1	3,420
10	Tue, Nov 16, 1982		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		125	120	4	6	W 1	5,706
11	Fri, Nov 19, 1982		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		127	111	5	6	W 2	5,789
12	Sat, Nov 20, 1982		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		131	128	6	6	W 3	12,178
13	Tue, Nov 23, 1982		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		102	132	6	7	L 1	6,341
14	Wed, Nov 24, 1982		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		127	133	6	8	L 2	9,594
15	Fri, Nov 26, 1982		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		120	122	6	9	L 3	9,106
16	Sat, Nov 27, 1982		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		99	108	6	10	L 4	8,257
17	Wed, Dec 1, 1982		Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		132	143	6	11	L 5	5,425
18	Fri, Dec 3, 1982		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		124	132	6	12	L 6	10,993
19	Sat, Dec 4, 1982		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		124	131	6	13	L 7	7,709
20	Tue, Dec 7, 1982		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		91	85	7	13	W 1
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 8, 1982		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		111	101	8	13	W 2	9,185
22	Sat, Dec 11, 1982		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		107	117	8	14	L 1	6,781
23	Tue, Dec 14, 1982		Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		102	108	8	15	L 2	5,189
24	Fri, Dec 17, 1982		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		93	115	8	16	L 3	9,206
25	Sat, Dec 18, 1982		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		131	127	9	16	W 1	5,219
26	Tue, Dec 21, 1982		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	2OT	124	116	10	16	W 2	5,171
27	Wed, Dec 22, 1982		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		131	140	10	17	L 1	15,320	2:16
28	Mon, Dec 27, 1982		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		87	89	10	18	L 2	5,821
29	Tue, Dec 28, 1982		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		103	113	10	19	L 3	7,680
30	Thu, Dec 30, 1982		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		102	105	10	20	L 4	7,280
31	Tue, Jan 4, 1983		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W	2OT	147	138	11	20	W 1	6,472
32	Fri, Jan 7, 1983		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		98	111	11	21	L 1	5,682
33	Sat, Jan 8, 1983		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		89	109	11	22	L 2	6,032
34	Tue, Jan 11, 1983		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		96	109	11	23	L 3	5,232
35	Wed, Jan 12, 1983		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		98	96	12	23	W 1	2,238
36	Fri, Jan 14, 1983		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W	OT	126	123	13	23	W 2	7,249
37	Sat, Jan 15, 1983		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L	2OT	126	128	13	24	L 1	7,247
38	Mon, Jan 17, 1983		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		109	119	13	25	L 2	7,193
39	Wed, Jan 19, 1983		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		106	126	13	26	L 3		2:06
40	Fri, Jan 21, 1983		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		106	117	13	27	L 4	13,562	2:01
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 22, 1983		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		95	86	14	27	W 1	5,769
42	Tue, Jan 25, 1983		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		99	116	14	28	L 1	18,253
43	Wed, Jan 26, 1983		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		124	119	15	28	W 1	2,265
44	Fri, Jan 28, 1983		Box Score		New York Knicks	L		91	93	15	29	L 1	7,362
45	Sat, Jan 29, 1983		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		126	128	15	30	L 2	15,384
46	Mon, Jan 31, 1983		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		104	110	15	31	L 3	12,742	2:12	at Hartford, CT
47	Tue, Feb 1, 1983		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		129	76	16	31	W 1	3,989
48	Fri, Feb 4, 1983	7:40p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		98	120	16	32	L 1	14,548	1:59
49	Sat, Feb 5, 1983		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		117	113	17	32	W 1	6,257
50	Tue, Feb 8, 1983		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		93	109	17	33	L 1	5,136
51	Thu, Feb 10, 1983		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		110	116	17	34	L 2	12,222	1:59
52	Tue, Feb 15, 1983		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		110	113	17	35	L 3	4,132
53	Wed, Feb 16, 1983		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		117	113	18	35	W 1	2,745
54	Sun, Feb 20, 1983		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		124	111	19	35	W 2	9,144
55	Tue, Feb 22, 1983		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		144	133	20	35	W 3	5,754
56	Wed, Feb 23, 1983	7:43p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		86	119	20	36	L 1	10,046	2:13
57	Fri, Feb 25, 1983		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		111	116	20	37	L 2	16,267	2:11
58	Sat, Feb 26, 1983		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		79	94	20	38	L 3	9,076
59	Tue, Mar 1, 1983		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		111	114	20	39	L 4	15,307
60	Fri, Mar 4, 1983		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		124	119	21	39	W 1	6,387
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Mar 6, 1983		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		106	98	22	39	W 2	5,385
62	Wed, Mar 9, 1983		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		92	110	22	40	L 1	5,622
63	Fri, Mar 11, 1983		Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L	2OT	123	130	22	41	L 2	3,722
64	Sat, Mar 12, 1983		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	123	22	42	L 3	17,505
65	Tue, Mar 15, 1983		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		108	116	22	43	L 4	10,307
66	Wed, Mar 16, 1983		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		113	111	23	43	W 1	8,150
67	Fri, Mar 18, 1983		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		117	101	24	43	W 2	12,666
68	Sun, Mar 20, 1983		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		116	128	24	44	L 1	11,139
69	Tue, Mar 22, 1983		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		116	134	24	45	L 2	6,264
70	Thu, Mar 24, 1983		Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		96	102	24	46	L 3	5,256
71	Sat, Mar 26, 1983		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		118	108	25	46	W 1	10,415	2:12
72	Tue, Mar 29, 1983		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		97	95	26	46	W 2	12,189	2:09
73	Fri, Apr 1, 1983		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		107	108	26	47	L 1	6,417
74	Sun, Apr 3, 1983		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		107	122	26	48	L 2	4,428
75	Tue, Apr 5, 1983		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		91	101	26	49	L 3	4,612
76	Fri, Apr 8, 1983		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		101	138	26	50	L 4	6,373
77	Sat, Apr 9, 1983		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		104	115	26	51	L 5	4,924
78	Sun, Apr 10, 1983		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		91	121	26	52	L 6	10,185
79	Tue, Apr 12, 1983		Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		102	112	26	53	L 7	3,936
80	Wed, Apr 13, 1983		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		107	98	27	53	W 1	1,952
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 15, 1983		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		120	117	28	53	W 2	15,320	2:15
82	Sun, Apr 17, 1983		Box Score		New York Knicks	L		103	120	28	54	L 1	4,032

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