1982-83 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Log

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Record: 23-59, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Tom Nissalke (23-59)

Executive: Harry Weltman

PTS/G: 97.1 (23rd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 104.6 (8th of 23)

SRS: -6.78 (22nd of 23) Pace: 97.6 (22nd of 23)

Off Rtg: 99.2 (21st of 23) Def Rtg: 106.8 (16th of 23) Net Rtg: -7.6 (22nd of 23)

Expected W-L: 22-60 (22nd of 23)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield Attendance: 160,537 (23rd of 23)

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Regular Season

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1982-10-29		BOS	L	93	104	24	73	.329	0	1	.000	45	58	.776	16	47	16	8	2	13	20	45	89	.506	0	0		14	22	.636	11	41	25	9	5	15	35
2	2	1982-10-31		MIL	L	95	119	40	97	.412	0	0		15	23	.652	20	38	19	6	4	19	36	42	77	.545	0	0		35	42	.833	12	41	27	7	10	25	27
3	3	1982-11-02		DET	L	119	128	51	93	.548	2	4	.500	15	23	.652	12	39	28	8	6	18	33	49	88	.557	0	0		30	40	.750	12	42	21	5	6	14	25
4	4	1982-11-04	@	CHI	L	111	118	46	90	.511	0	0		19	29	.655	3	34	31	10	3	20	26	49	90	.544	0	0		20	22	.909	12	47	29	11	3	21	25
5	5	1982-11-05		NJN	L	91	99	31	77	.403	0	1	.000	29	38	.763	13	35	16	8	3	19	30	34	67	.507	0	0		31	36	.861	7	35	20	10	4	24	35
6	6	1982-11-10	@	GSW	W	132	120	55	105	.524	1	1	1.000	21	26	.808	19	59	22	4	5	17	33	44	106	.415	0	2	.000	32	37	.865	20	53	15	7	8	14	26
7	7	1982-11-12	@	PHO	L	81	94	35	88	.398	0	1	.000	11	15	.733	13	45	22	9	2	26	15	41	90	.456	0	2	.000	12	18	.667	9	41	32	7	7	18	15
8	8	1982-11-14	@	LAL	L	98	111	47	86	.547	0	2	.000	4	7	.571	16	49	33	8	4	22	31	42	78	.538	0	0		27	36	.750	8	33	34	9	9	11	19
9	9	1982-11-18	@	SDC	L	98	107	41	80	.513	0	1	.000	16	30	.533	4	32	26	5	4	17	27	43	86	.500	0	0		21	26	.808	12	47	30	9	3	18	24
10	10	1982-11-19	@	SEA	L	94	101	41	90	.456	1	3	.333	11	14	.786	14	45	23	4	0	13	21	41	78	.526	1	1	1.000	18	24	.750	9	35	25	4	2	11	13
11	11	1982-11-21	@	POR	L	79	129	35	81	.432	0	1	.000	9	14	.643	11	37	26	8	3	25	30	51	93	.548	0	1	.000	27	33	.818	14	51	27	16	5	11	20
12	12	1982-11-23		UTA	L	99	121	40	97	.412	0	0		19	27	.704	21	52	22	8	3	19	26	48	94	.511	1	2	.500	24	32	.750	13	47	24	15	5	16	23
13	13	1982-11-26		PHI	L	102	120	41	95	.432	0	2	.000	20	25	.800	18	46	23	8	5	17	24	50	93	.538	0	0		20	24	.833	14	45	24	9	3	12	23
14	14	1982-11-28		KCK	W	118	110	43	85	.506	0	0		32	42	.762	12	44	23	9	3	16	31	40	82	.488	1	6	.167	29	38	.763	7	35	25	8	1	14	33
15	15	1982-11-30	@	MIL	L	78	88	33	91	.363	0	1	.000	12	12	1.000	18	56	27	5	4	19	29	34	83	.410	1	1	1.000	19	26	.731	8	40	25	5	2	11	23
16	16	1982-12-01		NYK	L	84	101	35	84	.417	0	0		14	16	.875	18	41	15	11	4	29	25	41	74	.554	0	1	.000	19	27	.704	5	33	22	6	10	22	21
17	17	1982-12-03	@	IND	L	103	111	42	84	.500	0	1	.000	19	23	.826	15	51	13	4	3	21	28	47	93	.505	0	1	.000	17	24	.708	10	38	26	7	6	10	20
18	18	1982-12-04		IND	W	109	89	49	97	.505	0	1	.000	11	17	.647	17	52	31	13	3	21	24	32	85	.376	0	6	.000	25	30	.833	14	44	18	10	7	23	18
19	19	1982-12-07		ATL	L	90	102	41	82	.500	1	2	.500	7	11	.636	7	36	33	5	4	21	27	40	78	.513	0	2	.000	22	27	.815	4	34	23	8	8	16	13
20	20	1982-12-08	@	BOS	L	93	113	40	84	.476	0	1	.000	13	19	.684	14	44	22	8	3	22	26	51	91	.560	1	3	.333	10	15	.667	10	37	33	9	6	15	19
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1982-12-10		DEN	L	107	117	41	79	.519	0	2	.000	25	37	.676	14	42	19	8	6	21	35	47	80	.588	0	0		23	34	.676	10	29	30	10	3	13	31
22	22	1982-12-15	@	PHI	L	93	99	43	90	.478	1	3	.333	6	11	.545	14	39	32	10	4	14	34	36	74	.486	0	0		27	39	.692	16	45	20	4	7	17	16
23	23	1982-12-16	@	ATL	L	97	106	43	85	.506	1	1	1.000	10	14	.714	17	39	22	9	5	19	27	40	83	.482	1	1	1.000	25	33	.758	17	40	30	9	6	14	16
24	24	1982-12-18		DET	L	90	97	39	91	.429	1	3	.333	11	16	.688	15	45	21	8	5	14	25	38	78	.487	1	1	1.000	20	24	.833	8	43	22	5	3	18	20
25	25	1982-12-21	@	WSB	L	74	77	32	71	.451	0	1	.000	10	15	.667	10	40	13	6	8	20	28	30	70	.429	0	0		17	21	.810	6	38	19	8	6	19	19
26	26	1982-12-22		IND	W	100	98	44	89	.494	0	0		12	13	.923	11	38	18	5	3	19	31	41	86	.477	0	2	.000	16	30	.533	16	45	21	9	3	17	20
27	27	1982-12-27	@	NJN	L	82	94	36	71	.507	0	3	.000	10	12	.833	9	31	17	8	6	26	30	38	85	.447	0	2	.000	18	28	.643	20	52	26	9	7	22	19
28	28	1982-12-29		NYK	L	87	91	36	74	.486	1	1	1.000	14	21	.667	10	42	19	3	3	19	27	35	83	.422	0	0		21	28	.750	12	40	21	5	6	8	23
29	29	1982-12-30	@	NYK	L	89	94	35	76	.461	2	6	.333	17	24	.708	16	40	21	4	1	22	32	37	72	.514	0	1	.000	20	28	.714	9	35	24	6	5	18	22
30	30	1983-01-02		SAS	L	95	103	36	84	.429	0	0		23	34	.676	16	46	21	5	4	18	34	37	87	.425	1	2	.500	28	40	.700	16	47	22	9	5	15	27
31	31	1983-01-05	@	DET	L	116	130	44	93	.473	0	2	.000	28	31	.903	7	26	25	10	5	18	35	48	86	.558	0	1	.000	34	41	.829	16	51	27	5	10	24	24
32	32	1983-01-06		LAL	L	107	125	44	96	.458	2	3	.667	17	22	.773	16	47	24	11	0	18	29	49	88	.557	0	1	.000	27	38	.711	10	44	21	12	5	15	21
33	33	1983-01-08		WSB	W	98	82	41	76	.539	1	1	1.000	15	22	.682	13	50	23	5	3	19	15	38	95	.400	0	2	.000	6	9	.667	14	38	21	10	5	12	20
34	34	1983-01-12		CHI	L	96	98	39	84	.464	2	4	.500	16	22	.727	9	38	20	6	3	18	20	39	82	.476	0	0		20	25	.800	10	40	25	6	2	17	23
35	35	1983-01-13	@	MIL	L	100	110	40	88	.455	0	1	.000	20	27	.741	14	34	32	9	1	12	22	44	89	.494	0	1	.000	22	24	.917	15	43	29	5	4	14	19
36	36	1983-01-15		BOS	W	90	86	37	86	.430	0	0		16	28	.571	17	51	16	11	3	15	29	29	73	.397	0	2	.000	28	39	.718	11	38	19	7	5	20	25
37	37	1983-01-18		PHI	L	90	98	38	88	.432	0	1	.000	14	20	.700	17	49	24	3	4	10	26	38	90	.422	0	2	.000	22	27	.815	14	50	20	5	7	7	19
38	38	1983-01-20	@	WSB	W	97	89	38	78	.487	0	2	.000	21	29	.724	7	40	11	6	6	8	21	37	88	.420	1	5	.200	14	21	.667	12	44	21	1	8	9	25
39	39	1983-01-21	@	NJN	L	99	105	42	84	.500	0	3	.000	15	20	.750	15	39	15	14	6	26	36	42	81	.519	0	0		21	36	.583	14	38	22	10	7	25	22
40	40	1983-01-23	@	BOS	L	91	105	36	90	.400	1	2	.500	18	22	.818	18	41	15	6	2	16	25	43	87	.494	1	2	.500	18	29	.621	13	47	19	10	6	19	20
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1983-01-25	@	NYK	L	78	111	33	83	.398	0	0		12	18	.667	17	46	18	9	8	20	20	48	86	.558	2	4	.500	13	18	.722	9	45	29	11	4	12	22
42	42	1983-01-26		CHI	L	119	124	48	86	.558	2	5	.400	21	24	.875	9	33	28	13	3	19	29	47	82	.573	1	2	.500	29	41	.707	12	38	29	11	2	18	20
43	43	1983-01-28	@	DET	W	107	106	43	85	.506	0	1	.000	21	29	.724	9	45	22	6	2	10	29	38	78	.487	1	1	1.000	29	41	.707	9	42	23	6	6	12	25
44	44	1983-01-29		SEA	W	89	88	32	78	.410	2	2	1.000	23	26	.885	19	53	20	9	2	18	26	36	82	.439	0	1	.000	16	23	.696	11	36	25	10	3	14	21
45	45	1983-02-01	@	ATL	L	84	93	38	78	.487	1	2	.500	7	12	.583	10	40	16	8	2	20	26	38	76	.500	0	1	.000	17	23	.739	7	37	21	5	6	15	14
46	46	1983-02-02		NJN	L	105	118	42	77	.545	1	2	.500	20	26	.769	13	40	26	10	2	22	30	48	84	.571	0	0		22	28	.786	7	27	29	9	3	14	16
47	47	1983-02-04		ATL	L	81	92	34	75	.453	0	2	.000	13	26	.500	12	41	20	8	2	15	27	36	74	.486	0	0		20	28	.714	12	45	13	5	2	14	25
48	48	1983-02-05	@	CHI	L	113	117	46	81	.568	1	4	.250	20	24	.833	10	37	29	11	5	22	35	43	78	.551	0	0		31	45	.689	13	33	29	10	4	15	23
49	49	1983-02-06		SDC	W	110	107	38	73	.521	0	0		34	44	.773	9	50	19	5	2	16	27	44	100	.440	1	3	.333	18	26	.692	14	41	20	6	5	10	31
50	50	1983-02-09		MIL	W	104	94	41	80	.513	0	1	.000	22	33	.667	18	52	24	5	2	16	28	38	83	.458	0	4	.000	18	27	.667	12	33	22	5	4	12	25
51	51	1983-02-10	@	IND	W	99	95	43	85	.506	1	1	1.000	12	19	.632	11	37	19	11	5	18	24	36	83	.434	2	4	.500	21	28	.750	17	50	25	10	2	23	21
52	52	1983-02-16		DAL	W	99	96	38	91	.418	0	0		23	32	.719	16	56	22	6	1	13	28	34	82	.415	0	2	.000	28	37	.757	10	45	19	5	4	10	28
53	53	1983-02-17	@	NYK	L	92	108	34	74	.459	0	0		24	35	.686	13	38	22	8	4	18	31	41	77	.532	0	2	.000	26	37	.703	13	44	29	6	2	20	24
54	54	1983-02-20		PHO	L	81	103	35	95	.368	0	1	.000	11	16	.688	19	44	19	15	5	13	24	48	92	.522	0	2	.000	7	8	.875	14	46	30	5	10	20	14
55	55	1983-02-23		GSW	W	99	98	37	97	.381	0	2	.000	25	36	.694	25	63	20	7	4	15	22	38	92	.413	0	0		22	28	.786	17	50	18	5	4	14	26
56	56	1983-02-26		DET	L	102	122	40	85	.471	1	2	.500	21	35	.600	11	43	23	9	4	23	32	48	87	.552	0	2	.000	26	36	.722	8	37	32	9	4	14	29
57	57	1983-02-27		POR	W	98	92	38	78	.487	0	3	.000	22	28	.786	11	48	22	9	6	22	23	39	97	.402	0	7	.000	14	16	.875	15	36	22	10	6	16	21
58	58	1983-03-01	@	DEN	L	121	132	49	103	.476	2	4	.500	21	31	.677	22	46	24	8	5	15	29	51	96	.531	0	1	.000	30	39	.769	20	49	24	6	5	14	29
59	59	1983-03-03	@	UTA	L	113	118	45	89	.506	0	2	.000	23	36	.639	14	45	16	5	3	21	28	46	86	.535	1	2	.500	25	38	.658	9	37	28	9	6	14	25
60	60	1983-03-05	@	DAL	W	98	91	39	79	.494	0	0		20	29	.690	13	47	23	6	2	16	23	38	91	.418	1	5	.200	14	21	.667	15	46	24	3	2	13	25
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1983-03-06	@	SAS	L	98	117	40	84	.476	0	0		18	23	.783	11	34	22	7	2	16	19	49	87	.563	0	3	.000	19	23	.826	11	44	29	9	1	17	21
62	62	1983-03-08	@	HOU	W	102	99	44	79	.557	0	1	.000	14	22	.636	11	38	22	8	6	18	27	38	80	.475	1	3	.333	22	31	.710	11	37	21	6	3	16	22
63	63	1983-03-13	@	MIL	L	83	117	33	78	.423	0	0		17	24	.708	14	42	21	6	1	23	23	46	84	.548	1	2	.500	24	26	.923	8	38	35	14	9	11	21
64	64	1983-03-15	@	WSB	L	92	95	37	75	.493	1	1	1.000	17	23	.739	14	42	18	10	4	22	35	33	83	.398	0	1	.000	29	37	.784	16	34	26	7	5	17	19
65	65	1983-03-16		NJN	L	90	96	38	77	.494	0	2	.000	14	19	.737	16	49	19	9	6	30	28	35	79	.443	2	2	1.000	24	34	.706	10	35	20	15	3	15	17
66	66	1983-03-18		ATL	L	73	97	29	84	.345	0	2	.000	15	21	.714	17	54	15	4	4	17	25	36	77	.468	0	0		25	28	.893	4	38	23	4	6	9	20
67	67	1983-03-20		BOS	L	79	90	33	77	.429	0	1	.000	13	17	.765	9	39	18	7	5	16	33	33	74	.446	0	4	.000	24	34	.706	14	48	19	6	4	15	20
68	68	1983-03-22	@	KCK	L	94	117	37	85	.435	0	0		20	28	.714	22	50	17	6	3	24	21	46	85	.541	0	0		25	31	.806	12	36	29	11	2	10	27
69	69	1983-03-23		NYK	W	84	81	34	75	.453	0	0		16	26	.615	10	37	17	8	2	11	22	33	73	.452	0	3	.000	15	21	.714	8	37	21	5	2	15	24
70	70	1983-03-25	@	BOS	L	102	124	44	90	.489	0	2	.000	14	16	.875	19	45	20	6	1	22	31	53	92	.576	0	0		18	25	.720	12	31	28	7	10	10	17
71	71	1983-03-27	@	PHI	L	80	94	35	93	.376	0	1	.000	10	14	.714	26	46	17	4	4	20	26	36	73	.493	0	0		22	29	.759	13	42	16	8	5	17	15
72	72	1983-03-29	@	ATL	L	82	95	34	92	.370	0	2	.000	14	22	.636	15	46	18	6	1	10	18	40	78	.513	0	1	.000	15	22	.682	8	49	32	2	12	14	21
73	73	1983-03-30		HOU	W	102	95	36	83	.434	0	0		30	38	.789	17	47	17	5	8	12	29	38	86	.442	1	4	.250	18	31	.581	15	42	23	3	8	10	30
74	74	1983-04-01	@	DET	L	111	120	47	97	.485	0	0		17	22	.773	17	55	18	7	4	17	41	41	91	.451	2	3	.667	36	50	.720	15	45	26	10	11	13	24
75	75	1983-04-03		PHI	L	84	96	33	83	.398	0	4	.000	18	28	.643	15	48	16	8	3	25	33	33	81	.407	0	0		30	43	.698	16	46	19	8	6	15	22
76	76	1983-04-05	@	CHI	W	101	91	42	93	.452	0	1	.000	17	28	.607	19	49	18	8	2	19	27	37	81	.457	0	4	.000	17	27	.630	15	40	24	3	5	21	27
77	77	1983-04-07		MIL	L	87	100	39	83	.470	1	3	.333	8	14	.571	12	36	23	7	1	17	27	41	78	.526	0	3	.000	18	25	.720	11	38	31	5	5	15	18
78	78	1983-04-09	@	NJN	L	105	115	43	86	.500	0	1	.000	19	23	.826	14	34	21	11	3	20	28	49	85	.576	0	2	.000	17	23	.739	10	36	28	10	8	23	22
79	79	1983-04-10		IND	W	110	105	42	89	.472	0	0		26	30	.867	15	45	21	5	2	15	18	46	91	.505	0	4	.000	13	18	.722	12	40	22	6	7	14	26
80	80	1983-04-13		CHI	L	98	107	38	81	.469	0	1	.000	22	30	.733	16	38	24	9	5	19	28	40	82	.488	0	0		27	31	.871	14	39	29	10	4	18	24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1983-04-15	@	IND	W	132	124	57	100	.570	0	0		18	22	.818	18	53	18	9	2	12	28	48	98	.490	0	2	.000	28	31	.903	15	42	22	4	5	15	22
82	82	1983-04-17		WSB	W	118	105	50	97	.515	0	1	.000	18	26	.692	19	57	27	4	6	16	21	45	95	.474	6	9	.667	9	15	.600	10	37	27	7	5	10	19

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