1981-82 Dallas Mavericks Game Log

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Record: 28-54, Finished 5th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Dick Motta (28-54)

Executive: Norm Sonju

PTS/G: 104.6 (19th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 109.0 (13th of 23)

SRS: -4.48 (20th of 23) Pace: 98.5 (21st of 23)

Off Rtg: 105.9 (15th of 23) Def Rtg: 110.4 (19th of 23) Net Rtg: -4.5 (20th of 23)

Expected W-L: 29-53 (20th of 23)

Arena: Reunion Arena Attendance: 380,484 (15th 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	1981-10-30	@	UTA	L	89	105	35	85	.412	1	4	.250	18	28	.643		50	16		2	19	33	41	82	.500	0	0		23	39	.590		44	18		2	12	27
2	2	1981-10-31		KCK	W	95	89	37	76	.487	0			21	29	.724		45	23	13	2	18	28	37	78	.474	0			15	21	.714		38	23	9	0	24	29
3	3	1981-11-03		CLE	L	110	125	40	81	.494	0	2	.000	30	36	.833	11	31	21	7	1	14	28	50	92	.543	1	2	.500	24	33	.727	17	42	20	10	4	14	27
4	4	1981-11-05	@	PHO	L	93	121	36	98	.367	1	2	.500	20	24	.833	18	38	20	12	3	21	29	49	79	.620	0	1	.000	23	34	.676	11	45	31	15	8	22	28
5	5	1981-11-06		NYK	L	95	104	35	83	.422	2	3	.667	23	28	.821		41	25			22	27	39	85	.459	1	2	.500	25	33	.758		46	17			22	30
6	6	1981-11-08	@	LAL	L	111	121	48	97	.495	1	1	1.000	14	24	.583		49	19			20	21	52	107	.486	0	0		17	28	.607		52	28			10	23
7	7	1981-11-10	@	POR	L	95	117	37	80	.463	1	6	.167	20	32	.625	11	34	17	13	4	21	32	44	80	.550	0	1	.000	29	36	.806	9	40	24	11	6	22	31
8	8	1981-11-11	@	SEA	L	79	107	33	91	.363	1	2	.500	12	21	.571	15	40	21			20	28	43	80	.538	0	1	.000	21	33	.636	13	44	29		10	19	28
9	9	1981-11-14		GSW	L	112	118	44	104	.423	2	6	.333	22	30	.733	23	40	20	6	2	9	30	46	76	.605	0	2	.000	26	37	.703	11	43	19	2	2	23	28
10	10	1981-11-17		SAS	L	105	112	41	87	.471	0	2	.000	23	30	.767		37	32	5	3	16	30	43	83	.518	0	1	.000	26	33	.788		39	26	6	4	15	28
11	11	1981-11-20		SEA	L	89	90	41	93	.441	0	1	.000	7	11	.636	16	41	30			17	22	38	83	.458	0	2	.000	14	16	.875	13	46	23			18	21
12	12	1981-11-21		PHO	L	88	110	33	83	.398	0	0		22	32	.688	16	43	21	4	2	13	24	45	86	.523	0	0		20	26	.769	14	45	32	9	1	11	29
13	13	1981-11-24		LAL	L	110	125	47	95	.495	0	0		16	29	.552		44	36			11	24	53	94	.564	0	0		19	26	.731		42	26			13	30
14	14	1981-11-25	@	DEN	L	133	139	55	103	.534	3	5	.600	20	27	.741	13	37	38	9	3	15	33	51	89	.573	0	1	.000	37	45	.822	14	44	33	6	6	21	28
15	15	1981-11-28		NJN	W	111	107	45	85	.529	0	0		21	31	.677		47	31			21	27	47	87	.540	0	4	.000	13	20	.650		35	32			17	30
16	16	1981-12-02	@	UTA	L	103	114	40	86	.465	3	6	.500	20	28	.714		39	21		1	12	23	47	83	.566	0	0		20	29	.690		40	29		3	8	26
17	17	1981-12-03	@	SDC	L	111	113	39	89	.438	2	6	.333	31	43	.721		33	13		6	12	28	46	90	.511	1	2	.500	20	25	.800		52	13		1	24	35
18	18	1981-12-05		DEN	W	109	105	44	95	.463	0	2	.000	21	34	.618	15	48	29	8	4	13	24	39	81	.481	0	1	.000	27	33	.818	11	49	22	5	3	19	30
19	19	1981-12-08		UTA	W	128	103	46	77	.597	1	1	1.000	35	52	.673		47	33		9	18	26	38	94	.404	0	0		27	29	.931		37	21		2	13	38
20	20	1981-12-09	@	KCK	L	109	113	43	94	.457	1	1	1.000	22	33	.667		55	17	8	1	23	33	44	101	.436	1	3	.333	24	32	.750		53	23	8	6	16	32
								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	1981-12-11		SAS	L	99	101	40	86	.465	0	1	.000	19	21	.905		35	22	7	1	14	15	45	82	.549	0	0		11	13	.846		40	26	13	9	21	27
22	22	1981-12-12	@	HOU	L	97	101	39	85	.459	0	1	.000	19	30	.633		36	26	5	2	12	14	44	88	.500	0	0		13	21	.619		45	27	8	6	13	22
23	23	1981-12-15	@	WSB	W	107	102	44	99	.444	0	1	.000	19	26	.731		53	28			13	23	38	77	.494	1	3	.333	25	33	.758		33	23			15	27
24	24	1981-12-16	@	BOS	L	92	109	40	101	.396	0	0		12	20	.600	20	41	23	9	4	11	24	46	87	.529	1	3	.333	16	21	.762	14	45	28	7	9	19	21
25	25	1981-12-18		HOU	L	93	112	33	93	.355	0			27	33	.818		44	22	3	0	15	25	45	81	.556	0			22	29	.759		41	28	8	14	19	33
26	26	1981-12-19		POR	W	102	95	41	87	.471	0	2	.000	20	28	.714	18	48	27	5	2	13	25	38	77	.494	1	4	.250	18	26	.692	7	33	23	4	5	13	30
27	27	1981-12-22		DET	L	98	106	40	89	.449	0	3	.000	18	32	.563		42	25			18	31	39	75	.520	0	0		28	37	.757		40	19			24	30
28	28	1981-12-26		DEN	L	117	124	44	102	.431	1	2	.500	28	38	.737	20	47	31	6	2	12	33	42	85	.494	0	1	.000	40	48	.833	16	45	21	5	5	12	31
29	29	1981-12-29		KCK	W	104	92	39	80	.488	0	0		26	35	.743		42	35	6	7	13	32	33	86	.384	1	4	.250	25	39	.641		43	22	6	3	12	31
30	30	1982-01-02	@	GSW	L	100	119	41	90	.456	0	1	.000	18	28	.643	17	46	25	8	4	16	32	47	93	.505	0	1	.000	25	33	.758	19	45	21	7	6	16	27
31	31	1982-01-06	@	SEA	L	100	107	40	93	.430	0	2	.000	20	26	.769	18	41	15			16	29	42	76	.553	1	1	1.000	22	33	.667	10	37	20			13	23
32	32	1982-01-07	@	SDC	W	113	112	43	82	.524	1	1	1.000	26	32	.813		36	22		4	14	27	47	87	.540	0	6	.000	18	26	.692		39	19		6	18	25
33	33	1982-01-09		PHO	W	105	101	39	76	.513	1	3	.333	26	40	.650	12	45	31	5	4	12	29	35	80	.438	3	5	.600	28	38	.737	14	35	23	7	6	11	28
34	34	1982-01-12	@	SAS	L	109	127	41	81	.506	0	2	.000	27	33	.818		38	28	3	4	18	32	49	87	.563	0	2	.000	29	40	.725		36	33	8	11	9	30
35	35	1982-01-13		SDC	L	102	105	41	84	.488	0	2	.000	20	25	.800		40	32		9	18	25	42	85	.494	0	1	.000	21	26	.808		40	28		2	18	26
36	36	1982-01-15	@	DEN	L	113	128	38	83	.458	0	1	.000	37	46	.804	17	43	27	8	9	25	39	46	93	.495	0	0		36	45	.800	16	39	23	9	8	18	35
37	37	1982-01-16		POR	L	103	110	40	94	.426	2	5	.400	21	32	.656	21	44	25	13	5	19	32	40	77	.519	0	1	.000	30	42	.714	16	45	23	14	8	23	30
38	38	1982-01-20		MIL	W	109	104	44	94	.468	0	1	.000	21	28	.750		43	28	14	2	16	22	43	79	.544	1	2	.500	17	27	.630		41	27	6	6	28	27
39	39	1982-01-21	@	KCK	W	110	94	38	81	.469	0			34	42	.810		55	20	7	3	17	25	36	85	.424	0			22	31	.710		38	16	10	9	13	33
40	40	1982-01-23		UTA	W	122	110	47	95	.495	0	1	.000	28	37	.757		49	40		7	16	21	49	101	.485	1	2	.500	11	19	.579		43	24		7	18	28
								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	1982-01-26	@	ATL	W	90	88	35	80	.438	0			20	27	.741		47	24		7	17	30	34	81	.420	0			20	25	.800		48	23		7	16	28
42	42	1982-01-27		PHI	L	86	99	38	86	.442	1	3	.333	9	15	.600		43	24	5	7	18	27	38	81	.469	0	1	.000	23	32	.719		44	24	10	10	18	27
43	43	1982-02-02	@	SAS	L	98	103	33	82	.402	2	3	.667	30	42	.714		48	16	4	4	11	27	38	86	.442	0	0		27	36	.750		48	17	5	12	9	30
44	44	1982-02-03		SDC	L	106	113	39	87	.448	0	2	.000	28	38	.737		49	24		3	14	26	46	87	.529	0	0		21	32	.656		40	25		1	13	29
45	45	1982-02-05	@	MIL	L	92	117	32	69	.464	1	3	.333	27	40	.675		27	21	5	1	21	27	48	87	.552	1	3	.333	20	27	.741		46	33	9	9	17	34
46	46	1982-02-06	@	IND	W	95	89	39	85	.459	0	1	.000	17	24	.708		42	24	5	5	17	23	33	78	.423	1	6	.167	22	32	.688		45	20	10	7	19	24
47	47	1982-02-10		WSB	L	102	119	41	93	.441	2	4	.500	18	26	.692		36	29		0	8	30	45	73	.616	0	0		29	36	.806		43	32		0	16	23
48	48	1982-02-12		SEA	W	103	100	42	88	.477	0	3	.000	19	30	.633	14	48	30	9	4	13	24	41	90	.456	1	3	.333	17	24	.708	14	31	19	6	9	15	28
49	49	1982-02-14	@	NJN	W	111	109	46	87	.529	0	2	.000	19	23	.826		40	28			25	29	40	87	.460	2			27	34	.794		42	23			21	24
50	50	1982-02-16	@	NYK	W	112	110	50	93	.538	1			11	21	.524		44	29			14	16	46	82	.561	2			16	18	.889		37	30			13	26
51	51	1982-02-17	@	PHI	L	109	114	43	82	.524	1	3	.333	22	30	.733		37	24		5	19	28	40	71	.563	0	0		34	42	.810		34	27		9	21	26
52	52	1982-02-20	@	CLE	L	109	116	40	82	.488	1	3	.333	28	32	.875	12	42	27	3	6	16	28	42	85	.494	0	0		32	45	.711	16	41	28	7	8	6	26
53	53	1982-02-21	@	CHI	W	113	97	48	85	.565	1	3	.333	16	24	.667	7	35	28	7	4	12	27	37	83	.446	2	3	.667	21	26	.808	15	46	16	3	5	22	27
54	54	1982-02-23	@	HOU	L	95	105	40	88	.455	0	3	.000	15	19	.789		36	20	10	6	11	22	44	87	.506	0	1	.000	17	22	.773		46	24	9	10	14	15
55	55	1982-02-25		GSW	L	104	106	41	86	.477	0	1	.000	22	27	.815	15	35	33	6	2	11	22	43	85	.506	1	3	.333	19	22	.864	15	41	14	6	10	13	28
56	56	1982-02-27		HOU	W	108	105	47	94	.500	0	1	.000	14	22	.636		46	26	11	1	14	32	42	81	.519	0	1	.000	21	28	.750		36	22	4	4	20	27
57	57	1982-03-02		BOS	L	97	101	39	87	.448	0	6	.000	19	27	.704	11	41	24	8	3	16	34	40	78	.513	0	0		21	35	.600	17	48	14	7	11	23	27
58	58	1982-03-04	@	GSW	L	98	104	38	88	.432	0	2	.000	22	27	.815	13	40	25	11	2	21	27	42	88	.477	1	2	.500	19	28	.679	19	51	18	13	11	23	26
59	59	1982-03-05	@	SEA	L	97	98	38	88	.432	1	2	.500	20	27	.741	13	39	27	9	3	12	27	42	86	.488	0	2	.000	14	20	.700	14	49	25	5	11	18	27
60	60	1982-03-07		IND	L	106	108	43	90	.478	1	1	1.000	19	27	.704		43	31	9	2	10	26	41	81	.506	0	4	.000	26	30	.867		48	23		4	16	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	1982-03-08	@	SAS	W	121	113	47	84	.560	1	1	1.000	26	32	.813		37	33	5	4	15	20	47	97	.485	0	3	.000	19	20	.950		38	25	7	9	10	25
62	62	1982-03-10		POR	W	104	102	43	88	.489	0	0		18	23	.783	11	37	25	12	1	16	21	42	81	.519	0	1	.000	18	30	.600	10	40	26	10	2	19	26
63	63	1982-03-13	@	SDC	W	126	118	52	84	.619	0	0		22	29	.759		35	31		10	16	23	49	89	.551	0	2	.000	20	31	.645		37	30		7	15	25
64	64	1982-03-14	@	LAL	L	116	138	49	99	.495	1	1	1.000	17	19	.895		35	32			18	26	57	100	.570	0	1	.000	24	30	.800		51	35			12	23
65	65	1982-03-17		CHI	L	92	102	38	85	.447	2	3	.667	14	18	.778	9	34	27	13	4	17	26	40	80	.500	0	2	.000	22	29	.759	12	48	25	10	5	21	19
66	66	1982-03-19		LAL	L	106	112	39	93	.419	3	6	.500	25	31	.806		40	21			12	20	49	81	.605	0	0		14	23	.609		47	29			13	28
67	67	1982-03-21	@	POR	L	101	109	38	77	.494	1	6	.167	24	26	.923	14	37	25	6	2	23	32	41	73	.562	0	1	.000	27	37	.730	8	28	21	13	2	15	29
68	68	1982-03-23	@	LAL	W	118	116	46	93	.495	2	4	.500	24	32	.750		35	34			14	31	43	79	.544	0	0		30	45	.667		43	30			20	31
69	69	1982-03-24	@	PHO	L	96	104	36	86	.419	1	3	.333	23	27	.852	17	44	20	7	0	16	24	42	81	.519	1	3	.333	19	25	.760	12	41	23	6	7	18	25
70	70	1982-03-26		KCK	W	96	87	43	85	.506	1	5	.200	9	18	.500		51	27		8	18	29	38	83	.458	0	2	.000	11	25	.440		37	23		4	12	22
71	71	1982-03-27		ATL	L	85	96	32	80	.400	0	2	.000	21	26	.808		42	23			13	28	37	73	.507	0	0		22	29	.759		39	23			13	22
72	72	1982-03-30	@	HOU	L	95	99	40	90	.444	2	4	.500	13	15	.867		38	18	4	2	11	22	42	83	.506	0	2	.000	15	22	.682		46	20	4	5	13	18
73	73	1982-03-31		DEN	L	119	120	50	104	.481	1	3	.333	18	21	.857	23	53	36	4	2	15	34	44	82	.537	0	0		32	43	.744	7	31	26	3	4	12	24
74	74	1982-04-01	@	DET	W	121	120	50	99	.505	0	0		21	29	.724		42	27			15	32	42	89	.472	0	2	.000	36	41	.878		47	20			19	28
75	75	1982-04-03		GSW	L	102	107	45	85	.529	0	1	.000	12	16	.750	11	36	25	5	1	20	27	42	74	.568	0	0		23	27	.852	6	36	20	11	4	19	24
76	76	1982-04-06	@	UTA	L	114	129	41	94	.436	1	3	.333	31	41	.756		44	24		0	14	17	56	92	.609	0	1	.000	17	25	.680		46	35		5	17	32
77	77	1982-04-07		UTA	W	123	109	49	95	.516	1			24	32	.750		55	36		5	20	28	40	109	.367	0			29	32	.906		55	22		4	19	29
78	78	1982-04-09		PHO	W	105	100	43	86	.500	0	0		19	24	.792	13	41	24	8	5	15	19	45	90	.500	3	6	.500	7	11	.636	11	41	27	10	4	20	26
79	79	1982-04-11		HOU	W	109	97	44	78	.564	0	1	.000	21	28	.750		51	31	9	8	19	23	39	90	.433	2	6	.333	17	24	.708		37	26	9	2	13	26
80	80	1982-04-14	@	KCK	L	95	114	34	90	.378	0			27	32	.844		41	18		7	15	24	45	87	.517	0			24	32	.750		51	30		6	19	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	1982-04-16		SAS	L	106	118	39	84	.464	2	5	.400	26	32	.813		43	29	5	2	17	34	42	79	.532	0	1	.000	34	39	.872		36	23	4	9	11	32
82	82	1982-04-17	@	DEN	L	124	130	49	94	.521	0	5	.000	26	29	.897	18	42	25	6	7	20	33	48	90	.533	0	0		34	41	.829	17	40	28	9	5	15	32

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