1981-82 Dallas Mavericks Schedule and Results

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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

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 30, 1981	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		89	105	0	1	L 1	6,709
2	Sat, Oct 31, 1981	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		95	89	1	1	W 1	7,865	2:04
3	Tue, Nov 3, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		110	125	1	2	L 1	6,981
4	Thu, Nov 5, 1981	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		93	121	1	3	L 2	10,173
5	Fri, Nov 6, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		95	104	1	4	L 3
6	Sun, Nov 8, 1981	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		111	121	1	5	L 4	9,870
7	Tue, Nov 10, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		95	117	1	6	L 5	12,666	1:59
8	Wed, Nov 11, 1981	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		79	107	1	7	L 6	10,148	1:59
9	Sat, Nov 14, 1981	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		112	118	1	8	L 7	9,540
10	Tue, Nov 17, 1981	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		105	112	1	9	L 8	7,858
11	Fri, Nov 20, 1981	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		89	90	1	10	L 9	8,059
12	Sat, Nov 21, 1981	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		88	110	1	11	L 10	8,268
13	Tue, Nov 24, 1981	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	125	1	12	L 11	14,266
14	Wed, Nov 25, 1981	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		133	139	1	13	L 12	8,533
15	Sat, Nov 28, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		111	107	2	13	W 1	9,287
16	Wed, Dec 2, 1981	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		103	114	2	14	L 1	5,257
17	Thu, Dec 3, 1981	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		111	113	2	15	L 2	3,293	2:09
18	Sat, Dec 5, 1981	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		109	105	3	15	W 1	7,620
19	Tue, Dec 8, 1981	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		128	103	4	15	W 2	6,895
20	Wed, Dec 9, 1981	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L	OT	109	113	4	16	L 1	6,564
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 11, 1981	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		99	101	4	17	L 2	7,788
22	Sat, Dec 12, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		97	101	4	18	L 3	8,139
23	Tue, Dec 15, 1981	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		107	102	5	18	W 1	3,618
24	Wed, Dec 16, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		92	109	5	19	L 1	15,320	1:51
25	Fri, Dec 18, 1981	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		93	112	5	20	L 2	7,232
26	Sat, Dec 19, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		102	95	6	20	W 1	6,564
27	Tue, Dec 22, 1981	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		98	106	6	21	L 1	7,978
28	Sat, Dec 26, 1981	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		117	124	6	22	L 2	9,580
29	Tue, Dec 29, 1981	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		104	92	7	22	W 1	9,231
30	Sat, Jan 2, 1982	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		100	119	7	23	L 1	7,401
31	Wed, Jan 6, 1982	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		100	107	7	24	L 2	10,533
32	Thu, Jan 7, 1982	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		113	112	8	24	W 1	3,977
33	Sat, Jan 9, 1982	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		105	101	9	24	W 2	10,238
34	Tue, Jan 12, 1982	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		109	127	9	25	L 1	6,823
35	Wed, Jan 13, 1982	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	L		102	105	9	26	L 2	6,116
36	Fri, Jan 15, 1982	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		113	128	9	27	L 3	7,990
37	Sat, Jan 16, 1982	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		103	110	9	28	L 4	8,289
38	Wed, Jan 20, 1982	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		109	104	10	28	W 1	10,058
39	Thu, Jan 21, 1982	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		110	94	11	28	W 2	8,085
40	Sat, Jan 23, 1982	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		122	110	12	28	W 3	10,532
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 26, 1982	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		90	88	13	28	W 4	5,132
42	Wed, Jan 27, 1982	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		86	99	13	29	L 1	17,134	1:55
43	Tue, Feb 2, 1982	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		98	103	13	30	L 2	7,017
44	Wed, Feb 3, 1982	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	L		106	113	13	31	L 3	6,601
45	Fri, Feb 5, 1982	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		92	117	13	32	L 4	11,052
46	Sat, Feb 6, 1982	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		95	89	14	32	W 1	6,680
47	Wed, Feb 10, 1982	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		102	119	14	33	L 1	7,019
48	Fri, Feb 12, 1982	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		103	100	15	33	W 1	11,030
49	Sun, Feb 14, 1982	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		111	109	16	33	W 2	14,808
50	Tue, Feb 16, 1982	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		112	110	17	33	W 3	7,861
51	Wed, Feb 17, 1982	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		109	114	17	34	L 1	10,004	2:03
52	Sat, Feb 20, 1982	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		109	116	17	35	L 2	4,410
53	Sun, Feb 21, 1982	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		113	97	18	35	W 1	10,687	2:00
54	Tue, Feb 23, 1982	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		95	105	18	36	L 1	9,823
55	Thu, Feb 25, 1982	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		104	106	18	37	L 2	7,547
56	Sat, Feb 27, 1982	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W	OT	108	105	19	37	W 1	16,715
57	Tue, Mar 2, 1982	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		97	101	19	38	L 1	17,134	2:09
58	Thu, Mar 4, 1982	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		98	104	19	39	L 2	8,645
59	Fri, Mar 5, 1982	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		97	98	19	40	L 3	20,230
60	Sun, Mar 7, 1982	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		106	108	19	41	L 4	8,225
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Mon, Mar 8, 1982	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		121	113	20	41	W 1	8,284
62	Wed, Mar 10, 1982	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		104	102	21	41	W 2	8,285
63	Sat, Mar 13, 1982	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		126	118	22	41	W 3	3,938
64	Sun, Mar 14, 1982	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	138	22	42	L 1	13,809
65	Wed, Mar 17, 1982	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		92	102	22	43	L 2	8,292
66	Fri, Mar 19, 1982	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		106	112	22	44	L 3	17,134
67	Sun, Mar 21, 1982	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		101	109	22	45	L 4	12,666
68	Tue, Mar 23, 1982	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		118	116	23	45	W 1	13,516
69	Wed, Mar 24, 1982	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		96	104	23	46	L 1	11,046
70	Fri, Mar 26, 1982	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		96	87	24	46	W 1	7,876
71	Sat, Mar 27, 1982	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		85	96	24	47	L 1	9,267
72	Tue, Mar 30, 1982	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		95	99	24	48	L 2	10,864
73	Wed, Mar 31, 1982	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		119	120	24	49	L 3	7,832
74	Thu, Apr 1, 1982	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		121	120	25	49	W 1	8,162
75	Sat, Apr 3, 1982	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		102	107	25	50	L 1	9,295
76	Tue, Apr 6, 1982	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		114	129	25	51	L 2	5,934
77	Wed, Apr 7, 1982	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		123	109	26	51	W 1	7,039
78	Fri, Apr 9, 1982	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		105	100	27	51	W 2	9,673
79	Sun, Apr 11, 1982	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		109	97	28	51	W 3	11,049
80	Wed, Apr 14, 1982	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		95	114	28	52	L 1	5,144
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 16, 1982	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		106	118	28	53	L 2	13,092
82	Sat, Apr 17, 1982	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		124	130	28	54	L 3	17,006

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