1982-83 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 58-24, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Pat Riley (58-24)

Executive: Jerry West

PTS/G: 115.0 (2nd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 109.5 (12th of 23)

SRS: 5.06 (3rd of 23) Pace: 103.8 (10th of 23)

Off Rtg: 110.5 (1st of 23) Def Rtg: 105.2 (13th of 23) Net Rtg: +5.3 (2nd of 23)

Expected W-L: 55-27 (2nd of 23)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 598,739 (3rd of 23)

NBA 1983 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (0-4) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

Western Conference Champions
Pacific Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 29, 1982		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		117	132	0	1	L 1	15,802
2	Wed, Nov 3, 1982		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W	OT	135	134	1	1	W 1	14,807
3	Thu, Nov 4, 1982		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		131	108	2	1	W 2	12,815
4	Sat, Nov 6, 1982		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		104	101	3	1	W 3	11,869
5	Sun, Nov 7, 1982		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		103	89	4	1	W 4	13,526
6	Tue, Nov 9, 1982		Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		139	117	5	1	W 5	12,402
7	Fri, Nov 12, 1982		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		127	96	6	1	W 6	15,804
8	Sun, Nov 14, 1982		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		111	98	7	1	W 7	12,806
9	Tue, Nov 16, 1982		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		105	113	7	2	L 1	13,288
10	Wed, Nov 17, 1982		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		117	118	7	3	L 2	17,134
11	Fri, Nov 19, 1982		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		122	92	8	3	W 1	14,945
12	Sun, Nov 21, 1982		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		143	129	9	3	W 2	17,505
13	Wed, Nov 24, 1982		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		111	93	10	3	W 3	26,230
14	Fri, Nov 26, 1982		Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		117	115	11	3	W 4	12,077
15	Sun, Nov 28, 1982		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		142	127	12	3	W 5	16,125
16	Tue, Nov 30, 1982		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		114	117	12	4	L 1	12,115		Game protested and completed on 1983-04-13
17	Wed, Dec 1, 1982		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		106	95	13	4	W 1	8,786
18	Fri, Dec 3, 1982		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		115	100	14	4	W 2	13,787
19	Sun, Dec 5, 1982		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		104	114	14	5	L 1
20	Wed, Dec 8, 1982		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		89	86	15	5	W 1	13,763	2:07
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 10, 1982		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		128	122	16	5	W 2	9,023
22	Sat, Dec 11, 1982		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		128	107	17	5	W 3	13,335
23	Tue, Dec 14, 1982		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		103	107	17	6	L 1
24	Fri, Dec 17, 1982		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		117	106	18	6	W 1	15,786
25	Sat, Dec 18, 1982		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		100	126	18	7	L 1	12,856	1:58
26	Sun, Dec 19, 1982		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		110	108	19	7	W 1	14,094
27	Wed, Dec 22, 1982		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		124	100	20	7	W 2	12,358
28	Thu, Dec 23, 1982		Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		120	115	21	7	W 3	8,160
29	Sun, Dec 26, 1982		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		96	94	22	7	W 4	10,833
30	Wed, Dec 29, 1982		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		120	110	23	7	W 5	13,335
31	Thu, Dec 30, 1982		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		137	117	24	7	W 6	17,505
32	Sun, Jan 2, 1983		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		127	112	25	7	W 7	15,343
33	Wed, Jan 5, 1983		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	OT	120	122	25	8	L 1	18,482	2:24
34	Thu, Jan 6, 1983		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		125	107	26	8	W 1	11,270
35	Sat, Jan 8, 1983		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		108	90	27	8	W 2	19,591
36	Tue, Jan 11, 1983	7:45p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		96	110	27	9	L 1	20,149	1:54
37	Sat, Jan 15, 1983		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		120	101	28	9	W 1	15,956
38	Wed, Jan 19, 1983		Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		107	104	29	9	W 2
39	Fri, Jan 21, 1983		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		119	110	30	9	W 3
40	Sun, Jan 23, 1983		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		105	102	31	9	W 4	14,139
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 25, 1983		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		125	120	32	9	W 5	12,666
42	Wed, Jan 26, 1983		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		115	113	33	9	W 6	17,505
43	Fri, Jan 28, 1983		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		109	85	34	9	W 7	17,505
44	Sun, Jan 30, 1983		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		95	110	34	10	L 1	15,320	2:09
45	Wed, Feb 2, 1983		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		120	122	34	11	L 2	17,134
46	Fri, Feb 4, 1983		Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		143	125	35	11	W 1			at St. Louis, MO
47	Sun, Feb 6, 1983		Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		116	106	36	11	W 2	17,505
48	Tue, Feb 8, 1983		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		121	118	37	11	W 3	19,726
49	Wed, Feb 9, 1983		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		113	99	38	11	W 4	13,656
50	Tue, Feb 15, 1983		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		103	124	38	12	L 1	15,111
51	Thu, Feb 17, 1983		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		127	110	39	12	W 1	17,134
52	Fri, Feb 18, 1983		Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		118	124	39	13	L 1	15,116
53	Sun, Feb 20, 1983		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		126	112	40	13	W 1	10,952
54	Wed, Feb 23, 1983		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		104	113	40	14	L 1	17,505	2:04
55	Sat, Feb 26, 1983		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		92	101	40	15	L 2	12,097
56	Sun, Feb 27, 1983		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		120	135	40	16	L 3	17,505
57	Tue, Mar 1, 1983		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		114	111	41	16	W 1	15,307
58	Wed, Mar 2, 1983		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		127	117	42	16	W 2	11,052
59	Fri, Mar 4, 1983		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		93	96	42	17	L 1	17,118
60	Sat, Mar 5, 1983		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		122	108	43	17	W 1	25,278
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Mar 8, 1983		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		116	112	44	17	W 2	13,335
62	Wed, Mar 9, 1983		Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		119	114	45	17	W 3	17,505
63	Sat, Mar 12, 1983		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		123	116	46	17	W 4	17,505
64	Wed, Mar 16, 1983		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		104	95	47	17	W 5	16,060
65	Fri, Mar 18, 1983		Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		109	96	48	17	W 6	15,817
66	Sat, Mar 19, 1983		Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		99	107	48	18	L 1	13,075
67	Sun, Mar 20, 1983		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		117	110	49	18	W 1	17,505
68	Tue, Mar 22, 1983		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		123	108	50	18	W 2	17,505
69	Fri, Mar 25, 1983		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		120	132	50	19	L 1	17,505
70	Sun, Mar 27, 1983		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		114	93	51	19	W 1	14,719
71	Tue, Mar 29, 1983		Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		127	109	52	19	W 2	16,581
72	Thu, Mar 31, 1983		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		122	116	53	19	W 3	17,310
73	Fri, Apr 1, 1983		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		102	88	54	19	W 4	17,505
74	Mon, Apr 4, 1983		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		111	121	54	20	L 1	18,045
75	Tue, Apr 5, 1983		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		101	107	54	21	L 2	12,666
76	Thu, Apr 7, 1983		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		117	108	55	21	W 1	14,660
77	Fri, Apr 8, 1983		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		118	107	56	21	W 2	15,176
78	Sun, Apr 10, 1983		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		95	101	56	22	L 1	16,545
79	Tue, Apr 12, 1983		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		114	113	57	22	W 1	8,147
80	Wed, Apr 13, 1983		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		109	114	57	23	L 1	15,782
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 15, 1983		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		100	99	58	23	W 1	17,505
82	Sun, Apr 17, 1983		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		108	119	58	24	L 1	16,509

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sun, Apr 24, 1983	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		118	97	1	0	W 1	13,891
2	Tue, Apr 26, 1983	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		112	106	2	0	W 2	16,239
3	Fri, Apr 29, 1983	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	OT	115	109	3	0	W 3	12,666
4	Sun, May 1, 1983	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		95	108	3	1	L 1	12,666	2:11
5	Tue, May 3, 1983	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		116	108	4	1	W 1	16,739	2:04
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
6	Sun, May 8, 1983	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		119	107	5	1	W 2	15,063	2:13
7	Tue, May 10, 1983	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		113	122	5	2	L 1	17,505	2:13
8	Fri, May 13, 1983	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		113	100	6	2	W 1	15,782
9	Sun, May 15, 1983	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		129	121	7	2	W 2	15,782	2:18
10	Wed, May 18, 1983	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		112	117	7	3	L 1	17,505	2:13
11	Fri, May 20, 1983	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		101	100	8	3	W 1	15,782
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
12	Sun, May 22, 1983	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		107	113	8	4	L 1	18,482	2:23
13	Thu, May 26, 1983	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		93	103	8	5	L 2	18,482	2:23
14	Sun, May 29, 1983	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		94	111	8	6	L 3	17,505	2:26
15	Tue, May 31, 1983	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	115	8	7	L 4	17,505	2:37

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