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1981-82 New Jersey Nets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Larry Brown (44-38)

Executive: Bob MacKinnon

PTS/G: 106.7 (14th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 106.0 (10th of 23)

SRS: 0.86 (9th of 23) Pace: 103.1 (5th of 23)

Off Rtg: 103.0 (22nd of 23) Def Rtg: 102.3 (2nd of 23) Net Rtg: +0.7 (10th of 23)

Expected W-L: 43-39 (10th of 23)

Arena: Brendan Byrne Arena Attendance: 560,734 (4th of 23)

NBA 1982 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-2) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Oct 30, NJN (0-1) lost to NYK, 99-103

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
33	James Bailey	PF	6-9	220	May 21, 1957	us	2	Rutgers University
10	Otis Birdsong	SG	6-3	190	December 9, 1955	us	4	Houston
21	David Burns	PG	6-2	180	July 3, 1958	us	R	Saint Louis
12	Darwin Cook	PG	6-3	184	August 6, 1958	us	1	University of Portland
44	Joe Cooper	C	6-10	230	September 1, 1957	us	R	Howard University, Tulsa, Colorado
44	Len Elmore	C	6-9	220	March 28, 1952	us	7	Maryland
42	Mike Gminski	C	6-11	250	August 3, 1959	us	1	Duke
55	Albert King	SF	6-6	190	December 17, 1959	us	R	Maryland
40	Sam Lacey	C	6-10	235	March 28, 1948	us	11	New Mexico State
31	Mike O'Koren	SF	6-7	207	February 7, 1958	us	1	UNC
	Ed Sherod	G	6-2	170	September 13, 1959	us	R	VCU
30	Ray Tolbert	PF	6-9	225	September 10, 1958	us	R	Indiana
20	Jan van Breda Kolff	SF	6-7	195	December 16, 1951	us	7	Vanderbilt
1	Foots Walker	PG	6-0	184	May 21, 1951	us	7	Vincennes University, West Georgia
52	Buck Williams	PF	6-8	215	March 8, 1960	us	R	Maryland
13	Ray Williams	SG	6-3	188	October 14, 1954	us	4	Minnesota
42	Mike Woodson	SG	6-5	195	March 24, 1958	us	1	Indiana

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Buck Williams	21	82	82	34.5	6.3	10.7	.582	0.0	0.0	.000	6.3	10.7	.583	.582	3.0	4.7	.624	4.2	8.0	12.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	2.9	3.5	15.5
2	Ray Williams	27	82	69	33.3	7.8	16.9	.462	0.1	0.7	.167	7.7	16.2	.474	.465	4.7	5.7	.832	1.4	2.5	4.0	6.0	2.4	0.5	3.5	3.7	20.4
3	Otis Birdsong	26	37	22	27.7	6.1	13.0	.469	0.0	0.3	.000	6.1	12.7	.479	.469	2.0	3.4	.583	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.7	2.0	14.2
4	Len Elmore	29	81	70	25.9	3.7	8.0	.460	0.0	0.0		3.7	8.0	.460	.460	1.7	2.1	.794	2.1	3.4	5.4	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.7	3.5	9.1
5	Darwin Cook	23	82	17	25.5	4.7	9.8	.482	0.1	0.4	.226	4.6	9.4	.492	.486	1.4	2.0	.728	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.9	1.8	0.3	2.1	2.4	11.0
6	Mike O'Koren	23	80	32	25.2	4.8	9.7	.492	0.1	0.3	.348	4.7	9.4	.497	.497	1.7	2.4	.714	1.4	2.4	3.8	2.4	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.2	11.4
7	Foots Walker	30	77	54	24.2	2.0	4.9	.413	0.0	0.1	.333	2.0	4.8	.415	.417	1.8	2.5	.727	0.4	1.5	1.9	5.2	1.6	0.1	1.4	2.3	5.9
8	Albert King	22	76	52	22.3	5.1	10.7	.482	0.0	0.2	.231	5.1	10.5	.486	.483	1.8	2.3	.778	1.4	2.7	4.1	1.9	0.8	0.5	2.4	3.4	12.1
9	Mike Woodson	23	7	0	20.7	4.3	9.7	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	9.6	.448	.441	3.3	4.6	.719	0.7	1.1	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	11.9
10	James Bailey	24	67	0	19.2	3.4	6.6	.523	0.0	0.0		3.4	6.6	.523	.523	2.0	3.2	.624	1.6	3.5	5.1	0.8	0.6	1.1	1.8	3.4	8.9
11	Sam Lacey	33	54	6	12.0	1.2	2.8	.430	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.7	.432	.430	0.5	0.6	.771	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.4	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.5	2.9
12	Mike Gminski	22	64	6	11.6	1.9	4.2	.441	0.0	0.0		1.9	4.2	.441	.441	1.5	1.8	.822	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.9	1.1	5.2
13	David Burns	23	3	0	11.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.7	.400	.400	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.3	2.3
14	Joe Cooper	24	1	0	11.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
15	Jan van Breda Kolff	30	41	0	11.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.0	.513	.500	1.5	1.9	.816	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.5	3.5
16	Ray Tolbert	23	12	0	9.6	1.7	3.7	.455	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.6	.465	.455	0.3	0.7	.500	0.9	1.3	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.6	3.7

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Darwin Cook	23	2		43.0	6.5	16.5	.394	0.0	1.5	.000	6.5	15.0	.433	.394	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	1.5	1.5	4.5	1.0	1.0	4.5	3.5	14.0
2	Buck Williams	21	2		39.5	7.0	13.0	.538	0.0	0.0		7.0	13.0	.538	.538	3.5	7.5	.467	5.5	5.0	10.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	3.5	17.5
3	Ray Williams	27	2		38.5	7.0	23.5	.298	1.0	2.5	.400	6.0	21.0	.286	.319	2.0	2.5	.800	4.0	2.0	6.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	17.0
4	Len Elmore	29	2		38.0	4.5	8.0	.563	0.0	0.0		4.5	8.0	.563	.563	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.5	7.5	8.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	11.0
5	Albert King	22	2		29.0	9.0	16.5	.545	0.0	0.0		9.0	16.5	.545	.545	2.0	2.5	.800	1.5	2.5	4.0	3.0	2.5	0.5	2.5	4.0	20.0
6	Mike O'Koren	23	2		22.0	1.5	5.5	.273	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	5.0	.300	.273	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	4.0	4.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	4.0	3.5
7	James Bailey	24	2		13.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.5	.333	.333	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	2.0
8	Mike Gminski	22	1		10.0	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.0	.667	.667	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	5.0
9	Jan van Breda Kolff	30	2		8.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
10	Ed Sherod	22	2		4.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Buck Williams	21	82	82	2825	513	881	.582	0	1	.000	513	880	.583	.582	242	388	.624	347	658	1005	107	84	84	235	285	1268
2	Ray Williams	27	82	69	2732	639	1383	.462	9	54	.167	630	1329	.474	.465	387	465	.832	117	208	325	488	199	43	290	302	1674
3	Len Elmore	29	81	70	2100	300	652	.460	0	0		300	652	.460	.460	135	170	.794	167	274	441	100	92	92	136	280	735
4	Darwin Cook	23	82	17	2090	387	803	.482	7	31	.226	380	772	.492	.486	118	162	.728	52	103	155	319	146	24	175	196	899
5	Mike O'Koren	23	80	32	2018	383	778	.492	8	23	.348	375	755	.497	.497	135	189	.714	111	194	305	192	83	13	147	175	909
6	Foots Walker	30	77	54	1861	156	378	.413	3	9	.333	153	369	.415	.417	141	194	.727	31	119	150	398	120	6	107	179	456
7	Albert King	22	76	52	1694	391	812	.482	3	13	.231	388	799	.486	.483	133	171	.778	105	207	312	142	64	36	180	261	918
8	James Bailey	24	67	0	1288	230	440	.523	0	0		230	440	.523	.523	133	213	.624	110	233	343	52	39	76	120	228	593
9	Otis Birdsong	26	37	22	1025	225	480	.469	0	10	.000	225	470	.479	.469	74	127	.583	30	67	97	124	30	5	64	74	524
10	Mike Gminski	22	64	6	740	119	270	.441	0	0		119	270	.441	.441	97	118	.822	70	116	186	41	17	48	56	69	335
11	Sam Lacey	33	54	6	650	64	149	.430	0	1	.000	64	148	.432	.430	27	35	.771	20	83	103	73	20	37	54	137	155
12	Jan van Breda Kolff	30	41	0	452	41	82	.500	0	2	.000	41	80	.513	.500	62	76	.816	17	31	48	32	12	13	29	63	144
13	Mike Woodson	23	7	0	145	30	68	.441	0	1	.000	30	67	.448	.441	23	32	.719	5	8	13	16	7	2	9	21	83
14	Ray Tolbert	23	12	0	115	20	44	.455	0	1	.000	20	43	.465	.455	4	8	.500	11	16	27	8	4	2	12	19	44
15	David Burns	23	3	0	34	2	5	.400	0	0		2	5	.400	.400	3	6	.500	0	2	2	4	1	0	5	4	7
16	Joe Cooper	24	1	0	11	1	2	.500	0	0		1	2	.500	.500	0	0		1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	2
			82		19780	3501	7227	.484	30	146	.205	3471	7081	.490	.487	1714	2354	.728	1194	2320	3514	2096	918	481	1650	2295	8746

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Darwin Cook	23	2		86	13	33	.394	0	3	.000	13	30	.433	.394	2	6	.333	0	3	3	9	2	2	9	7	28
2	Buck Williams	21	2		79	14	26	.538	0	0		14	26	.538	.538	7	15	.467	11	10	21	3	1	2	4	7	35
3	Ray Williams	27	2		77	14	47	.298	2	5	.400	12	42	.286	.319	4	5	.800	8	4	12	14	4	0	6	10	34
4	Len Elmore	29	2		76	9	16	.563	0	0		9	16	.563	.563	4	4	1.000	1	15	16	2	1	2	2	4	22
5	Albert King	22	2		58	18	33	.545	0	0		18	33	.545	.545	4	5	.800	3	5	8	6	5	1	5	8	40
6	Mike O'Koren	23	2		44	3	11	.273	0	1	.000	3	10	.300	.273	1	2	.500	0	8	8	3	1	0	2	8	7
7	James Bailey	24	2		26	1	3	.333	0	0		1	3	.333	.333	2	2	1.000	2	4	6	1	2	1	3	5	4
8	Jan van Breda Kolff	30	2		16	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	0	0		0	3	3	0	2	1	1	0	0
9	Mike Gminski	22	1		10	2	3	.667	0	0		2	3	.667	.667	1	2	.500	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	5
10	Ed Sherod	22	2		8	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	0	0		1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Buck Williams	21	82	2825	17.2	.603	.001	.440	13.7	26.6	20.1	5.4	1.4	1.7	18.3	18.2		3.6	5.3	8.9	.152		0.7	0.0	0.7	1.9
2	Ray Williams	27	82	2732	19.0	.527	.039	.336	4.8	8.7	6.7	27.4	3.4	0.9	15.4	27.4		3.3	4.6	7.9	.139		2.0	1.7	3.6	3.9
3	Len Elmore	29	81	2100	11.8	.506	.000	.261	8.9	14.9	11.9	6.4	2.0	2.6	15.8	16.4		0.5	3.6	4.1	.094		-2.2	1.4	-0.8	0.6
4	Darwin Cook	23	82	2090	13.7	.514	.039	.202	2.8	5.6	4.2	21.8	3.3	0.7	16.7	20.0		0.7	3.2	3.9	.089		-0.9	1.6	0.7	1.4
5	Mike O'Koren	23	80	2018	13.6	.528	.030	.243	6.1	11.0	8.5	13.7	1.9	0.4	14.6	19.9		1.4	2.8	4.1	.098		-0.2	0.3	0.1	1.1
6	Foots Walker	30	77	1861	11.8	.492	.024	.513	1.9	7.3	4.6	26.7	3.0	0.2	18.8	12.2		1.4	2.8	4.2	.108		-1.6	2.0	0.4	1.1
7	Albert King	22	76	1694	13.5	.517	.016	.211	6.9	14.0	10.4	12.8	1.8	1.2	16.9	25.1		-0.2	2.6	2.4	.067		-1.9	0.2	-1.7	0.1
8	James Bailey	24	67	1288	14.0	.556	.000	.484	9.5	20.7	15.0	5.7	1.4	3.5	18.4	20.3		0.4	2.4	2.8	.104		-2.7	1.1	-1.6	0.1
9	Otis Birdsong	26	37	1025	13.3	.489	.021	.265	3.3	7.5	5.3	18.2	1.4	0.3	10.7	23.4		0.5	1.1	1.6	.074		-0.5	-0.7	-1.2	0.2
10	Mike Gminski	22	64	740	15.3	.520	.000	.437	10.6	17.9	14.2	7.7	1.1	3.8	14.8	20.4		0.6	1.2	1.8	.119		-0.6	0.7	0.1	0.4
11	Sam Lacey	33	54	650	7.2	.471	.007	.235	3.4	14.6	9.0	14.3	1.4	3.3	24.7	13.4		-0.5	1.1	0.5	.040		-5.0	2.8	-2.2	0.0
12	Jan van Breda Kolff	30	41	452	10.2	.624	.024	.927	4.2	7.8	6.0	8.9	1.2	1.7	20.1	12.8		0.6	0.5	1.1	.119		-1.8	1.0	-0.7	0.1
13	Mike Woodson	23	7	145	15.1	.506	.015	.471	3.9	6.3	5.1	16.3	2.2	0.8	9.9	25.1		0.2	0.2	0.4	.123		-1.5	0.4	-1.0	0.1
14	Ray Tolbert	23	12	115	9.1	.463	.023	.182	10.7	15.9	13.3	9.8	1.6	1.0	20.2	20.7		-0.1	0.2	0.0	.012		-4.0	-0.1	-4.0	-0.1
15	David Burns	23	3	34	0.9	.458	.000	1.200	0.0	6.7	3.3	14.2	1.4	0.0	39.6	14.8		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.094		-4.7	-0.2	-4.9	-0.1
16	Joe Cooper	24	1	11	1.3	.500	.000	.000	10.2	10.4	10.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	10.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.026		-4.6	-0.2	-4.8	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Darwin Cook	23	2	86	4.3	.393	.091	.182	0.0	4.3	2.1	16.9	1.2	1.4	20.2	22.2		-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.109		-6.2	-1.7	-7.9	-0.1
2	Buck Williams	21	2	79	16.5	.537	.000	.577	15.9	15.6	15.8	6.4	0.6	1.6	10.9	19.9		0.1	0.1	0.2	.125		1.2	-1.4	-0.2	0.0
3	Ray Williams	27	2	77	10.7	.346	.106	.106	11.9	6.4	9.2	30.9	2.6	0.0	10.9	30.7		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.058		-1.4	-1.1	-2.5	0.0
4	Len Elmore	29	2	76	12.6	.619	.000	.250	1.5	24.3	12.5	4.0	0.7	1.6	10.1	11.1		0.1	0.1	0.2	.140		-1.2	0.9	-0.3	0.0
5	Albert King	22	2	58	23.7	.568	.000	.152	5.9	10.6	8.2	22.5	4.3	1.1	12.4	29.7		0.1	0.1	0.2	.181		4.4	3.8	8.2	0.2
6	Mike O'Koren	23	2	44	1.8	.295	.091	.182	0.0	22.4	10.8	9.7	1.1	0.0	14.4	13.5		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.053		-9.8	0.2	-9.6	-0.1
7	James Bailey	24	2	26	6.6	.515	.000	.667	8.8	18.9	13.7	5.3	3.8	2.4	43.6	11.3		0.0	0.1	0.0	.019		-8.0	2.6	-5.4	0.0
8	Jan van Breda Kolff	30	2	16	6.1	.000	.000	.000	0.0	23.1	11.1	0.0	6.2	3.8	50.0	5.4		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.002		-6.2	5.3	-0.9	0.0
9	Mike Gminski	22	1	10	15.6	.644	.000	.667	0.0	24.6	11.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.6		0.0	0.0	0.0	.203		-0.8	0.2	-0.6	0.0
10	Ed Sherod	22	2	8	8.0	.000	.000	.000	14.3	0.0	7.4	16.2	6.2	0.0	0.0	5.4		0.0	0.0	0.0	.056		-4.6	5.3	0.7	0.0

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