1982-83 Phoenix Suns Schedule and Results

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Record: 53-29, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: John MacLeod (53-29)

PTS/G: 107.0 (16th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 102.0 (3rd of 23)

SRS: 4.61 (4th of 23) Pace: 101.6 (17th of 23)

Off Rtg: 105.1 (12th of 23) Def Rtg: 100.1 (4th of 23) Net Rtg: +5.0 (4th of 23)

Expected W-L: 54-28 (4th of 23)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 465,603 (10th of 23)

NBA 1983 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-2) versus Denver Nuggets (Series Stats)

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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	@	San Diego Clippers	W		113	99	1	0	W 1	5,063
2	Sun, Oct 31, 1982		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		110	114	1	1	L 1	8,893
3	Tue, Nov 2, 1982		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		92	87	2	1	W 1	10,274
4	Thu, Nov 4, 1982		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		119	104	3	1	W 2	10,095
5	Sat, Nov 6, 1982		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		112	100	4	1	W 3	12,780
6	Sun, Nov 7, 1982		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		100	101	4	2	L 1	9,448
7	Tue, Nov 9, 1982		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		119	91	5	2	W 1	7,563
8	Wed, Nov 10, 1982		Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		106	100	6	2	W 2	10,148
9	Fri, Nov 12, 1982		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		94	81	7	2	W 3	9,876
10	Sun, Nov 14, 1982		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		102	94	8	2	W 4	12,666
11	Tue, Nov 16, 1982		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		113	105	9	2	W 5	13,288
12	Thu, Nov 18, 1982		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		107	118	9	3	L 1	9,640
13	Sat, Nov 20, 1982		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		91	80	10	3	W 1	11,009
14	Wed, Nov 24, 1982		Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		93	106	10	4	L 1	9,764
15	Fri, Nov 26, 1982		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		110	99	11	4	W 1	11,678
16	Sat, Nov 27, 1982		Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		99	105	11	5	L 1	8,107
17	Tue, Nov 30, 1982		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		98	110	11	6	L 2	6,759
18	Thu, Dec 2, 1982		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	116	11	7	L 3	14,660	2:09
19	Sat, Dec 4, 1982		Box Score		San Diego Clippers	L		103	113	11	8	L 4	10,527
20	Wed, Dec 8, 1982		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		86	89	11	9	L 5	13,763	2:07
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 10, 1982		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		97	83	12	9	W 1	9,214
22	Sun, Dec 12, 1982		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		94	99	12	10	L 1	12,666
23	Tue, Dec 14, 1982		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W	OT	114	109	13	10	W 1	12,432
24	Thu, Dec 16, 1982		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		94	98	13	11	L 1	9,141
25	Sat, Dec 18, 1982		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		126	100	14	11	W 1	12,856	1:58
26	Tue, Dec 21, 1982		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		114	113	15	11	W 2	8,479
27	Thu, Dec 23, 1982		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		125	106	16	11	W 3	10,261
28	Sat, Dec 25, 1982		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		111	101	17	11	W 4	9,416
29	Sun, Dec 26, 1982		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		87	88	17	12	L 1	14,412
30	Tue, Dec 28, 1982		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		116	94	18	12	W 1	11,843
31	Thu, Dec 30, 1982		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		115	98	19	12	W 2	11,343
32	Sat, Jan 1, 1983		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		125	127	19	13	L 1	7,814
33	Sun, Jan 2, 1983		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		116	99	20	13	W 1	11,318
34	Tue, Jan 4, 1983		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		97	85	21	13	W 2	7,766
35	Thu, Jan 6, 1983	7:41p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		93	94	21	14	L 1	10,673	1:58
36	Fri, Jan 7, 1983		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		108	101	22	14	W 1	5,312
37	Sun, Jan 9, 1983		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		96	106	22	15	L 1	10,108
38	Tue, Jan 11, 1983		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		109	96	23	15	W 1	5,232
39	Thu, Jan 13, 1983		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		102	99	24	15	W 2	13,536
40	Sat, Jan 15, 1983		Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		114	101	25	15	W 3	12,697
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 19, 1983		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		118	113	26	15	W 4	11,004
42	Fri, Jan 21, 1983		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		117	118	26	16	L 1	11,857	2:08
43	Sun, Jan 23, 1983		Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		102	92	27	16	W 1	7,065
44	Tue, Jan 25, 1983		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		94	96	27	17	L 1	5,418
45	Wed, Jan 26, 1983		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	113	27	18	L 2	14,126	1:58
46	Fri, Jan 28, 1983		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		104	111	27	19	L 3	15,320	1:59
47	Sat, Jan 29, 1983		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		82	88	27	20	L 4	7,027
48	Wed, Feb 2, 1983		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		112	96	28	20	W 1	9,468
49	Fri, Feb 4, 1983		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		115	99	29	20	W 2	10,541
50	Sun, Feb 6, 1983		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		109	92	30	20	W 3	8,646
51	Tue, Feb 8, 1983		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		100	112	30	21	L 1	11,037
52	Thu, Feb 10, 1983		Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		100	101	30	22	L 2	4,813
53	Wed, Feb 16, 1983		Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		111	102	31	22	W 1	6,078	2:14	at St. Louis, MO
54	Sat, Feb 19, 1983		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		101	112	31	23	L 1	25,253
55	Sun, Feb 20, 1983		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		103	81	32	23	W 1	3,782	1:51
56	Tue, Feb 22, 1983		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	105	33	23	W 2	12,908
57	Thu, Feb 24, 1983		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		110	103	34	23	W 3	8,479
58	Fri, Feb 25, 1983		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		106	101	35	23	W 4	15,688
59	Sat, Feb 26, 1983		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		101	103	35	24	L 1	14,660	2:05
60	Wed, Mar 2, 1983		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		110	106	36	24	W 1	10,666
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Mar 4, 1983		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		109	102	37	24	W 2	13,027
62	Tue, Mar 8, 1983		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		99	120	37	25	L 1	9,529
63	Wed, Mar 9, 1983		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		105	108	37	26	L 2	8,201
64	Sat, Mar 12, 1983		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		105	94	38	26	W 1	6,835
65	Tue, Mar 15, 1983		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		116	108	39	26	W 2	10,307
66	Wed, Mar 16, 1983		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		95	104	39	27	L 1	16,060
67	Thu, Mar 17, 1983		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		125	99	40	27	W 1	9,069
68	Sat, Mar 19, 1983		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W	OT	115	112	41	27	W 2	13,181
69	Tue, Mar 22, 1983		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		117	130	41	28	L 1	10,588
70	Thu, Mar 24, 1983		Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		112	95	42	28	W 1	10,087
71	Sat, Mar 26, 1983		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		124	110	43	28	W 2	13,143
72	Tue, Mar 29, 1983		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		115	107	44	28	W 3	11,285
73	Thu, Mar 31, 1983		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		106	89	45	28	W 4	10,915
74	Sat, Apr 2, 1983		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		115	108	46	28	W 5	12,643
75	Tue, Apr 5, 1983		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		126	106	47	28	W 6	9,033
76	Thu, Apr 7, 1983		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		108	117	47	29	L 1	14,660
77	Fri, Apr 8, 1983		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		99	98	48	29	W 1	11,911
78	Sun, Apr 10, 1983		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		101	95	49	29	W 2	16,545
79	Tue, Apr 12, 1983		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		115	108	50	29	W 3	3,632
80	Wed, Apr 13, 1983		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		109	96	51	29	W 4	10,882
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 15, 1983		Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		113	101	52	29	W 5	3,049
82	Sun, Apr 17, 1983		Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		110	101	53	29	W 6	12,062

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.
1	Tue, Apr 19, 1983	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		121	108	1	0	W 1	11,901
2	Thu, Apr 21, 1983	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		99	113	1	1	L 1	15,903
3	Sun, Apr 24, 1983	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L	OT	112	117	1	2	L 2	14,660

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