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1981-82 Seattle SuperSonics Schedule and Results

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Record: 52-30, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Lenny Wilkens (52-30)

Executive: Zollie Volchok

PTS/G: 107.3 (12th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 103.1 (5th of 23)

SRS: 3.69 (5th of 23) Pace: 100.0 (13th of 23)

Off Rtg: 106.4 (12th of 23) Def Rtg: 102.3 (3rd of 23) Net Rtg: +4.1 (5th of 23)

Expected W-L: 52-30 (5th of 23)

Attendance: 721,049 (1st of 23)

NBA 1982 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (1-4) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 31, 1981	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		94	84	1	0	W 1	33,014
2	Sun, Nov 1, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		94	104	1	1	L 1	12,666
3	Wed, Nov 4, 1981	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		103	106	1	2	L 2	14,536
4	Fri, Nov 6, 1981	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		105	109	1	3	L 3	11,564
5	Tue, Nov 10, 1981	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		123	113	2	3	W 1	7,549
6	Wed, Nov 11, 1981	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		107	79	3	3	W 2	10,148	1:59
7	Fri, Nov 13, 1981	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		112	119	3	4	L 1	15,433
8	Wed, Nov 18, 1981	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		93	111	3	5	L 2	12,258
9	Fri, Nov 20, 1981	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		90	89	4	5	W 1	8,059
10	Sun, Nov 22, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		109	92	5	5	W 2	10,291
11	Wed, Nov 25, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		110	103	6	5	W 3	14,840
12	Fri, Nov 27, 1981	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		117	110	7	5	W 4	17,137
13	Sat, Nov 28, 1981	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		120	122	7	6	L 1	8,233
14	Tue, Dec 1, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		103	87	8	6	W 1	10,472
15	Wed, Dec 2, 1981	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		104	96	9	6	W 2	20,021
16	Fri, Dec 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		109	112	9	7	L 1	7,128
17	Sat, Dec 5, 1981	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		92	85	10	7	W 1	6,213
18	Tue, Dec 8, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		107	96	11	7	W 2	9,166
19	Wed, Dec 9, 1981	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		99	110	11	8	L 1	8,334
20	Sat, Dec 12, 1981	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		117	111	12	8	W 1	13,880
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 13, 1981	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		98	74	13	8	W 2	11,036
22	Tue, Dec 15, 1981	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		126	120	14	8	W 3
23	Thu, Dec 17, 1981	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		106	92	15	8	W 4	3,912
24	Sat, Dec 19, 1981	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		115	103	16	8	W 5	8,728
25	Wed, Dec 23, 1981	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		113	99	17	8	W 6	13,741
26	Fri, Dec 25, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		94	99	17	9	L 1	12,666
27	Mon, Dec 28, 1981	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		104	100	18	9	W 1	19,563
28	Wed, Dec 30, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		99	102	18	10	L 1	20,034	2:02
29	Sat, Jan 2, 1982	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		97	120	18	11	L 2	12,779
30	Sun, Jan 3, 1982	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		110	90	19	11	W 1	17,505
31	Wed, Jan 6, 1982	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		107	100	20	11	W 2	10,533
32	Thu, Jan 7, 1982	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		116	107	21	11	W 3	12,790
33	Sat, Jan 9, 1982	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		125	110	22	11	W 4	9,636
34	Wed, Jan 13, 1982	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		106	86	23	11	W 5	13,214
35	Fri, Jan 15, 1982	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		115	103	24	11	W 6	17,057
36	Sun, Jan 17, 1982	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		122	97	25	11	W 7	20,705
37	Tue, Jan 19, 1982	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		99	97	26	11	W 8	4,333
38	Wed, Jan 20, 1982	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		95	106	26	12	L 1	9,317
39	Fri, Jan 22, 1982	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		118	106	27	12	W 1	15,320	1:53
40	Sat, Jan 23, 1982	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		87	100	27	13	L 1	10,218	2:10
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Mon, Jan 25, 1982	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		113	99	28	13	W 1	9,520
42	Wed, Jan 27, 1982	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		110	103	29	13	W 2	9,352
43	Wed, Feb 3, 1982	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		97	87	30	13	W 3	14,188
44	Fri, Feb 5, 1982	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		108	99	31	13	W 4	13,239
45	Sat, Feb 6, 1982	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		129	103	32	13	W 5	15,015
46	Sun, Feb 7, 1982	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		99	97	33	13	W 6	13,808
47	Tue, Feb 9, 1982	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		114	105	34	13	W 7	12,035
48	Thu, Feb 11, 1982	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		100	117	34	14	L 1	14,766
49	Fri, Feb 12, 1982	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		100	103	34	15	L 2	11,030
50	Sun, Feb 14, 1982	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		94	114	34	16	L 3	11,108
51	Tue, Feb 16, 1982	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		101	108	34	17	L 4	15,047
52	Thu, Feb 18, 1982	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		105	87	35	17	W 1	15,542
53	Fri, Feb 19, 1982	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L	4OT	122	127	35	18	L 1	17,443
54	Sun, Feb 21, 1982	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		103	100	36	18	W 1	27,199	1:56
55	Thu, Feb 25, 1982	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		98	104	36	19	L 1	26,209
56	Fri, Feb 26, 1982	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		98	97	37	19	W 1	9,780
57	Sun, Feb 28, 1982	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		98	103	37	20	L 1	21,847
58	Wed, Mar 3, 1982	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		136	107	38	20	W 1	14,221
59	Fri, Mar 5, 1982	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		98	97	39	20	W 2	20,230
60	Sun, Mar 7, 1982	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		144	106	40	20	W 3	17,372
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Mar 9, 1982	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		104	109	40	21	L 1	7,380	2:07
62	Fri, Mar 12, 1982	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	110	41	21	W 1	11,052
63	Sun, Mar 14, 1982	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		98	97	42	21	W 2	15,432
64	Tue, Mar 16, 1982	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		96	109	42	22	L 1	6,382
65	Thu, Mar 18, 1982	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		115	119	42	23	L 2	10,315
66	Fri, Mar 19, 1982	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		109	103	43	23	W 1	5,758	1:54
67	Sun, Mar 21, 1982	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		115	105	44	23	W 2	13,076
68	Wed, Mar 24, 1982	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		99	97	45	23	W 3	23,062
69	Fri, Mar 26, 1982	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		97	99	45	24	L 1	22,788
70	Sun, Mar 28, 1982	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		109	101	46	24	W 1	23,277
71	Tue, Mar 30, 1982	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L	OT	142	145	46	25	L 1	15,419
72	Wed, Mar 31, 1982	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		109	116	46	26	L 2	16,087
73	Fri, Apr 2, 1982	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		111	86	47	26	W 1	13,715
74	Sun, Apr 4, 1982	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		140	116	48	26	W 2	32,403
75	Tue, Apr 6, 1982	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		102	91	49	26	W 3	21,794
76	Thu, Apr 8, 1982	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W	OT	117	115	50	26	W 4	7,285
77	Sat, Apr 10, 1982	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		99	116	50	27	L 1	11,488
78	Sun, Apr 11, 1982	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		104	107	50	28	L 2	17,505
79	Tue, Apr 13, 1982	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		88	86	51	28	W 1	23,427
80	Wed, Apr 14, 1982	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		93	104	51	29	L 1	19,376
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Apr 17, 1982	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		95	94	52	29	W 1	13,239
82	Sun, Apr 18, 1982	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		114	119	52	30	L 1	12,666

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Apr 21, 1982	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W	102	87	1	0	W 1	14,071
2	Fri, Apr 23, 1982	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L	70	91	1	1	L 1	15,676
3	Sun, Apr 25, 1982	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W	104	83	2	1	W 1	14,071
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Tue, Apr 27, 1982	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L	93	95	2	2	L 1	14,457
5	Wed, Apr 28, 1982	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W	114	99	3	2	W 1	19,403
6	Fri, Apr 30, 1982	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	97	99	3	3	L 1	14,019
7	Sun, May 2, 1982	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	113	115	3	4	L 2	15,002
8	Wed, May 5, 1982	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L	103	109	3	5	L 3	23,180

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