1982–83 Dallas Mavericks season

The 1982–83 Dallas Mavericks season was the team's third season in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team14Bill GarnettSFWyoming350Corny ThompsonPFConnecticut473Rudy WoodsCTexas A&M596Ken ArnoldIowa6119Wayne WaggonerNorthwestern State7142Bob GradyNorthwestern State8165Keith PetersonArkansas9188Ralph McPhersonTexas−Arlington10209Albert CultonTexas−Arlington

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | 8:35p.m. CDT | @ Denver | W 125–117 | Blackman (26) | Cummings (8) | Davis (7) | McNichols Sports Arena12,099 | 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | 6:30p.m. CST | @ Boston | L 110–118 | Aguirre,Blackman (21) | Nimphius (6) | Aguirre,Davis (6) | Boston Garden15,320 | 4–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | 7:35p.m. CST | Denver | L 130–140 | Aguirre (28) | LloydRansey (8) | Aguirre,Ransey (6) | Reunion Arena10,283 | 4–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 | 7:35p.m. CST | Los Angeles | W 118–117 | Blackman (24) | Cummings (17) | Vincent (6) | Reunion Arena17,134 | 5–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 14 | 8:35p.m. CST | @ Denver | W 140–129 | Aguirre (37) | Cummings (10) | Davis (9) | McNichols Sports Arena8,799 | 7–7

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | 9:30p.m. CST | @ Los Angeles | L 108–110 | Aguirre (20) | Garnett (15) | Davis,Vincent (7) | The Forum14,094 | 11–13

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 33 | 7:35p.m. CST | Boston | L 110–114 | Aguirre (32) | Vincent (10) | Davis (12) | Reunion Arena17,134 | 13–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 36 | 7:35p.m. CST | Denver | W 149–139 | Aguirre (30) | Cummings (12) | Aguirre (16) | Reunion Arena11,015 | 15–21

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 45 | 7:35p.m. CST | Los Angeles | W 122–120 | Aguirre (31) | Vincent (15) | Aguirre (11) | Reunion Arena17,134 | 22–23 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | 7:10p.m. CST | Los Angeles | L 110–127 | Aguirre (22) | Vincent (9) | Davis (9) | Reunion Arena17,134 | 25–26

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | 9:30p.m. CST | @ Los Angeles | L 110–117 | Aguirre (33) | Vincent (15) | Davis (6) | The Forum17,505 | 34–35

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 78 | 7:35p.m. CST | Denver | L 115–132 | Ransey (19) | Nimphius (11) | Aguirre (8) | Reunion Arena10,878 | 36–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 81 | 8:35p.m. CST | @ Denver | L 126–137 | Aguirre (31) | Cummings (11) | Davis (13) | McNichols Sports Arena15,039 | 38–43

Player statistics

Ragular season PlayerSF81 75 2,784 508 332 80 26 1,979 34.4 6.3 4.1 1.0 .3 24.4PF81 73 2,726 592 212 70 45 1,513 33.7 7.3 2.6 .9 .6 18.7C81 71 2,317 668 144 57 35 1,014 28.6 8.2 1.8 .7 .4 12.5C81 12 1,515 404 115 24 111 426 18.7 5.0 1.4 .3 1.4 5.3PG 79 78 2,323 198 565 80 11 915 29.4 2.5 7.2 1.0 .1 11.6PG 76 4 1,607 147 280 58 4 840 21.1 1.9 3.7 .8 .1 11.1SG 75 62 2,349 293 185 37 29 1,326 31.3 3.9 2.5 .5 .4 17.7C 75 13 1,411 406 103 48 70 469 18.8 5.4 1.4 .6 .9 6.3SF 59 16 879 152 88 47 0 214 14.9 2.6 1.5 .8 .0 3.6SG 48 4 722 84 78 27 3 272 15.0 1.8 1.6 .6 .1 5.7PF 44 2 520 120 34 12 7 122 11.8 2.7 .8 .3 .2 2.8SF 37 0 371 59 70 6 1 104 10.0 1.6 1.9 .2 .0 2.8C 15 0 206 46 21 6 6 49 13.7 3.1 1.4 .4 .4 3.3

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