The 1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' 15th season in the NBA.1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 20 Paul Pressey SF Tulsa 2 27 Fred Roberts PF Brigham Young 4 89 Jerry Beck SF/PF Middle Tennessee State 6 135 Tony Carr Wisconsin-Eau Claire 7 158 Bobby Austin Cincinnati 8 181 Bryan Leonard Illinois 9 202 Robert Tate Idaho State 10 223 Bob Coenen Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot
Game log
|-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 || October 30, 1982 || New York | W 108–86
| MECCA Arena | 1–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 || October 31, 1982 || @ Cleveland | W 119—95 |Junior Bridgeman (17)
| Coliseum at Richfield | 2–0
|-style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || November 2, 1982 || @ Kansas City | L 112–119
| Kemper Arena | 2–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 || November 4, 1982 || @ Atlanta | W 104—100
| The Omni | 3–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 || November 5, 1982 || San Diego | W 130–99
| MECCA Arena | 4–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || November 7, 1982 || Seattle | L 90–102
| MECCA Arena | 4–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 || November 10, 1982 || @ Boston | W 105—101
| Boston Garden | 5–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || November 12, 1982 || @ Detroit | L 100–111
| Pontiac Silverdome | 5–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || November 14, 1982 || Boston | L 98–100
| MECCA Arena | 5–4 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 || November 16, 1982 || Indiana | W 115–103
| MECCA Arena | 6–4 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 10 || November 18, 1982 || @ New York | L 89—77
| Madison Square Garden | 7–4
Playoffs
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 27 | @ Boston | W 116–95 | Sidney Moncrief (22) | Bob Lanier (10) | Marques Johnson (5) | Boston Garden15,320 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 29 | @ Boston | W 95–91 | Sidney Moncrief (20) | Marques Johnson (9) | Sidney Moncrief (4) | Boston Garden15,320 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | May 1 | Boston | W 107–99 | Sidney Moncrief (26) | Junior Bridgeman (10) | Bob Lanier (6) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 2 | Boston | W 107–93 | Marques Johnson (33) | Alton Lister (11) | Marques Johnson (6) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 4–0
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | May 8 | @ Philadelphia | L 109–111 (OT) | Marques Johnson (30) | Bob Lanier (9) | Moncrief, Lanier (6) | Spectrum18,482 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | May 11 | @ Philadelphia | L 81–87 | Marques Johnson (25) | Marques Johnson (11) | Lanier, Winters (4) | Spectrum18,482 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | May 14 | Philadelphia | L 96–104 | Junior Bridgeman (24) | Sidney Moncrief (10) | Brian Winters (7) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 15 | Philadelphia | W 100–94 | Marques Johnson (19) | Marques Johnson (10) | Marques Johnson (8) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 18 | @ Philadelphia | L 103–115 | Marques Johnson (21) | Alton Lister (12) | Junior Bridgeman (5) | Spectrum18,482 | 1–4
Player statistics
Player statistics source:
Season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Sidney Moncrief 76 76 35.7 52.4 10.0 82.6 5.8 3.9 1.5 0.3 22.5 Marques Johnson 80 80 35.7 50.9 20.0 73.5 7.0 4.5 1.3 0.7 21.4 Junior Bridgeman 70 5 26.5 49.2 7.7 83.7 3.5 3.0 0.6 0.1 14.4 Mickey Johnson 6 0 25.5 45.5 0.0 77.8 4.2 1.8 0.2 0.311.2 Bob Lanier 39 35 25.1 49.1 0.0 68.4 5.1 2.7 0.9 0.6 10.7 Brian Winters 57 12 23.9 43.4 32.4 85.9 1.9 2.7 0.8 0.110.6 Alton Lister 80 37 23.6 52.9 0.0 53.7 7.1 1.4 0.6 2.2 8.4 Dave Cowens 40 34 25.4 44.4 0.0 82.5 6.9 2.1 0.8 0.48.1 Phil Ford 70 56 20.7 47.1 12.5 79.6 1.4 3.6 0.7 0.06.8 Paul Pressey 79 18 19.3 45.7 11.1 59.7 3.6 2.6 1.3 0.66.7 Charlie Criss 66 0 14.0 45.1 19.4 89.5 1.2 1.9 0.4 0.06.2 Steve Mix 57 20 13.9 48.7 25.0 85.1 2.4 1.2 0.6 0.16.0 Harvey Catchings 74 33 21.0 45.7 0.0 67.4 5.5 1.0 0.4 2.03.3 Armond Hill 14 3 12.1 53.8 0.0 81.8 1.4 1.9 0.6 0.03.3 Paul Mokeski 50 1 11.8 46.0 0.0 81.0 2.4 0.5 0.2 0.43.2Sam Pellom405.040.00.00.02.00.00.00.02.0
Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Marques Johnson 9 42.4 48.6 0.0 65.1 8.0 4.2 0.9 0.822.0 Sidney Moncrief 9 41.9 43.7 0.0 75.4 6.7 3.7 2.0 0.318.9 Junior Bridgeman 9 34.2 46.9 40.0 93.3 5.0 3.1 1.1 0.216.9 Bob Lanier 9 27.8 57.3 0.0 60.0 7.0 2.6 0.6 1.613.7 Brian Winters 9 26.7 42.9 27.3 82.4 2.4 3.6 0.7 0.49.9 Alton Lister 9 22.9 42.9 0.0 80.0 6.8 1.2 1.0 1.76.4 Charlie Criss 9 12.9 44.1 0.0 94.4 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.05.2 Paul Pressey 9 16.7 40.4 0.0 40.0 3.7 1.6 1.0 0.75.1 Phil Ford 2 2.5 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.03.0 Harvey Catchings 9 15.4 47.4 0.0 100.0 4.2 0.4 0.2 1.12.3 Paul Mokeski 4 3.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.01.0
Awards and records Sidney Moncrief, NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award Sidney Moncrief, All-NBA First Team Sidney Moncrief, NBA All-Defensive First Team Don Nelson, NBA Coach of the Year Award
Transactions
Trades June 28, 1982 To Milwaukee Bucks---- 1982 2nd round pick (Fred Roberts) To Dallas Mavericks---- Pat Cummings September 9, 1982 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Dave Cowens To Boston Celtics---- Quinn Buckner November 12, 1982 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Phil Ford To New Jersey Nets---- Mickey Johnson Fred Roberts
References
See also 1982-83 NBA season