The 1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 76ers' 35th season in the NBA and 21st season in Philadelphia. The 76ers entered the season as the defending NBA Champions, having won their third NBA Championship the year prior, sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers in four games. The team would start fast posting 21 wins in their first 26 games but finished with a 52–30 record. The major difference was that they were just around .500 on the road for the year, unlike the previous season, where they won 30 regular season games away from Philadelphia. The 76ers would lose in the first round of the newly expanded playoff format to the New Jersey Nets, who had never won a playoff series in their NBA history to that point. The 76ers lost all three post season games at The Spectrum.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 17 Leo Rautins SF Syracuse 2 47 Ken Lyons PF North Texas State 2 64 Claude Riley Texas A&M 3 70 Dan Ruland C James Madison 3 74 Kalpatrick Wells Mississippi State 4 93 Craig Robinson F Princeton 5 116 Mike Milligan Tennessee State 6 139 Sedale Threatt PG West Virginia Tech 7 162 Tony Bruin Syracuse 8 184 Gordon Austin American 9 206 Charles Fisher James Madison

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot

Game log Regular season

| 11 | November 19 | Boston

| The Spectrum | 8–3

| 18 | December 4 | @ Boston

| Boston Garden | 14–4

| 36 | January 13 | Boston

| The Spectrum | 25–11 |- | 43 | January 25 | @ Boston

| Boston Garden | 29–14 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 50 | February 12 | @ Boston

| Boston Garden | 32–18 |- | 57 | February 26 | Los Angeles

| The Spectrum | 34–23

| 61 | March 7 | @ Los Angeles

| The Forum | 37–24 |- | 70 | March 25 | Boston

| The Spectrum | 45–25

Playoffs

| 1 | April 18 | New Jersey | L 101–116 | Andrew Toney (24) | Moses Malone (11) | Julius Erving (8) | Spectrum12,511 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 20 | New Jersey | L 102–116 | Moses Malone (25) | Moses Malone (12) | Toney, Richardson (4) | Spectrum14,025 | 0–2 |- | 3 | April 22 | @ New Jersey | W 108–100 | Julius Erving (27) | Moses Malone (17) | Erving, Cheeks (5) | Brendan Byrne Arena12,399 | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 24 | @ New Jersey | W 110–102 | Malone, Erving (22) | Moses Malone (15) | Julius Erving (8) | Brendan Byrne Arena20,149 | 2–2 |- | 5 | April 26 | New Jersey | L 98–101 | Andrew Toney (22) | Moses Malone (14) | Maurice Cheeks (7) | Spectrum17,921 | 2–3

Player statistics

Playoffs

Awards and records Julius Erving, All-NBA Second Team Moses Malone, All-NBA Second Team Bobby Jones, NBA All-Defensive First Team Maurice Cheeks, NBA All-Defensive First Team

References

See also 1983–84 NBA season