# 1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 1982-83 NBA season was the Bucks' 15th season in the NBA.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 20 | Paul Pressey | SF | United States | Tulsa |
| 2 | 27 | Fred Roberts | PF | United States | Brigham Young |
| 4 | 89 | Jerry Beck | SF/PF | United States | Middle Tennessee State |
| 6 | 135 | Tony Carr | | United States | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
| 7 | 158 | Bobby Austin | | United States | Cincinnati |
| 8 | 181 | Bryan Leonard | | United States | Illinois |
| 9 | 202 | Robert Tate | | United States | Idaho State |
| 10 | 223 | Bob Coenen | | United States | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Central Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
| y-Milwaukee Bucks | 51 | 31 | .622 | – | 31–10 | 20–21 | 22–7 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 43 | 39 | .524 | 8 | 26–15 | 17–24 | 21–8 |
| Detroit Pistons | 37 | 45 | .451 | 14 | 23–18 | 14–27 | 19–11 |
| Chicago Bulls | 28 | 54 | .341 | 23 | 18–23 | 10–31 | 13–17 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 23 | 59 | .280 | 28 | 15–26 | 8–33 | 8–22 |
| Indiana Pacers | 20 | 62 | .244 | 31 | 14–27 | 6–35 | 6–24 |
| # | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | z-Philadelphia 76ers | 65 | 17 | .793 | – |
| 2 | y-Milwaukee Bucks | 51 | 31 | .622 | 14 |
| 3 | x-Boston Celtics | 56 | 26 | .683 | 9 |
| 4 | x-New Jersey Nets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 16 |
| 5 | x-New York Knicks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 21 |
| 6 | x-Atlanta Hawks | 43 | 39 | .524 | 22 |
| 7 | Washington Bullets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 23 |
| 8 | Detroit Pistons | 37 | 45 | .451 | 28 |
| 9 | Chicago Bulls | 28 | 54 | .341 | 37 |
| 10 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 23 | 59 | .280 | 42 |
| 11 | Indiana Pacers | 20 | 62 | .244 | 45 |
    z - clinched division title
    y - clinched division title
    x - clinched playoff spot

### Record vs. opponents

1982-83 NBA Records :
| Team | ATL | BOS | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | KCK | LAL | MIL | NJN | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SAS | SDC | SEA | UTA | WAS |
| Atlanta | — | 1–5 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| Boston | 5–1 | — | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
| Chicago | 1–5 | 2–3 | — | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 |
| Cleveland | 0–6 | 1–5 | 1–5 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Dallas | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 |
| Denver | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Detroit | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Golden State | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Houston | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–6 | 1–1 |
| Indiana | 0–6 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 |
| Kansas City | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Los Angeles | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Milwaukee | 4–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| New Jersey | 4–2 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| New York | 2–3 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | — | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Philadelphia | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| Phoenix | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 |
| Portland | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | — | 2–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| San Antonio | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | — | 4–1 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| San Diego | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–4 | — | 0–6 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Seattle | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 6–0 | — | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Utah | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 0–5 | — | 0–2 |
| Washington | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |

### Game log

1982–83 game log Total: 51–31 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) :
October: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1October 30, 1982New York
W 108–86
MECCA Arena
1–0
2October 31, 1982@ Cleveland
W 119—95
Junior Bridgeman (17)
Coliseum at Richfield
2–0 :
November: 5–4 (home: 2–2; road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3November 2, 1982@ Kansas City
L 112–119
Kemper Arena
2–1
4November 4, 1982@ Atlanta
W 104—100
The Omni
3–1
5November 5, 1982San Diego
W 130–99
MECCA Arena
4–1
5November 7, 1982Seattle
L 90–102
MECCA Arena
4–2
6November 10, 1982@ Boston
W 105—101
Boston Garden
5–2
7November 12, 1982@ Detroit
L 100–111
Pontiac Silverdome
5–3
8November 14, 1982Boston
L 98–100
MECCA Arena
5–4
9November 16, 1982Indiana
W 115–103
MECCA Arena
6–4
10November 18, 1982@ New York
L 89—77
Madison Square Garden
7–4 :
December: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
January: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
February: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
March: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
April: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
1982–83 schedule :

## Playoffs

1983 playoff game log :
Conference semifinals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 27
@ Boston
W 116–95
Sidney Moncrief (22)
Bob Lanier (10)
Marques Johnson (5)
Boston Garden 15,320
1–0
2
April 29
@ Boston
W 95–91
Sidney Moncrief (20)
Marques Johnson (9)
Sidney Moncrief (4)
Boston Garden 15,320
2–0
3
May 1
Boston
W 107–99
Sidney Moncrief (26)
Junior Bridgeman (10)
Bob Lanier (6)
MECCA Arena 11,052
3–0
4
May 2
Boston
W 107–93
Marques Johnson (33)
Alton Lister (11)
Marques Johnson (6)
MECCA Arena 11,052
4–0 :
Conference finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 8
@ Philadelphia
L 109–111 (OT)
Marques Johnson (30)
Bob Lanier (9)
Moncrief, Lanier (6)
Spectrum 18,482
0–1
2
May 11
@ Philadelphia
L 81–87
Marques Johnson (25)
Marques Johnson (11)
Lanier, Winters (4)
Spectrum 18,482
0–2
3
May 14
Philadelphia
L 96–104
Junior Bridgeman (24)
Sidney Moncrief (10)
Brian Winters (7)
MECCA Arena 11,052
0–3
4
May 15
Philadelphia
W 100–94
Marques Johnson (19)
Marques Johnson (10)
Marques Johnson (8)
MECCA Arena 11,052
1–3
5
May 18
@ Philadelphia
L 103–115
Marques Johnson (21)
Alton Lister (12)
Junior Bridgeman (5)
Spectrum 18,482
1–4 :
1983 schedule :

## 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 | 0.3 | 11.2 |
| 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 | 0.1 | 10.6 |
| 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 | 0.4 | 8.1 |
| Phil Ford | 70 | 56 | 20.7 | 47.1 | 12.5 | 79.6 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 6.8 |
| Paul Pressey | 79 | 18 | 19.3 | 45.7 | 11.1 | 59.7 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 6.7 |
| Charlie Criss | 66 | 0 | 14.0 | 45.1 | 19.4 | 89.5 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 6.2 |
| Steve Mix | 57 | 20 | 13.9 | 48.7 | 25.0 | 85.1 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6.0 |
| Harvey Catchings | 74 | 33 | 21.0 | 45.7 | 0.0 | 67.4 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| Armond Hill | 14 | 3 | 12.1 | 53.8 | 0.0 | 81.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| Paul Mokeski | 50 | 1 | 11.8 | 46.0 | 0.0 | 81.0 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
| Sam Pellom | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | 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 | 0.8 | 22.0 |
| Sidney Moncrief | 9 | 41.9 | 43.7 | 0.0 | 75.4 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 18.9 |
| Junior Bridgeman | 9 | 34.2 | 46.9 | 40.0 | 93.3 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 16.9 |
| Bob Lanier | 9 | 27.8 | 57.3 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 13.7 |
| Brian Winters | 9 | 26.7 | 42.9 | 27.3 | 82.4 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 9.9 |
| Alton Lister | 9 | 22.9 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 6.4 |
| Charlie Criss | 9 | 12.9 | 44.1 | 0.0 | 94.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| Paul Pressey | 9 | 16.7 | 40.4 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 5.1 |
| Phil Ford | 2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Harvey Catchings | 9 | 15.4 | 47.4 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
| Paul Mokeski | 4 | 3.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 |

## 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 |