# Temporada 1982-83 de los New Jersey Nets

La temporada 1982-83 fue la séptima de los New Jersey Nets en la NBA, tras la fusión de la liga con la ABA, donde había jugado nueve temporadas, y la sexta en su ubicación en Nueva Jersey. La temporada regular acabó con 49 victorias y 33 derrotas, ocupando el cuarto puesto de la conferencia Este, clasificándose para los playoffs, donde cayeron en primera ronda ante los New York Knicks.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 13 | Sleepy Floyd | Base | Estados Unidos | Georgetown |
| 1 | 21 | Eddie Phillips | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Alabama |
| 4 | 82 | Tony Brown | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Arkansas |

## Temporada regular

División Atlántico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Philadelphia 76ers | 65 | 17 | .793 | – | 35–6 | 30–11 | 15–9 |
| x-Boston Celtics | 56 | 26 | .683 | 9 | 33–8 | 23–18 | 14–10 |
| x-New Jersey Nets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 16 | 30–11 | 19–22 | 11–13 |
| x-New York Knicks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 21 | 26–15 | 18–23 | 10–14 |
| Washington Bullets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 23 | 27–14 | 15–26 | 10–14 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

New Jersey Nets vs. New York Knicks
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 20 de abril | New Jersey Nets 107, New York Knicks 118 | East Rutherford |
| 21 de abril | New York Knicks 105, New Jersey Nets 99 | Nueva York |
| | New York Knicks gana las series 2-0 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Buck Williams | 22 | 82 | 82 | 36.1 | 6.5 | 11.1 | .588 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 4.0 | 6.4 | .620 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 12.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 17.0 |
| 2 | Micheal Ray Richardson | 27 | 31 | 26 | 32.3 | 5.5 | 12.5 | .438 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .200 | 1.6 | 2.5 | .671 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 12.7 |
| 3 | Darwin Cook | 24 | 82 | 47 | 32.0 | 5.4 | 12.0 | .449 | 0.1 | 0.5 | .211 | 2.3 | 3.0 | .769 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 13.2 |
| 4 | Albert King | 23 | 79 | 75 | 31.0 | 7.4 | 15.5 | .475 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .261 | 2.2 | 2.9 | .775 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 17.0 |
| 5 | Otis Birdsong | 27 | 62 | 54 | 30.4 | 6.9 | 13.5 | .511 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .333 | 1.3 | 2.3 | .566 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 15.1 |
| 6 | Darryl Dawkins | 26 | 81 | 81 | 25.8 | 5.0 | 8.3 | .599 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 2.0 | 3.2 | .646 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 12.0 |
| 7 | Mickey Johnson | 30 | 42 | 7 | 23.8 | 4.7 | 11.8 | .401 | 0.0 | 0.4 | .118 | 3.9 | 4.8 | .816 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 13.4 |
| 8 | Phil Ford | 26 | 7 | 7 | 23.3 | 2.9 | 5.0 | .571 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .700 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 6.7 |
| 9 | Foots Walker | 31 | 79 | 10 | 17.6 | 1.4 | 3.2 | .456 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .167 | 1.5 | 1.9 | .779 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 4.4 |
| 10 | Mike O'Koren | 24 | 46 | 14 | 17.5 | 3.0 | 5.6 | .525 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .222 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .708 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 6.7 |
| 11 | Mike Gminski | 23 | 80 | 1 | 15.7 | 2.7 | 5.3 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.2 | 2.8 | .778 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| 12 | Len Elmore | 30 | 74 | 0 | 13.2 | 1.3 | 3.3 | .398 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.7 | 1.1 | .643 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| 13 | Sleepy Floyd | 22 | 43 | 6 | 11.5 | 2.1 | 5.0 | .426 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .286 | 0.9 | 1.0 | .844 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 5.3 |
| 14 | Eddie Phillips | 21 | 48 | 0 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 2.9 | .406 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.8 | 1.2 | .678 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| 15 | Bill Willoughby | 25 | 10 | 0 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 2.9 | .379 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.000 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| 16 | James Bailey | 25 | 6 | 0 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 3.0 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| 17 | Jan van Breda Kolff | 31 | 13 | 0 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | .357 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.4 | 0.5 | .833 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Buck Williams | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA All-Star |