# Temporada 1981-82 de los New Jersey Nets

La temporada 1981-82 fue la sexta de los New Jersey Nets en la NBA, tras la fusión de la liga con la ABA, donde había jugado nueve temporadas, y la quinta en su ubicación en Nueva Jersey. La temporada regular acabó con 44 victorias y 38 derrotas, ocupando el cuarto puesto de la conferencia Este, clasificándose para los playoffs, dond ecayeron en primera ronda ante los Washington Bullets.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 3 | Buck Williams | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Maryland |
| 1 | 10 | Albert King | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Maryland |
| 1 | 18 | Ray Tolbert | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Indiana |
| 3 | 49 | David Burns | Base | Estados Unidos | Saint Louis |
| 4 | 72 | Edmund Sherod | Base | Estados Unidos | Virginia Commonwealth |
| 5 | 95 | Joe Cooper | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Colorado |

## Temporada regular

División Atlántico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Boston Celtics | 63 | 19 | .768 | – | 35–6 | 28–13 | 20–4 |
| x-Philadelphia 76ers | 58 | 24 | .707 | 5.0 | 32–9 | 26–15 | 16–8 |
| x-New Jersey Nets | 44 | 38 | .537 | 19.0 | 25–16 | 19–22 | 12–12 |
| x-Washington Bullets | 43 | 39 | .524 | 20.0 | 22–19 | 21–20 | 7–17 |
| New York Knicks | 33 | 49 | .402 | 30.0 | 19–22 | 14–27 | 5–19 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

New Jersey Nets vs. Washington Bullets
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 20 de abril | New Jersey Nets 83, Washington Bullets 96 | East Rutherford |
| 23 de abril | Washington Bullets 103, New Jersey Nets 92 | Landover |
| | Washington Bullets 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 | 21 | 82 | 82 | 34.5 | 6.3 | 10.7 | .582 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.0 | 4.7 | .624 | 4.2 | 8.0 | 12.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 15.5 |
| 2 | Ray Williams | 27 | 82 | 69 | 33.3 | 7.8 | 16.9 | .462 | 0.1 | 0.7 | .167 | 4.7 | 5.7 | .832 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 20.4 |
| 3 | Otis Birdsong | 26 | 37 | 22 | 27.7 | 6.1 | 13.0 | .469 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 2.0 | 3.4 | .583 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 14.2 |
| 4 | Len Elmore | 29 | 81 | 70 | 25.9 | 3.7 | 8.0 | .460 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.7 | 2.1 | .794 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 9.1 |
| 5 | Darwin Cook | 23 | 82 | 17 | 25.5 | 4.7 | 9.8 | .482 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .226 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .728 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 11.0 |
| 6 | Mike O'Koren | 23 | 80 | 32 | 25.2 | 4.8 | 9.7 | .492 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .348 | 1.7 | 2.4 | .714 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 11.4 |
| 7 | Foots Walker | 30 | 77 | 54 | 24.2 | 2.0 | 4.9 | .413 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .333 | 1.8 | 2.5 | .727 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 5.9 |
| 8 | Albert King | 22 | 76 | 52 | 22.3 | 5.1 | 10.7 | .482 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .231 | 1.8 | 2.3 | .778 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 12.1 |
| 9 | Mike Woodson | 23 | 7 | 0 | 20.7 | 4.3 | 9.7 | .441 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 3.3 | 4.6 | .719 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 11.9 |
| 10 | James Bailey | 24 | 67 | 0 | 19.2 | 3.4 | 6.6 | .523 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 2.0 | 3.2 | .624 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 8.9 |
| 11 | Sam Lacey | 33 | 54 | 6 | 12.0 | 1.2 | 2.8 | .430 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.6 | .771 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 12 | Mike Gminski | 22 | 64 | 6 | 11.6 | 1.9 | 4.2 | .441 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.5 | 1.8 | .822 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 5.2 |
| 13 | David Burns | 23 | 3 | 0 | 11.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.0 | 2.0 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| 14 | Joe Cooper | 24 | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 15 | Jan van Breda Kolff | 30 | 41 | 0 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.5 | 1.9 | .816 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 16 | Ray Tolbert | 23 | 12 | 0 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 3.7 | .455 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .500 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 3.7 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Buck Williams | Rookie del Año de la NBA Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA All-Star |