1982–83 New York Knicks season

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1982–83 New York Knicks season
Head coachHubie Brown
General managerDave DeBusschere
OwnersGulf+Western
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Results
Record44–38 (.537)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Atlantic)
Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Semifinals
(Lost to 76ers 0–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWOR-TV
(Marv Albert, Butch Beard)
MSG Network
(Jim Karvellas, Butch Beard)[1]
RadioWNEW
(Marv Albert, John Andariese)[2]
< 1981–82 1983–84 >

The 1982–83 New York Knicks season was the 37th season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[3] In the regular season, the Knicks started off by losing their first seven games of the season, but improved during the second half of their schedule.[4] They finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 44–38 win–loss record, and qualified for the NBA Playoffs. New York defeated the New Jersey Nets 2–0 in the best-of-three first round of the playoffs and advanced to the Eastern Conference Semifinals, where they were swept in four games by the eventual NBA champion Philadelphia 76ers.[5][6]

NBA Draft[]

Main article: 1982 NBA Draft

Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.[7]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 6 Trent Tucker G  United States Minnesota
2 29 Scott Hastings F–C  United States Arkansas
2 34 Vince Taylor F  United States Duke

Roster[]

New York Knicks roster
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Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From
C 25 Cartwright, Bill 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) San Francisco
PF 26 Davis, Mike 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Maryland
SG 18 Grunfeld, Ernie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Tennessee
F 30 King, Bernard 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Tennessee
SF 55 Orr, Louis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Syracuse
F 23 Robinson, Leonard 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Tennessee State
SG 6 Tucker, Trent 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Minnesota
C 40 Webster, Marvin 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Morgan State
G 44 Westphal, Paul 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Southern California
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB Home Road 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
# Eastern Conference
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 —

Playoffs[]

1983 playoff game log
First Round: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 20 @ New Jersey W 118–107 Bernard King (40) Marvin Webster (11) Rory Sparrow (7) Brendan Byrne Arena
15,672 		1–0
2 April 21 New Jersey W 105–99 Truck Robinson (22) Truck Robinson (13) Paul Westphal (7) Madison Square Garden
19,591 		2–0
Conference Semifinals: 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 24 @ Philadelphia L 102–112 Bill Cartwright (17) Bill Cartwright (8) Rory Sparrow (10) Spectrum
14,375 		0–1
2 April 27 @ Philadelphia L 91–98 Truck Robinson (22) Truck Robinson (14) Rory Sparrow (8) Spectrum
15,829 		0–2
3 April 30 Philadelphia L 105–107 Bernard King (21) Truck Robinson (15) Rory Sparrow (6) Madison Square Garden
17,735 		0–3
4 May 1 Philadelphia L 102–105 Bernard King (35) Truck Robinson (15) Sparrow, Westphal (8) Madison Square Garden
15,457 		0–4
1983 schedule

References[]

  1. ^ 2016–17 New York Knicks Media Guide (PDF). New York Knicks. 2016. p. 305. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  2. ^ 2016–17 New York Knicks Media Guide (PDF). New York Knicks. 2016. p. 304. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "New York Knicks". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  4. ^ "1982–83 New York Knicks Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  5. ^ "1982–83 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
  6. ^ "Season Review: 1982–83". National Basketball Association. August 24, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  7. ^ "1982 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
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