The 1981–82 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' sixth season in the NBA.[1] The Nets moved their home games from the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway to the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford.
See main article: article and 1981 NBA draft.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College | |
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1 | 3 | PF/C | Maryland | |||
1 | 10 | SF/SG | Maryland | |||
1 | 18 | PF | Indiana | |||
3 | 49 | G | St. Louis | |||
4 | 72 | G | Virginia Commonwealth | |||
5 | 95 | C/PF | Colorado | |||
6 | 118 | La Salle | ||||
7 | 141 | Northwestern | ||||
8 | 164 | Farleigh Dickinson | ||||
9 | 186 | Providence | ||||
10 | 206 | UCLA |
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot
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width=100 | 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 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | |
Boston | 5–1 | — | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
Chicago | 3–2 | 2–4 | — | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | |
Cleveland | 2–4 | 0–5 | 1–5 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | |
Dallas | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 1–1 | |
Denver | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | |
Detroit | 4–2 | 0–6 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |
Golden State | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | — | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
Houston | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 4–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 2–0 | |
Indiana | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | |
Kansas City | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 | |
Los Angeles | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | |
Milwaukee | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
New Jersey | 2–3 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | — | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | |
New York | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | — | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | |
Philadelphia | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
Phoenix | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
Portland | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | |
San Antonio | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | — | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | |
San Diego | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–3 | — | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 | |
Seattle | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 5–1 | — | 5–0 | 1–1 | |
Utah | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–5 | — | 1–1 | |
Washington | 4–2 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| October 30, 1981| New York| L 99–103|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 5|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 6| November 10, 1981| @ New York| L 99–111|||| Madison Square Garden| 1–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 7|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 8| November 13, 1981| @ Boston|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 9|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 10|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 11|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 12|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 13|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 14| November 27, 1981| @ San Antonio|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 15|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 16|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 17| December 5, 1981| Philadelphia| L 105–114|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 4–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 18|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 19| December 9, 1981| @ Boston|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 20|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 21|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 22|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 23|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 24|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 25| December 23, 1981| New York| W 115–99|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 9–16|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 26| December 25, 1981| @ New York| W 96–95|||| Madison Square Garden| 10–16|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 27|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 28|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 29|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 30|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 31|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 32|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 33|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 34| January 9, 1982| @ Philadelphia| W 120–113|||| The Spectrum| 14–20|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 35| January 11, 1982| Boston|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 36|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 37|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 38| January 17, 1982| Philadelphia| W 115–107|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 16–22|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 39| January 20, 1982| @ Los Angeles| L 113–132|||| The Forum| 16–23|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 40|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 41|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 42|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 43|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 44|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 45|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 46| February 5, 1982| @ Philadelphia| L 112–116|||| The Spectrum| 21–25|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 47|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 48|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 49|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 50|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 51|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 52|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 53|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 54|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 55|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 56|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 57|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 58|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 59|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 60| March 3, 1982| Los Angeles| W 111–103|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 31–29|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 61|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 62|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 63|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 64| March 12, 1982| Boston|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 65|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 66| March 17, 1982| San Antonio|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 67|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 68|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 69| March 24, 1982| @ Philadelphia| W 111–106|||| The Spectrum| 35–34|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 70|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 71|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 72| March 28, 1982| New York| W 113–106|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 36–36|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 73|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 74|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 75|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 76| April 7, 1982| Philadelphia| L 113–116|||| Brendan Byrne Arena| 39–37|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 77| April 9, 1982| @ Boston|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 78|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 79| April 13, 1982| @ New York| W 104–102|||| Madison Square Garden| 41–38|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 80|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 81| April 16, 1982| Boston|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 82
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| April 20| Washington| L 83–96| Buck Williams (23)| Buck Williams (13)| Ray Williams (8)| Brendan Byrne Arena
14,015| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| April 23| @ Washington| L 92–103| Ray Williams (23)| Len Elmore (9)| Ray Williams (6)| Capital Centre
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