The 1982-83 NBA season was the Bucks' 15th season in the NBA.[1]
See main article: article and 1982 NBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | SF | Tulsa | |||
| 2 | 27 | PF | Brigham Young | |||
| 4 | 89 | SF/PF | Middle Tennessee State | |||
| 6 | 135 | Tony Carr | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | |||
| 7 | 158 | Cincinnati | ||||
| 8 | 181 | Illinois | ||||
| 9 | 202 | Idaho State | ||||
| 10 | 223 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
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 | 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 | — | |
|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1 || October 30, 1982 || New York| W 108–86|||| MECCA Arena| 1–0|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2 || October 31, 1982 || @ Cleveland| W 119—95|Junior Bridgeman (17)||| Coliseum at Richfield| 2–0|-style="background:#fcc;"| 3 || November 2, 1982 || @ Kansas City| L 112–119|||| Kemper Arena| 2–1|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4 || November 4, 1982 || @ Atlanta| W 104—100|||| The Omni| 3–1|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 5 || November 5, 1982 || San Diego| W 130–99|||| MECCA Arena| 4–1|-style="background:#fcc;"| 5 || November 7, 1982 || Seattle| L 90–102|||| MECCA Arena| 4–2|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6 || November 10, 1982 || @ Boston| W 105—101|||| Boston Garden| 5–2|-style="background:#fcc;"| 7 || November 12, 1982 || @ Detroit| L 100–111|||| Pontiac Silverdome| 5–3|-style="background:#fcc;"| 8 || November 14, 1982 || Boston| L 98–100|||| MECCA Arena| 5–4|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9 || November 16, 1982 || Indiana| W 115–103|||| MECCA Arena| 6–4|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 10 || November 18, 1982 || @ New York| L 89—77|||| Madison Square Garden| 7–4
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 1| April 27| @ Boston| W 116–95| Sidney Moncrief (22)| Bob Lanier (10)| Marques Johnson (5)| Boston Garden
15,320| 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| April 29| @ Boston| W 95–91| Sidney Moncrief (20)| Marques Johnson (9)| Sidney Moncrief (4)| Boston Garden
15,320| 2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 3| May 1| Boston| W 107–99| Sidney Moncrief (26)| Junior Bridgeman (10)| Bob Lanier (6)| MECCA Arena
11,052| 3–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 4| May 2| Boston| W 107–93| Marques Johnson (33)| Alton Lister (11)| Marques Johnson (6)| MECCA Arena
11,052| 4–0|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| May 8| @ Philadelphia| L 109–111 (OT)| Marques Johnson (30)| Bob Lanier (9)| Moncrief, Lanier (6)| Spectrum
18,482| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| May 11| @ Philadelphia| L 81–87| Marques Johnson (25)| Marques Johnson (11)| Lanier, Winters (4)| Spectrum
18,482| 0–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| May 14| Philadelphia| L 96–104| Junior Bridgeman (24)| Sidney Moncrief (10)| Brian Winters (7)| MECCA Arena
11,052| 0–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 4| May 15| Philadelphia| W 100–94| Marques Johnson (19)| Marques Johnson (10)| Marques Johnson (8)| MECCA Arena
11,052| 1–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| May 18| @ Philadelphia| L 103–115| Marques Johnson (21)| Alton Lister (12)| Junior Bridgeman (5)| Spectrum
18,482| 1–4|-
Player statistics source:[2]
| 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 |
| Player | GP | GS | 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 |
| June 28, 1982 | To Milwaukee Bucks----
| To Dallas Mavericks---- | |
| September 9, 1982 | To Milwaukee Bucks---- | To Boston Celtics---- | |
| November 12, 1982 | To Milwaukee Bucks---- | To New Jersey Nets---- |