1983 NBA Playoffs

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The 1983 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1982-1983 season. This was the final postseason using the 12-team format, before the NBA expanded the postseason to 16 teams the next season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers sweeping their nemesis, the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to none in the NBA Finals.

Moses Malone was named NBA Finals MVP; he notably made a prediction about the Sixers' chances prior to the start of the playoffs, saying "Fo', fo', fo'"-- predicting that the Sixers would sweep all three series. They came close; they only lost one game, to Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference finals. The Sixers set a record for highest winning percentage in the playoffs that would not be broken until the Lakers went 15-1 in 2001.

It was the third time in four years that the Lakers and 76ers had met in the NBA Finals, with the Lakers winning the previous two series.

After missing the playoffs the previous year, the Portland Trail Blazers began a string of 21 consecutive playoff appearances in 1983 lasting until 2003. They made the playoffs 25 out of 26 years from their title-winning season of 1977 to 2003.

[edit] Bracket

  First Round Conference Semifinals Conference Finals NBA Finals
                                     
        
  1  Los Angeles 4  
    5  Portland 1  
4  Seattle 0
5  Portland 2  
  1  Los Angeles 4  
Western Conference
  2  San Antonio 2  
3  Phoenix 1  
6  Denver 2  
  6  Denver 1
    2  San Antonio 4  
      
        
  W1  Los Angeles 0
  E1  Philadelphia 4
        
        
  1  Philadelphia 4
    5  New York 0  
4  New Jersey 0
5  New York 2  
  1  Philadelphia 4
Eastern Conference
  2  Milwaukee 1  
3  Boston 2  
6  Atlanta 1  
  3  Boston 0
    2  Milwaukee 4  
      

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