1982–83 Seattle SuperSonics season

1982–83 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach Lenny Wilkens
General manager Zollie Volchok
Arena Kingdome
Results
Record 48–34 (.585)
Place Division: 3rd (Pacific)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish West First Round
(eliminated 0-2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
< 1981–82 1983–84 >

The 1982-83 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 16th season in the NBA.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
3 65 John Greig SF  United States Oregon
4 88 Ken Owens  United States Idaho
5 111 Rod Camp  United States Southern Illinois
6 134 Bobby Potts  United States North Carolina-Charlotte
7 157 Allen Rayhorn  United States Northern Illinois
8 180 Steve Burks  United States Washington

Regular season

Season standings

Template:1982-83 NBA Pacific standings

# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers 58 24 .707 –
2 y-San Antonio Spurs 53 29 .646 5
3 x-Phoenix Suns 53 29 .646 5
4 x-Seattle SuperSonics 48 34 .585 10
5 x-Portland Trail Blazers 46 36 .561 12
6 x-Denver Nuggets 45 37 .549 13
7 Kansas City Kings 45 37 .549 13
8 Dallas Mavericks 38 44 .463 20
9 Utah Jazz 30 52 .366 28
9 Golden State Warriors 30 52 .366 28
11 San Diego Clippers 25 57 .305 33
12 Houston Rockets 14 68 .171 44
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

West First Round

(3) Phoenix Suns vs. (6) Denver Nuggets
Nuggets win series 2–1

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Fred Brown
James Donaldson
John Greig
Steve Hawes
Greg Kelser
Mark Radford
Lonnie Shelton
Jack Sikma
Phil Smith
David Thompson
Ray Tolbert
Danny Vranes
Gus Williams

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Fred Brown
James Donaldson
Steve Hawes
Greg Kelser
Lonnie Shelton
Jack Sikma
Phil Smith
David Thompson
Danny Vranes
Gus Williams

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1982-83 Seattle SuperSonics

See also