1981–82 New Jersey Nets season

(Redirected from 1981-82 New Jersey Nets season) New Jersey Nets' 6th season in the NBA

NBA professional basketball team season

Head coach

Larry Brown

Arena

Brendan Byrne Arena

Results

Record

44–38 (.537)

Place

Division: 3rd (Atlantic)
Conference: 4th (Eastern)

Playoff finish

First round
(lost to Bullets 0–2)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

< 1980–81

1982–83 >

The 1981–82 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' sixth season in the NBA. The Nets moved their home games from the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway to the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford.

Draft picks

Main article: 1981 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	3	Buck Williams	PF/C	United States	Maryland
1	10	Albert King	SF/SG	United States	Maryland
1	18	Ray Tolbert	PF	United States	Indiana
3	49	David Burns	G	United States	St. Louis
4	72	Edmund Sherod	G	United States	Virginia Commonwealth
5	95	Joe Cooper	C/PF	United States	Colorado
6	118	Kevin Lynam		United States	La Salle
7	141	Rod Robertson		United States	Northwestern
8	164	Ken Webb		United States	Farleigh Dickinson
9	186	Rudy Williams		United States	Providence
10	206	Vic Sison		United States	UCLA

Roster

1981–82 New Jersey Nets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
F	33	Bailey, James	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1957-05-21	Rutgers
G	10	Birdsong, Otis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1955-12-09	Houston
G	12	Cook, Darwin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1958-08-06	Portland
F/C	44	Elmore, Len	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1952-03-28	Maryland
C	42	Gminski, Mike	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1959-08-03	Duke
F	55	King, Albert	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1959-12-17	Maryland
C	40	Lacey, Sam	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1948-03-28	New Mexico State
F	31	O'Koren, Mike	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	1958-02-07	North Carolina
F	20	van Breda Kolff, Jan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1951-12-16	Vanderbilt
G	1	Walker, Foots	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1951-05-21	West Georgia
F	52	Williams, Buck	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1954-10-14	Maryland
G	13	Williams, Ray	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	1954-10-14	Minnesota

Head coach

Larry Brown

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Boston Celtics	63	19	.768	–	35–6	28–13	20–4
x-Philadelphia 76ers	58	24	.707	5.0	32–9	26–15	16–8
x-New Jersey Nets	44	38	.537	19.0	25–16	19–22	12–12
x-Washington Bullets	43	39	.524	20.0	22–19	21–20	7–17
New York Knicks	33	49	.402	30.0	19–22	14–27	5–19

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	63	19	.768	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	55	27	.671	8
3	x-Philadelphia 76ers	58	24	.707	5
4	x-New Jersey Nets	44	38	.537	19
5	x-Washington Bullets	43	39	.524	20
6	x-Atlanta Hawks	42	40	.512	21

7	Detroit Pistons	39	43	.476	24
8	Indiana Pacers	35	47	.427	28
9	Chicago Bulls	34	48	.415	29
10	New York Knicks	33	49	.402	30
11	Cleveland Cavaliers	15	67	.183	48

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1981-82 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	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	—

Game log

Regular season

1981–82 game log
Total: 44–38 (home: 25–16; road: 19–22)

October: 0–1 (home: 0–1; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 30, 1981	New York	L 99–103				Brendan Byrne Arena	0–1

November: 3–10 (home: 2–1; road: 1–9)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
2
3
4
5
6	November 10, 1981	@ New York	L 99–111	Madison Square Garden	1–5
7
8	November 13, 1981	@ Boston
9
10
11
12
13
14	November 27, 1981	@ San Antonio
15

December: 8–6 (home: 4–4; road: 4–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
16
17	December 5, 1981	Philadelphia	L 105–114	Brendan Byrne Arena	4–13
18
19	December 9, 1981	@ Boston
20
21
22
23
24
25	December 23, 1981	New York	W 115–99	Brendan Byrne Arena	9–16
26	December 25, 1981	@ New York	W 96–95	Madison Square Garden	10–16
27
28
29

January: 8–6 (home: 3–2; road: 5–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
30
31
32
33
34	January 9, 1982	@ Philadelphia	W 120–113	The Spectrum	14–20
35	January 11, 1982	Boston
36
37
38	January 17, 1982	Philadelphia	W 115–107	Brendan Byrne Arena	16–22
39	January 20, 1982	@ Los Angeles	L 113–132	The Forum	16–23
40
41
42
43

February: 10–5 (home: 7–3; road: 3–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
44
45
46	February 5, 1982	@ Philadelphia	L 112–116	The Spectrum	21–25
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58

March: 8–7 (home: 5–3; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
59
60	March 3, 1982	Los Angeles	W 111–103	Brendan Byrne Arena	31–29
61
62
63
64	March 12, 1982	Boston
65
66	March 17, 1982	San Antonio
67
68
69	March 24, 1982	@ Philadelphia	W 111–106	The Spectrum	35–34
70
71
72	March 28, 1982	New York	W 113–106	Brendan Byrne Arena	36–36
73

April: 7–2 (home: 4–1; road: 3–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
74
75
76	April 7, 1982	Philadelphia	L 113–116	Brendan Byrne Arena	39–37
77	April 9, 1982	@ Boston
78
79	April 13, 1982	@ New York	W 104–102	Madison Square Garden	41–38
80
81	April 16, 1982	Boston
82

1981–82 schedule

Playoffs

1982 playoff game log

First Round: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 20	Washington	L 83–96	Buck Williams (23)	Buck Williams (13)	Ray Williams (8)	Brendan Byrne Arena 14,015	0–1
2	April 23	@ Washington	L 92–103	Ray Williams (23)	Len Elmore (9)	Ray Williams (6)	Capital Centre 19,035	0–2

1982 schedule

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

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Playoffs

Awards and records

Buck Williams, NBA Rookie of the Year Award
Buck Williams, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

Transactions

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References

1981-82 New Jersey Nets

v t e Brooklyn Nets
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Personnel	Owner(s) Joseph Tsai General manager Sean Marks Head coach Jordi Fernández
G League affiliate	Long Island Nets
Retired numbers	3 5 23 25 32 52
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