1982–83 Los Angeles Lakers season

1982–83 Los Angeles Lakers season
Conference Champions
Division Champions
James Worthy's rookie season
Head coach	Pat Riley
Owner(s)	Jerry Buss
Arena	The Forum
Results
Record	58–24 (.707)
Place	Division: 1st (Pacific) Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals (Lost to 76ers 0–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KHJ
Radio	AM 570 KLAC

The Lakers were attempting to become the first team since 1969 to repeat as NBA Champions. But on April 10, 1983, rookie James Worthy injured his leg while attempting a putback in a home loss against Phoenix, ending his rookie season. Even without Worthy for the playoffs, the Lakers did make it to the NBA Finals, only to be swept in four games by the Philadelphia 76ers.

NBA Draft

The Lakers were the defending league champions, which normally results in a low draft position, but the Lakers had the top pick in the Draft thanks to a trade made years earlier. On February 15, 1980, the Lakers sent Don Ford and their top pick in the 1980 NBA Draft (who turned out to be Chad Kinch) in exchange for Butch Lee and the Cleveland Cavaliers' top pick in the 1982 NBA Draft.^[1] Prior to the implementation of the NBA Draft Lottery in 1985, the teams with the two worst records from the previous season would engage in a coin flip to determine which team would receive the top pick. Therefore, when Cleveland finished with the worst record in 1981-82, the Lakers took their place in the coin flip, and won out over the San Diego Clippers to earn the top pick.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	1	James Worthy	Forward	United States	North Carolina

Regular season

Season standings

**Pacific Division**
Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	-
Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	5
Seattle SuperSonics	48	34	.585	10
Portland Trail Blazers	46	36	.561	12
Golden State Warriors	30	52	.366	28
San Diego Clippers	25	57	.305	33

Record vs. opponents

1982-83 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	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	—

Playoffs

West First Round

The Lakers had a first round bye.

West Conference Semifinals

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (5) Portland Trail Blazers: Lakers win series 4–1

Game 1 @ The Forum, Los Angeles: Los Angeles 118, Portland 97
Game 2 @ The Forum, Los Angeles: Los Angeles 112, Portland 106
Game 3 @ Memorial Coliseum, Portland: Los Angeles 115, Portland 109 (OT)
Game 4 @ Memorial Coliseum, Portland: Portland 108, Los Angeles 95
Game 5 @ The Forum, Los Angeles: Los Angeles 116, Portland 108

West Conference Finals

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (2) San Antonio Spurs: Lakers win series 4–2

Game 1 @ The Forum, Los Angeles: Los Angeles 119, San Antonio 107
Game 2 @ The Forum, Los Angeles: San Antonio 122, Los Angeles 113
Game 3 @ HemisFair Arena, San Antonio: Los Angeles 113, San Antonio 100
Game 4 @ HemisFair Arena, San Antonio: Los Angeles 129, San Antonio 121
Game 5 @ The Forum, Los Angeles: San Antonio 117, Los Angeles 112
Game 6 @ HemisFair Arena, San Antonio: Los Angeles 101, San Antonio 100

NBA Finals

Main article: 1983 NBA Finals

(E1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (W1) Los Angeles Lakers: 76ers win series 4–0

Game 1 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia: Philadelphia 113, Los Angeles 107
Game 2 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia: Philadelphia 103, Los Angeles 93
Game 3 @ The Forum, Los Angeles: Philadelphia 111, Los Angeles 94
Game 4 @ The Forum, Los Angeles: Philadelphia 115, Los Angeles 108

Player statistics

Note: GP= Games played; MPG= Minutes per Game; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; PPG = Points per Game

Season

Player	GP	MPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	32.3	592	200	61	170	1722	21.8
Jamaal Wilkes	80	31.9	343	182	65	17	1571	19.6
Magic Johnson	79	36.8	683	829	176	47	1326	16.8
Norm Nixon	79	34.3	205	566	104	4	1191	15.1
James Worthy	77	25.6	399	132	91	64	1033	13.4
Bob McAdoo	47	21.7	247	39	40	40	703	15.0
Michael Cooper	82	26.2	274	315	115	50	639	7.8
Kurt Rambis	78	23.2	531	90	105	63	584	7.5
Dwight Jones	32	15.3	114	22	13	9	156	4.9
Mike McGee	39	9.8	53	26	11	5	156	4.0
Clay Johnson	48	9.3	69	24	22	4	144	3.0
Mark Landsberger	39	9.1	128	12	8	4	98	2.5
Eddie Jordan	35	9.5	26	80	31	1	94	2.7
Steve Mix	1	17.0	1	2	0	0	9	9.0
Billy Ray Bates	4	6.8	1	0	1	0	5	1.3
Joe Cooper	2	5.5	2	0	1	1	2	1.0

Award winners/Honors

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Second Team All-NBA, All-Star
Michael Cooper, Second Team All-Defense
Magic Johnson, First Team All-NBA, All-Star
Jamaal Wilkes, All-Star
James Worthy, First Team All-Rookie

References

↑ James Worthy Bio at NBA.com

1982–83 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Kansas City San Antonio Utah

Pacific	Golden State Los Angeles Phoenix Portland San Diego Seattle

Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers seasons

1940s

1947–48

1948–49

1950s

1949–50

1950–51

1951–52

1952–53

1953–54

1960s

1970s

1971–72

1980s

1979–80

1981–82

1984–85

1986–87

1987–88

1990s

2000s

1999–00

2000–01

2001–02

2008–09

2010s

2009–10

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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