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1983–84 New Jersey Nets season
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New Jersey Nets 1984 45 37 Atlantic 4 6 Stan Albeck Brendan Byrne Arena Conference semifinals(lost to Bucks 2–4) NJN
The 1983–84 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' eighth season in the NBA,1983-84 New Jersey Nets and saw the franchise win its first NBA playoff series, although this would remain the Nets' only playoff series win until 2002.
Draft picks
1983 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 2 44 Horace Owens United States Rhode Island 3 59 Bruce Kuczenski PF/C United States Connecticut 4 87 Barney Mines United States Bradley 5 110 Tyren Naulls United States Texas A&M 6 133 Oscar Taylor United States New Orleans 7 156 Keith Bennett United States Sacred Heart 8 179 Joe Myers United States Duquesne 9 201 Kevin Black United States Rutgers 10 222 Rich Simkus United States Princeton
Roster
New Jersey Nets 1983–84 #003DA6 #FFFFFF #EC0044 #FFFFFF
10 Otis Birdsong SG 6 3 190 1955-12-09 Houston
12 Darwin Cook PG 6 3 184 1958-08-06 Portland
53 Darryl Dawkins C 6 11 251 1957-01-11 Maynard Evans HS (FL)
42 Mike Gminski C 6 11 250 1959-08-03 Duke
33 Reggie Johnson basketball, born 1957 F 6 9 205 1957-06-25 Tennessee
55 Albert King basketball SF 6 6 190 1959-12-17 Maryland
31 Mike O'Koren SF 6 7 207 1958-02-07 North Carolina
14 Kelvin Ransey PG 6 1 170 1958-05-03 Ohio State
20 Micheal Ray Richardson PG 6 5 189 1955-04-11 Montana
1 Foots Walker PG 6 0 184 1951-05-21 West Georgia
52 Buck Williams PF 6 8 215 1954-10-14 Maryland
34 Bill Willoughby SF 6 8 205 1957-05-20 Dwight Morrow HS (NJ)
Stan Albeck Bill Blair
John Killilea
Herman Kull
Mike Schuler https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/1984.html
Regular season
Season standings
NJN
NJN
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot
Game log
Regular season
New Jersey Nets 1984 #003DA6 #FFFFFF Total: 45–37 (home: 29–12; road: 16–25)
New Jersey Nets October yes #EC0044 #FFFFFF 1 0 0 1
New Jersey Nets November #EC0044 #FFFFFF 4 2 3 4
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 7
| November 11, 1983
| Milwaukee
| W 107–103
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 5–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 10
| November 17, 1983
| @ Dallas
| L 113–115
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| Reunion Arena
| 6–4
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 12
| November 23, 1983
| @ Phoenix
| W 110–108
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| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
| 7–5
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 13
| November 25, 1983
| @ Los Angeles
| L 123–147
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| The Forum
| 7–6
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 15
| November 30, 1983
| New York
| L 104–113
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 8–7
New Jersey Nets December #EC0044 #FFFFFF 4 2 2 8
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 16
| December 2, 1983
| @ Milwaukee
| L 107–122
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| MECCA Arena
| 8–8
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 26
| December 22, 1983
| Dallas
| W 101–98
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 13–13
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 27
| December 23, 1983
| @ Boston
| L 113–125
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| Boston Garden
| 13–14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 28
| December 25, 1983
| @ New York
| L 110–112 (OT)
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| Madison Square Garden
| 13–15
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 30
| December 28, 1983
| Milwaukee
| L 85–89
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 13–17
New Jersey Nets January #EC0044 #FFFFFF 4 2 4 3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 32
| January 3, 1984
| Boston
| L 103–105
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 14–18
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 40
| January 17, 1984
| @ New York
| W 121–115
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| Madison Square Garden
| 20–20
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 44
| January 26, 1984
| @ Utah
| L 115–125
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| Salt Palace Acord Arena
| 22–22
|- align="center"
|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
New Jersey Nets February #EC0044 #FFFFFF 7 3 1 4
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 48
| February 6, 1984
| Boston
| W 115–112
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 25–23
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 55
| February 18, 1984
| @ New York
| L 102–112
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| Madison Square Garden
| 26–29
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 58
| February 25, 1984
| New York
| W 117–104
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 29–29
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 59
| February 29, 1984
| Los Angeles
| W 102–92
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 30–29
New Jersey Nets March #EC0044 #FFFFFF 6 2 4 3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 61
| March 5, 1984
| Utah
| W 120–116
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 32–29
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 62
| March 7, 1984
| @ Milwaukee
| W 106–100
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| MECCA Arena
| 33–29
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 65
| March 14, 1984
| Phoenix
| W 108–102
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 35–30
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 69
| March 21, 1984
| Milwaukee
| L 95–102
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 37–32
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 70
| March 23, 1984
| @ Boston
| W 101–97
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| Boston Garden
| 38–32
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 71
| March 25, 1984
| New York
| W 107–94
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 39–32
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 74
| March 31, 1984
| Boston
| L 98–107
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 40–34
New Jersey Nets April #EC0044 #FFFFFF 3 1 2 2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 75
| April 3, 1984
| @ Milwaukee
| L 92–109
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| MECCA Arena
| 40–35
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 82
| April 15, 1984
| @ Boston
| L 111–118
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| Boston Garden
| 45–37
NJN 1984
Playoffs
New Jersey Nets 1984 yes #003DA6 #FFFFFF
New Jersey Nets Eastern Conference First Round yes yes no #EC0044 #FFFFFF 0 2 3 0
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 1
| April 18
| @ Philadelphia
| W 116–101
| Buck Williams (25)
| Buck Williams (16)
| Micheal Ray Richardson (9)
| Spectrum12,511
| 1–0
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 2
| April 20
| @ Philadelphia
| W 116–102
| Micheal Ray Richardson (32)
| Buck Williams (9)
| Micheal Ray Richardson (9)
| Spectrum14,025
| 2–0
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 3
| April 22
| Philadelphia
| L 100–108
| Buck Williams (21)
| Buck Williams (17)
| Micheal Ray Richardson (11)
| Brendan Byrne Arena12,399
| 2–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 4
| April 24
| Philadelphia
| L 102–110
| Albert King (20)
| Buck Williams (18)
| Micheal Ray Richardson (9)
| Brendan Byrne Arena20,149
| 2–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 5
| April 26
| @ Philadelphia
| W 101–98
| Richardson, Birdsong (24)
| Buck Williams (16)
| Richardson, Birdsong (6)
| Spectrum17,921
| 3–2
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New Jersey Nets Eastern Conference semifinals yes no no #EC0044 #FFFFFF 1 2 1 2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 1
| April 29, 1984
| @ Milwaukee
| W 106–100
| Darryl Dawkins (32)
| Buck Williams (17)
| Micheal Ray Richardson (8)
| MECCA Arena11,052
| 1–0
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 2
| May 1, 1984
| @ Milwaukee
| L 94–98
| Buck Williams (21)
| Buck Williams (18)
| Williams, Richardson (5)
| MECCA Arena11,052
| 1–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 3
| May 3, 1984
| Milwaukee
| L 93–100
| Darryl Dawkins (31)
| Buck Williams (14)
| Richardson, Cook (6)
| Brendan Byrne Arena15,868
| 1–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 4
| May 5, 1984
| Milwaukee
| W 106–99
| Micheal Ray Richardson (24)
| Buck Williams (10)
| Otis Birdsong (7)
| Brendan Byrne Arena14,623
| 2–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 5
| May 8, 1984
| @ Milwaukee
| L 82–94
| Darryl Dawkins (20)
| Williams, Dawkins (8)
| Micheal Ray Richardson (6)
| MECCA Arena11,052
| 2–3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 6
| May 10, 1984
| Milwaukee
| L 97–98
| Darryl Dawkins (29)
| Buck Williams (12)
| Micheal Ray Richardson (9)
| Brendan Byrne Arena15,283
| 2–4
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NJN 1984 yes
References
See also
1983–84 NBA season
New Jersey Nets season
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