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1981–82 San Antonio Spurs season
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The 1981–82 San Antonio Spurs season was the Spurs' sixth season in the NBA and 15th season as a franchise.1981-82 San Antonio Spurs
George Gervin was the winner of a fourth scoring title in five years with 32.3 points per game. The Spurs won their second straight division title with a record of 48–34.http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/sanantonio/spurs.html San Antonio Spurs (1973-Present) April 22, 2008 July 4, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140704042750/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/sanantonio/spurs.html dead In the playoffs the Spurs beat the Seattle SuperSonics in 5 games. In the Western Finals, the Spurs would be swept in 4 straight by the Los Angeles Lakers. The Spurs had the third best team offensive rating in the NBA.
Draft picks
1981 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 2 28 Gene Banks SG/SF Duke 2 30 Ed Rains South Alabama 3 64 Tom Baker Eastern Kentucky 4 87 Earl Belcher F St. Bonaventure 5 110 Mike Rhodes Vanderbilt 6 133 Norman Shavers Jackson State 7 156 Mark Minderman Northern Michigan 8 178 Bob Bartholomew San Diego 9 199 Leonel Marquetti Hampton 10 219 Alvin Brooks Lamar
Roster
San Antonio Spurs 1981–82 #000000 #FFFFFF silver #000000
20 Gene Banks F 6 7 215 1959-05-15 Duke
23 Mike Bratz G 6 2 185 1955-10-17 Stanford
40 Dave Corzine C 6 11 250 1956-04-25 DePaul
44 George Gervin G 6 7 180 1952-04-27 Eastern Michigan
30 Paul Griffin basketball F 6 9 205 1954-01-20 Western Michigan
52 George Johnson George T. Johnson C 6 11 205 1948-12-18 Dillard
24 John Lambert basketball F 6 10 225 1953-01-14 USC
34 Mike Mitchell basketball, born 1956 F 6 7 215 1956-01-01 Auburn
00 Johnny Moore basketball G 6 1 175 1958-03-03 Texas
53 Mark Olberding F 6 8 225 1956-04-21 Minnesota
21 Roger Phegley G 6 6 205 1956-10-16 Bradley
15 Ed Rains F 6 7 190 1956-12-24 North Alabama
43 Rich Yonakor F 6 9 220 1958-10-03 North Carolina
Stan Albeck Morris McHone https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/1982.html March 29, 1982
Regular season
Season standings
SAS
SAS
Game log
Regular season
San Antonio Spurs 1982 #000000 #C0C0C0 Total: 48–34 (home: 29–12; road: 19–22)
San Antonio Spurs October yes #C0C0C0 #000000 1 0 1 0
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| 1
| October 30
| @ Kansas City
| W 113–102
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| Kemper Arena
| 1–0
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| 2
| October 31
| Denver
| W 145–120
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| HemisFair Arena
| 2–0
San Antonio Spurs November #C0C0C0 #000000 5 1 3 4
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| 3
| November 3
| @ Phoenix
| L 88–111
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| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
| 2–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 4
| November 4
| Cleveland
| W 128–102
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| HemisFair Arena
| 3–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 5
| November 7
| New York
| W 103–96
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| HemisFair Arena
| 4–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 6
| November 10
| Los Angeles
| W 128–102
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| HemisFair Arena
| 5–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 7
| November 13
| @ Seattle
| W 119–112
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| Kingdome
| 6–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 8
| November 15
| @ Portland
| W 110–105
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| Memorial Coliseum
| 7–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 9
| November 17
| @ Dallas
| W 112–105
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| Reunion Arena
| 8–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 10
| November 18
| Seattle
| W 111–93
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| HemisFair Arena
| 9–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 11
| November 20
| @ Los Angeles
| L 116–136
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| The Forum
| 9–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 12
| November 21
| @ Golden State
| L 122–129
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| Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
| 9–3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 13
| November 25
| Los Angeles
| L 96–117
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| HemisFair Arena
| 9–4
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 14
| November 27
| New Jersey
| W 114–86
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| HemisFair Arena
| 10–4
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 15
| November 29
| @ Milwaukee
| L 89–105
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| MECCA Arena
| 10–5
San Antonio Spurs December #C0C0C0 #000000 5 2 4 2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 16
| December 1
| @ Washington
| W 110–99
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| Capital Centre
| 11–5
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 17
| December 2
| @ Philadelphia
| W 106–101
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| The Spectrum
| 12–5
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 18
| December 4
| Portland
| W 127–111
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| HemisFair Arena
| 13–5
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 19
| December 9
| Seattle
| W 110–99
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| HemisFair Arena
| 14–5
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 20
| December 11
| @ Dallas
| W 101–99
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| Reunion Arena
| 15–5
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 21
| December 12
| Utah
| W 111–97
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| HemisFair Arena
| 16–5
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 22
| December 15
| @ Utah
| L 103–108
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| Salt Palace Acord Arena
| 16–6
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 23
| December 18
| Phoenix
| L 104–108
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| HemisFair Arena
| 16–7
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 24
| December 19
| @ Denver
| L 125–138
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| McNichols Sports Arena
| 16–8
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 25
| December 23
| @ San Diego
| W 114–109
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| San Diego Sports Arena
| 17–8
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 26
| December 26
| Atlanta
| L 97–105
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| HemisFair Arena
| 17–9
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 27
| December 29
| San Diego
| W 119–107
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| HemisFair Arena
| 18–9
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 28
| December 30
| Houston
| W 109–104
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| HemisFair Arena
| 19–9
San Antonio Spurs January #C0C0C0 #000000 7 1 2 4
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 29
| January 2
| Denver
| W 148–133
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| HemisFair Arena
| 20–9
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 30
| January 5
| @ Portland
| L 110–115
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| Memorial Coliseum
| 20–10
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 31
| January 6
| @ Utah
| L 115–130
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| Salt Palace Acord Arena
| 20–11
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 32
| January 7
| @ Golden State
| W 123–112
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| Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
| 21–11
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 33
| January 9
| Kansas City
| W 113–100
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| HemisFair Arena
| 22–11
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 34
| January 12
| Dallas
| W 127–109
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| HemisFair Arena
| 23–11
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 35
| January 15
| Houston
| W 128–90
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| HemisFair Arena
| 24–11
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 36
| January 16
| @ Houston
| L 99–116
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| The Summit
| 24–12
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 37
| January 19
| @ Phoenix
| L 96–108
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| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
| 24–13
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 38
| January 21
| Utah
| W 123–104
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| HemisFair Arena
| 25–13
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 39
| January 22
| @ Atlanta
| W 115–107
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| The Omni
| 26–13
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 40
| January 23
| Indiana
| L 98–107
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| HemisFair Arena
| 26–14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 41
| January 26
| Philadelphia
| W 103–95
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| HemisFair Arena
| 27–14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 42
| January 28
| Kansas City
| W 126–115
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| HemisFair Arena
| 28–14
San Antonio Spurs February #C0C0C0 #000000 5 2 3 4
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 43
| February 2
| Dallas
| W 103–98
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| HemisFair Arena
| 28–15
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 44
| February 4
| Phoenix
| W 118–112
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| HemisFair Arena
| 29–15
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 45
| February 5
| @ Kansas City
| L 102–109
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| Kemper Arena
| 30–15
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 46
| February 7
| @ Golden State
| L 111–116
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| Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
| 30–16
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 47
| February 9
| Washington
| L 110–112
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| HemisFair Arena
| 30–17
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 48
| February 12
| @ Los Angeles
| W 100–94
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| The Forum
| 31–17
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 49
| February 14
| Seattle
| W 114–94
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| HemisFair Arena
| 32–17
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 50
| February 17
| Detroit
| W 126–112
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| HemisFair Arena
| 33–17
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 51
| February 19
| @ Denver
| W 126–121
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| McNichols Sports Arena
| 34–17
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 52
| February 20
| San Diego
| L 101–118
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| HemisFair Arena
| 34–18
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 53
| February 23
| Golden State
| W 143–123
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| HemisFair Arena
| 35–18
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 54
| February 25
| @ Detroit
| W 119–116
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|
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| Pontiac Silverdome
| 36–18
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 55
| February 26
| @ Indiana
| L 100–108
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| Market Square Arena
| 36–19
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 56
| February 28
| @ Chicago
| L 104–118
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| Chicago Stadium
| 36–20
San Antonio Spurs March #C0C0C0 #000000 4 4 4 4
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 57
| March 2
| @ Houston
| W 119–117
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| The Summit
| 37–20
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 58
| March 4
| Boston
| L 101–110
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| HemisFair Arena
| 37–21
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 59
| March 6
| Milwaukee
| W 171–166 (3OT)
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| HemisFair Arena
| 38–21
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 60
| March 8
| Dallas
| L 113–121
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|
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| HemisFair Arena
| 38–22
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 61
| March 9
| @ San Diego
| L 127–138
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|
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| San Diego Sports Arena
| 38–23
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 62
| March 12
| Portland
| L 108–112
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|
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| HemisFair Arena
| 38–24
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 63
| March 14
| Chicago
| W 119–117
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|
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| HemisFair Arena
| 39–24
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 64
| March 16
| @ New York
| W 114–91
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|
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| Madison Square Garden
| 40–24
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 65
| March 17
| @ New Jersey
| L 90–93
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|
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 40–25
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 66
| March 19
| @ Boston
| L 110–134
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|
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| Boston Garden
| 40–26
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 67
| March 20
| @ Cleveland
| W 115–102
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|
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| Richfield Coliseum
| 41–26
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 68
| March 23
| San Diego
| W 106–98
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|
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| HemisFair Arena
| 42–26
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 69
| March 24
| @ Denver
| L 115–129
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|
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| McNichols Sports Arena
| 42–27
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 70
| March 26
| Los Angeles
| W 110–105
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|
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| HemisFair Arena
| 43–27
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 71
| March 27
| @ Utah
| W 114–110
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|
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| Salt Palace Acord Arena
| 44–27
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 72
| March 30
| Golden State
| L 107–113
|
|
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| HemisFair Arena
| 44–28
San Antonio Spurs April #C0C0C0 #000000 2 2 2 4
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 73
| April 1
| @ Portland
| L 105–109
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|
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| Memorial Coliseum
| 44–29
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 74
| April 2
| @ Seattle
| L 86–111
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|
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| Kingdome
| 44–30
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 75
| April 4
| Houston
| L 93–95
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|
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| HemisFair Arena
| 44–31
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 76
| April 7
| Kansas City
| W 118–113
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|
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| HemisFair Arena
| 45–31
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 77
| April 10
| @ Houston
| L 100–105
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|
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| The Summit
| 45–32
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 78
| April 11
| @ Kansas City
| W 126–121
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|
|
| Kemper Arena
| 46–32
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 79
| April 13
| Denver
| W 144–137
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|
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| HemisFair Arena
| 47–32
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 80
| April 14
| @ Phoenix
| L 92–104
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|
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| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
| 47–33
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 81
| April 16
| @ Dallas
| W 118–106
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|
|
| Reunion Arena
| 48–33
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 82
| April 18
| Utah
| L 120–128
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| HemisFair Arena
| 48–34
SAS 1982
Playoffs
San Antonio Spurs 1982 yes #000000 #C0C0C0
San Antonio Spurs Conference semifinals yes yes no #C0C0C0 #000000 2 0 2 1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 1
| April 27
| @ Seattle
| W 95–93
| George Gervin (31)
| Mike Mitchell (11)
| Johnny Moore (8)
| Kingdome14,457
| 1–0
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 2
| April 28
| @ Seattle
| L 99–114
| George Gervin (24)
| Johnson, Corzine (8)
| Johnny Moore (14)
| Kingdome19,403
| 1–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 3
| April 30
| Seattle
| W 99–97
| George Gervin (36)
| Mike Mitchell (12)
| Johnny Moore (12)
| HemisFair Arena14,019
| 2–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 4
| May 2
| Seattle
| W 115–113
| Mike Mitchell (22)
| Olberding, Banks (9)
| Mike Bratz (10)
| HemisFair Arena15,002
| 3–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 5
| May 5
| @ Seattle
| W 109–103
| George Gervin (26)
| Dave Corzine (11)
| Moore, Bratz (9)
| Kingdome23,180
| 4–1
|-
San Antonio Spurs Conference finals yes no #C0C0C0 #000000 0 2 0 2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 1
| May 9
| @ Los Angeles
| L 117–128
| George Gervin (34)
| Dave Corzine (11)
| Johnny Moore (12)
| The Forum15,700
| 0–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 2
| May 11
| @ Los Angeles
| L 101–110
| Mike Mitchell (34)
| Dave Corzine (13)
| Johnny Moore (11)
| The Forum17,505
| 0–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 3
| May 14
| Los Angeles
| L 108–118
| George Gervin (39)
| George Gervin (15)
| Johnny Moore (12)
| HemisFair Arena15,800
| 0–3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 4
| May 15
| Los Angeles
| L 123–128
| George Gervin (38)
| Mike Mitchell (10)
| Johnny Moore (10)
| HemisFair Arena15,800
| 0–4
|-
SAS 1982 yes
Player statistics
Ragular season
Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameDave CorzineC82 21 2,189 629 130 33 126 832 26.7 7.7 1.6 .4 1.5 10.1Mike BratzPG 81 3 1,616 166 438 65 11 625 20.0 2.0 5.4 .8 .1 7.7Gene BanksSF 80 4 1,700 411 147 55 17 767 21.3 5.1 1.8 .7 .2 9.6George GervinSG 79 79 2,817 392 187 77 45 2,551 35.7 5.0 2.4 1.0 .6 32.3Johnny Moore basketballPG 79 78 2,294 275 762 163 12 741 29.0 3.5 9.6 2.1 .2 9.4George T. JohnsonC 75 62 1,578 454 79 20 234 225 21.0 6.1 1.1 .3 3.1 3.0Mark OlberdingPF 68 63 2,098 439 202 57 29 941 30.9 6.5 3.0 .8 .4 13.8Mike Mitchell basketball, born 1956†SF 57 57 2,090 449 43 33 28 1,196 36.7 7.9 .8 .6 .5 21.0Roger Phegley†SG 54 1 617 83 61 20 6 308 11.4 1.5 1.1 .4 .1 5.7Ed RainsSF 49 15 637 80 40 18 2 192 13.0 1.6 .8 .4 .0 3.9Ron Brewer†SG 25 4 595 50 67 23 7 444 23.8 2.0 2.7 .9 .3 17.8Paul Griffin basketballPF 23 0 459 95 54 20 8 88 20.0 4.1 2.3 .9 .3 3.8Reggie Johnson basketball, born 1957†PF 21 17 504 137 20 7 16 220 24.0 6.5 1.0 .3 .8 10.5John Lambert basketball†PF 21 6 271 51 13 6 6 65 12.9 2.4 .6 .3 .3 3.1Kevin Restani†PF 13 0 145 35 7 1 4 21 11.2 2.7 .5 .1 .3 1.6Rich YonakorPF 10 0 70 27 3 1 2 33 7.0 2.7 .3 .1 .2 3.3Steve Hayes basketball†C 9 0 75 17 4 1 2 23 8.3 1.9 .4 .1 .2 2.6
† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.
Playoffs
Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameGeorge GervinSG9 373 66 41 10 4 265 41.4 7.3 4.6 1.1 .4 29.4Mike Mitchell basketball, born 1956SF9 365 73 7 5 1 223 40.6 8.1 .8 .6 .1 24.8Mark OlberdingPF9 328 58 32 9 6 132 36.4 6.4 3.6 1.0 .7 14.7Johnny Moore basketballPG9 292 31 93 15 6 94 32.4 3.4 10.3 1.7 .7 10.4Dave CorzineC9 258 85 17 6 9 122 28.7 9.4 1.9 .7 1.0 13.6Mike BratzPG9 180 14 48 9 0 43 20.0 1.6 5.3 1.0 .0 4.8George T. JohnsonC9 175 46 12 6 15 11 19.4 5.1 1.3 .7 1.7 1.2Gene BanksSF9 146 43 9 4 3 64 16.2 4.8 1.0 .4 .3 7.1Ed RainsSF 5 30 8 1 1 0 10 6.0 1.6 .2 .2 .0 2.0Roger PhegleySG 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0Rich YonakorPF 2 4 1 1 1 0 2 2.0 .5 .5 .5 .0 1.0John Lambert basketballPF 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.5 .5 .5 .0 .0 .0
Awards and honors
George Gervin, All-NBA First Team
George Gervin, NBA Scoring Champion
References
Spurs on Basketball Reference
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