1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season

NBA professional basketball team season August 2023 March 2026 Philadelphia 76ers 1984 52 30 Atlantic 2 3 Billy Cunningham Pat Williams The Spectrum WPHL-TVPRISM WIP First round(lost to Nets 2–3) PHI The 1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 76ers' 35th season in the NBA and 21st season in Philadelphia. The 76ers entered the season as the defending NBA Champions, having won their third NBA Championship the year prior, sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers in four games. The team would start fast posting 21 wins in their first 26 games but finished with a 52–30 record. The major difference was that they were just around .500 on the road for the year, unlike the previous season, where they won 30 regular season games away from Philadelphia. The 76ers would lose in the first round of the newly expanded playoff format to the New Jersey Nets, who had never won a playoff series in their NBA history to that point. The 76ers lost all three post season games at The Spectrum. Draft picks 1983 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 17 Leo Rautins SF Canada Syracuse 2 47 Ken Lyons PF United States North Texas State 2 64 Claude Riley United States Texas A&M 3 70 Dan Ruland C United States James Madison 3 74 Kalpatrick Wells United States Mississippi State 4 93 Craig Robinson F United States Princeton 5 116 Mike Milligan United States Tennessee State 6 139 Sedale Threatt PG United States West Virginia Tech 7 162 Tony Bruin United States Syracuse 8 184 Gordon Austin United States American 9 206 Charles Fisher United States James Madison Roster Philadelphia 76ers 1 Wes Matthews PG 6 1 170 Wisconsin 1959–08–24 2 Moses Malone C 6 11 240 Petersburg High School 1955–03–23 3 Sedale Threatt PG 6 2 175 West Virginia Tech 1961–09–10 4 Clint Richardson SG 6 3 195 Seattle 1956–08–07 6 Julius Erving SF 6 7 210 UMass 1950-02-22 8 Marc Iavaroni PF 6 8 210 Virginia 1956-09-15 10 Maurice Cheeks PG 6 1 180 West Texas A&M 1956–09–08 11 Leo Rautins SF 6 8 215 Syracuse 1960–03–20 14 Franklin Edwards PG 6 1 170 Cleveland State 1959–02–02 22 Andrew Toney SG 6 3 178 Louisiana-Lafayette 1957–11–23 24 Bobby Jones basketball, born 1951 PF 6 9 210 North Carolina 1951–12–18 33 Sam Williams basketball, born 1959 PF 6 8 210 Arizona State 1959-03-07 45 Clemon Johnson C 6 10 240 Florida A&M 1956–09–12 Billy Cunningham Matt Guokas Jack McMahon Regular season Season standings PHI PHI z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Game log Regular season Philadelphia 76ers 1984 Total: 52–30 (home: 32–9; road: 20–21) Philadelphia 76ers October yes no 1 0 1 0 Philadelphia 76ers November no 7 1 4 2 |- | 11 | November 19 | Boston | 0028300128 92 91 | | | | The Spectrum | 8–3 Philadelphia 76ers December no 4 1 4 3 |- | 18 | December 4 | @ Boston | 0028300210 121 114 1 | | | | Boston Garden | 14–4 Philadelphia 76ers January no 5 1 3 6 |- | 36 | January 13 | Boston | 0028300416 104 105 | | | | The Spectrum | 25–11 |- | 43 | January 25 | @ Boston | 0028300486 98 102 | | | | Boston Garden | 29–14 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" Philadelphia 76ers February no 4 4 2 5 |- | 50 | February 12 | @ Boston | 0028300577 109 91 | | | | Boston Garden | 32–18 |- | 57 | February 26 | Los Angeles | 0028300658 99 101 | | | | The Spectrum | 34–23 Philadelphia 76ers March no 8 1 5 2 |- | 61 | March 7 | @ Los Angeles | 0028300712 113 105 | | | | The Forum | 37–24 |- | 70 | March 25 | Boston | 0028300815 119 114 2 | | | | The Spectrum | 45–25 Philadelphia 76ers April no 3 1 1 3 PHI 1984 Playoffs Philadelphia 76ers 1984 #0067B1 white yes Philadelphia 76ers First Round yes #ED174C white yes no 0 3 2 0 |- | 1 | April 18 | New Jersey | L 101–116 | Andrew Toney (24) | Moses Malone (11) | Julius Erving (8) | Spectrum12,511 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 20 | New Jersey | L 102–116 | Moses Malone (25) | Moses Malone (12) | Toney, Richardson (4) | Spectrum14,025 | 0–2 |- | 3 | April 22 | @ New Jersey | W 108–100 | Julius Erving (27) | Moses Malone (17) | Erving, Cheeks (5) | Brendan Byrne Arena12,399 | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 24 | @ New Jersey | W 110–102 | Malone, Erving (22) | Moses Malone (15) | Julius Erving (8) | Brendan Byrne Arena20,149 | 2–2 |- | 5 | April 26 | New Jersey | L 98–101 | Andrew Toney (22) | Moses Malone (14) | Maurice Cheeks (7) | Spectrum17,921 | 2–3 |- PHI 1984 yes Player statistics Playoffs Awards and records Julius Erving, All-NBA Second Team Moses Malone, All-NBA Second Team Bobby Jones, NBA All-Defensive First Team Maurice Cheeks, NBA All-Defensive First Team References See also 1983–84 NBA season Category:Philadelphia 76ers seasons Ph Philadelphia Philadelphia