1981–82 New Jersey Nets season

New Jersey Nets' 6th season in the NBA August 2023 March 2026 New Jersey Nets 1982 44 38 Atlantic 3 4 Larry Brown Brendan Byrne Arena First round(lost to Bullets 0–2) NJN The 1981–82 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' sixth season in the NBA.1981-82 New Jersey Nets The Nets moved their home games from the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway to the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford. Draft picks 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 Ed 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 New Jersey Nets 1981–82 #003DA6 #FFFFFF #EC0044 #FFFFFF 33 James Bailey basketball F 6 9 220 Rutgers 1957-05-21 10 Otis Birdsong G 6 3 190 Houston 1955-12-09 yes 12 Darwin Cook G 6 3 184 Portland 1958-08-06 44 Len Elmore C/F 6 9 220 Maryland 1952-03-28 42 Mike Gminski C 6 11 250 Duke 1959-08-03 55 Albert King basketball F 6 6 190 Maryland 1959-12-17 40 Sam Lacey C 6 10 235 New Mexico State 1948-03-28 31 Mike O'Koren F 6 7 207 North Carolina 1958-02-07 15 Ed Sherod G 6 2 170 Virginia Commonwealth 1959-09-13 20 Jan van Breda Kolff F 6 7 195 Vanderbilt 1951-12-16 1 Foots Walker G 6 0 184 West Georgia 1951-05-21 52 Buck Williams F 6 8 215 Maryland 1954-10-14 13 Ray Williams basketball G 6 3 188 Minnesota 1954-10-14 Larry Brown Bill Blair Mike Schuler 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 1982 #003DA6 #FFFFFF Total: 44–38 (home: 25–16; road: 19–22) New Jersey Nets October yes #EC0044 #FFFFFF 0 1 0 0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 30, 1981 | New York | L 99–103 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 0–1 New Jersey Nets November #EC0044 #FFFFFF 2 1 1 9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | November 10, 1981 | @ New York | L 99–111 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 1–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 13, 1981 | @ Boston |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 14 | November 27, 1981 | @ San Antonio |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 15 New Jersey Nets December #EC0044 #FFFFFF 4 4 4 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 17 | December 5, 1981 | Philadelphia | L 105–114 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 4–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 9, 1981 | @ Boston |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 24 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 25 | December 23, 1981 | New York | W 115–99 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 9–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 26 | December 25, 1981 | @ New York | W 96–95 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 10–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 28 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 New Jersey Nets January #EC0044 #FFFFFF 3 2 5 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 30 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 31 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 32 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 | January 9, 1982 | @ Philadelphia | W 120–113 | | | | The Spectrum | 14–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 35 | January 11, 1982 | Boston |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 36 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 38 | January 17, 1982 | Philadelphia | W 115–107 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 16–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 39 | January 20, 1982 | @ Los Angeles | L 113–132 | | | | The Forum | 16–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 42 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 New Jersey Nets February #EC0044 #FFFFFF 7 3 3 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 44 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 45 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 46 | February 5, 1982 | @ Philadelphia | L 112–116 | | | | The Spectrum | 21–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 49 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 50 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 52 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 55 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 57 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 58 New Jersey Nets March #EC0044 #FFFFFF 5 3 3 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 59 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 60 | March 3, 1982 | Los Angeles | W 111–103 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 31–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 61 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 62 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 63 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 | March 12, 1982 | Boston |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 66 | March 17, 1982 | San Antonio |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 68 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 69 | March 24, 1982 | @ Philadelphia | W 111–106 | | | | The Spectrum | 35–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 72 | March 28, 1982 | New York | W 113–106 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 36–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 73 New Jersey Nets April #EC0044 #FFFFFF 4 1 3 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 74 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 75 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 7, 1982 | Philadelphia | L 113–116 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 39–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 77 | April 9, 1982 | @ Boston |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 78 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 79 | April 13, 1982 | @ New York | W 104–102 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 41–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 81 | April 16, 1982 | Boston |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 82 NJN 1982 Playoffs New Jersey Nets 1982 yes #003DA6 #FFFFFF New Jersey Nets First Round yes yes no #EC0044 #FFFFFF 0 1 0 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 20 | Washington | L 83–96 | Buck Williams (23) | Buck Williams (13) | Ray Williams (8) | Brendan Byrne Arena14,015 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 23 | @ Washington | L 92–103 | Ray Williams (23) | Len Elmore (9) | Ray Williams (6) | Capital Centre19,035 | 0–2 |- NJN 1982 yes Awards and records Buck Williams, NBA Rookie of the Year Award Buck Williams, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team References See also 1981–82 NBA season New Jersey Nets season Category:New Jersey Nets seasons New Jersey Nets New Jersey Nets Category:20th century in East Rutherford, New Jersey Category:Meadowlands Sports Complex