1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Milwaukee Bucks 1983 yes 51 31 Central 1 2 Don Nelson Don Nelson Jim Fitzgerald MECCA Arena Conference finals(lost to 76ers 1–4) MIL The 1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' 15th season in the NBA.1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks Draft picks 1982 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 20 Paul Pressey SF Tulsa 2 27 Fred Roberts PF Brigham Young 4 89 Jerry Beck SF/PF Middle Tennessee State 6 135 Tony Carr Wisconsin-Eau Claire 7 158 Bobby Austin Cincinnati 8 181 Bryan Leonard Illinois 9 202 Robert Tate Idaho State 10 223 Bob Coenen Wisconsin-Eau Claire Roster Milwaukee Bucks 1982–83 #255325 #FFFFFF #d4312a #FFFFFF 2 Junior Bridgeman G/F 6 5 210 1953–09–17 Louisville 42 Harvey Catchings F/C 6 9 218 1951–09–02 Hardin-Simmons 36 Dave Cowens F/C 6 9 230 1948–10–25 Florida State 15 Charlie Criss G 5 8 165 1948–11–06 New Mexico State 12 Phil Ford basketball PG 6 2 175 1956–02–09 North Carolina 8 Marques Johnson SF 6 7 218 1956–02–08 UCLA 16 Bob Lanier C 6 11 250 1948–09–10 St. Bonaventure 53 Alton Lister C 7 0 240 1958–10–01 Arizona State 45 Paul Mokeski C 7 0 250 1957–01–03 Kansas 4 Sidney Moncrief PG 6 3 180 1957–09–21 Arkansas 25 Paul Pressey G/F 6 5 185 1958–12–24 Tulsa 32 Brian Winters SG 6 4 185 1952–03–01 South Carolina Don Nelson John Killilea Garry St. Jean Regular season Season standings MIL MIL z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot Game log Milwaukee Bucks 1983 #255325 #FFFFFF Total: 51–31 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Milwaukee Bucks October yes #d4312a #255325 1 0 1 0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 || October 30, 1982 || New York | W 108–86 | | | | MECCA Arena | 1–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 || October 31, 1982 || @ Cleveland | W 119—95 |Junior Bridgeman (17) | | | Coliseum at Richfield | 2–0 Milwaukee Bucks November #d4312a #255325 2 2 3 2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || November 2, 1982 || @ Kansas City | L 112–119 | | | | Kemper Arena | 2–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 || November 4, 1982 || @ Atlanta | W 104—100 | | | | The Omni | 3–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 || November 5, 1982 || San Diego | W 130–99 | | | | MECCA Arena | 4–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || November 7, 1982 || Seattle | L 90–102 | | | | MECCA Arena | 4–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 || November 10, 1982 || @ Boston | W 105—101 | | | | Boston Garden | 5–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || November 12, 1982 || @ Detroit | L 100–111 | | | | Pontiac Silverdome | 5–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || November 14, 1982 || Boston | L 98–100 | | | | MECCA Arena | 5–4 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 || November 16, 1982 || Indiana | W 115–103 | | | | MECCA Arena | 6–4 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 10 || November 18, 1982 || @ New York | L 89—77 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 7–4 Milwaukee Bucks December #d4312a #255325 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee Bucks January #d4312a #255325 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee Bucks February #d4312a #255325 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee Bucks March #d4312a #255325 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee Bucks April #d4312a #255325 0 0 0 0 MIL 1983 Playoffs Milwaukee Bucks 1983 yes #255325 #FFFFFF Milwaukee Bucks Conference semifinals yes yes no #D4312A #255325 2 0 2 0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 27 | @ Boston | W 116–95 | Sidney Moncrief (22) | Bob Lanier (10) | Marques Johnson (5) | Boston Garden15,320 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 29 | @ Boston | W 95–91 | Sidney Moncrief (20) | Marques Johnson (9) | Sidney Moncrief (4) | Boston Garden15,320 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | May 1 | Boston | W 107–99 | Sidney Moncrief (26) | Junior Bridgeman (10) | Bob Lanier (6) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 2 | Boston | W 107–93 | Marques Johnson (33) | Alton Lister (11) | Marques Johnson (6) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 4–0 |- Milwaukee Bucks Conference finals yes no #D4312A #255325 1 1 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | May 8 | @ Philadelphia | L 109–111 (OT) | Marques Johnson (30) | Bob Lanier (9) | Moncrief, Lanier (6) | Spectrum18,482 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | May 11 | @ Philadelphia | L 81–87 | Marques Johnson (25) | Marques Johnson (11) | Lanier, Winters (4) | Spectrum18,482 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | May 14 | Philadelphia | L 96–104 | Junior Bridgeman (24) | Sidney Moncrief (10) | Brian Winters (7) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 15 | Philadelphia | W 100–94 | Marques Johnson (19) | Marques Johnson (10) | Marques Johnson (8) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 18 | @ Philadelphia | L 103–115 | Marques Johnson (21) | Alton Lister (12) | Junior Bridgeman (5) | Spectrum18,482 | 1–4 |- MIL 1983 yes Player statistics Player statistics source:1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1983.html 2021-05-31 Basketball-Reference.com en Season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Sidney Moncrief 76 76 35.7 52.4 10.0 82.6 5.8 3.9 1.5 0.3 22.5 Marques Johnson 80 80 35.7 50.9 20.0 73.5 7.0 4.5 1.3 0.7 21.4 Junior Bridgeman 70 5 26.5 49.2 7.7 83.7 3.5 3.0 0.6 0.1 14.4 Mickey Johnson 6 0 25.5 45.5 0.0 77.8 4.2 1.8 0.2 0.311.2 Bob Lanier 39 35 25.1 49.1 0.0 68.4 5.1 2.7 0.9 0.6 10.7 Brian Winters 57 12 23.9 43.4 32.4 85.9 1.9 2.7 0.8 0.110.6 Alton Lister 80 37 23.6 52.9 0.0 53.7 7.1 1.4 0.6 2.2 8.4 Dave Cowens 40 34 25.4 44.4 0.0 82.5 6.9 2.1 0.8 0.48.1 Phil Ford 70 56 20.7 47.1 12.5 79.6 1.4 3.6 0.7 0.06.8 Paul Pressey 79 18 19.3 45.7 11.1 59.7 3.6 2.6 1.3 0.66.7 Charlie Criss 66 0 14.0 45.1 19.4 89.5 1.2 1.9 0.4 0.06.2 Steve Mix 57 20 13.9 48.7 25.0 85.1 2.4 1.2 0.6 0.16.0 Harvey Catchings 74 33 21.0 45.7 0.0 67.4 5.5 1.0 0.4 2.03.3 Armond Hill 14 3 12.1 53.8 0.0 81.8 1.4 1.9 0.6 0.03.3 Paul Mokeski 50 1 11.8 46.0 0.0 81.0 2.4 0.5 0.2 0.43.2Sam Pellom405.040.00.00.02.00.00.00.02.0 Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Marques Johnson 9 42.4 48.6 0.0 65.1 8.0 4.2 0.9 0.822.0 Sidney Moncrief 9 41.9 43.7 0.0 75.4 6.7 3.7 2.0 0.318.9 Junior Bridgeman 9 34.2 46.9 40.0 93.3 5.0 3.1 1.1 0.216.9 Bob Lanier 9 27.8 57.3 0.0 60.0 7.0 2.6 0.6 1.613.7 Brian Winters 9 26.7 42.9 27.3 82.4 2.4 3.6 0.7 0.49.9 Alton Lister 9 22.9 42.9 0.0 80.0 6.8 1.2 1.0 1.76.4 Charlie Criss 9 12.9 44.1 0.0 94.4 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.05.2 Paul Pressey 9 16.7 40.4 0.0 40.0 3.7 1.6 1.0 0.75.1 Phil Ford 2 2.5 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.03.0 Harvey Catchings 9 15.4 47.4 0.0 100.0 4.2 0.4 0.2 1.12.3 Paul Mokeski 4 3.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.01.0 Awards and records Sidney Moncrief, NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award Sidney Moncrief, All-NBA First Team Sidney Moncrief, NBA All-Defensive First Team Don Nelson, NBA Coach of the Year Award Transactions Trades June 28, 1982 To Milwaukee Bucks---- 1982 2nd round pick (Fred Roberts) To Dallas Mavericks---- Pat Cummings September 9, 1982 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Dave Cowens To Boston Celtics---- Quinn Buckner November 12, 1982 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Phil Ford To New Jersey Nets---- Mickey Johnson Fred Roberts References See also 1982-83 NBA season Category:Milwaukee Bucks seasons M Milwaukee Bucks Milwaukee Bucks