New Jersey Nets Playoff Rosters

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1982-1983 New Jersey Nets Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Otis Birdsong GF 6-3 190 Dec 9, 1955 27 Houston 5 1977 1st Rnd, #2, Kansas City Kings
Darwin Cook PG 6-3 184 Aug 6, 1958 24 Portland 0 1980 4th Rnd, #70, Detroit Pistons
Darryl Dawkins C 6-11 251 Jan 11, 1957 26 Evans High School (Florida) 7 1975 1st Rnd, #7, Philadelphia Sixers
Len Elmore FC 6-9 220 Mar 28, 1952 31 Maryland 6 1974 1st Rnd, #13, Washington Wizards
Mike Gminski C 6-11 250 Aug 3, 1959 23 Duke 2 1980 1st Rnd, #7, New Jersey Nets
Albert King GF 6-6 190 Dec 17, 1959 23 Maryland 1 1981 1st Rnd, #10, New Jersey Nets
Mike O'Koren GF 6-7 207 Feb 7, 1958 25 North Carolina 2 1980 1st Rnd, #6, New Jersey Nets
Eddie Phillips SF 6-7 225 Sep 29, 1961 21 Alabama 0 1982 1st Rnd, #21, New Jersey Nets
Micheal Ray Richardson SG 6-5 189 Apr 11, 1955 28 Montana 4 1978 1st Rnd, #4, New York Knicks
Foots Walker PG 6-0 172 May 21, 1951 31 West Georgia 8 1974 3rd Rnd, #38, Cleveland Cavaliers
Buck Williams PF 6-8 215 Mar 8, 1960 23 Maryland 1 1981 1st Rnd, #3, New Jersey Nets
Bill Willoughby FC 6-8 205 May 20, 1957 25   6 1975 2nd Rnd, #22, Atlanta Hawks

1982-1983 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Boston Celtics #6 Atlanta Hawks BOS in 3
First Round #4 New Jersey Nets #5 New York Knicks NYK in 2
Second Round #1 Philadelphia Sixers #5 New York Knicks PHI in 4
Second Round #3 Boston Celtics #2 Milwaukee Bucks MIL in 4
Conference Finals #1 Philadelphia Sixers #2 Milwaukee Bucks PHI in 5

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Phoenix Suns #6 Denver Nuggets DEN in 3
First Round #4 Seattle SuperSonics #5 Portland Trail Blazers POR in 2
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #5 Portland Trail Blazers LAL in 5
Second Round #2 San Antonio Spurs #6 Denver Nuggets SAS in 5
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #2 San Antonio Spurs LAL in 6

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Philadelphia Sixers #1 Los Angeles Lakers PHI in 4

1982-1983 New Jersey Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Albert King 2 34.0 21.0 4.0 1.5 1.0 0.0 2.0
Buck Williams 2 42.5 19.0 11.5 2.0 1.0 1.0 2.5
Darryl Dawkins 2 29.5 18.0 5.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 4.0
Darwin Cook 2 31.5 10.0 3.0 5.0 0.5 0.0 2.0
Micheal Ray Richardson 2 29.0 9.5 4.0 2.5 2.5 0.0 2.0
Mike Gminski 2 14.5 7.5 4.5 0.5 0.0 2.0 0.5
Otis Birdsong 2 18.5 6.5 1.0 4.5 1.5 0.0 0.5
Eddie Phillips 2 6.0 3.5 2.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.5
Foots Walker 2 18.0 3.5 0.0 5.5 0.0 0.0 1.0
Len Elmore 2 7.5 2.5 4.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5
Mike O'Koren 2 9.0 2.0 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.0

1982-1983 New Jersey Nets Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record New Jersey Leaders New York Leaders
Apr 20, 1983
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New York		 L, 107-118 Izod Center
Opening Round 		0-1 PTS: 17. Albert King
REB: 13. B. Williams
AST: 6. Darwin Cook 		PTS: 40. Bernard King
REB: 11. M. Webster
AST: 7. Rory Sparrow
Apr 21, 1983
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New York		 L, 105-99 Madison Square Garden
Opening Round 		0-2 PTS: 25. Albert King
REB: 10. B. Williams
AST: 6. Foots Walker 		PTS: 22. T. Robinson
REB: 13. T. Robinson
AST: 7. P. Westphal