1983 NBA Playoff Schedule

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Date	Away	Home	Result	Venue	Away Leaders	Home Leaders	PPP
Apr 19, 1983	Denver	Phoenix	108-121	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Opening Round	PTS: 32. K. Vandeweghe REB: 12. T.R. Dunn AST: 4. Mike Evans	PTS: 28. D. Johnson REB: 12. D. Johnson AST: 8. D. Johnson	118.3 - 105.6
Apr 19, 1983	Atlanta	Boston	95-103	Boston Garden Opening Round	PTS: 24. D. Roundfield REB: 20. D. Roundfield AST: 11. Johnny Davis	PTS: 26. Larry Bird REB: 16. R. Parish AST: 11. T. Archibald	104.6 - 96.5
Apr 20, 1983	Portland	Seattle	108-97	Kingdome Opening Round	PTS: 25. M. Thompson REB: 11. Calvin Natt AST: 8. M. Thompson	PTS: 34. Gus Williams REB: 15. Jack Sikma AST: 7. Jack Sikma	101.0 - 112.5
Apr 20, 1983	New York	New Jersey	118-107	Izod Center Opening Round	PTS: 40. Bernard King REB: 11. M. Webster AST: 7. Rory Sparrow	PTS: 17. Albert King REB: 13. B. Williams AST: 6. Darwin Cook	107.1 - 118.1
Apr 21, 1983	New Jersey	New York	99-105	Madison Square Garden Opening Round	PTS: 25. Albert King REB: 10. B. Williams AST: 6. Foots Walker	PTS: 22. T. Robinson REB: 13. T. Robinson AST: 7. P. Westphal	116.3 - 109.6
Apr 21, 1983	Phoenix	Denver	99-113	McNichols Sports Arena Opening Round	PTS: 31. Walter Davis REB: 9. J. Edwards AST: 5. D. Johnson	PTS: 26. K. Vandeweghe REB: 11. Dan Issel AST: 9. Rob Williams	113.3 - 99.3
Apr 22, 1983	Seattle	Portland	96-105	Veterans Memorial Coliseum Opening Round	PTS: 31. Gus Williams REB: 18. Danny Vranes AST: 4. Jack Sikma	PTS: 26. Jim Paxson REB: 12. M. Thompson AST: 6. M. Thompson	101.5 - 92.8
Apr 22, 1983	Boston	Atlanta	93-95	Omni Coliseum Opening Round	PTS: 17. R. Parish REB: 16. Larry Bird AST: 9. Larry Bird	PTS: 19. D. Roundfield REB: 14. Tree Rollins AST: 14. Johnny Davis	98.6 - 96.5
Apr 24, 1983	Atlanta	Boston	79-98	Boston Garden Opening Round	PTS: 18. Tree Rollins REB: 10. D. Roundfield AST: 3. Wes Matthews	PTS: 26. Larry Bird REB: 11. R. Parish AST: 9. Larry Bird	110.6 - 89.1
Apr 24, 1983	New York	Philadelphia	102-112	Spectrum Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 17. B. Cartwright REB: 8. B. Cartwright AST: 10. Rory Sparrow	PTS: 38. Moses Malone REB: 17. Moses Malone AST: 10. Mo Cheeks	123.2 - 112.2
Apr 24, 1983	Denver	Phoenix	117-112	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Opening Round	PTS: 42. Alex English REB: 12. T.R. Dunn AST: 6. T.R. Dunn	PTS: 29. Walter Davis REB: 12. Larry Nance AST: 9. Alvan Adams	99.2 - 103.7
Apr 24, 1983	Portland	L.A. Lakers	97-118	The Forum Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 22. M. Thompson REB: 9. M. Thompson AST: 7. M. Thompson	PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar REB: 9. M. Johnson AST: 16. M. Johnson	123.4 - 101.5
Apr 26, 1983	Denver	San Antonio	133-152	HemisFair Arena Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 28. Dan Issel REB: 11. T.R. Dunn AST: 9. Mike Evans	PTS: 42. G. Gervin REB: 11. Gene Banks AST: 17. Johnny Moore	127.2 - 111.3
Apr 26, 1983	Portland	L.A. Lakers	106-112	The Forum Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 26. Calvin Natt REB: 7. Wayne Cooper AST: 15. D. Valentine	PTS: 37. K. Abdul-Jabbar REB: 9. J. Wilkes AST: 7. K. Abdul-Jabbar	124.5 - 117.9
Apr 27, 1983	Denver	San Antonio	109-126	HemisFair Arena Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 22. K. Vandeweghe REB: 8. T.R. Dunn AST: 9. Mike Evans	PTS: 30. G. Gervin REB: 12. A. Gilmore AST: 20. Johnny Moore	120.0 - 103.8
Apr 27, 1983	New York	Philadelphia	91-98	Spectrum Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 22. T. Robinson REB: 14. T. Robinson AST: 8. Rory Sparrow	PTS: 30. Moses Malone REB: 17. Moses Malone AST: 6. Mo Cheeks	100.8 - 93.6
Apr 27, 1983	Milwaukee	Boston	116-95	Boston Garden Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 22. S. Moncrief REB: 10. Bob Lanier AST: 5. M. Johnson	PTS: 23. T. Archibald REB: 12. R. Parish AST: 7. T. Archibald	92.7 - 113.2
Apr 29, 1983	L.A. Lakers	Portland	115-109	Veterans Memorial Coliseum Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 30. K. Abdul-Jabbar REB: 9. J. Wilkes AST: 11. M. Johnson	PTS: 22. Calvin Natt REB: 10. Calvin Natt AST: 14. D. Valentine	103.7 - 109.4
Apr 29, 1983	Milwaukee	Boston	95-91	Boston Garden Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 20. S. Moncrief REB: 9. M. Johnson AST: 4. S. Moncrief	PTS: 25. Danny Ainge REB: 10. R. Parish AST: 8. G. Henderson	104.3 - 108.9
Apr 29, 1983	San Antonio	Denver	127-126	McNichols Sports Arena Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 39. Johnny Moore REB: 14. A. Gilmore AST: 12. Johnny Moore	PTS: 39. Alex English REB: 14. K. Vandeweghe AST: 7. Alex English	110.4 - 111.3
Apr 30, 1983	Philadelphia	New York	107-105	Madison Square Garden Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 28. Moses Malone REB: 14. Moses Malone AST: 7. Mo Cheeks	PTS: 21. Bernard King REB: 15. T. Robinson AST: 6. Rory Sparrow	108.7 - 110.8
May 1, 1983	Boston	Milwaukee	99-107	UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 21. Larry Bird REB: 14. Larry Bird AST: 6. Larry Bird	PTS: 26. S. Moncrief REB: 10. J. Bridgeman AST: 6. Bob Lanier	112.5 - 104.1
May 1, 1983	Philadelphia	New York	105-102	Madison Square Garden Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 29. Moses Malone REB: 14. Moses Malone AST: 7. Mo Cheeks	PTS: 35. Bernard King REB: 15. T. Robinson AST: 8. P. Westphal	108.0 - 111.1
May 1, 1983	L.A. Lakers	Portland	95-108	Veterans Memorial Coliseum Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 34. K. Abdul-Jabbar REB: 9. K. Abdul-Jabbar AST: 8. M. Johnson	PTS: 20. Jim Paxson REB: 10. Calvin Natt AST: 11. D. Valentine	114.4 - 100.7
May 2, 1983	San Antonio	Denver	114-124	McNichols Sports Arena Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 27. Johnny Moore	PTS: 37. K. Vandeweghe	301.7 - 277.4
May 2, 1983	Boston	Milwaukee	93-107	UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 18. Larry Bird REB: 11. Larry Bird AST: 8. Larry Bird	PTS: 33. M. Johnson REB: 11. Alton Lister AST: 6. M. Johnson	111.5 - 96.9
May 3, 1983	Portland	L.A. Lakers	108-116	The Forum Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 32. Jim Paxson REB: 11. Calvin Natt AST: 8. D. Valentine	PTS: 36. Norm Nixon REB: 11. K. Abdul-Jabbar AST: 15. M. Johnson	112.8 - 105.0
May 4, 1983	Denver	San Antonio	105-145	HemisFair Arena Conference Semi Finals	PTS: 20. B. McKinney REB: 8. T.R. Dunn AST: 6. Mike Evans	PTS: 26. G. Gervin REB: 15. A. Gilmore AST: 13. Johnny Moore	118.7 - 86.0
May 8, 1983	Milwaukee	Philadelphia	109-111	Spectrum Conference Finals	PTS: 30. M. Johnson REB: 9. Bob Lanier AST: 6. Bob Lanier	PTS: 26. Mo Cheeks REB: 12. Moses Malone AST: 7. Mo Cheeks	109.5 - 107.5
May 8, 1983	San Antonio	L.A. Lakers	107-119	The Forum Conference Finals	PTS: 26. M. Mitchell REB: 9. G. Gervin AST: 18. Johnny Moore	PTS: 30. Norm Nixon REB: 8. K. Abdul-Jabbar AST: 12. M. Johnson	114.8 - 103.2
May 10, 1983	San Antonio	L.A. Lakers	122-113	The Forum Conference Finals	PTS: 32. G. Gervin REB: 20. A. Gilmore AST: 15. Johnny Moore	PTS: 28. Norm Nixon REB: 12. M. Johnson AST: 11. Norm Nixon	101.2 - 109.3
May 11, 1983	Milwaukee	Philadelphia	81-87	Spectrum Conference Finals	PTS: 25. M. Johnson REB: 11. M. Johnson AST: 4. Bob Lanier	PTS: 26. Moses Malone REB: 17. Moses Malone AST: 4. Mo Cheeks	96.8 - 90.1
May 13, 1983	L.A. Lakers	San Antonio	113-100	HemisFair Arena Conference Finals	PTS: 26. J. Wilkes REB: 11. M. Johnson AST: 13. M. Johnson	PTS: 23. M. Mitchell REB: 14. A. Gilmore AST: 9. Johnny Moore	102.7 - 116.1
May 14, 1983	Philadelphia	Milwaukee	104-96	UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena Conference Finals	PTS: 26. J. Erving REB: 14. Moses Malone AST: 9. Mo Cheeks	PTS: 24. J. Bridgeman REB: 10. S. Moncrief AST: 7. B. Winters	98.8 - 107.0
May 15, 1983	L.A. Lakers	San Antonio	129-121	HemisFair Arena Conference Finals	PTS: 31. M. Johnson REB: 8. M. Johnson AST: 17. M. Johnson	PTS: 35. M. Mitchell REB: 11. M. Mitchell AST: 17. Johnny Moore	123.6 - 131.8
May 15, 1983	Philadelphia	Milwaukee	94-100	UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena Conference Finals	PTS: 24. Andrew Toney REB: 12. Moses Malone AST: 8. Mo Cheeks	PTS: 19. M. Johnson REB: 10. M. Johnson AST: 8. M. Johnson	106.3 - 99.9
May 18, 1983	San Antonio	L.A. Lakers	117-112	The Forum Conference Finals	PTS: 26. M. Mitchell REB: 14. A. Gilmore AST: 17. Johnny Moore	PTS: 30. K. Abdul-Jabbar REB: 11. M. Johnson AST: 19. M. Johnson	110.5 - 115.4
May 18, 1983	Milwaukee	Philadelphia	103-115	Spectrum Conference Finals	PTS: 21. M. Johnson REB: 12. Alton Lister AST: 5. J. Bridgeman	PTS: 30. Andrew Toney REB: 17. Moses Malone AST: 8. Mo Cheeks	118.7 - 106.3
May 20, 1983	L.A. Lakers	San Antonio	101-100	HemisFair Arena Conference Finals	PTS: 28. K. Abdul-Jabbar	PTS: 25. G. Gervin	257.0 - 259.6
May 22, 1983	L.A. Lakers	Philadelphia	107-113	Spectrum NBA Finals	PTS: 26. Norm Nixon REB: 10. M. Landsberger AST: 11. M. Johnson	PTS: 27. Moses Malone REB: 18. Moses Malone AST: 9. J. Erving	111.2 - 105.3
May 26, 1983	L.A. Lakers	Philadelphia	93-103	Spectrum NBA Finals	PTS: 23. K. Abdul-Jabbar REB: 8. M. Johnson AST: 13. M. Johnson	PTS: 24. Moses Malone REB: 12. Moses Malone AST: 8. Mo Cheeks	107.0 - 96.6
May 29, 1983	Philadelphia	L.A. Lakers	111-94	The Forum NBA Finals	PTS: 28. Moses Malone REB: 19. Moses Malone AST: 6. Moses Malone	PTS: 23. K. Abdul-Jabbar REB: 15. K. Abdul-Jabbar AST: 13. M. Johnson	91.5 - 108.0
May 31, 1983	Philadelphia	L.A. Lakers	115-108	The Forum NBA Finals	PTS: 24. Moses Malone REB: 23. Moses Malone AST: 9. Andrew Toney	PTS: 28. K. Abdul-Jabbar REB: 7. K. Abdul-Jabbar AST: 7. M. Johnson	105.7 - 112.6