New Jersey Nets Playoff Rosters

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1981-1982 New Jersey Nets Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
James Bailey FC 6-9 220 May 21, 1957 24 Rutgers 2 1979 1st Rnd, #6, Seattle SuperSonics
Otis Birdsong GF 6-3 190 Dec 9, 1955 26 Houston 4 1977 1st Rnd, #2, Kansas City Kings
Darwin Cook PG 6-3 184 Aug 6, 1958 23 Portland 0 1980 4th Rnd, #70, Detroit Pistons
Len Elmore FC 6-9 220 Mar 28, 1952 30 Maryland 5 1974 1st Rnd, #13, Washington Wizards
Mike Gminski C 6-11 250 Aug 3, 1959 22 Duke 1 1980 1st Rnd, #7, New Jersey Nets
Albert King GF 6-6 190 Dec 17, 1959 22 Maryland 0 1981 1st Rnd, #10, New Jersey Nets
Sam Lacey C 6-10 235 Mar 28, 1948 34 New Mexico State 11 1970 1st Rnd, #5, Cincinnati Royals
Mike O'Koren GF 6-7 207 Feb 7, 1958 24 North Carolina 1 1980 1st Rnd, #6, New Jersey Nets
Ed Sherod PG 6-2 170 Sep 13, 1959 22 VCU 0 1981 4th Rnd, #72, New Jersey Nets
Jan Van Breda Kolff SF 6-7 195 Dec 16, 1951 30 Vanderbilt 5 1974 2nd Rnd, #20, Portland Trail Blazers
1976 ABA Dispersal Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 11, New York Nets
Foots Walker PG 6-0 172 May 21, 1951 30 West Georgia 7 1974 3rd Rnd, #38, Cleveland Cavaliers
Buck Williams PF 6-8 215 Mar 8, 1960 22 Maryland 0 1981 1st Rnd, #3, New Jersey Nets
Ray Williams PG 6-3 188 Oct 14, 1954 27 Minnesota 4 1977 1st Rnd, #10, New York Knicks

1981-1982 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #6 Atlanta Hawks PHI in 2
First Round #4 New Jersey Nets #5 Washington Bullets WAS in 2
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #5 Washington Bullets BOS in 5
Second Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #2 Milwaukee Bucks PHI in 6
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 Philadelphia Sixers PHI in 7

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Seattle SuperSonics #6 Houston Rockets SEA in 3
First Round #4 Denver Nuggets #5 Phoenix Suns PHX in 3
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #5 Phoenix Suns LAL in 4
Second Round #3 Seattle SuperSonics #2 San Antonio Spurs SAS in 5
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #2 San Antonio Spurs LAL in 4

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #3 Philadelphia Sixers #1 Los Angeles Lakers LAL in 6

1981-1982 New Jersey Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Albert King 2 29.0 20.0 4.0 3.0 2.5 0.5 2.5
Buck Williams 2 39.5 17.5 10.5 1.5 0.5 1.0 2.0
Ray Williams 2 38.5 17.0 6.0 7.0 2.0 0.0 3.0
Darwin Cook 2 43.0 14.0 1.5 4.5 1.0 1.0 4.5
Len Elmore 2 38.0 11.0 8.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.0
Mike O'Koren 2 22.0 3.5 4.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 1.0
Mike Gminski 1 10.0 5.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
James Bailey 2 13.0 2.0 3.0 0.5 1.0 0.5 1.5
Jan Van Breda Kolff 2 8.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.5
Ed Sherod 2 4.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0

1981-1982 New Jersey Nets Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record New Jersey Leaders Washington Leaders
Apr 20, 1982
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Washington		 L, 83-96 Izod Center
Opening Round 		0-1 PTS: 23. B. Williams
 PTS: 18. Jeff Ruland
Apr 23, 1982
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Washington		 L, 103-92 US Airways Arena
Opening Round 		0-2 PTS: 25. Albert King
REB: 9. Len Elmore
AST: 6. Ray Williams 		PTS: 23. Kevin Grevey
REB: 11. Rick Mahorn
AST: 9. F. Johnson