Philadelphia Sixers Playoff Rosters

1981-1982 Philadelphia Sixers Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Mike Bantom FC 6-9 200 Dec 3, 1951 30 Saint Francis of Assisi College 8 1973 1st Rnd, #8, Phoenix Suns
Mo Cheeks PG 6-1 180 Sep 8, 1956 25 West Texas A&M 3 1978 2nd Rnd, #36, Philadelphia Sixers
Earl Cureton PF 6-9 210 Sep 3, 1957 24 Detroit-Mercy 1 1979 3rd Rnd, #58, Philadelphia Sixers
Darryl Dawkins C 6-11 251 Jan 11, 1957 25 Evans High School (Florida) 6 1975 1st Rnd, #7, Philadelphia Sixers
Franklin Edwards PG 6-1 170 Feb 2, 1959 23 Cleveland State 0 1981 1st Rnd, #22, Philadelphia Sixers
Julius Erving SF 6-6 200 Feb 22, 1950 32 Massachusetts 9 1972 1st Rnd, #12, Milwaukee Bucks
Lionel Hollins PG 6-3 185 Oct 19, 1953 28 Arizona State 6 1975 1st Rnd, #8, Portland Trail Blazers
Ollie Johnson SF 6-6 200 May 11, 1949 32 Temple 9 1972 2nd Rnd, #30, Portland Trail Blazers
Caldwell Jones FC 6-11 216 Aug 4, 1950 31 Albany State (GA) 7 1973 2nd Rnd, #32, Philadelphia Sixers
Bobby Jones PF 6-9 210 Dec 18, 1951 30 North Carolina 5 1974 1st Rnd, #5, Houston Rockets
Steve Mix SF 6-7 215 Dec 30, 1947 34 Toledo 11 1969 5th Rnd, #62, Detroit Pistons
Clint Richardson PG 6-3 195 Aug 7, 1956 25 Seattle 2 1979 2nd Rnd, #36, Philadelphia Sixers
Andrew Toney PG 6-3 178 Nov 23, 1957 24 Louisiana 1 1980 1st Rnd, #8, Philadelphia Sixers

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 Philadelphia Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Julius Erving 21 37.1 22.0 7.4 4.7 1.8 1.8 3.2
Andrew Toney 21 33.7 21.8 2.4 4.9 0.9 0.1 3.2
Mo Cheeks 21 36.4 14.3 3.0 8.2 2.3 0.3 2.3
Bobby Jones 21 28.0 12.2 4.7 2.5 0.7 1.0 1.6
Darryl Dawkins 21 21.9 11.0 4.7 0.5 0.3 1.7 1.8
Caldwell Jones 21 32.3 8.7 9.0 0.9 0.5 1.9 1.4
Clint Richardson 21 19.8 5.3 3.3 1.9 0.6 0.2 1.0
Mike Bantom 21 19.0 4.3 3.7 1.1 0.7 0.4 1.1
Lionel Hollins 8 14.2 4.2 1.1 3.1 1.1 0.1 1.6
Franklin Edwards 9 3.6 3.7 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.2
Earl Cureton 12 6.2 2.7 2.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4
Steve Mix 7 7.1 4.3 1.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.6

1981-1982 Philadelphia Sixers Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Philadelphia Leaders Atlanta Leaders
Apr 21, 1982
v.
Atlanta
W, 111-76 Spectrum
Opening Round
1-0 PTS: 27. D. Dawkins
REB: 9. D. Dawkins
AST: 6. Mo Cheeks
PTS: 18. John Drew
REB: 11. D. Roundfield
AST: 8. Rory Sparrow
Apr 23, 1982
@
Atlanta
W, 95-98 Omni Coliseum
Opening Round
2-0 PTS: 28. J. Erving
REB: 8. C. Jones
AST: 6. J. Erving
PTS: 29. D. Roundfield
REB: 11. D. Roundfield
AST: 4. E. Johnson, Jr.

1981-1982 Philadelphia Sixers Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Philadelphia Leaders Milwaukee Leaders
Apr 25, 1982
v.
Milwaukee
W, 125-122 Spectrum
Conference Semi Finals
1-0 PTS: 34. J. Erving
REB: 16. C. Jones
AST: 10. Mo Cheeks
PTS: 28. M. Johnson
REB: 7. M. Johnson
AST: 5. B. Winters
Apr 28, 1982
v.
Milwaukee
W, 120-108 Spectrum
Conference Semi Finals
2-0 PTS: 31. Andrew Toney
REB: 9. C. Jones
AST: 8. Mo Cheeks
PTS: 21. B. Winters
REB: 11. Bob Lanier
AST: 5. B. Winters
May 1, 1982
@
Milwaukee
L, 92-91 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Semi Finals
2-1 PTS: 19. Mo Cheeks
REB: 6. C. Jones
AST: 8. Mo Cheeks
PTS: 21. M. Johnson
REB: 11. M. Johnson
AST: 7. M. Johnson
May 2, 1982
@
Milwaukee
W, 93-100 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Semi Finals
3-1 PTS: 21. J. Erving
REB: 11. J. Erving
AST: 9. J. Erving
PTS: 23. M. Johnson
REB: 7. M. Johnson
AST: 7. M. Johnson
May 5, 1982
v.
Milwaukee
L, 98-110 Spectrum
Conference Semi Finals
3-2 PTS: 28. J. Erving
REB: 10. J. Erving
AST: 9. Mo Cheeks
PTS: 27. Bob Lanier
REB: 11. Alton Lister
AST: 7. B. Winters
May 7, 1982
@
Milwaukee
W, 90-102 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Semi Finals
4-2 PTS: 26. Mo Cheeks
REB: 12. C. Jones
AST: 7. J. Erving
PTS: 23. M. Johnson
REB: 10. Bob Lanier
AST: 6. B. Winters

1981-1982 Philadelphia Sixers Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Philadelphia Leaders Boston Leaders
May 9, 1982
@
Boston
L, 121-81 Boston Garden
Conference Finals
0-1 PTS: 15. Andrew Toney
REB: 7. Bobby Jones
AST: 4. Mo Cheeks
PTS: 24. R. Parish
REB: 15. Larry Bird
AST: 10. Larry Bird
May 12, 1982
@
Boston
W, 113-121 Boston Garden
Conference Finals
1-1 PTS: 30. Andrew Toney
REB: 11. C. Jones
AST: 14. Mo Cheeks
PTS: 24. T. Archibald
REB: 14. Larry Bird
AST: 13. T. Archibald
May 15, 1982
v.
Boston
W, 99-97 Spectrum
Conference Finals
2-1 PTS: 19. J. Erving
REB: 12. C. Jones
AST: 10. Mo Cheeks
PTS: 18. C. Maxwell
REB: 13. Larry Bird
AST: 11. Larry Bird
May 16, 1982
v.
Boston
W, 119-94 Spectrum
Conference Finals
3-1 PTS: 39. Andrew Toney
REB: 11. C. Jones
AST: 11. Mo Cheeks
PTS: 18. R. Parish
REB: 9. Larry Bird
AST: 7. G. Henderson
May 19, 1982
@
Boston
L, 114-85 Boston Garden
Conference Finals
3-2 PTS: 18. Andrew Toney
REB: 10. D. Dawkins
AST: 7. L. Hollins
PTS: 26. R. Parish
REB: 20. Larry Bird
AST: 8. Larry Bird
May 21, 1982
v.
Boston
L, 75-88 Spectrum
Conference Finals
3-3 PTS: 24. J. Erving
REB: 17. C. Jones
AST: 7. Mo Cheeks
PTS: 17. Kevin McHale
REB: 17. Larry Bird
AST: 7. Danny Ainge
May 23, 1982
@
Boston
W, 106-120 Boston Garden
Conference Finals
4-3 PTS: 34. Andrew Toney
REB: 10. C. Jones
AST: 11. Mo Cheeks
PTS: 23. R. Parish
REB: 14. R. Parish
AST: 9. Larry Bird

1981-1982 Philadelphia Sixers NBA Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Philadelphia Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
May 27, 1982
v.
L.A. Lakers
L, 117-124 Spectrum
NBA Finals
0-1 PTS: 27. J. Erving
REB: 11. C. Jones
AST: 9. Mo Cheeks
PTS: 24. Norm Nixon
REB: 14. M. Johnson
AST: 10. Norm Nixon
May 30, 1982
v.
L.A. Lakers
W, 110-94 Spectrum
NBA Finals
1-1 PTS: 24. J. Erving
REB: 14. J. Erving
AST: 11. Andrew Toney
PTS: 23. K. Abdul-Jabbar
REB: 11. M. Johnson
AST: 10. Norm Nixon
Jun 1, 1982
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 129-108 The Forum
NBA Finals
1-2 PTS: 36. Andrew Toney
REB: 13. D. Dawkins
AST: 9. Mo Cheeks
PTS: 29. Norm Nixon
REB: 9. M. Johnson
AST: 8. M. Johnson
Jun 3, 1982
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 111-101 The Forum
NBA Finals
1-3 PTS: 28. Andrew Toney
REB: 9. Bobby Jones
AST: 11. Andrew Toney
PTS: 24. M. Johnson
REB: 11. K. Abdul-Jabbar
AST: 14. Norm Nixon
Jun 6, 1982
v.
L.A. Lakers
W, 135-102 Spectrum
NBA Finals
2-3 PTS: 31. Andrew Toney
REB: 12. J. Erving
AST: 8. Andrew Toney
PTS: 23. Bob McAdoo
REB: 10. M. Johnson
AST: 13. Norm Nixon
Jun 8, 1982
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 114-104 The Forum
NBA Finals
2-4 PTS: 30. J. Erving
REB: 9. C. Jones
AST: 6. Andrew Toney
PTS: 27. J. Wilkes
REB: 13. M. Johnson
AST: 13. M. Johnson