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1981–82 San Antonio Spurs season

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The 1981–82 NBA season was the Spurs' sixth season in the NBA and 15th season as a franchise.[1] George Gervin was the winner of a fourth scoring title in five years with 32.3 points per game. The Spurs won their second straight division title with a record of 48–34.[2] In the playoffs the Spurs beat the Seattle SuperSonics in 5 games. In the Western Finals, the Spurs would be swept in 4 straight by the Los Angeles Lakers.[2] The Spurs had the third best team offensive rating in the NBA.

1981–82 San Antonio Spurs season
Division champions
Head coachStan Albeck
General managerBob Bass
Owner(s)Angelo Drossos
ArenaHemisFair Arena
Results
Record48–34 (.585)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Midwest)
Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishConference finals
(lost to Lakers 0–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKMOL
RadioKCTI
< 1980–81 1982–83 >

Draft picks

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Main article: 1981 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
2 28 Gene Banks SG/SF   United States Duke
2 30 Ed Rains   United States South Alabama
3 64 Tom Baker   United States Eastern Kentucky
4 87 Earl Belcher F   United States St. Bonaventure
5 110 Mike Rhodes   United States Vanderbilt
6 133 Norman Shavers   United States Jackson State
7 156 Mark Minderman   United States Northern Michigan
8 178 Bob Bartholomew   United States San Diego
9 199 Leonel Marquetti   United States Hampton
10 219 Alvin Brooks   United States Lamar

Roster

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1981–82 San Antonio Spurs roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
F 20 Banks, Gene 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959-05-15 Duke
G 23 Bratz, Mike 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1955-10-17 Stanford
C 40 Corzine, Dave 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1956-04-25 DePaul
G 44 Gervin, George 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1952-04-27 Eastern Michigan
F 30 Griffin, Paul 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1954-01-20 Western Michigan
C 52 Johnson, George 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1948-12-18 Dillard
F 24 Lambert, John 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1953-01-14 USC
F 34 Mitchell, Mike 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1956-01-01 Auburn
G 00 Moore, Johnny 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1958-03-03 Texas
F 53 Olberding, Mark 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1956-04-21 Minnesota
G 21 Phegley, Roger 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1956-10-16 Bradley
F 15 Rains, Ed 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1956-12-24 North Alabama
F 43 Yonakor, Rich 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1958-10-03 North Carolina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 29, 1982

Regular season

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Season Standings

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Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-San Antonio Spurs 48 34 .585 – 29–12 19–22 20–10
x-Denver Nuggets 46 36 .561 2.0 29–12 17–24 19–11
x-Houston Rockets 46 36 .561 2.0 25–16 21–20 17–13
Kansas City Kings 30 52 .366 18.0 23–18 7–34 11–19
Dallas Mavericks 28 54 .341 20.0 16–25 12–29 11–19
Utah Jazz 25 57 .305 23.0 18–23 7–34 9–21
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers 57 25 .695 –
2 y-San Antonio Spurs 48 34 .585 9
3 x-Seattle SuperSonics 52 30 .634 5
4 x-Denver Nuggets 46 36 .561 11
5 x-Phoenix Suns 46 36 .561 11
6 x-Houston Rockets 46 36 .561 11
7 Golden State Warriors 45 37 .549 12
8 Portland Trail Blazers 42 40 .512 15
9 Kansas City Kings 30 52 .366 27
10 Dallas Mavericks 28 54 .341 29
11 Utah Jazz 25 57 .305 32
12 San Diego Clippers 17 65 .207 40

Record vs. opponents

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1981-82 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SDC SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta — 1–5 2–3 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 0–2 2–0 4–2 1–1 0–2 3–3 3–2 5–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–4
Boston 5–1 — 4–2 5–0 2–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 5–1 5–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 6–0
Chicago 3–2 2–4 — 5–1 1–1 1–1 0–6 0–2 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–5 2–4 3–2 1–5 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–4
Cleveland 2–4 0–5 1–5 — 2–0 0–2 1–5 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–1 0–2 0–6 0–6 0–6 0–5 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–5
Dallas 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 — 1–5 1–1 0–5 2–4 1–1 4–2 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–3 1–5 2–3 1–4 3–3 1–1
Denver 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 — 1–1 3–2 5–1 0–2 4–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–3 2–4 5–0 2–3 3–3 2–0
Detroit 4–2 0–6 6–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–0 2–0 2–4 2–0 0–2 2–4 2–4 3–3 2–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–4
Golden State 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 2–3 0–2 — 1–4 2–0 3–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 4–2 2–4 3–2 5–1 1–5 3–2 1–1
Houston 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–5 0–2 4–1 — 2–0 3–3 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 4–1 3–3 4–1 2–3 6–0 2–0
Indiana 2–4 1–5 3–3 5–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 0–2 0–2 — 1–1 0–2 0–6 4–2 3–2 0–6 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–5
Kansas City 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–4 0–2 2–3 3–3 1–1 — 1–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–3 0–5 1–5 4–1 2–3 3–3 0–2
Los Angeles 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 4–1 4–1 2–0 3–3 4–1 2–0 4–1 — 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–2 5–1 2–3 5–1 4–2 5–0 2–0
Milwaukee 3–3 3–3 5–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 0–2 1–1 6–0 1–1 2–0 — 4–1 3–3 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 3–2
New Jersey 2–3 1–5 4–2 6–0 0–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–1 1–4 — 4–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 4–2
New York 1–5 1–5 2–3 6–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 2–0 3–3 2–4 — 1–5 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–5
Philadelphia 3–3 2–4 5–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 6–0 2–0 1–1 2–4 3–3 5–1 — 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 6–0
Phoenix 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 3–2 2–0 2–4 2–3 1–1 3–2 2–4 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 — 3–3 4–1 4–2 3–3 3–2 1–1
Portland 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–2 2–0 4–2 1–4 1–1 5–0 1–5 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–3 — 3–2 4–2 3–3 4–1 0–2
San Antonio 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 5–1 4–2 2–0 2–3 3–3 0–2 5–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–4 2–3 — 3–2 4–1 3–3 1–1
San Diego 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–5 0–2 1–5 1–4 0–2 1–4 1–5 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–4 2–4 2–3 — 1–5 1–4 0–2
Seattle 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 5–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 2–4 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–3 3–3 1–4 5–1 — 5–0 1–1
Utah 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–3 3–3 1–1 2–3 0–6 1–1 3–3 0–5 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–4 3–3 4–1 0–5 — 1–1
Washington 4–2 0–6 4–2 5–1 1–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 0–2 5–1 2–0 0–2 2–3 2–4 5–1 0–6 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 —

Game log

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Regular season

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1981–82 game log
Total: 48–34 (home: 29–12; road: 19–22)
October: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 30 @ Kansas City W 113–102 Kemper Arena 1–0
2 October 31 Denver W 145–120 HemisFair Arena 2–0
November: 8–5 (home: 5–1; road: 3–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 November 3 @ Phoenix L 88–111 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 2–1
4 November 4 Cleveland W 128–102 HemisFair Arena 3–1
5 November 7 New York W 103–96 HemisFair Arena 4–1
6 November 10 Los Angeles W 128–102 HemisFair Arena 5–1
7 November 13 @ Seattle W 119–112 Kingdome 6–1
8 November 15 @ Portland W 110–105 Memorial Coliseum 7–1
9 November 17 @ Dallas W 112–105 Reunion Arena 8–1
10 November 18 Seattle W 111–93 HemisFair Arena 9–1
11 November 20 @ Los Angeles L 116–136 The Forum 9–2
12 November 21 @ Golden State L 122–129 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 9–3
13 November 25 Los Angeles L 96–117 HemisFair Arena 9–4
14 November 27 New Jersey W 114–86 HemisFair Arena 10–4
15 November 29 @ Milwaukee L 89–105 MECCA Arena 10–5
December: 9–4 (home: 5–2; road: 4–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
16 December 1 @ Washington W 110–99 Capital Centre 11–5
17 December 2 @ Philadelphia W 106–101 The Spectrum 12–5
18 December 4 Portland W 127–111 HemisFair Arena 13–5
19 December 9 Seattle W 110–99 HemisFair Arena 14–5
20 December 11 @ Dallas W 101–99 Reunion Arena 15–5
21 December 12 Utah W 111–97 HemisFair Arena 16–5
22 December 15 @ Utah L 103–108 Salt Palace Acord Arena 16–6
23 December 18 Phoenix L 104–108 HemisFair Arena 16–7
24 December 19 @ Denver L 125–138 McNichols Sports Arena 16–8
25 December 23 @ San Diego W 114–109 San Diego Sports Arena 17–8
26 December 26 Atlanta L 97–105 HemisFair Arena 17–9
27 December 29 San Diego W 119–107 HemisFair Arena 18–9
28 December 30 Houston W 109–104 HemisFair Arena 19–9
January: 9–5 (home: 7–1; road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
29 January 2 Denver W 148–133 HemisFair Arena 20–9
30 January 5 @ Portland L 110–115 Memorial Coliseum 20–10
31 January 6 @ Utah L 115–130 Salt Palace Acord Arena 20–11
32 January 7 @ Golden State W 123–112 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 21–11
33 January 9 Kansas City W 113–100 HemisFair Arena 22–11
34 January 12 Dallas W 127–109 HemisFair Arena 23–11
35 January 15 Houston W 128–90 HemisFair Arena 24–11
36 January 16 @ Houston L 99–116 The Summit 24–12
37 January 19 @ Phoenix L 96–108 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 24–13
38 January 21 Utah W 123–104 HemisFair Arena 25–13
39 January 22 @ Atlanta W 115–107 The Omni 26–13
40 January 23 Indiana L 98–107 HemisFair Arena 26–14
41 January 26 Philadelphia W 103–95 HemisFair Arena 27–14
42 January 28 Kansas City W 126–115 HemisFair Arena 28–14
February: 8–6 (home: 5–2; road: 3–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
43 February 2 Dallas W 103–98 HemisFair Arena 28–15
44 February 4 Phoenix W 118–112 HemisFair Arena 29–15
45 February 5 @ Kansas City L 102–109 Kemper Arena 30–15
46 February 7 @ Golden State L 111–116 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 30–16
47 February 9 Washington L 110–112 HemisFair Arena 30–17
48 February 12 @ Los Angeles W 100–94 The Forum 31–17
49 February 14 Seattle W 114–94 HemisFair Arena 32–17
50 February 17 Detroit W 126–112 HemisFair Arena 33–17
51 February 19 @ Denver W 126–121 McNichols Sports Arena 34–17
52 February 20 San Diego L 101–118 HemisFair Arena 34–18
53 February 23 Golden State W 143–123 HemisFair Arena 35–18
54 February 25 @ Detroit W 119–116 Pontiac Silverdome 36–18
55 February 26 @ Indiana L 100–108 Market Square Arena 36–19
56 February 28 @ Chicago L 104–118 Chicago Stadium 36–20
March: 8–8 (home: 4–4; road: 4–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
57 March 2 @ Houston W 119–117 The Summit 37–20
58 March 4 Boston L 101–110 HemisFair Arena 37–21
59 March 6 Milwaukee W 171–166 (3OT) HemisFair Arena 38–21
60 March 8 Dallas L 113–121 HemisFair Arena 38–22
61 March 9 @ San Diego L 127–138 San Diego Sports Arena 38–23
62 March 12 Portland L 108–112 HemisFair Arena 38–24
63 March 14 Chicago W 119–117 HemisFair Arena 39–24
64 March 16 @ New York W 114–91 Madison Square Garden 40–24
65 March 17 @ New Jersey L 90–93 Brendan Byrne Arena 40–25
66 March 19 @ Boston L 110–134 Boston Garden 40–26
67 March 20 @ Cleveland W 115–102 Richfield Coliseum 41–26
68 March 23 San Diego W 106–98 HemisFair Arena 42–26
69 March 24 @ Denver L 115–129 McNichols Sports Arena 42–27
70 March 26 Los Angeles W 110–105 HemisFair Arena 43–27
71 March 27 @ Utah W 114–110 Salt Palace Acord Arena 44–27
72 March 30 Golden State L 107–113 HemisFair Arena 44–28
April: 4–6 (home: 2–2; road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
73 April 1 @ Portland L 105–109 Memorial Coliseum 44–29
74 April 2 @ Seattle L 86–111 Kingdome 44–30
75 April 4 Houston L 93–95 HemisFair Arena 44–31
76 April 7 Kansas City W 118–113 HemisFair Arena 45–31
77 April 10 @ Houston L 100–105 The Summit 45–32
78 April 11 @ Kansas City W 126–121 Kemper Arena 46–32
79 April 13 Denver W 144–137 HemisFair Arena 47–32
80 April 14 @ Phoenix L 92–104 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 47–33
81 April 16 @ Dallas W 118–106 Reunion Arena 48–33
82 April 18 Utah L 120–128 HemisFair Arena 48–34
1981–82 schedule

Playoffs

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1982 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 4–1 (home: 2–0; road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 27 @ Seattle W 95–93 George Gervin (31) Mike Mitchell (11) Johnny Moore (8) Kingdome
14,457 		1–0
2 April 28 @ Seattle L 99–114 George Gervin (24) Johnson, Corzine (8) Johnny Moore (14) Kingdome
19,403 		1–1
3 April 30 Seattle W 99–97 George Gervin (36) Mike Mitchell (12) Johnny Moore (12) HemisFair Arena
14,019 		2–1
4 May 2 Seattle W 115–113 Mike Mitchell (22) Olberding, Banks (9) Mike Bratz (10) HemisFair Arena
15,002 		3–1
5 May 5 @ Seattle W 109–103 George Gervin (26) Dave Corzine (11) Moore, Bratz (9) Kingdome
23,180 		4–1
Conference finals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 May 9 @ Los Angeles L 117–128 George Gervin (34) Dave Corzine (11) Johnny Moore (12) The Forum
15,700 		0–1
2 May 11 @ Los Angeles L 101–110 Mike Mitchell (34) Dave Corzine (13) Johnny Moore (11) The Forum
17,505 		0–2
3 May 14 Los Angeles L 108–118 George Gervin (39) George Gervin (15) Johnny Moore (12) HemisFair Arena
15,800 		0–3
4 May 15 Los Angeles L 123–128 George Gervin (38) Mike Mitchell (10) Johnny Moore (10) HemisFair Arena
15,800 		0–4
1982 schedule

Player statistics

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Ragular season

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Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Dave Corzine C 82 21 2,189 629 130 33 126 832 26.7 7.7 1.6 .4 1.5 10.1
Mike Bratz PG 81 3 1,616 166 438 65 11 625 20.0 2.0 5.4 .8 .1 7.7
Gene Banks SF 80 4 1,700 411 147 55 17 767 21.3 5.1 1.8 .7 .2 9.6
George Gervin SG 79 79 2,817 392 187 77 45 2,551 35.7 5.0 2.4 1.0 .6 32.3
Johnny Moore PG 79 78 2,294 275 762 163 12 741 29.0 3.5 9.6 2.1 .2 9.4
George T. Johnson C 75 62 1,578 454 79 20 234 225 21.0 6.1 1.1 .3 3.1 3.0
Mark Olberding PF 68 63 2,098 439 202 57 29 941 30.9 6.5 3.0 .8 .4 13.8
Mike Mitchell† SF 57 57 2,090 449 43 33 28 1,196 36.7 7.9 .8 .6 .5 21.0
Roger Phegley† SG 54 1 617 83 61 20 6 308 11.4 1.5 1.1 .4 .1 5.7
Ed Rains SF 49 15 637 80 40 18 2 192 13.0 1.6 .8 .4 .0 3.9
Ron Brewer† SG 25 4 595 50 67 23 7 444 23.8 2.0 2.7 .9 .3 17.8
Paul Griffin PF 23 0 459 95 54 20 8 88 20.0 4.1 2.3 .9 .3 3.8
Reggie Johnson† PF 21 17 504 137 20 7 16 220 24.0 6.5 1.0 .3 .8 10.5
John Lambert† PF 21 6 271 51 13 6 6 65 12.9 2.4 .6 .3 .3 3.1
Kevin Restani† PF 13 0 145 35 7 1 4 21 11.2 2.7 .5 .1 .3 1.6
Rich Yonakor PF 10 0 70 27 3 1 2 33 7.0 2.7 .3 .1 .2 3.3
Steve Hayes† C 9 0 75 17 4 1 2 23 8.3 1.9 .4 .1 .2 2.6
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.

Playoffs

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Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
George Gervin SG 9 373 66 41 10 4 265 41.4 7.3 4.6 1.1 .4 29.4
Mike Mitchell SF 9 365 73 7 5 1 223 40.6 8.1 .8 .6 .1 24.8
Mark Olberding PF 9 328 58 32 9 6 132 36.4 6.4 3.6 1.0 .7 14.7
Johnny Moore PG 9 292 31 93 15 6 94 32.4 3.4 10.3 1.7 .7 10.4
Dave Corzine C 9 258 85 17 6 9 122 28.7 9.4 1.9 .7 1.0 13.6
Mike Bratz PG 9 180 14 48 9 0 43 20.0 1.6 5.3 1.0 .0 4.8
George T. Johnson C 9 175 46 12 6 15 11 19.4 5.1 1.3 .7 1.7 1.2
Gene Banks SF 9 146 43 9 4 3 64 16.2 4.8 1.0 .4 .3 7.1
Ed Rains SF 5 30 8 1 1 0 10 6.0 1.6 .2 .2 .0 2.0
Roger Phegley SG 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Rich Yonakor PF 2 4 1 1 1 0 2 2.0 .5 .5 .5 .0 1.0
John Lambert PF 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.5 .5 .5 .0 .0 .0

Awards and honors

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Transactions

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References

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  1. ^ 1981-82 San Antonio Spurs
  2. ^ a b San Antonio Spurs (1973-Present)
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