1982–83 Indiana Pacers season

1982–83 Indiana Pacers season
Head coachJack McKinney
ArenaMarket Square Arena
Results
Record20–62 (.244)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Central)
Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWTTV
RadioWNDE
< 1981–82 1983–84 >

The 1982–83 NBA season was Indiana's seventh season in the NBA and 16th season as a franchise.[1]

Offseason[edit]

Draft picks[edit]

Main article: 1983 NBA draft

This table only lists picks through the second round.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 8 Clark Kellogg PF  United States Ohio State
2 40 Guy Morgan SG  United States Wake Forest
2 43 Jose Slaughter SG  United States Portland

Roster[edit]

Indiana Pacers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
PF 52 Branson, Brad 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) SMU
SF 11 Byrnes, Marty 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Syracuse
SG 12 Carter, Butch 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Indiana
PG 44 Duren, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Georgetown
SF 24 Johnson, George 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) St. John's
PF 33 Kellogg, Clark 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Ohio State
SG 25 Knight, Billy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Pittsburgh
PF 40 Schoene, Russ 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Chattanooga
PG 14 Sichting, Jerry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Purdue
SG 21 Slaughter, Jose 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Portland
C 32 Williams, Herb 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 242 lb (110 kg) Ohio State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 51 31 .622 – 31–10 20–21 22–7
x-Atlanta Hawks 43 39 .524 8 26–15 17–24 21–8
Detroit Pistons 37 45 .451 14 23–18 14–27 19–11
Chicago Bulls 28 54 .341 23 18–23 10–31 13–17
Cleveland Cavaliers 23 59 .280 28 15–26 8–33 8–22
Indiana Pacers 20 62 .244 31 14–27 6–35 6–24
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Philadelphia 76ers 65 17 .793 –
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks 51 31 .622 14
3 x-Boston Celtics 56 26 .683 9
4 x-New Jersey Nets 49 33 .598 16
5 x-New York Knicks 44 38 .537 21
6 x-Atlanta Hawks 43 39 .524 22
7 Washington Bullets 42 40 .512 23
8 Detroit Pistons 37 45 .451 28
9 Chicago Bulls 28 54 .341 37
10 Cleveland Cavaliers 23 59 .280 42
11 Indiana Pacers 20 62 .244 45
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1982-83 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 5–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–2 2–0 6–0 0–2 0–2 1–4 2–4 3–2 2–4 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–2
Boston 5–1 — 3–2 5–1 2–0 2–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–3 5–1 3–3 3–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–3
Chicago 1–5 2–3 — 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–1 4–2 0–2 0–2 1–5 2–4 1–4 1–5 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–5
Cleveland 0–6 1–5 1–5 — 2–0 0–2 1–5 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 0–2 1–5 0–6 1–5 0–5 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–2
Dallas 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 — 3–3 2–0 3–2 5–1 2–0 3–3 2–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–3 3–2 2–4 5–0 2–3 2–4 0–2
Denver 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–3 — 2–0 4–1 5–1 1–1 3–3 1–4 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 4–1 2–3 2–4 3–2 3–2 4–2 1–1
Detroit 3–3 3–3 4–2 5–1 0–2 0–2 — 2–0 2–0 4–2 0–2 0–2 3–3 3–2 1–5 0–6 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 3–2
Golden State 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–4 0–2 — 3–2 1–1 1–4 1–5 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–4 2–4 1–4 3–3 3–3 3–2 2–0
Houston 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–5 1–5 0–2 2–3 — 2–0 1–5 0–5 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–5 0–5 1–5 2–3 1–4 0–6 1–1
Indiana 0–6 1–4 2–4 1–5 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 0–2 — 1–1 0–2 1–5 0–6 3–3 1–4 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–5
Kansas City 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 3–3 2–0 4–1 5–1 1–1 — 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–4 2–3 3–3 4–1 1–4 4–2 2–0
Los Angeles 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 5–1 5–0 2–0 4–1 — 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–3 3–3 1–4 5–1 5–1 4–1 1–1
Milwaukee 4–1 3–3 5–1 5–1 2–0 0–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 0–2 — 3–2 4–2 1–5 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 3–2
New Jersey 4–2 1–5 4–2 6–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 — 4–2 3–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2
New York 2–3 3–3 4–1 5–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 2–0 3–3 1–1 0–2 2–4 2–4 — 1–5 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 4–2
Philadelphia 4–2 3–3 5–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 6–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 3–3 5–1 — 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–2
Phoenix 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–2 1–4 1–1 4–2 5–0 1–1 4–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 — 5–1 3–2 4–2 5–1 5–0 0–2
Portland 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 1–1 4–2 5–0 2–0 3–2 3–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–5 — 2–3 5–1 3–3 3–2 1–1
San Antonio 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 4–2 1–1 4–1 5–1 2–0 3–3 4–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–3 3–2 — 4–1 1–4 5–1 2–0
San Diego 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–5 2–3 1–1 3–3 3–2 1–1 1–4 1–5 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–4 1–5 1–4 — 0–6 2–3 0–2
Seattle 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–3 2–0 3–3 4–1 1–1 4–1 1–5 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–5 3–3 4–1 6–0 — 5–0 1–1
Utah 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 4–2 2–4 2–0 2–3 6–0 0–2 2–4 1–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–5 2–3 1–5 3–2 0–5 — 0–2
Washington 2–4 3–3 5–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 5–1 0–2 1–1 3–3 3–3 2–4 2–4 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 —

Game log[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season[edit]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Clark Kellogg 81 81 34.1 47.9 22.2 74.1 10.6 2.8 1.7 0.5 20.1
Billy Knight 80 54 28.3 52.0 15.8 84.1 4.1 2.4 0.8 0.1 17.1
Herb Williams 78 74 32.2 49.9 0.0 70.5 7.5 3.4 0.7 2.2 16.9
George Johnson 82 64 28.0 47.7 18.4 73.3 6.6 2.7 0.9 0.6 11.6
Butch Carter 81 28 21.2 50.1 33.3 80.5 1.9 2.4 1.0 0.2 10.5
Clemon Johnson 51 7 23.8 52.1 0.0 63.1 6.3 2.3 1.0 1.2 9.7
Jerry Sichting 78 58 31.2 47.8 16.7 86.0 2.0 5.6 1.3 0.0 9.3
Russ Schoene 31 5 16.8 44.3 33.3 72.7 3.3 0.9 0.4 0.5 7.8
Brad Branson 62 2 11.0 42.5 0.0 70.4 2.8 0.7 0.4 0.4 5.5
Marty Byrnes 80 12 18.0 42.0 23.1 74.7 2.4 2.2 0.5 0.1 4.9
John Duren 82 24 17.5 45.3 0.0 79.6 1.3 2.4 0.8 0.1 4.5
Jose Slaughter 63 1 8.2 37.4 22.0 64.4 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.1 3.6
Guy Morgan 8 0 5.8 29.2 0.0 25.0 2.1 0.9 0.3 0.0 1.9

Player Statistics Citation:[2]

Awards and records[edit]

Transactions[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1982-83 Indiana Pacers
  2. ^ "1982-83 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

See also[edit]

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