1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season

The 1983–84 NBA season was the 76ers' 35th season in the NBA and 21st season in Philadelphia. The 76ers entered the season as the defending NBA Champions, having won their third NBA Championship the year prior, sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers in four games. The team would start fast posting 21 wins in their first 26 games but finished with a 52-30 record. The major difference was that they were just around .500 on the road for the year, unlike the previous season, where they won 30 regular season games away from Philadelphia. The 76ers would lose in the first round of the newly expanded playoff format to the New Jersey Nets, who had never won a playoff series in their NBA history to that point. The 76ers lost all three post season games at The Spectrum.

1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head coachBilly Cunningham
General managerPat Williams
ArenaThe Spectrum
Results
Record52–30 (.634)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Atlantic)
Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast First Round
(Lost to Nets 2–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWPHL-TV
PRISM
RadioWIP

Draft picks
Main article: 1983 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
117Leo RautinsSF CanadaSyracuse
247Ken LyonsPF United StatesNorth Texas State
264Claude Riley United StatesTexas A&M
370Dan RulandC United StatesJames Madison
374Kalpatrick Wells United StatesMississippi State
493Craig RobinsonF United StatesPrinceton
5116Mike Milligan United StatesTennessee State
6139Sedale ThreattPG United StatesWest Virginia Tech
7162Tony Bruin United StatesSyracuse
8184Gordon Austin United StatesAmerican
9206Charles Fisher United StatesJames Madison

Roster
Roster listing
Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
PG 1 Matthews, Wes 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1959–08–24 Wisconsin
C 2 Malone, Moses 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1955–03–23 Petersburg High School
PG 3 Threatt, Sedale 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1961–09–10 West Virginia Tech
SG 4 Richardson, Clint 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1956–08–07 Seattle
SF 6 Erving, Julius 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1950-02-22 UMass
PF 8 Iavaroni, Marc 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1956-09-15 Virginia
PG 10 Cheeks, Maurice 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1956–09–08 West Texas A&M
SF 11 Rautins, Leo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1960–03–20 Syracuse
PG 14 Edwards, Franklin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1959–02–02 Cleveland State
SG 22 Toney, Andrew 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1957–11–23 Louisiana
PF 24 Jones, Bobby 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1951–12–18 North Carolina
PF 33 Williams, Sam 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1959-03-07 Arizona State
C 45 Johnson, Clemon 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1956–09–12 Florida A&M
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Atlantic Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Boston Celtics 6220.756–33–829–1213–11
x-Philadelphia 76ers 5230.6341032–920–2115–9
x-New York Knicks 4735.5731529–1218–2312–12
x-New Jersey Nets 4537.5491729–1216–2512–12
x-Washington Bullets 3547.4272725–1610–318–16
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics6220.756–
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks5032.61012
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers5230.63410
4 x-Detroit Pistons4933.59813
5 x-New York Knicks4735.57315
6 x-New Jersey Nets4537.54917
7 x-Atlanta Hawks4042.48822
8 x-Washington Bullets3547.42727
9 Cleveland Cavaliers2854.34134
10 Chicago Bulls2755.32935
11 Indiana Pacers2656.31736
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1983-84 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 —0–54–23–31–10–22–41–11–14–20–20–23–33–34–15–11–10–21–11–11–11–14–2
Boston 5–0—5–06–02–02–04–22–01–15–12–00–25–14–23–32–42–02–02–01–12–01–14–2
Chicago 2–40–5—2–41–10–21–52–00–23–31–10–22–42–42–42–31–12–00–21–10–21–12–4
Cleveland 3–30–64–2—1–10–21–51–11–12–40–20–21–52–31–52–41–11–11–11–11–10–24–1
Dallas 1–10–21–11–1—4–20–24–14–22–03–33–20–21–10–21–13–22–34–24–11–44–20–2
Denver 2–00–22–02–02–4—1–12–34–20–24–21–41–11–11–11–12–31–43–33–22–33–30–2
Detroit 4–22–45–15–12–01–1—1–11–14–21–11–13–21–44–23–32–01–11–12–01–11–13–3
Golden State 1–10–20–21–11–43–21–1—2–32–04–13–30–21–11–11–11–52–43–23–34–21–42–0
Houston 1–11–12–01–12–42–41–13–2—1–12–41–41–10–20–20–22–31–42–42–33–21–50–2
Indiana 2–41–53–34–20–22–02–40–21–1—0–21–11–51–52–40–51–11–10–21–11–11–11–4
Kansas City 2–00–21–12–03–32–41–11–44–22–0—0–50–22–00–20–22–32–35–13–21–43–32–0
Los Angeles 2–02–02–02–02–34–11–13–34–11–15–0—2–01–10–21–13–35–12–34–23–34–11–1
Milwaukee 3–31–54–25–12–01–12–32–01–15–12–00–2—4–24–12–42–01–11–11–11–11–15–1
New Jersey 3–32–44–23–21–11–14–11–12–05–10–21–12–4—3–33–32–00–20–22–01–11–14–2
New York 1–43–34–15–12–01–12–41–12–04–22–02–01–43–3—2–41–10–22–02–01–12–04–2
Philadelphia 1–54–23–24–21–11–13–31–12–05–02–01–14–23–34–2—1–11–12–02–01–12–04–2
Phoenix 1–10–21–11–12–33–20–25–13–21–13–23–30–20–21–11–1—2–45–04–22–41–42–0
Portland 2–00–20–21–13–24–11–14–24–11–13–21–51–12–02–01–14–2—4–14–24–21–41–1
San Antonio 1–10–22–01–12–43–31–12–34–22–01–53–21–12–00–20–20–51–4—4–12–34–21–1
San Diego 1–11–11–11–11–42–30–23–33–21–12–32–41–10–20–20–22–42–41–4—3–32–31–1
Seattle 1–10–22–01–14–13–21–12–42–31–14–13–31–11–11–11–14–22–43–23–3—1–41–1
Utah 1–11–11–12–02–43–31–14–15–11–13–31–41–11–10–20–24–14–12–43–24–1—1–1
Washington 2–42–44–21–42–02–03–30–22–04–10–21–11–52–42–42–40–21–11–11–11–11–1—

Game log

Regular season
1983–84 game log
Total: 52–30 (Home: 32–9; Road: 20–21)
October: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
November: 11–3 (Home: 7–1; Road: 4–2)
December: 8–4 (Home: 4–1; Road: 4–3)
January: 8–7 (Home: 5–1; Road: 3–6)
February: 6–9 (Home: 4–4; Road: 2–5)
March: 13–3 (Home: 8–1; Road: 5–2)
April: 4–4 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–3)
1983–84 schedule

Playoffs
1984 playoff game log
Eastern Conference First Round: 2–3 (Home: 0–3; Road: 2–0)
1984 playoff schedule

Playoffs

East First Round

(3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (6) New Jersey Nets: Nets win series 3-2

  • Game 1 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia (April 18): New Jersey 116, Philadelphia 101
  • Game 2 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia (April 20): New Jersey 116, Philadelphia 102
  • Game 3 @ Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford (April 22): Philadelphia 108, New Jersey 100
  • Game 4 @ Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford (April 24): Philadelphia 110, New Jersey 102
  • Game 5 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia (April 26): New Jersey 101, Philadelphia 98

Last Playoff Meeting: 1979 Eastern Conference First Round (Philadelphia won 2-0)

Player statistics
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

Awards and records

References

    See also
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