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1982–83 Phoenix Suns season

NBA team season

Field	Value
team	Phoenix Suns
end_year	1983
wins	53
losses	29
division	Pacific
division_place	2
conf_place	3
coach	John MacLeod
gm	Jerry Colangelo
owners	Karl Eller, Don Pitt, Don Diamond, Bhavik Darji, Marvin Meyer, Richard L. Bloch
arena	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
playoffs	[First round](1983-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(lost to [Nuggets](1982-83-denver-nuggets-season) 1–2)
bbr_team	PHO
television	KNXV
radio	KTAR

(lost to Nuggets 1–2) The 1982–83 Phoenix Suns season was the 15th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns were in the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season, extending a then-franchise record. The Suns were eliminated in the first round two games to one by the Denver Nuggets, a team they had beaten by the same margin a year earlier. The Suns were led by head coach John MacLeod and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Walter Davis led the Suns in scoring with 19 points per game. Second-year player Larry Nance, who finished the season fourth in the NBA in blocks per game, was second in team scoring at 16.7, while fellow big man Maurice Lucas averaged a double-double with 16.5 points and 10.4 rebounds a contest. Lucas, a 30-year-old veteran who had played for four NBA teams and one ABA team before reaching the Suns, returned to his first All-Star Game after two seasons when he suited up with Phoenix. Point guard Dennis Johnson earned another spot on the NBA All-Defensive First Team.

Offseason

NBA draft

Main article: 1982 NBA draft

Phoenix Suns}}" width="10%"	Round	Phoenix Suns}}" width="10%"	Pick	Phoenix Suns}}" width="20%"	Player
1	15	David Thirdkill	Forward	United States	Bradley
2	39	Kevin Magee	Forward	United States	UC Irvine
3	61	Charles Pittman	Forward	United States	Maryland
4	86	Rory White	Forward	United States	South Alabama
5	108	Marvin McCrary	Guard	United States	Missouri
6	130	Jake Bethany	Center	United States	Hardin–Simmons
7	155	Phil Ward	Guard	United States	North Carolina Charlotte
8	177	Rick Elrod	Guard	United States	Georgetown (KY)
9	199	Ken Lyles	Forward	United States	Washington
10	221	Dale Wilkinson	Center	United States	Idaho State

Roster

John MacLeod ()
Al Bianchi ()
John Wetzel ()
Joe Proski ()

Regular season

Standings

Playoffs

Game log

1–2

Awards and honors

All-Star

Maurice Lucas was voted as a starter for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. Lucas finished first in voting among Western Conference forwards with 431,288 votes. It was his fifth All-Star selection.
The other Suns player receiving All-Star votes was Dennis Johnson (306,470).

Season

Dennis Johnson was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team.
Maurice Lucas finished 14th in MVP voting.

Player statistics

Season

|- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 80 || 75 || 30.6 || .486 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .333 || .829 || 6.9 || 4.7 || 1.4 || .9 || 14.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | * || 45 || 2 || 12.2 || .430 || .000 || .759 || 2.9 || 1.3 || .3 || .3 || 3.6 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 80 || 79 || 31.1 || .516 || .304 || .818 || 2.5 || 5.0 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.5 || .2 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 19.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | * || 16 || 1 || 17.8 || .487 || . || .660 || 3.7 || 1.7 || .3 || .3 || 8.8 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 82 || 2 || 14.1 || .461 || .200 || .463 || 1.8 || 1.9 || 1.0 || .4 || 3.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 77 || 74 || 33.1 || .462 || .161 || .791 || 4.4 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 5.0 || 1.3 || .5 || 14.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 54 || 4 || 8.5 || .423 || .000 || .875^ || 1.6 || 0.7 || .3 || .1 || 1.9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 77 || 71 || 33.6 || .474 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .333 || .781 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 10.4 || 2.8 || .7 || .6 || 16.5 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 82 || 9 || 22.4 || .517 || .303 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .872^ || 2.0 || 3.4 || .8 || .1 || 9.9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 82 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 82 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 35.5 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .550 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .333 || .672 || 8.7 || 2.4 || 1.2 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 2.6 || 16.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 28 || 0 || 6.1 || .475 || .000 || .676 || 1.1 || 0.3 || .1 || .3 || 2.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 81 || 9 || 14.1 || .479 || .000 || .736 || 2.8 || 1.2 || .6 || .4 || 4.1 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 49 || 2 || 10.6 || .435 || .143 || .577 || 1.5 || 0.7 || .4 || .1 || 4.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 65 || 0 || 9.6 || .543 || .000 || .642 || 1.6 || 0.5 || .2 || .0 || 5.0 |}

– Stats with the Suns.

^ – Minimum 125 free throws made.

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 28.0 || .469 || . || .714 || 6.0 || 4.7 || .7 || 1.7 || 11.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 37.7 || .435 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .500 || .810 || 5.0 || 4.3 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 2.0 || 1.7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 26.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 0 || 18.0 || .423 || . || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.000 || 6.0 || 1.3 || .3 || .3 || 9.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 0 || 15.0 || .455 || .000 || .000 || 3.3 || 2.0 || 1.0 || .3 || 3.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 36.0 || .458 || .000 || .833 || 7.7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 5.7 || 1.7 || .7 || 18.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 2 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || . || . || 0.0 || 0.0 || .0 || .0 || 0.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 2 || 2 || 28.5 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .571 || . || .500 || 6.0 || 4.0 || 1.5 || .0 || 13.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 0 || 24.0 || .429 || .000 || .714 || 2.7 || 3.0 || .3 || .0 || 11.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 34.3 || .400 || . || .800 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 8.3 || 1.0 || 1.0 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 2.0 || 12.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 1 || 0 || 1.0 || . || . || . || 0.0 || 0.0 || .0 || .0 || 0.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 1 || 20.7 || .462 || . || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.000 || 4.0 || 1.7 || .7 || 1.7 || 4.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 0 || 13.3 || .500 || .000 || .500 || 3.3 || 0.0 || .0 || .0 || 5.3 |}

Transactions

Trades

February 7, 1983	To Cleveland Cavaliers	To Phoenix Suns

Free agents

Additions

Date	Player	Contract	Old Team
May 17, 1982	Art Housey	Undisclosed
July 7, 1982	Johnny High	Undisclosed	Phoenix Suns
February 7, 1983	Charles Pittman	Undisclosed	Phoenix Suns

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team
July 1, 1982	Dudley Bradley	Waived	Chicago Bulls
October 21, 1982	Art Housey	Waived
October 28, 1982	Charles Pittman	Waived	Phoenix Suns
December 21, 1982	Craig Dykema	Waived

References

Standings on Basketball Reference

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