1982–83 Indiana Pacers season

1982–83 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach	Jack McKinney
Arena	Market Square Arena
Results
Record	20–62 (.244)
Place	Division: 6th (Central) Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WTTV
Radio	WNDE

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

Offseason

Draft picks

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

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 Jack McKinney Assistant coach(es) George Irvine Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

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

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	—

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

Season

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

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Awards and records

• Clark Kellogg, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

See also

• 1982-83 NBA season