1982-83 Portland Trail Blazers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 46-36
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 3-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Seattle Supersonics 2-0
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
Coach: Jack Ramsay (46-36)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 519,306, Avg. 12,666 in 41 home dates

1982-83 Portland Trail Blazers Roster
1982-83 Portland Trail Blazers Results

The Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1982-83 season with a record of 46 wins and 36 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Trail Blazers netted 8,808 points and surrendered 8,633. Jim Paxson tossed in a team-high 1,756 points for Portland, and Calvin Natt scored 17 or more per game, too. Mychal Thompson racked up 753 rebounds. Fat Lever dished out 426 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Fat Lever added 153 thefts, while Wayne Cooper blocked 136 shots.

Jack Ramsay coached the team. The 1982-83 Portland Trail Blazers lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Jim Paxson	G-F	81	81	2740	1323	682	25	4	478	388	68	106	174	231	140	17	156	160	1756
Calvin Natt	F	80	80	2879	1187	644	20	3	428	339	214	385	599	171	63	29	203	184	1630
Mychal Thompson	C-F	80	80	3017	1033	505	1	0	401	249	183	570	753	380	68	110	281	213	1259
Kenny Carr	F	82	26	2331	717	362	6	2	366	255	182	407	589	116	62	42	185	306	981
Wayne Cooper	C-F	80	60	2099	723	320	5	0	197	135	214	397	611	116	27	136	162	318	775
Fat Lever	G	81	45	2020	594	256	15	5	159	116	85	140	225	426	153	15	137	179	633
Darnell Valentine	G	47	36	1298	460	209	1	0	213	169	34	83	117	293	101	5	131	139	587
Jeff Lamp	F-G	59	1	690	252	107	6	1	52	42	25	51	76	58	20	3	38	67	257
Linton Townes	F-G	55	0	516	234	105	25	9	38	28	30	35	65	31	19	5	33	81	247
Pete Verhoeven	F	48	0	527	171	87	1	0	31	21	44	52	96	32	18	9	40	95	195
Don Buse	G	41	1	643	182	72	35	9	46	41	19	35	54	115	44	2	25	60	194
Hank McDowell	F-C	42	0	375	97	45	2	0	43	33	39	50	89	20	6	7	32	58	123
Jeff Judkins	G-F	34	0	309	88	39	8	2	30	25	18	25	43	17	15	2	17	39	105
Audie Norris	C	30	0	311	63	26	0	0	30	14	25	44	69	24	13	2	33	61	66
Totals		840	410	19755	7124	3459	150	35	2512	1855	1180	2380	3560	2030	749	384	1473	1960	8808

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Jim Paxson	G-F	81	81	33.8	51.5	16.0	81.2	0.8	1.3	2.1	2.9	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.0	21.7
Calvin Natt	F	80	80	36.0	54.3	15.0	79.2	2.7	4.8	7.5	2.1	0.8	0.4	2.5	2.3	20.4
Mychal Thompson	C-F	80	80	37.7	48.9	0.0	62.1	2.3	7.1	9.4	4.8	0.9	1.4	3.5	2.7	15.7
Kenny Carr	F	82	26	28.4	50.5	33.3	69.7	2.2	5.0	7.2	1.4	0.8	0.5	2.3	3.7	12.0
Wayne Cooper	C-F	80	60	26.2	44.3	0.0	68.5	2.7	5.0	7.6	1.5	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.0	9.7
Fat Lever	G	81	45	24.9	43.1	33.3	73.0	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.3	1.9	0.2	1.7	2.2	7.8
Darnell Valentine	G	47	36	27.6	45.4	0.0	79.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	6.2	2.1	0.1	2.8	3.0	12.5
Jeff Lamp	F-G	59	1	11.7	42.5	16.7	80.8	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.1	4.4
Linton Townes	F-G	55	0	9.4	44.9	36.0	73.7	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.5	4.5
Pete Verhoeven	F	48	0	11.0	50.9	0.0	67.7	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.0	4.1
Don Buse	G	41	1	15.7	39.6	25.7	89.1	0.5	0.9	1.3	2.8	1.1	0.0	0.6	1.5	4.7
Hank McDowell	F-C	42	0	8.9	46.4	0.0	76.7	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.8	1.4	2.9
Jeff Judkins	G-F	34	0	9.1	44.3	25.0	83.3	0.5	0.7	1.3	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.1	3.1
Audie Norris	C	30	0	10.4	41.3		46.7	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.8	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.0	2.2
Averages		840	410	23.5	48.6	23.3	73.8	1.4	2.8	4.2	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	10.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Jim Paxson	G-F	7	260	116	68	4	2	33	25	4	11	15	18	9	1	15	11	163
Calvin Natt	F	7	274	102	50	2	1	48	31	22	42	64	11	8	1	9	14	132
Mychal Thompson	C-F	7	284	85	40	0	0	38	25	16	40	56	39	6	8	28	24	105
Wayne Cooper	C-F	7	228	74	36	0	0	17	15	24	32	56	9	2	8	17	33	87
Darnell Valentine	G	7	205	80	34	2	1	21	16	5	10	15	61	10	3	19	21	85
Kenny Carr	F	7	171	60	26	0	0	23	18	15	36	51	10	3	5	10	26	70
Fat Lever	G	7	134	42	19	0	0	5	4	3	11	14	31	7	0	4	13	42
Linton Townes	F-G	6	60	27	13	3	1	7	6	2	1	3	5	0	0	3	11	33
Audie Norris	C	7	53	13	7	0	0	2	1	3	9	12	5	2	2	2	5	15
Don Buse	G	5	31	8	2	0	0	4	3	0	2	2	7	0	0	2	2	7
Jeff Lamp	F-G	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Hank McDowell	F-C	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0
Totals		70	1705	610	296	11	5	198	144	94	196	290	198	47	28	109	162	741

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Jim Paxson	G-F	7	37.1	58.6	50.0	75.8	0.6	1.6	2.1	2.6	1.3	0.1	2.1	1.6	23.3
Calvin Natt	F	7	39.1	49.0	50.0	64.6	3.1	6.0	9.1	1.6	1.1	0.1	1.3	2.0	18.9
Mychal Thompson	C-F	7	40.6	47.1		65.8	2.3	5.7	8.0	5.6	0.9	1.1	4.0	3.4	15.0
Wayne Cooper	C-F	7	32.6	48.6		88.2	3.4	4.6	8.0	1.3	0.3	1.1	2.4	4.7	12.4
Darnell Valentine	G	7	29.3	42.5	50.0	76.2	0.7	1.4	2.1	8.7	1.4	0.4	2.7	3.0	12.1
Kenny Carr	F	7	24.4	43.3		78.3	2.1	5.1	7.3	1.4	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.7	10.0
Fat Lever	G	7	19.1	45.2		80.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.4	1.0	0.0	0.6	1.9	6.0
Linton Townes	F-G	6	10.0	48.1	33.3	85.7	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.8	5.5
Audie Norris	C	7	7.6	53.8		50.0	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.1
Don Buse	G	5	6.2	25.0		75.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.4
Jeff Lamp	F-G	1	1.0	50.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Hank McDowell	F-C	2	2.0	0.0			0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		840	24.4	48.5	45.5	72.7	1.3	2.8	4.1	2.8	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.3	10.6