Portland Trail Blazers Playoff Rosters

1982-1983 Portland Trail Blazers Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Don Buse SG 6-4 190 Aug 20, 1950 32 Evansville 6 1972 3rd Rnd, #34, Phoenix Suns
Kenny Carr GF 6-7 220 Aug 15, 1955 27 NC State 5 1977 1st Rnd, #6, Los Angeles Lakers
Wayne Cooper FC 6-10 220 Nov 16, 1956 26 New Orleans 4 1978 2nd Rnd, #40, Golden State Warriors
Petur Gudmundsson C 7-2 260 Oct 30, 1958 24 Valur (Iceland) 1 1981 3rd Rnd, #61, Portland Trail Blazers
Jeff Lamp GF 6-6 195 Mar 9, 1959 24 Virginia 1 1981 1st Rnd, #15, Portland Trail Blazers
Fat Lever PG 6-3 170 Aug 18, 1960 22 Arizona State 0 1982 1st Rnd, #11, Portland Trail Blazers
Hank McDowell FC 6-9 215 Nov 13, 1959 23 Memphis 1 1981 5th Rnd, #102, Golden State Warriors
Calvin Natt SF 6-6 220 Jan 8, 1957 26 Louisiana-Monroe 3 1979 1st Rnd, #8, New Jersey Nets
Audie Norris C 6-9 230 Dec 18, 1960 22 Jackson State 0 1982 2nd Rnd, #37, Portland Trail Blazers
Jim Paxson G-F 6-6 200 Jul 9, 1957 25 Dayton 3 1979 1st Rnd, #12, Portland Trail Blazers
Mychal Thompson FC 6-10 226 Jan 30, 1955 28 Minnesota 4 1978 1st Rnd, #1, Portland Trail Blazers
Linton Townes GF 6-7 190 Nov 30, 1959 23 James Madison 0 1982 2nd Rnd, #33, Portland Trail Blazers
Darnell Valentine PG 6-1 183 Feb 3, 1959 24 Kansas 1 1981 1st Rnd, #16, Portland Trail Blazers
Pete Verhoeven PF 6-9 215 Feb 15, 1959 24 Fresno State 1 1981 4th Rnd, #85, Portland Trail Blazers

1982-1983 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Boston Celtics #6 Atlanta Hawks BOS in 3
First Round #4 New Jersey Nets #5 New York Knicks NYK in 2
Second Round #1 Philadelphia Sixers #5 New York Knicks PHI in 4
Second Round #3 Boston Celtics #2 Milwaukee Bucks MIL in 4
Conference Finals #1 Philadelphia Sixers #2 Milwaukee Bucks PHI in 5

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Phoenix Suns #6 Denver Nuggets DEN in 3
First Round #4 Seattle SuperSonics #5 Portland Trail Blazers POR in 2
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #5 Portland Trail Blazers LAL in 5
Second Round #2 San Antonio Spurs #6 Denver Nuggets SAS in 5
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #2 San Antonio Spurs LAL in 6

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Philadelphia Sixers #1 Los Angeles Lakers PHI in 4

1982-1983 Portland Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Jim Paxson 7 37.1 23.3 2.1 2.6 1.3 0.1 2.1
Calvin Natt 7 39.1 18.9 9.1 1.6 1.1 0.1 1.3
Mychal Thompson 7 40.6 15.0 8.0 5.6 0.9 1.1 4.0
Wayne Cooper 7 32.6 12.4 8.0 1.3 0.3 1.1 2.4
Darnell Valentine 7 29.3 12.1 2.1 8.7 1.4 0.4 2.7
Kenny Carr 7 24.4 10.0 7.3 1.4 0.4 0.7 1.4
Fat Lever 7 19.1 6.0 2.0 4.4 1.0 0.0 0.6
Linton Townes 6 10.0 5.5 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.5
Audie Norris 7 7.6 2.1 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3
Don Buse 5 6.2 1.4 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.4
Jeff Lamp 1 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hank McDowell 2 2.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

1982-1983 Portland Trail Blazers Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Portland Leaders Seattle Leaders
Apr 20, 1983
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Seattle
W, 97-108 Kingdome
Opening Round
1-0 PTS: 25. M. Thompson
REB: 11. Calvin Natt
AST: 8. M. Thompson
PTS: 34. Gus Williams
REB: 15. Jack Sikma
AST: 7. Jack Sikma
Apr 22, 1983
v.
Seattle
W, 105-96 Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Opening Round
2-0 PTS: 26. Jim Paxson
REB: 12. M. Thompson
AST: 6. M. Thompson
PTS: 31. Gus Williams
REB: 18. Danny Vranes
AST: 4. Jack Sikma

1982-1983 Portland Trail Blazers Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Portland Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
Apr 24, 1983
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L.A. Lakers
L, 118-97 The Forum
Conference Semi Finals
0-1 PTS: 22. M. Thompson
REB: 9. M. Thompson
AST: 7. M. Thompson
PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar
REB: 9. M. Johnson
AST: 16. M. Johnson
Apr 26, 1983
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L.A. Lakers
L, 112-106 The Forum
Conference Semi Finals
0-2 PTS: 26. Calvin Natt
REB: 7. Wayne Cooper
AST: 15. D. Valentine
PTS: 37. K. Abdul-Jabbar
REB: 9. J. Wilkes
AST: 7. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Apr 29, 1983
v.
L.A. Lakers
L, 109-115 Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Conference Semi Finals
0-3 PTS: 22. Calvin Natt
REB: 10. Calvin Natt
AST: 14. D. Valentine
PTS: 30. K. Abdul-Jabbar
REB: 9. J. Wilkes
AST: 11. M. Johnson
May 1, 1983
v.
L.A. Lakers
W, 108-95 Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Conference Semi Finals
1-3 PTS: 20. Jim Paxson
REB: 10. Calvin Natt
AST: 11. D. Valentine
PTS: 34. K. Abdul-Jabbar
REB: 9. K. Abdul-Jabbar
AST: 8. M. Johnson
May 3, 1983
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L.A. Lakers
L, 116-108 The Forum
Conference Semi Finals
1-4 PTS: 32. Jim Paxson
REB: 11. Calvin Natt
AST: 8. D. Valentine
PTS: 36. Norm Nixon
REB: 11. K. Abdul-Jabbar
AST: 15. M. Johnson