NBA
1983-84 Season
Champions: Boston Celtics (4-3)
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The 1983-84 NBA season featured 23 teams across 1022 recorded games. Boston Celtics posted the league's best record at 62-20. Boston Celtics won the championship, defeating Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 in the Finals. Larry Bird was named Finals MVP; Larry Bird took the regular-season MVP award.
Final Standings
Eastern Conference
- Boston Celtics 🏆 62-20 0.756
- Philadelphia 76ers 52-30 0.634
- Milwaukee Bucks 50-32 0.610
- Detroit Pistons 49-33 0.598
- New York Knicks 47-35 0.573
- New Jersey Nets 45-37 0.549
- Atlanta Hawks 40-42 0.488
- Washington Bullets 35-47 0.427
- Cleveland Cavaliers 28-54 0.341
- Chicago Bulls 27-55 0.329
- Indiana Pacers 26-56 0.317
Western Conference
- Los Angeles Lakers 54-28 0.659
- Portland Trail Blazers 48-34 0.585
- Utah Jazz 45-37 0.549
- Dallas Mavericks 43-39 0.524
- Seattle SuperSonics 42-40 0.512
- Phoenix Suns 41-41 0.500
- Kansas City Kings 38-44 0.463
- Denver Nuggets 38-44 0.463
- San Antonio Spurs 37-45 0.451
- Golden State Warriors 37-45 0.451
- San Diego Clippers 30-52 0.366
- Houston Rockets 29-53 0.354
Season Leaders
Scoring
- 1 Adrian Dantley UTA 30.6 PPG
- 2 Mark Aguirre DAL 29.5 PPG
- 3 Kiki Vandeweghe DEN 29.4 PPG
- 4 Alex English DEN 26.4 PPG
- 5 Bernard King NYK 26.3 PPG
Rebounding
- 1 Moses Malone PHI 13.4 RPG
- 2 Buck Williams NJN 12.3 RPG
- 3 Jeff Ruland WSB 12.3 RPG
- 4 Bill Laimbeer DET 12.2 RPG
- 5 Ralph Sampson HOU 11.1 RPG
Assists
- 1 Magic Johnson LAL 13.1 APG
- 2 Isiah Thomas DET 11.1 APG
- 3 Norm Nixon SDC 11.1 APG
- 4 John Lucas SAS 10.7 APG
- 5 Johnny Moore SAS 9.6 APG
1983 Draft — Top Picks
- #1 Ralph Sampson Houston Rockets
- #2 Steve Stipanovich Indiana Pacers
- #3 Rodney McCray Houston Rockets