- 1983 NBA Finals
NBA Finals summary
caption =
year = 1983
runnerup =Los Angeles Lakers
runnerup_coach =Pat Riley
runnerup_games = 0
champion =Philadelphia 76ers
champion_coach =Billy Cunningham
champion_games = 4
date=May 22 -May 31
MVP =Moses Malone
(Philadelphia 76ers)
television = CBS (U.S.)
announcers =Dick Stockton andBill Russell
HOFers =Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1995)Julius Erving (1993)Magic Johnson (2002)Moses Malone (2001)Bob McAdoo (2000)James Worthy (2003; did not play)
Coaches:
Billy Cunningham (1986, player)
Pat Riley (2008)
Broadcasters:Chick Hearn
radio_network =
radio_announcers =Chick Hearn (Lakers)
referees_1 =Earl Strom andEd T. Rush
referees_2 =Darrell Garretson andJohn Vanak
referees_3 =Jake O'Donnell andEd T. Rush
referees_4 = Hugh Evans andEarl Strom
ECF result = 76ers defeat Bucks, 4-1
WCF result = Lakers defeat Spurs, 4-2The 1983 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the
1982-83 NBA season .Overview
The final piece of the
Philadelphia 76ers ' championship puzzle was completed before the 1982-83 season when they acquired centerMoses Malone from theHouston Rockets . They went on to capture their historic second NBA championship as they won 65 games, and stormed through the playoffs, first sweeping theNew York Knicks , and then beating theMilwaukee Bucks in five games. They finally finished it off with a four game sweep of theLos Angeles Lakers , who had defeated them the season before.Said head coach
Billy Cunningham , "The difference from last year was Moses." Malone was named MVP of the 1983 Finals, as well as league MVP for the third time in his career. The 76ers completed one of the most dominating playoff runs in league history with a 12-1 mark after league and NBA Finals MVP Moses promised "Fo', fo', fo" (as in "four, four, four" - four wins to sweep round 1, four wins to sweep round 2, etc.), but it actually wound up as "Fo', fi', fo." (four, five, four). The 76ers were also led byJulius Erving ,Maurice Cheeks ,Andrew Toney , and Bobby Jones.Notable occurances
The 1983 NBA Finals was the last to end before
June 1 .This championship is especially noted because it is the last major sports championship for the city of Philadelphia. No other city with all four professional sports teams has a championship drought as long as of 2008. (25 Years)
"That Championship Feeling"
Following the 1983 NBA Finals, a video documentary called "That Championship Feeling" recaps the NBA Playoff action that year.
Dick Stockton , who called the Finals for CBS withBill Russell , narrated the video, andIrene Cara 's 1983 hit single"What A Feeling" is the official theme song for the video documentary. For the first time,NBA Entertainment usedvideotape instead offilm for all the on-court and off-court footage.Team rosters
Navbox
navbar=plain
titlestyle = background:#c22; color:darkblue;
title = Philadelphia 76ers 1982-83 NBA Champions
list1 =2 Malone (Finals MVP) !4 Richardson !6 Erving !8 Iavaroni !10 Cheeks !14 Edwards !22 Toney !24 Jones !25 Cureton !31 McNamara !33 R. Johnson !45 C. Johnson !Head Coach Cunninghamee also
*
1983 NBA Playoffs External links
* [http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19821983.html NBA History]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.