1983–84 NBA season

Infobox sports season
title =1983–84 NBA season
league =National Basketball Association
sport =Basketball
TV =CBS, ESPN
season =Regular season
season_champ =Boston Celtics
MVP =flagicon|USA Larry Bird (Boston)
MVP_link =NBA MVP
top_scorer =flagicon|USA Adrian Dantley (Utah)
playoffs =Playoffs
playoffs_link =1984 NBA Playoffs
conf1 =Eastern
conf1_link =Eastern Conference (NBA)
conf1_champ =Boston Celtics
conf1_runner-up =Milwaukee Bucks
conf2 =Western
conf2_link =Western Conference (NBA)
conf2_champ =Los Angeles Lakers
conf2_runner-up =Phoenix Suns
finals =Finals
finals_link =1984 NBA Finals
finals_champ =Boston Celtics
finals_runner-up =Los Angeles Lakers
finals_MVP =flagicon|USA Larry Bird (Boston)
finals_MVP_link =NBA Finals MVP
seasonslist =List of NBA seasons
seasonslistnames =NBA
prevseason_link =1982–83 NBA season
prevseason_year =1982–83
nextseason_link =1984–85 NBA season
nextseason_year =1984–85The 1983–84 NBA season was the 38th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.

Notable occurrences

*The 1984 NBA All-Star Game was played at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado, with the East defeating the West 154-145. Isiah Thomas of the Detroit Pistons wins the game's MVP award. Larry Nance of the Phoenix Suns won the first NBA Slam Dunk Championship.
*David Stern begins his tenure as the league's fourth commissioner.
*The NBA Playoffs were expanded from 6 teams per conference to 8, where it stands to this date.
*Kareem Abdul-Jabbar surpassed Wilt Chamberlain to become the all-time NBA career leader in points.
* The Denver Nuggets & Detroit Pistons play in the highest scoring game in NBA history with the Pistons winning 186-184.
* The Dallas Mavericks made its first postseason appearance, beating the Seattle SuperSonics 3-2 before bowing out to the Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 in the Conference Semifinals.

Final standings

Eastern Conference

C - NBA Champions

1983-84 NBA statistics leaders

NBA awards

*Most Valuable Player: Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
*Rookie of the Year: Ralph Sampson, Houston Rockets
*Defensive Player of the Year: Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee Bucks
*Sixth Man of the Year: Kevin McHale, Boston Celtics
*Coach of the Year: Frank Layden, Utah Jazz
*All-NBA First Team:
**Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
**Bernard King, New York Knicks
**Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
**Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons
**Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
*All-NBA Rookie Team:
**Steve Stipanovich, Indiana Pacers
**Ralph Sampson, Houston Rockets
**Darrell Walker, New York Knicks
**Jeff Malone, Washington Bullets
**Thurl Bailey, Utah Jazz
**Byron Scott, Los Angeles Lakers
*NBA All-Defensive First Team:
**Bobby Jones, Philadelphia 76ers
**Michael Cooper, Los Angeles Lakers
**Wayne Rollins, Atlanta Hawks
**Maurice Cheeks, Philadelphia 76ers
**Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee Bucks
*NBA All-Defensive Second Team:
**Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
**Dan Roundfield, Atlanta Hawks
**Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
**Dennis Johnson, Boston Celtics
**T.R. Dunn, Denver Nuggets

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