Denver Nuggets beat New Jersey Nets 117–108 for the NBA belt (Feb 17, 1983)

New Jersey Nets had held it since February 8, 1983, with 1 defense over 9 days.

Denver Nuggets held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to New York Knicks on February 19, 1983.

1,452Reign number

15Team's reign

0Defenses

2Days held

Box score

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Albert King	38	25	7	6	1	0	11-22	0-1	3-4
Darryl Dawkins	33	15	7	3	1	4	7-12	0-0	1-4
Micheal Ray Richardson	24	14	8	6	3	0	6-22	0-2	2-2
Darwin Cook	33	14	3	4	3	2	6-11	0-0	2-2
Otis Birdsong	35	12	2	7	4	0	6-13	0-0	0-0
Len Elmore	25	12	7	0	1	1	4-7	0-0	4-4
Buck Williams	24	10	8	1	1	1	4-7	0-0	2-4
Foots Walker	10	4	0	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	2-2
Mike Gminski	8	2	3	1	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0
Jan Van Breda Kolff	10	0	2	1	0	1	0-2	0-0	0-0

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Alex English	38	33	14	1	3	4	9-20	0-0	15-17
Kiki Vandeweghe	35	28	4	2	0	0	11-19	1-1	5-6
Dan Issel	35	16	4	2	0	0	7-13	0-0	2-2
Rob Williams	28	13	4	6	8	0	5-11	0-0	3-4
T.R. Dunn	36	11	17	2	1	1	5-11	0-0	1-3
Glen Gondrezick	21	6	1	0	1	0	1-4	0-0	4-4
Billy McKinney	13	5	1	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	1-2
Dan Schayes	15	3	3	1	0	0	1-4	0-0	1-2
Bill Hanzlik	12	2	1	5	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0
Dave Robisch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Mike Evans	4	0	0	2	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Denver Nuggets take the belt