| Record: | 63 - 19 Season Stats |
| Coach: | Bill Fitch |
| Finish: | 1st Atlantic Div |
| Playoffs: | Lost in 3rd Round 4-3 to the Philadelphia 76ers |
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| Total | Home | Away | OT | |
| 63 - 19 | 35 - 6 | 28 - 13 | 3 - 1 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 10/30/1981 | Washington Bullets | 124 - 100 | 1 - 0 | W 1 | |||
| 10/31/1981 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | 103 - 119 | 1 - 1 | L 1 | ||
| 11/4/1981 | Chicago Bulls | 115 - 93 | 2 - 1 | W 1 | |||
| 11/6/1981 | Indiana Pacers | 111 - 94 | 3 - 1 | W 2 | |||
| 11/7/1981 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 129 - 88 | 4 - 1 | W 3 | ||
| 11/10/1981 | @ | Washington Bullets | 90 - 84 | 5 - 1 | W 4 | ||
| 11/11/1981 | Kansas City Kings | 115 - 100 | 6 - 1 | W 5 | |||
| 11/13/1981 | New Jersey Nets | 111 - 97 | 7 - 1 | W 6 | Hartford | ||
| 11/14/1981 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | 92 - 91 | 8 - 1 | W 7 | ||
| 11/17/1981 | @ | Chicago Bulls | 98 - 95 | 9 - 1 | W 8 | ||
| 11/18/1981 | Houston Rockets | 104 - 106 | 9 - 2 | L 1 | |||
| 11/20/1981 | Milwaukee Bucks | 112 - 89 | 10 - 2 | W 1 | |||
| 11/25/1981 | Golden State Warriors | 122 - 101 | 11 - 2 | W 2 | |||
| 11/27/1981 | Washington Bullets | 113 - 100 | 12 - 2 | W 3 | |||
| 11/28/1981 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 98 - 90 | 13 - 2 | W 4 | ||
| 12/1/1981 | @ | Indiana Pacers | 87 - 90 | 13 - 3 | L 1 | ||
| 12/2/1981 | Detroit Pistons | 115 - 114 | 14 - 3 | W 1 | |||
| 12/4/1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | 111 - 103 | 15 - 3 | W 2 | |||
| 12/5/1981 | @ | New York Knicks | 83 - 103 | 15 - 4 | L 1 | ||
| 12/9/1981 | New Jersey Nets | 109 - 100 | 16 - 4 | W 1 | |||
| 12/11/1981 | Atlanta Hawks | 94 - 86 | 17 - 4 | W 2 | Hartford | ||
| 12/12/1981 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 97 - 108 | 17 - 5 | L 1 | ||
| 12/16/1981 | Dallas Mavericks | 109 - 92 | 18 - 5 | W 1 | |||
| 12/18/1981 | @ | Washington Bullets | 99 - 98 | 19 - 5 | W 2 | ||
| 12/19/1981 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 118 - 123 | OT | 19 - 6 | L 1 | |
| 12/22/1981 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 120 - 116 | 20 - 6 | W 1 | |||
| 12/26/1981 | @ | Kansas City Kings | 124 - 119 | OT | 21 - 6 | W 2 | |
| 12/29/1981 | @ | Denver Nuggets | 123 - 128 | 21 - 7 | L 1 | ||
| 12/30/1981 | @ | Utah Jazz | 121 - 110 | 22 - 7 | W 1 | ||
| 1/2/1982 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | 106 - 103 | 23 - 7 | W 2 | ||
| 1/6/1982 | Chicago Bulls | 102 - 116 | 23 - 8 | L 1 | |||
| 1/8/1982 | Philadelphia 76ers | 96 - 90 | 24 - 8 | W 1 | |||
| 1/10/1982 | Detroit Pistons | 134 - 124 | 25 - 8 | W 2 | Hartford | ||
| 1/11/1982 | @ | New Jersey Nets | 112 - 94 | 26 - 8 | W 3 | ||
| 1/13/1982 | Atlanta Hawks | 116 - 95 | 27 - 8 | W 4 | |||
| 1/15/1982 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | 118 - 122 | 27 - 9 | L 1 | ||
| 1/16/1982 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 128 - 120 | 28 - 9 | W 1 | ||
| 1/19/1982 | @ | New York Knicks | 111 - 107 | 29 - 9 | W 2 | ||
| 1/20/1982 | Indiana Pacers | 112 - 103 | 30 - 9 | W 3 | |||
| 1/22/1982 | Seattle Supersonics | 106 - 118 | 30 - 10 | L 1 | |||
| 1/24/1982 | Portland Trailblazers | 119 - 123 | 30 - 11 | L 2 | |||
| 1/27/1982 | New York Knicks | 131 - 99 | 31 - 11 | W 1 | |||
| 1/28/1982 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | 116 - 104 | 32 - 11 | W 2 | ||
| 2/2/1982 | @ | Indiana Pacers | 109 - 105 | 33 - 11 | W 3 | ||
| 2/5/1982 | Denver Nuggets | 145 - 144 | 34 - 11 | W 4 | |||
| 2/7/1982 | Los Angeles Lakers | 113 - 119 | 34 - 12 | L 1 | |||
| 2/10/1982 | @ | Phoenix Suns | 110 - 112 | 34 - 13 | L 2 | ||
| 2/12/1982 | @ | San Diego Clippers | 129 - 116 | 35 - 13 | W 1 | ||
| 2/14/1982 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 108 - 103 | 36 - 13 | W 2 | ||
| 2/17/1982 | @ | Golden State Warriors | 105 - 121 | 36 - 14 | L 1 | ||
| 2/19/1982 | @ | Portland Trailblazers | 127 - 117 | 37 - 14 | W 1 | ||
| 2/21/1982 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | 100 - 103 | 37 - 15 | L 1 | ||
| 2/24/1982 | Utah Jazz | 132 - 90 | 38 - 15 | W 1 | |||
| 2/26/1982 | San Diego Clippers | 122 - 110 | 39 - 15 | W 2 | |||
| 2/28/1982 | Milwaukee Bucks | 106 - 102 | 40 - 15 | W 3 | |||
| 3/2/1982 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | 101 - 97 | 41 - 15 | W 4 | ||
| 3/4/1982 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | 110 - 101 | 42 - 15 | W 5 | ||
| 3/5/1982 | @ | Houston Rockets | 100 - 98 | 43 - 15 | W 6 | ||
| 3/7/1982 | New York Knicks | 107 - 106 | 44 - 15 | W 7 | |||
| 3/8/1982 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 111 - 101 | 45 - 15 | W 8 | ||
| 3/10/1982 | Indiana Pacers | 121 - 100 | 46 - 15 | W 9 | |||
| 3/12/1982 | @ | New Jersey Nets | 113 - 109 | 47 - 15 | W 10 | ||
| 3/14/1982 | Phoenix Suns | 105 - 92 | 48 - 15 | W 11 | |||
| 3/16/1982 | @ | Washington Bullets | 98 - 97 | OT | 49 - 15 | W 12 | |
| 3/17/1982 | Atlanta Hawks | 113 - 109 | 50 - 15 | W 13 | |||
| 3/19/1982 | San Antonio Spurs | 134 - 110 | 51 - 15 | W 14 | |||
| 3/21/1982 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 123 - 111 | 52 - 15 | W 15 | ||
| 3/23/1982 | @ | Chicago Bulls | 110 - 103 | 53 - 15 | W 16 | ||
| 3/24/1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 136 - 115 | 54 - 15 | W 17 | |||
| 3/26/1982 | Detroit Pistons | 125 - 104 | 55 - 15 | W 18 | |||
| 3/28/1982 | Philadelphia 76ers | 98 - 116 | 55 - 16 | L 1 | |||
| 3/31/1982 | Washington Bullets | 119 - 109 | 56 - 16 | W 1 | |||
| 4/2/1982 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 110 - 107 | 57 - 16 | W 2 | ||
| 4/4/1982 | Chicago Bulls | 114 - 112 | 58 - 16 | W 3 | |||
| 4/6/1982 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | 116 - 122 | 58 - 17 | L 1 | ||
| 4/8/1982 | @ | New York Knicks | 110 - 106 | 59 - 17 | W 1 | ||
| 4/9/1982 | New Jersey Nets | 106 - 103 | 60 - 17 | W 2 | |||
| 4/11/1982 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 110 - 109 | OT | 61 - 17 | W 3 | |
| 4/13/1982 | @ | Chicago Bulls | 115 - 120 | 61 - 18 | L 1 | ||
| 4/14/1982 | Milwaukee Bucks | 100 - 91 | 62 - 18 | W 1 | |||
| 4/16/1982 | @ | New Jersey Nets | 96 - 113 | 62 - 19 | L 1 | ||
| 4/18/1982 | New York Knicks | 119 - 99 | 63 - 19 | W 1 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 4/25/1982 | Washington Bullets | 109 - 91 | 1 - 0 | W 1 | |||
| 4/28/1982 | Washington Bullets | 102 - 103 | 1 - 1 | L 1 | |||
| 5/1/1982 | @ | Washington Bullets | 92 - 83 | 2 - 1 | W 1 | ||
| 5/2/1982 | @ | Washington Bullets | 103 - 99 | OT | 3 - 1 | W 2 | |
| 5/5/1982 | Washington Bullets | 131 - 126 | 2OT | 4 - 1 | W 3 | ||
| 5/9/1982 | Philadelphia 76ers | 121 - 81 | 5 - 1 | W 4 | |||
| 5/12/1982 | Philadelphia 76ers | 113 - 121 | 5 - 2 | L 1 | |||
| 5/15/1982 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 97 - 99 | 5 - 3 | L 2 | ||
| 5/16/1982 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 94 - 119 | 5 - 4 | L 3 | ||
| 5/19/1982 | Philadelphia 76ers | 114 - 85 | 6 - 4 | W 1 | |||
| 5/21/1982 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 88 - 75 | 7 - 4 | W 2 | ||
| 5/23/1982 | Philadelphia 76ers | 106 - 120 | 7 - 5 | L 1 |