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1980-81 NBA Standings

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League Champion: Boston Celtics

Most Valuable Player: Julius Erving (24.6/8.0/4.4)
Rookie of the Year: Darrell Griffith (20.6/3.6/2.4)

PPG Leader: Adrian Dantley (30.7)
RPG Leader: Moses Malone (14.8)
APG Leader: Kevin Porter (9.1)
WS Leader: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14.3)

League Standings

Playoff teams are marked with an asterisk (*) ▪ Click conference name for conference standings
Eastern Conference W L W-L% GB PS/G PA/G SRS
Atlantic Division              
Boston Celtics* (1) 62 20 .756 — 109.9 104.0 6.05
Philadelphia 76ers* (3) 62 20 .756 — 111.7 103.8 7.76
New York Knicks* (4) 50 32 .610 12.0 107.9 106.3 2.00
Washington Bullets (7) 39 43 .476 23.0 105.6 105.6 0.42
New Jersey Nets (10) 24 58 .293 38.0 106.9 113.0 -5.15
Central Division              
Milwaukee Bucks* (2) 60 22 .732 — 113.1 105.9 7.14
Chicago Bulls* (5) 45 37 .549 15.0 109.0 107.0 2.34
Indiana Pacers* (6) 44 38 .537 16.0 107.6 106.2 1.72
Atlanta Hawks (8) 31 51 .378 29.0 104.9 108.0 -2.37
Cleveland Cavaliers (9) 28 54 .341 32.0 105.7 110.6 -4.15
Detroit Pistons (11) 21 61 .256 39.0 99.7 106.0 -5.58
Western Conference W L W-L% GB PS/G PA/G SRS
Midwest Division              
San Antonio Spurs* (2) 52 30 .634 — 112.3 109.4 2.18
Kansas City Kings* (5) 40 42 .488 12.0 106.9 106.9 -0.49
Houston Rockets* (6) 40 42 .488 12.0 108.3 107.9 -0.20
Denver Nuggets (8) 37 45 .451 15.0 121.8 122.3 -0.95
Utah Jazz (11) 28 54 .341 24.0 101.2 107.1 -5.99
Dallas Mavericks (12) 15 67 .183 37.0 101.5 109.9 -8.33
Pacific Division              
Phoenix Suns* (1) 57 25 .695 — 110.0 104.5 4.83
Los Angeles Lakers* (3) 54 28 .659 3.0 111.2 107.3 3.27
Portland Trail Blazers* (4) 45 37 .549 12.0 110.7 109.8 0.52
Golden State Warriors (7) 39 43 .476 18.0 109.8 111.0 -1.41
San Diego Clippers (9) 36 46 .439 21.0 106.5 108.1 -1.78
Seattle SuperSonics (10) 34 48 .415 23.0 104.0 105.7 -1.84

Expanded Standings

Place Conference Division All-Star Margin Month
Rk Team Overall Home Road E W A C M P Pre Post ≤3 ≥10 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
1 Boston Celtics 62-20 35-6 27-14 42-16 20-4 19-5 23-11 10-2 10-2 43-10 19-10 11-6 29-9 6-3 9-4 14-1 14-2 8-5 11-5
2 Philadelphia 76ers 62-20 37-4 25-16 42-16 20-4 15-9 27-7 11-1 9-3 44-10 18-10 8-5 38-7 8-2 15-1 10-4 11-3 10-3 8-7
3 Milwaukee Bucks 60-22 34-7 26-15 41-17 19-5 18-10 23-7 9-3 10-2 39-14 21-8 7-5 36-9 9-2 11-4 8-5 11-3 8-4 13-4
4 Phoenix Suns 57-25 36-5 21-20 13-9 44-16 4-6 9-3 22-8 22-8 41-16 16-9 9-4 36-10 9-1 13-3 10-5 9-7 8-4 8-5
5 Los Angeles Lakers 54-28 30-11 24-17 15-7 39-21 6-4 9-3 20-10 19-11 36-18 18-10 9-9 19-9 9-2 9-6 8-7 10-3 8-4 10-6
6 San Antonio Spurs 52-30 34-7 18-23 12-10 40-20 5-5 7-5 21-9 19-11 34-20 18-10 14-4 21-16 10-2 7-6 9-6 8-6 10-4 8-6
7 New York Knicks 50-32 28-13 22-19 36-22 14-10 14-10 22-12 8-4 6-6 31-22 19-10 17-5 19-13 6-2 9-6 10-5 6-9 10-4 9-6
8 Chicago Bulls 45-37 26-15 19-22 34-24 11-13 14-15 20-9 7-5 4-8 27-27 18-10 7-7 26-15 3-7 7-7 9-6 8-7 7-8 11-2
9 Portland Trail Blazers 45-37 30-11 15-26 12-10 33-27 4-6 8-4 15-15 18-12 27-27 18-10 10-8 16-17 3-6 4-12 13-2 7-7 7-6 11-4
10 Indiana Pacers 44-38 27-14 17-24 32-26 12-12 15-14 17-12 9-3 3-9 31-23 13-15 6-13 17-15 7-3 7-8 7-7 10-5 6-7 7-8
11 Houston Rockets 40-42 25-16 15-26 8-14 32-28 2-8 6-6 19-11 13-17 24-29 16-13 12-14 13-13 4-5 7-8 5-9 8-7 9-5 7-8
12 Kansas City Kings 40-42 24-17 16-25 10-12 30-30 5-5 5-7 19-11 11-19 24-30 16-12 11-10 13-16 5-7 5-9 7-8 7-6 9-5 7-7
13 Golden State Warriors 39-43 26-15 13-28 11-11 28-32 5-5 6-6 18-12 10-20 27-25 12-18 10-13 9-14 6-5 7-6 8-7 6-7 6-9 6-9
14 Washington Bullets 39-43 26-15 13-28 23-35 16-8 8-16 15-19 10-2 6-6 26-28 13-15 3-8 28-23 2-8 8-6 6-8 10-6 5-8 8-7
15 Denver Nuggets 37-45 23-18 14-27 9-13 28-32 2-8 7-5 13-17 15-15 20-32 17-13 11-14 16-13 2-7 8-7 3-10 7-8 7-6 10-7
16 San Diego Clippers 36-46 22-19 14-27 7-15 29-31 2-8 5-7 15-15 14-16 23-30 13-16 5-10 20-25 3-7 7-9 8-5 5-9 7-6 6-10
17 Seattle SuperSonics 34-48 22-19 12-29 11-11 23-37 3-7 8-4 16-14 7-23 21-31 13-17 10-9 11-20 5-7 6-7 6-7 4-10 8-7 5-10
18 Atlanta Hawks 31-51 20-21 11-30 18-40 13-11 9-19 9-21 8-4 5-7 19-34 12-17 7-18 9-18 5-5 3-11 10-5 1-13 5-7 7-10
19 Cleveland Cavaliers 28-54 20-21 8-33 19-39 9-15 8-20 11-19 5-7 4-8 22-32 6-22 7-9 12-27 4-8 4-10 5-9 9-5 3-9 3-13
20 Utah Jazz 28-54 20-21 8-33 6-16 22-38 2-8 4-8 13-17 9-21 23-32 5-22 11-6 7-31 6-5 7-6 3-12 7-9 2-11 3-11
21 New Jersey Nets 24-58 16-25 8-33 16-42 8-16 4-20 12-22 3-9 5-7 15-41 9-17 9-8 9-32 5-7 4-9 3-12 3-13 5-7 4-10
22 Detroit Pistons 21-61 14-27 7-34 16-42 5-19 7-21 9-21 4-8 1-11 13-42 8-19 8-13 6-27 1-9 7-8 2-12 3-13 3-10 5-9
23 Dallas Mavericks 15-67 11-30 4-37 3-19 12-48 2-8 1-11 5-25 7-23 8-45 7-22 4-8 4-35 2-10 1-12 2-14 3-9 1-13 6-9

Team vs. Team

Rk Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SDC SEA UTA WSB
1 Atlanta Hawks 2-4 2-4 1-5 2-0 1-1 4-2 2-0 1-1 1-5 1-1 0-2 1-5 3-2 2-4 1-5 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-4
2 Boston Celtics 4-2 5-1 4-1 2-0 2-0 4-1 1-1 2-0 3-3 1-1 2-0 3-3 6-0 5-1 3-3 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 5-1
3 Chicago Bulls 4-2 1-5 5-1 1-1 1-1 5-1 1-1 1-1 3-2 2-0 1-1 3-3 3-2 3-3 2-4 0-2 0-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 2-0 5-1
4 Cleveland Cavaliers 5-1 1-4 1-5 2-0 1-1 3-3 1-1 0-2 2-4 0-2 0-2 0-6 3-3 0-5 0-6 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 4-2
5 Dallas Mavericks 0-2 0-2 1-1 0-2 3-3 0-2 2-3 0-6 0-2 0-6 0-5 0-2 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-4 1-4 1-5 2-3 1-4 1-5 0-2
6 Denver Nuggets 1-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 3-3 2-0 3-2 2-4 1-1 4-2 3-2 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 1-4 2-3 2-4 3-2 3-2 2-4 0-2
7 Detroit Pistons 2-4 1-4 1-5 3-3 2-0 0-2 0-2 1-1 2-4 1-1 0-2 1-5 3-3 1-5 1-4 0-2 0-2 0-2 1-1 0-2 0-2 1-5
8 Golden State Warriors 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 3-2 2-3 2-0 3-2 1-1 5-0 1-5 1-1 1-1 2-0 0-2 2-4 2-4 1-4 2-4 3-3 4-1 1-1
9 Houston Rockets 1-1 0-2 1-1 2-0 6-0 4-2 1-1 2-3 1-1 2-4 2-3 0-2 2-0 0-2 0-2 1-4 3-2 3-3 1-4 4-1 4-2 0-2
10 Indiana Pacers 5-1 3-3 2-3 4-2 2-0 1-1 4-2 1-1 1-1 2-0 0-2 2-4 5-1 3-2 0-6 1-1 0-2 2-0 1-1 0-2 1-1 4-2
11 Kansas City Kings 1-1 1-1 0-2 2-0 6-0 2-4 1-1 0-5 4-2 0-2 0-5 1-1 2-0 1-1 0-2 3-2 3-2 2-4 3-2 2-3 5-1 1-1
12 Los Angeles Lakers 2-0 0-2 1-1 2-0 5-0 2-3 2-0 5-1 3-2 2-0 5-0 0-2 2-0 2-0 1-1 2-4 3-3 2-3 3-3 6-0 3-2 1-1
13 Milwaukee Bucks 5-1 3-3 3-3 6-0 2-0 1-1 5-1 1-1 2-0 4-2 1-1 2-0 5-1 3-3 3-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 4-1
14 New Jersey Nets 2-3 0-6 2-3 3-3 1-1 1-1 3-3 1-1 0-2 1-5 0-2 0-2 1-5 0-6 1-5 1-1 2-0 0-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 3-3
15 New York Knicks 4-2 1-5 3-3 5-0 1-1 2-0 5-1 0-2 2-0 2-3 1-1 0-2 3-3 6-0 3-3 1-1 1-1 0-2 2-0 2-0 2-0 4-2
16 Philadelphia 76ers 5-1 3-3 4-2 6-0 2-0 1-1 4-1 2-0 2-0 6-0 2-0 1-1 2-3 5-1 3-3 1-1 1-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 4-2
17 Phoenix Suns 2-0 0-2 2-0 1-1 4-1 4-1 2-0 4-2 4-1 1-1 2-3 4-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 3-3 3-2 6-0 5-1 5-0 1-1
18 Portland Trail Blazers 1-1 0-2 2-0 1-1 4-1 3-2 2-0 4-2 2-3 2-0 2-3 3-3 0-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 3-3 2-3 4-2 4-2 2-3 2-0
19 San Antonio Spurs 1-1 0-2 2-0 1-1 5-1 4-2 2-0 4-1 3-3 0-2 4-2 3-2 1-1 2-0 2-0 0-2 2-3 3-2 4-1 3-2 5-1 1-1
20 San Diego Clippers 1-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 3-2 2-3 1-1 4-2 4-1 1-1 2-3 3-3 0-2 2-0 0-2 0-2 0-6 2-4 1-4 5-1 3-2 0-2
21 Seattle SuperSonics 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 4-1 2-3 2-0 3-3 1-4 2-0 3-2 0-6 0-2 1-1 0-2 0-2 1-5 2-4 2-3 1-5 4-1 1-1
22 Utah Jazz 0-2 1-1 0-2 1-1 5-1 4-2 2-0 1-4 2-4 1-1 1-5 2-3 0-2 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-5 3-2 1-5 2-3 1-4 0-2
23 Washington Bullets 4-1 1-5 1-5 2-4 2-0 2-0 5-1 1-1 2-0 2-4 1-1 1-1 1-4 3-3 2-4 2-4 1-1 0-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0