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1981 NBA Western Conference First Round
Kings vs. Trail Blazers

League Champion: Boston Celtics

Finals MVP: Cedric Maxwell (17.7 / 9.5 / 2.8)

1981 Playoff Leaders:

PTS: Moses Malone (562)

TRB: Moses Malone (305)

AST: Maurice Cheeks (116)

WS: Moses Malone (3.5)

#5 Kansas City Kings (2-1) vs. #4 Portland Trail Blazers (1-2)

Game 1, Apr 1
Kansas City Kings	98	Final
Portland Trail Blazers	97

PTS	O. Birdsong-KCK	29
TRB	K. Washington-POR	17

Game 2, Apr 3
Portland Trail Blazers	124	Final
Kansas City Kings	119

PTS	M. Thompson-POR	40
TRB	K. Washington-POR	18

Game 3, Apr 5
Kansas City Kings	104	Final
Portland Trail Blazers	95

PTS	B. Bates-POR	34
TRB	K. Washington-POR	17

Playoff Series

Four Factors

Kansas City Kings Basic Stats

Kansas City Kings Basic Stats Table
			Totals																		Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Otis Birdsong	25	3	3	136	37	64	0	0	7	10	5	7	12	18	7	0	12	7	81	.578		.700	45.3	27.0	4.0	6.0	2.3	0.0
2	Scott Wedman	28	3	3	128	33	63	4	6	7	12	1	15	16	10	2	1	4	13	77	.524	.667	.583	42.7	25.7	5.3	3.3	0.7	0.3
3	Ernie Grunfeld	25	3	3	139	25	40	0	0	6	10	2	15	17	21	5	2	10	13	56	.625		.600	46.3	18.7	5.7	7.0	1.7	0.7
4	Reggie King	23	3	3	127	22	44	0	0	9	11	16	19	35	2	3	0	10	10	53	.500		.818	42.3	17.7	11.7	0.7	1.0	0.0
5	Sam Lacey	32	3	3	102	12	31	0	1	6	6	4	23	27	23	4	4	5	14	30	.387	.000	1.000	34.0	10.0	9.0	7.7	1.3	1.3
6	Joe Meriweather	27	3	0	65	8	16	0	0	1	1	3	7	10	3	2	0	4	4	17	.500		1.000	21.7	5.7	3.3	1.0	0.7	0.0
7	John Lambert	28	3	0	21	1	5	0	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	0	2	1	3	3	.200	.000	1.000	7.0	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.7
8	Frankie Sanders	24	2	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1.000			2.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
9	Lloyd Walton	27	3	0	27	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	9	0	0	3	0	2	.250			9.0	0.7	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0
10	Leon Douglas	26	3	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	1	3	0				6.7	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	26.6	3		770	140	268	4	8	37	51	33	97	130	88	24	9	50	68	321	.522	.500	.725	256.7	107.0	43.3	29.3	8.0	3.0

Portland Trail Blazers Basic Stats

Portland Trail Blazers Basic Stats Table
			Totals																		Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Billy Ray Bates	24	3	2	115	35	62	1	1	14	17	3	4	7	13	5	1	11	11	85	.565	1.000	.824	38.3	28.3	2.3	4.3	1.7	0.3
2	Mychal Thompson	26	3	3	132	31	51	0	0	13	18	5	18	23	4	3	9	7	10	75	.608		.722	44.0	25.0	7.7	1.3	1.0	3.0
3	Kelvin Ransey	22	3	3	131	23	65	0	1	3	6	5	7	12	25	6	1	11	8	49	.354	.000	.500	43.7	16.3	4.0	8.3	2.0	0.3
4	Calvin Natt	24	3	3	95	14	31	0	0	4	8	6	14	20	1	1	1	7	4	32	.452		.500	31.7	10.7	6.7	0.3	0.3	0.3
5	Bob Gross	27	3	0	60	9	14	0	0	9	14	5	3	8	5	2	2	5	9	27	.643		.643	20.0	9.0	2.7	1.7	0.7	0.7
6	Kermit Washington	29	3	3	128	12	23	0	1	2	2	14	38	52	7	8	2	7	9	26	.522	.000	1.000	42.7	8.7	17.3	2.3	2.7	0.7
7	Kevin Kunnert	29	3	0	43	5	10	0	1	1	4	2	7	9	1	1	0	3	7	11	.500	.000	.250	14.3	3.7	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.0
8	Mike Gale	30	3	0	51	4	16	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	9	5	0	2	2	8	.250			17.0	2.7	1.7	3.0	1.7	0.0
9	Mike Harper	23	1	0	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000		1.000	6.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
10	Tom Owens	31	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0				5.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
11	Jim Paxson	23	1	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000			4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	25.7	3		770	134	276	1	4	47	70	42	96	138	65	31	16	53	61	316	.486	.250	.671	256.7	105.3	46.0	21.7	10.3	5.3

More 1981 Playoffs Pages

1981 NBA Playoffs

Player Stats

East Conf 1st Round

West Conf 1st Round

East Conf Semis

West Conf Semis

East Conf Finals

Philadelphia 76ers vs. Boston Celtics

West Conf Finals

Houston Rockets vs. Kansas City Kings

Finals

Houston Rockets vs. Boston Celtics

1980-81 Reg. Season Summary