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31-51, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 104.9 points per game, Allowed 108.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 33-49)
Coached by Hubie Brown (31-48), Mike Fratello (0-3)
Arena: Omni Coliseum / Attendance: 362,702 (16th of 23 available)
SRS: -2.37 (18th of 23) / Pace Factor: 99.4 (21st of 23)
Offensive Rating: 104.3 (16th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 107.3 (17th of 23)
1980-81 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 11, 1980 | Chicago Bulls | W | 101 | 93 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Oct 14, 1980 | Boston Celtics | W | 122 | 116 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Oct 17, 1980 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 113 | 101 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 18, 1980 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | OT | 125 | 123 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 5 | Tue, Oct 21, 1980 | Indiana Pacers | L | 116 | 121 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 6 | Fri, Oct 24, 1980 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 97 | 104 | 4 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Oct 25, 1980 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 100 | 113 | 4 | 3 | L 3 | |||
| 8 | Tue, Oct 28, 1980 | Kansas City Kings | W | 119 | 109 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Thu, Oct 30, 1980 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 115 | 116 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Fri, Oct 31, 1980 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 96 | 107 | 5 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 1, 1980 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 93 | 99 | 5 | 6 | L 3 | |||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 4, 1980 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 98 | 122 | 5 | 7 | L 4 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Nov 5, 1980 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 104 | 5 | 8 | L 5 | ||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 7, 1980 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 100 | 103 | 5 | 9 | L 6 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 8, 1980 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 111 | 115 | 5 | 10 | L 7 | ||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 11, 1980 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 97 | 126 | 5 | 11 | L 8 | |||
| 17 | Thu, Nov 13, 1980 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 111 | 114 | 5 | 12 | L 9 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 15, 1980 | Washington Bullets | L | 88 | 100 | 5 | 13 | L 10 | |||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 18, 1980 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 97 | 93 | 6 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 20 | Sat, Nov 22, 1980 | Utah Jazz | W | 99 | 93 | 7 | 13 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Nov 25, 1980 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 112 | 108 | 8 | 13 | W 3 | |||
| 22 | Wed, Nov 26, 1980 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 89 | 110 | 8 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Nov 28, 1980 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 108 | 113 | 8 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | Detroit Pistons | L | 95 | 98 | 8 | 16 | L 3 | |||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 2, 1980 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | OT | 112 | 108 | 9 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 3, 1980 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 101 | 106 | 9 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Fri, Dec 5, 1980 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 100 | 104 | 9 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 6, 1980 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 110 | 104 | 10 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 29 | Tue, Dec 9, 1980 | San Diego Clippers | W | 114 | 87 | 11 | 18 | W 2 | |||
| 30 | Wed, Dec 10, 1980 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 100 | 92 | 12 | 18 | W 3 | ||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 122 | 119 | 13 | 18 | W 4 | |||
| 32 | Tue, Dec 16, 1980 | New Jersey Nets | W | 131 | 114 | 14 | 18 | W 5 | |||
| 33 | Thu, Dec 18, 1980 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 109 | 97 | 15 | 18 | W 6 | ||
| 34 | Fri, Dec 19, 1980 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 92 | 95 | 15 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 35 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | OT | 119 | 122 | 15 | 20 | L 2 | |
| 36 | Tue, Dec 23, 1980 | Washington Bullets | W | 100 | 83 | 16 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Fri, Dec 26, 1980 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 108 | 95 | 17 | 20 | W 2 | ||
| 38 | Sat, Dec 27, 1980 | Boston Celtics | L | 107 | 112 | 17 | 21 | L 1 | |||
| 39 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | Detroit Pistons | W | 96 | 89 | 18 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Fri, Jan 2, 1981 | Indiana Pacers | L | 106 | 109 | 18 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 95 | 131 | 18 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 6, 1981 | Phoenix Suns | L | 106 | 113 | 18 | 24 | L 3 | |||
| 43 | Thu, Jan 8, 1981 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 95 | 98 | 18 | 25 | L 4 | ||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 9, 1981 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | OT | 107 | 108 | 18 | 26 | L 5 | ||
| 45 | Tue, Jan 13, 1981 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 132 | 135 | 18 | 27 | L 6 | ||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 14, 1981 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 85 | 106 | 18 | 28 | L 7 | ||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 16, 1981 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 111 | 110 | 19 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 18, 1981 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 86 | 120 | 19 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Wed, Jan 21, 1981 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 106 | 116 | 19 | 30 | L 2 | ||
| 50 | Fri, Jan 23, 1981 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 98 | 106 | 19 | 31 | L 3 | |||
| 51 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | Chicago Bulls | L | 102 | 104 | 19 | 32 | L 4 | |||
| 52 | Tue, Jan 27, 1981 | Washington Bullets | L | 104 | 105 | 19 | 33 | L 5 | |||
| 53 | Thu, Jan 29, 1981 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 111 | 114 | 19 | 34 | L 6 | |||
| 54 | Tue, Feb 3, 1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 93 | 97 | 19 | 35 | L 7 | |||
| 55 | Fri, Feb 6, 1981 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 100 | 98 | 20 | 35 | W 1 | ||
| 56 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 81 | 87 | 20 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 10, 1981 | Golden State Warriors | W | 116 | 108 | 21 | 36 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Thu, Feb 12, 1981 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 109 | 110 | 21 | 37 | L 1 | ||
| 59 | Fri, Feb 13, 1981 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 106 | 113 | 21 | 38 | L 2 | ||
| 60 | Sun, Feb 15, 1981 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 98 | 116 | 21 | 39 | L 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Feb 18, 1981 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 99 | 96 | 22 | 39 | W 1 | ||
| 62 | Sat, Feb 21, 1981 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 118 | 105 | 23 | 39 | W 2 | ||
| 63 | Sun, Feb 22, 1981 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 121 | 116 | 24 | 39 | W 3 | ||
| 64 | Tue, Feb 24, 1981 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 117 | 120 | 24 | 40 | L 1 | |||
| 65 | Fri, Feb 27, 1981 | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 132 | 24 | 41 | L 2 | |||
| 66 | Sun, Mar 1, 1981 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 108 | 102 | 25 | 41 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 3, 1981 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 100 | 93 | 26 | 41 | W 2 | ||
| 68 | Thu, Mar 5, 1981 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 91 | 107 | 26 | 42 | L 1 | ||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 6, 1981 | New Jersey Nets | W | 109 | 106 | 27 | 42 | W 1 | |||
| 70 | Sat, Mar 7, 1981 | Houston Rockets | W | 114 | 108 | 28 | 42 | W 2 | |||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 10, 1981 | Chicago Bulls | L | 116 | 118 | 28 | 43 | L 1 | |||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 11, 1981 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 97 | 100 | 28 | 44 | L 2 | ||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 13, 1981 | Denver Nuggets | W | 119 | 117 | 29 | 44 | W 1 | |||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 14, 1981 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | OT | 110 | 112 | 29 | 45 | L 1 | ||
| 75 | Tue, Mar 17, 1981 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 107 | 122 | 29 | 46 | L 2 | ||
| 76 | Wed, Mar 18, 1981 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 108 | 97 | 30 | 46 | W 1 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 20, 1981 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 96 | 108 | 30 | 47 | L 1 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Mar 22, 1981 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 101 | 121 | 30 | 48 | L 2 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Mar 24, 1981 | Detroit Pistons | W | 96 | 91 | 31 | 48 | W 1 | |||
| 80 | Thu, Mar 26, 1981 | Indiana Pacers | L | 107 | 115 | 31 | 49 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Mar 27, 1981 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 83 | 108 | 31 | 50 | L 2 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 29, 1981 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 128 | 132 | 31 | 51 | L 3 |