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45-37, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 109.0 points per game, Allowed 107.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 46-36)
Coached by Jerry Sloan (45-37)
Arena: Chicago Stadium / Attendance: 389,718 (13th of 23 available)
SRS: 2.34 (6th of 23) / Pace Factor: 100.6 (17th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 107.8 (6th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 105.8 (14th of 23)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus New York Knickerbockers
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 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 93 | 101 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Oct 15, 1980 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 108 | 97 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Oct 17, 1980 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 98 | 79 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 18, 1980 | New Jersey Nets | L | 90 | 107 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 5 | Tue, Oct 21, 1980 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 97 | 105 | 2 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Oct 24, 1980 | Washington Bullets | W | 104 | 96 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Oct 25, 1980 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 93 | 109 | 3 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Oct 28, 1980 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 99 | 106 | 3 | 5 | L 2 | |||
| 9 | Wed, Oct 29, 1980 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 102 | 115 | 3 | 6 | L 3 | ||
| 10 | Fri, Oct 31, 1980 | Indiana Pacers | L | 114 | 121 | 3 | 7 | L 4 | |||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 1, 1980 | Detroit Pistons | W | 122 | 100 | 4 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 5, 1980 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 120 | 105 | 5 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 7, 1980 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 103 | 100 | 6 | 7 | W 3 | |||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 8, 1980 | Denver Nuggets | L | 2OT | 126 | 130 | 6 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Sun, Nov 9, 1980 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 111 | 6 | 9 | L 2 | at Hartford, CT | |
| 16 | Tue, Nov 11, 1980 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 80 | 121 | 6 | 10 | L 3 | |||
| 17 | Fri, Nov 14, 1980 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 99 | 106 | 6 | 11 | L 4 | ||
| 18 | Sun, Nov 16, 1980 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 114 | 108 | 7 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 18, 1980 | Boston Celtics | L | 112 | 113 | 7 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 20 | Fri, Nov 21, 1980 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 130 | 121 | 8 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 22, 1980 | Washington Bullets | W | 114 | 101 | 9 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 22 | Wed, Nov 26, 1980 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 122 | 125 | 9 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Nov 28, 1980 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 101 | 102 | 9 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Nov 30, 1980 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 122 | 108 | 10 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 2, 1980 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 129 | 124 | 11 | 14 | W 2 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 3, 1980 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 105 | 113 | 11 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Fri, Dec 5, 1980 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 115 | 116 | 11 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 9, 1980 | Phoenix Suns | L | 108 | 123 | 11 | 17 | L 3 | |||
| 29 | Wed, Dec 10, 1980 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 100 | 113 | 11 | 18 | L 4 | ||
| 30 | Fri, Dec 12, 1980 | Utah Jazz | W | 118 | 98 | 12 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | Boston Celtics | L | 95 | 106 | 12 | 19 | L 1 | |||
| 32 | Tue, Dec 16, 1980 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 96 | 94 | 13 | 19 | W 1 | ||
| 33 | Wed, Dec 17, 1980 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 115 | 13 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Fri, Dec 19, 1980 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 129 | 106 | 14 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | Houston Rockets | W | 133 | 109 | 15 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 36 | Tue, Dec 23, 1980 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 117 | 114 | 16 | 20 | W 3 | |||
| 37 | Fri, Dec 26, 1980 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 100 | 98 | 17 | 20 | W 4 | ||
| 38 | Sat, Dec 27, 1980 | Detroit Pistons | W | 104 | 97 | 18 | 20 | W 5 | |||
| 39 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | New Jersey Nets | W | 121 | 110 | 19 | 20 | W 6 | |||
| 40 | Fri, Jan 2, 1981 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 92 | 82 | 20 | 20 | W 7 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 111 | 119 | 20 | 21 | L 1 | |||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 6, 1981 | San Diego Clippers | W | 108 | 93 | 21 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 9, 1981 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 111 | 117 | 21 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 102 | 117 | 21 | 23 | L 2 | |||
| 45 | Tue, Jan 13, 1981 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 106 | 112 | 21 | 24 | L 3 | ||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 14, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 105 | 109 | 21 | 25 | L 4 | ||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 16, 1981 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 112 | 113 | 21 | 26 | L 5 | |||
| 48 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 98 | 110 | 21 | 27 | L 6 | |||
| 49 | Tue, Jan 20, 1981 | Indiana Pacers | W | 121 | 105 | 22 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 50 | Thu, Jan 22, 1981 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 125 | 92 | 23 | 27 | W 2 | ||
| 51 | Fri, Jan 23, 1981 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 106 | 98 | 24 | 27 | W 3 | |||
| 52 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 104 | 102 | 25 | 27 | W 4 | ||
| 53 | Tue, Jan 27, 1981 | Golden State Warriors | W | 118 | 101 | 26 | 27 | W 5 | |||
| 54 | Thu, Jan 29, 1981 | Boston Celtics | W | 108 | 85 | 27 | 27 | W 6 | |||
| 55 | Wed, Feb 4, 1981 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 109 | 96 | 28 | 27 | W 7 | ||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 6, 1981 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 94 | 112 | 28 | 28 | L 1 | |||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | Detroit Pistons | W | 98 | 90 | 29 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 8, 1981 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 109 | 128 | 29 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 10, 1981 | Kansas City Kings | W | 116 | 115 | 30 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 60 | Wed, Feb 11, 1981 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 133 | 135 | 30 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 134 | 117 | 31 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 15, 1981 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 107 | 113 | 31 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Tue, Feb 17, 1981 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 95 | 128 | 31 | 32 | L 2 | ||
| 64 | Wed, Feb 18, 1981 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 100 | 103 | 31 | 33 | L 3 | ||
| 65 | Fri, Feb 20, 1981 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 92 | 84 | 32 | 33 | W 1 | ||
| 66 | Sun, Feb 22, 1981 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 116 | 121 | 32 | 34 | L 1 | |||
| 67 | Tue, Feb 24, 1981 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 97 | 107 | 32 | 35 | L 2 | |||
| 68 | Fri, Feb 27, 1981 | Washington Bullets | W | 112 | 100 | 33 | 35 | W 1 | |||
| 69 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 101 | 97 | 34 | 35 | W 2 | ||
| 70 | Tue, Mar 3, 1981 | New Jersey Nets | W | 128 | 102 | 35 | 35 | W 3 | |||
| 71 | Wed, Mar 4, 1981 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 111 | 100 | 36 | 35 | W 4 | ||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 8, 1981 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 99 | 103 | 36 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 10, 1981 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 118 | 116 | 37 | 36 | W 1 | ||
| 74 | Fri, Mar 13, 1981 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 117 | 127 | 37 | 37 | L 1 | ||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 15, 1981 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 97 | 87 | 38 | 37 | W 1 | ||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 17, 1981 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 116 | 106 | 39 | 37 | W 2 | |||
| 77 | Thu, Mar 19, 1981 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 116 | 111 | 40 | 37 | W 3 | ||
| 78 | Fri, Mar 20, 1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 120 | 108 | 41 | 37 | W 4 | |||
| 79 | Sun, Mar 22, 1981 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 109 | 103 | 42 | 37 | W 5 | ||
| 80 | Tue, Mar 24, 1981 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 121 | 108 | 43 | 37 | W 6 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Mar 27, 1981 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 108 | 83 | 44 | 37 | W 7 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 29, 1981 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 101 | 97 | 45 | 37 | W 8 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Mar 31, 1981 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 90 | 80 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Apr 3, 1981 | New York Knickerbockers | W | OT | 115 | 114 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sun, Apr 5, 1981 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 121 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Apr 7, 1981 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 106 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Apr 10, 1981 | Boston Celtics | L | 107 | 113 | 2 | 3 | L 3 | |||
| 6 | Sun, Apr 12, 1981 | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 109 | 2 | 4 | L 4 |