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1980-81 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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28-54, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Musselman (25-46), Don Delaney (3-8)

Points Per Game: 105.7 (17th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.6 (20th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 29-53 (19th of 23)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield ▪ Attendance: 224,489 (23rd of 23)

SRS: -4.15 (19th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 100.8 (15th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 104.3 (16th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 109.1 (19th of 23)

1980-81 Cleveland Cavaliers:

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Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 10, 1980 @ Boston Celtics L 103 130 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 11, 1980 New Jersey Nets L 96 99 0 2 L 2
3 Tue, Oct 14, 1980 Detroit Pistons W 99 91 1 2 W 1
4 Thu, Oct 16, 1980 Washington Bullets W 90 88 2 2 W 2
5 Fri, Oct 17, 1980 @ Chicago Bulls L 79 98 2 3 L 1
6 Sat, Oct 18, 1980 Milwaukee Bucks L 105 107 2 4 L 2
7 Tue, Oct 21, 1980 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 95 115 2 5 L 3
8 Wed, Oct 22, 1980 @ Washington Bullets L 96 109 2 6 L 4
9 Fri, Oct 24, 1980 @ New Jersey Nets W 126 112 3 6 W 1
10 Sat, Oct 25, 1980 Indiana Pacers W 118 100 4 6 W 2
11 Tue, Oct 28, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers L 101 119 4 7 L 1
12 Fri, Oct 31, 1980 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 98 107 4 8 L 2
13 Sun, Nov 2, 1980 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 96 102 4 9 L 3
14 Mon, Nov 3, 1980 @ Seattle Supersonics L 83 118 4 10 L 4
15 Wed, Nov 5, 1980 @ Golden State Warriors L 98 106 4 11 L 5
16 Thu, Nov 6, 1980 @ Utah Jazz L 96 112 4 12 L 6
17 Sat, Nov 8, 1980 @ Kansas City Kings L 106 111 4 13 L 7
18 Tue, Nov 11, 1980 Milwaukee Bucks L 96 100 4 14 L 8
19 Thu, Nov 13, 1980 Atlanta Hawks W 114 111 5 14 W 1
20 Sat, Nov 15, 1980 @ New York Knickerbockers L 95 100 5 15 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Nov 18, 1980 San Diego Clippers W 104 94 6 15 W 1
22 Thu, Nov 20, 1980 Houston Rockets L 114 117 6 16 L 1
23 Sat, Nov 22, 1980 Boston Celtics W 113 98 7 16 W 1
24 Wed, Nov 26, 1980 New York Knickerbockers L OT 113 119 7 17 L 1
25 Fri, Nov 28, 1980 Washington Bullets W 126 105 8 17 W 1
26 Sat, Nov 29, 1980 @ Indiana Pacers L 101 117 8 18 L 1
27 Tue, Dec 2, 1980 @ Dallas Mavericks W 109 102 9 18 W 1
28 Wed, Dec 3, 1980 @ Houston Rockets L 109 118 9 19 L 1
29 Thu, Dec 4, 1980 @ San Antonio Spurs L 100 130 9 20 L 2
30 Sat, Dec 6, 1980 Detroit Pistons W 101 100 10 20 W 1
31 Tue, Dec 9, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers L 83 96 10 21 L 1
32 Thu, Dec 11, 1980 Indiana Pacers L 100 103 10 22 L 2
33 Fri, Dec 12, 1980 @ Detroit Pistons L 95 101 10 23 L 3
34 Sat, Dec 13, 1980 Utah Jazz W 110 103 11 23 W 1
35 Wed, Dec 17, 1980 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 79 103 11 24 L 1
36 Thu, Dec 18, 1980 Denver Nuggets W 130 122 12 24 W 1
37 Sat, Dec 20, 1980 Boston Celtics L 102 107 12 25 L 1
38 Tue, Dec 23, 1980 Kansas City Kings L 100 102 12 26 L 2
39 Fri, Dec 26, 1980 Chicago Bulls L 98 100 12 27 L 3
40 Mon, Dec 29, 1980 Dallas Mavericks W 112 100 13 27 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 2, 1981 @ New Jersey Nets W 111 105 14 27 W 2
42 Sat, Jan 3, 1981 Washington Bullets W 132 112 15 27 W 3
43 Fri, Jan 9, 1981 @ Atlanta Hawks W OT 108 107 16 27 W 4
44 Sat, Jan 10, 1981 New York Knickerbockers L 99 104 16 28 L 1
45 Tue, Jan 13, 1981 Los Angeles Lakers L 104 108 16 29 L 2
46 Wed, Jan 14, 1981 @ Boston Celtics L 113 120 16 30 L 3
47 Fri, Jan 16, 1981 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 119 137 16 31 L 4
48 Sat, Jan 17, 1981 @ Chicago Bulls W 110 98 17 31 W 1
49 Tue, Jan 20, 1981 Portland Trail Blazers W 99 94 18 31 W 2
50 Thu, Jan 22, 1981 New Jersey Nets W 108 94 19 31 W 3
51 Fri, Jan 23, 1981 @ Atlanta Hawks W 106 98 20 31 W 4
52 Sat, Jan 24, 1981 @ Detroit Pistons L 94 117 20 32 L 1
53 Tue, Jan 27, 1981 Indiana Pacers W 114 109 21 32 W 1
54 Thu, Jan 29, 1981 Phoenix Suns W 115 111 22 32 W 2
55 Wed, Feb 4, 1981 Chicago Bulls L 96 109 22 33 L 1
56 Fri, Feb 6, 1981 Milwaukee Bucks L 99 103 22 34 L 2
57 Sat, Feb 7, 1981 @ Indiana Pacers L 96 99 22 35 L 3
58 Wed, Feb 11, 1981 @ Philadelphia 76ers L OT 120 122 22 36 L 4
59 Thu, Feb 12, 1981 New York Knickerbockers L 111 122 22 37 L 5
60 Sat, Feb 14, 1981 Golden State Warriors W 108 90 23 37 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Feb 17, 1981 Detroit Pistons W 109 108 24 37 W 2
62 Wed, Feb 18, 1981 @ New Jersey Nets L 108 110 24 38 L 1
63 Thu, Feb 19, 1981 San Antonio Spurs W 118 104 25 38 W 1
64 Sat, Feb 21, 1981 Atlanta Hawks L 105 118 25 39 L 1
65 Wed, Feb 25, 1981 @ Boston Celtics L 103 124 25 40 L 2
66 Fri, Feb 27, 1981 @ Detroit Pistons L 109 118 25 41 L 3
67 Sun, Mar 1, 1981 @ Denver Nuggets L 127 137 25 42 L 4
68 Wed, Mar 4, 1981 @ Phoenix Suns L 106 126 25 43 L 5
69 Fri, Mar 6, 1981 @ San Diego Clippers L 125 140 25 44 L 6
70 Mon, Mar 9, 1981 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 100 118 25 45 L 7
71 Wed, Mar 11, 1981 Seattle Supersonics L 95 101 25 46 L 8
72 Fri, Mar 13, 1981 New Jersey Nets L 125 140 25 47 L 9
73 Sat, Mar 14, 1981 @ Atlanta Hawks W OT 112 110 26 47 W 1
74 Sun, Mar 15, 1981 @ Washington Bullets W 101 100 27 47 W 2
75 Tue, Mar 17, 1981 Atlanta Hawks W 122 107 28 47 W 3
76 Thu, Mar 19, 1981 Chicago Bulls L 111 116 28 48 L 1
77 Sat, Mar 21, 1981 @ New York Knickerbockers L 105 119 28 49 L 2
78 Sun, Mar 22, 1981 @ Indiana Pacers L 101 107 28 50 L 3
79 Tue, Mar 24, 1981 @ Chicago Bulls L 108 121 28 51 L 4
80 Thu, Mar 26, 1981 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 109 137 28 52 L 5
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Mar 27, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers L 117 138 28 53 L 6
82 Sun, Mar 29, 1981 @ Washington Bullets L 103 138 28 54 L 7