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1980-81 Houston Rockets

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40-42, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 108.3 points per game, Allowed 107.9 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 42-40)
Coached by Del Harris (40-42)

Arena: The Summit / Attendance: 385,354 (14th of 23 available)

SRS: -0.20 (12th of 23) / Pace Factor: 100.5 (18th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 107.0 (8th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 106.7 (15th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Kansas City Kings
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus San Antonio Spurs
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers

1980-81 Statistics / Schedule

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 10, 1980 @ San Diego Clippers L 104 120 0 1 L 1
2 Sun, Oct 12, 1980 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 103 114 0 2 L 2
3 Wed, Oct 15, 1980 Seattle Supersonics W 103 100 1 2 W 1
4 Fri, Oct 17, 1980 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 102 99 2 2 W 2
5 Sat, Oct 18, 1980 @ Golden State Warriors L 101 108 2 3 L 1
6 Tue, Oct 21, 1980 @ Denver Nuggets W 119 117 3 3 W 1
7 Thu, Oct 23, 1980 Kansas City Kings L 96 105 3 4 L 1
8 Sat, Oct 25, 1980 Detroit Pistons L 109 112 3 5 L 2
9 Wed, Oct 29, 1980 Dallas Mavericks W 109 103 4 5 W 1
10 Wed, Nov 5, 1980 San Diego Clippers L 104 111 4 6 L 1
11 Sat, Nov 8, 1980 Phoenix Suns L 115 116 4 7 L 2
12 Tue, Nov 11, 1980 @ Dallas Mavericks W 105 94 5 7 W 1
13 Wed, Nov 12, 1980 Los Angeles Lakers W 107 104 6 7 W 2
14 Fri, Nov 14, 1980 @ Utah Jazz L 115 117 6 8 L 1
15 Sat, Nov 15, 1980 @ Seattle Supersonics L OT 139 143 6 9 L 2
16 Tue, Nov 18, 1980 Seattle Supersonics W 138 118 7 9 W 1
17 Thu, Nov 20, 1980 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 117 114 8 9 W 2
18 Fri, Nov 21, 1980 @ New Jersey Nets W 116 108 9 9 W 3
19 Sat, Nov 22, 1980 @ Indiana Pacers L 120 129 9 10 L 1
20 Mon, Nov 24, 1980 @ New York Knickerbockers L OT 110 113 9 11 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 26, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers L 100 101 9 12 L 3
22 Fri, Nov 28, 1980 @ San Antonio Spurs W 124 115 10 12 W 1
23 Sat, Nov 29, 1980 Dallas Mavericks W 115 90 11 12 W 2
24 Sun, Nov 30, 1980 @ Phoenix Suns L 114 117 11 13 L 1
25 Wed, Dec 3, 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers W 118 109 12 13 W 1
26 Fri, Dec 5, 1980 @ Kansas City Kings L 100 108 12 14 L 1
27 Sat, Dec 6, 1980 Denver Nuggets W 111 108 13 14 W 1
28 Wed, Dec 10, 1980 Los Angeles Lakers L 108 109 13 15 L 1
29 Fri, Dec 12, 1980 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 100 106 13 16 L 2
30 Sat, Dec 13, 1980 @ Golden State Warriors W 99 97 14 16 W 1
31 Wed, Dec 17, 1980 San Antonio Spurs L 107 113 14 17 L 1
32 Fri, Dec 19, 1980 @ Boston Celtics L 119 133 14 18 L 2
33 Sat, Dec 20, 1980 @ Chicago Bulls L 109 133 14 19 L 3
34 Sun, Dec 21, 1980 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 91 123 14 20 L 4
35 Tue, Dec 23, 1980 Golden State Warriors L 99 114 14 21 L 5
36 Fri, Dec 26, 1980 @ Detroit Pistons W 114 94 15 21 W 1
37 Sat, Dec 27, 1980 @ Washington Bullets L 97 115 15 22 L 1
38 Tue, Dec 30, 1980 San Diego Clippers W 104 98 16 22 W 1
39 Thu, Jan 1, 1981 Utah Jazz W 117 103 17 22 W 2
40 Fri, Jan 2, 1981 @ Dallas Mavericks W OT 124 120 18 22 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 3, 1981 Denver Nuggets L 132 134 18 23 L 1
42 Wed, Jan 7, 1981 Kansas City Kings L 108 114 18 24 L 2
43 Fri, Jan 9, 1981 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 94 107 18 25 L 3
44 Sat, Jan 10, 1981 Portland Trail Blazers W 106 105 19 25 W 1
45 Wed, Jan 14, 1981 Chicago Bulls W 109 105 20 25 W 2
46 Fri, Jan 16, 1981 @ Phoenix Suns L 89 92 20 26 L 1
47 Sat, Jan 17, 1981 New York Knickerbockers L 98 99 20 27 L 2
48 Sun, Jan 18, 1981 @ Denver Nuggets W 98 97 21 27 W 1
49 Wed, Jan 21, 1981 Phoenix Suns W 106 100 22 27 W 2
50 Fri, Jan 23, 1981 @ Kansas City Kings L 107 113 22 28 L 1
51 Sat, Jan 24, 1981 Utah Jazz W 106 91 23 28 W 1
52 Wed, Jan 28, 1981 New Jersey Nets W 111 99 24 28 W 2
53 Thu, Jan 29, 1981 @ Utah Jazz L 97 99 24 29 L 1
54 Tue, Feb 3, 1981 Denver Nuggets W OT 135 128 25 29 W 1
55 Wed, Feb 4, 1981 Dallas Mavericks W 116 68 26 29 W 2
56 Fri, Feb 6, 1981 @ Phoenix Suns L 99 112 26 30 L 1
57 Sat, Feb 7, 1981 Atlanta Hawks W 87 81 27 30 W 1
58 Wed, Feb 11, 1981 San Antonio Spurs W 108 89 28 30 W 2
59 Fri, Feb 13, 1981 Los Angeles Lakers L 105 114 28 31 L 1
60 Sat, Feb 14, 1981 Milwaukee Bucks L 112 117 28 32 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Thu, Feb 19, 1981 @ San Diego Clippers L 99 116 28 33 L 3
62 Fri, Feb 20, 1981 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 110 107 29 33 W 1
63 Sun, Feb 22, 1981 @ Seattle Supersonics W 111 96 30 33 W 2
64 Mon, Feb 23, 1981 @ Utah Jazz W 106 102 31 33 W 3
65 Wed, Feb 25, 1981 Indiana Pacers W 101 100 32 33 W 4
66 Fri, Feb 27, 1981 Seattle Supersonics W 96 92 33 33 W 5
67 Sat, Feb 28, 1981 San Diego Clippers L 103 104 33 34 L 1
68 Sun, Mar 1, 1981 @ San Antonio Spurs L 86 102 33 35 L 2
69 Wed, Mar 4, 1981 Boston Celtics L 101 108 33 36 L 3
70 Fri, Mar 6, 1981 Washington Bullets L 104 105 33 37 L 4
71 Sat, Mar 7, 1981 @ Atlanta Hawks L 108 114 33 38 L 5
72 Wed, Mar 11, 1981 Golden State Warriors W 109 92 34 38 W 1
73 Fri, Mar 13, 1981 Portland Trail Blazers W 126 104 35 38 W 2
74 Sat, Mar 14, 1981 Utah Jazz W 101 82 36 38 W 3
75 Sun, Mar 15, 1981 @ Denver Nuggets L 127 138 36 39 L 1
76 Wed, Mar 18, 1981 @ Golden State Warriors L 117 118 36 40 L 2
77 Fri, Mar 20, 1981 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 103 107 36 41 L 3
78 Sun, Mar 22, 1981 @ Kansas City Kings W 114 108 37 41 W 1
79 Tue, Mar 24, 1981 @ Dallas Mavericks W OT 114 111 38 41 W 2
80 Wed, Mar 25, 1981 San Antonio Spurs W 117 111 39 41 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Mar 27, 1981 Kansas City Kings W 91 84 40 41 W 4
82 Sun, Mar 29, 1981 @ San Antonio Spurs L 109 135 40 42 L 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 1, 1981 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 111 107 1 0 W 1
2 Fri, Apr 3, 1981 Los Angeles Lakers L 106 111 1 1 L 1
3 Sun, Apr 5, 1981 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 89 86 2 1 W 1
4 Tue, Apr 7, 1981 @ San Antonio Spurs W 107 98 3 1 W 2
5 Wed, Apr 8, 1981 @ San Antonio Spurs L 113 125 3 2 L 1
6 Fri, Apr 10, 1981 San Antonio Spurs W 112 99 4 2 W 1
7 Sun, Apr 12, 1981 San Antonio Spurs L 112 114 4 3 L 1
8 Tue, Apr 14, 1981 @ San Antonio Spurs W 123 117 5 3 W 1
9 Wed, Apr 15, 1981 San Antonio Spurs L 96 101 5 4 L 1
10 Fri, Apr 17, 1981 @ San Antonio Spurs W 105 100 6 4 W 1
11 Tue, Apr 21, 1981 @ Kansas City Kings W 97 78 7 4 W 2
12 Wed, Apr 22, 1981 @ Kansas City Kings L 79 88 7 5 L 1
13 Fri, Apr 24, 1981 Kansas City Kings W 92 88 8 5 W 1
14 Sun, Apr 26, 1981 Kansas City Kings W 100 89 9 5 W 2
15 Wed, Apr 29, 1981 @ Kansas City Kings W 97 88 10 5 W 3
16 Tue, May 5, 1981 @ Boston Celtics L 95 98 10 6 L 1
17 Thu, May 7, 1981 @ Boston Celtics W 92 90 11 6 W 1
18 Sat, May 9, 1981 Boston Celtics L 71 94 11 7 L 1
19 Sun, May 10, 1981 Boston Celtics W 91 86 12 7 W 1
20 Tue, May 12, 1981 @ Boston Celtics L 80 109 12 8 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Thu, May 14, 1981 Boston Celtics L 91 102 12 9 L 2