1980-81 Los Angeles Lakers Game Log

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Record: 54-28, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Paul Westhead (54-28)

Executive: Bill Sharman

PTS/G: 111.2 (5th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 107.3 (13th of 23)

SRS: 3.27 (5th of 23) Pace: 102.7 (8th of 23)

Off Rtg: 107.6 (7th of 23) Def Rtg: 103.9 (6th of 23) Net Rtg: +3.7 (5th of 23)

Expected W-L: 51-31 (5th of 23)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 538,865 (4th of 23)

NBA 1981 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-2) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1980-10-10	@	SEA	W	99	98	44	104	.423	0	0		11	16	.688	24	53	23	9	4	20	27	39	83	.470	0	0		20	26	.769	8	39	23	9	5	22	20
2	2	1980-10-12		HOU	W	114	103	50	99	.505	0	1	.000	14	19	.737	13	42	35	11	11	13	23	42	94	.447	1	1	1.000	18	28	.643	16	45	26	7	2	23	22
3	3	1980-10-15	@	KCK	W	112	107	48	101	.475	0	0		16	24	.667		50	28	15	6		28	40	101	.396	1	1	1.000	26	35	.743		64	27	5	4		25
4	4	1980-10-17		PHO	W	116	109	49	95	.516	0	0		18	28	.643	13	40	33	14	6	14	21	42	95	.442	1	3	.333	24	27	.889	23	53	27	5	6	17	21
5	5	1980-10-19		GSW	W	125	107	53	93	.570	0	1	.000	19	25	.760	15	41	34	18	6	22	23	44	92	.478	0	0		19	27	.704	11	36	28	9	3	24	24
6	6	1980-10-21	@	POR	L	103	107	39	89	.438	1	3	.333	24	28	.857	20	57	15	7	6	31	19	47	101	.465	0	0		13	14	.929	17	42	31	16	5	14	20
7	7	1980-10-24		SEA	W	104	98	47	94	.500	0	2	.000	10	14	.714	9	52	37	12	6	24	27	38	101	.376	0	1	.000	22	32	.688	13	46	31	9	8	14	18
8	8	1980-10-25	@	UTA	W	127	99	46	94	.489	0	1	.000	35	45	.778	17	58	22	8	7	13	21	40	90	.444	0	1	.000	19	23	.826	10	38	21	5	3	16	31
9	9	1980-10-26		SAS	L	102	108	41	86	.477	0	0		20	35	.571	17	43	26	14	15	22	24	44	102	.431	0	0		20	34	.588	24	48	24	14	9	19	28
10	10	1980-10-28	@	SDC	W	131	101	58	100	.580	1	3	.333	14	16	.875		52	37	9	7	20	26	39	101	.386	1	4	.250	22	30	.733		44	29	11	3	25	18
11	11	1980-10-31		CLE	W	107	98	41	90	.456	0	1	.000	25	29	.862	22	58	26	11	7	27	15	44	103	.427	0	1	.000	10	14	.714	17	41	28	13	7	17	25
12	12	1980-11-02		DEN	L	121	123	53	99	.535	0	0		15	22	.682	13	44	40	5	8	15	32	50	104	.481	0	1	.000	23	32	.719	19	49	38	4	3	10	24
13	13	1980-11-04		POR	W	119	118	54	94	.574	0	1	.000	11	14	.786	16	47	38	10	10	18	18	53	106	.500	0	0		12	15	.800	21	44	36	9	4	14	16
14	14	1980-11-07	@	DAL	W	126	102	52	94	.553	1	1	1.000	21	24	.875	15	47	28	13	5	17	23	43	93	.462	1	2	.500	15	24	.625	23	44	23	6	2	20	23
15	15	1980-11-08	@	SAS	L	109	112	47	89	.528	1	2	.500	14	21	.667		38	35	10	10	24	23	43	89	.483	0	0		26	31	.839		50	28	15	3	18	19
16	16	1980-11-11	@	ATL	W	126	97	54	94	.574	0	0		18	21	.857	17	48	30	12	12	18	24	36	89	.404	0	1	.000	25	32	.781	22	43	17	7	3	14	20
17	17	1980-11-12	@	HOU	L	104	107	48	94	.511	0	1	.000	8	10	.800	12	35	31	13	5	13	23	41	76	.539	2	4	.500	23	26	.885	9	39	27	10	3	24	14
18	18	1980-11-14		SDC	W	113	100	50	99	.505	0	1	.000	13	18	.722		57	31	12	10	24	19	42	100	.420	0	8	.000	16	21	.762		38	32	10	4	20	20
19	19	1980-11-16		DAL	W	110	102	46	88	.523	0	1	.000	18	28	.643	13	45	35	10	14	21	31	38	85	.447	0	1	.000	26	37	.703	14	41	26	9	2	19	21
20	20	1980-11-18		KCK	W	107	94	49	87	.563	0	1	.000	9	11	.818	10	45	36	5	11	20	15	43	95	.453	0	3	.000	8	11	.727	14	39	33	9	4	16	14
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1980-11-20	@	PHO	L	99	102	42	83	.506	0	2	.000	15	20	.750	10	35	23	7	6	22	19	46	101	.455	0	2	.000	10	16	.625	24	50	30	11	4	19	22
22	22	1980-11-21		PHO	W	116	88	50	101	.495	1	1	1.000	15	19	.789	18	56	32	18	13	18	23	35	89	.393	0	5	.000	18	26	.692	14	45	28	11	7	27	14
23	23	1980-11-23		MIL	L	94	110	35	91	.385	1	5	.200	23	30	.767	15	48	22	8	6	15	22	45	94	.479	0	0		20	27	.741	17	53	29	7	6	14	25
24	24	1980-11-27	@	GSW	W	128	119	51	89	.573	0	1	.000	26	30	.867	10	38	30	10	2	17	26	50	100	.500	1	5	.200	18	27	.667	20	46	29	11	1	15	25
25	25	1980-11-29	@	DEN	W	124	123	51	106	.481	0	1	.000	22	28	.786	17	50	28	14	8	23	37	45	103	.437	0	3	.000	33	42	.786	16	58	28	9	5	22	28
26	26	1980-11-30		CHI	L	108	122	45	103	.437	1	5	.200	17	21	.810	20	40	30	9	7	17	28	46	86	.535	0	1	.000	30	41	.732	12	48	29	10	5	17	23
27	27	1980-12-03		SDC	L	114	120	47	91	.516	0	5	.000	20	24	.833	16	34	27	12	8	17	22	50	89	.562	3	5	.600	17	23	.739	15	42	32	6	3	20	18
28	28	1980-12-06	@	GSW	L	103	119	41	83	.494	1	3	.333	20	31	.645	9	36	28	7	3	18	19	50	103	.485	0	2	.000	19	20	.950	20	53	31	11	1	18	26
29	29	1980-12-07		UTA	W	113	100	48	94	.511	0	0		17	29	.586	16	51	24	9	7	15	19	42	85	.494	0	1	.000	16	21	.762	9	37	29	7	9	16	27
30	30	1980-12-09	@	DAL	W	103	92	43	87	.494	0	0		17	19	.895		49	26	9	2	14	19	39	96	.406	0	1	.000	14	15	.933		44	27	2	1	12	18
31	31	1980-12-10	@	HOU	W	109	108	45	93	.484	0	0		19	23	.826	12	45	27	11	5	18	21	44	101	.436	0	2	.000	20	26	.769	20	51	25	6	4	16	21
32	32	1980-12-12	@	SEA	W	113	107	45	84	.536	0	1	.000	23	33	.697	11	36	28	9	4	13	22	43	88	.489	1	3	.333	20	25	.800	17	46	28	5	3	17	25
33	33	1980-12-14		GSW	W	122	113	53	89	.596	0	0		16	26	.615	15	43	33	9	7	20	22	45	98	.459	0	0		23	30	.767	21	40	29	9	6	16	22
34	34	1980-12-16	@	SDC	L	92	97	40	79	.506	0	1	.000	12	17	.706		39	29	14	5	25	18	41	86	.477	3	9	.333	12	21	.571		41	30	13	7	18	16
35	35	1980-12-19		POR	L	106	110	45	95	.474	1	2	.500	15	22	.682	15	48	36	7	8	17	30	42	91	.462	0	0		26	35	.743	15	43	27	8	8	15	25
36	36	1980-12-21		SAS	W	135	122	52	96	.542	0	0		31	38	.816	19	44	23	10	9	19	29	50	95	.526	0	1	.000	22	26	.846	17	40	24	7	3	20	29
37	37	1980-12-23	@	POR	L	102	108	40	95	.421	1	1	1.000	21	28	.750	14	41	22	15	5	20	25	43	85	.506	1	2	.500	21	26	.808	10	47	22	11	6	24	22
38	38	1980-12-26		IND	W	116	115	44	95	.463	0	1	.000	28	35	.800	28	54	27	8	3	17	25	47	91	.516	0	1	.000	21	30	.700	15	36	26	9	4	16	29
39	39	1980-12-27	@	PHO	L	106	116	43	93	.462	1	3	.333	19	26	.731	14	44	25	4	4	24	37	38	87	.437	0	0		40	59	.678	14	41	25	15	2	14	28
40	40	1980-12-28		PHI	W	122	116	48	90	.533	0	0		26	32	.813	16	46	34	10	6	19	28	47	92	.511	1	2	.500	21	26	.808	11	37	33	9	2	16	21
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1980-12-30	@	UTA	L	100	110	40	88	.455	0	1	.000	20	30	.667		46	21		1		25	45	85	.529	0	0		20	25	.800		43	25		6		24
42	42	1981-01-02	@	SAS	L	112	118	44	89	.494	0	1	.000	24	27	.889	18	43	31	8	4	23	23	49	89	.551	0	0		20	26	.769	13	39	28	15	6	25	26
43	43	1981-01-06		WSB	W	107	98	44	90	.489	0	1	.000	19	24	.792	15	52	32	4	6	13	23	40	99	.404	0	1	.000	18	29	.621	17	46	28	5	3	8	22
44	44	1981-01-09		SEA	W	92	87	37	82	.451	0	0		18	30	.600	17	56	26	9	7	16	21	37	91	.407	0	4	.000	13	18	.722	14	42	28	4	5	12	22
45	45	1981-01-11		DET	W	117	108	50	79	.633	0	0		17	28	.607	12	36	36	10	9	18	25	45	89	.506	0	0		18	24	.750	17	35	35	7	2	16	26
46	46	1981-01-13	@	CLE	W	108	104	47	95	.495	0	0		14	18	.778	13	46	26	8	8	11	23	44	98	.449	0	0		16	20	.800	14	43	20	6	2	11	21
47	47	1981-01-14	@	WSB	L	104	114	44	93	.473	1	4	.250	15	21	.714	14	45	20	7	3	17	25	46	95	.484	0	3	.000	22	31	.710	17	48	27	10	3	13	18
48	48	1981-01-16	@	NJN	W	113	111	45	77	.584	0	0		23	32	.719	10	40	33	9	4	24	29	44	84	.524	0	0		23	30	.767	10	32	28	13	2	19	29
49	49	1981-01-18	@	BOS	L	96	98	44	82	.537	0	0		8	12	.667	12	35	23	13	4	26	24	39	78	.500	1	3	.333	19	27	.704	14	34	24	21	4	23	19
50	50	1981-01-21		ATL	W	116	106	51	80	.638	0	0		14	19	.737	7	30	35	5	8	14	24	42	84	.500	0	0		22	25	.880	15	35	31	6	4	13	19
51	51	1981-01-23		DEN	W	110	105	50	104	.481	0	1	.000	10	14	.714	17	53	29	2	12	15	25	40	93	.430	0	1	.000	25	38	.658	14	45	25	10	2	11	18
52	52	1981-01-26		POR	W	124	112	56	102	.549	0	0		12	21	.571	15	49	43	16	8	19	29	44	102	.431	2	7	.286	22	31	.710	15	44	32	12	14	24	19
53	53	1981-01-27		UTA	W	111	104	41	78	.526	0	1	.000	29	38	.763		42	26		6		18	47	99	.475	1	4	.250	9	18	.500		46	21		3		26
54	54	1981-01-29		KCK	W	118	104	50	95	.526	0	0		18	22	.818		41	32	4	7		22	43	92	.467	1	4	.250	17	26	.654		48	24	8	4		22
55	55	1981-02-04	@	IND	W	102	96	43	80	.538	0	0		16	26	.615	15	50	29	10	1	24	30	35	89	.393	1	6	.167	25	34	.735	20	48	23	9	3	18	26
56	56	1981-02-06	@	DET	W	111	102	47	89	.528	0	0		17	28	.607	19	50	30	10	12	22	21	43	103	.417	0	1	.000	16	23	.696	29	55	21	14	5	22	27
57	57	1981-02-08	@	PHI	L	99	102	40	90	.444	0	2	.000	19	30	.633	19	53	22	13	8	18	16	44	89	.494	0	0		14	20	.700	14	48	31	13	7	19	20
58	58	1981-02-11		BOS	L	91	105	39	92	.424	0	2	.000	13	19	.684	12	43	25	18	9	21	24	43	95	.453	0	1	.000	19	26	.731	23	58	28	13	9	23	21
59	59	1981-02-13	@	HOU	W	114	105	45	84	.536	0	1	.000	24	32	.750	13	37	27	11	3	15	25	42	83	.506	0	1	.000	21	31	.677	13	39	30	7	5	20	23
60	60	1981-02-15		DAL	W	107	99	43	84	.512	0	0		21	24	.875	14	49	26	4	11	20	28	39	101	.386	0	1	.000	21	31	.677	21	40	24	7	6	9	20
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1981-02-17		NYK	W	96	87	40	74	.541	0	0		16	30	.533	7	40	28	13	9	17	22	34	84	.405	1	5	.200	18	22	.818	13	45	27	10	2	20	21
62	62	1981-02-20		HOU	L	107	110	43	81	.531	0	1	.000	21	27	.778	11	38	34	10	3	16	24	47	97	.485	0	1	.000	16	20	.800	18	46	29	9	4	14	23
63	63	1981-02-22	@	NYK	W	96	93	39	73	.534	0	0		18	24	.750	7	40	23	10	10	19	16	43	94	.457	1	3	.333	6	11	.545	18	41	29	9	1	14	22
64	64	1981-02-24	@	CHI	W	107	97	46	86	.535	0	1	.000	15	21	.714	10	45	27	4	5	16	19	41	98	.418	1	6	.167	14	19	.737	23	54	26	9	4	15	19
65	65	1981-02-25	@	MIL	L	108	126	41	90	.456	3	8	.375	23	25	.920	11	36	22	8	9	23	27	51	105	.486	0	3	.000	24	32	.750	19	51	34	17	3	14	24
66	66	1981-02-27		NJN	W	107	103	41	84	.488	0	1	.000	25	31	.806	11	40	30	8	6	13	28	40	91	.440	0	2	.000	23	36	.639	21	49	27	7	9	15	26
67	67	1981-03-01		PHO	L	96	101	39	77	.506	0	1	.000	18	27	.667	9	35	28	7	7	21	27	44	89	.494	0	2	.000	13	21	.619	13	42	29	9	2	19	29
68	68	1981-03-03	@	KCK	W	99	98	41	77	.532	0	1	.000	17	24	.708	13	38	24	9	5	18	22	39	90	.433	1	2	.500	19	23	.826	22	45	30	8	2	16	21
69	69	1981-03-04	@	DEN	L	114	123	42	95	.442	0	4	.000	30	40	.750	14	44	20	12	10	23	28	49	113	.434	0	0		25	32	.781	25	64	25	15	1	20	29
70	70	1981-03-10		SAS	W	118	104	55	103	.534	0	0		8	13	.615	22	53	34	12	10	21	28	40	93	.430	0	2	.000	24	29	.828	20	41	22	10	9	22	20
71	71	1981-03-12	@	SDC	W	122	116	48	77	.623	0	0		26	39	.667	9	37	25	9	2	18	19	51	96	.531	2	7	.286	12	15	.800	14	36	31	5	5	14	25
72	72	1981-03-13		KCK	W	116	101	44	82	.537	1	3	.333	27	41	.659	10	39	33	16	4	16	21	43	87	.494	0	2	.000	15	22	.682	14	42	32	8	1	22	25
73	73	1981-03-15		SDC	L	118	122	42	90	.467	0	1	.000	34	37	.919	14	42	31	10	3	18	21	52	95	.547	5	6	.833	13	18	.722	10	40	34	7	3	16	29
74	74	1981-03-17	@	DAL	W	114	109	47	87	.540	0	1	.000	20	32	.625	12	44	24	10	7	12	22	43	91	.473	0	2	.000	23	27	.852	13	47	29	7	1	13	24
75	75	1981-03-18	@	PHO	L	114	126	45	89	.506	1	2	.500	23	26	.885	15	36	20	12	2	21	20	55	98	.561	0	0		16	20	.800	24	46	30	12	8	20	25
76	76	1981-03-20		SEA	W	133	119	53	91	.582	0	0		27	38	.711	14	34	36	15	4	17	23	51	88	.580	0	0		17	22	.773	12	38	35	8	3	24	28
77	77	1981-03-21	@	POR	W	117	111	53	92	.576	0	0		11	20	.550	13	50	31	8	4	16	22	45	96	.469	1	4	.250	20	26	.769	14	41	25	8	2	10	26
78	78	1981-03-22	@	GSW	W	120	118	51	84	.607	0	0		18	27	.667	7	32	29	5	6	11	19	49	101	.485	3	10	.300	17	23	.739	27	57	32	7	1	12	22
79	79	1981-03-24		GSW	W	110	103	46	86	.535	0	1	.000	18	26	.692	14	46	33	8	7	16	19	40	101	.396	3	9	.333	20	24	.833	18	40	23	8	7	12	21
80	80	1981-03-27	@	SEA	W	97	90	36	85	.424	0	1	.000	25	39	.641	19	44	19	10	6	17	23	36	90	.400	1	1	1.000	17	25	.680	22	52	24	6	11	20	29
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1981-03-28	@	UTA	L	110	112	46	94	.489	0	1	.000	18	27	.667	18	57	22	5	6	25	36	43	94	.457	0	1	.000	26	37	.703	14	44	27	6	9	18	26
82	82	1981-03-29		DEN	L	146	148	65	112	.580	0	1	.000	16	23	.696	20	60	39	14	7	30	36	58	112	.518	0	0		32	41	.780	14	42	33	15	2	19	20

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