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60-22, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 113.1 points per game, Allowed 105.9 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 59-23)
Coached by Don Nelson (60-22)
Arena: MECCA Arena ▪ Attendance: 448,366 (8th of 23)
SRS: 7.14 (2nd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.6 (4th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 108.7 (2nd of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 101.8 (3rd of 23)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers
1980-81 Statistics ▪ Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 10, 1980 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 106 | 103 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 11, 1980 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 109 | 114 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Thu, Oct 16, 1980 | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 110 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 18, 1980 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 107 | 105 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Oct 19, 1980 | New Jersey Nets | W | 105 | 93 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Oct 21, 1980 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 115 | 95 | 4 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 7 | Wed, Oct 22, 1980 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 119 | 105 | 5 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Oct 25, 1980 | Chicago Bulls | W | 109 | 93 | 6 | 2 | W 5 | |||
| 9 | Sun, Oct 26, 1980 | Washington Bullets | W | 111 | 88 | 7 | 2 | W 6 | |||
| 10 | Tue, Oct 28, 1980 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 106 | 99 | 8 | 2 | W 7 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Oct 29, 1980 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 132 | 116 | 9 | 2 | W 8 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 1, 1980 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 99 | 93 | 10 | 2 | W 9 | ||
| 13 | Sun, Nov 2, 1980 | Indiana Pacers | W | 135 | 121 | 11 | 2 | W 10 | |||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 4, 1980 | Detroit Pistons | L | 96 | 98 | 11 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 15 | Fri, Nov 7, 1980 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 102 | 101 | 12 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Sun, Nov 9, 1980 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 121 | 136 | 12 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 17 | Tue, Nov 11, 1980 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 100 | 96 | 13 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Nov 12, 1980 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 122 | 98 | 14 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Fri, Nov 14, 1980 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 125 | 106 | 15 | 4 | W 3 | |||
| 20 | Sun, Nov 16, 1980 | Chicago Bulls | L | 108 | 114 | 15 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Nov 18, 1980 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 126 | 93 | 16 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Nov 20, 1980 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 97 | 93 | 17 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Nov 23, 1980 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 110 | 94 | 18 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 24 | Fri, Nov 28, 1980 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 113 | 108 | 19 | 5 | W 4 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 89 | 98 | 19 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Sun, Nov 30, 1980 | Boston Celtics | W | 107 | 105 | 20 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 2, 1980 | Utah Jazz | W | 119 | 108 | 21 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 5, 1980 | Indiana Pacers | W | 102 | 100 | 22 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 6, 1980 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 94 | 104 | 22 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 9, 1980 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 89 | 112 | 22 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 31 | Thu, Dec 11, 1980 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 119 | 107 | 23 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 119 | 122 | 23 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 33 | Sun, Dec 14, 1980 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 115 | 98 | 24 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Wed, Dec 17, 1980 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 112 | 115 | 24 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 35 | Thu, Dec 18, 1980 | Detroit Pistons | W | 121 | 104 | 25 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Fri, Dec 19, 1980 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 106 | 129 | 25 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 37 | Sun, Dec 21, 1980 | Houston Rockets | W | 123 | 91 | 26 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 38 | Sat, Dec 27, 1980 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 112 | 96 | 27 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 39 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 115 | 94 | 28 | 11 | W 3 | ||
| 40 | Sun, Jan 4, 1981 | San Diego Clippers | W | 128 | 95 | 29 | 11 | W 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Jan 6, 1981 | New Jersey Nets | W | 102 | 86 | 30 | 11 | W 5 | |||
| 42 | Thu, Jan 8, 1981 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 98 | 95 | 31 | 11 | W 6 | |||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 102 | 106 | 31 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 11, 1981 | Phoenix Suns | W | 123 | 109 | 32 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 45 | Tue, Jan 13, 1981 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 119 | 96 | 33 | 12 | W 2 | ||
| 46 | Thu, Jan 15, 1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 113 | 110 | 34 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 16, 1981 | Kansas City Kings | W | 118 | 112 | 35 | 12 | W 4 | |||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 18, 1981 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 110 | 103 | 36 | 12 | W 5 | |||
| 49 | Wed, Jan 21, 1981 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 105 | 98 | 37 | 12 | W 6 | ||
| 50 | Fri, Jan 23, 1981 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 122 | 131 | 37 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 51 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 121 | 117 | 38 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 52 | Wed, Jan 28, 1981 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 119 | 110 | 39 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 53 | Thu, Jan 29, 1981 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 118 | 131 | 39 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 54 | Tue, Feb 3, 1981 | Indiana Pacers | L | 99 | 108 | 39 | 15 | L 2 | |||
| 55 | Thu, Feb 5, 1981 | Boston Celtics | W | 113 | 103 | 40 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 6, 1981 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 103 | 99 | 41 | 15 | W 2 | ||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 8, 1981 | Chicago Bulls | W | 128 | 109 | 42 | 15 | W 3 | |||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 11, 1981 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 107 | 101 | 43 | 15 | W 4 | ||
| 59 | Fri, Feb 13, 1981 | Golden State Warriors | L | 106 | 110 | 43 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 117 | 112 | 44 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 15, 1981 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 108 | 110 | 44 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 62 | Tue, Feb 17, 1981 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 114 | 106 | 45 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| 63 | Fri, Feb 20, 1981 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 109 | 112 | 45 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 22, 1981 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 102 | 93 | 46 | 18 | W 1 | ||
| 65 | Wed, Feb 25, 1981 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 126 | 108 | 47 | 18 | W 2 | |||
| 66 | Sun, Mar 1, 1981 | Washington Bullets | W | 137 | 107 | 48 | 18 | W 3 | |||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 3, 1981 | Detroit Pistons | W | 115 | 98 | 49 | 18 | W 4 | |||
| 68 | Thu, Mar 5, 1981 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 107 | 91 | 50 | 18 | W 5 | |||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 6, 1981 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 122 | 111 | 51 | 18 | W 6 | ||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 8, 1981 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 100 | 123 | 51 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 71 | Mon, Mar 9, 1981 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 118 | 100 | 52 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 11, 1981 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 108 | 122 | 52 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 73 | Thu, Mar 12, 1981 | Denver Nuggets | W | 131 | 113 | 53 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 74 | Fri, Mar 13, 1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 120 | 104 | 54 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 15, 1981 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 132 | 108 | 55 | 20 | W 3 | |||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 17, 1981 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 106 | 116 | 55 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Wed, Mar 18, 1981 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 103 | 116 | 55 | 22 | L 2 | |||
| 78 | Fri, Mar 20, 1981 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 104 | 86 | 56 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 79 | Sun, Mar 22, 1981 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 125 | 116 | 57 | 22 | W 2 | ||
| 80 | Tue, Mar 24, 1981 | New Jersey Nets | W | 131 | 107 | 58 | 22 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Thu, Mar 26, 1981 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 137 | 109 | 59 | 22 | W 4 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 29, 1981 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 132 | 128 | 60 | 22 | W 5 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Apr 5, 1981 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 122 | 125 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Apr 7, 1981 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 109 | 99 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Apr 10, 1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 103 | 108 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 4 | Sun, Apr 12, 1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 109 | 98 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Wed, Apr 15, 1981 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 99 | 116 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Apr 17, 1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 109 | 86 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Sun, Apr 19, 1981 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 98 | 99 | 3 | 4 | L 1 |