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52-30, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 112.3 points per game, Allowed 109.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 48-34)
Coached by Stan Albeck (52-30)
Arena: HemisFair Arena ▪ Attendance: 440,553 (9th of 23)
SRS: 2.18 (7th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 102.9 (7th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 108.5 (3rd of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.7 (12th of 23)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Houston Rockets
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 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 113 | 112 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 11, 1980 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 92 | 103 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 14, 1980 | Kansas City Kings | W | 109 | 103 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Thu, Oct 16, 1980 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 102 | 99 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 18, 1980 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 110 | 96 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Oct 21, 1980 | San Diego Clippers | W | 123 | 120 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | |||
| 7 | Thu, Oct 23, 1980 | Golden State Warriors | W | 128 | 109 | 6 | 1 | W 5 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Oct 25, 1980 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 116 | 98 | 7 | 1 | W 6 | ||
| 9 | Sun, Oct 26, 1980 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 108 | 102 | 8 | 1 | W 7 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Oct 28, 1980 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 120 | 112 | 9 | 1 | W 8 | |||
| 11 | Wed, Oct 29, 1980 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 96 | 109 | 9 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Fri, Oct 31, 1980 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 112 | 96 | 10 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 1, 1980 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 108 | 123 | 10 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Nov 5, 1980 | Phoenix Suns | W | 114 | 84 | 11 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 8, 1980 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 112 | 109 | 12 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 11, 1980 | Indiana Pacers | L | 113 | 119 | 12 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 17 | Wed, Nov 12, 1980 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 127 | 130 | 12 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Nov 13, 1980 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 113 | 107 | 13 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Nov 15, 1980 | Utah Jazz | W | 120 | 104 | 14 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 20 | Tue, Nov 18, 1980 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 93 | 97 | 14 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Nov 19, 1980 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 112 | 104 | 15 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Nov 22, 1980 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 101 | 108 | 15 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 23 | Wed, Nov 26, 1980 | Chicago Bulls | W | 125 | 122 | 16 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Fri, Nov 28, 1980 | Houston Rockets | L | 115 | 124 | 16 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 106 | 104 | 17 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 2, 1980 | Phoenix Suns | L | 107 | 122 | 17 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 27 | Thu, Dec 4, 1980 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 130 | 100 | 18 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 28 | Sun, Dec 7, 1980 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 115 | 116 | 18 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 29 | Mon, Dec 8, 1980 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 99 | 104 | 18 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 9, 1980 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 115 | 90 | 19 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Thu, Dec 11, 1980 | Kansas City Kings | W | 122 | 104 | 20 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | Denver Nuggets | W | 147 | 123 | 21 | 11 | W 3 | |||
| 33 | Sun, Dec 14, 1980 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 98 | 115 | 21 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Tue, Dec 16, 1980 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 89 | 83 | 22 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 35 | Wed, Dec 17, 1980 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 113 | 107 | 23 | 12 | W 2 | ||
| 36 | Fri, Dec 19, 1980 | Golden State Warriors | W | 126 | 111 | 24 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 37 | Sun, Dec 21, 1980 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 122 | 135 | 24 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Thu, Dec 25, 1980 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 111 | 131 | 24 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 39 | Sat, Dec 27, 1980 | Utah Jazz | W | 142 | 117 | 25 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 102 | 100 | 26 | 14 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 2, 1981 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 118 | 112 | 27 | 14 | W 3 | |||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 119 | 111 | 28 | 14 | W 4 | ||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 6, 1981 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 113 | 108 | 29 | 14 | W 5 | ||
| 44 | Wed, Jan 7, 1981 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 102 | 135 | 29 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Fri, Jan 9, 1981 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 102 | 86 | 30 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 11, 1981 | Washington Bullets | W | 137 | 106 | 31 | 15 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Wed, Jan 14, 1981 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 116 | 105 | 32 | 15 | W 3 | |||
| 48 | Fri, Jan 16, 1981 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 85 | 94 | 32 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 93 | 103 | 32 | 17 | L 2 | ||
| 50 | Tue, Jan 20, 1981 | Phoenix Suns | W | 119 | 112 | 33 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 51 | Wed, Jan 21, 1981 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 108 | 115 | 33 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 52 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 115 | 129 | 33 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 53 | Sun, Jan 25, 1981 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 100 | 118 | 33 | 20 | L 3 | ||
| 54 | Thu, Jan 29, 1981 | New Jersey Nets | W | 122 | 108 | 34 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 3, 1981 | Detroit Pistons | W | 102 | 99 | 35 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 56 | Wed, Feb 4, 1981 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 135 | 132 | 36 | 20 | W 3 | ||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 6, 1981 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 122 | 96 | 37 | 20 | W 4 | |||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 8, 1981 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 102 | 98 | 38 | 20 | W 5 | |||
| 59 | Wed, Feb 11, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 89 | 108 | 38 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Thu, Feb 12, 1981 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 110 | 109 | 39 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 107 | 99 | 40 | 21 | W 2 | ||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 15, 1981 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 110 | 108 | 41 | 21 | W 3 | |||
| 63 | Tue, Feb 17, 1981 | Boston Celtics | L | 116 | 128 | 41 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 64 | Thu, Feb 19, 1981 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 104 | 118 | 41 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 65 | Fri, Feb 20, 1981 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 106 | 109 | 41 | 24 | L 3 | ||
| 66 | Sun, Feb 22, 1981 | Denver Nuggets | W | OT | 133 | 129 | 42 | 24 | W 1 | ||
| 67 | Tue, Feb 24, 1981 | Golden State Warriors | W | 131 | 126 | 43 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 68 | Thu, Feb 26, 1981 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 123 | 113 | 44 | 24 | W 3 | |||
| 69 | Sun, Mar 1, 1981 | Houston Rockets | W | 102 | 86 | 45 | 24 | W 4 | |||
| 70 | Wed, Mar 4, 1981 | Kansas City Kings | L | 97 | 111 | 45 | 25 | L 1 | |||
| 71 | Fri, Mar 6, 1981 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 94 | 102 | 45 | 26 | L 2 | ||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 8, 1981 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 133 | 108 | 46 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 10, 1981 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 104 | 118 | 46 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 14, 1981 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 118 | 126 | 46 | 28 | L 2 | ||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 15, 1981 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | OT | 114 | 112 | 47 | 28 | W 1 | |
| 76 | Tue, Mar 17, 1981 | Utah Jazz | W | 94 | 86 | 48 | 28 | W 2 | |||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 20, 1981 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 114 | 111 | 49 | 28 | W 3 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Mar 22, 1981 | San Diego Clippers | W | 107 | 99 | 50 | 28 | W 4 | |||
| 79 | Tue, Mar 24, 1981 | Denver Nuggets | L | 123 | 125 | 50 | 29 | L 1 | |||
| 80 | Wed, Mar 25, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 111 | 117 | 50 | 30 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Thu, Mar 26, 1981 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 98 | 97 | 51 | 30 | W 1 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 29, 1981 | Houston Rockets | W | 135 | 109 | 52 | 30 | W 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Apr 7, 1981 | Houston Rockets | L | 98 | 107 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Wed, Apr 8, 1981 | Houston Rockets | W | 125 | 113 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Apr 10, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 99 | 112 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Apr 12, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 114 | 112 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Apr 14, 1981 | Houston Rockets | L | 117 | 123 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 6 | Wed, Apr 15, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 101 | 96 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Fri, Apr 17, 1981 | Houston Rockets | L | 100 | 105 | 3 | 4 | L 1 |