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36-46, Finished 5th in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 106.5 points per game, Allowed 108.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 37-45)
Coached by Paul Silas (36-46)
Arena: San Diego Sports Arena / Attendance: 257,597 (21st of 23 available)
SRS: -1.78 (16th of 23) / Pace Factor: 100.2 (20th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 106.0 (12th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 107.6 (18th of 23)
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 | Houston Rockets | W | 120 | 104 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 11, 1980 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 91 | 104 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Oct 17, 1980 | Denver Nuggets | L | 116 | 129 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 4 | Sun, Oct 19, 1980 | Phoenix Suns | L | 84 | 102 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | |||
| 5 | Tue, Oct 21, 1980 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 120 | 123 | 1 | 4 | L 4 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Oct 24, 1980 | Utah Jazz | W | 103 | 100 | 2 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Oct 25, 1980 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 98 | 116 | 2 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 8 | Tue, Oct 28, 1980 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 101 | 131 | 2 | 6 | L 2 | |||
| 9 | Wed, Oct 29, 1980 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 89 | 105 | 2 | 7 | L 3 | ||
| 10 | Fri, Oct 31, 1980 | Golden State Warriors | W | 120 | 104 | 3 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Tue, Nov 4, 1980 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 116 | 102 | 4 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 5, 1980 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 111 | 104 | 5 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 7, 1980 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 94 | 113 | 5 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 8, 1980 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | OT | 110 | 106 | 6 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Tue, Nov 11, 1980 | Phoenix Suns | L | 107 | 109 | 6 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 16 | Thu, Nov 13, 1980 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 107 | 113 | 6 | 10 | L 2 | |||
| 17 | Fri, Nov 14, 1980 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 100 | 113 | 6 | 11 | L 3 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 15, 1980 | Kansas City Kings | L | 94 | 96 | 6 | 12 | L 4 | |||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 18, 1980 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 94 | 104 | 6 | 13 | L 5 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Nov 20, 1980 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 90 | 97 | 6 | 14 | L 6 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Nov 21, 1980 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 90 | 102 | 6 | 15 | L 7 | ||
| 22 | Sun, Nov 23, 1980 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 110 | 99 | 7 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 23 | Tue, Nov 25, 1980 | Denver Nuggets | W | 108 | 94 | 8 | 15 | W 2 | |||
| 24 | Wed, Nov 26, 1980 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 109 | 113 | 8 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Fri, Nov 28, 1980 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 93 | 92 | 9 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Sun, Nov 30, 1980 | Golden State Warriors | W | 120 | 100 | 10 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 27 | Wed, Dec 3, 1980 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 120 | 114 | 11 | 16 | W 3 | ||
| 28 | Thu, Dec 4, 1980 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 100 | 103 | 11 | 17 | L 1 | |||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 7, 1980 | New Jersey Nets | W | 98 | 95 | 12 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 9, 1980 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 87 | 114 | 12 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 10, 1980 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 100 | 112 | 12 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 12, 1980 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 109 | 112 | 12 | 20 | L 3 | ||
| 33 | Sun, Dec 14, 1980 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 91 | 81 | 13 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Tue, Dec 16, 1980 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 97 | 92 | 14 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 35 | Thu, Dec 18, 1980 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 102 | 92 | 15 | 20 | W 3 | |||
| 36 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 103 | 91 | 16 | 20 | W 4 | ||
| 37 | Sun, Dec 21, 1980 | Detroit Pistons | W | 117 | 97 | 17 | 20 | W 5 | |||
| 38 | Sat, Dec 27, 1980 | Indiana Pacers | W | 121 | 109 | 18 | 20 | W 6 | |||
| 39 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 98 | 104 | 18 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Thu, Jan 1, 1981 | Boston Celtics | L | 85 | 88 | 18 | 22 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 104 | 128 | 18 | 23 | L 3 | ||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 4, 1981 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 95 | 128 | 18 | 24 | L 4 | ||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 6, 1981 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 93 | 108 | 18 | 25 | L 5 | ||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 9, 1981 | Denver Nuggets | L | 116 | 130 | 18 | 26 | L 6 | |||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 11, 1981 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 115 | 105 | 19 | 26 | W 1 | ||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 14, 1981 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 106 | 85 | 20 | 26 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 16, 1981 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 109 | 112 | 20 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 18, 1981 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 115 | 109 | 21 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 49 | Wed, Jan 21, 1981 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 125 | 116 | 22 | 27 | W 2 | ||
| 50 | Thu, Jan 22, 1981 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 93 | 100 | 22 | 28 | L 1 | |||
| 51 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 117 | 121 | 22 | 29 | L 2 | |||
| 52 | Tue, Jan 27, 1981 | Kansas City Kings | W | 119 | 114 | 23 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 53 | Thu, Jan 29, 1981 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 106 | 108 | 23 | 30 | L 1 | |||
| 54 | Tue, Feb 3, 1981 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 98 | 101 | 23 | 31 | L 2 | ||
| 55 | Wed, Feb 4, 1981 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 110 | 102 | 24 | 31 | W 1 | ||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 6, 1981 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 113 | 129 | 24 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 8, 1981 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 107 | 123 | 24 | 33 | L 2 | ||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 10, 1981 | Phoenix Suns | L | 93 | 107 | 24 | 34 | L 3 | |||
| 59 | Fri, Feb 13, 1981 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 94 | 110 | 24 | 35 | L 4 | ||
| 60 | Tue, Feb 17, 1981 | Chicago Bulls | W | 128 | 95 | 25 | 35 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Thu, Feb 19, 1981 | Houston Rockets | W | 116 | 99 | 26 | 35 | W 2 | |||
| 62 | Fri, Feb 20, 1981 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 115 | 114 | 27 | 35 | W 3 | ||
| 63 | Sun, Feb 22, 1981 | Utah Jazz | W | 108 | 93 | 28 | 35 | W 4 | |||
| 64 | Tue, Feb 24, 1981 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 121 | 107 | 29 | 35 | W 5 | ||
| 65 | Wed, Feb 25, 1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 95 | 107 | 29 | 36 | L 1 | |||
| 66 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 104 | 103 | 30 | 36 | W 1 | ||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 1, 1981 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 91 | 99 | 30 | 37 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Wed, Mar 4, 1981 | Washington Bullets | L | 103 | 115 | 30 | 38 | L 2 | |||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 6, 1981 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 140 | 125 | 31 | 38 | W 1 | |||
| 70 | Sat, Mar 7, 1981 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 94 | 97 | 31 | 39 | L 1 | ||
| 71 | Sun, Mar 8, 1981 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 103 | 92 | 32 | 39 | W 1 | ||
| 72 | Tue, Mar 10, 1981 | Kansas City Kings | L | 100 | 107 | 32 | 40 | L 1 | |||
| 73 | Thu, Mar 12, 1981 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 116 | 122 | 32 | 41 | L 2 | |||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 14, 1981 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 126 | 118 | 33 | 41 | W 1 | |||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 15, 1981 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 122 | 118 | 34 | 41 | W 2 | ||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 17, 1981 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 112 | 127 | 34 | 42 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Thu, Mar 19, 1981 | Golden State Warriors | W | 139 | 113 | 35 | 42 | W 1 | |||
| 78 | Sun, Mar 22, 1981 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 99 | 107 | 35 | 43 | L 1 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Mar 24, 1981 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 111 | 106 | 36 | 43 | W 1 | |||
| 80 | Wed, Mar 25, 1981 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 114 | 120 | 36 | 44 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Mar 27, 1981 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 100 | 124 | 36 | 45 | L 2 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 29, 1981 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 129 | 144 | 36 | 46 | L 3 |