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28-54, Finished 5th in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 101.2 points per game, Allowed 107.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 26-56)
Coached by Tom Nissalke (28-54)
Arena: Salt Palace / Attendance: 307,825 (19th of 23 available)
SRS: -5.99 (22nd of 23) / Pace Factor: 97.7 (23rd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 103.4 (18th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 109.4 (20th 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 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 96 | 86 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 11, 1980 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 91 | 98 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sun, Oct 12, 1980 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | OT | 125 | 121 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 4 | Wed, Oct 15, 1980 | Phoenix Suns | L | 93 | 107 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 18, 1980 | Denver Nuggets | W | 117 | 115 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Mon, Oct 20, 1980 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 92 | 98 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 7 | Fri, Oct 24, 1980 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 100 | 103 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Oct 25, 1980 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 99 | 127 | 3 | 5 | L 3 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Oct 28, 1980 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 104 | 96 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Oct 29, 1980 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 109 | 96 | 5 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 11 | Fri, Oct 31, 1980 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 144 | 122 | 6 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 1, 1980 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 95 | 87 | 7 | 5 | W 4 | ||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 4, 1980 | Kansas City Kings | W | 107 | 104 | 8 | 5 | W 5 | |||
| 14 | Thu, Nov 6, 1980 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 112 | 96 | 9 | 5 | W 6 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 8, 1980 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 102 | 109 | 9 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 16 | Mon, Nov 10, 1980 | Indiana Pacers | W | 108 | 106 | 10 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Wed, Nov 12, 1980 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 114 | 106 | 11 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Fri, Nov 14, 1980 | Houston Rockets | W | 117 | 115 | 12 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 19 | Sat, Nov 15, 1980 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 104 | 120 | 12 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Tue, Nov 18, 1980 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 93 | 126 | 12 | 8 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 22, 1980 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 93 | 99 | 12 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Nov 26, 1980 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 104 | 97 | 13 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Nov 28, 1980 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 95 | 122 | 13 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 93 | 113 | 13 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 2, 1980 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 108 | 119 | 13 | 12 | L 3 | ||
| 26 | Thu, Dec 4, 1980 | Denver Nuggets | W | 122 | 118 | 14 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 6, 1980 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 98 | 108 | 14 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| 28 | Sun, Dec 7, 1980 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 100 | 113 | 14 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 29 | Tue, Dec 9, 1980 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 90 | 115 | 14 | 15 | L 3 | |||
| 30 | Fri, Dec 12, 1980 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 98 | 118 | 14 | 16 | L 4 | ||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 103 | 110 | 14 | 17 | L 5 | ||
| 32 | Tue, Dec 16, 1980 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 97 | 112 | 14 | 18 | L 6 | ||
| 33 | Thu, Dec 18, 1980 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 97 | 109 | 14 | 19 | L 7 | |||
| 34 | Fri, Dec 19, 1980 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 90 | 108 | 14 | 20 | L 8 | ||
| 35 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | San Diego Clippers | L | 91 | 103 | 14 | 21 | L 9 | |||
| 36 | Tue, Dec 23, 1980 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 101 | 96 | 15 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 37 | Fri, Dec 26, 1980 | Golden State Warriors | L | 109 | 110 | 15 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 38 | Sat, Dec 27, 1980 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 117 | 142 | 15 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 39 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 110 | 100 | 16 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Thu, Jan 1, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 103 | 117 | 16 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 2, 1981 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 95 | 101 | 16 | 25 | L 2 | ||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 109 | 103 | 17 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 7, 1981 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 121 | 117 | 18 | 25 | W 2 | ||
| 44 | Thu, Jan 8, 1981 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 99 | 97 | 19 | 25 | W 3 | |||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | Kansas City Kings | L | 92 | 99 | 19 | 26 | L 1 | |||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 14, 1981 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 110 | 107 | 20 | 26 | W 1 | ||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 16, 1981 | San Diego Clippers | W | 112 | 109 | 21 | 26 | W 2 | |||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 18, 1981 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 89 | 110 | 21 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Tue, Jan 20, 1981 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 113 | 121 | 21 | 28 | L 2 | ||
| 50 | Wed, Jan 21, 1981 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 117 | 21 | 29 | L 3 | ||
| 51 | Fri, Jan 23, 1981 | Golden State Warriors | L | 101 | 103 | 21 | 30 | L 4 | |||
| 52 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 91 | 106 | 21 | 31 | L 5 | ||
| 53 | Mon, Jan 26, 1981 | Detroit Pistons | W | 102 | 99 | 22 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 54 | Tue, Jan 27, 1981 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 104 | 111 | 22 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Thu, Jan 29, 1981 | Houston Rockets | W | 99 | 97 | 23 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Wed, Feb 4, 1981 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 89 | 114 | 23 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 6, 1981 | Denver Nuggets | L | 116 | 120 | 23 | 34 | L 2 | |||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 89 | 96 | 23 | 35 | L 3 | ||
| 59 | Sun, Feb 8, 1981 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 101 | 107 | 23 | 36 | L 4 | ||
| 60 | Wed, Feb 11, 1981 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 87 | 99 | 23 | 37 | L 5 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Feb 13, 1981 | Boston Celtics | W | 104 | 89 | 24 | 37 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 15, 1981 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 84 | 118 | 24 | 38 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Tue, Feb 17, 1981 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 98 | 101 | 24 | 39 | L 2 | |||
| 64 | Fri, Feb 20, 1981 | Chicago Bulls | L | 84 | 92 | 24 | 40 | L 3 | |||
| 65 | Sun, Feb 22, 1981 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 93 | 108 | 24 | 41 | L 4 | ||
| 66 | Mon, Feb 23, 1981 | Houston Rockets | L | 102 | 106 | 24 | 42 | L 5 | |||
| 67 | Wed, Feb 25, 1981 | New Jersey Nets | W | 132 | 106 | 25 | 42 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Fri, Feb 27, 1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 83 | 87 | 25 | 43 | L 1 | |||
| 69 | Sun, Mar 1, 1981 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 97 | 108 | 25 | 44 | L 2 | ||
| 70 | Tue, Mar 3, 1981 | Washington Bullets | L | 93 | 112 | 25 | 45 | L 3 | |||
| 71 | Wed, Mar 4, 1981 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 105 | 107 | 25 | 46 | L 4 | ||
| 72 | Thu, Mar 5, 1981 | Phoenix Suns | L | 100 | 112 | 25 | 47 | L 5 | |||
| 73 | Sat, Mar 7, 1981 | San Diego Clippers | W | 97 | 94 | 26 | 47 | W 1 | |||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 14, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 82 | 101 | 26 | 48 | L 1 | ||
| 75 | Tue, Mar 17, 1981 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 86 | 94 | 26 | 49 | L 2 | ||
| 76 | Wed, Mar 18, 1981 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 120 | 113 | 27 | 49 | W 1 | |||
| 77 | Sat, Mar 21, 1981 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 95 | 105 | 27 | 50 | L 1 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Mar 22, 1981 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 108 | 113 | 27 | 51 | L 2 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Mar 24, 1981 | Kansas City Kings | L | 92 | 105 | 27 | 52 | L 3 | |||
| 80 | Thu, Mar 26, 1981 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 97 | 98 | 27 | 53 | L 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sat, Mar 28, 1981 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | OT | 112 | 110 | 28 | 53 | W 1 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 29, 1981 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 90 | 105 | 28 | 54 | L 1 |