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39-43, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 105.6 points per game, Allowed 105.6 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 41-41)
Coached by Gene Shue (39-43)
Arena: Capital Centre / Attendance: 375,360 (15th of 23 available)
SRS: 0.42 (11th of 23) / Pace Factor: 102.4 (9th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 102.7 (20th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 102.7 (5th 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 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 95 | 85 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 11, 1980 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 2OT | 120 | 126 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Thu, Oct 16, 1980 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 88 | 90 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Oct 17, 1980 | New Jersey Nets | L | 112 | 114 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 18, 1980 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 101 | 117 | 1 | 4 | L 4 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Oct 22, 1980 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 109 | 96 | 2 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Fri, Oct 24, 1980 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 96 | 104 | 2 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Oct 25, 1980 | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 103 | 2 | 6 | L 2 | |||
| 9 | Sun, Oct 26, 1980 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 88 | 111 | 2 | 7 | L 3 | ||
| 10 | Fri, Oct 31, 1980 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 98 | 100 | 2 | 8 | L 4 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 1, 1980 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 93 | 111 | 2 | 9 | L 5 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 4, 1980 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 122 | 98 | 3 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 13 | Thu, Nov 6, 1980 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 116 | 95 | 4 | 9 | W 2 | |||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 7, 1980 | Detroit Pistons | W | 114 | 88 | 5 | 9 | W 3 | |||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 11, 1980 | Denver Nuggets | W | 107 | 92 | 6 | 9 | W 4 | |||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 12, 1980 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 86 | 93 | 6 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Fri, Nov 14, 1980 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 108 | 118 | 6 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 15, 1980 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 100 | 88 | 7 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 18, 1980 | Golden State Warriors | L | 97 | 103 | 7 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 20 | Fri, Nov 21, 1980 | San Diego Clippers | W | 102 | 90 | 8 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 22, 1980 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 101 | 114 | 8 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Nov 27, 1980 | Indiana Pacers | W | 123 | 108 | 9 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 23 | Fri, Nov 28, 1980 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 105 | 126 | 9 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 98 | 89 | 10 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 2, 1980 | Kansas City Kings | W | 107 | 103 | 11 | 14 | W 2 | |||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 3, 1980 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 115 | 128 | 11 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Fri, Dec 5, 1980 | Detroit Pistons | W | 103 | 92 | 12 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 28 | Sun, Dec 7, 1980 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 113 | 103 | 13 | 15 | W 2 | at Hartford, CT | |
| 29 | Tue, Dec 9, 1980 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 104 | 107 | 13 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Wed, Dec 10, 1980 | Boston Celtics | L | 99 | 101 | 13 | 17 | L 2 | |||
| 31 | Fri, Dec 12, 1980 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 79 | 95 | 13 | 18 | L 3 | ||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | Indiana Pacers | W | 114 | 105 | 14 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Tue, Dec 16, 1980 | Chicago Bulls | L | 94 | 96 | 14 | 19 | L 1 | |||
| 34 | Fri, Dec 19, 1980 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 96 | 102 | 14 | 20 | L 2 | |||
| 35 | Tue, Dec 23, 1980 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 83 | 100 | 14 | 21 | L 3 | ||
| 36 | Thu, Dec 25, 1980 | New Jersey Nets | W | 109 | 94 | 15 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Sat, Dec 27, 1980 | Houston Rockets | W | 115 | 97 | 16 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 38 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 94 | 115 | 16 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 2, 1981 | Chicago Bulls | L | 82 | 92 | 16 | 23 | L 2 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 112 | 132 | 16 | 24 | L 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Jan 6, 1981 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 98 | 107 | 16 | 25 | L 4 | ||
| 42 | Thu, Jan 8, 1981 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 118 | 136 | 16 | 26 | L 5 | ||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 106 | 94 | 17 | 26 | W 1 | ||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 11, 1981 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 106 | 137 | 17 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Wed, Jan 14, 1981 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 114 | 104 | 18 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Thu, Jan 15, 1981 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 106 | 89 | 19 | 27 | W 2 | ||
| 47 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 103 | 93 | 20 | 27 | W 3 | |||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 18, 1981 | New Jersey Nets | W | 110 | 99 | 21 | 27 | W 4 | |||
| 49 | Tue, Jan 20, 1981 | Utah Jazz | W | 121 | 113 | 22 | 27 | W 5 | |||
| 50 | Thu, Jan 22, 1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 116 | 128 | 22 | 28 | L 1 | |||
| 51 | Fri, Jan 23, 1981 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 103 | 91 | 23 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Sun, Jan 25, 1981 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 118 | 100 | 24 | 28 | W 2 | ||
| 53 | Tue, Jan 27, 1981 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 105 | 104 | 25 | 28 | W 3 | ||
| 54 | Wed, Jan 28, 1981 | Phoenix Suns | W | 108 | 98 | 26 | 28 | W 4 | |||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 3, 1981 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | OT | 104 | 111 | 26 | 29 | L 1 | |
| 56 | Wed, Feb 4, 1981 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 99 | 108 | 26 | 30 | L 2 | ||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 6, 1981 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 116 | 110 | 27 | 30 | W 1 | ||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 8, 1981 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 107 | 113 | 27 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 10, 1981 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 115 | 110 | 28 | 31 | W 1 | ||
| 60 | Fri, Feb 13, 1981 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 104 | 102 | 29 | 31 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 103 | 105 | 29 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 62 | Tue, Feb 17, 1981 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 104 | 124 | 29 | 33 | L 2 | |||
| 63 | Thu, Feb 19, 1981 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 129 | 108 | 30 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Fri, Feb 20, 1981 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 112 | 124 | 30 | 34 | L 1 | ||
| 65 | Sun, Feb 22, 1981 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 93 | 102 | 30 | 35 | L 2 | |||
| 66 | Wed, Feb 25, 1981 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 120 | 105 | 31 | 35 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Fri, Feb 27, 1981 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 100 | 112 | 31 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Sun, Mar 1, 1981 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 107 | 137 | 31 | 37 | L 2 | ||
| 69 | Tue, Mar 3, 1981 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 112 | 93 | 32 | 37 | W 1 | ||
| 70 | Wed, Mar 4, 1981 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 115 | 103 | 33 | 37 | W 2 | ||
| 71 | Fri, Mar 6, 1981 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 105 | 104 | 34 | 37 | W 3 | ||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 8, 1981 | Chicago Bulls | W | 103 | 99 | 35 | 37 | W 4 | |||
| 73 | Wed, Mar 11, 1981 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 104 | 109 | 35 | 38 | L 1 | ||
| 74 | Thu, Mar 12, 1981 | Indiana Pacers | L | 107 | 114 | 35 | 39 | L 2 | |||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 15, 1981 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 100 | 101 | 35 | 40 | L 3 | |||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 17, 1981 | Boston Celtics | L | 91 | 112 | 35 | 41 | L 4 | |||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 20, 1981 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 116 | 128 | 35 | 42 | L 5 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Mar 22, 1981 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 121 | 101 | 36 | 42 | W 1 | |||
| 79 | Wed, Mar 25, 1981 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 105 | 84 | 37 | 42 | W 2 | |||
| 80 | Fri, Mar 27, 1981 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 107 | 122 | 37 | 43 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sat, Mar 28, 1981 | Detroit Pistons | W | 108 | 103 | 38 | 43 | W 1 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 29, 1981 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 138 | 103 | 39 | 43 | W 2 |