1980-81 San Diego Clippers Schedule and Results

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Record: 36-46, Finished 5th in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Paul Silas (36-46)

Executive: Lou Lenart, Ted Podleski

PTS/G: 106.5 (16th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 108.1 (16th of 23)

SRS: -1.78 (16th of 23) Pace: 100.2 (20th of 23)

Off Rtg: 106.0 (13th of 23) Def Rtg: 107.6 (18th of 23) Net Rtg: -1.6 (16th of 23)

Expected W-L: 37-45 (16th of 23)

Arena: San Diego Sports Arena Attendance: 257,597 (21st of 23)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 10, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		120	104	1	0	W 1	5,623
2	Sat, Oct 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		91	104	1	1	L 1	8,024
3	Fri, Oct 17, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		116	129	1	2	L 2	4,032
4	Sun, Oct 19, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		84	102	1	3	L 3	4,022
5	Tue, Oct 21, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		120	123	1	4	L 4	7,821
6	Fri, Oct 24, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		103	100	2	4	W 1	5,005
7	Sat, Oct 25, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		98	116	2	5	L 1	4,613
8	Tue, Oct 28, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		101	131	2	6	L 2	8,663
9	Wed, Oct 29, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		89	105	2	7	L 3	11,174
10	Fri, Oct 31, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		120	104	3	7	W 1	4,030
11	Tue, Nov 4, 1980	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		116	102	4	7	W 2	5,431
12	Wed, Nov 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		111	104	5	7	W 3	6,186
13	Fri, Nov 7, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		94	113	5	8	L 1	17,026
14	Sat, Nov 8, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	OT	110	106	6	8	W 1	12,666
15	Tue, Nov 11, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		107	109	6	9	L 1	4,727
16	Thu, Nov 13, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		107	113	6	10	L 2	4,281
17	Fri, Nov 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		100	113	6	11	L 3	11,808
18	Sat, Nov 15, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		94	96	6	12	L 4	5,211
19	Tue, Nov 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		94	104	6	13	L 5	3,637
20	Thu, Nov 20, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		90	97	6	14	L 6	3,031
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 21, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		90	102	6	15	L 7	8,625
22	Sun, Nov 23, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		110	99	7	15	W 1	5,019
23	Tue, Nov 25, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		108	94	8	15	W 2	4,176
24	Wed, Nov 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		109	113	8	16	L 1	7,913
25	Fri, Nov 28, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		93	92	9	16	W 1	16,059
26	Sun, Nov 30, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		120	100	10	16	W 2	4,025
27	Wed, Dec 3, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		120	114	11	16	W 3	9,346
28	Thu, Dec 4, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		100	103	11	17	L 1	4,632
29	Sun, Dec 7, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		98	95	12	17	W 1	4,378
30	Tue, Dec 9, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		87	114	12	18	L 1	6,989
31	Wed, Dec 10, 1980	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		100	112	12	19	L 2	6,018
32	Fri, Dec 12, 1980	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L	OT	109	112	12	20	L 3	6,457
33	Sun, Dec 14, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		91	81	13	20	W 1	6,862
34	Tue, Dec 16, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		97	92	14	20	W 2	9,044
35	Thu, Dec 18, 1980	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		102	92	15	20	W 3	7,167
36	Sat, Dec 20, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		103	91	16	20	W 4	5,253
37	Sun, Dec 21, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		117	97	17	20	W 5	6,952
38	Sat, Dec 27, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		121	109	18	20	W 6	8,130
39	Tue, Dec 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		98	104	18	21	L 1	8,102
40	Thu, Jan 1, 1981	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		85	88	18	22	L 2	12,872	2:05
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 3, 1981	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		104	128	18	23	L 3	8,614
42	Sun, Jan 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		95	128	18	24	L 4	11,052
43	Tue, Jan 6, 1981	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		93	108	18	25	L 5	6,046
44	Fri, Jan 9, 1981	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		116	130	18	26	L 6	4,560
45	Sun, Jan 11, 1981	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		115	105	19	26	W 1	7,493
46	Wed, Jan 14, 1981	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		106	85	20	26	W 2	4,463
47	Fri, Jan 16, 1981	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		109	112	20	27	L 1	6,721
48	Sun, Jan 18, 1981	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		115	109	21	27	W 1	3,980
49	Wed, Jan 21, 1981	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		125	116	22	27	W 2	7,528
50	Thu, Jan 22, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		93	100	22	28	L 1	9,797
51	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		117	121	22	29	L 2	8,742
52	Tue, Jan 27, 1981	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		119	114	23	29	W 1	4,382
53	Thu, Jan 29, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		106	108	23	30	L 1	5,128
54	Tue, Feb 3, 1981	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		98	101	23	31	L 2	9,969
55	Wed, Feb 4, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		110	102	24	31	W 1	6,888
56	Fri, Feb 6, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		113	129	24	32	L 1	10,105
57	Sun, Feb 8, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		107	123	24	33	L 2	15,320	2:34
58	Tue, Feb 10, 1981	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		93	107	24	34	L 3	8,798
59	Fri, Feb 13, 1981	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		94	110	24	35	L 4	10,826
60	Tue, Feb 17, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		128	95	25	35	W 1	6,384
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Thu, Feb 19, 1981	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		116	99	26	35	W 2	5,787
62	Fri, Feb 20, 1981	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		115	114	27	35	W 3	10,808
63	Sun, Feb 22, 1981	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		108	93	28	35	W 4	7,837
64	Tue, Feb 24, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		121	107	29	35	W 5	12,666
65	Wed, Feb 25, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		95	107	29	36	L 1	13,841
66	Sat, Feb 28, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		104	103	30	36	W 1	10,383
67	Sun, Mar 1, 1981	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		91	99	30	37	L 1	4,858
68	Wed, Mar 4, 1981	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		103	115	30	38	L 2	6,006
69	Fri, Mar 6, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		140	125	31	38	W 1	5,059
70	Sat, Mar 7, 1981	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		94	97	31	39	L 1	7,389
71	Sun, Mar 8, 1981	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		103	92	32	39	W 1	13,803
72	Tue, Mar 10, 1981	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		100	107	32	40	L 1	4,154
73	Thu, Mar 12, 1981	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	122	32	41	L 2	13,043
74	Sat, Mar 14, 1981	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		126	118	33	41	W 1	6,509
75	Sun, Mar 15, 1981	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		122	118	34	41	W 2	15,560
76	Tue, Mar 17, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		112	127	34	42	L 1	12,666
77	Thu, Mar 19, 1981	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		139	113	35	42	W 1	5,360
78	Sun, Mar 22, 1981	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		99	107	35	43	L 1	10,156
79	Tue, Mar 24, 1981	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		111	106	36	43	W 1	5,352
80	Wed, Mar 25, 1981	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		114	120	36	44	L 1	12,117
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 27, 1981	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		100	124	36	45	L 2	12,660
82	Sun, Mar 29, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		129	144	36	46	L 3	4,951

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