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1981 NBA Western Conference Finals
Rockets vs. Kings

League Champion: Boston Celtics

Finals MVP: Cedric Maxwell (17.7 / 9.5 / 2.8)

1981 Playoff Leaders:

PTS: Moses Malone (562)

TRB: Moses Malone (305)

AST: Maurice Cheeks (116)

WS: Moses Malone (3.5)

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#6 Houston Rockets (4-1) vs. #5 Kansas City Kings (1-4)

Game 1, Apr 21
Houston Rockets	97	Final
Kansas City Kings	78

PTS	M. Malone-HOU	29
TRB	2 tied	12

Game 2, Apr 22
Houston Rockets	79	Final
Kansas City Kings	88

PTS	R. King-KCK	31
TRB	M. Malone-HOU	15

Game 3, Apr 24
Kansas City Kings	88	Final
Houston Rockets	92

PTS	C. Murphy-HOU	23
TRB	2 tied	12

Game 4, Apr 26
Kansas City Kings	89	Final
Houston Rockets	100

PTS	M. Malone-HOU	42
TRB	M. Malone-HOU	23

Game 5, Apr 29
Houston Rockets	97	Final
Kansas City Kings	88

PTS	M. Malone-HOU	36
TRB	R. King-KCK	16

Playoff Series

Four Factors

Houston Rockets Basic Stats

Houston Rockets Basic Stats Table
			Totals																		Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Moses Malone	25	5	5	228	49	99	0	0	39	52			73	5	5	6		11	137	.495		.750	45.6	27.4	14.6	1.0	1.0	1.2
2	Robert Reid	25	5	5	211	34	69	0	0	5	12			27	25	15	3		16	73	.493		.417	42.2	14.6	5.4	5.0	3.0	0.6
3	Calvin Murphy	32	5	0	141	27	60	0	3	11	11			8	12	6	0		20	65	.450	.000	1.000	28.2	13.0	1.6	2.4	1.2	0.0
4	Billy Paultz	32	5	5	180	30	52	0	0	4	6			36	3	3	10		12	64	.577		.667	36.0	12.8	7.2	0.6	0.6	2.0
5	Tom Henderson	29	5	5	168	17	39	0	1	4	5			22	28	3	0		9	38	.436	.000	.800	33.6	7.6	4.4	5.6	0.6	0.0
6	Bill Willoughby	23	5	1	99	14	26	0	0	4	7			18	5	6	3		11	32	.538		.571	19.8	6.4	3.6	1.0	1.2	0.6
7	Allen Leavell	23	5	0	67	12	20	0	0	2	2			3	9	9	0		7	26	.600		1.000	13.4	5.2	0.6	1.8	1.8	0.0
8	Mike Dunleavy	26	4	4	75	10	20	1	3	4	5			6	21	4	0		9	25	.500	.333	.800	18.8	6.3	1.5	5.3	1.0	0.0
9	Major Jones	27	3	0	18	1	3	0	0	0	0			5	1	1	1		3	2	.333			6.0	0.7	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.3
10	Rudy Tomjanovich	32	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2			1.000	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
11	Calvin Garrett	24	2	0	9	0	1	0	0	1	2			3	0	0	0		0	1	.000		.500	4.5	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	26.7	5		1200	194	389	1	7	76	104			202	109	52	23	80	98	465	.499	.143	.731	240.0	93.0	40.4	21.8	10.4	4.6

Kansas City Kings Basic Stats

Kansas City Kings Basic Stats Table
			Totals																		Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Reggie King	23	5	5	207	40	81	0	0	31	41			54	10	6	3		15	111	.494		.756	41.4	22.2	10.8	2.0	1.2	0.6
2	Scott Wedman	28	5	5	225	43	95	4	16	5	9			35	16	5	4		14	95	.453	.250	.556	45.0	19.0	7.0	3.2	1.0	0.8
3	Ernie Grunfeld	25	5	5	198	31	61	0	1	9	11			14	21	11	2		16	71	.508	.000	.818	39.6	14.2	2.8	4.2	2.2	0.4
4	Sam Lacey	32	5	5	175	19	40	0	1	8	8			30	29	13	8		23	46	.475	.000	1.000	35.0	9.2	6.0	5.8	2.6	1.6
5	Phil Ford	24	5	4	158	15	35	0	1	9	13			8	29	5	0		9	39	.429	.000	.692	31.6	7.8	1.6	5.8	1.0	0.0
6	Otis Birdsong	25	3	1	53	13	21	0	0	3	5			5	4	3	0		3	29	.619		.600	17.7	9.7	1.7	1.3	1.0	0.0
7	John Lambert	28	5	0	73	11	23	0	1	4	5			14	4	1	1		8	26	.478	.000	.800	14.6	5.2	2.8	0.8	0.2	0.2
8	Leon Douglas	26	5	0	87	6	9	0	0	2	5			16	5	2	1		19	14	.667		.400	17.4	2.8	3.2	1.0	0.4	0.2
9	Joe Meriweather	27	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0				7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
10	Frankie Sanders	24	2	0	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000		3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
11	Lloyd Walton	27	1	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	.000			11.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	26.3	5		1200	178	368	4	21	71	97			176	119	46	19	87	109	431	.484	.190	.732	240.0	86.2	35.2	23.8	9.2	3.8

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1981 NBA Playoffs

Player Stats

East Conf 1st Round

West Conf 1st Round

East Conf Semis

West Conf Semis

East Conf Finals

Philadelphia 76ers vs. Boston Celtics

West Conf Finals

Houston Rockets vs. Kansas City Kings

Finals

Houston Rockets vs. Boston Celtics

1980-81 Reg. Season Summary