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1980-81 Chicago Bulls Game Log

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Record: 45-37, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Jerry Sloan (45-37)

Executive: Rod Thorn

PTS/G: 109.0 (10th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 107.0 (11th of 23)

SRS: 2.34 (6th of 23) Pace: 100.6 (17th of 23)

Off Rtg: 107.8 (6th of 23) Def Rtg: 105.8 (14th of 23) Net Rtg: +2.0 (7th of 23)

Expected W-L: 46-36 (7th of 23)

Arena: Chicago Stadium Attendance: 391,118 (13th of 23)

NBA 1981 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (0-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1980-10-11	@	ATL	L	93	101	29	67	.433	0	6	.000	35	51	.686	11	46	15	12	7	25	34	39	89	.438	0	0		23	33	.697	23	55	21	14	9	19	38
2	2	1980-10-15	@	IND	W	108	97	39	88	.443	0	1	.000	30	41	.732	19	54	21	11	7	20	28	39	85	.459	1	4	.250	18	35	.514	15	46	26	9	3	22	31
3	3	1980-10-17		CLE	W	98	79	42	87	.483	0	1	.000	14	19	.737	15	55	17	11	7	18	21	34	89	.382	3	7	.429	8	13	.615	13	37	14	6	6	17	15
4	4	1980-10-18		NJN	L	90	107	35	81	.432	0	0		20	27	.741	17	48	17	8	7	24	27	40	83	.482	0	0		27	30	.900	13	41	18	7	3	16	24
5	5	1980-10-21	@	NYK	L	97	105	42	89	.472	0	2	.000	13	20	.650	21	51	16	8	4	24	28	38	84	.452	2	4	.500	27	36	.750	9	34	22	13	7	17	19
6	6	1980-10-24		WSB	W	104	96	43	88	.489	0	1	.000	18	22	.818	18	53	25	5	6	18	23	38	83	.458	2	9	.222	18	21	.857	9	34	23	5	2	16	23
7	7	1980-10-25	@	MIL	L	93	109	35	88	.398	0	0		23	32	.719	27	54	21	7	2	23	20	46	84	.548	0	0		17	23	.739	17	43	33	11	8	15	26
8	8	1980-10-28		MIL	L	99	106	37	78	.474	2	5	.400	23	29	.793	15	48	20	4	9	27	26	42	90	.467	0	1	.000	22	24	.917	18	40	16	14	6	18	25
9	9	1980-10-29	@	PHI	L	102	115	42	86	.488	0	1	.000	18	25	.720	15	44	27	8	8	25	26	43	82	.524	0	0		29	39	.744	9	39	31	15	9	19	26
10	10	1980-10-31		IND	L	114	121	45	77	.584	1	5	.200	23	27	.852	18	38	18	13	8	27	24	51	85	.600	1	3	.333	18	22	.818	12	28	26	13	4	21	22
11	11	1980-11-01		DET	W	122	100	51	82	.622	0	1	.000	20	22	.909	8	38	25	9	10	21	28	38	82	.463	0	2	.000	24	31	.774	8	29	16	14	2	23	25
12	12	1980-11-05	@	NJN	W	120	105	45	78	.577	0	0		30	45	.667	14	51	30	11	7	29	28	41	92	.446	1	5	.200	22	27	.815	14	34	26	13	3	24	34
13	13	1980-11-07		ATL	W	103	100	35	82	.427	0	1	.000	33	54	.611		63	21	12	12	24	30	32	85	.376	1	2	.500	35	44	.795		42	12	12	7	22	37
14	14	1980-11-08		DEN	L	126	130	50	113	.442	1	5	.200	25	30	.833	22	62	20	9	7	25	33	48	96	.500	4	4	1.000	30	41	.732	9	45	24	13	1	22	32
15	15	1980-11-09	@	BOS	L	105	111	41	90	.456	2	5	.400	21	30	.700	20	49	19	4	1	18	23	47	92	.511	0	1	.000	17	24	.708	18	42	29	8	6	15	24
16	16	1980-11-11		PHI	L	80	121	30	89	.337	0	3	.000	20	30	.667	15	42	18	14	6	22	26	48	87	.552	0	0		25	31	.806	10	58	32	11	6	26	23
17	17	1980-11-14	@	DET	L	99	106	36	73	.493	1	3	.333	26	34	.765	17	37	14	12	7	22	22	47	83	.566	0	0		12	18	.667	14	39	23	4	7	18	26
18	18	1980-11-16	@	MIL	W	114	108	46	81	.568	0	0		22	33	.667	12	42	28	4	4	19	19	46	100	.460	1	6	.167	15	17	.882	14	38	29	9	6	11	28
19	19	1980-11-18		BOS	L	112	113	39	86	.453	0	1	.000	34	44	.773		41	13	12	7	13	24	50	82	.610	1	5	.200	12	17	.706		38	28	6	10	22	28
20	20	1980-11-21		NYK	W	130	121	53	88	.602	0	0		24	25	.960	17	44	27	6	6	16	24	47	86	.547	0	2	.000	27	31	.871	12	31	22	10	2	12	22
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1980-11-22		WSB	W	114	101	44	86	.512	0	0		26	32	.813	15	50	20	10	5	20	22	43	93	.462	1	6	.167	14	17	.824	14	40	18	9	4	22	27
22	22	1980-11-26	@	SAS	L	122	125	41	76	.539	2	3	.667	38	49	.776		37	27	5	3	15	26	51	97	.526	0	0		23	33	.697		46	32	6	5	11	26
23	23	1980-11-28	@	PHO	L	101	102	36	80	.450	3	4	.750	26	32	.813	9	37	20	12	4	27	33	43	86	.500	0	0		16	29	.552	15	43	21	10	5	25	30
24	24	1980-11-30	@	LAL	W	122	108	46	86	.535	0	1	.000	30	41	.732	12	48	29	10	5	17	23	45	103	.437	1	5	.200	17	21	.810	20	40	30	9	7	17	28
25	25	1980-12-02	@	DEN	W	129	124	53	103	.515	0	1	.000	23	31	.742	22	54	33	8	6	19	30	44	88	.500	0	3	.000	36	41	.878	10	38	31	12	5	14	26
26	26	1980-12-03	@	SEA	L	105	113	39	92	.424	1	4	.250	26	34	.765	17	40	21	12	4	16	23	40	75	.533	0	1	.000	33	37	.892	8	40	22	8	5	23	23
27	27	1980-12-05	@	POR	L	115	116	41	73	.562	0	0		33	40	.825	9	39	31	8	4	25	28	47	94	.500	0	1	.000	22	32	.688	16	34	27	11	6	14	27
28	28	1980-12-09		PHO	L	108	123	44	83	.530	2	4	.500	18	25	.720	9	35	25	9	6	22	22	53	94	.564	0	1	.000	17	23	.739	17	45	32	10	4	19	21
29	29	1980-12-10	@	PHI	L	100	113	40	92	.435	0	2	.000	20	26	.769	15	43	27	11	3	21	22	49	95	.516	0	0		15	22	.682	17	51	38	10	8	20	27
30	30	1980-12-12		UTA	W	118	98	47	89	.528	0	0		24	32	.750	22	59	30	7	9	15	20	39	85	.459	0	1	.000	20	24	.833	7	29	17	10	11	13	28
31	31	1980-12-13		BOS	L	95	106	36	80	.450	1	5	.200	22	36	.611	12	36	22	14	5	12	20	43	83	.518	1	5	.200	19	24	.792	15	47	23	7	2	20	25
32	32	1980-12-16	@	WSB	W	96	94	40	87	.460	1	1	1.000	15	21	.714	12	39	22	12	6	20	22	37	84	.440	0	4	.000	20	25	.800	16	47	24	10	3	21	20
33	33	1980-12-17	@	BOS	L	98	115	41	79	.519	0	2	.000	16	20	.800		42	22	1	8	22	25	50	108	.463	1	3	.333	14	16	.875		45	29	10	5	8	17
34	34	1980-12-19		MIL	W	129	106	49	87	.563	0	1	.000	31	40	.775	15	55	25	15	9	22	24	42	107	.393	1	6	.167	21	22	.955	17	39	17	9	9	21	26
35	35	1980-12-20		HOU	W	133	109	49	89	.551	0	0		35	40	.875	13	56	32	14	11	22	23	41	97	.423	1	2	.500	26	30	.867	15	42	20	11	3	18	29
36	36	1980-12-23		NYK	W	117	114	47	92	.511	0	1	.000	23	28	.821	12	53	27	8	8	22	34	39	91	.429	0	3	.000	36	49	.735	14	42	16	14	4	17	23
37	37	1980-12-26	@	CLE	W	100	98	41	82	.500	2	2	1.000	16	22	.727	9	41	22	13	5	21	20	44	96	.458	1	4	.250	9	13	.692	18	46	22	9	1	21	23
38	38	1980-12-27		DET	W	104	97	40	81	.494	0	0		24	34	.706	21	47	16	12	10	22	26	40	88	.455	0	0		17	27	.630	19	39	15	5	7	26	25
39	39	1980-12-30		NJN	W	121	110	47	89	.528	0	2	.000	27	37	.730	19	52	27	14	5	19	27	41	82	.500	0	1	.000	28	37	.757	11	37	22	16	5	21	25
40	40	1981-01-02	@	WSB	W	92	82	37	86	.430	0	3	.000	18	27	.667	12	45	20	8	7	15	21	37	92	.402	0	5	.000	8	14	.571	15	51	20	6	5	17	24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1981-01-03		SAS	L	111	119	44	95	.463	0	5	.000	23	32	.719	21	49	23	6	10	14	29	45	85	.529	0	1	.000	29	40	.725	13	47	18	11	8	17	27
42	42	1981-01-06		SDC	W	108	93	43	89	.483	0	1	.000	22	28	.786	21	59	23	14	12	21	16	41	107	.383	0	7	.000	11	16	.688	27	48	17	15	6	17	24
43	43	1981-01-09	@	BOS	L	111	117	46	87	.529	0	2	.000	19	21	.905	11	38	21	7	3	20	31	47	85	.553	0	4	.000	23	33	.697	11	36	33	10	7	18	22
44	44	1981-01-10		PHI	L	102	117	33	85	.388	0	3	.000	36	44	.818	14	40	17	10	8	11	23	46	86	.535	0	2	.000	23	31	.742	12	48	28	6	6	15	29
45	45	1981-01-13	@	DAL	L	106	112	41	84	.488	3	7	.429	21	26	.808	12	45	25	3	5	18	39	38	77	.494	0	1	.000	36	44	.818	9	36	26	6	1	11	21
46	46	1981-01-14	@	HOU	L	105	109	41	84	.488	3	7	.429	20	25	.800	15	44	21	9	1	22	23	44	84	.524	0	1	.000	21	26	.808	13	37	27	9	4	18	23
47	47	1981-01-16		POR	L	112	113	47	102	.461	1	3	.333	17	20	.850	30	56	25	7	9	17	24	47	78	.603	0	0		19	22	.864	5	26	28	9	14	16	22
48	48	1981-01-17		CLE	L	98	110	43	85	.506	1	9	.111	11	16	.688	19	40	26	5	3	18	21	46	77	.597	1	2	.500	17	22	.773	10	34	18	9	4	13	19
49	49	1981-01-20		IND	W	121	105	48	84	.571	0	2	.000	25	29	.862	10	44	28	9	8	18	24	41	88	.466	0	2	.000	23	32	.719	16	38	20	9	8	15	25
50	50	1981-01-22	@	DET	W	125	92	52	91	.571	0	1	.000	21	26	.808	12	50	31	12	6	27	28	35	82	.427	0	1	.000	22	31	.710	8	34	22	12	8	27	27
51	51	1981-01-23		DAL	W	106	98	41	86	.477	0	2	.000	24	27	.889	22	47	19	7	7	16	21	40	76	.526	1	2	.500	17	23	.739	11	33	18	11	8	20	28
52	52	1981-01-24	@	ATL	W	104	102	35	73	.479	0	1	.000	34	43	.791	14	47	9	7	8	28	26	43	95	.453	0	1	.000	16	18	.889	23	47	17	9	13	21	31
53	53	1981-01-27		GSW	W	118	101	48	90	.533	0	1	.000	22	22	1.000	16	48	29	9	10	16	29	43	92	.467	0	0		15	26	.577	16	41	15	8	7	19	24
54	54	1981-01-29		BOS	W	108	85	43	91	.473	0	0		22	25	.880	17	51	28	15	7	13	24	31	76	.408	0	4	.000	23	30	.767	10	40	21	6	4	25	23
55	55	1981-02-04	@	CLE	W	109	96	45	75	.600	0	1	.000	19	22	.864	7	43	26	4	6	22	23	39	96	.406	2	10	.200	16	20	.800	19	39	22	10	5	12	18
56	56	1981-02-06		NYK	L	94	112	37	79	.468	1	7	.143	19	28	.679	17	46	20	6	7	28	28	46	85	.541	0	3	.000	20	27	.741	11	33	23	15	3	23	28
57	57	1981-02-07		DET	W	98	90	38	82	.463	0	2	.000	22	28	.786	18	51	21	5	14	13	23	32	86	.372	0	0		26	32	.813	21	52	6	6	9	15	22
58	58	1981-02-08	@	MIL	L	109	128	42	89	.472	0	3	.000	25	31	.806	13	35	22	7	5	22	24	52	87	.598	1	1	1.000	23	32	.719	8	36	38	11	8	17	28
59	59	1981-02-10		KCK	W	116	115	41	83	.494	0	0		34	40	.850	16	44	24	5	8	17	24	48	85	.565	0	0		19	25	.760	11	34	27	7	3	17	32
60	60	1981-02-11	@	NJN	L	133	135	49	96	.510	0	2	.000	35	45	.778	21	53	27	9	8	28	25	58	116	.500	2	4	.500	17	22	.773	17	39	41	7	6	16	34
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1981-02-14		SEA	W	134	117	58	94	.617	0	1	.000	18	21	.857	15	41	29	12	6	16	29	43	82	.524	1	1	1.000	30	37	.811	16	37	20	6	3	19	21
62	62	1981-02-15	@	IND	L	107	113	35	70	.500	0	2	.000	37	44	.841	15	37	16	7	1	20	25	42	85	.494	2	3	.667	27	33	.818	19	41	26	9	6	13	33
63	63	1981-02-17	@	SDC	L	95	128	32	78	.410	1	3	.333	30	33	.909	14	36	21	7	1	26	29	51	93	.548	2	6	.333	24	32	.750	20	47	32	9	1	15	28
64	64	1981-02-18	@	GSW	L	100	103	40	70	.571	0	0		20	28	.714	8	36	24	4	3	18	29	40	89	.449	0	4	.000	23	31	.742	21	41	23	6	2	15	29
65	65	1981-02-20	@	UTA	W	92	84	37	76	.487	0	1	.000	18	27	.667	10	41	25	7	5	13	20	34	79	.430	0	2	.000	16	19	.842	10	41	21	7	4	14	26
66	66	1981-02-22		ATL	L	116	121	43	77	.558	1	4	.250	29	37	.784	11	38	26	5	8	16	32	47	81	.580	0	0		27	38	.711	11	33	27	7	7	13	28
67	67	1981-02-24		LAL	L	97	107	41	98	.418	1	6	.167	14	19	.737	23	54	26	9	4	15	19	46	86	.535	0	1	.000	15	21	.714	10	45	27	4	5	16	19
68	68	1981-02-27		WSB	W	112	100	51	88	.580	0	2	.000	10	15	.667	11	51	30	7	8	14	19	42	88	.477	2	6	.333	14	20	.700	9	28	28	7	5	12	23
69	69	1981-02-28	@	NYK	W	101	97	41	85	.482	0	0		19	25	.760	12	42	25	10	5	13	28	36	80	.450	0	3	.000	25	40	.625	16	46	20	9	0	15	24
70	70	1981-03-03		NJN	W	128	102	54	97	.557	0	1	.000	20	27	.741	21	50	30	12	7	19	24	41	83	.494	0	3	.000	20	23	.870	10	31	17	8	4	25	23
71	71	1981-03-04	@	PHI	W	111	100	35	78	.449	1	2	.500	40	46	.870	13	41	26	13	3	22	32	40	85	.471	1	2	.500	19	28	.679	16	42	25	7	10	25	39
72	72	1981-03-08	@	WSB	L	99	103	37	82	.451	0	0		25	34	.735	12	40	27	7	6	17	23	43	92	.467	0	2	.000	17	25	.680	15	46	27	8	7	12	25
73	73	1981-03-10	@	ATL	W	118	116	43	75	.573	0	1	.000	32	34	.941	11	33	30	9	3	21	31	48	77	.623	0	2	.000	20	32	.625	11	29	32	9	4	16	37
74	74	1981-03-13	@	NYK	L	117	127	44	90	.489	5	14	.357	24	33	.727	14	36	21	10	3	23	25	49	83	.590	2	5	.400	27	36	.750	11	41	28	18	3	22	29
75	75	1981-03-15	@	KCK	W	97	87	36	75	.480	0	0		25	31	.806	10	43	22	10	0	22	27	36	74	.486	1	2	.500	14	24	.583	9	39	25	9	2	23	28
76	76	1981-03-17		MIL	W	116	106	42	87	.483	0	1	.000	32	47	.681	25	55	22	10	5	22	24	43	84	.512	1	3	.333	19	25	.760	11	29	20	11	6	21	31
77	77	1981-03-19	@	CLE	W	116	111	41	78	.526	0	1	.000	34	43	.791	13	33	27	6	6	16	23	46	92	.500	1	3	.333	18	22	.818	24	44	27	10	7	20	29
78	78	1981-03-20		PHI	W	120	108	41	66	.621	0	2	.000	38	43	.884	8	47	27	7	7	25	28	43	98	.439	2	5	.400	20	23	.870	12	25	21	11	2	11	29
79	79	1981-03-22	@	DET	W	109	103	42	73	.575	0	0		25	29	.862	3	31	27	9	6	26	24	43	82	.524	1	4	.250	16	22	.727	9	38	27	12	7	23	29
80	80	1981-03-24		CLE	W	121	108	45	77	.584	1	1	1.000	30	37	.811	12	43	24	10	8	23	22	44	90	.489	5	9	.556	15	17	.882	12	28	15	13	2	22	27
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1981-03-27		ATL	W	108	83	46	75	.613	0	0		16	25	.640	12	41	23	11	14	20	19	40	88	.455	0	0		3	9	.333	19	37	16	8	7	20	24
82	82	1981-03-29	@	IND	W	101	97	43	79	.544	0	1	.000	15	18	.833	11	39	22	8	3	17	16	45	94	.479	0	5	.000	7	8	.875	16	41	31	11	5	14	16

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