1980-81 Chicago Bulls Game Log (Advanced)

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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

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

Regular Season Table
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1980-10-11	@	ATL	L	93	101	92.1	100.0	101.0	.761	.090	.520	45.5	51.7	11.9	7.9	.433	21.8	25.6	.522	.438	15.5	60.3	.258
2	2	1980-10-15	@	IND	W	108	97	102.5	92.1	105.4	.466	.011	.509	54.0	53.8	10.4	8.6	.443	15.9	38.0	.341	.465	18.0	70.0	.212
3	3	1980-10-17		CLE	W	98	79	102.7	82.8	95.4	.218	.011	.514	59.8	40.5	11.5	8.5	.483	15.9	38.5	.161	.399	15.2	75.5	.090
4	4	1980-10-18		NJN	L	90	107	92.5	110.0	97.3	.333	.000	.484	53.9	48.6	8.2	8.4	.432	20.5	37.8	.247	.482	14.3	70.5	.325
5	5	1980-10-21	@	NYK	L	97	105	96.0	103.9	101.0	.225	.022	.496	60.0	38.1	7.9	5.0	.472	19.7	45.7	.146	.464	14.5	76.9	.321
6	6	1980-10-24		WSB	W	104	96	108.2	99.9	96.1	.250	.011	.532	60.9	58.1	5.2	8.1	.489	15.6	41.9	.205	.470	14.8	79.5	.217
7	7	1980-10-25	@	MIL	L	93	109	99.3	116.3	93.7	.364	.000	.456	55.7	60.0	7.5	2.4	.398	18.4	50.9	.261	.548	13.7	61.4	.202
8	8	1980-10-28		MIL	L	99	106	99.9	106.9	99.1	.372	.064	.545	54.5	54.1	4.0	10.1	.487	22.9	40.5	.295	.467	15.2	64.7	.244
9	9	1980-10-29	@	PHI	L	102	115	96.2	108.5	106.0	.291	.012	.526	53.0	64.3	7.5	9.8	.488	20.5	33.3	.209	.524	16.1	76.3	.354
10	10	1980-10-31		IND	L	114	121	115.3	122.3	98.9	.351	.065	.641	57.6	40.0	13.1	9.8	.591	23.3	52.9	.299	.606	18.2	62.5	.212
11	11	1980-11-01		DET	W	122	100	116.1	95.2	105.1	.268	.012	.665	56.7	49.0	8.6	12.5	.622	18.6	27.6	.244	.463	19.4	78.9	.293
12	12	1980-11-05	@	NJN	W	120	105	108.0	94.5	111.1	.577	.000	.613	60.0	66.7	9.9	8.0	.577	22.9	41.2	.385	.451	18.8	72.5	.239
13	13	1980-11-07		ATL	W	103	100				.659	.012	.487	60.0	60.0		14.5	.427	18.5		.402	.382	17.4		.412
14	14	1980-11-08		DEN	L	126	130	101.0	104.3	103.2	.265	.044	.499	57.9	40.0	7.2	7.6	.447	16.5	37.9	.221	.521	16.2	81.6	.313
15	15	1980-11-09	@	BOS	L	105	111	108.1	114.2	97.2	.333	.056	.509	53.8	46.3	4.1	1.1	.467	14.9	45.5	.233	.511	12.8	61.7	.185
16	16	1980-11-11		PHI	L	80	121	72.0	109.0	111.0	.337	.034	.391	42.0	60.0	12.6	6.9	.337	17.7	23.8	.225	.552	20.5	73.0	.287
17	17	1980-11-14	@	DET	L	99	106	107.1	114.6	92.5	.466	.041	.563	48.7	38.9	13.0	8.4	.500	20.0	40.5	.356	.566	16.5	58.8	.145
18	18	1980-11-16	@	MIL	W	114	108	113.9	107.9	100.1	.407	.000	.597	52.5	60.9	4.0	4.3	.568	16.6	33.3	.272	.465	9.3	68.2	.150
19	19	1980-11-18		BOS	L	112	113	117.2	118.3	95.5	.512	.012	.532	51.9	33.3	12.6	9.1	.453	11.0	44.7	.395	.616	19.0	62.5	.146
20	20	1980-11-21		NYK	W	130	121	134.1	124.8	96.9	.284	.000	.657	58.7	50.9	6.2	7.1	.602	13.9	47.2	.273	.547	10.7	69.2	.314
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1980-11-22		WSB	W	114	101	109.2	96.7	104.4	.372	.000	.570	55.6	45.5	9.6	5.7	.512	16.7	36.6	.302	.468	18.0	71.4	.151
22	22	1980-11-26	@	SAS	L	122	125				.645	.039	.625	44.6	65.9		3.1	.553	13.3		.500	.526	9.0		.237
23	23	1980-11-28	@	PHO	L	101	102	94.0	94.9	107.4	.400	.050	.537	46.3	55.6	11.2	4.7	.469	22.3	24.3	.325	.500	20.2	65.1	.186
24	24	1980-11-30	@	LAL	W	122	108	116.4	103.1	104.8	.477	.012	.586	54.5	63.0	9.5	5.1	.535	14.0	37.5	.349	.442	13.2	64.3	.165
25	25	1980-12-02	@	DEN	W	129	124	118.3	113.7	109.0	.301	.010	.553	58.7	62.3	7.3	7.1	.515	14.0	44.0	.223	.500	11.7	76.2	.409
26	26	1980-12-03	@	SEA	L	105	113	102.4	110.2	102.5	.370	.043	.491	50.0	53.8	11.7	5.4	.429	13.0	34.7	.283	.533	20.1	74.2	.440
27	27	1980-12-05	@	POR	L	115	116	111.7	112.7	102.9	.548	.000	.635	53.4	75.6	7.8	4.3	.562	21.6	33.3	.452	.500	11.5	65.2	.234
28	28	1980-12-09		PHO	L	108	123	103.0	117.3	104.9	.301	.048	.574	43.8	56.8	8.6	6.5	.542	19.0	24.3	.217	.564	15.4	60.5	.181
29	29	1980-12-10	@	PHI	L	100	113	94.5	106.8	105.8	.283	.022	.483	45.7	67.5	10.4	3.2	.435	16.9	30.6	.217	.516	16.0	62.2	.158
30	30	1980-12-12		UTA	W	118	98	121.6	101.0	97.0	.360	.000	.572	67.0	63.8	7.2	10.7	.528	12.7	50.0	.270	.459	12.0	84.1	.235
31	31	1980-12-13		BOS	L	95	106	100.2	111.8	94.8	.450	.063	.496	43.4	61.1	14.8	6.4	.456	11.1	27.3	.275	.524	17.6	61.5	.229
32	32	1980-12-16	@	WSB	W	96	94	97.1	95.1	98.8	.241	.011	.499	45.3	55.0	12.1	7.5	.466	17.2	27.9	.172	.440	18.1	62.8	.238
33	33	1980-12-17	@	BOS	L	98	115	102.3	120.0	95.8	.253	.025	.558	45.1	53.7	1.0	7.6	.519	20.0	29.0	.203	.468	6.5	54.9	.130
34	34	1980-12-19		MIL	W	129	106	114.9	94.4	112.3	.460	.011	.617	58.5	51.0	13.4	8.9	.563	17.4	40.5	.356	.397	15.3	70.2	.196
35	35	1980-12-20		HOU	W	133	109	118.4	97.1	112.3	.449	.000	.624	57.1	65.3	12.5	11.6	.551	17.1	32.5	.393	.428	14.0	74.1	.268
36	36	1980-12-23		NYK	W	117	114	104.4	101.7	112.1	.304	.011	.561	55.8	57.4	7.1	9.1	.511	17.4	30.0	.250	.429	13.1	74.5	.396
37	37	1980-12-26	@	CLE	W	100	98	98.4	96.4	101.6	.268	.024	.545	47.1	53.7	12.8	5.4	.512	18.6	24.3	.195	.464	17.1	64.0	.094
38	38	1980-12-27		DET	W	104	97	105.5	98.4	98.6	.420	.000	.542	54.7	40.0	12.2	11.4	.494	18.7	51.2	.296	.455	20.7	57.8	.193
39	39	1980-12-30		NJN	W	121	110	114.9	104.4	105.3	.416	.022	.575	58.4	57.4	13.3	6.2	.528	15.3	42.2	.303	.500	17.6	75.0	.341
40	40	1981-01-02	@	WSB	W	92	82	94.4	84.1	97.5	.314	.035	.470	46.9	54.1	8.2	8.0	.430	13.3	25.0	.209	.402	14.8	68.8	.087
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1981-01-03		SAS	L	111	119	108.1	115.9	102.7	.337	.053	.509	51.0	52.3	5.8	11.9	.463	11.4	38.2	.242	.529	14.2	68.3	.341
42	42	1981-01-06		SDC	W	108	93	109.3	94.1	98.8	.315	.011	.533	55.1	53.5	14.2	12.0	.483	17.2	50.0	.247	.383	13.0	58.5	.103
43	43	1981-01-09	@	BOS	L	111	117	107.5	113.4	93.5	.241	.023	.577	51.4	45.7	6.8	3.7	.529	17.2	30.6	.218	.553	15.3	71.1	.271
44	44	1981-01-10		PHI	L	102	117	103.1	118.2	99.0	.518	.035	.489	45.5	51.5	10.1	9.5	.388	9.5	28.0	.424	.535	13.1	68.4	.267
45	45	1981-01-13	@	DAL	L	106	112	108.8	114.9	97.5	.310	.083	.555	55.6	61.0	3.1	6.6	.506	15.9	30.8	.250	.494	10.2	78.6	.468
46	46	1981-01-14	@	HOU	L	105	109	106.4	110.4	98.7	.298	.083	.553	54.3	51.2	9.1	1.2	.506	18.8	38.5	.238	.524	15.9	69.0	.250
47	47	1981-01-16		POR	L	112	113	118.0	119.1	94.9	.196	.029	.505	68.3	53.2	7.4	11.5	.466	13.3	58.8	.167	.603	15.4	83.9	.244
48	48	1981-01-17		CLE	L	98	110	110.3	123.8	88.8	.188	.106	.532	54.1	60.5	5.6	4.0	.512	16.4	44.2	.129	.604	13.0	67.7	.221
49	49	1981-01-20		IND	W	121	105	120.2	104.3	100.6	.345	.024	.625	53.7	58.3	8.9	9.3	.571	15.7	31.3	.298	.466	12.8	68.0	.261
50	50	1981-01-22	@	DET	W	125	92	109.7	80.7	113.9	.286	.011	.610	59.5	59.6	10.5	7.4	.571	20.9	31.6	.231	.427	22.0	82.6	.268
51	51	1981-01-23		DAL	W	106	98	116.4	107.6	91.1	.314	.023	.541	58.8	46.3	7.7	9.5	.477	14.0	50.0	.279	.533	18.8	69.4	.224
52	52	1981-01-24	@	ATL	W	104	102	102.2	100.2	101.8	.589	.014	.566	50.0	25.7	6.9	8.5	.479	23.3	36.8	.466	.453	16.9	58.9	.168
53	53	1981-01-27		GSW	W	118	101	117.3	100.4	100.6	.244	.011	.592	53.9	60.4	8.9	10.9	.533	13.8	39.0	.244	.467	15.5	66.7	.163
54	54	1981-01-29		BOS	W	108	85	109.4	86.1	98.7	.275	.000	.529	56.0	65.1	15.2	9.7	.473	11.3	36.2	.242	.408	21.9	77.3	.303
55	55	1981-02-04	@	CLE	W	109	96	113.3	99.8	96.2	.293	.013	.644	52.4	57.8	4.2	7.0	.600	20.6	25.9	.253	.417	10.3	65.5	.167
56	56	1981-02-06		NYK	L	94	112	91.3	108.8	103.0	.354	.089	.515	58.2	54.1	5.8	8.5	.475	23.5	43.6	.241	.541	19.2	72.5	.235
57	57	1981-02-07		DET	W	98	90	108.7	99.9	90.1	.341	.024	.520	49.5	55.3	5.5	16.3	.463	12.1	36.7	.268	.372	13.0	61.1	.302
58	58	1981-02-08	@	MIL	L	109	128	101.7	119.5	107.1	.348	.034	.531	49.3	52.4	6.5	5.8	.472	17.7	31.7	.281	.603	14.4	73.3	.264
59	59	1981-02-10		KCK	W	116	115	116.9	115.9	99.2	.482	.000	.577	56.4	58.5	5.0	9.4	.494	14.5	41.0	.410	.565	15.0	71.8	.224
60	60	1981-02-11	@	NJN	L	133	135	112.4	114.1	107.2	.469	.021	.574	57.6	55.1	7.6	7.1	.510	19.5	48.8	.365	.509	11.3	65.3	.147
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1981-02-14		SEA	W	134	117	132.5	115.7	101.1	.223	.011	.649	52.6	50.0	11.9	7.4	.617	13.4	41.7	.191	.530	16.2	61.9	.366
62	62	1981-02-15	@	IND	L	107	113	117.4	124.0	91.1	.629	.029	.599	47.4	45.7	7.7	1.2	.500	18.3	40.5	.529	.506	11.6	53.7	.318
63	63	1981-02-17	@	SDC	L	95	128	95.1	128.1	99.9	.423	.038	.513	43.4	65.6	7.0	1.1	.417	21.9	34.1	.385	.559	12.3	52.4	.258
64	64	1981-02-18	@	GSW	L	100	103	108.7	112.0	92.0	.400	.000	.607	46.8	60.0	4.3	3.5	.571	17.9	28.6	.286	.449	12.8	57.1	.258
65	65	1981-02-20	@	UTA	W	92	84	103.1	94.1	89.2	.355	.013	.523	50.0	67.6	7.8	6.5	.487	12.9	24.4	.237	.430	13.8	75.6	.203
66	66	1981-02-22		ATL	L	116	121	119.4	124.5	97.2	.481	.052	.622	53.5	60.5	5.1	9.9	.565	14.6	33.3	.377	.580	11.7	71.1	.333
67	67	1981-02-24		LAL	L	97	107	98.8	109.0	98.2	.194	.061	.456	54.5	63.4	9.2	4.7	.423	12.4	39.7	.143	.535	14.4	75.6	.174
68	68	1981-02-27		WSB	W	112	100	116.4	103.9	96.2	.170	.023	.592	64.6	58.8	7.3	9.8	.580	12.9	36.7	.114	.489	11.0	81.6	.159
69	69	1981-02-28	@	NYK	W	101	97	106.8	102.6	94.6	.294	.000	.526	47.7	61.0	10.6	6.5	.482	11.9	28.6	.224	.450	13.3	65.2	.313
70	70	1981-03-03		NJN	W	128	102	122.2	97.4	104.7	.278	.010	.588	61.7	55.6	11.5	8.8	.557	14.9	50.0	.206	.494	21.2	74.4	.241
71	71	1981-03-04	@	PHI	W	111	100	107.4	96.7	103.4	.590	.026	.565	49.4	74.3	12.6	3.6	.455	18.3	33.3	.513	.476	20.4	63.6	.224
72	72	1981-03-08	@	WSB	L	99	103	101.6	105.7	97.4	.415	.000	.511	46.5	73.0	7.2	6.7	.451	14.9	27.9	.305	.467	10.4	65.1	.185
73	73	1981-03-10	@	ATL	W	118	116	122.9	120.8	96.0	.453	.013	.656	53.2	69.8	9.4	4.0	.573	18.9	37.9	.427	.623	14.9	66.7	.260
74	74	1981-03-13	@	NYK	L	117	127	107.4	116.6	108.9	.367	.156	.560	46.8	47.7	9.2	3.8	.517	18.0	31.8	.267	.602	18.2	66.7	.325
75	75	1981-03-15	@	KCK	W	97	87	98.5	88.4	98.4	.413	.000	.547	52.4	61.1	10.2	0.0	.480	19.9	25.0	.333	.493	21.4	78.6	.189
76	76	1981-03-17		MIL	W	116	106	114.3	104.4	101.5	.540	.011	.539	65.5	52.4	9.9	6.2	.483	17.0	58.1	.368	.518	18.1	73.2	.226
77	77	1981-03-19	@	CLE	W	116	111	122.4	117.1	94.8	.551	.013	.598	42.9	65.9	6.3	6.7	.526	14.2	39.4	.436	.505	16.4	45.5	.196
78	78	1981-03-20		PHI	W	120	108	118.6	106.7	101.2	.652	.030	.707	65.3	65.9	6.9	7.5	.621	22.7	38.1	.576	.449	9.2	76.5	.204
79	79	1981-03-22	@	DET	W	109	103	103.2	97.6	105.6	.397	.000	.635	44.9	64.3	8.5	7.7	.575	23.3	9.4	.342	.530	20.1	75.7	.195
80	80	1981-03-24		CLE	W	121	108	117.9	105.3	102.6	.481	.013	.649	60.6	53.3	9.7	9.9	.591	19.8	42.9	.390	.517	18.4	72.1	.167
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1981-03-27		ATL	W	108	83	117.5	90.3	91.9	.333	.000	.628	52.6	50.0	12.0	15.9	.613	18.9	40.0	.213	.455	17.9	60.4	.034
82	82	1981-03-29	@	IND	W	101	97	110.0	105.7	91.8	.228	.013	.581	48.8	51.2	8.7	3.4	.544	16.4	30.6	.190	.479	12.6	63.6	.074

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