1980-81 Chicago Bulls Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		93	101	0	1	L 1	11,275
2	Wed, Oct 15, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		108	97	1	1	W 1	6,909
3	Fri, Oct 17, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		98	79	2	1	W 2	8,336
4	Sat, Oct 18, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		90	107	2	2	L 1	8,539
5	Tue, Oct 21, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		97	105	2	3	L 2	15,756
6	Fri, Oct 24, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		104	96	3	3	W 1	8,437
7	Sat, Oct 25, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		93	109	3	4	L 1	11,052
8	Tue, Oct 28, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		99	106	3	5	L 2	7,828
9	Wed, Oct 29, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	115	3	6	L 3	6,145
10	Fri, Oct 31, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		114	121	3	7	L 4	5,127
11	Sat, Nov 1, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		122	100	4	7	W 1	7,117
12	Wed, Nov 5, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		120	105	5	7	W 2	6,069
13	Fri, Nov 7, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		103	100	6	7	W 3	6,312
14	Sat, Nov 8, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L	2OT	126	130	6	8	L 1	9,683
15	Sun, Nov 9, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		105	111	6	9	L 2	8,627	2:07	at Hartford, CT
16	Tue, Nov 11, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		80	121	6	10	L 3	18,765
17	Fri, Nov 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		99	106	6	11	L 4	6,158
18	Sun, Nov 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		114	108	7	11	W 1	10,998
19	Tue, Nov 18, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		112	113	7	12	L 1	11,241	2:05
20	Fri, Nov 21, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		130	121	8	12	W 1	7,234
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Nov 22, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		114	101	9	12	W 2	8,179
22	Wed, Nov 26, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		122	125	9	13	L 1	9,561
23	Fri, Nov 28, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		101	102	9	14	L 2	12,660
24	Sun, Nov 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		122	108	10	14	W 1	13,605
25	Tue, Dec 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		129	124	11	14	W 2	7,581
26	Wed, Dec 3, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		105	113	11	15	L 1	14,124
27	Fri, Dec 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		115	116	11	16	L 2	12,666
28	Tue, Dec 9, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		108	123	11	17	L 3	8,245
29	Wed, Dec 10, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		100	113	11	18	L 4	13,871
30	Fri, Dec 12, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		118	98	12	18	W 1	11,479
31	Sat, Dec 13, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		95	106	12	19	L 1	11,518	2:04
32	Tue, Dec 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		96	94	13	19	W 1	5,423
33	Wed, Dec 17, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		98	115	13	20	L 1	14,302	1:51
34	Fri, Dec 19, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		129	106	14	20	W 1	6,194
35	Sat, Dec 20, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		133	109	15	20	W 2	5,189
36	Tue, Dec 23, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		117	114	16	20	W 3	6,309
37	Fri, Dec 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		100	98	17	20	W 4	4,481
38	Sat, Dec 27, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		104	97	18	20	W 5	7,993
39	Tue, Dec 30, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		121	110	19	20	W 6	7,707
40	Fri, Jan 2, 1981	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		92	82	20	20	W 7	7,485
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 3, 1981	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		111	119	20	21	L 1	14,572
42	Tue, Jan 6, 1981	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		108	93	21	21	W 1	6,046
43	Fri, Jan 9, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	111	117	21	22	L 1	15,320	2:17
44	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	117	21	23	L 2	18,809
45	Tue, Jan 13, 1981	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		106	112	21	24	L 3	5,771
46	Wed, Jan 14, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		105	109	21	25	L 4	7,261
47	Fri, Jan 16, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		112	113	21	26	L 5	8,089
48	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		98	110	21	27	L 6	9,669
49	Tue, Jan 20, 1981	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		121	105	22	27	W 1	5,519
50	Thu, Jan 22, 1981	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		125	92	23	27	W 2	3,303
51	Fri, Jan 23, 1981	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		106	98	24	27	W 3	7,836
52	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		104	102	25	27	W 4	9,662
53	Tue, Jan 27, 1981	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		118	101	26	27	W 5	8,742
54	Thu, Jan 29, 1981	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		108	85	27	27	W 6	15,163	1:55
55	Wed, Feb 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		109	96	28	27	W 7	4,573
56	Fri, Feb 6, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		94	112	28	28	L 1	10,247
57	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		98	90	29	28	W 1	9,442
58	Sun, Feb 8, 1981	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		109	128	29	29	L 1	11,052
59	Tue, Feb 10, 1981	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		116	115	30	29	W 1	4,647
60	Wed, Feb 11, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L	OT	133	135	30	30	L 1	6,934
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 14, 1981	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		134	117	31	30	W 1	8,350
62	Sun, Feb 15, 1981	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		107	113	31	31	L 1	10,513
63	Tue, Feb 17, 1981	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		95	128	31	32	L 2	6,384
64	Wed, Feb 18, 1981	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		100	103	31	33	L 3	10,317
65	Fri, Feb 20, 1981	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		92	84	32	33	W 1	7,282
66	Sun, Feb 22, 1981	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		116	121	32	34	L 1	7,109
67	Tue, Feb 24, 1981	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		97	107	32	35	L 2	16,518
68	Fri, Feb 27, 1981	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		112	100	33	35	W 1	11,512
69	Sat, Feb 28, 1981	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		101	97	34	35	W 2	12,757
70	Tue, Mar 3, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		128	102	35	35	W 3	7,577
71	Wed, Mar 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		111	100	36	35	W 4	11,134
72	Sun, Mar 8, 1981	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		99	103	36	36	L 1	17,682
73	Tue, Mar 10, 1981	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		118	116	37	36	W 1	11,327
74	Fri, Mar 13, 1981	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		117	127	37	37	L 1	9,790
75	Sun, Mar 15, 1981	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		97	87	38	37	W 1	14,560
76	Tue, Mar 17, 1981	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		116	106	39	37	W 2	10,832
77	Thu, Mar 19, 1981	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		116	111	40	37	W 3	6,173
78	Fri, Mar 20, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		120	108	41	37	W 4	19,546
79	Sun, Mar 22, 1981	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		109	103	42	37	W 5	6,478
80	Tue, Mar 24, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		121	108	43	37	W 6	8,292
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 27, 1981	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		108	83	44	37	W 7	11,169
82	Sun, Mar 29, 1981	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		101	97	45	37	W 8	16,663

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 31, 1981	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		90	80	1	0	W 1	14,822
2	Fri, Apr 3, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	115	114	2	0	W 2	19,901
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Sun, Apr 5, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		109	121	2	1	L 1	15,320	2:08
4	Tue, Apr 7, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		97	106	2	2	L 2	15,320	2:02
5	Fri, Apr 10, 1981	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		107	113	2	3	L 3	19,995	2:26
6	Sun, Apr 12, 1981	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		103	109	2	4	L 4	18,249	2:18

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