1980-81 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Log

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Record: 28-54, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Bill Musselman (25-46), Don Delaney (3-8)

Executive: Don Delaney

PTS/G: 105.7 (17th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 110.6 (20th of 23)

SRS: -4.15 (19th of 23) Pace: 100.8 (15th of 23)

Off Rtg: 104.3 (16th of 23) Def Rtg: 109.1 (19th of 23) Net Rtg: -4.8 (19th of 23)

Expected W-L: 29-53 (19th of 23)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield Attendance: 224,499 (23rd of 23)

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Regular Season

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

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	1980-10-10	@	BOS	L	103	130	36	94	.383	0	0		31	39	.795	24	49	20	4	0	20	31	45	79	.570	1	4	.250	39	49	.796	11	41	24	10	7	18	26
2	2	1980-10-11		NJN	L	96	99	43	89	.483	0	1	.000	10	16	.625	16	47	28	7	12	15	24	42	94	.447	1	1	1.000	14	17	.824	18	48	24	4	4	17	15
3	3	1980-10-14		DET	W	99	91	42	96	.438	0	2	.000	15	18	.833	15	37	26	17	5	17	29	35	69	.507	1	1	1.000	20	31	.645	10	41	15	6	10	28	25
4	4	1980-10-16		WSB	W	90	88	40	90	.444	0	4	.000	10	13	.769	10	36	27	9	5	8	11	38	87	.437	2	7	.286	10	13	.769	21	59	25	4	3	20	22
5	5	1980-10-17	@	CHI	L	79	98	34	89	.382	3	7	.429	8	13	.615	13	37	14	6	6	17	15	42	87	.483	0	1	.000	14	19	.737	15	55	17	11	7	18	21
6	6	1980-10-18		MIL	L	105	107	38	85	.447	0	1	.000	29	35	.829	15	43	24	6	0	17	31	38	82	.463	2	4	.500	29	34	.853	10	38	27	7	6	20	33
7	7	1980-10-21	@	MIL	L	95	115	40	82	.488	0	3	.000	15	19	.789	8	35	29	6	1	22	17	50	91	.549	0	1	.000	15	18	.833	11	41	37	14	3	16	22
8	8	1980-10-22	@	WSB	L	96	109	39	80	.488	0	1	.000	18	25	.720	8	39	28	6	4	12	13	49	95	.516	0	2	.000	11	14	.786	14	46	39	9	6	11	21
9	9	1980-10-24	@	NJN	W	126	112	52	100	.520	0	0		22	26	.846	16	44	28	10	4	16	23	43	87	.494	1	6	.167	25	32	.781	15	42	23	10	4	18	26
10	10	1980-10-25		IND	W	118	100	45	98	.459	4	4	1.000	24	27	.889	19	41	29	7	2	8	26	38	78	.487	1	4	.250	23	30	.767	15	42	20	2	4	20	24
11	11	1980-10-28		PHI	L	101	119	40	82	.488	2	6	.333	19	20	.950	7	29	22	6	4	17	26	48	88	.545	1	1	1.000	22	30	.733	21	47	29	9	6	18	25
12	12	1980-10-31	@	LAL	L	98	107	44	103	.427	0	1	.000	10	14	.714	17	41	28	13	7	17	25	41	90	.456	0	1	.000	25	29	.862	22	58	26	11	7	27	15
13	13	1980-11-02	@	POR	L	96	102	37	91	.407	0	1	.000	22	23	.957	12	43	20	5	6	19	23	43	86	.500	0	2	.000	16	23	.696	14	47	28	5	11	21	27
14	14	1980-11-03	@	SEA	L	83	118	36	117	.308	0	0		11	17	.647	27	48	11	3	4	10	26	45	86	.523	0	1	.000	28	37	.757	14	61	36	6	12	19	21
15	15	1980-11-05	@	GSW	L	98	106	42	93	.452	2	5	.400	12	16	.750	13	35	25	5	0	13	22	43	78	.551	0	0		20	24	.833	12	45	24	5	2	20	23
16	16	1980-11-06	@	UTA	L	96	112	45	78	.577	0	4	.000	6	8	.750		31	23		2		15	50	78	.641	1	1	1.000	11	16	.688		42	27	12	3		17
17	17	1980-11-08	@	KCK	L	106	111	40	88	.455	1	4	.250	25	32	.781	11	45	19	12	2	10	31	42	89	.472	2	3	.667	25	39	.641	17	52	23	6	1	16	27
18	18	1980-11-11		MIL	L	96	100	30	87	.345	0	2	.000	36	44	.818	16	49	22	7	5	21	28	37	97	.381	0	0		26	37	.703	19	54	24	8	7	20	34
19	19	1980-11-13		ATL	W	114	111	42	83	.506	1	1	1.000	29	36	.806	18	42	28	6	4	20	28	42	85	.494	0	0		27	34	.794	19	41	18	7	2	18	34
20	20	1980-11-15	@	NYK	L	95	100	44	94	.468	0	1	.000	7	10	.700	14	41	26		2		27	36	78	.462	0	1	.000	28	33	.848	10	38	23	11	3	21	18
								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	1980-11-18		SDC	W	104	94	42	88	.477	0	0		20	21	.952	19	48	29	10	6	17	21	39	87	.448	3	7	.429	13	22	.591	10	30	29	8	5	18	24
22	22	1980-11-20		HOU	L	114	117	50	95	.526	1	4	.250	13	16	.813	14	38	26	6	1	16	28	41	77	.532	0	3	.000	35	44	.795	12	34	24	7	3	20	19
23	23	1980-11-22		BOS	W	113	98	47	97	.485	0	3	.000	19	21	.905	15	42	26	13	3	12	25	40	85	.471	1	5	.200	17	21	.810	11	36	23	6	7	22	24
24	24	1980-11-26		NYK	L	113	119	49	103	.476	1			14	15	.933		49	31				26	44	94	.468	1			30	41	.732		44	20				19
25	25	1980-11-28		WSB	W	126	105	49	91	.538	1	3	.333	27	36	.750	14	56	31	7	6	17	24	40	101	.396	1	1	1.000	24	31	.774	20	48	26	6	3	17	28
26	26	1980-11-29	@	IND	L	101	117	39	81	.481	0	3	.000	23	26	.885	14	43	24	5	1	29	21	49	90	.544	0	2	.000	19	26	.731	9	35	31	16	5	18	27
27	27	1980-12-02	@	DAL	W	109	102	46	98	.469	1	1	1.000	16	27	.593	19	43	24	10	5	6	24	38	77	.494	0	1	.000	26	34	.765	15	50	26	2	4	20	28
28	28	1980-12-03	@	HOU	L	109	118	48	92	.522	0			13	19	.684		42	25	6	2	13	27	46	89	.517	2			24	31	.774		43	28	5	4	12	24
29	29	1980-12-04	@	SAS	L	100	130	40	106	.377	2	5	.400	18	26	.692	19	43	30	6	5	15	27	48	89	.539	0	1	.000	34	40	.850	15	56	34	12	15	15	23
30	30	1980-12-06		DET	W	101	100	42	77	.545	0	1	.000	17	22	.773	9	28	17	7	2	15	16	45	82	.549	0	0		10	15	.667	17	41	24	7	3	17	23
31	31	1980-12-09		PHI	L	83	96	35	85	.412	1	5	.200	12	17	.706	17	48	21	11	3	22	23	38	80	.475	0	0		20	24	.833	11	44	27	10	2	21	20
32	32	1980-12-11		IND	L	100	103	43	89	.483	1	2	.500	13	14	.929	12	37	26	5	6	14	23	43	91	.473	0	2	.000	17	29	.586	18	46	23	7	5	17	24
33	33	1980-12-12	@	DET	L	95	101	42	102	.412	1	2	.500	10	11	.909	21	51	21	5	4	19	17	44	94	.468	0	2	.000	13	18	.722	13	43	24	11	10	13	22
34	34	1980-12-13		UTA	W	110	103	44	89	.494	1			21	29	.724		39	31		6		22	42	85	.494	0			19	25	.760		40	26		6		24
35	35	1980-12-17	@	PHI	L	79	103	30	102	.294	1	4	.250	18	24	.750	27	58	21	11	1	27	17	45	88	.511	0	2	.000	13	19	.684	10	50	35	16	9	23	21
36	36	1980-12-18		DEN	W	130	122	52	92	.565	0	1	.000	26	33	.788	13	42	31	7	1	13	28	50	97	.515	1	4	.250	21	29	.724	18	43	28	3	3	15	31
37	37	1980-12-20		BOS	L	102	107	43	98	.439	1	4	.250	15	18	.833	17	40	20	7	3	10	23	41	91	.451	1	5	.200	24	36	.667	23	57	18	6	7	16	21
38	38	1980-12-23		KCK	L	100	102	41	89	.461	0	1	.000	18	26	.692	9	34	25	12	1	16	17	47	96	.490	0	0		8	15	.533	20	49	33	9	3	19	26
39	39	1980-12-26		CHI	L	98	100	44	96	.458	1	4	.250	9	13	.692	18	46	22	9	1	21	23	41	82	.500	2	2	1.000	16	22	.727	9	41	22	13	5	21	20
40	40	1980-12-29		DAL	W	112	100	47	95	.495	0	0		18	25	.720	21	49	26	7	7	17	23	36	85	.424	1	2	.500	27	32	.844	13	32	24	5	2	14	21
								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	1981-01-02	@	NJN	W	111	105	46	98	.469	1	3	.333	18	27	.667	17	43	25	10	2	16	24	45	83	.542	0	0		15	24	.625	10	42	27	6	5	16	26
42	42	1981-01-03		WSB	W	132	112	58	104	.558	1	1	1.000	15	21	.714	12	50	38	7	7	15	26	45	100	.450	1	1	1.000	21	26	.808	16	43	25	2	6	19	29
43	43	1981-01-09	@	ATL	W	108	107	42	92	.457	1	3	.333	23	26	.885	16	58	14	7	3	25	31	42	97	.433	2	3	.667	21	28	.750	13	49	30	10	3	20	32
44	44	1981-01-10		NYK	L	99	104	43	97	.443	1			12	14	.857		43	23		6		25	43	88	.489	1			17	25	.680		47	27		10		23
45	45	1981-01-13		LAL	L	104	108	44	98	.449	0	0		16	20	.800	14	43	20	6	2	11	21	47	95	.495	0	0		14	18	.778	13	46	26	8	8	11	23
46	46	1981-01-14	@	BOS	L	113	120	47	89	.528	2	2	1.000	17	21	.810	11	31	24	9	3	16	32	39	75	.520	1	3	.333	41	46	.891	13	39	24	10	11	21	21
47	47	1981-01-16	@	PHI	L	119	137	49	97	.505	1	9	.111	20	24	.833	14	39	25	8	3	23	30	52	83	.627	0	0		33	46	.717	10	42	37	17	5	21	24
48	48	1981-01-17	@	CHI	W	110	98	46	77	.597	1	2	.500	17	22	.773	10	34	18	9	4	13	19	43	85	.506	1	9	.111	11	16	.688	19	40	26	5	3	18	21
49	49	1981-01-20		POR	W	99	94	41	94	.436	0	2	.000	17	22	.773	18	43	24	8	3	17	18	39	83	.470	1	3	.333	15	20	.750	15	45	21	9	8	23	20
50	50	1981-01-22		NJN	W	108	94	45	101	.446	2	3	.667	16	25	.640	21	61	24	7	5	13	21	38	90	.422	1	2	.500	17	22	.773	11	45	21	8	5	16	24
51	51	1981-01-23	@	ATL	W	106	98	41	77	.532	2	3	.667	22	28	.786	13	49	19	4	5	21	27	37	81	.457	0	2	.000	24	37	.649	13	37	21	6	4	14	26
52	52	1981-01-24	@	DET	L	94	117	35	82	.427	2	5	.400	22	27	.815	17	40	22	8	5	22	19	50	86	.581	0	2	.000	17	20	.850	11	39	33	16	4	16	26
53	53	1981-01-27		IND	W	114	109	48	92	.522	1	2	.500	17	25	.680	19	44	29	8	5	13	21	44	89	.494	1	3	.333	20	29	.690	17	44	25	9	7	14	25
54	54	1981-01-29		PHO	W	115	111	40	88	.455	1	4	.250	34	43	.791	14	42	24	5	1	18	25	43	91	.473	1	4	.250	24	29	.828	12	44	21	12	7	15	32
55	55	1981-02-04		CHI	L	96	109	39	96	.406	2	10	.200	16	20	.800	19	39	22	10	5	12	18	45	75	.600	0	1	.000	19	22	.864	7	43	26	4	6	22	23
56	56	1981-02-06		MIL	L	99	103	40	77	.519	0	2	.000	19	25	.760	10	40	25	10	2	29	23	44	86	.512	0	1	.000	15	24	.625	10	31	24	19	3	21	27
57	57	1981-02-07	@	IND	L	96	99	36	86	.419	1	3	.333	23	28	.821	21	55	20	4	4	20	23	40	87	.460	0	1	.000	19	25	.760	14	43	29	12	7	13	26
58	58	1981-02-11	@	PHI	L	120	122	47	95	.495	0	2	.000	26	30	.867	14	46	26	8	5	13	29	48	93	.516	0	0		26	32	.813	12	46	31	5	3	16	28
59	59	1981-02-12		NYK	L	111	122	44	98	.449	1	4	.250	22	26	.846	27	48	23	7	3	18	24	45	73	.616	2	3	.667	30	36	.833	7	33	21	11	4	17	28
60	60	1981-02-14		GSW	W	108	90	50	92	.543	2	3	.667	6	11	.545	12	47	29	9	9	16	19	36	88	.409	4	5	.800	14	19	.737	12	39	16	7	3	17	18
								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	1981-02-17		DET	W	109	108	48	83	.578	0	1	.000	13	16	.813	9	40	24	7	5	18	27	41	84	.488	1	1	1.000	25	31	.806	13	37	22	7	5	16	21
62	62	1981-02-18	@	NJN	L	108	110	46	101	.455	0	2	.000	16	24	.667	13	40	20	10	6	15	20	50	98	.510	0	0		10	15	.667	17	58	34	11	10	24	26
63	63	1981-02-19		SAS	W	118	104	51	102	.500	0	1	.000	16	25	.640	17	53	27	8	7	10	23	42	96	.438	0	4	.000	20	29	.690	16	43	15	2	5	12	22
64	64	1981-02-21		ATL	L	105	118	37	80	.463	0	2	.000	31	43	.721	19	44	21	4	1	23	31	47	82	.573	0	0		24	30	.800	9	30	29	12	5	13	34
65	65	1981-02-25	@	BOS	L	103	124	43	93	.462	0	2	.000	17	22	.773	11	36	21	3	5	14	24	48	91	.527	0	0		28	32	.875	17	54	29	7	8	18	21
66	66	1981-02-27	@	DET	L	109	118	44	105	.419	3	6	.500	18	23	.783	22	46	18	9	3	19	27	48	83	.578	0	0		22	38	.579	16	53	27	9	8	26	28
67	67	1981-03-01	@	DEN	L	127	137	53	103	.515	2	5	.400	19	25	.760	17	49	33	7	3	16	33	53	104	.510	0	0		31	41	.756	19	53	30	6	6	13	20
68	68	1981-03-04	@	PHO	L	106	126	41	91	.451	2	7	.286	22	25	.880	11	43	22	8	5	16	24	50	98	.510	0	0		26	33	.788	17	50	27	10	3	12	19
69	69	1981-03-06	@	SDC	L	125	140	47	95	.495	1	3	.333	30	35	.857	15	33	27	9	1	11	33	52	86	.605	2	5	.400	34	44	.773	10	37	32	9	1	13	30
70	70	1981-03-09	@	MIL	L	100	118	38	88	.432	0	1	.000	24	30	.800	10	38	22	10	3	20	23	48	93	.516	0	2	.000	22	33	.667	17	54	33	9	6	21	25
71	71	1981-03-11		SEA	L	95	101	41	88	.466	1	5	.200	12	14	.857	14	43	25	5	5	19	27	38	85	.447	0	1	.000	25	29	.862	15	46	19	5	5	15	16
72	72	1981-03-13		NJN	L	125	140	50	98	.510	0			25	31	.806		32	29		2		28	55	90	.611	1			29	32	.906		43	28		7		29
73	73	1981-03-14	@	ATL	W	112	110	46	97	.474	0	2	.000	20	23	.870	14	42	23	11	5	12	27	45	94	.479	1	2	.500	19	28	.679	19	53	27	5	8	18	15
74	74	1981-03-15	@	WSB	W	101	100	42	95	.442	1	3	.333	16	23	.696	16	52	24	12	10	18	26	38	93	.409	0	1	.000	24	35	.686	14	47	22	8	9	19	23
75	75	1981-03-17		ATL	W	122	107	50	98	.510	0			22	28	.786		46	34		4		24	42	83	.506	0			23	28	.821		36	24		4		22
76	76	1981-03-19		CHI	L	111	116	46	92	.500	1	3	.333	18	22	.818	24	44	27	10	7	20	29	41	78	.526	0	1	.000	34	43	.791	13	33	27	6	6	16	23
77	77	1981-03-21	@	NYK	L	105	119	43	87	.494	1			18	25	.720		32	26		4		23	46	89	.517	1			26	35	.743		55	30		6		22
78	78	1981-03-22	@	IND	L	101	107	42	86	.488	0	1	.000	17	22	.773	9	42	28	7	2	19	31	42	89	.472	1	2	.500	22	41	.537	19	50	31	9	2	16	28
79	79	1981-03-24	@	CHI	L	108	121	44	90	.489	5	9	.556	15	17	.882	12	28	15	13	2	22	27	45	77	.584	1	1	1.000	30	37	.811	12	43	24	10	8	23	22
80	80	1981-03-26	@	MIL	L	109	137	49	106	.462	2	5	.400	9	16	.563	22	46	33	8	7	19	24	56	101	.554	1	2	.500	24	31	.774	21	51	38	13	5	13	20
								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		PHI	L	117	138	51	109	.468	2	5	.400	13	16	.813	17	36	26	10	4	19	33	53	82	.646	0	0		32	47	.681	12	47	29	10	3	26	22
82	82	1981-03-29	@	WSB	L	103	138	41	116	.353	3	10	.300	18	28	.643	20	49	24	9	6	19	25	59	106	.557	1	1	1.000	19	27	.704	13	54	34	10	8	15	22

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