1980-81 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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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

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 10, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		103	130	0	1	L 1	15,320	2:07
2	Sat, Oct 11, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		96	99	0	2	L 2	5,731
3	Tue, Oct 14, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		99	91	1	2	W 1	4,071
4	Thu, Oct 16, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		90	88	2	2	W 2	4,046
5	Fri, Oct 17, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		79	98	2	3	L 1	8,336
6	Sat, Oct 18, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		105	107	2	4	L 2	5,103
7	Tue, Oct 21, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		95	115	2	5	L 3	8,615
8	Wed, Oct 22, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		96	109	2	6	L 4	5,118
9	Fri, Oct 24, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		126	112	3	6	W 1	6,177
10	Sat, Oct 25, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		118	100	4	6	W 2	4,811
11	Tue, Oct 28, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		101	119	4	7	L 1	6,153
12	Fri, Oct 31, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		98	107	4	8	L 2	9,728
13	Sun, Nov 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		96	102	4	9	L 3	12,666
14	Mon, Nov 3, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		83	118	4	10	L 4	11,723
15	Wed, Nov 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		98	106	4	11	L 5	7,654
16	Thu, Nov 6, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		96	112	4	12	L 6	5,704
17	Sat, Nov 8, 1980	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		106	111	4	13	L 7	7,514
18	Tue, Nov 11, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		96	100	4	14	L 8	4,686
19	Thu, Nov 13, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		114	111	5	14	W 1	3,987
20	Sat, Nov 15, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		95	100	5	15	L 1	15,998
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Nov 18, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		104	94	6	15	W 1	3,637
22	Thu, Nov 20, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		114	117	6	16	L 1	3,844
23	Sat, Nov 22, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		113	98	7	16	W 1	8,252	2:07
24	Wed, Nov 26, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	113	119	7	17	L 1	5,598
25	Fri, Nov 28, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		126	105	8	17	W 1	5,407
26	Sat, Nov 29, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		101	117	8	18	L 1	7,067
27	Tue, Dec 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		109	102	9	18	W 1	5,117
28	Wed, Dec 3, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		109	118	9	19	L 1	6,887
29	Thu, Dec 4, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		100	130	9	20	L 2	6,833
30	Sat, Dec 6, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		101	100	10	20	W 1	5,562
31	Tue, Dec 9, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		83	96	10	21	L 1	5,829
32	Thu, Dec 11, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		100	103	10	22	L 2	3,046
33	Fri, Dec 12, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		95	101	10	23	L 3	3,352
34	Sat, Dec 13, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		110	103	11	23	W 1	4,152
35	Wed, Dec 17, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		79	103	11	24	L 1	6,873
36	Thu, Dec 18, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		130	122	12	24	W 1	3,576
37	Sat, Dec 20, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		102	107	12	25	L 1	5,038	2:01
38	Tue, Dec 23, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		100	102	12	26	L 2	3,627
39	Fri, Dec 26, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		98	100	12	27	L 3	4,481
40	Mon, Dec 29, 1980	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		112	100	13	27	W 1	3,884
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 2, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		111	105	14	27	W 2	7,147
42	Sat, Jan 3, 1981	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		132	112	15	27	W 3	3,902
43	Fri, Jan 9, 1981	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	OT	108	107	16	27	W 4	9,398
44	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		99	104	16	28	L 1	6,321
45	Tue, Jan 13, 1981	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		104	108	16	29	L 2	7,316
46	Wed, Jan 14, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		113	120	16	30	L 3	15,320	2:04
47	Fri, Jan 16, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		119	137	16	31	L 4	11,138
48	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		110	98	17	31	W 1	9,669
49	Tue, Jan 20, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		99	94	18	31	W 2	4,866
50	Thu, Jan 22, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		108	94	19	31	W 3	4,142
51	Fri, Jan 23, 1981	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		106	98	20	31	W 4	9,820
52	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		94	117	20	32	L 1	4,366
53	Tue, Jan 27, 1981	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		114	109	21	32	W 1	4,211
54	Thu, Jan 29, 1981	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		115	111	22	32	W 2	5,489
55	Wed, Feb 4, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		96	109	22	33	L 1	4,573
56	Fri, Feb 6, 1981	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		99	103	22	34	L 2	7,179	2:10
57	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		96	99	22	35	L 3	11,319
58	Wed, Feb 11, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	OT	120	122	22	36	L 4	8,993
59	Thu, Feb 12, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		111	122	22	37	L 5	4,639
60	Sat, Feb 14, 1981	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		108	90	23	37	W 1	6,957
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 17, 1981	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		109	108	24	37	W 2	4,161
62	Wed, Feb 18, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		108	110	24	38	L 1	7,296
63	Thu, Feb 19, 1981	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		118	104	25	38	W 1	5,574
64	Sat, Feb 21, 1981	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		105	118	25	39	L 1	8,231
65	Wed, Feb 25, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		103	124	25	40	L 2	15,320	2:02
66	Fri, Feb 27, 1981	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		109	118	25	41	L 3	5,003
67	Sun, Mar 1, 1981	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		127	137	25	42	L 4	8,826
68	Wed, Mar 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		106	126	25	43	L 5	12,660
69	Fri, Mar 6, 1981	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		125	140	25	44	L 6	5,059
70	Mon, Mar 9, 1981	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		100	118	25	45	L 7	11,052
71	Wed, Mar 11, 1981	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		95	101	25	46	L 8	5,676
72	Fri, Mar 13, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		125	140	25	47	L 9	6,105
73	Sat, Mar 14, 1981	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	OT	112	110	26	47	W 1	7,368
74	Sun, Mar 15, 1981	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		101	100	27	47	W 2	7,489
75	Tue, Mar 17, 1981	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		122	107	28	47	W 3	4,288
76	Thu, Mar 19, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		111	116	28	48	L 1	6,173
77	Sat, Mar 21, 1981	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		105	119	28	49	L 2	11,268
78	Sun, Mar 22, 1981	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		101	107	28	50	L 3	9,827
79	Tue, Mar 24, 1981	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		108	121	28	51	L 4	8,292
80	Thu, Mar 26, 1981	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		109	137	28	52	L 5	11,052
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 27, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		117	138	28	53	L 6	20,175
82	Sun, Mar 29, 1981	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		103	138	28	54	L 7	12,755

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