1980-81 Dallas Mavericks Game Log

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Record: 15-67, Finished 6th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Dick Motta (15-67)

Executive: Norm Sonju

PTS/G: 101.5 (21st of 23) Opp PTS/G: 109.9 (19th of 23)

SRS: -8.33 (23rd of 23) Pace: 98.6 (22nd of 23)

Off Rtg: 102.4 (21st of 23) Def Rtg: 110.8 (23rd of 23) Net Rtg: -8.5 (23rd of 23)

Expected W-L: 20-62 (23rd of 23)

Arena: Reunion Arena Attendance: 319,347 (18th 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	1980-10-11		SAS	W	103	92	41	92	.446	2	3	.667	19	25	.760		50	22	9	7	19	32	34	75	.453	1	2	.500	23	35	.657		40	10	8	3	28	28
2	2	1980-10-14		SEA	L	83	85	32	71	.451	0	1	.000	19	26	.731	11	45	19	8	5	21	17	36	96	.375	2	2	1.000	11	12	.917	20	51	19	12	2	14	22
3	3	1980-10-15	@	DEN	L	98	133	36	82	.439	1	4	.250	25	42	.595	17	38	22	6	2	31	35	47	88	.534	1	2	.500	38	49	.776	17	48	30	13	6	24	26
4	4	1980-10-17		KCK	L	91	103	37	83	.446	0	3	.000	17	24	.708		40	20	7	5	22	20	45	78	.577	0	1	.000	13	18	.722		36	29	12	4	18	23
5	5	1980-10-18	@	SAS	L	96	110	41	91	.451	0	0		14	18	.778		43	22	3	5	23	20	47	99	.475	0	0		16	21	.762		51	30	16	7	12	21
6	6	1980-10-21	@	PHO	L	99	111	39	84	.464	4	8	.500	17	24	.708	12	37	18	14	5	24	35	42	86	.488	0	3	.000	27	42	.643	18	48	26	12	8	24	23
7	7	1980-10-22	@	SEA	W	107	102	41	73	.562	0	1	.000	25	31	.806	6	34	23	5	6	14	24	39	86	.453	1	4	.250	23	27	.852	13	33	23	3	3	13	28
8	8	1980-10-24	@	POR	L	105	120	36	79	.456	0	1	.000	33	38	.868	16	42	20	7	5	17	24	52	91	.571	0	0		16	26	.615	15	40	31	11	6	12	28
9	9	1980-10-25	@	GSW	L	79	86	32	92	.348	0	3	.000	15	26	.577	25	55	19	3	2	13	26	34	72	.472	0	0		18	30	.600	15	48	23	2	6	18	28
10	10	1980-10-28		UTA	L	96	104	37	81	.457	1	7	.143	21	23	.913		44	20		2	24	14	47	82	.573	2	5	.400	8	9	.889		33	23		6	17	25
11	11	1980-10-29	@	HOU	L	103	109	38	81	.469	1	2	.500	26	38	.684		31	21	10	1	18	23	43	81	.531	0	1	.000	23	29	.793		46	27	8	4	26	33
12	12	1980-10-31	@	UTA	L	122	144	41	80	.513	1	3	.333	39	44	.886		36	22	3	1	23	40	47	87	.540	1	3	.333	49	61	.803		42	29	15	6	13	27
13	13	1980-11-04		SDC	L	102	116	41	89	.461	0	4	.000	20	26	.769		42	18	7	2	20	22	48	79	.608	3	4	.750	17	25	.680		38	26	15	2	20	25
14	14	1980-11-06	@	WSB	L	95	116	43	85	.506	0	0		9	11	.818		29	27	10	1	13	21	50	78	.641	1	4	.250	15	24	.625		45	27	7	9	25	20
15	15	1980-11-07		LAL	L	102	126	43	93	.462	1	2	.500	15	24	.625	23	44	23	6	2	20	23	52	94	.553	1	1	1.000	21	24	.875	15	47	28	13	5	17	23
16	16	1980-11-08	@	DET	L	73	101	22	81	.272	1	3	.333	28	36	.778		49	8	7	9	29	24	41	83	.494	0	0		19	23	.826		45	13	16	11	26	36
17	17	1980-11-11		HOU	L	94	105	40	81	.494	0	0		14	25	.560		41	19	4	2	18	20	43	91	.473	0	0		19	20	.950		48	29	6	6	13	25
18	18	1980-11-14		POR	W	113	106	48	99	.485	0	0		17	25	.680	16	55	26	11	5	14	29	41	90	.456	0	1	.000	24	44	.545	18	55	23	9	4	20	22
19	19	1980-11-16	@	LAL	L	102	110	38	85	.447	0	1	.000	26	37	.703	14	41	26	9	2	19	21	46	88	.523	0	1	.000	18	28	.643	13	45	35	10	14	21	31
20	20	1980-11-18		PHO	L	91	102	34	82	.415	0	1	.000	23	32	.719	10	42	21	5	3	17	23	42	97	.433	0	0		18	30	.600	24	66	23	8	7	18	25
								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	1980-11-21		SEA	L	91	101	34	78	.436	0	1	.000	23	33	.697	11	42	19	7	0	20	24	41	78	.526	0	0		19	27	.704	10	43	21	10	6	19	29
22	22	1980-11-23	@	POR	L	96	116	40	86	.465	0	0		16	21	.762	7	29	22	8	2	15	32	43	79	.544	0	1	.000	30	39	.769	15	51	28	9	12	23	25
23	23	1980-11-25		PHI	L	92	108	39	76	.513	0	1	.000	14	22	.636	8	29	25	13	0	22	21	47	90	.522	0	0		14	21	.667	20	49	29	11	2	22	24
24	24	1980-11-28		DEN	L	117	119	48	113	.425	0	0		21	24	.875	24	58	24	7	4	17	37	41	88	.466	0	0		37	46	.804	19	59	25	6	5	17	31
25	25	1980-11-29	@	HOU	L	90	115	41	81	.506	0	1	.000	8	15	.533		33	26	3	3	16	13	53	98	.541	0	0		9	12	.750		51	33	7	2	11	17
26	26	1980-12-02		CLE	L	102	109	38	77	.494	0	1	.000	26	34	.765	15	50	26	2	4	20	28	46	98	.469	1	1	1.000	16	27	.593	19	43	24	10	5	6	24
27	27	1980-12-05	@	BOS	L	87	97	33	79	.418	0	0		21	31	.677	13	34	21	4	1	18	18	44	93	.473	1	3	.333	8	11	.727	15	44	28	5	9	23	24
28	28	1980-12-06	@	ATL	L	104	110	37	64	.578	0	1	.000	30	37	.811		26	19	7	5	23	29	39	81	.481	0	1	.000	32	40	.800		44	20	11	5	22	35
29	29	1980-12-09		LAL	L	92	103	39	96	.406	0	1	.000	14	15	.933		44	27	2	1	12	18	43	87	.494	0	0		17	19	.895		49	26	9	2	14	19
30	30	1980-12-10	@	DEN	L	107	116	39	80	.488	0	1	.000	29	39	.744	9	42	28	8	1	23	25	46	97	.474	0	0		24	27	.889	15	50	29	12	8	18	30
31	31	1980-12-12		SDC	W	112	109	45	81	.556	0	2	.000	22	26	.846		47	29	7	1	25	17	48	100	.480	2	11	.182	11	15	.733		36	29	9	4	16	27
32	32	1980-12-13	@	KCK	L	107	114	40	86	.465	0	0		27	33	.818		39	21	8	1	19	28	43	85	.506	0	0		28	35	.800		48	22	10	2	18	27
33	33	1980-12-16		SAS	L	83	89	32	79	.405	0	0		19	21	.905		40	22	10	7	18	20	36	84	.429	0	0		17	21	.810		51	14	10	9	21	20
34	34	1980-12-17	@	PHO	L	102	115	38	81	.469	1	2	.500	25	30	.833	10	33	20	11	2	26	26	46	92	.500	0	0		23	27	.852	17	40	25	12	5	20	23
35	35	1980-12-18	@	SDC	L	92	102	35	72	.486	1	2	.500	21	30	.700		33	20	4	1	18	23	40	80	.500	0	3	.000	22	30	.733		41	30	11	6	11	21
36	36	1980-12-20		GSW	L	98	101	38	74	.514	0	1	.000	22	29	.759	13	34	26	4	1	14	24	41	86	.477	0	0		19	29	.655	22	46	15	7	3	14	28
37	37	1980-12-23		UTA	L	96	101	39	86	.453	0	1	.000	18	20	.900		42	29	5	1	6	22	45	84	.536	0	0		11	14	.786		41	25	0	6	11	20
38	38	1980-12-26		DEN	W	119	111	45	96	.469	0	0		29	39	.744	23	54	28	5	1	15	26	45	91	.495	0	2	.000	21	28	.750	14	42	26	5	3	11	29
39	39	1980-12-27	@	MIL	L	96	112	33	74	.446	0	0		30	42	.714		29	23	9	2	19	22	50	79	.633	0	2	.000	12	18	.667		38	28	13	4	26	33
40	40	1980-12-29	@	CLE	L	100	112	36	85	.424	1	2	.500	27	32	.844	13	32	24	5	2	14	21	47	95	.495	0	0		18	25	.720	21	49	26	7	7	17	23
								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	1980-12-30	@	NYK	L	98	100	44	88	.500	0	1	.000	10	13	.769		43	28	5	2	17	16	42	85	.494	0	1	.000	16	18	.889		39	22	9	4	15	17
42	42	1981-01-02		HOU	L	120	124	47	104	.452	0	0		26	32	.813		45	38	4	3	15	31	46	89	.517	1	3	.333	31	38	.816		41	28	9	5	12	29
43	43	1981-01-05	@	SEA	L	89	103	36	86	.419	0	1	.000	17	27	.630	18	40	19	8	2	11	25	42	85	.494	0	1	.000	19	25	.760	12	47	26	4	12	19	25
44	44	1981-01-07	@	GSW	W	111	109	42	90	.467	0	0		27	39	.692	17	41	26	6	3	18	33	39	84	.464	0	1	.000	31	43	.721	17	48	19	6	3	17	35
45	45	1981-01-08	@	UTA	L	97	99	39	88	.443	0	0		19	32	.594		42	23	5	0	12	19	40	81	.494	0	0		19	24	.792		44	24	5	3	15	26
46	46	1981-01-10		WSB	L	94	106	36	91	.396	0	1	.000	22	31	.710		55	20	5	2	19	25	44	85	.518	0	0		18	28	.643		36	26	6	9	16	29
47	47	1981-01-13		CHI	W	112	106	38	77	.494	0	1	.000	36	44	.818	9	36	26	6	1	11	21	41	84	.488	3	7	.429	21	26	.808	12	45	25	3	5	18	39
48	48	1981-01-16		NYK	W	118	110	44	83	.530	0	0		30	40	.750		40	31	6	4	13	21	46	91	.505	0	4	.000	18	23	.783		41	26	8	2	16	28
49	49	1981-01-18	@	SDC	L	109	115	40	82	.488	1	2	.500	28	36	.778		40	27	2	4	12	33	40	89	.449	2	2	1.000	33	35	.943		40	28	5	3	8	31
50	50	1981-01-20		KCK	L	91	104	35	87	.402	0	0		21	29	.724		38	24	5	1	12	25	43	80	.538	0	1	.000	18	23	.783		47	31	3	9	19	30
51	51	1981-01-23	@	CHI	L	98	106	40	76	.526	1	2	.500	17	23	.739	11	33	18	11	8	20	28	41	86	.477	0	2	.000	24	27	.889	22	47	19	7	7	16	21
52	52	1981-01-24	@	IND	L	89	107	36	78	.462	0	2	.000	17	23	.739		33	23	6	0	21	25	45	81	.556	0	2	.000	17	25	.680		47	27	10	5	20	25
53	53	1981-01-27		NJN	L	100	112	34	77	.442	2	4	.500	30	45	.667		43	23	9	2	19	23	47	89	.528	0	0		18	22	.818		44	34	10	6	16	32
54	54	1981-02-03		KCK	L	100	121	40	81	.494	1	3	.333	19	31	.613		38	23	4	2	22	23	53	81	.654	1	1	1.000	14	24	.583		39	34	7	5	17	25
55	55	1981-02-04	@	HOU	L	68	116	28	89	.315	1	2	.500	11	17	.647		30	19	10	4	20	27	47	85	.553	0	2	.000	22	29	.759		65	36	9	12	26	16
56	56	1981-02-06		ATL	L	98	100	34	70	.486	1	3	.333	29	43	.674		37	25	12	9	21	27	38	79	.481	0	0		24	30	.800		42	23	12	3	22	31
57	57	1981-02-08	@	SAS	L	98	102	34	83	.410	0	4	.000	30	36	.833	9	32	20	9	1	14	34	36	88	.409	0	2	.000	30	44	.682	23	58	19	9	9	18	32
58	58	1981-02-10		DET	L	95	101	39	83	.470	0	3	.000	17	25	.680		41	27	10	0	15	24	40	75	.533	0	0		21	25	.840		40	23	9	6	22	29
59	59	1981-02-11	@	PHO	L	97	119	35	87	.402	0	2	.000	27	34	.794	15	38	22	11	4	18	27	44	69	.638	1	2	.500	30	35	.857	4	36	29	13	9	22	23
60	60	1981-02-14		SAS	L	99	107	38	84	.452	1	4	.250	22	31	.710		39	29	8	1	17	28	34	78	.436	0	0		39	45	.867		48	18	7	5	24	31
								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	1981-02-15	@	LAL	L	99	107	39	101	.386	0	1	.000	21	31	.677	21	40	24	7	6	9	20	43	84	.512	0	0		21	24	.875	14	49	26	4	11	20	28
62	62	1981-02-17		MIL	L	106	114	40	81	.494	0	1	.000	26	31	.839		36	28	7	1	18	28	46	89	.517	0	0		22	30	.733		40	33	13	5	15	28
63	63	1981-02-20	@	PHI	L	109	117	40	80	.500	1	5	.200	28	36	.778		32	18	10	0	22	21	50	87	.575	0	1	.000	17	20	.850		46	33	14	8	23	28
64	64	1981-02-22	@	NJN	W	132	109	51	87	.586	0	0		30	36	.833		39	22	9	3	21	28	41	83	.494	0	3	.000	27	34	.794		33	20	11	10	26	33
65	65	1981-02-24		SEA	L	84	102	35	89	.393	0	2	.000	14	22	.636	10	45	25	5	3	12	18	40	85	.471	0	1	.000	22	27	.815	13	50	22	9	9	11	25
66	66	1981-02-26	@	KCK	L	102	105	40	98	.408	0	1	.000	22	30	.733		45	24	9	3	15	23	41	71	.577	1	1	1.000	22	32	.688		35	22	9	3	17	24
67	67	1981-02-27		IND	L	111	118	44	84	.524	0	2	.000	23	33	.697		44	27	6	1	17	29	45	71	.634	0	2	.000	28	43	.651		31	26	11	4	13	32
68	68	1981-03-01		SDC	W	99	91	37	80	.463	0	0		25	32	.781		46	27	6	1	19	20	37	86	.430	0	7	.000	17	20	.850		38	21	13	4	18	29
69	69	1981-03-03		BOS	L	105	117	44	95	.463	1	5	.200	16	19	.842	11	29	34	11	4	9	18	50	84	.595	1	3	.333	16	23	.696	14	51	36	7	11	17	21
70	70	1981-03-06	@	GSW	L	109	115	43	74	.581	2	3	.667	21	29	.724	5	25	27	4	1	13	23	51	81	.630	0	4	.000	13	21	.619	10	37	32	5	0	17	28
71	71	1981-03-08	@	SAS	L	108	133	38	95	.400	0	0		32	39	.821		33	22	9	2	10	27	53	92	.576	0	0		27	32	.844		53	33	3	15	21	27
72	72	1981-03-10		PHO	W	107	103	36	82	.439	2	4	.500	33	45	.733	18	49	31	12	0	20	29	41	84	.488	1	2	.500	20	30	.667	14	42	22	12	6	22	33
73	73	1981-03-12		GSW	W	120	118	45	84	.536	1	1	1.000	29	36	.806	11	39	33	5	2	11	26	45	85	.529	5	6	.833	23	33	.697	13	38	26	2	2	13	31
74	74	1981-03-15	@	POR	L	110	135	35	76	.461	0	2	.000	40	48	.833	10	30	22	6	1	19	31	53	82	.646	1	2	.500	28	39	.718	10	36	31	6	6	17	32
75	75	1981-03-17		LAL	L	109	114	43	91	.473	0	2	.000	23	27	.852	13	47	29	7	1	13	24	47	87	.540	0	1	.000	20	32	.625	12	44	24	10	7	12	22
76	76	1981-03-18	@	UTA	L	113	120	40	83	.482	6	11	.545	27	37	.730		36	25	2	2	15	27	47	89	.528	1	1	1.000	25	29	.862		50	32	4	4	15	33
77	77	1981-03-20		DEN	W	126	125	53	101	.525	1	5	.200	19	20	.950	17	48	36	5	2	18	26	50	97	.515	0	1	.000	25	35	.714	16	42	20	9	6	13	21
78	78	1981-03-21		UTA	W	105	95	46	80	.575	0	0		13	23	.565		44	33	6	3	16	18	42	85	.494	0	1	.000	11	14	.786		35	15	10	4	14	24
79	79	1981-03-24		HOU	L	111	114	42	95	.442	2	5	.400	25	34	.735		53	28	3	6	12	18	48	115	.417	0	3	.000	18	21	.857		66	23	9	9	11	24
80	80	1981-03-25	@	DEN	W	126	115	46	87	.529	2	2	1.000	32	38	.842	16	53	30	5	6	20	29	46	106	.434	1	6	.167	22	31	.710	22	43	26	6	6	11	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		POR	L	109	123	39	92	.424	2	5	.400	29	34	.853	20	48	23	6	0	12	14	53	94	.564	0	2	.000	17	21	.810	14	48	23	6	2	13	25
82	82	1981-03-29	@	KCK	L	104	113	40	76	.526	3	8	.375	21	28	.750		29	24	6	1	12	28	45	79	.570	0	3	.000	23	32	.719		40	28	7	1	11	25

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