1980-81 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-61, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Scotty Robertson (21-61)

Executive: Jack McCloskey

PTS/G: 99.7 (23rd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 106.0 (7th of 23)

SRS: -5.58 (21st of 23) Pace: 101.2 (11th of 23)

Off Rtg: 98.1 (23rd of 23) Def Rtg: 104.3 (7th of 23) Net Rtg: -6.2 (22nd of 23)

Expected W-L: 24-58 (22nd of 23)

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 228,348 (22nd 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		Washington Bullets	L		85	95	0	1	L 1	9,129
2	Sat, Oct 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		87	100	0	2	L 2	9,756
3	Mon, Oct 13, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		92	108	0	3	L 3	5,307
4	Tue, Oct 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		91	99	0	4	L 4	4,071
5	Thu, Oct 16, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		99	102	0	5	L 5	4,569
6	Sat, Oct 18, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L	2OT	123	125	0	6	L 6	4,036
7	Wed, Oct 22, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		93	94	0	7	L 7	5,279
8	Sat, Oct 25, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		112	109	1	7	W 1	6,595
9	Wed, Oct 29, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		85	103	1	8	L 1	5,349	1:55
10	Fri, Oct 31, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L	OT	98	103	1	9	L 2	3,619
11	Sat, Nov 1, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		100	122	1	10	L 3	7,117
12	Tue, Nov 4, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		98	96	2	10	W 1	10,489
13	Wed, Nov 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		103	107	2	11	L 1	5,947
14	Fri, Nov 7, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		88	114	2	12	L 2	7,328
15	Sat, Nov 8, 1980	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		101	73	3	12	W 1	4,584
16	Tue, Nov 11, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		118	149	3	13	L 1	12,283
17	Wed, Nov 12, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		98	122	3	14	L 2	6,088
18	Fri, Nov 14, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		106	99	4	14	W 1	6,158
19	Sun, Nov 16, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		80	89	4	15	L 1	6,714
20	Tue, Nov 18, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		97	102	4	16	L 2	3,223
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Thu, Nov 20, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		97	90	5	16	W 1	3,031
22	Sat, Nov 22, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		117	103	6	16	W 2	3,534
23	Wed, Nov 26, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		97	104	6	17	L 1	4,776
24	Fri, Nov 28, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		104	94	7	17	W 1	6,241
25	Sat, Nov 29, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		98	95	8	17	W 2	8,363
26	Tue, Dec 2, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		85	94	8	18	L 1	4,327	1:57
27	Fri, Dec 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		92	103	8	19	L 2	5,147
28	Sat, Dec 6, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		100	101	8	20	L 3	5,562
29	Wed, Dec 10, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		92	100	8	21	L 4	4,110
30	Fri, Dec 12, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		101	95	9	21	W 1	3,352
31	Sat, Dec 13, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		94	100	9	22	L 1	14,569
32	Wed, Dec 17, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		103	119	9	23	L 2	4,083
33	Thu, Dec 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		104	121	9	24	L 3	10,950
34	Fri, Dec 19, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		109	106	10	24	W 1	6,058
35	Sun, Dec 21, 1980	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		97	117	10	25	L 1	6,952
36	Tue, Dec 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		104	113	10	26	L 2	11,225
37	Fri, Dec 26, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		94	114	10	27	L 3	5,157
38	Sat, Dec 27, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		97	104	10	28	L 4	7,993
39	Tue, Dec 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		89	96	10	29	L 5	8,745
40	Fri, Jan 2, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		102	100	11	29	W 1	6,043
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 6, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		90	110	11	30	L 1	12,666
42	Wed, Jan 7, 1981	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		94	99	11	31	L 2	12,799
43	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		103	105	11	32	L 3	8,389
44	Sun, Jan 11, 1981	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		108	117	11	33	L 4	11,195
45	Tue, Jan 13, 1981	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		96	119	11	34	L 5	4,178
46	Wed, Jan 14, 1981	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		99	101	11	35	L 6	7,237
47	Thu, Jan 15, 1981	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		89	106	11	36	L 7	3,082
48	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		104	116	11	37	L 8	7,077
49	Mon, Jan 19, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		90	92	11	38	L 9	9,941	2:03	at Hartford, CT
50	Tue, Jan 20, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		83	75	12	38	W 1	8,584
51	Thu, Jan 22, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		92	125	12	39	L 1	3,303
52	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		117	94	13	39	W 1	4,366
53	Mon, Jan 26, 1981	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		99	102	13	40	L 1	5,826
54	Tue, Jan 27, 1981	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		123	143	13	41	L 2	8,249
55	Thu, Jan 29, 1981	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		112	117	13	42	L 3	3,335
56	Tue, Feb 3, 1981	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		99	102	13	43	L 4	8,616
57	Wed, Feb 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		90	91	13	44	L 5	11,009
58	Fri, Feb 6, 1981	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		102	111	13	45	L 6	12,205
59	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		90	98	13	46	L 7	9,442
60	Sun, Feb 8, 1981	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		101	124	13	47	L 8	3,629
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 10, 1981	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		101	95	14	47	W 1	5,047
62	Fri, Feb 13, 1981	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		92	120	14	48	L 1	9,636
63	Sat, Feb 14, 1981	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		105	103	15	48	W 1	8,141
64	Tue, Feb 17, 1981	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		108	109	15	49	L 1	4,161
65	Wed, Feb 18, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		97	111	15	50	L 2	8,851
66	Thu, Feb 19, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		106	115	15	51	L 3	3,107
67	Sat, Feb 21, 1981	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		119	130	15	52	L 4	13,043	2:05
68	Fri, Feb 27, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		118	109	16	52	W 1	5,003
69	Sun, Mar 1, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		117	104	17	52	W 2	7,186
70	Tue, Mar 3, 1981	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		98	115	17	53	L 1	11,052
71	Thu, Mar 5, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		101	104	17	54	L 2	3,358
72	Sat, Mar 7, 1981	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		109	121	17	55	L 3	8,338
73	Wed, Mar 11, 1981	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		100	97	18	55	W 1	3,081
74	Fri, Mar 13, 1981	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		100	102	18	56	L 1	7,555
75	Sat, Mar 14, 1981	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		101	94	19	56	W 1	10,105
76	Wed, Mar 18, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		118	115	20	56	W 2	3,247
77	Fri, Mar 20, 1981	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		86	104	20	57	L 1	14,492	2:00
78	Sun, Mar 22, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		103	109	20	58	L 2	6,478
79	Tue, Mar 24, 1981	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		91	96	20	59	L 3	6,417
80	Wed, Mar 25, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		75	114	20	60	L 4	12,168
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 27, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		115	90	21	60	W 1	15,320	1:58
82	Sat, Mar 28, 1981	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		103	108	21	61	L 1	14,500

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