1980-81 Detroit Pistons Schedule | Basketball-Reference.com

1980-81 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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

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)

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 10, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		85	95	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		87	100	0	2	L 2
3	Mon, Oct 13, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		92	108	0	3	L 3
4	Tue, Oct 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		91	99	0	4	L 4
5	Thu, Oct 16, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		99	102	0	5	L 5
6	Sat, Oct 18, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L	2OT	123	125	0	6	L 6
7	Wed, Oct 22, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		93	94	0	7	L 7
8	Sat, Oct 25, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		112	109	1	7	W 1
9	Wed, Oct 29, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		85	103	1	8	L 1
10	Fri, Oct 31, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L	OT	98	103	1	9	L 2
11	Sat, Nov 1, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		100	122	1	10	L 3
12	Tue, Nov 4, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		98	96	2	10	W 1
13	Wed, Nov 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		103	107	2	11	L 1
14	Fri, Nov 7, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		88	114	2	12	L 2
15	Sat, Nov 8, 1980	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		101	73	3	12	W 1
16	Tue, Nov 11, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		118	149	3	13	L 1
17	Wed, Nov 12, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		98	122	3	14	L 2
18	Fri, Nov 14, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		106	99	4	14	W 1
19	Sun, Nov 16, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		80	89	4	15	L 1
20	Tue, Nov 18, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		97	102	4	16	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Thu, Nov 20, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		97	90	5	16	W 1
22	Sat, Nov 22, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		117	103	6	16	W 2
23	Wed, Nov 26, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		97	104	6	17	L 1
24	Fri, Nov 28, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		104	94	7	17	W 1
25	Sat, Nov 29, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		98	95	8	17	W 2
26	Tue, Dec 2, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		85	94	8	18	L 1
27	Fri, Dec 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		92	103	8	19	L 2
28	Sat, Dec 6, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		100	101	8	20	L 3
29	Wed, Dec 10, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		92	100	8	21	L 4
30	Fri, Dec 12, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		101	95	9	21	W 1
31	Sat, Dec 13, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		94	100	9	22	L 1
32	Wed, Dec 17, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		103	119	9	23	L 2
33	Thu, Dec 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		104	121	9	24	L 3
34	Fri, Dec 19, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		109	106	10	24	W 1
35	Sun, Dec 21, 1980	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		97	117	10	25	L 1
36	Tue, Dec 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		104	113	10	26	L 2
37	Fri, Dec 26, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		94	114	10	27	L 3
38	Sat, Dec 27, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		97	104	10	28	L 4
39	Tue, Dec 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		89	96	10	29	L 5
40	Fri, Jan 2, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		102	100	11	29	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 6, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		90	110	11	30	L 1
42	Wed, Jan 7, 1981	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		94	99	11	31	L 2
43	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		103	105	11	32	L 3
44	Sun, Jan 11, 1981	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		108	117	11	33	L 4
45	Tue, Jan 13, 1981	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		96	119	11	34	L 5
46	Wed, Jan 14, 1981	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		99	101	11	35	L 6
47	Thu, Jan 15, 1981	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		89	106	11	36	L 7
48	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		104	116	11	37	L 8
49	Mon, Jan 19, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		90	92	11	38	L 9	at Hartford, CT
50	Tue, Jan 20, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		83	75	12	38	W 1
51	Thu, Jan 22, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		92	125	12	39	L 1
52	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		117	94	13	39	W 1
53	Mon, Jan 26, 1981	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		99	102	13	40	L 1
54	Tue, Jan 27, 1981	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		123	143	13	41	L 2
55	Thu, Jan 29, 1981	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		112	117	13	42	L 3
56	Tue, Feb 3, 1981	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		99	102	13	43	L 4
57	Wed, Feb 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		90	91	13	44	L 5
58	Fri, Feb 6, 1981	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		102	111	13	45	L 6
59	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		90	98	13	46	L 7
60	Sun, Feb 8, 1981	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		101	124	13	47	L 8
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 10, 1981	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		101	95	14	47	W 1
62	Fri, Feb 13, 1981	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		92	120	14	48	L 1
63	Sat, Feb 14, 1981	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		105	103	15	48	W 1
64	Tue, Feb 17, 1981	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		108	109	15	49	L 1
65	Wed, Feb 18, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		97	111	15	50	L 2
66	Thu, Feb 19, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		106	115	15	51	L 3
67	Sat, Feb 21, 1981	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		119	130	15	52	L 4
68	Fri, Feb 27, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		118	109	16	52	W 1
69	Sun, Mar 1, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		117	104	17	52	W 2
70	Tue, Mar 3, 1981	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		98	115	17	53	L 1
71	Thu, Mar 5, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		101	104	17	54	L 2
72	Sat, Mar 7, 1981	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		109	121	17	55	L 3
73	Wed, Mar 11, 1981	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		100	97	18	55	W 1
74	Fri, Mar 13, 1981	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		100	102	18	56	L 1
75	Sat, Mar 14, 1981	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		101	94	19	56	W 1
76	Wed, Mar 18, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		118	115	20	56	W 2
77	Fri, Mar 20, 1981	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		86	104	20	57	L 1
78	Sun, Mar 22, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		103	109	20	58	L 2
79	Tue, Mar 24, 1981	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		91	96	20	59	L 3
80	Wed, Mar 25, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		75	114	20	60	L 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 27, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		115	90	21	60	W 1
82	Sat, Mar 28, 1981	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		103	108	21	61	L 1

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