1980-81 Houston Rockets Game Log

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Record: 40-42, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Del Harris (40-42)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 108.3 (11th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 107.9 (14th of 23)

SRS: -0.20 (12th of 23) Pace: 100.5 (18th of 23)

Off Rtg: 107.0 (9th of 23) Def Rtg: 106.7 (16th of 23) Net Rtg: +0.3 (11th of 23)

Expected W-L: 42-40 (11th of 23)

Arena: The Summit Attendance: 385,354 (14th of 23)

NBA 1981 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Kansas City Kings (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (2-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Western Conference Champions

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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	@	SDC	L	104	120	42	90	.467	0	1	.000	20	28	.714		31	19	9	6	13	23	52	97	.536	1	2	.500	15	20	.750		58	25	6	5	16	24
2	2	1980-10-12	@	LAL	L	103	114	42	94	.447	1	1	1.000	18	28	.643	16	45	26	7	2	23	22	50	99	.505	0	1	.000	14	19	.737	13	42	35	11	11	13	23
3	3	1980-10-15		SEA	W	103	100	37	89	.416	0	1	.000	29	41	.707	27	56	26	15	0	20	17	46	94	.489	2	3	.667	6	9	.667	16	43	26	7	6	26	27
4	4	1980-10-17	@	POR	W	102	99	38	78	.487	0	0		26	38	.684	10	41	23	10	4	14	16	47	100	.470	0	4	.000	5	11	.455	16	50	28	6	8	18	28
5	5	1980-10-18	@	GSW	L	101	108	37	80	.463	0	1	.000	27	34	.794	12	40	22	11	5	19	21	49	92	.533	1	3	.333	9	16	.563	14	42	32	10	1	15	29
6	6	1980-10-21	@	DEN	W	119	117	45	94	.479	1	2	.500	28	37	.757	17	56	30	9	5	23	33	43	100	.430	0	3	.000	31	46	.674	18	51	22	12	6	17	30
7	7	1980-10-23		KCK	L	96	105	38	87	.437	1			19	34	.559		50	20	6	8	17	22	42	98	.429	0			21	29	.724		46	26	12	5	11	29
8	8	1980-10-25		DET	L	109	112	42	85	.494	0	0		25	31	.806		38	27	8	7	21	25	45	92	.489	0	0		22	31	.710		43	30	12	3	19	30
9	9	1980-10-29		DAL	W	109	103	43	81	.531	0	1	.000	23	29	.793		46	27	8	4	26	33	38	81	.469	1	2	.500	26	38	.684		31	21	10	1	18	23
10	10	1980-11-05		SDC	L	104	111	45	90	.500	0	3	.000	14	17	.824		47	26	7	5	21	27	45	88	.511	0	1	.000	21	31	.677		32	27	9	4	14	19
11	11	1980-11-08		PHO	L	115	116	49	90	.544	0	3	.000	17	26	.654	15	37	30	13	1	21	24	47	82	.573	0	0		22	33	.667	8	33	30	9	7	22	19
12	12	1980-11-11	@	DAL	W	105	94	43	91	.473	0	0		19	20	.950		48	29	6	6	13	25	40	81	.494	0	0		14	25	.560		41	19	4	2	18	20
13	13	1980-11-12		LAL	W	107	104	41	76	.539	2	4	.500	23	26	.885	9	39	27	10	3	24	14	48	94	.511	0	1	.000	8	10	.800	12	35	31	13	5	13	23
14	14	1980-11-14	@	UTA	L	115	117	49	87	.563	1	1	1.000	16	17	.941		32	23		3		22	48	92	.522	1	1	1.000	20	21	.952		44	24		4		21
15	15	1980-11-15	@	SEA	L	139	143	57	107	.533	1	1	1.000	24	32	.750	17	39	31	6	4	14	31	57	95	.600	0	2	.000	29	38	.763	11	37	33	8		17	31
16	16	1980-11-18		SEA	W	138	118	61	112	.545	0	3	.000	16	25	.640	23	55	39	13	9	14	16	53	107	.495	0	3	.000	12	15	.800	16	41	32	7	5	18	17
17	17	1980-11-20	@	CLE	W	117	114	41	77	.532	0	3	.000	35	44	.795	12	34	24	7	3	20	19	50	95	.526	1	4	.250	13	16	.813	14	38	26	6	1	16	28
18	18	1980-11-21	@	NJN	W	116	108	46	94	.489	0			24	34	.706		46	26	13	3	19	24	44	102	.431	0			20	29	.690		53	32	11	6		26
19	19	1980-11-22	@	IND	L	120	129	46	84	.548	0	1	.000	28	34	.824	6	30	34	7	5	16	24	51	93	.548	0	2	.000	27	37	.730	22	53	41	3	4	20	23
20	20	1980-11-24	@	NYK	L	110	113	50	86	.581	1			9	12	.750	9	40	28	5	1	27	25	47	105	.448	0			19	24	.792	19	47	25	11	3	16	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
21	21	1980-11-26		PHI	L	100	101	41	100	.410	0	0		18	29	.621		56	27	7		14	15	45	99	.455	0	0		11	14	.786		56	26	7		17	27
22	22	1980-11-28	@	SAS	W	124	115	49	94	.521	0	2	.000	26	32	.813		46	36	8	8	22	24	49	105	.467	2	6	.333	15	23	.652		46	34	11	10	18	31
23	23	1980-11-29		DAL	W	115	90	53	98	.541	0	0		9	12	.750		51	33	7	2	11	17	41	81	.506	0	1	.000	8	15	.533		33	26	3	3	16	13
24	24	1980-11-30	@	PHO	L	114	117	41	97	.423	0	2	.000	32	37	.865	17	36	19	17	0	14	23	49	98	.500	0	0		19	22	.864	23	54	30	10	4	24	27
25	25	1980-12-03		CLE	W	118	109	46	89	.517	2			24	31	.774		43	28	5	4	12	24	48	92	.522	0			13	19	.684		42	25	6	2	13	27
26	26	1980-12-05	@	KCK	L	100	108	40	91	.440	0	2	.000	20	29	.690		45	14	5	4	22	24	45	92	.489	0	1	.000	18	22	.818		50	30	12	7	18	29
27	27	1980-12-06		DEN	W	111	108	44	94	.468	0	1	.000	23	32	.719	12	40	32	7	5	20	24	42	92	.457	2	4	.500	22	29	.759	13	45	24	9	3	26	33
28	28	1980-12-10		LAL	L	108	109	44	101	.436	0	2	.000	20	26	.769	20	51	25	6	4	16	21	45	93	.484	0	0		19	23	.826	12	45	27	11	5	18	21
29	29	1980-12-12	@	POR	L	100	106	42	92	.457	0	3	.000	16	20	.800	25	54	32	6	5	26	19	46	92	.500	0	1	.000	14	19	.737	11	36	31	12	3	13	21
30	30	1980-12-13	@	GSW	W	99	97	44	82	.537	0	0		11	16	.688	12	37	29	6	2	17	16	43	87	.494	0	2	.000	11	19	.579	22	48	24	7	1	19	25
31	31	1980-12-17		SAS	L	107	113	38	84	.452	1	4	.250	30	34	.882		39	27	6	6	21	21	51	89	.573	0	0		11	16	.688		37	24	7	4	12	29
32	32	1980-12-19	@	BOS	L	119	133	46	88	.523	0	2	.000	27	31	.871	17	36	26	7	3	18	26	54	89	.607	2	2	1.000	23	34	.676	11	35	30	9	7	13	28
33	33	1980-12-20	@	CHI	L	109	133	41	97	.423	1	2	.500	26	30	.867	15	42	20	11	3	18	29	49	89	.551	0	0		35	40	.875	13	56	32	14	11	22	23
34	34	1980-12-21	@	MIL	L	91	123	32	93	.344	0	2	.000	27	32	.844	15	41	21	10	2	15	13	56	99	.566	1	1	1.000	10	13	.769	14	55	45	9	4	16	23
35	35	1980-12-23		GSW	L	99	114	44	82	.537	0	2	.000	11	13	.846	9	30	32	8	2	25	23	44	79	.557	1	1	1.000	25	33	.758	11	34	24	14	2	18	17
36	36	1980-12-26	@	DET	W	114	94	50	103	.485	0	0		14	19	.737		48	25	10	7	13	19	41	85	.482	0	0		12	22	.545		46	24	10	4	20	23
37	37	1980-12-27	@	WSB	L	97	115	38	100	.380	0			21	31	.677		44	19	4	4	12	28	45	85	.529	2			23	31	.742		47	29	6	2	12	31
38	38	1980-12-30		SDC	W	104	98	38	82	.463	3	5	.600	25	33	.758		49	25	8	2	20	21	39	87	.448	1	6	.167	19	20	.950		42	22	10	2	21	24
39	39	1981-01-01		UTA	W	117	103	47	104	.452	0	2	.000	23	27	.852	25	59	31	8	2	14	24	38	80	.475	0	0		27	32	.844		34	20	6	7	17	17
40	40	1981-01-02	@	DAL	W	124	120	46	89	.517	1	3	.333	31	38	.816		41	28	9	5	12	29	47	104	.452	0	0		26	32	.813		45	38	4	3	15	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
41	41	1981-01-03		DEN	L	132	134	52	104	.500	0	2	.000	28	29	.966	18	48	27	6	2	13	27	50	95	.526	0	0		34	37	.919	14	45	22	8	4	15	22
42	42	1981-01-07		KCK	L	108	114	43	85	.506	0			22	25	.880		38	24	6	5	17	25	49	83	.590	1			15	22	.682		38	37	7	4	13	24
43	43	1981-01-09	@	PHI	L	94	107	37	78	.474	0	1	.000	20	29	.690		39	25	2	3	18	22	44	85	.518	0	1	.000	19	24	.792		41	33	8	7	16	25
44	44	1981-01-10		POR	W	106	105	45	92	.489	0	0		16	20	.800	16	31	24	14	1	9	18	47	81	.580	1	3	.333	10	12	.833	14	46	25	5	6	24	24
45	45	1981-01-14		CHI	W	109	105	44	84	.524	0	1	.000	21	26	.808	13	37	27	9	4	18	23	41	84	.488	3	7	.429	20	25	.800	15	44	21	9	1	22	23
46	46	1981-01-16	@	PHO	L	89	92	39	79	.494	0	1	.000	11	23	.478	15	41	20	15	4	26	21	36	87	.414	0	1	.000	20	26	.769	17	45	21	14	5	23	19
47	47	1981-01-17		NYK	L	98	99	42	73	.575	0			14	17	.824		49	29	4	7	20	25	39	86	.453	1			20	27	.741		32	20	9	2	7	21
48	48	1981-01-18	@	DEN	W	98	97	42	83	.506	0	0		14	20	.700	12	46	27	15	6	23	19	39	93	.419	0	0		19	25	.760	17	48	21	4	5	19	22
49	49	1981-01-21		PHO	W	106	100	45	102	.441	0	1	.000	16	17	.941	25	52	26	13	8	11	21	43	80	.538	1	3	.333	13	20	.650	10	37	26	6	6	17	18
50	50	1981-01-23	@	KCK	L	107	113	41	79	.519	0	1	.000	25	30	.833		41	20	6	4	17	27	42	85	.494	0	1	.000	29	32	.906		39	21	6	3	13	24
51	51	1981-01-24		UTA	W	106	91	40	74	.541	0	1	.000	26	33	.788		36	25		8	15	22	38	72	.528	2	2	1.000	13	18	.722		34	18		4	25	29
52	52	1981-01-28		NJN	W	111	99	45	85	.529	0			21	29	.724		42	26	7	8	19	21	45	99	.455	0			9	14	.643		41	34	7	3	15	28
53	53	1981-01-29	@	UTA	L	97	99	41	84	.488	1	2	.500	14	17	.824		41	22	2	3	14	28	36	76	.474	0	2	.000	27	41	.659		46	25	6	4	11	23
54	54	1981-02-03		DEN	W	135	128	54	110	.491	0	1	.000	27	35	.771	20	59	32	15	5	23	39	47	106	.443	1	4	.250	33	45	.733	17	46	29	9	3	22	30
55	55	1981-02-04		DAL	W	116	68	47	85	.553	0	2	.000	22	29	.759		65	36	9	12	26	16	28	89	.315	1	2	.500	11	17	.647		30	19	10	4	20	27
56	56	1981-02-06	@	PHO	L	99	112	39	76	.513	0	3	.000	21	30	.700	8	33	18	15	7	25	26	41	88	.466	0	3	.000	30	38	.789	21	53	25	16	4	24	23
57	57	1981-02-07		ATL	W	87	81	35	81	.432	0	0		17	20	.850		41	20	15	8	24	24	33	83	.398	0	1	.000	15	19	.789		43	17	13	3	22	23
58	58	1981-02-11		SAS	W	108	89	46	87	.529	0	1	.000	16	22	.727		39	25	11	2	23	25	36	72	.500	0	4	.000	17	22	.773		32	19	12	5	25	23
59	59	1981-02-13		LAL	L	105	114	42	83	.506	0	1	.000	21	31	.677	13	39	30	7	5	20	23	45	84	.536	0	1	.000	24	32	.750	13	37	27	11	3	15	25
60	60	1981-02-14		MIL	L	112	117	40	75	.533	0			32	41	.780		41	20	11	5	20	28	44	88	.500	0			29	38	.763		42	27	9	5	15	28
								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	1981-02-19	@	SDC	L	99	116	36	83	.434	0	1	.000	27	30	.900		45	21	5	5	19	26	42	82	.512	5	6	.833	27	35	.771		37	30	14	2	12	26
62	62	1981-02-20	@	LAL	W	110	107	47	97	.485	0	1	.000	16	20	.800	18	46	29	9	4	14	23	43	81	.531	0	1	.000	21	27	.778	11	38	34	10	3	16	24
63	63	1981-02-22	@	SEA	W	111	96	48	94	.511	1	1	1.000	14	19	.737	10	35	27	11	8	14	18	41	93	.441	0	2	.000	14	20	.700	24	58	23	7	6	25	24
64	64	1981-02-23	@	UTA	W	106	102	42	86	.488	0	0		22	27	.815		39	20	6	4	8	17	44	83	.530	1	1	1.000	13	16	.813		43	26	3	6	16	27
65	65	1981-02-25		IND	W	101	100	40	85	.471	0	0		21	24	.875		41	21	10	6	15	24	43	87	.494	0	1	.000	14	26	.538		43	25	6	3	17	21
66	66	1981-02-27		SEA	W	96	92	40	93	.430	0	0		16	28	.571	23	60	28	5	5	12	24	37	85	.435	0	1	.000	18	30	.600	9	38	19	5	4	11	21
67	67	1981-02-28		SDC	L	103	104	41	83	.494	0	0		21	24	.875		31	27	6	3	11	19	47	92	.511	2	6	.333	8	14	.571		43	28	3	2	15	22
68	68	1981-03-01	@	SAS	L	86	102	39	99	.394	0	0		8	15	.533		40	24	7	2	17	25	41	84	.488	0	0		20	24	.833		54	32	4	9	21	22
69	69	1981-03-04		BOS	L	101	108	41	88	.466	0	0		19	23	.826	9	38	23	3	6	13	22	43	89	.483	0	6	.000	22	24	.917	13	46	25	8	7	12	20
70	70	1981-03-06		WSB	L	104	105	46	90	.511	1	3	.333	11	17	.647		46	24	7	7	12	22	43	88	.489	1	1	1.000	18	21	.857		45	27	7	5	12	15
71	71	1981-03-07	@	ATL	L	108	114	43	85	.506	0	0		22	26	.846		33	22	9	4	15	30	40	69	.580	0	0		34	37	.919		39	26	7	4	20	24
72	72	1981-03-11		GSW	W	109	92	46	86	.535	0			17	19	.895		41	24	8	0	27	27	37	90	.411	4			14	24	.583		46	20	9	2	24	23
73	73	1981-03-13		POR	W	126	104	56	102	.549	1	3	.333	13	14	.929	12	47	34	17	9	14	17	44	99	.444	0	1	.000	16	22	.727	9	38	20	8	2	17	17
74	74	1981-03-14		UTA	W	101	82	41	83	.494	1	1	1.000	18	25	.720		43	25	7	10	19	18	35	86	.407	0	2	.000	12	21	.571		40	13	7	4	18	26
75	75	1981-03-15	@	DEN	L	127	138	50	117	.427	0	0		27	35	.771	26	55	26	6	6	12	36	46	91	.505	0	2	.000	46	52	.885	16	52	28	5	9	16	31
76	76	1981-03-18	@	GSW	L	117	118	48	80	.600	0	1	.000	21	26	.808	8	39	25	9	8	20	28	43	96	.448	2	4	.500	30	33	.909	20	42	23	14	1	14	25
77	77	1981-03-20	@	POR	L	103	107	46	89	.517	0	0		11	20	.550	13	46	30	7	9	21	18	46	91	.505	0	2	.000	15	24	.625	12	45	34	12	4	15	20
78	78	1981-03-22	@	KCK	W	114	108	41	77	.532	0	0		32	38	.842		41	15	11	5	15	28	42	90	.467	3	7	.429	21	33	.636		47	26	8	2	16	24
79	79	1981-03-24	@	DAL	W	114	111	48	115	.417	0	3	.000	18	21	.857		66	23	9	9	11	24	42	95	.442	2	5	.400	25	34	.735		53	28	3	6	12	18
80	80	1981-03-25		SAS	W	117	111	43	84	.512	0	0		31	48	.646		39	22	7	4	11	25	45	92	.489	0	1	.000	21	27	.778		40	20	3	5	13	30
								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		KCK	W	91	84	34	93	.366	0	2	.000	23	26	.885		53	16	14	6	14	19	38	84	.452	0	2	.000	8	15	.533		48	22	8	5	16	19
82	82	1981-03-29	@	SAS	L	109	135	42	93	.452	0	1	.000	25	36	.694		33	26	6	3	15	27	53	86	.616	0	1	.000	29	37	.784		47	39	12	5	15	29

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