1980-81 Indiana Pacers Game Log

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Record: 44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Jack McKinney (44-38)

Executive: Dick Vertlieb

PTS/G: 107.6 (13th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 106.2 (8th of 23)

SRS: 1.72 (9th of 23) Pace: 100.9 (14th of 23)

Off Rtg: 106.4 (11th of 23) Def Rtg: 105.0 (11th of 23) Net Rtg: +1.4 (9th of 23)

Expected W-L: 45-37 (9th of 23)

Arena: Market Square Arena Attendance: 415,339 (11th of 23)

NBA 1981 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

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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	@	NJN	W	110	91	42	81	.519	0	0		26	35	.743		48	26	10	7	29	29	34	89	.382	0	6	.000	23	34	.676		41	19	12	4	28	28
2	2	1980-10-11		DET	W	100	87	43	88	.489	0	0		14	22	.636		53	25	12	6	25	26	32	80	.400	0	1	.000	23	30	.767		40	16	13	3	27	26
3	3	1980-10-15		CHI	L	97	108	39	85	.459	1	4	.250	18	35	.514	15	46	26	9	3	22	31	39	88	.443	0	1	.000	30	41	.732	19	54	21	11	7	20	28
4	4	1980-10-18		BOS	W	103	99	41	85	.482	1	1	1.000	20	27	.741	20	49	31	12	5	23	32	36	73	.493	2	5	.400	25	30	.833	8	34	23	10	4	26	31
5	5	1980-10-21	@	ATL	W	121	116	43	78	.551	0	1	.000	35	45	.778		34	19	12	8	27	36	42	83	.506	0	3	.000	32	37	.865		43	22	9	6	24	33
6	6	1980-10-22		MIL	L	105	119	33	92	.359	0	3	.000	39	55	.709		56	24	5	11	15	29	43	98	.439	2	3	.667	31	36	.861		55	28	8	9	11	32
7	7	1980-10-24		ATL	W	104	97	37	87	.425	0	3	.000	30	43	.698		55	22	8	14	26	25	38	91	.418	0	0		21	31	.677		46	16	15	7	17	28
8	8	1980-10-25	@	CLE	L	100	118	38	78	.487	1	4	.250	23	30	.767	15	42	20	2	4	20	24	45	98	.459	4	4	1.000	24	27	.889	19	41	29	7	2	8	26
9	9	1980-10-29		NYK	W	102	95	43	98	.439	0	1	.000	16	22	.727		50	23	16	4	25	22	42	79	.532	0	3	.000	11	26	.423		43	29	6	8	17	22
10	10	1980-10-31	@	CHI	W	121	114	51	85	.600	1	3	.333	18	22	.818	12	28	26	13	4	21	22	45	77	.584	1	5	.200	23	27	.852	18	38	18	13	8	27	24
11	11	1980-11-01		NJN	W	113	100	44	82	.537	0	1	.000	25	37	.676		58	32	9	6	26	26	38	99	.384	0	5	.000	24	34	.706		48	28	11	0	13	28
12	12	1980-11-02	@	MIL	L	121	135	43	89	.483	0	3	.000	35	48	.729	12	31	26	8	5	25	23	54	103	.524	0	2	.000	27	31	.871	20	46	40	12	6	20	32
13	13	1980-11-04	@	PHO	L	108	109	39	89	.438	0	2	.000	30	45	.667	19	50	20	14	10	27	35	37	88	.420	0	2	.000	35	45	.778	19	52	25	12	7	26	31
14	14	1980-11-08	@	GSW	L	111	118	44	96	.458	0	1	.000	23	31	.742	15	35	9	12	7	12	28	46	101	.455	0	1	.000	26	38	.684	33	75	21	5	3	22	26
15	15	1980-11-10	@	UTA	L	106	108	42	86	.488	0	0		22	27	.815		34	16	18	8	16	22	42	75	.560	0	0		24	29	.828		38	31	11	1	25	24
16	16	1980-11-11	@	SAS	W	119	113	45	95	.474	0	2	.000	29	39	.744		29	32	15	8	16	22	44	86	.512	0	1	.000	25	35	.714		50	28	5	11	23	29
17	17	1980-11-13		PHI	L	103	130	41	96	.427	0	0		21	30	.700		44	26	6	8	15	20	57	105	.543	0	1	.000	16	20	.800		56	37	11	5	12	22
18	18	1980-11-14		WSB	W	118	108	47	93	.505	0	2	.000	24	29	.828		53	30	10	4	18	18	46	89	.517	3	6	.500	13	19	.684		40	30	7	7	20	24
19	19	1980-11-18	@	DET	W	102	97	35	67	.522	0	0		32	38	.842		44	18	7	11	24	24	37	93	.398	0	3	.000	23	27	.852		41	19	12	12	18	27
20	20	1980-11-19		BOS	L	91	103	37	87	.425	0	0		17	25	.680	18	40	29	10	8	19	24	41	77	.532	1	5	.200	20	26	.769	12	45	27	11	6	22	18
								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	@	PHI	L	88	97	35	88	.398	0	3	.000	18	25	.720		42	18	12	6	20	25	38	74	.514	0	0		21	26	.808		48	28	9	4	29	19
22	22	1980-11-22		HOU	W	129	120	51	93	.548	0	2	.000	27	37	.730	22	53	41	3	4	20	23	46	84	.548	0	1	.000	28	34	.824	6	30	34	7	5	16	24
23	23	1980-11-26		ATL	W	110	89	45	97	.464	0	0		20	27	.741		55	23	11	7	13	25	32	80	.400	0	0		25	32	.781		44	18	0	10	24	22
24	24	1980-11-27	@	WSB	L	108	123	47	108	.435	0	6	.000	14	24	.583		39	32	12	7	15	26	48	94	.511	0	2	.000	27	42	.643		56	34	7	10	18	21
25	25	1980-11-29		CLE	W	117	101	49	90	.544	0	2	.000	19	26	.731	9	35	31	16	5	18	27	39	81	.481	0	3	.000	23	26	.885	14	43	24	5	1	29	21
26	26	1980-12-02	@	NYK	W	113	96	48	86	.558	0	1	.000	17	22	.773		41	26	11	6	14	22	42	90	.467	1	6	.167	11	16	.688		40	22	4	2	22	22
27	27	1980-12-03		WSB	W	128	115	49	89	.551	1	1	1.000	29	37	.784		42	37	14	4	21	22	47	93	.505	2	6	.333	19	26	.731		47	28	8	3	24	27
28	28	1980-12-05	@	MIL	L	100	102	40	89	.449	0	2	.000	20	29	.690		44	29	12	1	23	32	38	77	.494	0	0		26	35	.743		31	29	15	9	23	26
29	29	1980-12-06		KCK	W	107	88	45	92	.489	0	1	.000	17	20	.850		45	27	10	9	11	24	37	77	.481	0	0		14	24	.583	6	41	29	2	3	19	13
30	30	1980-12-10		PHO	W	102	90	41	90	.456	0	1	.000	20	32	.625	19	51	28	18	2	19	20	39	83	.470	0	7	.000	12	17	.706	14	45	26	12	4	27	20
31	31	1980-12-11	@	CLE	W	103	100	43	91	.473	0	2	.000	17	29	.586	18	46	23	7	5	17	24	43	89	.483	1	2	.500	13	14	.929	12	37	26	5	6	14	23
32	32	1980-12-13	@	WSB	L	105	114	40	86	.465	0	5	.000	25	34	.735		39	22	8	7	18	21	47	100	.470	3	5	.600	17	23	.739		51	30	9	0	16	24
33	33	1980-12-16		PHI	L	107	109	42	97	.433	0	0		23	29	.793	22	48	24	16	5	19	28	38	78	.487	0	3	.000	33	40	.825	13	47	30	8	7	25	24
34	34	1980-12-19	@	DET	L	106	109	44	93	.473	0	2	.000	18	28	.643		42	26	9	7	19	28	40	87	.460	0	0		29	36	.806		41	18	11	11	18	25
35	35	1980-12-20	@	KCK	W	107	103	43	86	.500	0	1	.000	21	26	.808		47	23	11	5	24	29	39	86	.453	0	2	.000	25	35	.714		47	23	11	6	23	25
36	36	1980-12-23		NJN	W	125	109	50	96	.521	0	1	.000	25	32	.781		45	30	12	6	16	22	47	86	.547	0	2	.000	15	17	.882		39	30	3	8	21	25
37	37	1980-12-26	@	LAL	L	115	116	47	91	.516	0	1	.000	21	30	.700	15	36	26	9	4	16	29	44	95	.463	0	1	.000	28	35	.800	28	54	27	8	3	17	25
38	38	1980-12-27	@	SDC	L	109	121	41	81	.506	0	0		27	50	.540		38	24	7	6	15	30	44	81	.543	3	6	.500	30	42	.714		35	29	11	1	14	31
39	39	1980-12-30	@	DEN	L	110	127	45	101	.446	0	1	.000	20	35	.571	18	53	23	7	13	16	29	52	96	.542	0	1	.000	23	34	.676	10	53	36	9	7	17	30
40	40	1981-01-02	@	ATL	W	109	106	45	93	.484	0	1	.000	19	28	.679		44	21		5	17	23	46	76	.605	0	0		14	20	.700	10	37	28		11	24	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	1981-01-03		SDC	W	128	104	52	97	.536	1	5	.200	23	32	.719		55	31	11	7	14	20	42	90	.467	0	8	.000	20	27	.741		42	28	9	4	15	24
42	42	1981-01-04	@	NJN	W	113	104	42	84	.500	0	1	.000	29	36	.806		44	26	7	12	21	29	41	104	.394	0	1	.000	22	33	.667		55	25	10	11	13	26
43	43	1981-01-07		NJN	W	112	103	48	92	.522	0	2	.000	16	21	.762		44	29	15	6	26	22	43	95	.453	0	1	.000	17	19	.895		47	25	7	5	32	26
44	44	1981-01-08	@	NYK	W	116	115	52	92	.565	1	1	1.000	11	20	.550		41	26	14	6	26	22	43	91	.473	0	1	.000	29	33	.879		43	24	12	3	26	19
45	45	1981-01-10		MIL	W	106	102	38	80	.475	0	0		30	43	.698		49	23	14	7	21	21	41	88	.466	0	1	.000	20	22	.909		40	30	10	3	19	27
46	46	1981-01-14		DET	W	101	99	37	88	.420	0	0		27	36	.750		52	29	14	1	19	28	37	79	.468	0	0		25	30	.833		39	26	7	7	23	28
47	47	1981-01-16		SEA	L	94	95	38	79	.481	0	1	.000	18	26	.692	14	43	26	14	6	22	21	37	82	.451	1	1	1.000	20	24	.833	14	43	21	11	4	22	24
48	48	1981-01-18		UTA	W	110	89	41	83	.494	1	1	1.000	27	42	.643		50	29	13	10	17	19	36	89	.404	0	2	.000	17	21	.810		45	22	13	7	21	26
49	49	1981-01-20	@	CHI	L	105	121	41	88	.466	0	2	.000	23	32	.719	16	38	20	9	8	15	25	48	84	.571	0	2	.000	25	29	.862	10	44	28	9	8	18	24
50	50	1981-01-21	@	PHI	L	104	118	39	86	.453	2	3	.667	24	33	.727	17	38	24	8	7	19	25	51	89	.573	0	0		16	20	.800	16	44	29	12	7	17	25
51	51	1981-01-23	@	BOS	L	103	104	40	79	.506	1	1	1.000	22	33	.667	14	34	21	10	4	18	20	42	83	.506	1	2	.500	19	21	.905	14	39	28	9	8	21	27
52	52	1981-01-24		DAL	W	107	89	45	81	.556	0	2	.000	17	25	.680		47	27	10	5	20	25	36	78	.462	0	2	.000	17	23	.739		33	23	6	0	21	25
53	53	1981-01-27	@	CLE	L	109	114	44	89	.494	1	3	.333	20	29	.690	17	44	25	9	7	14	25	48	92	.522	1	2	.500	17	25	.680	19	44	29	8	5	13	21
54	54	1981-01-28		GSW	W	108	102	43	97	.443	0	2	.000	22	29	.759	17	48	27	11	4	13	26	35	80	.438	2	5	.400	30	36	.833	11	52	20	9	4	22	28
55	55	1981-02-03	@	MIL	W	108	99	45	89	.506	0	1	.000	18	26	.692	17	44	32	10	6	20	22	41	93	.441	1	4	.250	16	20	.800	18	43	27	14	9	19	27
56	56	1981-02-04		LAL	L	96	102	35	89	.393	1	6	.167	25	34	.735	20	48	23	9	3	18	26	43	80	.538	0	0		16	26	.615	15	50	29	10	1	24	30
57	57	1981-02-06	@	BOS	L	98	111	43	90	.478	0	1	.000	12	16	.750	10	27	31	9	3	12	24	43	71	.606	2	5	.400	23	28	.821	10	37	28	5	11	23	20
58	58	1981-02-07		CLE	W	99	96	40	87	.460	0	1	.000	19	25	.760	14	43	29	12	7	13	26	36	86	.419	1	3	.333	23	28	.821	21	55	20	4	4	20	23
59	59	1981-02-08	@	DET	W	124	101	51	97	.526	1	2	.500	21	34	.618		40	31	11	10	19	29	36	81	.444	0	1	.000	29	34	.853		48	15	9	7	28	28
60	60	1981-02-11		MIL	L	101	107	35	84	.417	2	8	.250	29	37	.784		44	21	13	8	19	31	39	85	.459	0	0		29	41	.707		55	27	9	10	24	34
								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	1981-02-13	@	NJN	L	100	103	37	93	.398	0	3	.000	26	36	.722		51	17	5	8	18	24	40	91	.440	0	1	.000	23	34	.676		46	24	11	13	17	23
62	62	1981-02-15		CHI	W	113	107	42	85	.494	2	3	.667	27	33	.818	19	41	26	9	6	13	33	35	70	.500	0	2	.000	37	44	.841	15	37	16	7	1	20	25
63	63	1981-02-18		ATL	L	96	99	36	75	.480	1	2	.500	23	33	.697		41	22	9	8	15	24	39	77	.506	0	0		21	27	.778		39	23	8	3	17	22
64	64	1981-02-20		SAS	W	109	106	43	83	.518	1	3	.333	22	36	.611		47	26	6	4	19	30	39	87	.448	0	4	.000	28	38	.737		48	24	10	9	19	23
65	65	1981-02-22		POR	L	109	113	44	92	.478	0	1	.000	21	34	.618	18	44	27	17	7	16	28	45	89	.506	0	0		23	32	.719	21	56	29	7	4	22	27
66	66	1981-02-25	@	HOU	L	100	101	43	87	.494	0	1	.000	14	26	.538		43	25	6	3	17	21	40	85	.471	0	0		21	24	.875		41	21	10	6	15	24
67	67	1981-02-27	@	DAL	W	118	111	45	71	.634	0	2	.000	28	43	.651		31	26	11	4	13	32	44	84	.524	0	2	.000	23	33	.697		44	27	6	1	17	29
68	68	1981-03-03	@	POR	L	112	117	47	94	.500	0	4	.000	18	23	.783	24	51	22	7	4	22	26	48	85	.565	0	0		21	29	.724	12	36	32	9	2	14	24
69	69	1981-03-04	@	SEA	L	93	105	35	97	.361	2	6	.333	21	30	.700	24	47	17	9	3	17	20	48	86	.558	0	1	.000	9	13	.692	15	44	35	7	2	16	25
70	70	1981-03-06		BOS	W	110	104	46	88	.523	0	1	.000	18	21	.857	13	37	26	10	1	12	22	44	80	.550	0	3	.000	16	24	.667	13	40	28	3	6	19	24
71	71	1981-03-08		DEN	W	129	119	53	97	.546	0	2	.000	23	30	.767	16	47	37	4	5	13	21	48	97	.495	0	3	.000	23	26	.885	16	42	26	9	2	13	23
72	72	1981-03-10		PHI	L	102	103	39	87	.448	2	3	.667	22	26	.846		38	27	8	3	14	17	44	83	.530	0	0		15	15	1.000	12	42	20	6	3	16	21
73	73	1981-03-12	@	WSB	W	114	107	38	75	.507	0	0		38	45	.844		34	19	6	2	13	17	48	95	.505	2	3	.667	9	19	.474		48	23	5	2	18	31
74	74	1981-03-13	@	BOS	W	101	94	41	96	.427	1	2	.500	18	20	.900	19	52	26	3	3	11	13	42	91	.462	0	2	.000	10	16	.625	12	44	23	6	11	13	22
75	75	1981-03-14		DET	L	94	101	40	90	.444	1	5	.200	13	22	.591		42	24	8	5	14	24	43	80	.538	0	0		15	18	.833		45	24	2	2	18	27
76	76	1981-03-17	@	NYK	L	89	114	39	89	.438	0	4	.000	11	24	.458		37	23	13	6	21	17	51	95	.537	3	5	.600	9	15	.600		46	35	10	4	19	20
77	77	1981-03-18	@	PHI	L	95	107	35	102	.343	1	5	.200	24	27	.889		45	20	9	7	8	21	43	82	.524	0	1	.000	21	25	.840	18	52	30	3	8	20	29
78	78	1981-03-20		NYK	L	107	110	40	83	.482	0	2	.000	27	32	.844		38	23	6	3	15	19	42	78	.538	2	3	.667	24	30	.800		38	26	8	2	22	25
79	79	1981-03-22		CLE	W	107	101	42	89	.472	1	2	.500	22	41	.537	19	50	31	9	2	16	28	42	86	.488	0	1	.000	17	22	.773	9	42	28	7	2	19	31
80	80	1981-03-26	@	ATL	W	115	107	44	88	.500	0	1	.000	27	31	.871		44	18	8	9	14	20	43	85	.506	1	1	1.000	20	24	.833		42	23	6	5	16	26
								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		WSB	W	122	107	51	93	.548	2	5	.400	18	25	.720		53	33	8	6	14	20	44	106	.415	1	2	.500	18	23	.783		53	20	2	2	11	23
82	82	1981-03-29		CHI	L	97	101	45	94	.479	0	5	.000	7	8	.875	16	41	31	11	5	14	16	43	79	.544	0	1	.000	15	18	.833	11	39	22	8	3	17	16

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