1980-81 Indiana Pacers Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 10, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		110	91	1	0	W 1	6,661
2	Sat, Oct 11, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		100	87	2	0	W 2	9,756
3	Wed, Oct 15, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		97	108	2	1	L 1	6,909
4	Sat, Oct 18, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		103	99	3	1	W 1	11,713	2:20
5	Tue, Oct 21, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		121	116	4	1	W 2	6,582
6	Wed, Oct 22, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		105	119	4	2	L 1	7,138
7	Fri, Oct 24, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		104	97	5	2	W 1	7,168
8	Sat, Oct 25, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		100	118	5	3	L 1	4,811
9	Wed, Oct 29, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		102	95	6	3	W 1	7,630
10	Fri, Oct 31, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		121	114	7	3	W 2	5,127
11	Sat, Nov 1, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		113	100	8	3	W 3	7,338
12	Sun, Nov 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		121	135	8	4	L 1	10,980
13	Tue, Nov 4, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		108	109	8	5	L 2	12,018
14	Sat, Nov 8, 1980	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		111	118	8	6	L 3	6,947
15	Mon, Nov 10, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		106	108	8	7	L 4	6,132
16	Tue, Nov 11, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		119	113	9	7	W 1	11,282
17	Thu, Nov 13, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		103	130	9	8	L 1	11,421
18	Fri, Nov 14, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		118	108	10	8	W 1	9,502
19	Tue, Nov 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		102	97	11	8	W 2	3,223
20	Wed, Nov 19, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		91	103	11	9	L 1	10,815	1:56
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 21, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		88	97	11	10	L 2	8,237
22	Sat, Nov 22, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		129	120	12	10	W 1	7,357
23	Wed, Nov 26, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		110	89	13	10	W 2	7,426
24	Thu, Nov 27, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		108	123	13	11	L 1	5,633
25	Sat, Nov 29, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		117	101	14	11	W 1	7,067
26	Tue, Dec 2, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		113	96	15	11	W 2	10,291
27	Wed, Dec 3, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		128	115	16	11	W 3	6,575
28	Fri, Dec 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		100	102	16	12	L 1	11,052
29	Sat, Dec 6, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		107	88	17	12	W 1	7,099
30	Wed, Dec 10, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		102	90	18	12	W 2	9,140
31	Thu, Dec 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		103	100	19	12	W 3	3,046
32	Sat, Dec 13, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		105	114	19	13	L 1	5,137
33	Tue, Dec 16, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		107	109	19	14	L 2	12,539
34	Fri, Dec 19, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		106	109	19	15	L 3	6,058
35	Sat, Dec 20, 1980	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		107	103	20	15	W 1	5,910
36	Tue, Dec 23, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		125	109	21	15	W 2	7,844
37	Fri, Dec 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		115	116	21	16	L 1	14,345
38	Sat, Dec 27, 1980	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		109	121	21	17	L 2	8,130
39	Tue, Dec 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		110	127	21	18	L 3	12,979
40	Fri, Jan 2, 1981	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		109	106	22	18	W 1	8,233
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 3, 1981	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		128	104	23	18	W 2	8,614
42	Sun, Jan 4, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		113	104	24	18	W 3	7,931
43	Wed, Jan 7, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		112	103	25	18	W 4	6,291
44	Thu, Jan 8, 1981	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	OT	116	115	26	18	W 5	10,143
45	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		106	102	27	18	W 6	14,505
46	Wed, Jan 14, 1981	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		101	99	28	18	W 7	7,237
47	Fri, Jan 16, 1981	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		94	95	28	19	L 1	10,775
48	Sun, Jan 18, 1981	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		110	89	29	19	W 1	12,279
49	Tue, Jan 20, 1981	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		105	121	29	20	L 1	5,519
50	Wed, Jan 21, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		104	118	29	21	L 2	9,752
51	Fri, Jan 23, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		103	104	29	22	L 3	15,320	2:04
52	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		107	89	30	22	W 1	12,636
53	Tue, Jan 27, 1981	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		109	114	30	23	L 1	4,211
54	Wed, Jan 28, 1981	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		108	102	31	23	W 1	11,129
55	Tue, Feb 3, 1981	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		108	99	32	23	W 2	11,052
56	Wed, Feb 4, 1981	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		96	102	32	24	L 1	15,966
57	Fri, Feb 6, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		98	111	32	25	L 2	15,320	1:55
58	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		99	96	33	25	W 1	11,319
59	Sun, Feb 8, 1981	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		124	101	34	25	W 2	3,629
60	Wed, Feb 11, 1981	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		101	107	34	26	L 1	11,817	2:11
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 13, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		100	103	34	27	L 2	7,829
62	Sun, Feb 15, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		113	107	35	27	W 1	10,513
63	Wed, Feb 18, 1981	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		96	99	35	28	L 1	7,377
64	Fri, Feb 20, 1981	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		109	106	36	28	W 1	10,419
65	Sun, Feb 22, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L	OT	109	113	36	29	L 1	8,894
66	Wed, Feb 25, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		100	101	36	30	L 2	13,121
67	Fri, Feb 27, 1981	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		118	111	37	30	W 1	7,359
68	Tue, Mar 3, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		112	117	37	31	L 1	12,666
69	Wed, Mar 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		93	105	37	32	L 2	18,429
70	Fri, Mar 6, 1981	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		110	104	38	32	W 1	17,032	2:02
71	Sun, Mar 8, 1981	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		129	119	39	32	W 2	7,708
72	Tue, Mar 10, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	103	39	33	L 1	17,032
73	Thu, Mar 12, 1981	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		114	107	40	33	W 1	7,531
74	Fri, Mar 13, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		101	94	41	33	W 2	15,622	2:00	at Hartford, CT
75	Sat, Mar 14, 1981	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		94	101	41	34	L 1	10,105
76	Tue, Mar 17, 1981	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		89	114	41	35	L 2	10,293
77	Wed, Mar 18, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		95	107	41	36	L 3	12,756
78	Fri, Mar 20, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		107	110	41	37	L 4	11,181
79	Sun, Mar 22, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		107	101	42	37	W 1	9,827
80	Thu, Mar 26, 1981	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		115	107	43	37	W 2	8,776
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 27, 1981	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		122	107	44	37	W 3	11,583
82	Sun, Mar 29, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		97	101	44	38	L 1	16,663

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date				Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 31, 1981		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	124	0	1	L 1	7,288
2	Thu, Apr 2, 1981		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		85	96	0	2	L 2	8,921

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