1980-81 Milwaukee Bucks Game Log

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Record: 60-22, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division

Coach: Don Nelson (60-22)

Executive: Don Nelson

PTS/G: 113.1 (2nd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 105.9 (6th of 23)

SRS: 7.14 (2nd of 23) Pace: 103.6 (4th of 23)

Off Rtg: 108.7 (2nd of 23) Def Rtg: 101.8 (3rd of 23) Net Rtg: +7.0 (2nd of 23)

Expected W-L: 59-23 (2nd of 23)

Arena: MECCA Arena Attendance: 448,366 (8th of 23)

NBA 1981 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (3-4) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

Central Div Champs

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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	@	PHI	W	106	103	39	87	.448	0	2	.000	28	37	.757		48	26	9	4	19	24	39	86	.453	0	2	.000	25	31	.806		43	30	11	12	17	27
2	2	1980-10-11	@	NYK	L	109	114	40	80	.500	1	1	1.000	28	35	.800		36	20	7	5	20	34	41	90	.456	1	4	.250	31	43	.721		38	21	11	3	15	31
3	3	1980-10-16		BOS	L	103	110	42	93	.452	1	2	.500	18	21	.857	13	41	24	7	9	21	26	44	89	.494	1	2	.500	21	30	.700	19	45	25	11	6	18	25
4	4	1980-10-18	@	CLE	W	107	105	38	82	.463	2	4	.500	29	34	.853	10	38	27	7	6	20	33	38	85	.447	0	1	.000	29	35	.829	15	43	24	6	0	17	31
5	5	1980-10-19		NJN	W	105	93	44	84	.524	0	1	.000	17	21	.810	10	48	29	12	5	24	26	37	86	.430	2	3	.667	17	26	.654	11	38	25	12	3	20	22
6	6	1980-10-21		CLE	W	115	95	50	91	.549	0	1	.000	15	18	.833	11	41	37	14	3	16	22	40	82	.488	0	3	.000	15	19	.789	8	35	29	6	1	22	17
7	7	1980-10-22	@	IND	W	119	105	43	98	.439	2	3	.667	31	36	.861		55	28	8	9	11	32	33	92	.359	0	3	.000	39	55	.709		56	24	5	11	15	29
8	8	1980-10-25		CHI	W	109	93	46	84	.548	0	0		17	23	.739	17	43	33	11	8	15	26	35	88	.398	0	0		23	32	.719	27	54	21	7	2	23	20
9	9	1980-10-26		WSB	W	111	88	41	89	.461	0	0		29	36	.806	19	52	26	8	7	16	26	35	90	.389	1	7	.143	17	23	.739	19	45	22	6	2	25	26
10	10	1980-10-28	@	CHI	W	106	99	42	90	.467	0	1	.000	22	24	.917	18	40	16	14	6	18	25	37	78	.474	2	5	.400	23	29	.793	15	48	20	4	9	27	26
11	11	1980-10-29	@	NJN	W	132	116	51	89	.573	1	2	.500	29	35	.829		44	28	12	6	24	32	41	87	.471	3	3	1.000	31	45	.689		33	33	11	4	18	28
12	12	1980-11-01	@	ATL	W	99	93	40	86	.465	0	1	.000	19	24	.792	17	47	25	10	9	19	22	34	90	.378	0	4	.000	25	31	.806	24	54	15	13	7	18	27
13	13	1980-11-02		IND	W	135	121	54	103	.524	0	2	.000	27	31	.871	20	46	40	12	6	20	32	43	89	.483	0	3	.000	35	48	.729	12	31	26	8	5	25	23
14	14	1980-11-04		DET	L	96	98	41	70	.586	0	3	.000	14	17	.824		30	34	11	7	27	28	38	86	.442	0	0		22	27	.815		35	22	11	1	21	19
15	15	1980-11-07	@	BOS	W	102	101	42	97	.433	2	2	1.000	16	22	.727	11	35	25	7	6	16	28	38	78	.487	0	4	.000	25	38	.658	14	48	20	8	13	22	29
16	16	1980-11-09		PHI	L	121	136	47	102	.461	1	7	.143	26	34	.765		48	25	4	1	12	31	50	90	.556	0	2	.000	36	46	.783		43	33	9	7	15	25
17	17	1980-11-11	@	CLE	W	100	96	37	97	.381	0	0		26	37	.703	19	54	24	8	7	20	34	30	87	.345	0	2	.000	36	44	.818	16	49	22	7	5	21	28
18	18	1980-11-12	@	DET	W	122	98	44	75	.587	0	0		34	38	.895		44	22	9	18	21	26	36	98	.367	0	1	.000	26	30	.867		43	20	7	6	19	30
19	19	1980-11-14		NYK	W	125	106	53	100	.530	0	0		19	23	.826	17	46	34	14	5	19	23	44	92	.478	0	0		18	24	.750	13	35	37	11	8	24	28
20	20	1980-11-16		CHI	L	108	114	46	100	.460	1	6	.167	15	17	.882	14	38	29	9	6	11	28	46	81	.568	0	0		22	33	.667	12	42	28	4	4	19	19
								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	1980-11-18	@	UTA	W	126	93	47	79	.595	0	0		32	41	.780	12	50	27	3	6	16	23	37	90	.411	0	6	.000	19	25	.760	14	34	26	7	3	14	29
22	22	1980-11-20	@	POR	W	97	93	38	86	.442	0	0		21	26	.808	14	46	22	13	6	18	21	35	84	.417	0	1	.000	23	29	.793	14	45	20	11	4	21	22
23	23	1980-11-23	@	LAL	W	110	94	45	94	.479	0	0		20	27	.741	17	53	29	7	6	14	25	35	91	.385	1	5	.200	23	30	.767	15	48	22	8	6	15	22
24	24	1980-11-28		ATL	W	113	108	36	92	.391	0	1	.000	41	47	.872		47	26	12	16	16	35	40	92	.435	0	1	.000	28	40	.700		52	20	7	3	22	35
25	25	1980-11-29	@	WSB	L	89	98	36	87	.414	0	3	.000	17	26	.654		44	21	13	7	19	20	43	89	.483	0	0		12	20	.600		49	33	7	6	19	20
26	26	1980-11-30		BOS	W	107	105	39	71	.549	0	0		29	36	.806	9	34	23	11	10	26	26	40	84	.476	0	1	.000	25	36	.694	16	33	30	9	7	18	29
27	27	1980-12-02		UTA	W	119	108	45	87	.517	0	0		29	39	.744	18	45	29	11	3	13	27	39	76	.513	0	3	.000	30	38	.789		35	19	4	2	17	26
28	28	1980-12-05		IND	W	102	100	38	77	.494	0	0		26	35	.743		31	29	15	9	23	26	40	89	.449	0	2	.000	20	29	.690		44	29	12	1	23	32
29	29	1980-12-06	@	NYK	L	94	104	37	81	.457	1	2	.500	19	24	.792		44	22	7	6	21	16	44	93	.473	0	3	.000	16	19	.842		41	32	11	4	13	21
30	30	1980-12-09	@	BOS	L	89	112	33	92	.359	0	2	.000	23	26	.885	22	49	19	7	6	20	25	45	93	.484	0	1	.000	22	29	.759	17	47	31	12	11	15	18
31	31	1980-12-11		NYK	W	119	107	52	94	.553	0	0		15	21	.714		49	35	9	3	20	14	48	90	.533	0	3	.000	11	15	.733		32	27	12	2	18	21
32	32	1980-12-13	@	ATL	L	119	122	47	80	.588	1	4	.250	24	32	.750	12	34	25	7	5	20	22	52	90	.578	0	1	.000	18	22	.818	18	41	31	9	1	16	24
33	33	1980-12-14		SAS	W	115	98	48	99	.485	0	0		19	22	.864		48	32	10	5	19	24	37	82	.451	0	1	.000	24	34	.706	11	37	22	8	8	20	21
34	34	1980-12-17	@	NJN	L	112	115	47	97	.485	0	3	.000	18	24	.750	12	40	26	8	7	22	27	44	94	.468	0	0		27	37	.730	19	47	24	10	8	23	23
35	35	1980-12-18		DET	W	121	104	52	84	.619	0	0		17	19	.895	10	35	34	11	5	21	28	41	79	.519	0	0		22	37	.595	13	29	27	12	2	20	25
36	36	1980-12-19	@	CHI	L	106	129	42	107	.393	1	6	.167	21	22	.955	17	39	17	9	9	21	26	49	87	.563	0	1	.000	31	40	.775	15	55	25	15	9	22	24
37	37	1980-12-21		HOU	W	123	91	56	99	.566	1	1	1.000	10	13	.769	14	55	45	9	4	16	23	32	93	.344	0	2	.000	27	32	.844	15	41	21	10	2	15	13
38	38	1980-12-27		DAL	W	112	96	50	79	.633	0	2	.000	12	18	.667		38	28	13	4	26	33	33	74	.446	0	0		30	42	.714		29	23	9	2	19	22
39	39	1980-12-30	@	WSB	W	115	94	47	98	.480	0	2	.000	21	27	.778		57	20	9	9	16	25	35	84	.417	2	8	.250	22	31	.710		37	21	8	5	20	24
40	40	1981-01-04		SDC	W	128	95	52	83	.627	0	1	.000	24	29	.828	14	53	35	12	7	24	29	32	89	.360	1	3	.333	30	42	.714	18	34	16	14	0	20	27
								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	1981-01-06		NJN	W	102	86	41	104	.394	0	0		20	32	.625		62	24	14	10	15	24	32	81	.395	0	0		22	33	.667		53	23	6	11	22	23
42	42	1981-01-08		ATL	W	98	95	39	89	.438	0	1	.000	20	25	.800		45	24	10	6	14	20	39	84	.464	0	1	.000	17	22	.773		40	24	6	9	21	22
43	43	1981-01-10	@	IND	L	102	106	41	88	.466	0	1	.000	20	22	.909		40	30	10	3	19	27	38	80	.475	0	0		30	43	.698		49	23	14	7	21	21
44	44	1981-01-11		PHO	W	123	109	54	103	.524	0	0		15	19	.789	16	46	39	12	7	10	21	41	88	.466	2	6	.333	25	33	.758	15	43	30	7	6	16	19
45	45	1981-01-13	@	DET	W	119	96	50	99	.505	0	0		19	26	.731		52	31	12	8	25	29	38	94	.404	0	0		20	32	.625		47	21	13	7	28	33
46	46	1981-01-15		PHI	W	113	110	42	91	.462	0	0		29	42	.690	19	53	28	7	7	18	31	39	89	.438	0	0		32	39	.821		40	25	3	5	17	31
47	47	1981-01-16		KCK	W	118	112	52	94	.553	0	2	.000	14	19	.737		44	35	7	7	23	31	44	98	.449	1	2	.500	23	33	.697		45	28	9	2	17	19
48	48	1981-01-18		POR	W	110	103	46	90	.511	0	1	.000	18	25	.720	13	41	34	20	4	23	25	41	86	.477	0	2	.000	21	31	.677	17	43	24	11	6	30	24
49	49	1981-01-21	@	GSW	W	105	98	45	98	.459	0	1	.000	15	25	.600	17	46	28	15	2	18	18	42	95	.442	0	2	.000	14	16	.875	20	55	21	7	2	23	26
50	50	1981-01-23	@	PHO	L	122	131	50	91	.549	1	2	.500	21	28	.750	12	36	29	12	3	24	31	48	82	.585	2	4	.500	33	43	.767	7	28	30	12	2	18	25
51	51	1981-01-24	@	SDC	W	121	117	51	90	.567	0	1	.000	19	22	.864	15	38	30	8	3	21	33	43	88	.489	1	5	.200	30	39	.769	17	35	29	13	6	18	26
52	52	1981-01-28	@	SEA	W	119	110	45	86	.523	0	0		29	37	.784	9	35	17	12	8	23	25	46	99	.465	0	0		18	26	.692	22	45	21	8	3	21	28
53	53	1981-01-29	@	DEN	L	118	131	50	107	.467	2	4	.500	16	21	.762	19	47	26	7	6	13	33	47	84	.560	0	1	.000	37	46	.804	10	43	27	7	8	14	21
54	54	1981-02-03		IND	L	99	108	41	93	.441	1	4	.250	16	20	.800	18	43	27	14	9	19	27	45	89	.506	0	1	.000	18	26	.692	17	44	32	10	6	20	22
55	55	1981-02-05		BOS	W	113	103	43	87	.494	0	1	.000	27	33	.818	13	49	25	11	10	17	30	37	93	.398	0	7	.000	29	40	.725	17	38	22	7	0	15	28
56	56	1981-02-06	@	CLE	W	103	99	44	86	.512	0	1	.000	15	24	.625	10	31	24	19	3	21	27	40	77	.519	0	2	.000	19	25	.760	10	40	25	10	2	29	23
57	57	1981-02-08		CHI	W	128	109	52	87	.598	1	1	1.000	23	32	.719	8	36	38	11	8	17	28	42	89	.472	0	3	.000	25	31	.806	13	35	22	7	5	22	24
58	58	1981-02-11	@	IND	W	107	101	39	85	.459	0	0		29	41	.707		55	27	9	10	24	34	35	84	.417	2	8	.250	29	37	.784		44	21	13	8	19	31
59	59	1981-02-13		GSW	L	106	110	43	95	.453	1	3	.333	19	28	.679	20	48	27	8	1	21	28	40	85	.471	0	0		30	36	.833	15	44	27	9	2	19	21
60	60	1981-02-14	@	HOU	W	117	112	44	88	.500	0			29	38	.763		42	27	9	5	15	28	40	75	.533	0			32	41	.780		41	20	11	5	20	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	1981-02-15	@	SAS	L	108	110	43	92	.467	0	1	.000	22	29	.759		34	29	5	9	18	26	45	97	.464	0	1	.000	20	27	.741		59	23	14	8	19	28
62	62	1981-02-17	@	DAL	W	114	106	46	89	.517	0	0		22	30	.733		40	33	13	5	15	28	40	81	.494	0	1	.000	26	31	.839		36	28	7	1	18	28
63	63	1981-02-20	@	KCK	L	109	112	44	83	.530	0	1	.000	21	30	.700		41	20	8	5	20	30	42	89	.472	1	3	.333	27	31	.871		40	29	7	3	13	20
64	64	1981-02-22	@	WSB	W	102	93	41	102	.402	1	1	1.000	19	33	.576		56	18	13	10	14	24	39	97	.402	1	7	.143	14	21	.667		53	22	7	5	20	23
65	65	1981-02-25		LAL	W	126	108	51	105	.486	0	3	.000	24	32	.750	19	51	34	17	3	14	24	41	90	.456	3	8	.375	23	25	.920	11	36	22	8	9	23	27
66	66	1981-03-01		WSB	W	137	107	56	96	.583	1	1	1.000	24	30	.800		52	37	13	8	18	28	40	95	.421	0	3	.000	27	35	.771		37	27	5	2	21	26
67	67	1981-03-03		DET	W	115	98	44	92	.478	1	1	1.000	26	37	.703		48	38	13	6	23	33	35	83	.422	0	1	.000	28	44	.636		43	23	10	4	25	33
68	68	1981-03-05		ATL	W	107	91	45	84	.536	0	0		17	20	.850		47	35	8	10	18	25	32	88	.364	0	2	.000	27	36	.750		42	17	5	4	17	23
69	69	1981-03-06	@	NYK	W	122	111	47	85	.553	0	1	.000	28	33	.848	12	45	27	10	2	20	26	45	95	.474	1	7	.143	20	25	.800		35	28	8	3	18	27
70	70	1981-03-08	@	PHI	L	100	123	38	98	.388	0	5	.000	24	30	.800	29	53	24	14	3	24	23	50	94	.532	0	0		23	27	.852	18	46	32	10	11	21	17
71	71	1981-03-09		CLE	W	118	100	48	93	.516	0	2	.000	22	33	.667	17	54	33	9	6	21	25	38	88	.432	0	1	.000	24	30	.800	10	38	22	10	3	20	23
72	72	1981-03-11	@	BOS	L	108	122	40	100	.400	0	5	.000	28	36	.778	23	48	23	6	4	16	26	50	92	.543	0	0		22	35	.629	16	49	23	9	9	17	28
73	73	1981-03-12		DEN	W	131	113	59	108	.546	1	2	.500	12	17	.706	24	59	39	10	7	22	16	46	105	.438	2	4	.500	19	26	.731	18	42	24	14	2	17	20
74	74	1981-03-13		PHI	W	120	104	40	81	.494	0	0		40	51	.784	20	52	24	11	6	27	30	39	91	.429	0	0		26	37	.703	15	42	23	10	3	19	36
75	75	1981-03-15		SEA	W	132	108	55	88	.625	1	1	1.000	21	27	.778	10	43	41	16	9	22	34	35	88	.398	0	0		38	53	.717	18	41	20	11	2	23	23
76	76	1981-03-17	@	CHI	L	106	116	43	84	.512	1	3	.333	19	25	.760	11	29	20	11	6	21	31	42	87	.483	0	1	.000	32	47	.681	25	55	22	10	5	22	24
77	77	1981-03-18		NYK	L	103	116	44	87	.506	0	8	.000	15	21	.714	13	41	30	4	4	18	26	45	90	.500	2	4	.500	24	29	.828		40	27	8	3	13	21
78	78	1981-03-20	@	DET	W	104	86	44	95	.463	0	0		16	19	.842		46	22	19	16	17	27	32	79	.405	0	1	.000	22	24	.917		44	18	7	11	31	19
79	79	1981-03-22	@	NJN	W	125	116	52	86	.605	0	0		21	33	.636		39	23	15	6	22	27	47	91	.516	1	5	.200	21	28	.750		35	26	11	1	25	29
80	80	1981-03-24		NJN	W	131	107	57	98	.582	2	2	1.000	15	25	.600	13	43	45	8	7	17	28	41	92	.446	0	2	.000	25	32	.781	15	45	29	4	5	25	29
								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	1981-03-26		CLE	W	137	109	56	101	.554	1	2	.500	24	31	.774	21	51	38	13	5	13	20	49	106	.462	2	5	.400	9	16	.563	22	46	33	8	7	19	24
82	82	1981-03-29	@	ATL	W	132	128	50	105	.476	0	1	.000	32	43	.744		43	21	9	6	16	38	41	78	.526	0	4	.000	46	52	.885		50	27	9	2	22	35

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