1980-81 Utah Jazz Schedule and Results

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Record: 28-54, Finished 5th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Tom Nissalke (28-54)

Executive: Frank Layden

PTS/G: 101.2 (22nd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 107.1 (12th of 23)

SRS: -5.99 (22nd of 23) Pace: 97.7 (23rd of 23)

Off Rtg: 103.4 (18th of 23) Def Rtg: 109.4 (20th of 23) Net Rtg: -6.0 (21st of 23)

Expected W-L: 26-56 (21st of 23)

Arena: Salt Palace Attendance: 307,835 (19th of 23)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 10, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		96	86	1	0	W 1	8,150
2	Sat, Oct 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		91	98	1	1	L 1	7,342
3	Sun, Oct 12, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W	OT	125	121	2	1	W 1	8,401
4	Wed, Oct 15, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		93	107	2	2	L 1	6,300
5	Sat, Oct 18, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		117	115	3	2	W 1	7,250
6	Mon, Oct 20, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		92	98	3	3	L 1	6,633
7	Fri, Oct 24, 1980	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		100	103	3	4	L 2	5,005
8	Sat, Oct 25, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		99	127	3	5	L 3	12,058
9	Tue, Oct 28, 1980	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		104	96	4	5	W 1	5,720
10	Wed, Oct 29, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		109	96	5	5	W 2	5,047
11	Fri, Oct 31, 1980	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		144	122	6	5	W 3	5,703
12	Sat, Nov 1, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		95	87	7	5	W 4	12,666
13	Tue, Nov 4, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		107	104	8	5	W 5	6,251
14	Thu, Nov 6, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		112	96	9	5	W 6	5,704
15	Sat, Nov 8, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		102	109	9	6	L 1	10,409
16	Mon, Nov 10, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		108	106	10	6	W 1	6,132
17	Wed, Nov 12, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		114	106	11	6	W 2	12,562
18	Fri, Nov 14, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		117	115	12	6	W 3	10,161
19	Sat, Nov 15, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		104	120	12	7	L 1	13,612
20	Tue, Nov 18, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		93	126	12	8	L 2	7,904
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Nov 22, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		93	99	12	9	L 3	12,117
22	Wed, Nov 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		104	97	13	9	W 1	4,776
23	Fri, Nov 28, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		95	122	13	10	L 1	8,083
24	Sat, Nov 29, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		93	113	13	11	L 2	13,943
25	Tue, Dec 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		108	119	13	12	L 3	11,052
26	Thu, Dec 4, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		122	118	14	12	W 1	5,234
27	Sat, Dec 6, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		98	108	14	13	L 1	7,413
28	Sun, Dec 7, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		100	113	14	14	L 2	11,564
29	Tue, Dec 9, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		90	115	14	15	L 3	5,808
30	Fri, Dec 12, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		98	118	14	16	L 4	11,479
31	Sat, Dec 13, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		103	110	14	17	L 5	4,152
32	Tue, Dec 16, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		97	112	14	18	L 6	10,586
33	Thu, Dec 18, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		97	109	14	19	L 7	4,755
34	Fri, Dec 19, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		90	108	14	20	L 8	10,813
35	Sat, Dec 20, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	L		91	103	14	21	L 9	5,253
36	Tue, Dec 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		101	96	15	21	W 1	5,736
37	Fri, Dec 26, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		109	110	15	22	L 1	11,783
38	Sat, Dec 27, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		117	142	15	23	L 2	11,823
39	Tue, Dec 30, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		110	100	16	23	W 1	12,393
40	Thu, Jan 1, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		103	117	16	24	L 1	7,136
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 2, 1981	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		95	101	16	25	L 2	8,167
42	Sat, Jan 3, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		109	103	17	25	W 1	7,940
43	Wed, Jan 7, 1981	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		121	117	18	25	W 2	8,735
44	Thu, Jan 8, 1981	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		99	97	19	25	W 3	7,239
45	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		92	99	19	26	L 1	9,553
46	Wed, Jan 14, 1981	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		110	107	20	26	W 1	10,793
47	Fri, Jan 16, 1981	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		112	109	21	26	W 2	6,721
48	Sun, Jan 18, 1981	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		89	110	21	27	L 1	12,279
49	Tue, Jan 20, 1981	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		113	121	21	28	L 2	8,615
50	Wed, Jan 21, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		87	117	21	29	L 3	15,320	2:01
51	Fri, Jan 23, 1981	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		101	103	21	30	L 4	6,247
52	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		91	106	21	31	L 5	8,871
53	Mon, Jan 26, 1981	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		102	99	22	31	W 1	5,826
54	Tue, Jan 27, 1981	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		104	111	22	32	L 1	10,453
55	Thu, Jan 29, 1981	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		99	97	23	32	W 1	6,657
56	Wed, Feb 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		89	114	23	33	L 1	11,571
57	Fri, Feb 6, 1981	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		116	120	23	34	L 2	8,037
58	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		89	96	23	35	L 3	17,888
59	Sun, Feb 8, 1981	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		101	107	23	36	L 4	8,362
60	Wed, Feb 11, 1981	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		87	99	23	37	L 5	8,145
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 13, 1981	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		104	89	24	37	W 1	10,050	2:15
62	Sun, Feb 15, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		84	118	24	38	L 1	12,666
63	Tue, Feb 17, 1981	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		98	101	24	39	L 2	6,612
64	Fri, Feb 20, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		84	92	24	40	L 3	7,282
65	Sun, Feb 22, 1981	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		93	108	24	41	L 4	7,837
66	Mon, Feb 23, 1981	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		102	106	24	42	L 5	6,147
67	Wed, Feb 25, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		132	106	25	42	W 1	5,510
68	Fri, Feb 27, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		83	87	25	43	L 1	12,449
69	Sun, Mar 1, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		97	108	25	44	L 2	12,666
70	Tue, Mar 3, 1981	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		93	112	25	45	L 3	6,478
71	Wed, Mar 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		105	107	25	46	L 4	10,199
72	Thu, Mar 5, 1981	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		100	112	25	47	L 5	5,804
73	Sat, Mar 7, 1981	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		97	94	26	47	W 1	7,389
74	Sat, Mar 14, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		82	101	26	48	L 1	9,879
75	Tue, Mar 17, 1981	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		86	94	26	49	L 2	11,234
76	Wed, Mar 18, 1981	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		120	113	27	49	W 1	5,248
77	Sat, Mar 21, 1981	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		95	105	27	50	L 1	7,416
78	Sun, Mar 22, 1981	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		108	113	27	51	L 2	10,496
79	Tue, Mar 24, 1981	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		92	105	27	52	L 3	7,603
80	Thu, Mar 26, 1981	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		97	98	27	53	L 4	6,319
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 28, 1981	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	112	110	28	53	W 1	12,383
82	Sun, Mar 29, 1981	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		90	105	28	54	L 1	11,352

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