1980-81 Washington Bullets Schedule and Results

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Record: 39-43, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Gene Shue (39-43)

Executive: Bob Ferry

PTS/G: 105.6 (18th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 105.6 (4th of 23)

SRS: 0.42 (11th of 23) Pace: 102.4 (9th of 23)

Off Rtg: 102.7 (20th of 23) Def Rtg: 102.7 (5th of 23) Net Rtg: +0.0 (13th of 23)

Expected W-L: 41-41 (12th of 23)

Arena: Capital Centre Attendance: 377,238 (15th 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	@	Detroit Pistons	W		95	85	1	0	W 1	9,129
2	Sat, Oct 11, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	2OT	120	126	1	1	L 1	16,208
3	Thu, Oct 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		88	90	1	2	L 2	4,046
4	Fri, Oct 17, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		112	114	1	3	L 3	6,711
5	Sat, Oct 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		101	117	1	4	L 4	8,120
6	Wed, Oct 22, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		109	96	2	4	W 1	5,118
7	Fri, Oct 24, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		96	104	2	5	L 1	8,437
8	Sat, Oct 25, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		87	103	2	6	L 2	10,628	1:56
9	Sun, Oct 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		88	111	2	7	L 3	11,052
10	Fri, Oct 31, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		98	100	2	8	L 4	6,183
11	Sat, Nov 1, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		93	111	2	9	L 5	12,326
12	Tue, Nov 4, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		122	98	3	9	W 1	5,625
13	Thu, Nov 6, 1980	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		116	95	4	9	W 2	6,285
14	Fri, Nov 7, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		114	88	5	9	W 3	7,328
15	Tue, Nov 11, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		107	92	6	9	W 4	7,218
16	Wed, Nov 12, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		86	93	6	10	L 1	13,898
17	Fri, Nov 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		108	118	6	11	L 2	9,502
18	Sat, Nov 15, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		100	88	7	11	W 1	8,109
19	Tue, Nov 18, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		97	103	7	12	L 1	6,428
20	Fri, Nov 21, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		102	90	8	12	W 1	8,625
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Nov 22, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		101	114	8	13	L 1	8,179
22	Thu, Nov 27, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		123	108	9	13	W 1	5,633
23	Fri, Nov 28, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		105	126	9	14	L 1	5,407
24	Sat, Nov 29, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		98	89	10	14	W 1	9,628
25	Tue, Dec 2, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		107	103	11	14	W 2	5,981
26	Wed, Dec 3, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		115	128	11	15	L 1	6,575
27	Fri, Dec 5, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		103	92	12	15	W 1	5,147
28	Sun, Dec 7, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		113	103	13	15	W 2	11,430	1:49	at Hartford, CT
29	Tue, Dec 9, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		104	107	13	16	L 1	10,177
30	Wed, Dec 10, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		99	101	13	17	L 2	11,718	1:56
31	Fri, Dec 12, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		79	95	13	18	L 3	10,432
32	Sat, Dec 13, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		114	105	14	18	W 1	5,137
33	Tue, Dec 16, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		94	96	14	19	L 1	5,423
34	Fri, Dec 19, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		96	102	14	20	L 2	8,231
35	Tue, Dec 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		83	100	14	21	L 3	7,540
36	Thu, Dec 25, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		109	94	15	21	W 1	4,827
37	Sat, Dec 27, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		115	97	16	21	W 2	6,721
38	Tue, Dec 30, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		94	115	16	22	L 1	7,825
39	Fri, Jan 2, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		82	92	16	23	L 2	7,485
40	Sat, Jan 3, 1981	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		112	132	16	24	L 3	3,902
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 6, 1981	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		98	107	16	25	L 4	11,033
42	Thu, Jan 8, 1981	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		118	136	16	26	L 5	7,324
43	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		106	94	17	26	W 1	8,021
44	Sun, Jan 11, 1981	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		106	137	17	27	L 1	8,032
45	Wed, Jan 14, 1981	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		114	104	18	27	W 1	10,372
46	Thu, Jan 15, 1981	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		106	89	19	27	W 2	3,082
47	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		103	93	20	27	W 3	10,614
48	Sun, Jan 18, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		110	99	21	27	W 4	7,228
49	Tue, Jan 20, 1981	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		121	113	22	27	W 5	8,615
50	Thu, Jan 22, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		116	128	22	28	L 1	13,618
51	Fri, Jan 23, 1981	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		103	91	23	28	W 1	10,618
52	Sun, Jan 25, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		118	100	24	28	W 2	7,156
53	Tue, Jan 27, 1981	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		105	104	25	28	W 3	7,090
54	Wed, Jan 28, 1981	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		108	98	26	28	W 4	9,347
55	Tue, Feb 3, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L	OT	104	111	26	29	L 1	12,666
56	Wed, Feb 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		99	108	26	30	L 2	13,656
57	Fri, Feb 6, 1981	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		116	110	27	30	W 1	8,958
58	Sun, Feb 8, 1981	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	OT	107	113	27	31	L 1	12,396
59	Tue, Feb 10, 1981	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		115	110	28	31	W 1	7,794
60	Fri, Feb 13, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		104	102	29	31	W 2	13,974
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 14, 1981	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		103	105	29	32	L 1	8,141
62	Tue, Feb 17, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		104	124	29	33	L 2	7,737
63	Thu, Feb 19, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		129	108	30	33	W 1	19,035
64	Fri, Feb 20, 1981	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		112	124	30	34	L 1	11,092
65	Sun, Feb 22, 1981	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		93	102	30	35	L 2	9,823	2:05
66	Wed, Feb 25, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		120	105	31	35	W 1	12,015
67	Fri, Feb 27, 1981	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		100	112	31	36	L 1	11,512
68	Sun, Mar 1, 1981	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		107	137	31	37	L 2	11,052
69	Tue, Mar 3, 1981	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		112	93	32	37	W 1	6,478
70	Wed, Mar 4, 1981	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		115	103	33	37	W 2	6,006
71	Fri, Mar 6, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		105	104	34	37	W 3	10,583
72	Sun, Mar 8, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		103	99	35	37	W 4	17,682
73	Wed, Mar 11, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		104	109	35	38	L 1	7,279
74	Thu, Mar 12, 1981	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		107	114	35	39	L 2	7,531
75	Sun, Mar 15, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		100	101	35	40	L 3	7,489
76	Tue, Mar 17, 1981	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		91	112	35	41	L 4	18,143	2:00
77	Fri, Mar 20, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		116	128	35	42	L 5	15,320	1:59
78	Sun, Mar 22, 1981	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		121	101	36	42	W 1	8,703
79	Wed, Mar 25, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		105	84	37	42	W 2	7,483
80	Fri, Mar 27, 1981	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		107	122	37	43	L 1	11,583
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 28, 1981	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		108	103	38	43	W 1	14,500
82	Sun, Mar 29, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		138	103	39	43	W 2	12,755

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