1980–81 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head coachBilly Cunningham
General managerPat Williams
ArenaThe Spectrum
Results
Record62–20 (.756)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Atlantic)
Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEastern Conference finals
(lost to Celtics 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWKBS-TV
PRISM
RadioWIP

The 1980–81 Philadelphia 76ers season was the team's 32nd season in the NBA and 18th season in Philadelphia The team finished the regular season with a 62–20 record, however they lost the tie breaker with the Boston Celtics who had the home court advantage with the same regular season record. In the playoffs, they lost a seven-game series to the Boston Celtics, in the Eastern Conference finals, after having a three games to one series lead. This was the second time this occurred between the two teams (other in 1968), and the final 3 games of the series were decided by 5 points total. Julius Erving would win the Most Valuable Player of the League.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
18Andrew ToneySG United StatesLouisiana-Lafayette
121Monti DavisF United StatesTennessee State
244Clyde Austin United StatesNorth Carolina State
367Reggie Gaines United StatesWinston-Salem State
485Billy Bryant United StatesWestern Kentucky
490Harold Hubbard United StatesSavannah State
5113Jim Swaney United StatesToledo
6136Donald Cooper United StatesSt. Augustine's
7159Richard Smith United StatesWeber State
8177Martin Lemelle United StatesGrambling State
9198Luke Griffin United StatesSt. Joseph's
10213Joe Hand United StatesKing's College

Roster

1980–81 Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 10 Cheeks, Maurice 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1956–09–08 West Texas A&M
G 20 Collins, Doug Injured 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1951–07–28 Illinois State
F 25 Cureton, Earl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1957–09–03 Detroit Mercy
C 53 Dawkins, Darryl 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 251 lb (114 kg) 1957–01–11 Maynard Evans HS (FL)
F 6 Erving, Julius 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1950–02–22 UMass
G 9 Hollins, Lionel 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1953–10–19 Arizona State
F 18 Johnson, Ollie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1949–05–11 Temple
F 24 Jones, Bobby 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1951–12–18 North Carolina
C 11 Jones, Caldwell 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 217 lb (98 kg) 1950–08–04 Albany State
G 4 Richardson, Clint 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1956–08–07 Seattle
F 50 Mix, Steve 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1947–12–30 Toledo
G 22 Toney, Andrew 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1957–11–23 Louisiana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Boston Celtics6220.756–35–627–1419–5
x-Philadelphia 76ers6220.756–37–425–1615–9
x-New York Knicks5032.61012.028–1322–1914–10
Washington Bullets3943.47623.026–1513–288–16
New Jersey Nets2458.29338.016–258–338–16
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics6220.756 –
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks6022.7322
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers6220.756–
4 x-New York Knicks5032.61012
5 x-Chicago Bulls4537.54917
6 x-Indiana Pacers4438.53718
7 Washington Bullets3943.47623
8 Atlanta Hawks3151.37831
9 Cleveland Cavaliers2854.34134
10 New Jersey Nets2458.29338
11 Detroit Pistons2161.25641
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1980-81 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SDC SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —2–42–41–52–01–14–22–01–11–51–10–21–53–22–41–50–21–11–11–11–12–01–4
Boston 4–2—5–14–12–02–04–11–12–03–31–12–03–36–05–13–32–02–02–02–01–11–15–1
Chicago 4–21–5—5–11–11–15–11–11–13–22–01–13–33–23–32–40–20–20–21–11–12–05–1
Cleveland 5–11–41–5—2–01–13–31–10–22–40–20–20–63–30–50–61–11–11–11–10–21–14–2
Dallas 0–20–21–10–2—3–30–22–30–60–20–60–50–21–11–10–21–41–41–52–31–41–50–2
Denver 1–10–21–11–13–3—2–03–22–41–14–23–21–11–10–21–11–42–32–43–23–22–40–2
Detroit 2–41–41–53–32–00–2—0–21–12–41–10–21–53–31–51–40–20–20–21–10–20–21–5
Golden State 0–21–11–11–13–22–32–0—3–21–15–01–51–11–12–00–22–42–41–42–43–34–11–1
Houston 1–10–21–12–06–04–21–12–3—1–12–42–30–22–00–20–21–43–23–31–44–14–20–2
Indiana 5–13–32–34–22–01–14–21–11–1—2–00–22–45–13–20–61–10–22–01–10–21–14–2
Kansas City 1–11–10–22–06–02–41–10–54–20–2—0–51–12–01–10–23–23–22–43–22–35–11–1
Los Angeles 2–00–21–12–05–02–32–05–13–22–05–0—0–22–02–01–12–43–32–33–36–03–21–1
Milwaukee 5–13–33–36–02–01–15–11–12–04–21–12–0—5–13–33–21–12–01–12–02–02–04–1
New Jersey 2–30–62–33–31–11–13–31–10–21–50–20–21–5—0–61–51–12–00–20–21–11–13–3
New York 4–21–53–35–01–12–05–10–22–02–31–10–23–36–0—3–31–11–10–22–02–02–04–2
Philadelphia 5–13–34–26–02–01–14–12–02–06–02–01–12–35–13–3—1–11–12–02–02–02–04–2
Phoenix 2–00–22–01–14–14–12–04–24–11–12–34–21–11–11–11–1—3–33–26–05–15–01–1
Portland 1–10–22–01–14–13–22–04–22–32–02–33–30–20–21–11–13–3—2–34–24–22–32–0
San Antonio 1–10–22–01–15–14–22–04–13–30–24–23–21–12–02–00–22–33–2—4–13–25–11–1
San Diego 1–10–21–11–13–22–31–14–24–11–12–33–30–22–00–20–20–62–41–4—5–13–20–2
Seattle 1–11–11–12–04–12–32–03–31–42–03–20–60–21–10–20–21–52–42–31–5—4–11–1
Utah 0–21–10–21–15–14–22–01–42–41–11–52–30–21–10–20–20–53–21–52–31–4—0–2
Washington 4–11–51–52–42–02–05–11–12–02–41–11–11–43–32–42–41–10–21–12–01–12–0—

Game log

Regular season

1980–81 game log
Total: 62–20 (home: 37–4; road: 25–16)
October: 8–2 (home: 3–1; road: 5–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
November: 15–1 (home: 8–1; road: 7–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
December: 10–4 (home: 6–0; road: 4–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
January: 11–3 (home: 7–0; road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
February: 10–3 (home: 7–1; road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
March: 8–7 (home: 6–1; road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
1980–81 schedule

Playoffs

1981 playoff game log
First Round: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 31 Indiana W 124–108 Julius Erving (32) Caldwell Jones (12) Andrew Toney (11) Spectrum
7,288		 1–0
2 April 2 @ Indiana W 96–85 Julius Erving (23) Caldwell Jones (11) Maurice Cheeks (6) Market Square Arena
8,921		 2–0
Conference semifinals: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 5 Milwaukee W 125–122 Julius Erving 38) Caldwell Jones 11) Caldwell Jones 7) Spectrum
9,727		 1–0
2 April 7 Milwaukee L 99–109 Bobby Jones (22) Julius Erving (13) Maurice Cheeks (6) Spectrum
15,259		 1–1
3 April 10 @ Milwaukee W 108–103 Erving, Dawkins (23) Caldwell Jones (13) Maurice Cheeks (9) MECCA Arena
11,052		 2–1
4 April 12 @ Milwaukee L 98–109 Julius Erving (22) Caldwell Jones (8) Maurice Cheeks (8) MECCA Arena
11,052		 2–2
5 April 15 Milwaukee W 116–99 Cheeks, Hollins (20) Julius Erving (9) Maurice Cheeks (10) Spectrum
15,384		 3–2
6 April 17 @ Milwaukee L 86–109 Julius Erving (25) Julius Erving (7) Maurice Cheeks (7) MECCA Arena
11,052		 3–3
7 April 19 Milwaukee W 99–98 Julius Erving (28) Caldwell Jones (12) Maurice Cheeks (11) Spectrum
6,704		 4–3
Conference finals: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 21 @ Boston W 105–104 Andrew Toney (26) Julius Erving (9) Maurice Cheeks (8) Boston Garden
15,320		 1–0
2 April 22 @ Boston L 118–99 Andrew Toney (35) Dawkins, Toney (7) Andrew Toney (7) Boston Garden
15,320		 1–1
3 April 24 Boston W 110–100 Julius Erving (22) Caldwell Jones (14) Maurice Cheeks (8) Spectrum
18,276		 2–1
4 April 26 Boston W 107–105 Julius Erving (20) Caldwell Jones (10) Maurice Cheeks (10) Spectrum
18,276		 3–1
5 April 29 @ Boston L 109–111 Lionel Hollins (23) Darryl Dawkins (8) Erving, Hollins (5) Boston Garden
15,320		 3–2
6 May 1 Boston L 98–100 Darryl Dawkins (24) Caldwell Jones (8) Maurice Cheeks (8) Spectrum
18,276		 3–3
7 May 3 @ Boston L 90–91 Julius Erving (23) Caldwell Jones (15) Maurice Cheeks (7) Boston Garden
15,320		 3–4
1981 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Playoffs

Awards and records

See also

References

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