NBA season 1980/81 - became the 35th season of the National Basketball Association . The champion was the Boston Celtics team. In the final, the Celtics defeated the Houston Rockets team in six games.
| NBA in the 1980/1981 season | |
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| League | |
| First number | Joe Barry Carroll |
| Draft team | Golden State Warriors |
| The best team | Boston Celtics |
| MVP of the season | Julius Irving (Seventi Sixers) |
| Best on points | Adrian Dantley ( Jazz ) |
| Champion | Boston Celtics |
| Finalist | Houston rockets |
| MVP Final | Cedric Maxwell (Celtics) |
In the 1980 NBA draft, centerpiece Joe Barry Carroll of Purdue University was selected as the number one club at the Golden State Warriors . Darrell Griffith was chosen under the 2nd number on that draft, Kevin McHale was selected under the 3rd, and Mike Woodson was under the 12th.
Regular Season
Team Positions in Divisions
- B = Wins, P = Losses, P% = Percentage of matches won
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Conference Standings
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Playoffs
| First round | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | NBA Finals | |||||||||||||||
| one | Phoenix suns | |||||||||||||||||
| one | Phoenix suns | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| five | Kansas City Kings | four | ||||||||||||||||
| four | Portland Trail Blazers | one | ||||||||||||||||
| five | Kansas City Kings | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| five | Kansas City Kings | one | ||||||||||||||||
| Western conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Houston rockets | four | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Los angeles lakers | one | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Houston rockets | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Houston rockets | four | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | San antonio spurs | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | San antonio spurs | |||||||||||||||||
| Z6 | Houston rockets | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| IN 1 | Boston Celtics | four | ||||||||||||||||
| one | Boston Celtics | |||||||||||||||||
| one | Boston Celtics | four | ||||||||||||||||
| five | Chicago bulls | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| four | New York Knicks | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| five | Chicago bulls | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| one | Boston Celtics | four | ||||||||||||||||
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| 3 | Philadelphia 76 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Philadelphia 76 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Indiana Pacers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Philadelphia 76 | four | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee Bucks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee Bucks | |||||||||||||||||
Seasonal Leaders per Game
| Indicator | Player | Team | Statistics |
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| Average points per game | Adrian Dantley | Utah Jazz | 30.7 |
| Average rebounds per game | Moses Malone | Houston rockets | 14.8 |
| Assists per game | Kevin Porter | Washington Bullets | 9.1 |
| Interceptions on average per game | Magic johnson | Los angeles lakers | 3.4 |
| Average shots per game | George Johnson | San antonio spurs | 3.4 |
| Throw Percentage | Artis Gilmore | Chicago bulls | 67.0 |
| Accurate free throw percentage | Calvin Murphy | Houston rockets | 95.8 |
| Accuracy of 3-point shots | Brian Taylor | San Diego Clippers | 38.3 |
Seasonal awards
- NBA Most Valuable Player : Julius Irving , Philadelphia 76
- Finale's Most Valuable Player : Cedric Maxwell , Boston Celtics
- NBA Rookie of the Year : Darrell Griffith , Utah Jazz
- Trainer of the Year : Jack McKinney , Indiana Pacers
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Comments
- β How the division winner misses the first round of the playoffs.
- β Milwaukee is in the final table above Philadelphia, as he is the winner of the division, and also for this reason misses the first round of the playoffs.
- β How the division winner misses the first round of the playoffs.
- β San Antonio is in the final table above the Lakers, as he is the winner of the division, and also for this reason misses the first round of the playoffs.