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1980–81 Cleveland Cavaliers season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Cleveland Cavaliers
end_year	1981
wins	28
losses	54
division	Central
division_place	5
conf_place	9
gm	Don Delaney
owner	Ted Stepien
arena	Coliseum at Richfield
playoffs	Did not qualify
bbr_team	CLE
television	WUAB
radio	WWWE

Bill Musselman (25–46)
Don Delaney (3–8) The 1980-81 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 11th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Draft picks

Main article: 1980 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Club team

Roster

Don Delaney
Larry Creger
Gerald Oliver

Regular season

Season standings

Notes

z, y – division champions
x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

|-style="background:#cfc;" | 19 || November 13, 1980 || Atlanta | W 114–111 | | | | Coliseum at Richfield 3,987 | 5–14 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 43 || January 9, 1981 || @ Atlanta | W 108–107 (OT) | | | | The Omni 9,398 | 16–27 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 51 || January 23, 1981 || @ Atlanta | W 106–98 | | | | The Omni 9,820 | 20–31 |- align="center" |-style="background:#fcc;" | 64 || February 21, 1981 || Atlanta | L 105–118 | | | | Coliseum at Richfield 8,231 | 25–39 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 73 || March 14, 1981 || @ Atlanta | W 112–110 (OT) | | | | The Omni 7,368 | 26–47 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 75 || March 17, 1981 || Atlanta | W 122–107 | | | | Coliseum at Richfield 4,288 | 28–47

Player statistics

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mike Mitchell	82	39.0	47.6	44.4	78.4	6.1	1.7	0.8	0.6	24.5
Kenny Carr	81	32.3	51.1	0.0	71.4	10.3	2.4	0.9	0.5	15.2
Randy Smith	82	26.8	46.6	3.6	81.5	2.4	4.4	1.4	0.2	14.6
Roger Phegley	82	27.7	49.1	28.6	83.9	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.2	14.4
Mike Bratz	80	32.4	39.0	33.7	81.1	2.5	5.7	1.7	0.2	10.0
Richard Washington	69	21.8	45.9	50.0	75.0	5.3	1.6	0.6	0.8	9.9
Bill Laimbeer	81	30.4	50.3	0.0	76.5	8.6	2.7	0.7	1.0	9.8
Dave Robisch	11	33.8	37.8	0.0	80.6	7.7	4.0	0.6	0.5	9.4
Robert Smith	1	20.0	40.0	0.0	100.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	8.0
Geoff Huston	25	21.7	49.7	0.0	81.5	1.6	4.7	0.5	0.0	7.0
Bill Robinzine	8	10.5	43.8	0.0	62.5	1.6	0.6	0.5	0.0	4.1
Don Ford	64	15.6	44.6	0.0	91.7	2.6	1.3	0.2	0.2	3.5
Chad Kinch	29	8.5	39.6	0.0	80.0	0.8	1.2	0.3	0.2	2.8
Mack Calvin	21	6.1	33.3	20.0	71.4	0.6	1.3	0.2	0.0	2.5
Walter Jordan	30	6.9	38.7	0.0	58.8	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	2.3
John Lambert	3	2.7	60.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Jerome Whitehead	3	2.7	33.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7

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Awards and records

Awards

Records

Milestones

All-Star

Transactions

Free agents

Subtractions	Player	Date signed	New team
Austin Carr	Expansion Draft May 28, 1980	Dallas Mavericks

References

"1980-81 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats".

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