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1980–81 Philadelphia 76ers season

NBA professional basketball team season

PRISM (lost to Celtics 3–4)

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.

Draft picks

Main article: 1980 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1	8	Andrew Toney	SG	Louisiana-Lafayette
1	21	Monti Davis	F	Tennessee State
2	44	Clyde Austin		North Carolina State
3	67	Reggie Gaines		Winston-Salem State
4	85	Billy Bryant		Western Kentucky
4	90	Harold Hubbard		Savannah State
5	113	Jim Swaney		Toledo
6	136	Donald Cooper		St. Augustine's
7	159	Richard Smith		Weber State
8	177	Martin Lemelle		Grambling State
9	198	Luke Griffin		St. Joseph's
10	213	Joe Hand		King's College

Roster

Billy Cunningham
Chuck Daly
Jack McMahon

Regular season

Season standings

:z - clinched division title :y - clinched division title :x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

Regular season

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Playoffs

2–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
1
April 5
Milwaukee
W 125–122
Julius Erving 38)
Caldwell Jones 11)
Caldwell Jones 7)
Spectrum
9,727
1–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
2
April 7
Milwaukee
L 99–109
Bobby Jones (22)
Julius Erving (13)
Maurice Cheeks (6)
Spectrum
15,259
1–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
3
April 10
@ Milwaukee
W 108–103
Erving, Dawkins (23)
Caldwell Jones (13)
Maurice Cheeks (9)
MECCA Arena
11,052
2–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
4
April 12
@ Milwaukee
L 98–109
Julius Erving (22)
Caldwell Jones (8)
Maurice Cheeks (8)
MECCA Arena
11,052
2–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
5
April 15
Milwaukee
W 116–99
Cheeks, Hollins (20)
Julius Erving (9)
Maurice Cheeks (10)
Spectrum
15,384
3–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
6
April 17
@ Milwaukee
L 86–109
Julius Erving (25)
Julius Erving (7)
Maurice Cheeks (7)
MECCA Arena
11,052
3–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
7
April 19
Milwaukee
W 99–98
Julius Erving (28)
Caldwell Jones (12)
Maurice Cheeks (11)
Spectrum
6,704
4–3
-
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
1
April 21
@ Boston
W 105–104
Andrew Toney (26)
Julius Erving (9)
Maurice Cheeks (8)
Boston Garden
15,320
1–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
2
April 22
@ Boston
L 118–99
Andrew Toney (35)
Dawkins, Toney (7)
Andrew Toney (7)
Boston Garden
15,320
1–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
3
April 24
Boston
W 110–100
Julius Erving (22)
Caldwell Jones (14)
Maurice Cheeks (8)
Spectrum
18,276
2–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
4
April 26
Boston
W 107–105
Julius Erving (20)
Caldwell Jones (10)
Maurice Cheeks (10)
Spectrum
18,276
3–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
5
April 29
@ Boston
L 109–111
Lionel Hollins (23)
Darryl Dawkins (8)
Erving, Hollins (5)
Boston Garden
15,320
3–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
6
May 1
Boston
L 98–100
Darryl Dawkins (24)
Caldwell Jones (8)
Maurice Cheeks (8)
Spectrum
18,276
3–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
7
May 3
@ Boston
L 90–91
Julius Erving (23)
Caldwell Jones (15)
Maurice Cheeks (7)
Boston Garden
15,320
3–4
-

Player statistics

Playoffs

Awards and records

Julius Erving, NBA Most Valuable Player Award
Julius Erving, All-NBA First Team
Bobby Jones, NBA All-Defensive First Team
Caldwell Jones, NBA All-Defensive First Team

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHI/1981.html 1980-81 Philadelphia 76ers]

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