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1980–81 Washington Bullets season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Washington Bullets
team_link	Washington Wizards
end_year	1981
wins	39
losses	43
division	Atlantic
division_place	4
conf_place	7
coach	Gene Shue
arena	Capital Centre
television	WDCA
radio	WTOP
playoffs	Did not qualify
bbr_team	WSB

The 1980–81 Washington Bullets season was the Bullets 20th season in the NBA and their 8th season in the city of Washington, D.C. Following the season, Wes Unseld retired, Elvin Hayes was traded to the Houston Rockets, and Mitch Kupchak signed with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Draft picks

Main article: 1980 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club team
1	14	Wes Matthews	G	Wisconsin
2	35	Rick Mahorn	C/PF	Hampton
4	81	Francois Wise		California State-Long Beach
5	105	Daryl Strickland		Rutgers
6	127	Ken Dancy		Chicago State
7	151	Karl Godine		Stephen F. Austin State
8	170	Rich Valavicius		Auburn
9	191	Clinton Wyatt		Alcorn State
10	207	Don Youman		Oklahoma State

Roster

Gene Shue
Bernie Bickerstaff

Regular season

Season standings

Notes

z, y – division champions
x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

Regular season

|- | 1 | October 10 | @ Detroit | W 95–85 | | | | Pontiac Silverdome

1–0
2
October 11
Philadelphia
L 120–126 (2OT)

| | | | Capital Centre

1–1
3
October 16
@ Cleveland
L 88–90

| | | | Richfield Coliseum

1–2
4
October 17
New Jersey
L 112–114

| | | | Capital Centre

1–3
5
October 18
@ Philadelphia
L 101–117

| | | | The Spectrum

1–4
6
October 22
Cleveland
W 109–96

| | | | Capital Centre

2–4
7
October 24
@ Chicago
L 96–104

| | | | Chicago Stadium

2–5
8
October 25
Boston
L 87–103

| | | | Capital Centre

2–6
9
October 26
@ Milwaukee
L 88–111

| | | | MECCA Arena

2–7
10
January 25
@ New Jersey
L 98–100

| | | | Rutgers Athletic Center

2–8
11
November 1
@ New York
L 93–111

| | | | Madison Square Garden

2–9
12
November 4
Atlanta
W 122–98

| | | | Capital Centre

3–9
13
November 6
Dallas
W 116–95

| | | | Capital Centre

4–9
14
November 7
Detroit
W 114–88

| | | | Capital Centre

5–9
15
November 11
Denver
W 107–92

| | | | Capital Centre

6–9
16
November 12
@ Boston
L 86–93

| | | | Boston Garden

6–10
17
November 14
@ Indiana
L 108–118

| | | | Market Square Arena

6–11
18
November 15
@ Atlanta
W 100–88

| | | | The Omni

7–11
19
November 18
Golden State
L 97–103

| | | | Capital Centre

7–12
20
November 21
San Diego
W 102–90

| | | | Capital Centre

8–12
21
November 22
@ Chicago
L 101–114

| | | | Chicago Stadium

8–13
22
November 27
Indiana
W 123–108

| | | | Capital Centre

9–13
24
November 28
@ Cleveland
L 105–126

| | | | Richfield Coliseum

9–14
24
November 29
Milwaukee
W 98–89

| | | | Capital Centre

10–14
25
December 2
Kansas City
W 107–103

| | | | Capital Centre

11–14
26
December 3
@ Indiana
L 115–128

| | | | Market Square Arena

11–15
27
December 5
Detroit
W 103–92

| | | | Capital Centre

12–15
28
December 7
@ Boston
(at Hartford, Connecticut)
W 113–103

| | | | Hartford Civic Center

13–15
29
December 9
@ New York
L 104–107

| | | | Madison Square Garden

13–16
30
December 10
Boston
L 99–101

| | | | Capital Centre

13–17
31
December 12
@ Philadelphia
L 79–95

| | | | The Spectrum

13–18
32
December 13
Indiana
W 114–105

| | | | Capital Centre

14–18
33
December 16
Chicago
L 94–96

| | | | Capital Centre

14–19
34
December 19
New York
L 96–102

| | | | Capital Centre

14–20
35
December 23
@ Atlanta
L 83–100

| | | | The Omni

14–21
36
December 25
New Jersey
W 109–94

| | | | Capital Centre

15–21
37
December 27
Houston
W 115–97

| | | | Capital Centre

16–21
38
December 30
Milwaukee
L 94–115

| | | | Capital Centre

16–22
39
January 2
Chicago
L 82–92

| | | | Capital Centre

16–23
40
January 3
@ Cleveland
L 112–132

| | | | Richfield Coliseum

16–24
41
January 6
@ Los Angeles
L 98–107

| | | | The Forum

16–25
42
January 8
@ Kansas City
L 118–136

| | | | Kemper Arena

16–26
43
January 10
@ Dallas
W 106–94

| | | | Reunion Arena

17–26
44
January 11
@ San Antonio
L 106–137

| | | | HemisFair Arena

17–27
45
January 14
Los Angeles
W 114–104

| | | | Capital Centre

18–27
46
January 15
@ Detroit
W 106–89

| | | | Pontiac Silverdome

19–27
47
January 17
San Antonio
W 103–93

| | | | Capital Centre

20–27
48
January 18
New Jersey
W 110–99

| | | | Capital Centre

21–27
49
January 20
Utah
W 121–113

| | | | Capital Centre

22–27
50
January 22
Philadelphia
L 116–128

| | | | Capital Centre

22–28
51
January 23
Seattle
W 103–91

| | | | Capital Centre

23–28
54
January 25
@ New Jersey
W 118–100

| | | | Rutgers Athletic Center

24–28
53
January 27
@ Atlanta
W 105–104

| | | | The Omni

25–28
54
January 28
Phoenix
W 108–98

| | | | Capital Centre

26–28
55
February 3
@ Portland
L 104–111 (OT)

| | | | Memorial Coliseum

26–29
56
February 4
@ Seattle
L 99–108

| | | | Kingdome

26–30
57
February 6
@ Golden State
W 116–110

| | | | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena

27–30
58
February 8
@ Phoenix
L 107–113 (OT)

| | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

27–31
59
February 10
@ Denver
W 115–110

| | | | McNichols Sports Arena

28–31
60
February 13
@ Philadelphia
W 104–102

| | | | The Spectrum

29–31
61
February 14
@ Detroit
L 103–105

| | | | Pontiac Silverdome

29–32
62
February 17
Portland
L 104–124

| | | | Capital Centre

29–33
63
February 19
Philadelphia
W 129–108

| | | | Capital Centre

30–33
64
February 20
@ New York
L 112–124

| | | | Madison Square Garden

30–34
65
February 22
Milwaukee
L 93–102

| | | | Capital Centre

30–35
66
February 25
New York
W 120–105

| | | | Capital Centre

31–35
67
February 27
@ Chicago
L 100–112

| | | | Chicago Stadium

31–36
68
March 1
@ Milwaukee
L 107–137

| | | | MECCA Arena

31–37
69
March 3
@ Utah
W 121–113

| | | | Salt Palace Acord Arena

32–37
70
March 4
@ San Diego
W 115–103

| | | | San Diego Sports Arena

33–37
71
March 6
@ Houston
W 105–104

| | | | The Summit

34–37
72
March 8
Chicago
W 103–99

| | | | Capital Centre

35–37
73
March 11
@ New Jersey
L 104–109

| | | | Rutgers Athletic Center

35–38
74
March 12
Indiana
L 107–114

| | | | Capital Centre

35–39
75
March 15
Cleveland
L 100–101

| | | | Capital Centre

35–40
76
March 17
Boston
L 91–112

| | | | Capital Centre

35–41
77
March 20
@ Boston
L 116–128

| | | | Boston Garden

35–42
78
March 22
Atlanta
W 121–101

| | | | Capital Centre

36–42
79
March 25
New York
W 120–105

| | | | Capital Centre

37–42
80
March 27
@ Indiana
L 107–122

| | | | Market Square Arena

37–43
81
March 28
Detroit
W 108–103

| | | | Capital Centre

38–43
82
March 29
Cleveland
W 138–103

| | | | Capital Centre | 39–43

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WSB/1981.html 1980-81 Washington Bullets]

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