1980–81_Milwaukee_Bucks_season

1980–81 Milwaukee Bucks season
1980–81 Milwaukee Bucks season
Division champions
Head coach	Don Nelson
General manager	Don Nelson
Owner(s)	Jim Fitzgerald
Arena	MECCA Arena
Results
Record	60–22 (.732)
Place	Division: 1st (Central); Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Conference semifinals; (lost to 76ers 3–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WVTV
Radio	WTMJ
< 1979–80	1981–82 >

1980–81 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season

The 1980–81 NBA season was the Bucks 13th season in the NBA.^[1] They finished with 60 wins and 22 losses, placing first in their division and second in the Eastern Conference behind the Boston Celtics. It was the Bucks' best regular season record since 1972–73, and their only 60-win season without Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on their roster until the 2018-19 season. The team's top scorer, fourth-year small forward Marques Johnson finished sixth the MVP voting.

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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	—	2–4	2–4	1–5	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–5	3–2	2–4	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–4
Boston	4–2	—	5–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	3–3	6–0	5–1	3–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	5–1
Chicago	4–2	1–5	—	5–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–3	3–2	3–3	2–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1
Cleveland	5–1	1–4	1–5	—	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	0–2	0–2	0–6	3–3	0–5	0–6	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	—	3–3	0–2	2–3	0–6	0–2	0–6	0–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–4	1–5	2–3	1–4	1–5	0–2
Denver	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	—	2–0	3–2	2–4	1–1	4–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–4	2–3	2–4	3–2	3–2	2–4	0–2
Detroit	2–4	1–4	1–5	3–3	2–0	0–2	—	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–5	3–3	1–5	1–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–5
Golden State	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	—	3–2	1–1	5–0	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–4	1–4	2–4	3–3	4–1	1–1
Houston	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	6–0	4–2	1–1	2–3	—	1–1	2–4	2–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–4	3–2	3–3	1–4	4–1	4–2	0–2
Indiana	5–1	3–3	2–3	4–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	0–2	2–4	5–1	3–2	0–6	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2
Kansas City	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	6–0	2–4	1–1	0–5	4–2	0–2	—	0–5	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–2	2–4	3–2	2–3	5–1	1–1
Los Angeles	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–3	2–0	5–1	3–2	2–0	5–0	—	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	2–3	3–3	6–0	3–2	1–1
Milwaukee	5–1	3–3	3–3	6–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	—	5–1	3–3	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–1
New Jersey	2–3	0–6	2–3	3–3	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–2	0–2	1–5	—	0–6	1–5	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3
New York	4–2	1–5	3–3	5–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–2	3–3	6–0	—	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
Philadelphia	5–1	3–3	4–2	6–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	6–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	5–1	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
Phoenix	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–0	4–2	4–1	1–1	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	3–3	3–2	6–0	5–1	5–0	1–1
Portland	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	2–0	4–2	2–3	2–0	2–3	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	—	2–3	4–2	4–2	2–3	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	4–1	3–3	0–2	4–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–3	3–2	—	4–1	3–2	5–1	1–1
San Diego	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	2–3	3–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–6	2–4	1–4	—	5–1	3–2	0–2
Seattle	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–0	3–3	1–4	2–0	3–2	0–6	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–4	2–3	1–5	—	4–1	1–1
Utah	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	1–4	2–4	1–1	1–5	2–3	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–5	3–2	1–5	2–3	1–4	—	0–2
Washington	4–1	1–5	1–5	2–4	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–3	2–4	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	—

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Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Club Team
3	63	Al Beal	United States	Oklahoma
4	86	Jeff Wolf	United States	North Carolina
5	109	Ken Jones	United States	Virginia Commonwealth
6	132	Alex Gilbert	United States	Indiana State
7	155	Ron White	United States	Furman
8	174	Keith Valentine	United States	Virginia Union
9	194	Del Yarbrough	United States	Illinois State
10	210	Melvin Crayton	United States	Alabama State

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	60	22	.732	–	34–7	26–15	23–7
x-Chicago Bulls	45	37	.549	15.0	26–15	19–22	20–9
x-Indiana Pacers	44	38	.537	16.0	27–14	17–24	17–12
Atlanta Hawks	31	51	.378	29.0	20–21	11–30	9–21
Cleveland Cavaliers	28	54	.341	32.0	20–21	8–33	9–21
Detroit Pistons	21	61	.256	39.0	14–27	7–34	9–21

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	60	22	.732	2
3	x-Philadelphia 76ers	62	20	.756	–
4	x-New York Knicks	50	32	.610	12
5	x-Chicago Bulls	45	37	.549	17
6	x-Indiana Pacers	44	38	.537	18

7	Washington Bullets	39	43	.476	23
8	Atlanta Hawks	31	51	.378	31
9	Cleveland Cavaliers	28	54	.341	34
10	New Jersey Nets	24	58	.293	38
11	Detroit Pistons	21	61	.256	41

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

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Marques Johnson	76	33.4	55.2	0.0	70.6	6.8	4.6	1.5	0.5	20.3
Junior Bridgeman	77	28.8	48.7	14.3	88.4	3.8	3.0	1.1	0.4	16.8
Bob Lanier	67	26.2	52.5	100.0	75.1	6.2	2.7	1.1	1.2	14.3
Sidney Moncrief	80	30.2	54.1	22.2	80.4	5.1	3.3	1.1	0.5	14.0
Quinn Buckner	82	29.1	49.3	16.7	73.4	3.6	4.7	2.4	0.0	13.3
Mickey Johnson	82	25.8	44.8	16.7	78.9	6.6	3.5	1.1	0.9	12.5
Brian Winters	69	25.7	47.5	35.3	86.9	2.0	3.3	1.0	0.1	11.6
Pat Cummings	74	14.6	53.9	0.0	70.7	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.3	8.0
Mike Evans	71	12.8	46.0	14.3	78.1	1.2	2.4	0.5	0.1	4.5
Harvey Catchings	77	21.2	44.7	0.0	64.1	6.1	1.3	0.4	2.4	4.2
Len Elmore	72	12.8	35.8	0.0	72.0	2.9	1.0	0.5	0.7	2.9
Kim Hughes	45	7.4	35.6	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.7

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1980–81 Milwaukee Bucks season

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Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Marques Johnson	7	7	38.0	55.6	0.0	71.9	9.4	4.9	1.4	1.0	24.7
Bob Lanier	7	7	33.7	58.8	0.0	71.9	7.4	4.0	1.7	1.1	17.6
Sidney Moncrief	7	7	39.6	43.5	0.0	74.5	6.7	2.9	1.7	0.4	14.0
Junior Bridgeman	7	0	26.1	46.2	100.0	81.3	2.1	3.3	0.9	0.0	14.0
Mickey Johnson	7	7	24.3	40.0	0.0	85.7	6.7	1.9	1.3	0.9	11.7
Brian Winters	7	0	25.9	45.9	33.3	75.0	3.3	3.1	1.4	0.1	10.0
Quinn Buckner	7	7	26.1	43.3	0.0	68.8	2.9	5.0	1.6	0.0	9.0
Mike Evans	4	0	9.5	52.9	0.0	87.5	0.3	1.5	0.0	0.3	6.3
Pat Cummings	5	0	5.0	27.3	0.0	75.0	1.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.8
Harvey Catchings	7	0	15.6	18.8	0.0	100.0	3.7	1.1	0.0	1.6	1.1
Len Elmore	4	0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player	Signed	Former team
Kim Hughes	October 31, 1980	Denver Nuggets

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New team
Dave Meyers	April 30, 1980	Retired
Richard Washington	Expansion Draft May 28, 1980	Dallas Mavericks
Lloyd Walton	October 6, 1980	Kansas City Kings
Scott Lloyd	October 20, 1980	Dallas Mavericks