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1980–81  San Diego Clippers season
Head coach Paul Silas
Arena San Diego Sports Arena
Results
Record36–46 (.439)
PlaceDivision: 5th ( Pacific)
Conference: 9th ( Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television XETV
Radio KOGO
< 1979–80 1981–82 >

The 1980–81 NBA season was the Clippers' 11th season in the NBA and their 3rd season in the city of San Diego. [1]

Draft picks

Main article: 1980 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 9 Michael Brooks Forward   United States LaSalle
4 76 Ed Odom Guard   United States Oklahoma State
5 99 Wally Rank Forward   United States San Jose State
6 122 Londale Theus Guard   United States Santa Clara
7 145 Paul Anderson Guard   United States Southern California College

Roster

San Diego Clippers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
G 10 United States Bibby, Henry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) UCLA
F 7 United States Brooks, Michael 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) La Salle
F 23 United States Bryant, Joe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Penn
G 42 United States Davis, Ron 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Washington State
F 24 United States Heard, Gar 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Oklahoma
C 31 Netherlands Nater, Swen 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) UCLA
G 22 United States Pietkiewicz, Stan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Auburn
G 34 United States Price, Tony 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Penn
F 30 United States Rank, Wally 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) San José State
G 11 United States Smith, Phil 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 197 lb (89 kg) San Francisco
G 14 United States Taylor, Brian 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Princeton
C 33 United States Whitehead, Jerome 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Marquette
C 32 United States Walton, Bill Injured 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) UCLA
F 21 United States Wicks, Sidney 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UCLA
G 20 United States Williams, Freeman 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Portland State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster Notes

  • Center Bill Walton missed the entire season due to a left foot injury.
  • This is Gar Heard's second tour of duty with the franchise. He previously played for the Buffalo Braves from 1973 to 1976.

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y- Phoenix Suns 57 25 .695 – 36–5 21–20 22–8
x- Los Angeles Lakers 54 28 .659 3.0 30–11 24–17 19–11
x- Portland Trail Blazers 45 37 .549 12.0 30–11 15–26 18–12
Golden State Warriors 39 43 .476 18.0 26–15 13–28 10–20
San Diego Clippers 36 46 .439 21.0 22–19 14–27 14–16
Seattle SuperSonics 34 48 .415 23.0 22–19 12–29 7–23
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c- Phoenix Suns 57 25 .695 –
2 y- San Antonio Spurs 52 30 .634 5
3 x- Los Angeles Lakers 54 28 .659 3
4 x- Portland Trail Blazers 45 37 .549 12
5 x- Kansas City Kings 40 42 .488 17
6 x- Houston Rockets 40 42 .488 17
7 Golden State Warriors 39 43 .476 18
8 Denver Nuggets 37 45 .451 20
9 San Diego Clippers 36 46 .439 21
10 Seattle SuperSonics 34 48 .415 23
11 Utah Jazz 28 54 .341 29
12 Dallas Mavericks 15 67 .183 42

Notes

  • z, y – division champions
  • x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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 —

Game log

Player statistics

Legend
  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 GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Henry Bibby
Michael Brooks
Joe Bryant
Ron Davis
Gar Heard
Swen Nater
Stan Pietkiewicz
Tony Price
Wally Rank
Phil Smith
Brian Taylor
Jerome Whitehead
Sidney Wicks
Freeman Williams

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

Records

Milestones

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1980–81 season.

Trades

August 28, 1980 To San Diego Clippers
 To Golden State Warriors
October 14, 1980 To San Diego Clippers
  • The right to sign Gar Heard as a veteran free agent
 To Phoenix Suns
  • 1981 3rd round draft pick & 1983 3rd round draft pick as compensation

Free agents

References

  1. ^ 1980-81 San Diego Clippers
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