1980–81 Indiana Pacers season

The 1980–81 NBA season was Indiana's fifth season in the NBA and their 14th season as a franchise.

1980–81 Indiana Pacers season
Head coachJack McKinney
ArenaMarket Square Arena
Results
Record44–38 (.537)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Central)
Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost to Philadelphia 76ers in East First Round (0-2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWTTV
RadioWNDE

Offseason

NBA Draft
Main article: 1980 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team

Roster
1980-81 Indiana Pacers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
F 5 Abernethy, Tom 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1954–05–6 Indiana
F 42 Bantom, Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1951–12–3 Saint Joseph's
G/F 7 Bradley, Dudley 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1957–3–19 North Carolina
G 10 Buse, Don 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1950–8–10 Evansville
G 16 Davis, Johnny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1955–10–21 Dayton
C 40 Edwards, James 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1955–11–22 Washington
F/C 45 Johnson, Clemon 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1956–09–12 Florida A&M
F 24 Johnson, George 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1956–12–8 St. John's
G/F 25 Knight, Billy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1952–06–9 Pittsburgh
F 30 McGinnis, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1950-08-12 Indiana
F 44 Miller, Dick 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1958–04–26 Toledo
G 3 Natt, Kenny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1958–10–5 Northeast Louisiana
F 55 Orr, Louis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1958–05–7 Syracuse
G 14 Sichting, Jerry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 168 lb (76 kg) 1956–11–29 Purdue
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2012–10–10

Regular season
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks6022.732–34–726–1523–7
x-Chicago Bulls4537.54915.026–1519–2220–9
x-Indiana Pacers4438.53716.027–1417–2417–12
Atlanta Hawks3151.37829.020–2111–309–21
Cleveland Cavaliers2854.34132.020–218–339–21
Detroit Pistons2161.25639.014–277–349–21
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics6220.756 –
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks6022.7322
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers6220.756–
4 x-New York Knicks5032.61012
5 x-Chicago Bulls4537.54917
6 x-Indiana Pacers4438.53718
7 Washington Bullets3943.47623
8 Atlanta Hawks3151.37831
9 Cleveland Cavaliers2854.34134
10 New Jersey Nets2458.29338
11 Detroit Pistons2161.25641


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 —2–42–41–52–01–14–22–01–11–51–10–21–53–22–41–50–21–11–11–11–12–01–4
Boston 4–2—5–14–12–02–04–11–12–03–31–12–03–36–05–13–32–02–02–02–01–11–15–1
Chicago 4–21–5—5–11–11–15–11–11–13–22–01–13–33–23–32–40–20–20–21–11–12–05–1
Cleveland 5–11–41–5—2–01–13–31–10–22–40–20–20–63–30–50–61–11–11–11–10–21–14–2
Dallas 0–20–21–10–2—3–30–22–30–60–20–60–50–21–11–10–21–41–41–52–31–41–50–2
Denver 1–10–21–11–13–3—2–03–22–41–14–23–21–11–10–21–11–42–32–43–23–22–40–2
Detroit 2–41–41–53–32–00–2—0–21–12–41–10–21–53–31–51–40–20–20–21–10–20–21–5
Golden State 0–21–11–11–13–22–32–0—3–21–15–01–51–11–12–00–22–42–41–42–43–34–11–1
Houston 1–10–21–12–06–04–21–12–3—1–12–42–30–22–00–20–21–43–23–31–44–14–20–2
Indiana 5–13–32–34–22–01–14–21–11–1—2–00–22–45–13–20–61–10–22–01–10–21–14–2
Kansas City 1–11–10–22–06–02–41–10–54–20–2—0–51–12–01–10–23–23–22–43–22–35–11–1
Los Angeles 2–00–21–12–05–02–32–05–13–22–05–0—0–22–02–01–12–43–32–33–36–03–21–1
Milwaukee 5–13–33–36–02–01–15–11–12–04–21–12–0—5–13–33–21–12–01–12–02–02–04–1
New Jersey 2–30–62–33–31–11–13–31–10–21–50–20–21–5—0–61–51–12–00–20–21–11–13–3
New York 4–21–53–35–01–12–05–10–22–02–31–10–23–36–0—3–31–11–10–22–02–02–04–2
Philadelphia 5–13–34–26–02–01–14–12–02–06–02–01–12–35–13–3—1–11–12–02–02–02–04–2
Phoenix 2–00–22–01–14–14–12–04–24–11–12–34–21–11–11–11–1—3–33–26–05–15–01–1
Portland 1–10–22–01–14–13–22–04–22–32–02–33–30–20–21–11–13–3—2–34–24–22–32–0
San Antonio 1–10–22–01–15–14–22–04–13–30–24–23–21–12–02–00–22–33–2—4–13–25–11–1
San Diego 1–10–21–11–13–22–31–14–24–11–12–33–30–22–00–20–20–62–41–4—5–13–20–2
Seattle 1–11–11–12–04–12–32–03–31–42–03–20–60–21–10–20–21–52–42–31–5—4–11–1
Utah 0–21–10–21–15–14–22–01–42–41–11–52–30–21–10–20–20–53–21–52–31–4—0–2
Washington 4–11–51–52–42–02–05–11–12–02–41–11–11–43–32–42–41–10–21–12–01–12–0—

Playoffs
1981 playoff game log
First Round: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 31 @ Philadelphia L 108–124 Billy Knight (25) Knight, C. Johnson (7) Johnny Davis (8) Spectrum
7,288		 0–1
2 April 2 Philadelphia L 85–96 Johnny Davis (21) Clemon Johnson (13) Billy Knight (4) Market Square Arena
8,921		 0–2
1981 schedule

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

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Billy Knight 82 29.1 53.3 15.8 83.2 5.0 1.9 1.0 0.1 17.5
James Edwards 81 29.3 50.9 0.0 70.3 7.0 2.6 0.4 1.6 15.6
Johnny Davis 76 33.4 46.5 12.1 79.6 2.2 6.3 1.3 0.2 14.4
Mike Bantom 76 31.3 48.9 0.0 70.8 5.6 3.2 1.1 1.1 14.0
George McGinnis 69 26.7 45.3 0.0 53.8 7.7 3.0 1.4 0.4 13.1
George Johnson 43 21.6 46.2 0.0 76.2 6.5 2.0 1.1 0.5 10.6
Louis Orr 82 21.8 49.1 0.0 80.7 4.4 1.6 0.7 0.3 10.5
Dudley Bradley 82 22.8 47.4 12.5 70.2 2.4 2.3 2.3 0.5 8.0
Clemon Johnson 81 20.3 50.4 0.0 59.3 5.8 1.8 0.5 1.5 7.2
Don Buse 58 18.9 39.7 32.8 76.9 1.4 2.4 1.3 0.1 5.1
Kenny Natt 19 7.8 32.5 25.0 63.6 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1 3.1
Jerry Sichting 47 9.6 35.8 0.0 78.1 0.9 1.5 0.5 0.0 2.0
Tom Abernethy 29 8.9 42.9 0.0 57.9 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.1 2.0
Dick Miller 5 6.8 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.8

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Johnny Davis 2 37.0 40.0 0.0 92.3 4.0 5.5 1.0 0.0 20.0
Billy Knight 2 35.5 53.3 0.0 62.5 6.0 2.5 0.5 0.0 18.5
Mike Bantom 2 25.5 75.0 0.0 71.4 4.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 14.5
Louis Orr 2 28.0 36.0 0.0 85.7 5.0 2.0 2.5 0.5 12.0
Clemon Johnson 2 27.5 41.7 0.0 50.0 10.0 1.5 2.0 1.0 7.5
James Edwards 2 28.0 29.2 0.0 0.0 7.0 2.5 0.5 0.5 7.0
George McGinnis 2 19.5 20.0 0.0 50.0 5.0 3.5 1.0 0.0 5.0
George Johnson 2 11.5 62.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 5.0
Dudley Bradley 2 9.5 33.3 100.0 100.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 4.5
Don Buse 2 17.5 12.5 25.0 100.0 2.5 3.5 1.5 0.0 2.5
Jerry Sichting 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0

Player Statistics Citation:[1]

Awards and records

Transactions

References
  1. "1980-81 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
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