1980–81 Philadelphia 76ers season

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.1980-81 Philadelphia 76ers

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality 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

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

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 31 | Indiana | W 124–108 | Julius Erving (32) | Caldwell Jones (12) | Andrew Toney (11) | Spectrum7,288 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 2 | @ Indiana | W 96–85 | Julius Erving (23) | Caldwell Jones (11) | Maurice Cheeks (6) | Market Square Arena8,921 | 2–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 5 | Milwaukee | W 125–122 | Julius Erving (38) | Caldwell Jones (11) | Caldwell Jones (7) | Spectrum9,727 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 7 | Milwaukee | L 99–109 | Bobby Jones (22) | Julius Erving (13) | Maurice Cheeks (6) | Spectrum15,259 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 10 | @ Milwaukee | W 108–103 | Erving, Dawkins (23) | Caldwell Jones (13) | Maurice Cheeks (9) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 12 | @ Milwaukee | L 98–109 | Julius Erving (22) | Caldwell Jones (8) | Maurice Cheeks (8) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | April 15 | Milwaukee | W 116–99 | Cheeks, Hollins (20) | Julius Erving (9) | Maurice Cheeks (10) | Spectrum15,384 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | April 17 | @ Milwaukee | L 86–109 | Julius Erving (25) | Julius Erving (7) | Maurice Cheeks (7) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | April 19 | Milwaukee | W 99–98 | Julius Erving (28) | Caldwell Jones (12) | Maurice Cheeks (11) | Spectrum6,704 | 4–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 21 | @ Boston | W 105–104 | Andrew Toney (26) | Julius Erving (9) | Maurice Cheeks (8) | Boston Garden15,320 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 22 | @ Boston | L 118–99 | Andrew Toney (35) | Dawkins, Toney (7) | Andrew Toney (7) | Boston Garden15,320 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 24 | Boston | W 110–100 | Julius Erving (22) | Caldwell Jones (14) | Maurice Cheeks (8) | Spectrum18,276 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 26 | Boston | W 107–105 | Julius Erving (20) | Caldwell Jones (10) | Maurice Cheeks (10) | Spectrum18,276 | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 29 | @ Boston | L 109–111 | Lionel Hollins (23) | Darryl Dawkins (8) | Erving, Hollins (5) | Boston Garden15,320 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | May 1 | Boston | L 98–100 | Darryl Dawkins (24) | Caldwell Jones (8) | Maurice Cheeks (8) | Spectrum18,276 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | May 3 | @ Boston | L 90–91 | Julius Erving (23) | Caldwell Jones (15) | Maurice Cheeks (7) | Boston Garden15,320 | 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

See also 1980-81 NBA season

References