The 1980–81 Chicago Bulls season was the Bulls' 15th season in the NBA and their first season in the Eastern Conference.1980-81 Chicago Bulls

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 4 Kelvin Ransey PG Ohio State 2 26 Sam Worthen SG Marquette 3 50 James Wilkes SF UCLA 4 74 Ron Charles PF/C Michigan State 5 96 Mike Campbell Northwestern 6 120 Bernard Rencher St. John's 7 142 Robert Byrd Marquette 8 164 Modzel Greer North Park 9 183 Jay Shidler Kentucky 10 203 Billy Foster Montana State-Billings

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot

Game log Regular season

| 15 | | @ Boston | L 105–111

| Boston Garden | 6–9 |- | 19 | | Boston | L 112–113

| Chicago Stadium | 7–12

| 31 | | Boston | L 95–106

| Chicago Stadium | 12–19 |- | 33 | | @ Boston | L 98–115

| Boston Garden | 13–20 |- | 35 | | Houston | W 133–109

| Chicago Stadium | 15–20

| 43 | | @ Boston | L 111–117

| Boston Garden | 21–22 |- | 46 | | @ Houston | L 105–109

| The Summit | 21–25 |- | 54 | | Boston | W 108–85

| Chicago Stadium | 27–27

|- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

Playoffs

| 1 | | @ New York | W 90–80 | Sobers (18) | Gilmore (16) | Sobers (6) | Madison Square Garden14,822 | 1–0 |- | 2 | | New York | W 115–114 (OT) | Theus (37) | Jones (14) | Theus (11) | Chicago Stadium19,901 | 2–0

| 1 | | @ Boston | L 109–121 | Jones (19) | Jones (9) | Jones,Sobers (4) | Boston Garden15,320 | 0–1 |- | 2 | | @ Boston | L 97–106 | Theus (21) | Gilmore,Jones (10) | three players tied (4) | Boston Garden15,320 | 0–2 |- | 3 | | Boston | L 107–113 | Theus (26) | Greenwood (12) | Theus (8) | Chicago Stadium19,995 | 0–3 |- | 4 | | Boston | L 103–109 | Greenwood (24) | Gilmore (15) | Sobers,Theus (7) | Chicago Stadium18,249 | 0–4

Player statistics

Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG

Playoffs PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG

Awards and records Artis Gilmore, NBA All-Star Game Reggie Theus, NBA All-Star Game

Transactions Free agents

SubtractionsPlayerDate signedNew teamDel BeshoreExpansion Draft May 28, 1980Dallas MavericksJohn MengeltSeptember 9, 1980Golden State WarriorsOllie MackOctober 23, 1980Dallas Mavericks

References

See also 1980-81 NBA season