1980–81 Philadelphia 76ers season

NBA professional basketball team season August 2023 March 2026 Philadelphia 76ers 1981 62 20 Atlantic 2 3 Billy Cunningham Pat Williams The Spectrum WKBS-TVPRISM WIP Eastern Conference finals(lost to Celtics 3–4) PHI 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 1980 NBA draft 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 Philadelphia 76ers 1980–81 #B50000 #FFFFFF #243E7C #FFFFFF 10 Maurice Cheeks G 6 1 180 West Texas A&M 1956–09–08 20 Doug Collins basketball G 6 6 180 Illinois State 1951–07–28 yes 25 Earl Cureton F 6 9 210 Detroit 1957–09–03 53 Darryl Dawkins C 6 11 251 Maynard Evans HS (FL) 1957–01–11 6 Julius Erving F 6 6 210 UMass 1950–02–22 9 Lionel Hollins G 6 3 185 Arizona State 1953–10–19 18 Ollie Johnson basketball, born 1949 F 6 6 200 Temple 1949–05–11 24 Bobby Jones basketball, born 1951 F 6 9 210 North Carolina 1951–12–18 11 Caldwell Jones C 6 11 217 Albany State 1950–08–04 4 Clint Richardson G 6 3 195 Seattle 1956–08–07 50 Steve Mix F 6 7 215 Toledo 1947–12–30 22 Andrew Toney G 6 3 178 Louisiana-Lafayette 1957–11–23 Billy Cunningham Chuck Daly Jack McMahon Regular season Season standings PHI PHI z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot Game log Regular season Philadelphia 76ers 1981 #0067B1 white Total: 62–20 (home: 37–4; road: 25–16) Philadelphia 76ers October yes #ED174C white 3 1 5 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 Philadelphia 76ers November #ED174C white 8 1 7 0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 24 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 26 Philadelphia 76ers December #ED174C white 6 0 4 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 28 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 31 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 35 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 36 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 37 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 39 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 40 Philadelphia 76ers January #ED174C white 7 0 4 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 42 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 44 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 45 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 46 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 47 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 49 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 51 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 52 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 53 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 54 Philadelphia 76ers February #ED174C white 7 1 3 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 57 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 58 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 59 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 60 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 61 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 62 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 63 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 64 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 66 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 67 Philadelphia 76ers March #ED174C white 6 1 2 6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 68 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 70 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 71 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 72 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 73 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 74 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 75 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 77 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 78 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 79 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 81 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 PHI 1981 Playoffs Philadelphia 76ers 1981 #0067B1 white yes Philadelphia 76ers First Round yes #ED174C white yes no 1 0 1 0 |- 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 |- Philadelphia 76ers Conference semifinals #ED174C white yes no 3 1 1 2 |- 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 |- Philadelphia 76ers Conference finals #ED174C white yes no 2 1 1 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 |- PHI 1981 yes 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 Category:Philadelphia 76ers seasons Ph Philadelphia Philadelphia Category:1980 in Philadelphia Category:1981 in Philadelphia