1980–81 Chicago Bulls season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Chicago Bulls 1981 45 37 Central 2 5 Jerry Sloan Rod Thorn Arthur Wirtz and Jonathan Kovler Chicago Stadium Conference semifinals(lost to Celtics 0–4) CHI WGN-TV/ONTV(Milo Hamilton, Johnny “Red” Kerr) WVON(Jim Durham, Norm Van Lier) 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 1980 NBA draft 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 Chicago Bulls 1980–81 26 Coby Dietrick C 6 10 220 1948–07–23 San Jose State 53 Artis Gilmore C 7 2 240 1949–09–21 Jacksonville 34 Dave Greenwood F 6 9 222 1957–05–27 UCLA 13 Dwight Jones basketball F 6 10 210 1952–02–27 Houston 35 Larry Kenon F 6 9 205 1952–12–13 Memphis 12 Ronnie Lester G 6 2 175 1959–01–01 Iowa 7 Scott May F 6 7 215 1954–03–19 Indiana 40 Ricky Sobers G 6 3 198 1953–01–15 UNLV 24 Reggie Theus G 6 7 190 1957–10–13 UNLV 33 Bob Wilkerson G 6 6 195 1954–08–15 Indiana 32 James Wilkes basketball F 6 7 195 1958–04–01 UCLA 31 Sam Worthen G 6 5 195 1958–01–17 Marquette Jerry Sloan Phil Johnson https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHI/1981.html November 21, 1980 Regular season Season standings CHI CHI z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot Game log Regular season Chicago Bulls 1981 Total: 45–37 (home: 26–15; road: 19–22) Chicago Bulls October yes 2 3 1 4 Chicago Bulls November 4 3 3 4 |- | 15 | November 9, 1980 | @ Boston | L 105–111 | | | | Boston Garden | 6–9 |- | 19 | November 18, 1980 | Boston | L 112–113 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 7–12 Chicago Bulls December 6 2 3 4 |- | 31 | December 13, 1980 | Boston | L 95–106 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 12–19 |- | 33 | December 17, 1980 | @ Boston | L 98–115 | | | | Boston Garden | 13–20 |- | 35 | December 20, 1980 | Houston | W 133–109 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 15–20 Chicago Bulls January 5 4 3 3 |- | 43 | January 9, 1981 | @ Boston | L 111–117 | | | | Boston Garden | 21–22 |- | 46 | January 14, 1981 | @ Houston | L 105–109 | | | | The Summit | 21–25 |- | 54 | January 29, 1981 | Boston | W 108–85 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 27–27 Chicago Bulls February 4 3 3 5 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" Chicago Bulls March 5 0 6 2 CHI 1981 Playoffs Chicago Bulls yes 1981 Chicago Bulls Eastern Conference First Round yes yes no 1 0 1 0 |- | 1 | March 31, 1981 | @ New York | W 90–80 | Sobers (18) | Gilmore (16) | Sobers (6) | Madison Square Garden14,822 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 3, 1981 | New York | W 115–114 (OT) | Theus (37) | Jones (14) | Theus (11) | Chicago Stadium19,901 | 2–0 |- Chicago Bulls Eastern Conference Semifinals yes no 0 2 0 2 |- | 1 | April 5, 1981 | @ Boston | L 109–121 | Jones (19) | Jones (9) | Jones,Sobers (4) | Boston Garden15,320 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 7, 1981 | @ Boston | L 97–106 | Theus (21) | Gilmore,Jones (10) | three players tied (4) | Boston Garden15,320 | 0–2 |- | 3 | April 10, 1981 | Boston | L 107–113 | Theus (26) | Greenwood (12) | Theus (8) | Chicago Stadium19,995 | 0–3 |- | 4 | April 12, 1981 | Boston | L 103–109 | Greenwood (24) | Gilmore (15) | Sobers,Theus (7) | Chicago Stadium18,249 | 0–4 |- CHI yes 1981 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 Category:Chicago Bulls seasons Ch Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls Category:1980 in Chicago Category:1981 in Chicago