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(Top) 1 Draft picks 2 Roster 3 Regular season 3.1 Season standings 3.2 Record vs. opponents 4 Game log 4.1 Regular season 4.2 Playoffs 5 Player statistics 5.1 Season 5.2 Playoffs 6 Awards and honors 7 Transactions 8 References

1980–81 Portland Trail Blazers season

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Head coach

General manager

Owner(s)

Arena

Results

Record

45–37 (.549)

Place

Division: 3rd (Pacific)
Conference: 4th (Western)

Playoff finish

First round
(lost to Kings 1–2)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

< 1979–80

1981–82 >

The 1980–81 season was the 11th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] The Blazers won seven more games than the previous season, ending with a record of 45–37 and making the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.

The Blazers were eliminated from the 1981 NBA Playoffs after losing their best-of-three first-round series to the Kansas City Kings, two games to one.

Draft picks[edit]

Note: This is not a complete list; only the first two rounds are covered, as well as any other picks by the franchise who played at least one NBA game.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	10	Ronnie Lester	G	United States	Iowa
2	32	David Lawrence	F	United States	McNeese State
2	33	Bruce Collins	G/F	United States	Weber State
3	56	Mike Harper	F/C	United States	North Park
8	168	John Stroeder	F	United States	Montana

Roster[edit]

1980–81 Portland Trail Blazers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	12	Bates, Billy Ray	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1956–05–31	Kentucky State
C	45	Crompton, Geoff	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	1955–07–04	North Carolina
G	11	Gale, Mike	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1950–07–18	Elizabeth City State
F	30	Gross, Bob	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1953–08–03	Long Beach State
F	32	Harper, Mike	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1957–12–09	North Park
C	44	Kunnert, Kevin	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1951–11–11	Iowa
SF	33	Natt, Calvin	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1957–01–08	Louisiana–Monroe
F/C	25	Owens, Tom	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1949–06–28	South Carolina
G	4	Paxson, Jim	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1957–07–09	Dayton
PG	14	Ransey, Kelvin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1958–05–03	Ohio State
F/C	43	Thompson, Mychal	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	1955–01–30	Minnesota
F	42	Washington, Kermit	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1951–09–17	American

Head coach

Jack Ramsay

Assistant coach(es)

Bucky Buckwalter

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season[edit]

The Trail Blazers played their home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Season standings[edit]

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Phoenix Suns	57	25	.695	–	36–5	21–20	22–8
x-Los Angeles Lakers	54	28	.659	3.0	30–11	24–17	19–11
x-Portland Trail Blazers	45	37	.549	12.0	30–11	15–26	18–12
Golden State Warriors	39	43	.476	18.0	26–15	13–28	10–20
San Diego Clippers	36	46	.439	21.0	22–19	14–27	14–16
Seattle SuperSonics	34	48	.415	23.0	22–19	12–29	7–23

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Phoenix Suns	57	25	.695	–
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	52	30	.634	5
3	x-Los Angeles Lakers	54	28	.659	3
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	45	37	.549	12
5	x-Kansas City Kings	40	42	.488	17
6	x-Houston Rockets	40	42	.488	17

7	Golden State Warriors	39	43	.476	18
8	Denver Nuggets	37	45	.451	20
9	San Diego Clippers	36	46	.439	21
10	Seattle SuperSonics	34	48	.415	23
11	Utah Jazz	28	54	.341	29
12	Dallas Mavericks	15	67	.183	42

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents[edit]

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	–	2–4	2–4	1–5	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–5	3–2	2–4	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–4
Boston	4–2	–	5–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	3–3	6–0	5–1	3–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	5–1
Chicago	4–2	1–5	–	5–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–3	3–2	3–3	2–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1
Cleveland	5–1	1–4	1–5	–	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	0–2	0–2	0–6	3–3	0–5	0–6	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	–	3–3	0–2	2–3	0–6	0–2	0–6	0–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–4	1–5	2–3	1–4	1–5	0–2
Denver	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	–	2–0	3–2	2–4	1–1	4–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–4	2–3	2–4	3–2	3–2	2–4	0–2
Detroit	2–4	1–4	1–5	3–3	2–0	0–2	–	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–5	3–3	1–5	1–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–5
Golden State	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	–	3–2	1–1	5–0	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–4	1–4	2–4	3–3	4–1	1–1
Houston	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	6–0	4–2	1–1	2–3	–	1–1	2–4	2–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–4	3–2	3–3	1–4	4–1	4–2	0–2
Indiana	5–1	3–3	2–3	4–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	0–2	2–4	5–1	3–2	0–6	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2
Kansas City	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	6–0	2–4	1–1	0–5	4–2	0–2	–	0–5	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–2	2–4	3–2	2–3	5–1	1–1
Los Angeles	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–3	2–0	5–1	3–2	2–0	5–0	–	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	2–3	3–3	6–0	3–2	1–1
Milwaukee	5–1	3–3	3–3	6–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	–	5–1	3–3	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–1
New Jersey	2–3	0–6	2–3	3–3	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–2	0–2	1–5	–	0–6	1–5	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3
New York	4–2	1–5	3–3	5–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–2	3–3	6–0	–	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
Philadelphia	5–1	3–3	4–2	6–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	6–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	5–1	3–3	–	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
Phoenix	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–0	4–2	4–1	1–1	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	3–3	3–2	6–0	5–1	5–0	1–1
Portland	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	2–0	4–2	2–3	2–0	2–3	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	–	2–3	4–2	4–2	2–3	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	4–1	3–3	0–2	4–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–3	3–2	–	4–1	3–2	5–1	1–1
San Diego	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	2–3	3–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–6	2–4	1–4	–	5–1	3–2	0–2
Seattle	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–0	3–3	1–4	2–0	3–2	0–6	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–4	2–3	1–5	–	4–1	1–1
Utah	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	1–4	2–4	1–1	1–5	2–3	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–5	3–2	1–5	2–3	1–4	–	0–2
Washington	4–1	1–5	1–5	2–4	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–3	2–4	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	—

Game log[edit]

Regular season[edit]

1980–81 game log
Total: 45–37 (home: 30–11; road: 15–26)

October: 3–7 (home: 3–1; road: 0–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 10	@ Utah	L 86–96	Salt Palace Acord Arena	0–1
2	October 12	Seattle	W 107–96	Memorial Coliseum	1–1
3	October 15	@ Golden State	L 92–95	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	1–2
4	October 17	Houston	L 99–102	Memorial Coliseum	1–3
5	October 21	Los Angeles	W 107–103	Memorial Coliseum	2–3
6	October 24	Dallas	W 120–105	Memorial Coliseum	3–3
7	October 26	@ Seattle	L 98–111	Kingdome	3–4
8	October 28	@ San Antonio	L 112–120	HemisFair Arena	3–5
9	October 29	@ Kansas City	L 98–115	Kemper Arena	3–6

November: 4–12 (home: 4–4; road: 0–8)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
10	November 1	Utah	L 87–95	Memorial Coliseum	3–7
11	November 2	Cleveland	W 102–96	Memorial Coliseum	4–7
12	November 4	@ Los Angeles	L 118–119	The Forum	4–8
13	November 7	Golden State	W 122–113	Memorial Coliseum	5–8
14	November 8	San Diego	L 106–110 (OT)	Memorial Coliseum	5–9
15	November 11	Kansas City	L 101–102	Memorial Coliseum	5–10
16	November 14	@ Dallas	L 106–113	Reunion Arena	5–11
17	November 15	@ Denver	L 123–125	McNichols Sports Arena	5–12
18	November 16	@ Phoenix	L 107–119	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	5–13
19	November 18	Denver	W 122–103	Memorial Coliseum	6–13
20	November 20	Milwaukee	L 93–97	Memorial Coliseum	6–14
21	November 23	Dallas	W 116–96	Memorial Coliseum	7–14
22	November 25	@ Atlanta	L 108–112	The Omni	7–15
23	November 26	@ Boston	L 101–126	Boston Garden	7–16
24	November 28	@ Philadelphia	L 103–116	The Spectrum	7–17
25	November 29	@ New York	L 110–111	Madison Square Garden	7–18

December: 13–2 (home: 8–2; road: 5–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
26	December 2	New Jersey	L 105–118	Memorial Coliseum	7–19
27	December 4	@ San Diego	W 103–100	San Diego Sports Arena	8–19
28	December 5	Chicago	W 116–115	Memorial Coliseum	9–19
29	December 7	San Antonio	W 116–115	Memorial Coliseum	10–19
30	December 9	Seattle	W 111–98	Memorial Coliseum	11–19
31	December 12	Houston	W 106–100	Memorial Coliseum	12–19
32	December 14	@ Phoenix	W 116–110	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	13–19
33	December 17	@ Golden State	W 115–113	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	14–19
34	December 19	@ Los Angeles	W 110–106	The Forum	15–19
35	December 20	Atlanta	W 122–119 (OT)	Memorial Coliseum	16–19
36	December 21	Phoenix	L 100–111	Memorial Coliseum	16–20
37	December 23	Los Angeles	W 108–102	Memorial Coliseum	17–20
38	December 25	Golden State	W 115–114	Memorial Coliseum	18–20
39	December 26	@ Seattle	W 96–90	Kingdome	19–20
40	December 30	Philadelphia	W 109–108	Memorial Coliseum	20–20

January: 7–7 (home: 4–1; road: 3–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
41	January 1	Denver	W 122–119	Memorial Coliseum	21–20
42	January 3	@ Utah	L 103–109	Salt Palace Acord Arena	21–21
43	January 4	Boston	L 111–120	Memorial Coliseum	21–22
44	January 6	Detroit	W 110–90	Memorial Coliseum	22–22
45	January 9	@ San Antonio	L 86–102	HemisFair Arena	22–23
46	January 10	@ Houston	L 105–106	The Summit	22–24
47	January 14	@ Kansas City	W 110–91	Kemper Arena	23–24
48	January 16	@ Chicago	W 113–112	Chicago Stadium	24–24
49	January 18	@ Milwaukee	L 103–110	MECCA Arena	24–25
50	January 20	@ Cleveland	L 94–99	Richfield Coliseum	24–26
51	January 23	New York	W 117–90	Memorial Coliseum	25–26
52	January 25	San Antonio	W 118–100	Memorial Coliseum	26–26
53	January 26	@ Los Angeles	L 112–124	The Forum	26–27
54	January 29	@ San Diego	W 108–106	San Diego Sports Arena	27–27

February: 7–6 (home: 4–2; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
55	February 3	Washington	W 111–104 (OT)	Memorial Coliseum	28–27
56	February 4	@ Golden State	L 100–115	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	28–28
57	February 6	@ San Antonio	L 96–122	HemisFair Arena	28–29
58	February 8	Kansas City	W 129–123 (OT)	Memorial Coliseum	29–29
59	February 12	Seattle	L 109–112	Memorial Coliseum	29–30
60	February 13	@ Denver	L 143–162	McNichols Sports Arena	29–31
61	February 15	Utah	W 118–84	Memorial Coliseum	30–31
62	February 17	@ Washington	W 124–104	Capital Centre	31–31
63	February 19	@ Detroit	W 115–106	Pontiac Silverdome	32–31
64	February 20	@ New Jersey	L 113–123	Rutgers Athletic Center	32–32
65	February 22	@ Indiana	W 113–109 (OT)	Market Square Arena	33–32
66	February 24	San Diego	L 107–121	Memorial Coliseum	33–33
67	February 27	Phoenix	W 121–117	Memorial Coliseum	34–33

March: 11–4 (home: 7–1; road: 4–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
68	March 1	Utah	W 108–97	Memorial Coliseum	35–33
69	March 3	Indiana	W 117–112	Memorial Coliseum	36–33
70	March 5	@ Kansas City	L 100–106	Kemper Arena	36–34
71	March 6	@ Phoenix	L 107–128	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	36–35
72	March 8	Golden State	W 120–112 (OT)	Memorial Coliseum	37–35
73	March 10	@ Denver	W 142–137	McNichols Sports Arena	38–35
74	March 13	@ Houston	L 104–126	The Summit	38–36
75	March 15	Dallas	W 135–110	Memorial Coliseum	39–36
76	March 17	San Diego	W 127–112	Memorial Coliseum	40–36
77	March 20	Houston	W 107–103	Memorial Coliseum	41–36
78	March 21	Los Angeles	L 111–117	Memorial Coliseum	41–37
79	March 24	Phoenix	W 120–111	Memorial Coliseum	42–37
80	March 25	@ Seattle	W 112–103	Kingdome	43–37
81	March 27	@ Dallas	W 123–109	Reunion Arena	44–37
82	March 29	@ San Diego	W 144–129	San Diego Sports Arena	45–37

1980–81 schedule

Playoffs[edit]

1981 playoff game log

First round: 1–2 (home: 0–2; road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 1	Kansas City	L 97–98 (OT)	Billy Ray Bates (25)	Kermit Washington (17)	Kelvin Ransey (10)	Memorial Coliseum 12,666	0–1
2	April 3	@ Kansas City	W 124–119 (OT)	Mychal Thompson (40)	Kermit Washington (18)	Kelvin Ransey (7)	Kemper Arena 11,088	1–1
3	April 5	Kansas City	L 95–104	Billy Ray Bates (34)	Kermit Washington (17)	Kelvin Ransey (8)	Memorial Coliseum 12,666	1–2

1981 schedule

Player statistics[edit]

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[edit]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Playoffs[edit]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Awards and honors[edit]

Kelvin Ransey, All-NBA Rookie Team
Kermit Washington, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions[edit]

July 21, 1980

Waived Charles Jones^[2]

August 15, 1980

Traded T. R. Dunn and a first round pick in the 1983 NBA draft to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for a 1983 first round draft pick and a second round pick in the 1984 NBA draft.^[3] Denver drafted Howard Carter and the Trail Blazers selected Clyde Drexler in 1983 and Steve Colter in 1984.^[4]^[5]^[6]

September 24, 1980

Signed free agent Roy Hamilton^[7]

October 8, 1980

Traded Jim Brewer to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for the a second round draft pick in the 1984 NBA draft. During the draft the Trail Blazers had the option to swap first round picks with the Lakers but declined. Portland selected Jerome Kersey with the Lakers pick.

October 13, 1980

Waived Roy Hamilton^[7]

December 19, 1980

Traded Ron Brewer to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for Mike Gale and a first round pick in the 1982 NBA draft.^[8]^[9] The Trail Blazers later traded that pick which the Detroit Pistons used to select Ricky Pierce.^[10]

February 2, 1981

Signed free agent Geoff Crompton^[11]

June 5, 1981

Traded Tom Owens to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for a first round pick in the 1984 NBA draft.^[12] Portland selected Sam Bowie with the pick.^[13]

June 8, 1981

Traded Mike Gale to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for a second round pick in 1982 NBA draft and a 1985 second round pick.^[9] In 1982 Portland selected Audie Norris and Mike Smrek was chosen in 1985.^[14]^[15]

References[edit]

^ 1980-81 Portland Trail Blazers

^ "Charles Jones NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ "T. R. Dunn NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ "Howard Carter NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ "Clyde Drexler NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ "Steve Colter NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ ^a ^b "Roy Hamilton NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ "Ron Brewer NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ ^a ^b "Mike Gale NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ "Ricky Pierce NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ "Geoff Crompton NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ "Tom Owens NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ "Sam Bowie NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ "Audie Norris NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

^ "Mike Smrek NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

Portland Trail Blazers seasons

1970s

1976–77

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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