1980-81 Chicago Bulls Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 45-37
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated New York Knicks 2-0
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-0
Coach: Jerry Sloan (45-37)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 389,718, Avg. 9,505 in 41 home dates

1980-81 Chicago Bulls Roster
1980-81 Chicago Bulls Results

The Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 45 wins and 37 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

Chicago racked up 8,937 points and yielded 8,775. Reggie Theus netted a team-leading 1,549 points for the Bulls, and Artis Gilmore scored 17 or more per game, too. Artis Gilmore contributed 828 rebounds. Reggie Theus dished out 426 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Reggie Theus added 122 steals, while Artis Gilmore blocked 198 shots.

Jerry Sloan coached the team. The 1980-81 Chicago Bulls lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Reggie Theus	G	82	82	2820	1097	543	90	18	550	445	124	163	287	426	122	20	259	258	1549
Artis Gilmore	C	82	82	2832	816	547	0	0	532	375	220	608	828	172	47	198	236	295	1469
David Greenwood	F-C	82	82	2710	989	481	2	0	290	217	243	481	724	218	77	124	192	282	1179
Larry Kenon	F	77	70	2161	946	454	0	0	245	180	179	219	398	120	75	18	161	160	1088
Ricky Sobers	G	71	0	1803	769	355	66	17	247	231	46	98	144	284	98	17	206	225	958
Bob Wilkerson	G-F	80	49	2238	715	330	10	1	163	137	86	196	282	272	102	23	175	170	798
Dwight Jones	F-C	81	9	1574	507	245	0	0	161	125	127	274	401	99	40	36	126	200	615
Scott May	F	63	2	815	338	165	0	0	149	113	62	93	155	63	35	7	71	83	443
Coby Dietrick	C-F	82	0	1243	320	146	6	2	111	77	79	186	265	118	48	53	88	176	371
Sam Worthen	G	64	33	945	192	95	4	0	60	45	22	93	115	115	57	6	91	115	235
James Wilkes	F	48	1	540	184	85	1	0	42	29	36	60	96	30	25	12	34	86	199
Ronnie Lester	G	8	0	83	24	10	0	0	11	10	3	3	6	7	2	0	9	5	30
Ollie Mack	G	3	0	16	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	3
Totals		823	410	19780	6903	3457	179	38	2563	1985	1227	2475	3702	1925	729	514	1648	2058	8937

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Reggie Theus	G	82	82	34.4	49.5	20.0	80.9	1.5	2.0	3.5	5.2	1.5	0.2	3.2	3.1	18.9
Artis Gilmore	C	82	82	34.5	67.0		70.5	2.7	7.4	10.1	2.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.6	17.9
David Greenwood	F-C	82	82	33.0	48.6	0.0	74.8	3.0	5.9	8.8	2.7	0.9	1.5	2.3	3.4	14.4
Larry Kenon	F	77	70	28.1	48.0		73.5	2.3	2.8	5.2	1.6	1.0	0.2	2.1	2.1	14.1
Ricky Sobers	G	71	0	25.4	46.2	25.8	93.5	0.6	1.4	2.0	4.0	1.4	0.2	2.9	3.2	13.5
Bob Wilkerson	G-F	80	49	28.0	46.2	10.0	84.0	1.1	2.5	3.5	3.4	1.3	0.3	2.2	2.1	10.0
Dwight Jones	F-C	81	9	19.4	48.3		77.6	1.6	3.4	5.0	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.6	2.5	7.6
Scott May	F	63	2	12.9	48.8		75.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.0	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.3	7.0
Coby Dietrick	C-F	82	0	15.2	45.6	33.3	69.4	1.0	2.3	3.2	1.4	0.6	0.6	1.1	2.1	4.5
Sam Worthen	G	64	33	14.8	49.5	0.0	75.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.8	0.9	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.7
James Wilkes	F	48	1	11.3	46.2	0.0	69.0	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.8	4.1
Ronnie Lester	G	8	0	10.4	41.7		90.9	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.0	1.1	0.6	3.8
Ollie Mack	G	3	0	5.3	16.7		50.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
Averages		823	410	24.0	50.1	21.2	77.4	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.3	0.9	0.6	2.0	2.5	10.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Reggie Theus	G	6	232	90	40	9	2	43	37	7	14	21	38	15	0	15	22	119
Artis Gilmore	C	6	247	60	35	0	0	55	38	24	43	67	12	6	17	17	15	108
David Greenwood	F-C	6	212	87	51	2	0	12	5	16	28	44	11	9	5	9	26	107
Ricky Sobers	G	6	162	81	35	6	1	9	8	3	8	11	22	4	0	15	26	79
Dwight Jones	F-C	6	217	61	29	0	0	17	17	18	41	59	11	5	3	16	21	75
Bob Wilkerson	G-F	6	152	59	25	1	0	5	5	6	10	16	14	5	1	11	13	55
Larry Kenon	F	6	114	46	18	1	0	8	4	17	10	27	8	4	1	1	4	40
Coby Dietrick	C-F	6	81	26	8	3	0	4	3	3	12	15	4	2	3	2	19	19
Ronnie Lester	G	5	42	18	7	1	0	7	5	5	1	6	4	2	0	5	4	19
James Wilkes	F	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0
Sam Worthen	G	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		56	1465	529	248	23	3	160	122	99	168	267	125	53	30	93	150	621

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Reggie Theus	G	6	38.7	44.4	22.2	86.0	1.2	2.3	3.5	6.3	2.5	0.0	2.5	3.7	19.8
Artis Gilmore	C	6	41.2	58.3		69.1	4.0	7.2	11.2	2.0	1.0	2.8	2.8	2.5	18.0
David Greenwood	F-C	6	35.3	58.6	0.0	41.7	2.7	4.7	7.3	1.8	1.5	0.8	1.5	4.3	17.8
Ricky Sobers	G	6	27.0	43.2	16.7	88.9	0.5	1.3	1.8	3.7	0.7	0.0	2.5	4.3	13.2
Dwight Jones	F-C	6	36.2	47.5		100.0	3.0	6.8	9.8	1.8	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.5	12.5
Bob Wilkerson	G-F	6	25.3	42.4	0.0	100.0	1.0	1.7	2.7	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.2	9.2
Larry Kenon	F	6	19.0	39.1	0.0	50.0	2.8	1.7	4.5	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.7	6.7
Coby Dietrick	C-F	6	13.5	30.8	0.0	75.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.3	3.2	3.2
Ronnie Lester	G	5	8.4	38.9	0.0	71.4	1.0	0.2	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.0	1.0	0.8	3.8
James Wilkes	F	2	2.5	0.0			0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Sam Worthen	G	1	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		823	26.2	46.9	13.0	76.3	1.8	3.0	4.8	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.7	11.1