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{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons
|[[1978-79 National Basketball Association season|1978-79]]
|'''1979-80'''
|[[1980-81 National Basketball Association season|1980-81]]
|}

== Teams and Alignment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Conference
!Division
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
| rowspan="11" |Eastern Conference
| rowspan="5" |Atlantic Division
|Boston Celtics
|Boston Garden
|Boston
|-
|New Jersey Nets
|Jersey Mike's Arena
|Rutgers University-Livingston Campus, New Jersey
|-
|New York Knickerbockers
|Madison Square Garden
|Manhattan, New York
|-
|Philadelphia 76ers
|The Spectrum
|Philadelphia
|-
|Washington Bullets
|Capital Centre
|Lake Arbor, Maryland
|-
| rowspan="6" |Central Division
|Atlanta Hawks
|Omni Coliseum
|Atlanta
|-
|Cleveland Cavaliers
|Richfield Coliseum
|Summit County, Ohio
|-
|Detroit Pistons
|Pontiac Silverdome
|Pontiac, Michigan
|-
|Houston Rockets
|The Summit
|Houston
|-
|Indiana Pacers
|Market Square Arena
|Indianapolis
|-
|San Antonio Spurs
|HemisFair Arena
|San Antonio
|-
| rowspan="11" |Western Conference
| rowspan="5" |Midwest Division
|Chicago Bulls
|Chicago Stadium
|Chicago
|-
|Denver Nuggets
|McNichols Sports Arena
|Denver
|-
|Kansas City Kings
|Municipal Auditorium
|Kansas City, Missouri
|-
|Milwaukee Bucks
|UWM Panther Arena
|Milwaukee
|-
|Utah Jazz
|Salt Palace (1969)
|Salt Lake City
|-
| rowspan="6" |Pacific Division
|Golden State Warriors
|Oakland Arena
|Oakland, California
|-
|Los Angeles Lakers
|Kia Forum
|Inglewood, California
|-
|Phoenix Suns
|Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Phoenix
|-
|Portland Trail Blazers
|Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Portland, Oregon
|-
|San Diego Clippers
|Pechanga Arena San Diego
|San Diego
|-
|Seattle SuperSonics
|The Kingdome
|Seattle
|}

=== Changes ===

* Indiana Pacers realigned from Western Conference Midwest Division to Eastern Conference Central Division.
* Kansas City Kings relocate from Hy-Vee Arena to Municipal Auditorium.
* New Orleans Jazz relocate from Caesars Superdome in New Orleans to Salt Palace (1969) in Salt Lake City, renamed Utah Jazz, and realigned from Eastern Conference Central Division to Western Conference Midwest Division.
* Kansas City Kings relocate during season from Municipal Auditorium to Hy-Vee Arena.

== Regular Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Conference
!Division
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
| rowspan="11" |Eastern Conference
| rowspan="5" |Atlantic Division
|'''Boston Celtics'''
|'''61'''
|'''21'''
|
|-
|'''Philadelphia 76ers'''
|'''59'''
|'''23'''
|'''2'''
|-
|'''Washington Bullets'''
|'''39'''
|'''43'''
|'''22'''
|-
|New York Knickerbockers
|39
|43
|22
|-
|New Jersey Nets
|34
|48
|27
|-
| rowspan="6" |Central Division
|'''Atlanta Hawks'''
|'''50'''
|'''32'''
|
|-
|'''Houston Rockets'''
|'''41'''
|'''41'''
|'''9'''
|-
|'''San Antonio Spurs'''
|'''41'''
|'''41'''
|'''9'''
|-
|Indiana Pacers
|37
|45
|13
|-
|Cleveland Cavaliers
|37
|45
|13
|-
|Detroit Pistons
|16
|66
|34
|-
| rowspan="11" |Western Conference
| rowspan="5" |Midwest Division
|'''Milwaukee Bucks'''
|'''49'''
|'''33'''
|
|-
|'''Kansas City Kings'''
|'''47'''
|'''35'''
|'''2'''
|-
|Denver Nuggets
|30
|52
|19
|-
|Chicago Bulls
|30
|52
|19
|-
|Utah Jazz
|24
|58
|25
|-
| rowspan="6" |Pacific Division
|'''Los Angeles Lakers'''
|'''60'''
|'''22'''
|
|-
|'''Seattle SuperSonics'''
|'''56'''
|'''26'''
|'''4'''
|-
|'''Phoenix Suns'''
|'''55'''
|'''27'''
|'''5'''
|-
|'''Portland Trail Blazers'''
|'''38'''
|'''44'''
|'''22'''
|-
|San Diego Clippers
|35
|47
|25
|-
|Golden State Warriors
|24
|58
|36
|}

== Postseason Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Seven)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Seven)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Seven)
!Champions
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Boston Celtics'''
|'''4'''
| rowspan="3" |Boston Celtics
| rowspan="3" |1
| rowspan="6" |Philadelphia 76ers
| rowspan="6" |2
| rowspan="12" |'''Los Angeles Lakers'''
|-
|'''Houston Rockets'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |Houston Rockets
| rowspan="2" |0
|-
|San Antonio Spurs
|1
|-
| colspan="3" |Atlanta Hawks
|1
| rowspan="3" |'''Philadelphia 76ers'''
| rowspan="3" |'''4'''
|-
|'''Philadelphia 76ers'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Philadelphia 76ers'''
| rowspan="2" |'''4'''
|-
|Washington Bullets
|0
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Los Angles Lakers'''
|'''4'''
| rowspan="3" |'''Los Angeles Lakers'''
| rowspan="3" |'''4'''
| rowspan="6" |'''Los Angeles Lakers'''
| rowspan="6" |'''4'''
|-
|'''Phoenix Suns'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |Phoenix Suns
| rowspan="2" |1
|-
|Kansas City Kings
|1
|-
| colspan="3" |Milwaukee Bucks
|3
| rowspan="3" |Seattle SuperSonics
| rowspan="3" |1
|-
|'''Seattle SuperSonics'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Seattle SuperSonics'''
| rowspan="2" |'''4'''
|-
|Portland Trail Blazers
|1
|}

== Special Event Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Event
!Away
!Score
!Home
|-
|NBA All-Star Game
|Western Conference
|136-144
|'''Eastern Conference'''
|}

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!Regular
!Postseason
!Total
|-
|Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area
|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Division
|Fulton County, Georgia
|Atlanta
|Omni Coliseum
|Atlanta Hawks
|41
|Two
|43
|-
|Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area
|Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Boston, MA Metropolitan Division
|Suffolk County, Massachusetts
|Boston
|Boston Garden
|Boston Celtics
|39
|Five
|44
|-
|Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area
|Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division
|Cook County, Illinois
|Chicago
|Chicago Stadium
|Chicago Bulls
|41
|
|41
|-
|Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Summit County, Ohio
|Unincorporated
|Richfield Coliseum
|Cleveland Cavaliers
|41
|
|41
|-
|Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Denver County, Colorado
|Denver
|McNichols Sports Arena
|Denver Nuggets
|41
|
|41
|-
|Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area
|Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division
|Oakland County, Michigan
|Pontiac, Michigan
|Pontiac Silverdome
|Detroit Pistons
|41
|
|41
|-
|Houston-Pasadena, TX Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Harris County, Texas
|Houston
|The Summit
|Houston Rockets
|41
|Four
|45
|-
|Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Marion County, Indiana
|Indianapolis
|Market Square Arena
|Indiana Pacers
|41
|
|41
|-
| rowspan="2" |Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Jackson County, Missouri
| rowspan="2" |Kansas City, Missouri
|Hy-Vee Arena
|Kansas City Kings
|Nine
|One
|10
|-
|Municipal Auditorium
|Kansas City Kings
|32
|
|32
|-
|Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area
|Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division
|Los Angeles County, California
|Inglewood, California
|Kia Forum
|Los Angeles Lakers
|41
|Nine
|50
|-
|Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
|Milwaukee
|UWM Panther Arena
|Milwaukee Bucks
|40
|Three
|43
|-
|New Haven-Hartford-Waterbury, CT Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut
|Hartford, Connecticut
|PeoplesBank Arena
|Boston Celtics
|Two
|
|Two
|-
| rowspan="2" |New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division
|Middlesex County, New Jersey
|Rutgers University-Livingston Campus, New Jersey
|Jersey Mike's Arena
|New Jersey Nets
|41
|
|41
|-
|New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division
|New York County, New York
|Manhattan, New York
|Madison Square Garden
|New York Knickerbockers
|41
|
|41
|-
|Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
|Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
|Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
|Philadelphia
|The Spectrum
|Philadelphia 76ers
|41
|Nine
|50
|-
| rowspan="2" |Phoenix-Mesa, AZ Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Maricopa County, Arizona
| rowspan="2" |Phoenix
| rowspan="2" |Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Phoenix Suns
|41
|Four
|45
|-
|Milwaukee Bucks
|One
|
|One
|-
|Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Multnomah County, Oregon
|Portland, Oregon
|Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Portland Trail Blazers
|41
|One
|42
|-
|Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem, UT-ID Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Salt Lake County, Utah
|Salt Lake City
|Salt Palace (1969)
|Utah Jazz
|41
|
|41
|-
|San Antonio-New Braunfels-Kerrville, TX Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Bexar County, Texas
|San Antonio
|HemisFair Arena
|San Antonio Spurs
|41
|One
|42
|-
| colspan="3" |San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|San Diego County, California
|San Diego
|Pechanga Arena San Diego
|San Diego Clippers
|41
|
|41
|-
|San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area
|San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA Metropolitan Division
|Alameda County, California
|Oakland, California
|Oakland Arena
|Golden State Warriors
|41
|
|41
|-
| rowspan="2" |Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="2" |King County, Washington
| rowspan="2" |Seattle
|Alaska Airlines Arena
|Seattle SuperSonics
|
|Two
|Two
|-
|The Kingdome
|Seattle SuperSonics
|41
|Six
|47
|-
|St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |St. Louis
|St. Louis Arena
|Kansas City Kings
|Four
|
|Four
|-
| rowspan="2" |Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="2" |Prince George's County, Maryland
| rowspan="2" |Lake Arbor, Maryland
| rowspan="2" |Capital Centre
|Washington Bullets
|41
|One
|42
|-
|NBA All-Star Game
|
|
|One
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''902'''
|'''48'''
|'''951'''
|}
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[[Category:National Basketball Association seasons]]

1979-80 National Basketball Association season - Revision history