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{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons
|[[1979-80 National Basketball Association season|1979-80]]
|'''1980-81'''
|[[1981-82 National Basketball Association season|1981-82]]
|}

== 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
|-
|Chicago Bulls
|Chicago Stadium
|Chicago
|-
|Cleveland Cavaliers
|Richfield Coliseum
|Summit County, Ohio
|-
|Detroit Pistons
|Pontiac Silverdome
|Pontiac, Michigan
|-
|Indiana Pacers
|Market Square Arena
|Indianapolis
|-
|Milwaukee Bucks
|UWM Panther Arena
|Milwaukee
|-
| rowspan="12" |Western Conference
| rowspan="6" |Midwest Division
|Dallas Mavericks
|Reunion Arena
|Dallas
|-
|Denver Nuggets
|McNichols Sports Arena
|Denver
|-
|Houston Rockets
|The Summit
|Houston
|-
|Kansas City Kings
|Hy-Vee Arena
|Kansas City, Missouri
|-
|San Antonio Spurs
|HemisFair Arena
|San Antonio
|-
|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 ===

* Chicago Bulls realigned from Western Conference Midwest Division to Eastern Conference Central Division.
* Dallas Mavericks enfranchised in Western Conference Midwest Division, playing at Reunion Arena in Dallas.
* Houston Rockets realigned from Eastern Conference Central Division to Western Conference Midwest Division.
* Milwaukee Bucks realigned from Western Conference Midwest Division to Eastern Conference Central Division.
* San Antonio Spurs realigned from Eastern Conference Central Division to Western Conference Midwest Division.
* After Kansas City Kings relocate during 1979-80 season from Municipal Auditorium to Hy-Vee Arena, Hy-Vee Arena becomes primary venue in 1980-81.

== Regular Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Conference
!Division
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
| rowspan="11" |Eastern Conference
| rowspan="5" |Atlantic Division
|'''Boston Celtics'''
|'''62'''
|'''20'''
|
|-
|'''Philadelphia 76ers'''
|'''62'''
|'''20'''
|'''0'''
|-
|'''New York Knickerbockers'''
|'''50'''
|'''32'''
|'''12'''
|-
|Washington Bullets
|39
|43
|23
|-
|New Jersey Nets
|24
|58
|38
|-
| rowspan="6" |Central Division
|'''Milwaukee Bucks'''
|'''60'''
|'''22'''
|
|-
|'''Chicago Bulls'''
|'''45'''
|'''37'''
|'''15'''
|-
|'''Indiana Pacers'''
|'''44'''
|'''38'''
|'''16'''
|-
|Atlanta Hawks
|31
|51
|29
|-
|Cleveland Cavaliers
|28
|54
|32
|-
|Detroit Pistons
|21
|61
|39
|-
| rowspan="12" |Western Conference
| rowspan="6" |Midwest Division
|'''San Antonio Spurs'''
|'''52'''
|'''30'''
|
|-
|'''Kansas City Kings'''
|'''40'''
|'''42'''
|'''12'''
|-
|'''Houston Rockets'''
|'''40'''
|'''42'''
|'''12'''
|-
|Denver Nuggets
|37
|45
|15
|-
|Utah Jazz
|28
|54
|24
|-
|Dallas Mavericks
|15
|67
|37
|-
| rowspan="6" |Pacific Division
|'''Phoenix Suns'''
|'''57'''
|'''25'''
|
|-
|'''Los Angeles Lakers'''
|'''54'''
|'''28'''
|'''3'''
|-
|'''Portland Trail Blazers'''
|'''45'''
|'''37'''
|'''12'''
|-
|Golden State Warriors
|39
|43
|18
|-
|San Diego Clippers
|36
|46
|21
|-
|Seattle SuperSonics
|34
|48
|23
|}

== 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" |'''4'''
| rowspan="6" |'''Boston Celtics'''
| rowspan="6" |'''4'''
| rowspan="12" |'''Boston Celtics'''
|-
|New York Knickerbockers
|0
| rowspan="2" |Chicago Bulls
| rowspan="2" |0
|-
|'''Chicago Bulls'''
|'''2'''
|-
| colspan="3" |Milwaukee Bucks
|3
| rowspan="3" |Philadelphia 76ers
| rowspan="3" |3
|-
|'''Philadelphia 76ers'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Philadelphia 76ers'''
| rowspan="2" |'''4'''
|-
|Indiana Pacers
|0
|-
| colspan="3" |Phoenix Suns
|3
| rowspan="3" |Kansas City Kings
| rowspan="3" |1
| rowspan="6" |Houston Rockets
| rowspan="6" |2
|-
|Portland Trail Blazers
|1
| rowspan="2" |'''Kansas City Kings'''
| rowspan="2" |'''4'''
|-
|'''Kansas City Kings'''
|'''2'''
|-
| colspan="3" |San Antonio Spurs
|3
| rowspan="3" |'''Houston Rockets'''
| rowspan="3" |'''4'''
|-
|Los Angeles Lakers
|1
| rowspan="2" |'''Houston Rockets'''
| rowspan="2" |'''4'''
|-
|'''Houston Rockets'''
|'''2'''
|}

== Special Event Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Event
!Away
!Score
!Home
|-
|NBA All-Star Game
|Western Conference
|120-123
|'''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
|
|41
|-
|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
|36
|Nine
|45
|-
|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
|Three
|44
|-
| rowspan="2" |Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Summit County, Ohio
| rowspan="2" |Unincorporated
| rowspan="2" |Richfield Coliseum
|Cleveland Cavaliers
|41
|
|41
|-
|NBA All-Star Game
|
|
|One
|-
|Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK Combined Statistical Area
|Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
|Dallas County, Texas
|Dallas
|Reunion Arena
|Dallas Mavericks
|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
|Nine
|50
|-
|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
|One
|42
|-
|Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Jackson County, Missouri
|Kansas City, Missouri
|Hy-Vee Arena
|Kansas City Kings
|41
|Seven
|48
|-
|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
|Two
|43
|-
|Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
|Milwaukee
|UWM Panther Arena
|Milwaukee Bucks
|41
|Three
|44
|-
|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
|Five
|
|Five
|-
| 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
|One
|42
|-
|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
|Eight
|49
|-
|Phoenix-Mesa, AZ Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Maricopa County, Arizona
|Phoenix
|Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Phoenix Suns
|41
|Four
|45
|-
|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
|Two
|43
|-
|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
|Four
|45
|-
| 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
|-
|Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area
|Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA Metropolitan Division
|King County, Washington
|Seattle
|The Kingdome
|Seattle SuperSonics
|41
|
|41
|-
|Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
|Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division
|Prince George's County, Maryland
|Lake Arbor, Maryland
|Capital Centre
|Washington Bullets
|41
|
|41
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''943'''
|'''53'''
|'''997'''
|}
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