| 44-38 | Lost First Round |
| Record | Outcome |
The Indiana Pacers finished the regular season with a 44-38 record. They went 27-14 at home and 17-24 on the road. Including the playoffs, the Indiana Pacers went 44-40. Their final game was a loss in the Eastern Conference First Round to the Philadelphia 76ers.
The 1980-81 Indiana Pacers played in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference.
Yes, the Indiana Pacers made the Playoffs in 1981. They lost their only series against the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference First Round.
The Indiana Pacers finished the regular season with a point differential of +115. Based on their point differential and their pythagorean expectation, the Pacers could have been expected to have about 44.7 wins, or a 45-37 record in the regular season.
In close, one-possession games, or games that went to overtime, the 1980-81 Indiana Pacers went 6-14.
During the regular season, the 1980-81 Indiana Pacers went 1-1 in overtime games.
The longest win streak during the regular season for the 1980-81 Indiana Pacers was a 7 game winning streak.
The longest losing streak that the Indiana Pacers had during the 1980-81 regular season was 4 games, which occured 2 separate times.
= Playoff Team
| Date | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | |||
| Fri, Oct 10, 1980 Fri, Oct 10, 1980 | @ New Jersey NetsNets | Win W 110 - 91 | |
| Sat, Oct 11, 1980 Sat, Oct 11, 1980 | vs Detroit PistonsPistons | Win W 100 - 87 | |
| Wed, Oct 15, 1980 Wed, Oct 15, 1980 | vs Chicago BullsBulls | Loss L 97 - 108 | |
| Sat, Oct 18, 1980 Sat, Oct 18, 1980 | vs Boston CelticsCeltics | Win W 103 - 99 | |
| Tue, Oct 21, 1980 Tue, Oct 21, 1980 | @ Atlanta HawksHawks | Win W 121 - 116 | |
| Wed, Oct 22, 1980 Wed, Oct 22, 1980 | vs Milwaukee BucksBucks | Loss L 105 - 119 | |
| Fri, Oct 24, 1980 Fri, Oct 24, 1980 | vs Atlanta HawksHawks | Win W 104 - 97 | |
| Sat, Oct 25, 1980 Sat, Oct 25, 1980 | @ Cleveland CavaliersCavaliers | Loss L 100 - 118 | |
| Wed, Oct 29, 1980 Wed, Oct 29, 1980 | vs New York KnicksKnicks | Win W 102 - 95 | |
| Fri, Oct 31, 1980 Fri, Oct 31, 1980 | @ Chicago BullsBulls | Win W 121 - 114 | |
| Sat, Nov 1, 1980 Sat, Nov 1, 1980 | vs New Jersey NetsNets | Win W 113 - 100 | |
| Sun, Nov 2, 1980 Sun, Nov 2, 1980 | @ Milwaukee BucksBucks | Loss L 121 - 135 | |
| Tue, Nov 4, 1980 Tue, Nov 4, 1980 | @ Phoenix SunsSuns | Loss L 108 - 109 | |
| Sat, Nov 8, 1980 Sat, Nov 8, 1980 | @ Golden State WarriorsWarriors | Loss L 111 - 118 | |
| Mon, Nov 10, 1980 Mon, Nov 10, 1980 | @ Utah JazzJazz | Loss L 106 - 108 | |
| Tue, Nov 11, 1980 Tue, Nov 11, 1980 | @ San Antonio SpursSpurs | Win W 119 - 113 | |
| Thu, Nov 13, 1980 Thu, Nov 13, 1980 | vs Philadelphia 76ers76ers | Loss L 103 - 130 | |
| Fri, Nov 14, 1980 Fri, Nov 14, 1980 | vs Washington BulletsBullets | Win W 118 - 108 | |
| Tue, Nov 18, 1980 Tue, Nov 18, 1980 | @ Detroit PistonsPistons | Win W 102 - 97 | |
| Wed, Nov 19, 1980 Wed, Nov 19, 1980 | vs Boston CelticsCeltics | Loss L 91 - 103 | |
| Fri, Nov 21, 1980 Fri, Nov 21, 1980 | @ Philadelphia 76ers76ers | Loss L 88 - 97 | |
| Sat, Nov 22, 1980 Sat, Nov 22, 1980 | vs Houston RocketsRockets | Win W 129 - 120 | |
| Wed, Nov 26, 1980 Wed, Nov 26, 1980 | vs Atlanta HawksHawks | Win W 110 - 89 | |
| Thu, Nov 27, 1980 Thu, Nov 27, 1980 | @ Washington BulletsBullets | Loss L 108 - 123 | |
| Sat, Nov 29, 1980 Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | vs Cleveland CavaliersCavaliers | Win W 117 - 101 | |
| Tue, Dec 2, 1980 Tue, Dec 2, 1980 | @ New York KnicksKnicks | Win W 113 - 96 | |
| Wed, Dec 3, 1980 Wed, Dec 3, 1980 | vs Washington BulletsBullets | Win W 128 - 115 | |
| Fri, Dec 5, 1980 Fri, Dec 5, 1980 | @ Milwaukee BucksBucks | Loss L 100 - 102 | |
| Sat, Dec 6, 1980 Sat, Dec 6, 1980 | vs Kansas City KingsKings | Win W 107 - 88 | |
| Wed, Dec 10, 1980 Wed, Dec 10, 1980 | vs Phoenix SunsSuns | Win W 102 - 90 | |
| Thu, Dec 11, 1980 Thu, Dec 11, 1980 | @ Cleveland CavaliersCavaliers | Win W 103 - 100 | |
| Sat, Dec 13, 1980 Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | @ Washington BulletsBullets | Loss L 105 - 114 | |
| Tue, Dec 16, 1980 Tue, Dec 16, 1980 | vs Philadelphia 76ers76ers | Loss L 107 - 109 | |
| Fri, Dec 19, 1980 Fri, Dec 19, 1980 | @ Detroit PistonsPistons | Loss L 106 - 109 | |
| Sat, Dec 20, 1980 Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | @ Kansas City KingsKings | Win W 107 - 103 | |
| Tue, Dec 23, 1980 Tue, Dec 23, 1980 | vs New Jersey NetsNets | Win W 125 - 109 | |
| Fri, Dec 26, 1980 Fri, Dec 26, 1980 | @ Los Angeles LakersLakers | Loss L 115 - 116 | |
| Sat, Dec 27, 1980 Sat, Dec 27, 1980 | @ San Diego ClippersClippers | Loss L 109 - 121 | |
| Tue, Dec 30, 1980 Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | @ Denver NuggetsNuggets | Loss L 110 - 127 | |
| Fri, Jan 2, 1981 Fri, Jan 2 | @ Atlanta HawksHawks | Win W 109 - 106 | |
| Sat, Jan 3, 1981 Sat, Jan 3 | vs San Diego ClippersClippers | Win W 128 - 104 | |
| Sun, Jan 4, 1981 Sun, Jan 4 | @ New Jersey NetsNets | Win W 113 - 104 | |
| Wed, Jan 7, 1981 Wed, Jan 7 | vs New Jersey NetsNets | Win W 112 - 103 | |
| Thu, Jan 8, 1981 Thu, Jan 8 | @ New York KnicksKnicks | Win W 116 - 115 | OT |
| Sat, Jan 10, 1981 Sat, Jan 10 | vs Milwaukee BucksBucks | Win W 106 - 102 | |
| Wed, Jan 14, 1981 Wed, Jan 14 | vs Detroit PistonsPistons | Win W 101 - 99 | |
| Fri, Jan 16, 1981 Fri, Jan 16 | vs Seattle SuperSonicsSuperSonics | Loss L 94 - 95 | |
| Sun, Jan 18, 1981 Sun, Jan 18 | vs Utah JazzJazz | Win W 110 - 89 | |
| Tue, Jan 20, 1981 Tue, Jan 20 | @ Chicago BullsBulls | Loss L 105 - 121 | |
| Wed, Jan 21, 1981 Wed, Jan 21 | @ Philadelphia 76ers76ers | Loss L 104 - 118 | |
| Fri, Jan 23, 1981 Fri, Jan 23 | @ Boston CelticsCeltics | Loss L 103 - 104 | |
| Sat, Jan 24, 1981 Sat, Jan 24 | vs Dallas MavericksMavericks | Win W 107 - 89 | |
| Tue, Jan 27, 1981 Tue, Jan 27 | @ Cleveland CavaliersCavaliers | Loss L 109 - 114 | |
| Wed, Jan 28, 1981 Wed, Jan 28 | vs Golden State WarriorsWarriors | Win W 108 - 102 | |
| Tue, Feb 3, 1981 Tue, Feb 3 | @ Milwaukee BucksBucks | Win W 108 - 99 | |
| Wed, Feb 4, 1981 Wed, Feb 4 | vs Los Angeles LakersLakers | Loss L 96 - 102 | |
| Fri, Feb 6, 1981 Fri, Feb 6 | @ Boston CelticsCeltics | Loss L 98 - 111 | |
| Sat, Feb 7, 1981 Sat, Feb 7 | vs Cleveland CavaliersCavaliers | Win W 99 - 96 | |
| Sun, Feb 8, 1981 Sun, Feb 8 | @ Detroit PistonsPistons | Win W 124 - 101 | |
| Wed, Feb 11, 1981 Wed, Feb 11 | vs Milwaukee BucksBucks | Loss L 101 - 107 | |
| Fri, Feb 13, 1981 Fri, Feb 13 | @ New Jersey NetsNets | Loss L 100 - 103 | |
| Sun, Feb 15, 1981 Sun, Feb 15 | vs Chicago BullsBulls | Win W 113 - 107 | |
| Wed, Feb 18, 1981 Wed, Feb 18 | vs Atlanta HawksHawks | Loss L 96 - 99 | |
| Fri, Feb 20, 1981 Fri, Feb 20 | vs San Antonio SpursSpurs | Win W 109 - 106 | |
| Sun, Feb 22, 1981 Sun, Feb 22 | vs Portland Trail BlazersTrail Blazers | Loss L 109 - 113 | OT |
| Wed, Feb 25, 1981 Wed, Feb 25 | @ Houston RocketsRockets | Loss L 100 - 101 | |
| Fri, Feb 27, 1981 Fri, Feb 27 | @ Dallas MavericksMavericks | Win W 118 - 111 | |
| Tue, Mar 3, 1981 Tue, Mar 3 | @ Portland Trail BlazersTrail Blazers | Loss L 112 - 117 | |
| Wed, Mar 4, 1981 Wed, Mar 4 | @ Seattle SuperSonicsSuperSonics | Loss L 93 - 105 | |
| Fri, Mar 6, 1981 Fri, Mar 6 | vs Boston CelticsCeltics | Win W 110 - 104 | |
| Sun, Mar 8, 1981 Sun, Mar 8 | vs Denver NuggetsNuggets | Win W 129 - 119 | |
| Tue, Mar 10, 1981 Tue, Mar 10 | vs Philadelphia 76ers76ers | Loss L 102 - 103 | |
| Thu, Mar 12, 1981 Thu, Mar 12 | @ Washington BulletsBullets | Win W 114 - 107 | |
| Fri, Mar 13, 1981 Fri, Mar 13 | @ Boston CelticsCeltics | Win W 101 - 94 | |
| Sat, Mar 14, 1981 Sat, Mar 14 | vs Detroit PistonsPistons | Loss L 94 - 101 | |
| Tue, Mar 17, 1981 Tue, Mar 17 | @ New York KnicksKnicks | Loss L 89 - 114 | |
| Wed, Mar 18, 1981 Wed, Mar 18 | @ Philadelphia 76ers76ers | Loss L 95 - 107 | |
| Fri, Mar 20, 1981 Fri, Mar 20 | vs New York KnicksKnicks | Loss L 107 - 110 | |
| Sun, Mar 22, 1981 Sun, Mar 22 | vs Cleveland CavaliersCavaliers | Win W 107 - 101 | |
| Thu, Mar 26, 1981 Thu, Mar 26 | @ Atlanta HawksHawks | Win W 115 - 107 | |
| Fri, Mar 27, 1981 Fri, Mar 27 | vs Washington BulletsBullets | Win W 122 - 107 | |
| Sun, Mar 29, 1981 Sun, Mar 29 | vs Chicago BullsBulls | Loss L 97 - 101 | |
| Playoffs | |||
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| Eastern Conference First Round | |||
| Tue, Mar 31, 1981 Tue, Mar 31 | @ Philadelphia 76ers76ers | Loss L 108 - 124 | |
| Thu, Apr 2, 1981 Thu, Apr 2 | vs Philadelphia 76ers76ers | Loss L 85 - 96 | |
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