# Temporada 1980-81 de los Chicago Bulls

La temporada 1980-81 fue la decimoquinta de los Chicago Bulls en la NBA. La temporada regular acabaron con 45 victorias y 37 derrotas, ocupando la quinta posición de la Conferencia Este, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en semifinales de conferencia ante los Boston Celtics.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 4 | Kelvin Ransey | Base | Estados Unidos | Ohio State |
| 2 | 26 | Sam Worthen | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Marquette |
| 3 | 50 | James Wilkes | Alero | Estados Unidos | UCLA |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Milwaukee Bucks | 60 | 22 | .732 | – | 34–7 | 26–15 | 23–7 |
| x-Chicago Bulls | 45 | 37 | .549 | 15.0 | 26–15 | 19–22 | 20–9 |
| x-Indiana Pacers | 44 | 38 | .537 | 16.0 | 27–14 | 17–24 | 17–12 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 31 | 51 | .378 | 29.0 | 20–21 | 11–30 | 9–21 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 28 | 54 | .341 | 32.0 | 20–21 | 8–33 | 9–21 |
| Detroit Pistons | 21 | 61 | .256 | 39.0 | 14–27 | 7–34 | 9–21 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

New York Knicks vs. Chicago Bulls
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 31 de marzo | New York Knicks 80, Chicago Bulls 90 | Nueva York |
| 3 de abril | Chicago Bulls 115, New York Knicks 114 | Chicago |
| | Chicago Bulls gana las series 0-2 | |

### Semifinales de Conferencia

Boston Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 5 de abril | Boston Celtics 121, Chicago Bulls 109 | Boston |
| 7 de abril | Boston Celtics 106, Chicago Bulls 97 | Boston |
| 10 de abril | Chicago Bulls 107, Boston Celtics 113 | Chicago |
| 12 de abril | Chicago Bulls 103, Boston Celtics 109 | Chicago |
| | Boston Celtics gana las series 4-0 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Artis Gilmore | 31 | 82 | 34.5 | 6.7 | 10.0 | .670 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 4.6 | 6.5 | .705 | 2.7 | 7.4 | 10.1 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 17.9 |
| 2 | Reggie Theus | 23 | 82 | 34.4 | 6.6 | 13.4 | .495 | 0.2 | 1.1 | .200 | 5.4 | 6.7 | .809 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 18.9 |
| 3 | Dave Greenwood | 23 | 82 | 33.0 | 5.9 | 12.1 | .486 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.6 | 3.5 | .748 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 14.4 |
| 4 | Larry Kenon | 28 | 77 | 28.1 | 5.9 | 12.3 | .480 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 2.3 | 3.2 | .735 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 14.1 |
| 5 | Bob Wilkerson | 26 | 80 | 28.0 | 4.1 | 8.9 | .462 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .100 | 1.7 | 2.0 | .840 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 10.0 |
| 6 | Ricky Sobers | 28 | 71 | 25.4 | 5.0 | 10.8 | .462 | 0.2 | 0.9 | .258 | 3.3 | 3.5 | .935 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 13.5 |
| 7 | Dwight Jones | 28 | 81 | 19.4 | 3.0 | 6.3 | .483 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.5 | 2.0 | .776 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 7.6 |
| 8 | Coby Dietrick | 32 | 82 | 15.2 | 1.8 | 3.9 | .456 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .333 | 0.9 | 1.4 | .694 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 4.5 |
| 9 | Sam Worthen | 23 | 64 | 14.8 | 1.5 | 3.0 | .495 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .750 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 3.7 |
| 10 | Scott May | 26 | 63 | 12.9 | 2.6 | 5.4 | .488 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.8 | 2.4 | .758 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
| 11 | James Wilkes | 22 | 48 | 11.3 | 1.8 | 3.8 | .462 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.6 | 0.9 | .690 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 4.1 |
| 12 | Ronnie Lester | 22 | 8 | 10.4 | 1.3 | 3.0 | .417 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.3 | 1.4 | .909 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 13 | Ollie Mack | 23 | 3 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 2.0 | .167 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.3 | 0.7 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Artis Gilmore | All-Star |
| Reggie Theus | All-Star |