NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Chicago Bulls96–94Washington Bullets

Chicago Bulls at Washington Bullets

Date: Tuesday 16 December 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 69th meetingof 264 played

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Reggie Theus	—	9–17	1–1	4–4	3	3	6	4	2	0	4	2	23
Artis Gilmore	—	7–12	0–0	4–7	3	6	9	1	0	3	6	4	18
Ricky Sobers	—	5–12	0–0	3–3	0	0	0	5	1	1	1	2	13
Bob Wilkerson	—	5–11	0–0	2–3	1	1	2	3	1	0	1	0	12
Scott May	—	4–9	0–0	2–2	1	5	6	1	1	0	3	1	10
James Wilkes	—	4–6	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	1	0	4	8
Dave Greenwood	—	3–7	0–0	0–2	2	6	8	2	1	1	3	4	6
Dwight Jones	—	2–6	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
Coby Dietrick	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	2
Sam Worthen	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	5	0	2	3	0
Team totals	—	40–87	1–1	15–21	12	27	39	22	12	6	20	22	96

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	44:00	5–9	0–1	3–4	0	0	0	10	1	0	7	2	13
Elvin Hayes	42:00	4–18	0–0	7–7	5	8	13	1	2	2	3	4	15
Greg Ballard	42:00	5–15	0–0	3–4	5	10	15	2	1	0	2	3	13
Kevin Grevey	36:00	11–19	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	6	3	22
Wes Unseld	31:00	7–11	0–0	1–1	5	7	12	3	2	0	1	5	15
Wes Matthews	19:00	1–7	0–1	5–7	0	2	2	5	0	0	2	0	7
Mitch Kupchak	17:00	3–4	0–0	1–2	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	7
Rick Mahorn	9:00	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	3	2
Team totals	240:00	37–84	0–4	20–25	16	31	47	24	10	3	21	20	94

This season

Washington Wizards 1, Chicago Bulls 5 in NBA 1980-81.

24 Oct 1980Washington Bullets 96–104 Chicago Bulls
22 Nov 1980Washington Bullets 101–114 Chicago Bulls
16 Dec 198096–94 this game
2 Jan 1981Chicago Bulls 92–82 Washington Bullets
27 Feb 1981Washington Bullets 100–112 Chicago Bulls
8 Mar 1981Chicago Bulls 99–103 Washington Bullets

Records going in

Chicago Bulls: 12–19
Washington Bullets: 14–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 119, Chicago Bulls 145.

22 Nov 1980Washington Bullets 101–114 Chicago Bulls
2 Jan 1981Chicago Bulls 92–82 Washington Bullets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.