NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers117–111Portland Trail Blazers

Los Angeles Lakers at Portland Trail Blazers

Date: Saturday 21 March 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 65th meetingof 304 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eddie Jordan	3:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	13–18	0–0	5–7	2	17	19	3	0	4	4	4	31
Norm Nixon	—	11–21	0–0	1–1	1	3	4	15	1	0	1	4	23
Magic Johnson	—	9–19	0–0	3–5	5	7	12	8	1	0	2	2	21
Jamaal Wilkes	—	7–13	0–0	1–1	0	1	1	4	3	0	4	3	15
Jim Chones	—	6–10	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	4	12
Michael Cooper	—	4–7	0–0	1–2	2	2	4	1	2	0	2	3	9
Mark Landsberger	—	3–3	0–0	0–4	2	4	6	0	1	0	2	2	6
Team totals	3:00	53–92	0–0	11–20	13	37	50	31	8	4	16	22	117

Portland Trail Blazers

Portland Trail Blazers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kelvin Ransey	—	10–21	0–2	4–5	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	1	24
Jim Paxson	—	8–17	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	2	18
Billy Ray Bates	—	5–11	1–2	6–7	0	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	17
Kermit Washington	—	6–10	0–0	1–3	6	13	19	2	0	0	2	6	13
Bob Gross	—	5–8	0–0	1–2	1	4	5	3	1	0	2	2	11
Mychal Thompson	—	5–18	0–0	0–1	3	3	6	3	0	1	3	4	10
Calvin Natt	—	1–3	0–0	6–6	2	5	7	1	0	0	0	2	8
Kevin Kunnert	—	3–5	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	5	6
Tom Owens	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	4
Team totals	—	45–96	1–4	20–26	14	27	41	25	8	2	10	26	111

This season

Portland Trail Blazers 3, Los Angeles Lakers 3 in NBA 1980-81.

21 Oct 1980Los Angeles Lakers 103–107 Portland Trail Blazers
4 Nov 1980Portland Trail Blazers 118–119 Los Angeles Lakers
19 Dec 1980Portland Trail Blazers 110–106 Los Angeles Lakers
23 Dec 1980Los Angeles Lakers 102–108 Portland Trail Blazers
26 Jan 1981Portland Trail Blazers 112–124 Los Angeles Lakers
21 Mar 1981117–111 this game

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 50–26
Portland Trail Blazers: 41–36

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Portland Trail Blazers 134, Los Angeles Lakers 170.

26 Jan 1981Portland Trail Blazers 112–124 Los Angeles Lakers
3 Nov 1981Los Angeles Lakers 100–102 Portland Trail Blazers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.