Login
Login

1980–81 Dallas Mavericks season

{{short description|NBA professional basketball team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{NBA season

| team = Dallas Mavericks

| end_year = 1981

| wins = 15

| losses = 67

| division = Midwest

| division_place = 6

| conf_place = 12

| coach = Dick Motta

| gm = Norm Sonju

| owner = Don Carter

| arena = Reunion Arena

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| bbr_team = DAL

| television =

| radio = KJIM

| no_prevseason = 1

}}

File:Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks 1981-03-03 (ticket).jpg.]]

The 1980–81 Dallas Mavericks season was the first season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

{{TOC limit|2}}

Expansion draft

class="wikitable sortable sortable"

! style="background:#048234; color:white" width="33%"| Player

! style="background:#048234; color:white" width="33%"| Position

! style="background:#048234; color:white" width="33%"| Team

align="center"

| Del Beshore

| Guard

| Chicago Bulls

align="center"

| Winford Boynes

| Forward

| New Jersey Nets

align="center"

| Alonzo Bradley

| Forward

| Houston Rockets

align="center"

| Mike Bratz

| Guard

| Phoenix Suns

align="center"

| Marty Byrnes

| Forward

| Los Angeles Lakers

align="center"

| Austin Carr

| Guard

| Cleveland Cavaliers

align="center"

| Jim Cleamons

| Forward

| Washington Bullets

align="center"

| Terry Duerod

| Guard

| Detroit Pistons

align="center"

| Jack Givens

| Forward

| Atlanta Hawks

align="center"

| Joe Hassett

| Guard

| Indiana Pacers

align="center"

| Geoff Huston

| Guard

| New York Knicks

align="center"

| Abdul Jeelani

| Forward

| Portland Trail Blazers

align="center"

| Jeff Judkins

| Forward

| Boston Celtics

align="center"

| Arvid Kramer

| Center

| Denver Nuggets

align="center"

| Tom LaGarde

| Center

| Seattle SuperSonics

align="center"

| Bill McKinney

| Guard

| Kansas City Kings

align="center"

| Wiley Peck

| Guard

| San Antonio Spurs

align="center"

| Bingo Smith

| Guard

| San Diego Clippers

align="center"

| Jim Spanarkel

| Guard

| Philadelphia 76ers

align="center"

| Raymond Townsend

| Guard

| Golden State Warriors

align="center"

| Richard Washington

| Forward

| Milwaukee Bucks

align="center"

| Jerome Whitehead

| Center

| Utah Jazz

align="center"

Draft picks

{{main|1980 NBA draft}}

class="wikitable sortable sortable"
style="background:#048234; color:white; width:10%;"| Round

! style="background:#048234; color:white; width:10%;"| Pick

! style="background:#048234; color:white; width:20%;"| Player

! style="background:#048234; color:white; width:15%;"| Position

! style="background:#048234; color:white; width:15%;"| Nationality

! style="background:#048234; color:white; width:20%;"| College

style="text-align: center"

| 1

| 11

| Kiki Vandeweghe

| SF

| {{USA}}

| UCLA

style="text-align: center"

| 2

| 34

| Rossevelt Bouie

| PG

| {{USA}}

| Syracuse

style="text-align: center"

| 3

| 57

| Dave Britton

| SG

| {{USA}}

| Texas A&M

{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/draft_round1_1980s.html#1980 |title=Complete First Round Results — 1980-89 |website=NBA.com |access-date=2009-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100321192607/http://www.nba.com/history/draft_round1_1980s.html#1980 |archive-date=2010-03-21 |url-status=dead }}

  • Kiki Vandeweghe of UCLA was drafted by the Mavs with the 11th pick of the 1980 NBA draft, but Vandeweghe refused to play for the expansion Mavericks and staged a holdout that lasted a month into the team's inaugural season. Vandeweghe was traded to the Denver Nuggets, along with a first-round pick in 1981, in exchange for two future first-round picks

Roster

{{NBA roster header|team=Dallas Mavericks|season=1980–81

|color1=#FFFFFF; |bg1=#042F8C; |color2=#FFFFFF; |bg2= #048234}}

{{player2 | num = 45 | first = Marty | last = Byrnes | pos = SF | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 215 | DOB = 1956–04–30 | college = Syracuse}}

{{player2 | num = 15 | first = Brad | last = Davis | dab = basketball | pos = PG | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 180 | DOB = 1955–12–17 | college = Maryland}}

{{player2 | num = 11 | first = Abdul | last = Jeelani | pos = SF | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 210 | DOB = 1954–02–10 | college = UW-Parkside}}

{{player2 | num = 53 | first = Clarence | last = Kea | pos = PF | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 218 | DOB = 1959–02–02 | college = Lamar}}

{{player2 | num = 21 | first = Chad | last = Kinch | pos = SG | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 190 | DOB = 1958–05–22 | college = Charlotte}}

{{player2 | num = 25 | first = Tom | last = LaGarde | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 220 | DOB = 1955–02–10 | college = North Carolina}}

{{player2 | num = 44 | first = Scott | last = Lloyd | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 230 | DOB = 1952–12–19 | college = Arizona State}}

{{player2 | num = 17 | first = Ollie | last = Mack | pos = SG | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 185 | DOB = 1957–06–06 | college = East Carolina}}

{{player2 | num = 43 | first = Stan | last = Pietkiewicz | pos = SG | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 200 | DOB = 1956–07–14 | college = Auburn}}

{{player2 | num = 52 | first = Bill | last = Robinzine | pos = PF | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 230 | DOB = 1953–01–20 | college = DePaul}}

{{player2 | num = 34 | first = Jim | last = Spanarkel | pos = SF | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 190 | DOB = 1957–06–28 | college = Duke}}

{{NBA roster footer

| head_coach =

| asst_coach =

| roster_url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/1981.html

| accessdate = March 2, 1981

}}

Regular season

=Season standings=

{{1980–81 NBA Midwest standings|team=DAL}}

{{1980–81 NBA West standings|team=DAL}}

Notes

  • z, y – division champions
  • x – clinched playoff spot

=Record vs. opponents=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
colspan=24|1980-81 NBA Records
width=100|Team

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|ATL

!style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|BOS

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#000000;width=35"|CHI

!style="background:#FFD700;color:#8B0000;width=35"|CLE

!style="background:#008000;color:#00008B;width=35"|DAL

!style="background:#0000CD;color:#FFD700;width=35"|DEN

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FF0000;width=35"|DET

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FFD700;width=35"|GSW

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFD700;width=35"|HOU

!style="background:#000080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|IND

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|KCK

!style="background:#800080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|LAL

!style="background:#006400;color:#B22222;width=35"|MIL

!style="background:#B0170C;color:#00056D;width=35"|NJN

!style="background:#800000;color:#191970;width=35"|NYK

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#0000FF;width=35"|PHI

!style="background:#800080;color:#FF4500;width=35"|PHO

!style="background:#000000;color:#FF0000;width=35"|POR

!style="background:#000000;color:#C0C0C0;width=35"|SAS

!style="background:#87CEEB;color:#FF8C00;width=35"|SDC

!style="background:#005831;color:#FFC322;width=35"|SEA

!style="background:#36004A;color:#FFFF00;width=35"|UTA

!style="background:#DC143C;color:#0000CD;width=35"|WAS

style="text-align:left;" | Atlanta–2–42–41–52–01–14–22–01–11–51–10–21–53–22–41–50–21–11–11–11–12–01–4
style="text-align:left;" | Boston4–2–5–14–12–02–04–11–12–03–31–12–03–36–05–13–32–02–02–02–01–11–15–1
style="text-align:left;" | Chicago4–21–5–5–11–11–15–11–11–13–22–01–13–33–23–32–40–20–20–21–11–12–05–1
style="text-align:left;" | Cleveland5–11–41–5–2–01–13–31–10–22–40–20–20–63–30–50–61–11–11–11–10–21–14–2
style="text-align:left;" | Dallas0–20–21–10–2–3–30–22–30–60–20–60–50–21–11–10–21–41–41–52–31–41–50–2
style="text-align:left;" | Denver1–10–21–11–13–3–2–03–22–41–14–23–21–11–10–21–11–42–32–43–23–22–40–2
style="text-align:left;" | Detroit2–41–41–53–32–00–2–0–21–12–41–10–21–53–31–51–40–20–20–21–10–20–21–5
style="text-align:left;" | Golden State0–21–11–11–13–22–32–0–3–21–15–01–51–11–12–00–22–42–41–42–43–34–11–1
style="text-align:left;" | Houston1–10–21–12–06–04–21–12–3–1–12–42–30–22–00–20–21–43–23–31–44–14–20–2
style="text-align:left;" | Indiana5–13–32–34–22–01–14–21–11–1–2–00–22–45–13–20–61–10–22–01–10–21–14–2
style="text-align:left;" | Kansas City1–11–10–22–06–02–41–10–54–20–2–0–51–12–01–10–23–23–22–43–22–35–11–1
style="text-align:left;" | Los Angeles2–00–21–12–05–02–32–05–13–22–05–0–0–22–02–01–12–43–32–33–36–03–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | Milwaukee5–13–33–36–02–01–15–11–12–04–21–12–0–5–13–33–21–12–01–12–02–02–04–1
style="text-align:left;" | New Jersey2–30–62–33–31–11–13–31–10–21–50–20–21–5–0–61–51–12–00–20–21–11–13–3
style="text-align:left;" | New York4–21–53–35–01–12–05–10–22–02–31–10–23–36–0–3–31–11–10–22–02–02–04–2
style="text-align:left;" | Philadelphia5–13–34–26–02–01–14–12–02–06–02–01–12–35–13–3–1–11–12–02–02–02–04–2
style="text-align:left;" | Phoenix2–00–22–01–14–14–12–04–24–11–12–34–21–11–11–11–1–3–33–26–05–15–01–1
style="text-align:left;" | Portland1–10–22–01–14–13–22–04–22–32–02–33–30–20–21–11–13–3–2–34–24–22–32–0
style="text-align:left;" | San Antonio1–10–22–01–15–14–22–04–13–30–24–23–21–12–02–00–22–33–2–4–13–25–11–1
style="text-align:left;" | San Diego1–10–21–11–13–22–31–14–24–11–12–33–30–22–00–20–20–62–41–4–5–13–20–2
style="text-align:left;" | Seattle1–11–11–12–04–12–32–03–31–42–03–20–60–21–10–20–21–52–42–31–5–4–11–1
style="text-align:left;" | Utah0–21–10–21–15–14–22–01–42–41–11–52–30–21–10–20–20–53–21–52–31–4–0–2
style="text-align:left;" | Washington4–11–51–52–42–02–05–11–12–02–41–11–11–43–32–42–41–10–21–12–01–12–0—

Game log

=Regular season=

{{NBA game log start|Dallas Mavericks|end_year=1981|bgcolor=#008000|color=white|record=Total: 15–67 (Home: 11–30; Road: 4–37)}}

{{NBA game log section|Dallas Mavericks|October|first=yes|bgcolor=#00008B|color=white

| home_wins = 1

| home_losses = 3

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 7

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 1

| {{dow tooltip|October 11, 1980}}

| San Antonio Spurs

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198010110DAL.html W 103–92]

| Winford Boynes (21)

| Tom LaGarde (10)

| Huston,
LaGarde (5)

| Reunion Arena
10,373

| 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| {{dow tooltip|October 14, 1980}}

| Seattle

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198010140DAL.html L 83–85]

| Geoff Huston (19)

| Tom LaGarde (11)

| Geoff Huston (7)

| Reunion Arena
7,004

| 1–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 3

| {{dow tooltip|October 15, 1980}}
8:35{{nbsp}}p.m. CDT

| @ Denver

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198010150DEN.html L 98–133]

| Jim Spanarkel (15)

| Jerome Whitehead (10)

| Geoff Huston (6)

| McNichols Sports Arena
6,658

| 1–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 4

| {{dow tooltip|October 17, 1980}}

| Kansas City

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198010170DAL.html L 91–103]

| Geoff Huston (28)

| Tom LaGarde (8)

| Tom LaGarde (6)

| Reunion Arena
7,017

| 1–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 5

| {{dow tooltip|October 18, 1980}}

| @ San Antonio

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198010180SAS.html L 96–110]

| Tom LaGarde (16)

| Tom LaGarde (9)

| Three players (4)

| HemisFair Arena
9,542

| 1–4

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 6

| {{dow tooltip|October 21, 1980}}

| @ Phoenix

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198010210PHO.html L 99–111]

| Jim Spanarkel (20)

| Richard Washington (11)

| Geoff Huston (6)

| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10,507

| 1–5

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 7

| {{dow tooltip|October 22, 1980}}

| @ Seattle

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198010220SEA.html W 107–102]

| Richard Washington (24)

| Richard Washington (9)

| Tom LaGarde (9)

| Seattle Kingdome
14,125

| 2–5

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 8

| {{dow tooltip|October 24, 1980}}

| @ Portland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198010240POR.html L 105–120]

| Winford Boynes (18)

| Jeelani,
LaGarde (7)

| Tom LaGarde (6)

| Memorial Coliseum
12,666

| 2–6

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 9

| {{dow tooltip|October 25, 1980}}

| @ Golden State

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198010250GSW.html L 79–86]

| Jim Spanarkel (16)

| Tom LaGarde (11)

| Geoff Huston (7)

| Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
6,750

| 2–7

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 10

| {{dow tooltip|October 28, 1980}}

| Utah

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198010280DAL.html L 96–104]

| Geoff Huston (26)

| Richard Washington (16)

| Geoff Huston (5)

| Reunion Arena
5,720

| 2–8

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 11

| {{dow tooltip|October 29, 1980}}

| @ Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198010290HOU.html L 103–109]

| Jim Spanarkel (19)

| Five players (4)

| Geoff Huston (6)

| The Summit
6,123

| 2–9

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 12

| {{dow tooltip|October 31, 1980}}

| @ Utah

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198010310UTA.html L 122–144]

| Geoff Huston (24)

| Tom LaGarde (9)

| Darrell Allums (4)

| Salt Palace
5,703

| 2–10

{{NBA game log section|Dallas Mavericks|November|bgcolor=#00008B|color=white

| home_wins = 1

| home_losses = 7

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 5

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 13

| {{dow tooltip|November 4, 1980}}

| San Diego

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198011040DAL.html L 102–116]

| Tom LaGarde (23)

| Tom LaGarde (12)

| Huston (5)

| Reunion Arena
5,431

| 2–11

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 14

| {{dow tooltip|November 6, 1980}}

| @ Washington

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198011060WSB.html L 95–116]

| Terry Duerod (22)

| Tom LaGarde (9)

| Geoff Huston (8)

| Capital Centre
6,295

| 2–12

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 15

| {{dow tooltip|November 7, 1980}}
7:30{{nbsp}}p.m. CST

| Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198011070DAL.html L 102–126]

| Duerod,
Huston (16)

| Byrnes,
Lloyd (8)

| Tom LaGarde (7)

| Reunion Arena
17,481

| 2–13

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 16

| {{dow tooltip|November 8, 1980}}

| @ Detroit

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198011080DET.html L 73–101]

| Huston,
Robinzine (14)

| Tom LaGarde (10)

| LaGarde,
Spanarkel (2)

| Pontiac Silverdome
4,584

| 2–14

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 17

| {{dow tooltip|November 11, 1980}}

| Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198011110DAL.html L 94–105]

| Bill Robinzine (18)

| Tom LaGarde (13)

| Terry Duerod (6)

| Reunion Arena
5,472

| 2–15

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 18

| {{dow tooltip|November 14, 1980}}

| Portland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198011140DAL.html W 113–106]

| Four players (19)

| Tom LaGarde (14)

| Geoff Huston (9)

| Reunion Arena
6,103

| 3–15

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 19

| {{dow tooltip|November 16, 1980}}
9:00{{nbsp}}p.m. CST

| @ Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198011160LAL.html L 102–110]

| Huston
Spanarkel (28)

| Lloyd,
Spanarkel (8)

| Scott Lloyd (10)

| The Forum
10,893

| 3–16

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 20

| {{dow tooltip|November 18, 1980}}

| Phoenix

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198011180DAL.html L 91–102]

| Geoff Huston (19)

| Scott Lloyd (13)

| Geoff Huston (6)

| Reunion Arena
6,015

| 3–17

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 21

| {{dow tooltip|November 21, 1980}}

| Seattle

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198011210DAL.html L 91–101]

| Geoff Huston (20)

| LaGarde,
Robinzine (9)

| Tom LaGarde (6)

| Reunion Arena
6,514

| 3–18

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 22

| {{dow tooltip|November 23, 1980}}

| @ Portland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198011230POR.html L 96–116]

| Geoff Huston (23)

| Tom LaGarde (9)

| Huston,
Jeelani (5)

| Memorial Coliseum
12,666

| 3–19

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 23

| {{dow tooltip|November 25, 1980}}

| Philadelphia

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198011250DAL.html L 92–108]

| Jim Spanarkel (20)

| Bill Robinzine (10)

| Jim Spanarkel (5)

| Reunion Arena
13,527

| 3–20

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 24

| {{dow tooltip|November 28, 1980}}
7:30{{nbsp}}p.m. CST

| Denver

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198011280DAL.html L 117–119 (OT)]

| Tom LaGarde (22)

| Scott Lloyd (16)

| Geoff Huston (9)

| Reunion Arena
7,713

| 3–21

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 25

| {{dow tooltip|November 29, 1980}}

| @ Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198011290HOU.html L 90–115]

| Abdul Jeelani (24)

| Scott Lloyd (9)

| Jeelani,
LaGarde (5)

| The Summit
8,123

| 3–22

{{NBA game log section|Dallas Mavericks|December|bgcolor=#00008B|color=white

| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 5

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 9

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 26

| {{dow tooltip|December 2, 1980}}

| Cleveland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012020DAL.html L 102–109]

| Robinzine,
Spanarkel (18)

| Tom LaGarde (13)

| Geoff Huston (7)

| Reunion Arena
5,117

| 3–23

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 27

| {{dow tooltip|December 5, 1980}}
6:30{{nbsp}}p.m. CST

| @ Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012050BOS.html L 87–97]

| Bill Robinzine (24)

| Tom LaGarde (12)

| Geoff Huston (7)

| Boston Garden
14,351

| 3–24

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 28

| {{dow tooltip|December 6, 1980}}

| @ Atlanta

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012060ATL.html L 104–110]

| Tom LaGarde (26)

| Tom LaGarde (8)

| LaGarde,
Spanarkel (4)

| Omni Coliseum
7,347

| 3–25

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 29

| {{dow tooltip|December 9, 1980}}
7:30{{nbsp}}p.m. CST

| Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012090DAL.html L 92–103]

| Geoff Huston (19)

| Tom LaGarde (12)

| Huston,
Spanarkel (5)

| Reunion Arena
9,313

| 3–26

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 30

| {{dow tooltip|December 10, 1980}}
8:35{{nbsp}}p.m. CST

| @ Denver

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012100DEN.html L 107–116]

| Geoff Huston (27)

| LaGarde]],
Robinzine (11)

| Brad Davis (9)

| McNichols Sports Arena
7,768

| 3–27

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 31

| {{dow tooltip|December 12, 1980}}

| San Diego

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012120DAL.html W 112–109 (OT)]

| Jim Spanarkel (22)

| Tom LaGarde (10)

| Brad Davis (6)

| Reunion Arena
6,457

| 4–27

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 32

| {{dow tooltip|December 13, 1980}}

| @ Kansas City

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012130KCK.html L 107–114]

| Tom LaGarde (22)

| Tom LaGarde (9)

| Huston,
Spanarkel (5)

| Kemper Arena
5,578

| 4–28

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 33

| {{dow tooltip|December 16, 1980}}

| San Antonio

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012160DAL.html L 83–89]

| Geoff Huston (17)

| Bill Robinzine (12)

| Geoff Huston (8)

| Reunion Arena
6,140

| 4–29

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 34

| {{dow tooltip|December 17, 1980}}

| @ Phoenix

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012170PHO.html L 102–115]

| Jim Spanarkel (25)

| Jim Spanarkel (8)

| Jim Spanarkel (7)

| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10,247

| 4–30

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 35

| {{dow tooltip|December 18, 1980}}

| @ San Diego

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012180SDC.html L 92–102]

| Bill Robinzine (23)

| Bill Robinzine (13)

| Davis,
Huston (5)

| San Diego Sports Arena
7,167

| 4–31

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 36

| {{dow tooltip|December 20, 1980}}

| Golden State

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012200DAL.html L 98–101]

| Geoff Huston (20)

| LaGarde,
Robinzine (10)

| Davis (7)

| Reunion Arena
5,848

| 4–32

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 37

| {{dow tooltip|December 23, 1980}}

| Utah

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012230DAL.html L 96–101]

| Bill Robinzine (23)

| Scott Lloyd (11)

| Brad Davis (10)

| Reunion Arena
5,736

| 4–33

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 38

| {{dow tooltip|December 26, 1980}}
7:30{{nbsp}}p.m. CST

| Denver

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012260DAL.html W 119–111]

| Abdul Jeelani (20)

| Scott Lloyd (16)

| Brad Davis (7)

| Reunion Arena
8,293

| 5–33

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 39

| {{dow tooltip|December 27, 1980}}

| @ Milwaukee

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012270MIL.html L 96–112]

| Bill Robinzine (16)

| LaGarde,
Robinzine (6)

| Brad Davis (8)

| MECCA Arena
11,052

| 5–34

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 40

| {{dow tooltip|December 29, 1980}}

| @ Cleveland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012290CLE.html L 100–112]

| Bill Robinzine (23)

| Bill Robinzine (14)

| Geoff Huston (6)

| Coliseum at Richfield
3,884

| 5–35

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 41

| {{dow tooltip|December 30, 1980}}

| @ New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198012300NYK.html L 98–100]

| Jim Spanarkel (26)

| Tom LaGarde (17)

| Brad Davis (6)

| Madison Square Garden
10,559

| 5–36

{{NBA game log section|Dallas Mavericks|January|bgcolor=#00008B|color=white

| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 4

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 5

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 42

| {{dow tooltip|January 2, 1981}}

| Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198101020DAL.html L 120–124 (OT)]

| Geoff Huston] (29)

| Tom LaGarde (9)

| Geoff Huston (11)

| Reunion Arena
7,872

| 5–37

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 43

| {{dow tooltip|January 5, 1981}}

| @ Seattle

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198101050SEA.html L 89–103]

| Geoff Huston (21)

| Bill Robinzine (10)

| Geoff Huston (6)

| Seattle Kingdome
12,210

| 5–38

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 44

| {{dow tooltip|January 7, 1981}}

| @ Golden State

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198101070GSW.html W 111–109]

| Geoff Huston (24)

| Bill Robinzine (14)

| Geoff Huston (8)

| Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
7,246

| 6–38

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 45

| {{dow tooltip|January 8, 1981}}

| @ Utah

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198101080UTA.html L 97–99]

| Tom LaGarde (24)

| Bill Robinzine (12)

| Brad Davis (6)

| Salt Palace
7,239

| 6–39

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 46

| {{dow tooltip|January 10, 1981}}

| Washington

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198101100DAL.html L 94–106]

| Huston,
Spanarkel (20)

| Bill Robinzine (18)

| Geoff Huston (5)

| Reunion Arena
8,021

| 6–40

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 47

| {{dow tooltip|January 13, 1981}}

| Chicago

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198101130DAL.html W 112–106]

| Bill Robinzine (26)

| Bill Robinzine (8)

| Brad Davis (9)

| Reunion Arena
5,771

| 7–40

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 48

| {{dow tooltip|January 16, 1981}}

| New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198101160DAL.html W 118–110]

| Geoff Huston (24)

| Bill Robinzine (12)

| Geoff Huston (7)

| Reunion Arena
10,473

| 8–40

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 49

| {{dow tooltip|January 18, 1981}}

| @ San Diego

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198101180SDC.html L 109–115]

| Tom LaGarde (18)

| Scott Lloyd (11)

| Geoff Huston (8)

| San Diego Sports Arena
3,980

| 8–41

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 50

| {{dow tooltip|January 20, 1981}}

| Kansas City

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198101200DAL.html L 91–104]

| Bill Robinzine (25)

| Tom LaGarde (16)

| Brad Davis (7)

| Reunion Arena
5,899

| 8–42

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 51

| {{dow tooltip|January 23, 1981}}

| @ Chicago

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198101230CHI.html L 98–106]

| Oliver Mack (22)

| Tom LaGarde (12)

| Geoff Huston (6)

| Chicago Stadium
7,836

| 8–43

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 52

| {{dow tooltip|January 24, 1981}}

| @ Indiana

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198101240IND.html L 89–107]

| Tom LaGarde (15)

| Three players (6)

| Bill Robinzine (6)

| Market Square Arena
12,636

| 8–44

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 53

| {{dow tooltip|January 27, 1981}}

| New Jersey

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198101270DAL.html L 100–112]

| Tom LaGarde (22)

| Bill Robinzine (10)

| Oliver Mack (7)

| Reunion Arena
5,727

| 8–45

{{NBA game log section|Dallas Mavericks|February|bgcolor=#00008B|color=white

| home_wins = 0

| home_losses = 7

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 6

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 54

| {{dow tooltip|February 3, 1981}}

| Kansas City

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198102030DAL.html L 100–121]

| Geoff Huston (23)

| Tom LaGarde (13)

| Oliver Mack (5)

| Reunion Arena
5,335

| 8–46

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 55

| {{dow tooltip|February 4, 1981}}

| @ Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198102040HOU.html L 68–116]

| Bill Robinzine (14)

| LaGarde,
Robinzine (6)

| Three players (5)

| The Summit
8,353

| 8–47

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 56

| {{dow tooltip|February 6, 1981}}

| Atlanta

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198102060DAL.html L 98–100]

| Bill Robinzine (16)

| Scott Lloyd (8)

| Brad Davis (6)

| Reunion Arena
6,882

| 8–48

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 57

| {{dow tooltip|February 8, 1981}}

| @ San Antonio

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198102080SAS.html L 98–102]

| Three players (15)

| Bill Robinzine (10)

| Brad Davis (6)

| HemisFair Arena
8,918

| 8–49

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 58

| {{dow tooltip|February 10, 1981}}

| Detroit

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198102100DAL.html L 95–101]

| Jim Spanarkel (23)

| Bill Robinzine (15)

| Brad Davis (9)

| Reunion Arena
5,047

| 8–50

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 59

| {{dow tooltip|February 11, 1981}}

| @ Phoenix

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198102110PHO.html L 97–119]

| Tom LaGarde (20)

| LaGarde,
Lloyd (7)

| Tom LaGarde (5)

| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10,357

| 8–51

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 60

| {{dow tooltip|February 14, 1981}}

| San Antonio

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198102140DAL.html L 99–107]

| Jim Spanarkel (22)

| Scott Lloyd (7)

| Brad Davis (7)

| Reunion Arena
9,826

| 8–52

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 61

| {{dow tooltip|February 15, 1981}}
4:00{{nbsp}}p.m. CST

| @ Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198102150LAL.html L 99–107]

| Oliver Mack (19)

| Clarence Kea (13)

| Brad Davis (6)

| The Forum
11,920

| 8–53

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 62

| {{dow tooltip|February 17, 1981}}

| Milwaukee

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198102170DAL.html L 106–114]

| Brad Davis (24)

| Oliver Mack (9)

| Brad Davis (7)

| Reunion Arena
7,068

| 8–54

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 63

| {{dow tooltip|February 20, 1981}}

| @ Philadelphia

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198102200PHI.html L 109–117]

| Oliver Mack (19)

| Bill Robinzine (8)

| Jim Spanarkel (4)

| The Spectrum
10,642

| 8–55

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 64

| {{dow tooltip|February 22, 1981}}

| @ New Jersey

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198102220NJN.html W 132–109]

| Oliver Mack (28)

| Scott Lloyd (11)

| Brad Davis (7)

| Rutgers Athletic Center
7,849

| 9–55

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 65

| {{dow tooltip|February 24, 1981}}

| Seattle

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198102240DAL.html L 84–102]

| Jim Spanarkel (15)

| Tom LaGarde (14)

| Brad Davis (7)

| Reunion Arena
6,525

| 9–56

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 66

| {{dow tooltip|February 26, 1981}}

| @ Kansas City

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198102260KCK.html L 102–105]

| Clarence Kea (19)

| Tom LaGarde (12)

| Brad Davis (16)

| Kemper Arena
8,701

| 9–57

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 67

| {{dow tooltip|February 27, 1981}}

| Indiana

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198102270DAL.html L 111–118]

| Oliver Mack (26)

| Clarence Kea (10)

| Brad Davis (8)

| Reunion Arena
7,359

| 9–58

{{NBA game log section|Dallas Mavericks|March|bgcolor=#00008B|color=white

| home_wins = 5

| home_losses = 4

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 5

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 68

| {{dow tooltip|March 1, 1981}}

| San Diego

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103010DAL.html W 99–91]

| Oliver Mack (24)

| Lloyd,
Mack (8)

| Brad Davis (12)

| Reunion Arena
4,858

| 10–58

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 69

| {{dow tooltip|March 3, 1981}}
7:30{{nbsp}}p.m. CST

| Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103030DAL.html L 105–117]

| Brad Davis (31)

| Tom LaGarde (8)

| Brad Davis (13)

| Reunion Arena
15,593

| 10–59

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 70

| {{dow tooltip|March 6, 1981}}

| @ Golden State

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103060GSW.html L 109–115]

| Tom LaGarde (22)

| Bill Robinzine (9)

| Brad Davis (9)

| Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
8,694

| 10–60

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 71

| {{dow tooltip|March 8, 1981}}

| @ San Antonio

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103080SAS.html L 108–133]

| Clarence Kea (22)

| Clarence Kea (10)

| Brad Davis (6)

| HemisFair Arena
8,251

| 10–61

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 72

| {{dow tooltip|March 10, 1981}}

| Phoenix

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103100DAL.html W 107–103]

| Jim Spanarkel (25)

| Tom LaGarde (14)

| Brad Davis (9)

| Reunion Arena
6,469

| 11–61

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 73

| {{dow tooltip|March 12, 1981}}

| Golden State

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103120DAL.html W 120–118]

| Jim Spanarkel (26)

| Bill Robinzine (11)

| Brad Davis (14)

| Reunion Arena
5,380

| 12–61

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 74

| {{dow tooltip|March 15, 1981}}

| @ Portland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103150POR.html L 110–135]

| Abdul Jeelani (31)

| Abdul Jeelani (6)

| Brad Davis (9)

| Memorial Coliseum
12,666

| 12–62

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 75

| {{dow tooltip|March 17, 1981}}
7:30{{nbsp}}p.m. CST

| Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103170DAL.html L 109–114]

| Bill Robinzine (26)

| Tom LaGarde(15)

| Brad Davis (16)

| Reunion Arena
17,828

| 12–63

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 76

| {{dow tooltip|March 18, 1981}}

| @ Utah

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103180UTA.html L 113–120]

| Davis,
Byrnes (25)

| Scott Lloyd (8)

| Brad Davis (10)

| Salt Palace
5,248

| 12–64

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 77

| {{dow tooltip|March 20, 1981}}
7:30{{nbsp}}p.m. CST

| Denver

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103200DAL.html W 126–125]

| Byrnes,
Robinzine (22)

| Bill Robinzine (15)

| Brad Davis (10)

| Reunion Arena
6,359

| 13–64

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 78

| {{dow tooltip|March 21, 1981}}

| Utah

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103210DAL.html W 105–95]

| Davis,
Robinzine (20)

| Bill Robinzine (13)

| Brad Davis (12)

| Reunion Arena
7,416

| 14–64

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 79

| {{dow tooltip|March 24, 1981}}

| Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103240DAL.html L 111–114 OT]

| Davis,
LaGarde (19)

| Tom LaGarde (11)

| Brad Davis (14)

| Reunion Arena
7,162

| 14–65

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 80

| {{dow tooltip|March 25, 1981}}
8:35{{nbsp}}p.m. CST

| @ Denver

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103250DEN.html W 126–115]

| Brad Davis (25)

| Abdul Jeelani (11)

| Brad Davis (10)

| McNichols Sports Arena
14,035

| 15–65

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 81

| {{dow tooltip|March 27, 1981}}

| Portland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103270DAL.html L 109–123]

| Scott Lloyd (28)

| Tom LaGarde (9)

| Brad Davis (11)

| Reunion Arena
11,203

| 15–66

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 82

| {{dow tooltip|March 29, 1981}}

| @ Kansas City

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198103290KCK.html L 104–113]

| Marty Byrnes (24)

| Bill Robinzine (6)

| Brad Davis (8)

| Kemper Arena
7,171

| 15–67

{{NBA game log end|bbr_team=DAL|end_year=1981}}

Player statistics

=Regular season=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:right;"
style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|Player

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| POS | Position}}

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| GP | Games played}}

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| GS | Games starter}}

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| MP | Minutes played}}

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| REB | Rebounds}}

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| AST | Assists}}

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| STL | Steals}}

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| BLK | Blocks}}

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| PTS | Points}}

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| MPG | Minutes per game}}

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| RPG | Rebounds per game}}

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| APG | Assists per game}}

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| SPG | Steals per game}}

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| BPG | Blocks per game}}

! style="background:#002F6C; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00843D 3px solid; border-bottom:#00843D 3px solid;"|{{Abbr| PPG | Points per game}}

style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Tom|LaGarde}}style="text-align:center;"|PF

| style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|82

style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|82style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|2,670style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|66523735style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|451,12232.6style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|8.12.9.4.513.7
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Jim|Spanarkel}}style="text-align:center;"|SF

| style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|82

2,317297232style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|11720style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|1,18428.33.62.8style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|1.4.214.4
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Scott|Lloyd}}style="text-align:center;"|C

| 72

2,186454159342563730.46.32.2.5.38.8
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Marty|Byrnes}}style="text-align:center;"|SF

| 72

1,360177113291756118.92.51.6.4.27.8
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Bill|Robinzine}}†style="text-align:center;"|PF

| 70

1,93252011371997027.67.41.61.0.113.9
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Abdul|Jeelani}}style="text-align:center;"|SF

| 66

1,10823065443155316.83.51.0.7.58.4
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Oliver|Mack}}†style="text-align:center;"|SG

| 62

1,66622916255763526.93.72.6.9.110.2
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Geoff|Huston|dab=basketball}}†style="text-align:center;"|PG

| 56

1,89299277456899style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|33.81.84.9.8.1style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|16.1
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Brad|Davis|dab=basketball}}style="text-align:center;"|PG

| 56

1,686151style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|385521162630.12.7style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|6.9.9.211.2
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Winford|Boynes}}style="text-align:center;"|SG

| 44

7577537231628717.21.7.8.5.46.5
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Stan|Pietkiewicz}}†style="text-align:center;"|SG

| 36

431417515214012.01.12.1.4.13.9
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Darrell|Allums}}style="text-align:center;"|PF

| 22

2766525585912.53.01.1.2.42.7
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Terry|Duerod}}†style="text-align:center;"|SF

| 18

337393012416818.72.21.7.7.29.3
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Joe|Hassett}}†style="text-align:center;"|SG

| 17

28025185013816.51.51.1.3.08.1
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Clarence|Kea}}style="text-align:center;"|PF

| 16

1996756111712.44.2.3.4.17.3
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Chad|Kinch}}†style="text-align:center;"|SG

| 12

10691021388.8.8.8.2.13.2
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Richard|Washington}}†style="text-align:center;"|PF

| 11

30784165711927.97.61.5.5.610.8
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Austin|Carr}}†style="text-align:center;"|SG

| 8

779910169.61.11.1.1.02.0
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Jerome|Whitehead}}†style="text-align:center;"|C

| 7

118282413716.94.0.3.6.15.3
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Ralph|Drollinger}}style="text-align:center;"|C

| 6

671914121511.23.22.3.2.32.5
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Monti|Davis}}†style="text-align:center;"|PF

| 1

8300118.03.0.0.0style="background:#00843D; color:#FFFFFF;"|1.01.0

{{Plainlist|

  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Mavericks only.

}}

Awards and records

=Awards=

{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=Records=

{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

Transactions

=Trades=

border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align: center; width: 100%" bordercolor="#DFDFDF" cellpadding="5"
bgcolor="eeeeee"

| style="width:12%" | June 9, 1980

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Dallas Mavericks----

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Phoenix Suns----

bgcolor="eeeeee"

| style="width:12%" | September 11, 1980

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Utah Jazz----

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Dallas Mavericks----

bgcolor="eeeeee"

| style="width:12%" | September 16, 1980

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Cleveland Cavaliers----

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Dallas Mavericks----

bgcolor="eeeeee"

| style="width:12%" | October 30, 1980

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To "'Cleveland Cavaliers"'----

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To "'Dallas Mavericks"'----

=Free agents=

{{Col-begin}}{{Col-break|width=52%}}

==Additions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"

| style="width:140px"|Player

style="width:70px"|Signedstyle="width:210px"|Former team
Ralph Drollinger

| June 9, 1980

Scott Lloyd

| October 28, 1980

| Milwaukee Bucks

Ollie Mack

| November 17, 1980

| Chicago Bulls

Brad Davis (basketball)

| December 2, 1980

style="height:40px"

|

style="font-size: 80%"|

{{col-break}}

==Subtractions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"

| style="width:140px"|Player

style="width:70px"|Leftstyle="width:210px"|New team
Dave Britton

| September 12, 1980

| Washington Bullets

Raymond Townsend

| October 3, 1980

Austin Carr

| November 6, 1980

| Washington Bullets

Joe Hassett

| November 17, 1980

| Golden State Warriors

Darrell Allums

| December 1, 1980

|

Terry Duerod

| December 2, 1980

| Boston Celtics

Monti Davis

| January 12, 1981

Winford Boynes

| February 19, 1981

Ralph Drollinger

| March 2, 1981

style="height:40px"

|

style="font-size: 80%"|

{{col-end}}

See also

{{1980–81 NBA season by team}}

{{Dallas Mavericks}}

{{Dallas Mavericks seasons}}

References

{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1980-81 Dallas Mavericks Season}}

Category:Dallas Mavericks seasons

Da

Dallas

Dallas