1980 Nba Standings

The 1980 NBA season was the 34th season of the National Basketball Association The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA Championship beating the Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals

This was also the first season of the 3-point shot, which was introduced at a distance of 22 feet (6.7 m) from the basket. This rule change transformed offensive play, increasing scoring and popularizing shoot-outs between teams (especially in the case of ties during regulation time).

Eastern Conference Standings

The 1980 NBA season was the 34th season of the National Basketball Association The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning their second NBA Championship beating the Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals

Western Conference Standings

Central Division Standings

The 1980 NBA season was the 34th season of the National Basketball Association The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA championship beating the Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals

Atlantic Division Standings

The Atlantic Division was created at the start of the 1970-71 NBA season when the league expanded from 14 to 17 teams with the addition of the Buffalo Braves, Cleveland Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers The NBA realigned itself into two conferences, the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference with each conference having two divisions. The Atlantic Division belonged to the Eastern Conference

The opening night game for the Atlantic division was on October 10, 1970, when the defending champion New York Knicks lost to the Buffalo Braves 102-93. Walt Frazier scored 27 points in a losing effort for the Knicks. The first divisional game saw the Philadelphia 76ers defeat the Boston Celtics 114-110 on October 16, 1970. In that game, Sixers rookie sensation Julius Erving made his debut and finished with 28 points and 10 rebounds.

The 1980 NBA season was the 34th season of operation for the National Basketball Association (NBA). Only 19 teams played in this shortened 50-game regular season schedule due to a league-wide player’s strike that lasted from July 1 to October 13. five games were played on Christmas Day This would be last time Christmas Day games would be played until 1988; currently Christmas Day games are an annual occurrence in the NBA.

Midwest Division Standings

The 1980 NBA season was the 34th season of the National Basketball Association The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA championship beating the Philadelphia

76ers 4 games to 2 in the Finals.

Pacific Division Standings

The following are the final standings for the 1980 NBA season

Pacific Division Standings

Los Angeles Lakers 60-22

Phoenix Suns 57-25

San Diego Clippers 41-41

Golden State Warriors 39-43

Seattle SuperSonics 35-47

NBA Playoffs

The 1980 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s 197980 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named NBA Finals MVP for the second time.

NBA Finals

The NBA Finals is the Championship Series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven game series to determine the league champion. As of 2014, the Finals have been broadcast on ABC. Nixon is the only player to have won an NBA Championship an Olympic gold medal and an Emmy Award.

The 1980 NBA Finals was the Championship Series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s 197980 season, and the culmination of that season’s playoffs. The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2. The Series was played between May 27 and June 10, 1980, at The Forum in Inglewood California.

This was Magic Johnson’s first NBA Finals appearance, Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s last Finals appearance with the Lakers (he would later return with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971), and Head Coach Paul Westhead’s only appearance as Lakers head coach in the Finals (he would be fired midway through next season).

1980 NBA Draft

The 1980 NBA season was the 34th season of the National Basketball Association The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning their second straight NBA Championship beating the Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals

The “1978 nba standings” is a blog post that goes over the 1980 NBA Standings The post includes the year, team, record and the division.

1980 Nba Standings