1980-81 Kansas City Kings Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 40-42
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 7-8 Lost conference finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Portland Trail Blazers 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Phoenix Suns 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Houston Rockets 4-1
Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (40-42)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
Attendance: 336,585, Avg. 8,209 in 41 home dates

1980-81 Kansas City Kings Roster
1980-81 Kansas City Kings Results

The Kansas City Kings of the National Basketball Association ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 40 wins and 42 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-8.

Kansas City poured in 8,769 points and conceded 8,768. Otis Birdsong scored a team-leading 1,747 points for the Kings, while Scott Wedman and Phil Ford contributed 17 or more per game also. Reggie King accounted for 786 rebounds. Phil Ford dished out 580 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Reggie King added 102 steals.

Cotton Fitzsimmons coached the team. The 1980-81 Kansas City Kings lost in the conference finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Otis Birdsong	G	71	67	2593	1306	710	35	10	455	317	119	139	258	233	93	18	173	172	1747
Scott Wedman	F-G	81	0	2902	1437	685	77	25	204	140	128	305	433	226	97	46	161	294	1535
Reggie King	F	81	0	2743	867	472	0	0	386	264	235	551	786	122	102	41	164	227	1208
Phil Ford	G	66	0	2287	887	424	36	11	354	294	26	102	128	580	99	6	241	190	1153
Ernie Grunfeld	G-F	79	0	1584	486	260	0	0	101	75	31	175	206	205	60	15	88	155	595
Sam Lacey	C	82	0	2228	536	237	5	1	117	92	131	453	584	399	95	120	182	302	567
Joe Meriweather	C-F	74	0	1514	415	206	0	0	213	148	126	267	393	77	27	80	125	219	560
Leon Douglas	C-F	79	0	1356	323	185	3	0	186	102	150	234	384	69	25	38	90	251	472
Hawkeye Whitney	G-F	47	0	782	306	149	6	2	65	50	29	77	106	68	47	6	48	98	350
Lloyd Walton	G	61	0	821	218	90	1	0	33	26	13	35	48	208	32	2	80	45	206
John Lambert	C-F	43	0	475	160	65	2	0	23	18	27	63	90	24	12	5	17	74	148
Frankie Sanders	F-G	23	0	186	77	34	0	0	22	20	6	15	21	17	16	1	21	20	88
Jo Jo White	G	13	0	236	82	36	0	0	18	11	3	18	21	37	11	1	18	21	83
Gus Gerard	F-G	16	0	123	51	19	3	0	29	19	13	16	29	6	3	6	7	24	57
Totals		816	67	19830	7151	3572	168	49	2206	1576	1037	2450	3487	2271	719	385	1415	2092	8769

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Otis Birdsong	G	71	67	36.5	54.4	28.6	69.7	1.7	2.0	3.6	3.3	1.3	0.3	2.4	2.4	24.6
Scott Wedman	F-G	81	0	35.8	47.7	32.5	68.6	1.6	3.8	5.3	2.8	1.2	0.6	2.0	3.6	19.0
Reggie King	F	81	0	33.9	54.4		68.4	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.5	1.3	0.5	2.0	2.8	14.9
Phil Ford	G	66	0	34.7	47.8	30.6	83.1	0.4	1.5	1.9	8.8	1.5	0.1	3.7	2.9	17.5
Ernie Grunfeld	G-F	79	0	20.1	53.5		74.3	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.0	7.5
Sam Lacey	C	82	0	27.2	44.2	20.0	78.6	1.6	5.5	7.1	4.9	1.2	1.5	2.2	3.7	6.9
Joe Meriweather	C-F	74	0	20.5	49.6		69.5	1.7	3.6	5.3	1.0	0.4	1.1	1.7	3.0	7.6
Leon Douglas	C-F	79	0	17.2	57.3	0.0	54.8	1.9	3.0	4.9	0.9	0.3	0.5	1.1	3.2	6.0
Hawkeye Whitney	G-F	47	0	16.6	48.7	33.3	76.9	0.6	1.6	2.3	1.4	1.0	0.1	1.0	2.1	7.4
Lloyd Walton	G	61	0	13.5	41.3	0.0	78.8	0.2	0.6	0.8	3.4	0.5	0.0	1.3	0.7	3.4
John Lambert	C-F	43	0	11.0	40.6	0.0	78.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.7	3.4
Frankie Sanders	F-G	23	0	8.1	44.2		90.9	0.3	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.9	0.9	3.8
Jo Jo White	G	13	0	18.2	43.9		61.1	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.6	6.4
Gus Gerard	F-G	16	0	7.7	37.3	0.0	65.5	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.5	3.6
Averages		816	67	24.3	50.0	29.2	71.4	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.8	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.6	10.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Reggie King	F	15	620	248	122	1	0	102	75	56	93	149	25	18	10	35	49	319
Scott Wedman	F-G	15	657	297	129	32	9	56	40	16	71	87	58	18	8	39	51	307
Ernie Grunfeld	G-F	15	633	201	98	4	2	67	54	11	52	63	88	30	9	43	51	252
Sam Lacey	C	15	533	143	60	3	0	35	30	30	90	120	80	28	23	39	63	150
Otis Birdsong	G	8	234	98	56	1	1	18	11	8	13	21	27	12	0	20	13	124
Joe Meriweather	C-F	10	199	49	24	0	0	14	8	12	19	31	5	5	7	9	31	56
John Lambert	C-F	15	175	54	22	3	0	6	5	19	18	37	9	5	4	6	21	49
Leon Douglas	C-F	15	318	32	15	0	0	35	15	18	47	65	11	4	3	18	47	45
Phil Ford	G	5	158	35	15	1	0	13	9	1	7	8	29	5	0	17	9	39
Frankie Sanders	F-G	9	50	18	9	2	1	4	4	4	1	5	2	3	0	8	8	23
Lloyd Walton	G	8	73	15	4	1	0	4	3	3	4	7	19	4	0	9	6	11
Totals		130	3650	1190	554	48	13	354	254	178	415	593	353	132	64	243	349	1375

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Reggie King	F	15	41.3	49.2	0.0	73.5	3.7	6.2	9.9	1.7	1.2	0.7	2.3	3.3	21.3
Scott Wedman	F-G	15	43.8	43.4	28.1	71.4	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.9	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.4	20.5
Ernie Grunfeld	G-F	15	42.2	48.8	50.0	80.6	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.9	2.0	0.6	2.9	3.4	16.8
Sam Lacey	C	15	35.5	42.0	0.0	85.7	2.0	6.0	8.0	5.3	1.9	1.5	2.6	4.2	10.0
Otis Birdsong	G	8	29.3	57.1	100.0	61.1	1.0	1.6	2.6	3.4	1.5	0.0	2.5	1.6	15.5
Joe Meriweather	C-F	10	19.9	49.0		57.1	1.2	1.9	3.1	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.9	3.1	5.6
John Lambert	C-F	15	11.7	40.7	0.0	83.3	1.3	1.2	2.5	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.4	3.3
Leon Douglas	C-F	15	21.2	46.9		42.9	1.2	3.1	4.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.2	3.1	3.0
Phil Ford	G	5	31.6	42.9	0.0	69.2	0.2	1.4	1.6	5.8	1.0	0.0	3.4	1.8	7.8
Frankie Sanders	F-G	9	5.6	50.0	50.0	100.0	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.9	2.6
Lloyd Walton	G	8	9.1	26.7	0.0	75.0	0.4	0.5	0.9	2.4	0.5	0.0	1.1	0.8	1.4
Averages		816	28.1	46.6	27.1	71.8	1.4	3.2	4.6	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.7	10.6