NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets99–112Denver Nuggets

Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets

Date: Sunday 17 February 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 12th meetingof 217 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy Paultz	21:00	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	3	1	1	2	3	4
Moses Malone	—	10–21	0–0	9–14	7	6	13	1	1	1	3	4	29
Robert Reid	—	6–13	0–0	3–6	4	5	9	3	4	3	1	2	15
Allen Leavell	—	6–10	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	2	3	1	5	2	14
Calvin Murphy	—	3–12	0–1	7–8	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	5	13
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	5–18	0–3	2–2	7	2	9	0	1	0	1	3	12
Rick Barry	—	3–5	2–4	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	3	8
Major Jones	—	1–4	0–0	2–4	2	3	5	2	0	2	1	3	4
Tom Henderson	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0
Team totals	21:00	36–88	2–8	25–36	23	23	46	19	11	8	20	25	99

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
George Johnson	—	12–18	0–1	4–5	3	5	8	0	1	1	3	4	28
Alex English	—	11–26	0–0	2–2	12	4	16	6	3	3	4	3	24
Dan Issel	—	7–13	0–0	6–8	1	5	6	2	3	0	3	3	20
Gary Garland	—	5–7	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	2	12
John Roche	—	4–9	0–1	4–4	0	1	1	6	0	1	3	1	12
Bob Wilkerson	—	2–13	0–0	4–4	0	4	4	8	0	0	4	2	8
Kim Hughes	—	3–7	0–0	0–0	7	5	12	0	1	2	1	5	6
Glen Gondrezick	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	4	0	4	3	1	0	0	3	2
Bo Ellis	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	45–97	0–2	22–25	29	26	55	27	9	7	20	23	112

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1979-80.

9 Jan 1980Denver Nuggets 112–114 Houston Rockets
17 Feb 198099–112 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 30–29
Denver Nuggets: 22–39

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 105, Houston Rockets 112.

9 Jan 1980Denver Nuggets 112–114 Houston Rockets
21 Oct 1980Houston Rockets 119–117 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.