NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets119–117Denver Nuggets

Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets

Date: Tuesday 21 October 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 13th meetingof 217 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	12–20	0–0	17–21	8	18	26	1	1	0	4	41
Robert Reid	10–16	0–0	2–3	0	5	5	6	4	3	5	22
Rudy Tomjanovich	9–18	1–2	0–0	3	2	5	3	0	0	3	19
Allen Leavell	4–6	0–0	3–3	0	3	3	5	2	0	3	11
Calvin Garrett	4–7	0–0	1–2	1	2	3	1	0	0	3	9
Calvin Murphy	3–9	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	4	1	0	5	8
Major Jones	1–3	0–0	3–6	4	5	9	1	0	1	1	5
Mike Dunleavy	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	2
Tom Henderson	1–7	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	7	1	0	4	2
Billy Paultz	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0
Lee Johnson	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	45–94	1–2	28–37	17	39	56	30	9	5	33	119

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Alex English	15–26	0–0	0–0	5	6	11	2	2	1	3	30
Dan Issel	9–21	0–0	7–9	4	5	9	4	0	1	5	25
Cedrick Hordges	6–14	0–0	5–8	2	10	12	2	1	0	2	17
Kenny Higgs	4–12	0–2	8–12	1	2	3	5	3	0	3	16
David Thompson	5–14	0–0	5–8	1	1	2	6	2	1	4	15
T.R. Dunn	3–6	0–0	6–9	3	4	7	0	2	0	4	12
Kim Hughes	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	1	1	0	4	2
Glen Gondrezick	0–1	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	2	1	0
James Ray	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
John Roche	0–4	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0
Team totals	43–100	0–3	31–46	18	33	51	22	12	6	30	117

This season

Denver Nuggets 2, Houston Rockets 4 in NBA 1980-81.

21 Oct 1980119–117 this game
6 Dec 1980Denver Nuggets 108–111 Houston Rockets
3 Jan 1981Denver Nuggets 134–132 Houston Rockets
18 Jan 1981Houston Rockets 98–97 Denver Nuggets
3 Feb 1981Denver Nuggets 128–135 Houston Rockets
15 Mar 1981Houston Rockets 127–138 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 2–3
Denver Nuggets: 2–3

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

17 Feb 1980Houston Rockets 99–112 Denver Nuggets
6 Dec 1980Denver Nuggets 108–111 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.