NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets122–125Kansas City Kings

Denver Nuggets at Kansas City Kings

Date: Saturday 25 October 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 19th meetingof 207 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	13–24	0–0	4–7	3	5	8	4	2	0	1	3	30
Alex English	9–19	0–0	10–11	5	5	10	5	1	2	4	2	28
Dan Issel	9–14	0–0	6–6	4	4	8	1	3	0	0	0	24
Kenny Higgs	3–9	0–0	6–7	0	4	4	6	1	0	2	2	12
John Roche	4–10	0–2	2–2	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	4	10
Kim Hughes	3–6	0–0	0–0	3	4	7	0	0	0	0	2	6
Cedrick Hordges	2–6	0–0	0–0	1	7	8	3	1	1	2	4	4
James Ray	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	3	4
Glen Gondrezick	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	2
T.R. Dunn	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	47–96	0–2	28–33	18	31	49	24	10	4	14	22	122

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Otis Birdsong	16–24	0–0	4–6	3	4	7	3	1	0	3	3	36
Phil Ford	8–16	0–0	7–8	0	2	2	12	3	0	2	5	23
Reggie King	8–15	0–0	1–3	2	5	7	4	1	0	2	2	17
Hawkeye Whitney	5–8	0–0	3–3	1	3	4	1	1	0	0	1	13
Scott Wedman	5–14	0–0	1–1	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	5	11
Leon Douglas	4–4	0–0	0–0	3	7	10	5	1	2	3	4	8
Joe Meriweather	3–8	0–0	1–2	1	4	5	1	0	4	3	3	7
Ernie Grunfeld	3–7	0–0	0–0	3	2	5	1	2	0	1	2	6
Sam Lacey	2–4	0–0	0–0	2	5	7	5	0	1	1	2	4
Jo Jo White	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	54–103	0–0	17–23	16	33	49	37	9	7	17	28	125

This season

Sacramento Kings 2, Denver Nuggets 4 in NBA 1980-81.

25 Oct 1980122–125 this game
21 Nov 1980Kansas City Kings 121–134 Denver Nuggets
16 Dec 1980Kansas City Kings 133–118 Denver Nuggets
17 Jan 1981Denver Nuggets 123–122 Kansas City Kings
21 Feb 1981Kansas City Kings 109–129 Denver Nuggets
18 Mar 1981Denver Nuggets 126–124 Kansas City Kings

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 2–5
Kansas City Kings: 3–5

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Sacramento Kings 98, Denver Nuggets 109.

20 Mar 1980Denver Nuggets 105–121 Kansas City Kings
21 Nov 1980Kansas City Kings 121–134 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.