NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets123–121Los Angeles Lakers

Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Sunday 2 November 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 22nd meetingof 241 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Carl Nicks	2:00	1–2	0–1	1–1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
David Thompson	—	11–21	0–0	9–11	2	1	3	6	0	2	2	3	31
Alex English	—	13–24	0–0	3–3	3	11	14	3	0	0	2	3	29
Dan Issel	—	10–16	0–0	5–11	4	2	6	3	0	0	1	2	25
Cedrick Hordges	—	6–10	0–0	2–2	4	5	9	2	0	0	1	6	14
T.R. Dunn	—	4–10	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	4	0	1	2	0	8
Dave Robisch	—	3–11	0–0	0–0	4	6	10	5	0	0	0	5	6
Glen Gondrezick	—	1–2	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	4
John Roche	—	1–4	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	7	1	0	1	2	3
Kenny Higgs	—	0–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	7	3	0	1	1	0
Team totals	2:00	50–104	0–1	23–32	19	30	49	38	4	3	10	24	123

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jamaal Wilkes	—	11–17	0–0	4–5	2	3	5	6	0	0	1	6	26
Norm Nixon	—	11–21	0–0	1–3	0	3	3	10	2	0	4	4	23
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	11–21	0–0	0–0	2	8	10	3	1	4	4	4	22
Magic Johnson	—	7–15	0–0	4–4	3	3	6	11	1	0	1	4	18
Jim Chones	—	5–9	0–0	0–3	3	2	5	3	0	2	0	5	10
Mark Landsberger	—	4–8	0–0	1–1	1	8	9	3	0	1	2	2	9
Michael Cooper	—	2–5	0–0	4–4	2	2	4	4	1	1	3	6	8
Brad Holland	—	2–3	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Jim Brewer	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	53–99	0–0	15–22	13	31	44	40	5	8	15	32	121

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 2, Denver Nuggets 3 in NBA 1980-81.

2 Nov 1980123–121 this game
29 Nov 1980Los Angeles Lakers 124–123 Denver Nuggets
23 Jan 1981Denver Nuggets 105–110 Los Angeles Lakers
4 Mar 1981Los Angeles Lakers 114–123 Denver Nuggets
29 Mar 1981Denver Nuggets 148–146 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 3–7
Los Angeles Lakers: 9–2

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 143, Denver Nuggets 98.

14 Mar 1980Denver Nuggets 126–132 Los Angeles Lakers
29 Nov 1980Los Angeles Lakers 124–123 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.