NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns116–115Houston Rockets

Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 8 November 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 56th meetingof 244 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Truck Robinson	7–11	0–0	4–6	2	8	10	3	0	1	3	2	18
Alvan Adams	6–12	0–0	4–6	1	1	2	1	2	1	5	4	16
Dennis Johnson	6–13	0–0	3–3	0	3	3	2	1	1	4	5	15
Jeff Cook	6–9	0–0	2–4	2	6	8	4	0	2	0	1	14
Kyle Macy	6–9	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	13
Johnny High	5–9	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	5	2	0	2	2	12
Rich Kelley	4–4	0–0	2–5	1	2	3	4	2	2	1	1	10
Walter Davis	3–9	0–0	4–6	2	0	2	3	0	0	6	2	10
Alvin Scott	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	4
Joel Kramer	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
Team totals	47–82	0–0	22–33	8	25	33	30	9	7	22	19	116

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	16–25	0–0	4–7	8	9	17	0	0	0	4	4	36
Rudy Tomjanovich	10–18	0–3	2–3	2	5	7	4	1	0	2	2	22
Robert Reid	7–12	0–0	3–4	0	3	3	5	2	0	4	3	17
Calvin Murphy	6–14	0–0	1–1	2	0	2	6	2	0	1	3	13
Tom Henderson	2–3	0–0	4–6	0	2	2	7	3	0	3	6	8
Billy Paultz	3–3	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7
Allen Leavell	3–7	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	1	6
Major Jones	1–4	0–0	2–3	1	1	2	1	2	1	3	4	4
Calvin Garrett	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	3	3	0	1	0	2
Team totals	49–90	0–3	17–26	15	22	37	30	13	1	21	24	115

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Phoenix Suns 4 in NBA 1980-81.

8 Nov 1980116–115 this game
30 Nov 1980Houston Rockets 114–117 Phoenix Suns
16 Jan 1981Houston Rockets 89–92 Phoenix Suns
21 Jan 1981Phoenix Suns 100–106 Houston Rockets
6 Feb 1981Houston Rockets 99–112 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 11–2
Houston Rockets: 4–6

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 123, Phoenix Suns 121.

5 Jan 1980Phoenix Suns 110–111 Houston Rockets
30 Nov 1980Houston Rockets 114–117 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.