NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets117–114Cleveland Cavaliers

Houston Rockets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Thursday 20 November 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 56th meetingof 144 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	11–16	0–0	9–12	3	8	11	0	2	3	3	1	31
Calvin Murphy	11–18	0–0	4–4	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	1	26
Rudy Tomjanovich	8–15	0–1	2–4	3	3	6	0	0	0	2	1	18
Robert Reid	5–10	0–0	7–10	0	6	6	7	1	0	4	3	17
Tom Henderson	4–7	0–0	3–3	2	1	3	8	2	0	1	1	11
Major Jones	0–2	0–0	5–6	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	5
Allen Leavell	0–3	0–1	4–4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	4
Calvin Garrett	1–4	0–1	1–1	3	3	6	0	0	0	1	3	3
Billy Paultz	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2
Mike Dunleavy	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0
Team totals	41–77	0–3	35–44	12	22	34	24	7	3	20	19	117

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	10–17	0–2	5–6	4	3	7	2	0	1	4	5	25
Randy Smith	9–14	1–2	2–2	1	1	2	8	1	0	1	1	21
Roger Phegley	8–18	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	4	0	0	1	2	18
Bill Laimbeer	6–10	0–0	0–0	2	9	11	1	2	0	0	4	12
Kenny Carr	4–11	0–0	4–6	1	6	7	1	1	0	2	4	12
Richard Washington	4–12	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	0	1	5	8
Don Ford	3–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	6
Mike Bratz	3–6	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	3	0	0	3	4	6
Chad Kinch	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	1	4
Kim Hughes	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
Team totals	50–95	1–4	13–16	14	24	38	26	6	1	16	28	114

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 0, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1980-81.

20 Nov 1980117–114 this game
3 Dec 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 109–118 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 7–9
Cleveland Cavaliers: 6–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 51, Houston Rockets 93.

20 Mar 1980Houston Rockets 96–109 Cleveland Cavaliers
3 Dec 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 109–118 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.