NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Kansas City Kings121–134Denver Nuggets

Kansas City Kings at Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday 21 November 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 20th meetingof 207 played

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Gus Gerard	7:00	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2
Otis Birdsong	—	12–23	0–2	4–9	6	0	6	4	2	1	2	3	28
Phil Ford	—	11–19	0–0	1–2	0	3	3	9	1	0	4	3	23
Scott Wedman	—	8–20	1–4	2–3	0	4	4	4	1	3	1	1	19
Reggie King	—	5–9	0–0	1–3	4	3	7	3	0	1	2	2	11
Joe Meriweather	—	3–5	0–0	2–2	2	4	6	0	0	3	2	4	8
Leon Douglas	—	3–5	0–0	2–4	3	7	10	1	0	2	0	2	8
Hawkeye Whitney	—	3–9	0–1	1–2	3	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	7
Lloyd Walton	—	3–4	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	2	7
Ernie Grunfeld	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
Sam Lacey	—	2–3	0–0	0–1	0	2	2	3	0	1	1	5	4
Team totals	7:00	53–103	1–7	14–27	18	25	43	29	5	12	18	26	121

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Carl Nicks	10:00	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	4
John Roche	—	12–19	2–2	4–5	1	1	2	6	0	0	2	2	30
David Thompson	—	9–14	0–0	7–9	0	3	3	5	2	0	4	2	25
Cedrick Hordges	—	7–15	0–0	7–8	5	10	15	1	0	1	2	5	21
Dan Issel	—	8–18	0–0	4–5	3	11	14	0	2	0	0	3	20
Alex English	—	6–20	0–0	4–6	6	4	10	7	2	4	3	4	16
Dave Robisch	—	4–9	0–0	4–4	5	2	7	2	1	0	0	1	12
Kenny Higgs	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	2	4
Glen Gondrezick	—	0–5	0–0	2–2	4	3	7	3	1	3	1	3	2
James Ray	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	0
T.R. Dunn	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	10:00	50–108	2–2	32–39	26	38	64	31	9	9	16	25	134

This season

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

25 Oct 1980Denver Nuggets 122–125 Kansas City Kings
21 Nov 1980121–134 this game
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

Kansas City Kings: 9–13
Denver Nuggets: 7–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

25 Oct 1980Denver Nuggets 122–125 Kansas City Kings
16 Dec 1980Kansas City Kings 133–118 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.