NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets122–130Cleveland Cavaliers

Denver Nuggets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Thursday 18 December 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 14th meetingof 102 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Carl Nicks	31:00	1–6	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	8	0	0	4	4	3
Dan Issel	—	7–17	0–1	9–11	4	7	11	1	0	1	3	3	23
Glen Gondrezick	—	9–12	0–0	3–5	2	3	5	2	1	0	3	4	21
Alex English	—	10–19	0–0	0–0	4	2	6	3	0	0	0	4	20
David Thompson	—	8–17	1–1	3–5	1	3	4	4	2	2	3	4	20
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	6–10	0–1	4–4	2	4	6	4	0	0	1	4	16
Dave Robisch	—	5–7	0–0	0–0	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	10
T.R. Dunn	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	4
Ronnie Valentine	—	1–3	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3
Kenny Higgs	—	1–3	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	5	2
Team totals	31:00	50–97	1–4	21–29	18	25	43	28	3	3	15	31	122

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kenny Carr	—	14–19	0–0	3–6	6	11	17	2	1	0	2	6	31
Mike Mitchell	—	11–19	0–0	5–6	1	4	5	3	0	0	0	1	27
Randy Smith	—	11–18	0–0	4–5	1	1	2	5	0	1	5	2	26
Mike Bratz	—	8–14	0–1	7–7	0	3	3	8	4	0	0	2	23
Richard Washington	—	4–10	0–0	4–5	2	3	5	6	1	0	3	4	12
Roger Phegley	—	2–6	0–0	2–2	0	4	4	4	0	0	1	6	6
Bill Laimbeer	—	2–4	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	5	5
Don Ford	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kim Hughes	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	2	0
Team totals	—	52–92	0–1	26–33	13	29	42	31	7	1	13	28	130

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, Denver Nuggets 1 in NBA 1980-81.

18 Dec 1980122–130 this game
1 Mar 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 127–137 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 11–20
Cleveland Cavaliers: 11–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 48, Denver Nuggets 54.

29 Dec 1979Denver Nuggets 106–124 Cleveland Cavaliers
1 Mar 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 127–137 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.