NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets109–133Chicago Bulls

Houston Rockets at Chicago Bulls

Date: Saturday 20 December 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 64th meetingof 151 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	9–21	0–0	8–9	3	7	10	0	2	0	6	3	26
Rudy Tomjanovich	8–14	1–2	0–0	2	3	5	1	1	0	1	0	17
Major Jones	6–9	0–0	2–2	4	3	7	0	1	0	0	2	14
Mike Dunleavy	5–16	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	5	12
Tom Henderson	4–7	0–0	4–6	0	2	2	6	0	0	3	1	12
Calvin Murphy	2–4	0–0	6–6	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	10
Billy Paultz	4–6	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	1	2	4	8
Robert Reid	1–8	0–0	2–2	1	4	5	5	3	2	1	6	4
Allen Leavell	1–6	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	4	3
John Stroud	1–5	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	2
Bill Willoughby	0–1	0–0	1–2	2	3	5	0	1	0	0	1	1
Team totals	41–97	1–2	26–30	15	27	42	20	11	3	18	29	109

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Reggie Theus	8–15	0–0	8–9	4	1	5	7	2	0	1	3	24
Larry Kenon	10–15	0–0	3–4	2	5	7	1	0	0	3	0	23
Ricky Sobers	7–11	0–0	6–6	1	1	2	7	4	1	3	3	20
Scott May	6–10	0–0	7–8	2	4	6	1	1	0	2	1	19
Dwight Jones	7–9	0–0	2–2	0	10	10	0	0	2	1	2	16
Artis Gilmore	4–9	0–0	3–3	1	6	7	2	1	4	3	3	11
Bob Wilkerson	3–8	0–0	5–6	1	5	6	7	4	1	3	3	11
Sam Worthen	1–2	0–0	1–2	0	5	5	2	1	0	2	2	3
Coby Dietrick	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	4	1	2	1	4	2
Dave Greenwood	1–6	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	2
James Wilkes	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
Team totals	49–89	0–0	35–40	13	43	56	32	14	11	22	23	133

This season

Chicago Bulls 1, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1980-81.

20 Dec 1980109–133 this game
14 Jan 1981Chicago Bulls 105–109 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 14–18
Chicago Bulls: 14–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 74, Houston Rockets 77.

19 Dec 1979Chicago Bulls 108–102 Houston Rockets
14 Jan 1981Chicago Bulls 105–109 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.