NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Golden State Warriors114–99Houston Rockets

Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 23 December 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 64th meetingof 271 played

Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
World B. Free	41:00	12–22	0–0	3–6	0	3	3	6	5	0	1	2	27
Bernard King	41:00	6–8	0–0	10–12	1	6	7	3	1	0	4	3	22
Joe Barry Carroll	36:00	5–11	0–0	5–6	1	5	6	2	1	2	2	2	15
John Lucas	32:00	3–6	1–1	2–3	1	2	3	9	2	0	5	1	9
Larry Smith	28:00	4–5	0–0	0–0	5	4	9	0	1	0	2	3	8
Purvis Short	27:00	9–16	0–0	4–4	2	2	4	2	1	0	2	0	22
Sonny Parker	20:00	4–8	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	2	2	0	1	4	9
Clifford Ray	11:00	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Lorenzo Romar	3:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rickey Brown	1:00	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	44–79	1–1	25–33	11	23	34	24	14	2	18	17	114

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	—	9–15	0–0	5–5	3	5	8	0	0	1	5	3	23
Calvin Murphy	—	6–15	0–0	4–4	0	0	0	6	2	0	4	4	16
Mike Dunleavy	—	6–9	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	6	2	1	0	1	12
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	6–11	0–1	0–0	2	3	5	3	0	0	0	2	12
Allen Leavell	—	5–7	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	12	2	0	6	4	10
Billy Paultz	—	3–5	0–0	2–4	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	8
Robert Reid	—	4–10	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	5	8
Calvin Garrett	—	3–6	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	3	1	0	2	1	6
Major Jones	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	4
Tom Henderson	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	—	44–82	0–2	11–13	9	21	30	32	8	2	25	23	99

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Golden State Warriors 3 in NBA 1980-81.

18 Oct 1980Houston Rockets 101–108 Golden State Warriors
13 Dec 1980Houston Rockets 99–97 Golden State Warriors
23 Dec 1980114–99 this game
11 Mar 1981Golden State Warriors 92–109 Houston Rockets
18 Mar 1981Houston Rockets 117–118 Golden State Warriors

Records going in

Golden State Warriors: 17–17
Houston Rockets: 14–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 140, Golden State Warriors 131.

13 Dec 1980Houston Rockets 99–97 Golden State Warriors
11 Mar 1981Golden State Warriors 92–109 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.