NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final/OT

Houston Rockets124–120Dallas Mavericks

Houston Rockets at Dallas Mavericks

Date: Friday 2 January 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 4th meetingof 221 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	13–25	0–0	14–19	—	—	15	0	1	1	2	3	40
Calvin Murphy	16–19	1–1	5–5	—	—	1	6	4	0	3	3	38
Robert Reid	8–18	0–0	4–4	—	—	4	11	1	2	3	5	20
Billy Paultz	5–8	0–0	0–2	—	—	2	2	2	2	1	4	10
Calvin Garrett	2–6	0–0	4–4	—	—	8	4	0	0	0	3	8
Rudy Tomjanovich	2–10	0–1	2–2	—	—	5	3	0	0	1	5	6
Allen Leavell	0–2	0–1	2–2	—	—	2	2	1	0	1	3	2
Bill Willoughby	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	—	4	0	0	0	1	3	0
Team totals	46–89	1–3	31–38	—	—	41	28	9	5	12	29	124

Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Geoff Huston	13–25	0–0	3–5	—	—	4	11	0	0	0	3	29
Jim Spanarkel	9–17	0–0	9–11	—	—	4	3	0	0	0	6	27
Bill Robinzine	7–16	0–0	5–6	—	—	6	6	3	0	1	6	19
Tom LaGarde	6–17	0–0	5–5	—	—	9	6	0	3	3	4	17
Scott Lloyd	4–10	0–0	0–0	—	—	8	2	0	0	2	6	8
Abdul Jeelani	2–7	0–0	3–3	—	—	5	1	0	0	2	1	7
Ollie Mack	3–7	0–0	1–2	—	—	8	4	1	0	4	3	7
Brad Davis	3–4	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	5	0	0	3	1	6
Marty Byrnes	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	47–104	0–0	26–32	0	0	45	38	4	3	15	31	120

This season

Dallas Mavericks 0, Houston Rockets 6 in NBA 1980-81.

29 Oct 1980Dallas Mavericks 103–109 Houston Rockets
11 Nov 1980Houston Rockets 105–94 Dallas Mavericks
29 Nov 1980Dallas Mavericks 90–115 Houston Rockets
2 Jan 1981124–120 this game
4 Feb 1981Dallas Mavericks 68–116 Houston Rockets
24 Mar 1981Houston Rockets 114–111 Dallas Mavericks

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 17–22
Dallas Mavericks: 5–36

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Dallas Mavericks 106, Houston Rockets 115.

29 Nov 1980Dallas Mavericks 90–115 Houston Rockets
4 Feb 1981Dallas Mavericks 68–116 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.