NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns133–132Denver Nuggets

Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday 2 January 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 21st meetingof 218 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Truck Robinson	—	14–24	0–0	4–5	3	7	10	7	0	0	3	4	32
Walter Davis	—	10–23	0–0	4–5	1	3	4	4	1	0	4	3	24
Dennis Johnson	—	8–19	0–1	4–4	2	4	6	4	1	1	0	4	20
Rich Kelley	—	6–9	0–0	3–6	3	7	10	6	2	0	1	5	15
Johnny High	—	5–9	0–1	3–3	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	13
Kyle Macy	—	3–5	0–0	5–6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11
Jeff Cook	—	4–10	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	3	0	0	1	6	8
Alvan Adams	—	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	6	7	6	2	0	0	4	4
Alvin Scott	—	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	4	0	2	0	1	4
Joel Kramer	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	0	3	2	2
Team totals	—	55–110	0–2	23–29	15	34	49	37	8	3	13	33	133

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy McKinney	21:00	1–6	0–0	3–4	0	2	2	3	0	0	2	2	5
David Thompson	—	10–18	1–1	10–11	0	4	4	5	1	0	5	4	31
Dan Issel	—	13–20	0–0	4–8	4	5	9	3	1	1	3	5	30
Alex English	—	12–18	0–0	4–4	1	5	6	4	1	1	4	4	28
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	8–13	0–0	8–8	4	5	9	2	0	0	1	2	24
Kenny Higgs	—	4–8	0–1	0–0	0	4	4	8	0	0	3	5	8
Cedrick Hordges	—	1–2	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	1	4
Dave Robisch	—	0–4	0–0	2–2	2	4	6	1	0	1	1	3	2
Glen Gondrezick	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	3	0
T.R. Dunn	—	0–0	0–0	0–3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	21:00	49–91	1–2	33–42	12	35	47	29	3	4	21	29	132

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, Phoenix Suns 4 in NBA 1980-81.

24 Oct 1980Phoenix Suns 117–94 Denver Nuggets
23 Nov 1980Denver Nuggets 113–131 Phoenix Suns
2 Jan 1981133–132 this game
14 Jan 1981Denver Nuggets 102–128 Phoenix Suns
19 Feb 1981Phoenix Suns 126–127 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 32–9
Denver Nuggets: 13–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 101, Phoenix Suns 117.

23 Nov 1980Denver Nuggets 113–131 Phoenix Suns
14 Jan 1981Denver Nuggets 102–128 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.