NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Kansas City Kings114–108Houston Rockets

Kansas City Kings at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 7 January 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 60th meetingof 254 played

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Phil Ford	14–18	1–?	2–2	—	—	2	11	1	0	3	4	31
Reggie King	7–13	0–0	6–8	—	—	11	2	1	0	3	2	20
Scott Wedman	8–11	0–?	3–3	—	—	7	3	0	1	0	2	19
Ernie Grunfeld	7–9	0–0	2–6	—	—	6	6	1	0	0	1	16
Joe Meriweather	6–9	0–0	0–0	—	—	3	4	1	0	0	4	12
Leon Douglas	2–4	0–0	2–3	—	—	2	1	0	0	2	4	6
John Lambert	2–8	0–?	0–0	—	—	4	1	0	0	1	0	4
Lloyd Walton	2–6	0–?	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	4
Sam Lacey	1–2	0–?	0–0	—	—	3	4	2	3	3	4	2
Hawkeye Whitney	0–3	0–?	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	49–83	1–0	15–22	0	0	38	37	7	4	13	24	114

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	11–20	0–?	11–13	—	—	14	2	1	1	4	4	33
Rudy Tomjanovich	8–12	0–?	0–0	—	—	5	1	1	1	0	4	16
Calvin Garrett	5–10	0–?	2–2	—	—	5	3	0	1	1	2	12
Calvin Murphy	5–16	0–?	2–2	0	0	0	7	1	1	2	3	12
Robert Reid	4–7	0–?	3–4	—	—	1	3	1	0	2	4	11
Allen Leavell	3–6	0–?	1–1	0	0	0	6	2	0	4	1	7
Billy Paultz	2–3	0–0	3–3	—	—	5	1	0	1	1	1	7
Major Jones	2–5	0–?	0–0	—	—	7	0	0	0	0	5	4
Mike Dunleavy	2–4	0–?	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	0	2	1	4
Bill Willoughby	1–2	0–?	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Team totals	43–85	0–0	22–25	0	0	38	24	6	5	17	25	108

This season

Houston Rockets 6, Sacramento Kings 5 in NBA 1980-81.

23 Oct 1980Kansas City Kings 105–96 Houston Rockets
5 Dec 1980Houston Rockets 100–108 Kansas City Kings
7 Jan 1981114–108 this game
23 Jan 1981Houston Rockets 107–113 Kansas City Kings
22 Mar 1981Houston Rockets 114–108 Kansas City Kings
27 Mar 1981Kansas City Kings 84–91 Houston Rockets
21 Apr 1981Houston Rockets 97–78 Kansas City Kings
22 Apr 1981Houston Rockets 79–88 Kansas City Kings
24 Apr 1981Kansas City Kings 88–92 Houston Rockets
26 Apr 1981Kansas City Kings 89–100 Houston Rockets
29 Apr 1981Houston Rockets 97–88 Kansas City Kings

Records going in

Kansas City Kings: 18–24
Houston Rockets: 18–23

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 150, Sacramento Kings 104.

5 Dec 1980Houston Rockets 100–108 Kansas City Kings
23 Jan 1981Houston Rockets 107–113 Kansas City Kings

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.