NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Utah Jazz121–117Denver Nuggets

Utah Jazz at Denver Nuggets

Date: Wednesday 7 January 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 22nd meetingof 244 played

Utah Jazz

Utah Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Adrian Dantley	45:00	20–25	0–0	11–11	2	3	5	7	2	0	3	1	51
Ben Poquette	42:00	6–9	0–0	1–1	2	12	14	2	0	5	0	5	13
Rickey Green	36:00	6–10	0–0	5–7	0	3	3	5	6	0	4	1	17
Jeff Wilkins	30:00	4–10	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	0	1	1	0	4	8
Darrell Griffith	27:00	6–17	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	2	5	1	5	5	13
Ron Boone	21:00	1–6	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	2	2
Allan Bristow	20:00	3–7	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	8	3	0	2	1	6
Carl Nicks	12:00	3–4	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	7
Wayne Cooper	7:00	2–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	4
Team totals	240:00	51–90	0–1	19–23	8	27	35	29	17	7	17	23	121

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy McKinney	25:00	3–8	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	4	2	0	3	2	6
Dan Issel	—	11–19	0–2	11–13	7	4	11	0	0	0	0	3	33
Alex English	—	13–21	0–0	2–2	6	7	13	5	1	2	7	2	28
David Thompson	—	5–15	0–1	3–4	0	6	6	7	0	2	5	3	13
Kenny Higgs	—	5–13	1–3	2–4	1	0	1	3	2	0	4	5	13
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	6–13	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	2	1	0	3	1	12
Dave Robisch	—	2–4	0–0	2–2	3	4	7	0	0	1	0	1	6
Glen Gondrezick	—	1–2	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	2	4
Ronnie Valentine	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2
T.R. Dunn	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
Team totals	25:00	47–101	1–6	22–27	22	26	48	24	7	6	23	21	117

This season

Denver Nuggets 2, Utah Jazz 4 in NBA 1980-81.

12 Oct 1980Utah Jazz 125–121 Denver Nuggets
18 Oct 1980Denver Nuggets 115–117 Utah Jazz
4 Dec 1980Denver Nuggets 118–122 Utah Jazz
7 Jan 1981121–117 this game
6 Feb 1981Denver Nuggets 120–116 Utah Jazz
22 Mar 1981Utah Jazz 108–113 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Utah Jazz: 17–25
Denver Nuggets: 14–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 109, Utah Jazz 135.

4 Dec 1980Denver Nuggets 118–122 Utah Jazz
6 Feb 1981Denver Nuggets 120–116 Utah Jazz

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.