NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets89–92Phoenix Suns

Houston Rockets at Phoenix Suns

Date: Friday 16 January 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 58th meetingof 244 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	17–25	0–0	4–8	5	7	12	0	1	2	4	1	38
Allen Leavell	7–13	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	4	1	0	6	2	15
Major Jones	6–9	0–0	1–2	4	2	6	4	2	0	3	1	13
Robert Reid	4–10	0–0	2–5	1	4	5	3	8	2	6	5	10
Calvin Garrett	3–6	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	2	0	0	3	3	6
Billy Paultz	0–1	0–0	3–6	1	3	4	1	1	0	0	2	3
Calvin Murphy	1–5	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	2
Tom Henderson	1–6	0–1	0–0	2	4	6	2	1	0	2	3	2
Mike Dunleavy	0–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	0
Team totals	39–79	0–1	11–23	15	26	41	20	15	4	26	21	89

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dennis Johnson	7–21	0–1	7–7	3	3	6	6	4	0	5	4	21
Joel Kramer	8–11	0–0	1–1	4	3	7	5	2	0	0	2	17
Walter Davis	6–12	0–0	4–5	1	2	3	1	2	0	4	3	16
Jeff Cook	6–14	0–0	1–2	2	4	6	0	2	1	3	2	13
Truck Robinson	4–10	0–0	3–5	1	6	7	1	0	0	3	1	11
Johnny High	2–5	0–0	3–4	1	2	3	0	2	1	3	2	7
Rich Kelley	2–8	0–0	1–2	4	7	11	7	1	1	3	4	5
Alvin Scott	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	1	2
Kyle Macy	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	36–87	0–1	20–26	17	28	45	21	14	5	23	19	92

This season

Phoenix Suns 4, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1980-81.

8 Nov 1980Phoenix Suns 116–115 Houston Rockets
30 Nov 1980Houston Rockets 114–117 Phoenix Suns
16 Jan 198189–92 this game
21 Jan 1981Phoenix Suns 100–106 Houston Rockets
6 Feb 1981Houston Rockets 99–112 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 20–25
Phoenix Suns: 37–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 121, Houston Rockets 123.

30 Nov 1980Houston Rockets 114–117 Phoenix Suns
21 Jan 1981Phoenix Suns 100–106 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.