NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets123–122Kansas City Kings

Denver Nuggets at Kansas City Kings

Date: Saturday 17 January 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 22nd meetingof 207 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy McKinney	25:00	3–7	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	6
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	9–14	0–0	12–13	4	8	12	5	0	0	4	5	30
David Thompson	—	9–19	0–0	11–12	1	1	2	7	0	0	6	3	29
Alex English	—	12–23	0–0	4–4	6	5	11	0	0	0	4	3	28
Dan Issel	—	5–16	0–0	4–5	2	10	12	0	2	1	1	2	14
Dave Robisch	—	4–8	0–0	2–2	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	10
Kenny Higgs	—	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	2	4
T.R. Dunn	—	0–1	0–0	2–2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Cedrick Hordges	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Glen Gondrezick	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	25:00	44–92	0–0	35–38	19	29	48	17	4	1	18	19	123

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Scott Wedman	—	17–27	0–0	2–2	3	4	7	5	1	2	2	3	36
Ernie Grunfeld	—	11–14	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	2	1	0	1	5	22
Phil Ford	—	8–17	0–0	3–4	0	1	1	11	3	0	2	1	19
Reggie King	—	4–11	0–0	6–6	2	9	11	3	2	0	1	3	14
Leon Douglas	—	5–6	0–0	2–3	2	3	5	3	0	1	2	4	12
John Lambert	—	3–8	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	6
Sam Lacey	—	3–7	0–0	0–0	3	4	7	1	0	0	1	4	6
Joe Meriweather	—	2–7	0–0	1–2	3	5	8	3	1	1	3	4	5
Lloyd Walton	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	2
Team totals	—	54–98	0–0	14–17	15	29	44	32	8	4	14	26	122

This season

Sacramento Kings 2, Denver Nuggets 4 in NBA 1980-81.

25 Oct 1980Denver Nuggets 122–125 Kansas City Kings
21 Nov 1980Kansas City Kings 121–134 Denver Nuggets
16 Dec 1980Kansas City Kings 133–118 Denver Nuggets
17 Jan 1981123–122 this game
21 Feb 1981Kansas City Kings 109–129 Denver Nuggets
18 Mar 1981Denver Nuggets 126–124 Kansas City Kings

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 16–29
Kansas City Kings: 21–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Sacramento Kings 98, Denver Nuggets 109.

16 Dec 1980Kansas City Kings 133–118 Denver Nuggets
21 Feb 1981Kansas City Kings 109–129 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.