NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

New York Knicks99–98Houston Rockets

New York Knicks at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 17 January 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 73rd meetingof 160 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ray Williams	7–18	1–1	11–12	—	—	2	8	1	0	1	2	26
Campy Russell	9–13	0–?	3–5	—	—	1	0	2	0	2	4	21
Michael Ray Richardson	7–15	0–?	3–7	—	—	10	7	2	1	2	2	17
Bill Cartwright	7–20	0–0	1–1	—	—	11	3	1	0	1	2	15
Larry Demic	3–5	0–?	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	4	6
DeWayne Scales	2–5	0–?	0–0	—	—	4	0	1	0	1	2	4
Marvin Webster	1–3	0–?	2–2	—	—	3	0	1	1	0	2	4
Mike Glenn	2–5	0–?	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4
Mike Woodson	1–2	0–?	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2
Team totals	39–86	1–1	20–27	0	0	32	20	9	2	7	21	99

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	11–18	0–?	4–6	—	—	14	4	0	3	5	4	26
Billy Paultz	7–10	0–0	3–4	—	—	8	2	0	2	1	2	17
Calvin Garrett	5–7	0–?	4–4	—	—	8	3	0	0	2	4	14
Calvin Murphy	6–14	0–?	0–0	—	—	3	3	1	0	1	3	12
Robert Reid	3–7	0–?	3–3	—	—	6	5	1	1	2	4	9
Bill Willoughby	3–3	0–0	0–0	—	—	3	1	1	1	1	0	6
Tom Henderson	3–3	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	6	1	0	2	2	6
Allen Leavell	2–6	0–?	0–0	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	2	4
Major Jones	2–5	0–?	0–0	—	—	6	0	0	0	2	4	4
Team totals	42–73	0–0	14–17	0	0	49	29	4	7	20	25	98

This season

Houston Rockets 0, New York Knicks 2 in NBA 1980-81.

24 Nov 1980Houston Rockets 110–113 New York Knicks
17 Jan 198199–98 this game

Records going in

New York Knicks: 27–19
Houston Rockets: 20–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 79, New York Knicks 81.

24 Nov 1980Houston Rockets 110–113 New York Knicks
3 Nov 1981New York Knicks 98–101 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.