NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns100–106Houston Rockets

Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 21 January 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 59th meetingof 244 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Truck Robinson	13–24	0–0	1–1	5	6	11	1	2	2	4	2	27
Dennis Johnson	6–15	0–0	2–2	3	1	4	6	2	0	1	2	14
Alvan Adams	5–8	0–0	3–6	0	5	5	3	0	0	1	3	13
Kyle Macy	5–7	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	11
Johnny High	4–8	0–0	1–3	1	2	3	3	0	1	5	2	9
Walter Davis	4–8	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	1	9
Alvin Scott	3–6	0–1	2–2	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	8
Jeff Cook	2–2	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	6
Joel Kramer	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	2
Rich Kelley	0–0	0–0	1–2	0	8	8	3	0	1	1	5	1
Team totals	43–80	1–3	13–20	10	27	37	26	6	6	17	18	100

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	10–22	0–0	5–5	10	5	15	2	1	2	1	2	25
Calvin Murphy	12–22	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	24
Allen Leavell	7–15	0–1	4–4	2	2	4	9	4	2	5	2	18
Robert Reid	6–16	0–0	5–6	5	9	14	6	3	0	2	4	17
Calvin Garrett	6–11	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	4	12
Billy Paultz	4–12	0–0	0–0	4	5	9	2	0	2	0	5	8
Major Jones	0–3	0–0	2–2	0	4	4	2	1	1	2	1	2
Bill Willoughby	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Dunleavy	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	45–102	0–1	16–17	25	27	52	26	13	8	11	21	106

This season

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

8 Nov 1980Phoenix Suns 116–115 Houston Rockets
30 Nov 1980Houston Rockets 114–117 Phoenix Suns
16 Jan 1981Houston Rockets 89–92 Phoenix Suns
21 Jan 1981100–106 this game
6 Feb 1981Houston Rockets 99–112 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 39–12
Houston Rockets: 21–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

16 Jan 1981Houston Rockets 89–92 Phoenix Suns
6 Feb 1981Houston Rockets 99–112 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.