NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets105–110Los Angeles Lakers

Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 23 January 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 24th meetingof 241 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy McKinney	19:00	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	2	2
David Thompson	—	12–26	0–0	5–10	3	3	6	4	0	0	2	2	29
Dan Issel	—	8–16	0–0	8–10	3	4	7	1	2	0	1	3	24
Alex English	—	6–16	0–0	5–6	5	4	9	4	2	0	1	4	17
Dave Robisch	—	8–10	0–0	0–0	1	5	6	0	0	0	2	2	16
Cedrick Hordges	—	3–4	0–0	1–4	0	6	6	2	0	0	1	1	7
Kenny Higgs	—	1–3	0–1	3–4	0	2	2	8	4	0	1	4	5
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	1–13	0–0	3–4	1	4	5	4	1	0	2	0	5
T.R. Dunn	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	19:00	40–93	0–1	25–38	14	31	45	25	10	2	11	18	105

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eddie Jordan	16:00	0–4	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	1	2
Jamaal Wilkes	—	13–22	0–0	4–5	2	8	10	6	0	0	3	4	30
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	12–21	0–0	2–3	3	12	15	2	1	8	5	1	26
Norm Nixon	—	8–20	0–0	2–4	0	4	4	9	1	0	2	5	18
Michael Cooper	—	7–12	0–1	0–0	4	0	4	5	0	2	3	3	14
Jim Chones	—	5–11	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	3	0	2	0	5	10
Mark Landsberger	—	3–7	0–0	0–0	4	7	11	0	0	0	0	2	6
Butch Carter	—	2–7	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	4
Jim Brewer	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	16:00	50–104	0–1	10–14	17	36	53	29	2	12	15	25	110

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 2, Denver Nuggets 3 in NBA 1980-81.

2 Nov 1980Denver Nuggets 123–121 Los Angeles Lakers
29 Nov 1980Los Angeles Lakers 124–123 Denver Nuggets
23 Jan 1981105–110 this game
4 Mar 1981Los Angeles Lakers 114–123 Denver Nuggets
29 Mar 1981Denver Nuggets 148–146 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 17–31
Los Angeles Lakers: 32–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 143, Denver Nuggets 98.

29 Nov 1980Los Angeles Lakers 124–123 Denver Nuggets
4 Mar 1981Los Angeles Lakers 114–123 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.