NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons123–143Denver Nuggets

Detroit Pistons at Denver Nuggets

Date: Tuesday 27 January 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 15th meetingof 103 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Phil Hubbard	—	8–17	0–0	9–9	3	4	7	1	2	2	5	25
Keith Herron	—	10–14	1–1	2–3	2	2	4	4	0	0	2	23
John Long	—	10–19	0–0	2–3	1	3	4	1	1	1	3	22
Terry Tyler	—	6–13	0–0	2–2	2	4	6	2	2	0	3	14
Paul Mokeski	—	3–14	0–0	4–8	3	5	8	6	2	0	6	10
Wayne Robinson	—	5–10	0–0	0–0	2	6	8	5	2	1	5	10
Ron Lee	—	3–5	0–0	1–1	1	1	2	9	2	0	3	7
Edmund Lawrence	—	3–4	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	6
Larry Drew	—	2–4	0–0	2–3	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	6
Larry Wright	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	2	1	0	5	0
Team totals	—	50–103	1–1	22–29	15	27	42	35	13	4	35	123

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Billy McKinney	24:00	4–6	0–0	4–4	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	12
Dan Issel	—	10–14	0–0	9–9	1	5	6	1	0	2	2	29
David Thompson	—	9–15	0–0	8–13	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	26
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	8–10	0–0	6–8	1	5	6	4	1	1	4	22
Dave Robisch	—	5–9	0–0	5–6	1	4	5	1	0	1	3	15
Alex English	—	4–10	0–0	6–7	2	6	8	3	0	3	3	14
Ronnie Valentine	—	4–6	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	8
Cedrick Hordges	—	2–4	0–0	2–4	1	6	7	2	0	0	4	6
Glen Gondrezick	—	2–5	0–0	1–2	2	3	5	1	1	0	1	5
T.R. Dunn	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	2	1	0	0	4
Kenny Higgs	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	5	0	0	4	2
Team totals	24:00	51–85	0–0	41–53	10	35	45	27	4	7	26	143

This season

Denver Nuggets 2, Detroit Pistons 0 in NBA 1980-81.

27 Jan 1981123–143 this game
7 Mar 1981Denver Nuggets 121–109 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 13–40
Denver Nuggets: 18–32

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 49, Detroit Pistons 54.

2 Jan 1980Detroit Pistons 116–135 Denver Nuggets
7 Mar 1981Denver Nuggets 121–109 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.