NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final/OT

Denver Nuggets128–135Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 3 February 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 17th meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy McKinney	32:00	6–13	0–2	2–4	1	3	4	6	1	0	4	5	14
Alex English	—	9–21	0–0	8–12	5	4	9	2	0	0	5	2	26
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	9–18	0–0	3–4	1	4	5	3	2	0	2	3	21
David Thompson	—	7–16	1–1	5–6	0	2	2	6	1	2	3	6	20
Dave Robisch	—	6–11	0–0	7–8	1	6	7	3	1	0	1	5	19
Dan Issel	—	6–12	0–0	3–5	2	3	5	0	2	0	1	6	15
Cedrick Hordges	—	4–8	0–0	4–5	6	5	11	2	0	1	2	2	12
Kenny Higgs	—	0–4	0–1	1–1	1	1	2	4	0	0	4	1	1
T.R. Dunn	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals	32:00	47–106	1–4	33–45	17	29	46	29	9	3	22	30	128

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	—	15–33	0–0	8–11	8	18	26	3	1	2	9	5	38
Allen Leavell	—	10–18	0–1	4–4	2	2	4	10	4	0	3	3	24
Robert Reid	—	8–16	0–0	4–4	2	6	8	5	3	2	2	5	20
Bill Willoughby	—	7–13	0–0	0–0	6	3	9	1	1	1	1	2	14
Mike Dunleavy	—	4–8	0–0	6–8	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	5	14
Calvin Murphy	—	3–9	0–0	4–4	0	1	1	7	4	0	5	5	10
Billy Paultz	—	3–4	0–0	0–1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	6
Major Jones	—	2–5	0–0	1–2	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	5
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	2–4	0–0	0–1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	4
Calvin Garrett	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	0	0	0	1	3	0
Team totals	—	54–110	0–1	27–35	20	39	59	32	15	5	23	39	135

This season

Houston Rockets 4, Denver Nuggets 2 in NBA 1980-81.

21 Oct 1980Houston Rockets 119–117 Denver Nuggets
6 Dec 1980Denver Nuggets 108–111 Houston Rockets
3 Jan 1981Denver Nuggets 134–132 Houston Rockets
18 Jan 1981Houston Rockets 98–97 Denver Nuggets
3 Feb 1981128–135 this game
15 Mar 1981Houston Rockets 127–138 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 20–32
Houston Rockets: 24–29

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 112, Denver Nuggets 105.

18 Jan 1981Houston Rockets 98–97 Denver Nuggets
15 Mar 1981Houston Rockets 127–138 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.