NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets123–140Denver Nuggets

New Jersey Nets at Denver Nuggets

Date: Tuesday 24 February 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 16th meetingof 104 played

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Darwin Cook	38:00	8–17	0–0	6–7	3	1	4	11	5	0	3	2	22
Cliff Robinson	35:00	15–25	0–0	2–5	2	9	11	0	1	0	3	2	32
Mike O'Koren	30:00	7–15	0–0	2–2	3	3	6	2	1	0	1	4	16
Mike Newlin	27:00	5–14	0–2	1–3	1	2	3	2	0	1	3	1	11
Edgar Jones	24:00	8–15	0–0	1–1	3	5	8	2	1	3	2	3	17
Lowes Moore	24:00	4–8	0–0	3–5	1	6	7	6	0	0	4	2	11
Jan van Breda Kolff	24:00	2–7	0–0	0–0	2	7	9	3	0	3	2	3	4
Bob Elliott	17:00	3–7	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	3	0	1	2	4	8
Maurice Lucas	14:00	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	2	0	2	2
Rory Sparrow	7:00	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	53–113	0–2	17–25	17	37	54	35	8	10	21	23	123

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy McKinney	19:00	3–8	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	8	0	0	3	4	8
Dave Robisch	—	11–15	0–0	5–5	2	1	3	3	1	0	1	0	27
Dan Issel	—	9–14	0–0	8–15	3	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	26
Glen Gondrezick	—	8–12	0–0	2–2	4	5	9	0	1	0	1	3	18
Alex English	—	7–15	0–0	3–4	0	8	8	6	2	0	2	2	17
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	4–9	0–0	4–4	2	7	9	2	0	1	1	1	12
T.R. Dunn	—	5–9	0–0	2–2	3	3	6	2	3	1	2	4	12
Cedrick Hordges	—	3–9	0–1	2–4	0	10	10	4	0	0	3	3	8
Kenny Higgs	—	4–11	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	11	2	0	2	4	8
Ronnie Valentine	—	2–6	0–0	0–2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4
Team totals	19:00	56–108	0–1	28–40	15	39	54	37	10	3	15	22	140

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, Brooklyn Nets 1 in NBA 1980-81.

12 Nov 1980Denver Nuggets 111–118 New Jersey Nets
24 Feb 1981123–140 this game

Records going in

New Jersey Nets: 20–45
Denver Nuggets: 25–38

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 58, Brooklyn Nets 46.

12 Nov 1980Denver Nuggets 111–118 New Jersey Nets
11 Dec 1981Denver Nuggets 123–131 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.