NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns101–96Los Angeles Lakers

Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Sunday 1 March 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 87th meetingof 345 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alvan Adams	—	14–22	0–0	2–4	5	5	10	4	4	0	5	3	30
Dennis Johnson	—	7–19	0–0	6–6	3	5	8	3	1	0	2	3	20
Walter Davis	—	9–14	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	19
Truck Robinson	—	5–10	0–0	1–3	1	7	8	3	0	1	3	2	11
Jeff Cook	—	3–6	0–0	0–0	0	5	5	6	0	0	2	5	6
Johnny High	—	2–6	0–0	1–3	4	4	8	4	2	1	2	4	5
Kyle Macy	—	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4
Rich Kelley	—	1–2	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	3
Alvin Scott	—	1–3	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2
Joel Kramer	—	0–3	0–1	1–2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	3	1
Team totals	—	44–89	0–2	13–21	13	29	42	29	9	2	19	29	101

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eddie Jordan	19:00	1–6	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	0	2
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	12–19	0–0	4–6	2	4	6	3	2	1	4	4	28
Jamaal Wilkes	—	10–16	0–0	6–10	1	4	5	4	3	2	2	4	26
Norm Nixon	—	8–16	0–0	2–3	0	1	1	9	0	0	5	5	18
Jim Chones	—	3–4	0–0	5–6	1	5	6	4	0	3	1	3	11
Magic Johnson	—	4–11	0–1	1–2	2	8	10	4	2	0	4	2	9
Jim Brewer	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	4	2
Mark Landsberger	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	5	0
Team totals	19:00	39–77	0–1	18–27	9	26	35	28	7	7	21	27	96

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 2, Phoenix Suns 4 in NBA 1980-81.

17 Oct 1980Phoenix Suns 109–116 Los Angeles Lakers
20 Nov 1980Los Angeles Lakers 99–102 Phoenix Suns
21 Nov 1980Phoenix Suns 88–116 Los Angeles Lakers
27 Dec 1980Los Angeles Lakers 106–116 Phoenix Suns
1 Mar 1981101–96 this game
18 Mar 1981Los Angeles Lakers 114–126 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 49–20
Los Angeles Lakers: 44–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 195, Phoenix Suns 150.

27 Dec 1980Los Angeles Lakers 106–116 Phoenix Suns
18 Mar 1981Los Angeles Lakers 114–126 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.