NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers114–123Denver Nuggets

Los Angeles Lakers at Denver Nuggets

Date: Wednesday 4 March 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 25th meetingof 241 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eddie Jordan	9:00	1–3	0–0	1–1	2	2	4	2	1	0	2	2	3
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	10–17	0–0	6–7	1	7	8	3	1	4	2	4	26
Magic Johnson	—	7–14	0–1	7–8	2	6	8	3	4	1	6	4	21
Jamaal Wilkes	—	8–19	0–1	3–4	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	5	19
Norm Nixon	—	6–18	0–0	3–3	1	1	2	7	3	0	5	4	15
Jim Chones	—	3–6	0–0	4–4	2	4	6	1	0	1	2	4	10
Mark Landsberger	—	3–7	0–1	4–5	3	7	10	0	0	0	1	3	10
Michael Cooper	—	4–10	0–1	2–3	2	2	4	4	0	3	1	2	10
Jim Brewer	—	0–1	0–0	0–5	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Team totals	9:00	42–95	0–4	30–40	14	30	44	20	12	10	23	28	114

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy McKinney	22:00	5–9	0–0	1–2	0	6	6	5	3	0	1	4	11
Alex English	—	12–25	0–0	7–7	6	5	11	3	2	0	5	3	31
David Thompson	—	11–24	0–0	6–6	1	1	2	3	1	0	4	4	28
Dan Issel	—	11–21	0–0	5–7	8	6	14	3	1	0	1	4	27
Kenny Higgs	—	3–4	0–0	3–4	0	3	3	9	3	0	3	4	9
Cedrick Hordges	—	3–12	0–0	2–4	4	10	14	0	2	1	2	3	8
Dave Robisch	—	3–10	0–0	1–2	4	1	5	2	1	0	1	1	7
Glen Gondrezick	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
T.R. Dunn	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	0	1	0	2	3	0
Team totals	22:00	49–113	0–0	25–32	25	39	64	25	15	1	20	29	123

This season

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

2 Nov 1980Denver Nuggets 123–121 Los Angeles Lakers
29 Nov 1980Los Angeles Lakers 124–123 Denver Nuggets
23 Jan 1981Denver Nuggets 105–110 Los Angeles Lakers
4 Mar 1981114–123 this game
29 Mar 1981Denver Nuggets 148–146 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 45–23
Denver Nuggets: 28–38

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

23 Jan 1981Denver Nuggets 105–110 Los Angeles Lakers
29 Mar 1981Denver Nuggets 148–146 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.