NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final/2OT

Denver Nuggets126–124Kansas City Kings

Denver Nuggets at Kansas City Kings

Date: Wednesday 18 March 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 24th meetingof 207 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy McKinney	23:00	7–12	0–0	6–6	1	4	5	3	0	0	0	3	20
Alex English	—	17–27	0–0	8–8	2	6	8	4	2	2	5	4	42
Dan Issel	—	11–23	0–0	5–7	1	8	9	1	4	0	2	3	27
Dave Robisch	—	5–13	0–0	2–2	0	5	5	4	0	0	2	3	12
Glen Gondrezick	—	3–6	0–0	3–4	0	4	4	1	0	1	2	5	9
Kenny Higgs	—	4–7	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	8	0	0	5	6	8
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	2–8	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	1	0	0	2	2	4
T.R. Dunn	—	2–10	0–0	0–0	4	10	14	1	2	0	1	4	4
Team totals	23:00	51–106	0–0	24–27	10	43	53	23	8	3	19	30	126

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Scott Wedman	—	18–27	1–2	4–5	3	2	5	2	0	0	1	5	41
Joe Meriweather	—	8–10	0–0	4–6	2	6	8	2	1	5	4	6	20
Ernie Grunfeld	—	5–11	0–0	4–4	1	4	5	9	2	1	5	3	14
Otis Birdsong	—	5–20	0–1	4–7	0	1	1	5	1	0	3	4	14
Reggie King	—	4–12	0–0	5–6	4	11	15	4	3	0	1	4	13
John Lambert	—	3–7	0–0	0–0	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	1	6
Lloyd Walton	—	3–6	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	5	0	0	2	0	6
Sam Lacey	—	3–7	0–0	0–0	1	7	8	6	1	2	2	5	6
Frankie Sanders	—	2–5	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	2	0	1	0	4
Team totals	—	51–105	1–3	21–28	13	41	54	36	10	8	19	28	124

This season

Sacramento Kings 2, Denver Nuggets 4 in NBA 1980-81.

25 Oct 1980Denver Nuggets 122–125 Kansas City Kings
21 Nov 1980Kansas City Kings 121–134 Denver Nuggets
16 Dec 1980Kansas City Kings 133–118 Denver Nuggets
17 Jan 1981Denver Nuggets 123–122 Kansas City Kings
21 Feb 1981Kansas City Kings 109–129 Denver Nuggets
18 Mar 1981126–124 this game

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 32–43
Kansas City Kings: 37–38

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Sacramento Kings 98, Denver Nuggets 109.

21 Feb 1981Kansas City Kings 109–129 Denver Nuggets
21 Nov 1981Kansas City Kings 121–128 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.