NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets117–118Golden State Warriors

Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors

Date: Wednesday 18 March 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 66th meetingof 271 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	—	16–24	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	34
Moses Malone	—	5–12	0–1	8–9	3	11	14	2	1	5	2	4	18
Mike Dunleavy	—	7–10	0–0	2–3	0	0	0	10	1	0	5	5	16
Allen Leavell	—	4–6	0–0	6–7	0	2	2	5	1	0	4	1	14
Bill Willoughby	—	7–10	0–0	0–0	3	8	11	1	1	2	3	4	14
Robert Reid	—	5–10	0–0	2–3	2	5	7	1	2	0	1	5	12
Calvin Garrett	—	3–4	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	6
Billy Paultz	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	2	4	2
Tom Henderson	—	0–1	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	1
Major Jones	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	48–80	0–1	21–26	8	31	39	25	9	8	20	28	117

Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bernard King	47:00	12–21	0–0	8–9	1	1	2	5	4	0	2	2	32
Purvis Short	42:00	9–26	0–0	8–8	3	7	10	4	2	0	3	3	26
Joe Barry Carroll	42:00	9–20	0–0	6–7	5	4	9	3	3	0	2	5	24
Larry Smith	41:00	5–13	0–0	4–4	9	6	15	1	2	1	1	5	14
Lorenzo Romar	28:00	1–5	0–0	2–3	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	3	4
Joe Hassett	20:00	2–6	2–4	0–0	1	2	3	5	2	0	1	4	6
Sonny Parker	18:00	5–5	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	2	12
Billy Reid	2:00	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Team totals	240:00	43–96	2–4	30–33	20	22	42	23	14	1	14	25	118

This season

Golden State Warriors 3, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1980-81.

18 Oct 1980Houston Rockets 101–108 Golden State Warriors
13 Dec 1980Houston Rockets 99–97 Golden State Warriors
23 Dec 1980Golden State Warriors 114–99 Houston Rockets
11 Mar 1981Golden State Warriors 92–109 Houston Rockets
18 Mar 1981117–118 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 36–39
Golden State Warriors: 36–38

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Golden State Warriors 131, Houston Rockets 140.

11 Mar 1981Golden State Warriors 92–109 Houston Rockets
13 Nov 1981Golden State Warriors 102–100 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.