NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets125–126Dallas Mavericks

Denver Nuggets at Dallas Mavericks

Date: Friday 20 March 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 208 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy McKinney	38:00	9–15	0–0	3–3	1	6	7	11	2	0	0	5	21
David Thompson	—	10–17	0–0	8–10	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	2	28
Alex English	—	11–24	0–0	1–2	5	5	10	3	1	1	4	3	23
Dan Issel	—	9–15	0–1	3–6	3	4	7	2	1	3	2	2	21
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	3–9	0–0	8–10	2	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	14
Dave Robisch	—	6–10	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	1	1	2	12
T.R. Dunn	—	1–3	0–0	2–4	2	3	5	0	1	1	1	3	4
Glen Gondrezick	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	1	1	0	2	4	2
Team totals	38:00	50–97	0–1	25–35	16	26	42	20	9	6	13	21	125

Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bill Robinzine	—	10–15	0–0	2–2	7	8	15	6	1	0	3	6	22
Marty Byrnes	—	10–17	0–0	2–3	3	4	7	3	0	1	0	3	22
Brad Davis	—	8–12	0–0	5–5	0	4	4	10	0	0	1	3	21
Jim Spanarkel	—	8–16	0–0	2–2	3	0	3	4	2	0	4	3	18
Ollie Mack	—	8–15	0–1	2–2	2	3	5	3	2	0	5	1	18
Tom LaGarde	—	2–4	0–0	4–4	0	8	8	3	0	0	2	2	8
Stan Pietkiewicz	—	3–6	1–4	0–0	1	1	2	5	0	0	1	0	7
Scott Lloyd	—	3–11	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	2	0	1	1	6	6
Abdul Jeelani	—	1–5	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4
Team totals	—	53–101	1–5	19–20	17	31	48	36	5	2	18	26	126

This season

Dallas Mavericks 3, Denver Nuggets 3 in NBA 1980-81.

15 Oct 1980Dallas Mavericks 98–133 Denver Nuggets
28 Nov 1980Denver Nuggets 119–117 Dallas Mavericks
10 Dec 1980Dallas Mavericks 107–116 Denver Nuggets
26 Dec 1980Denver Nuggets 111–119 Dallas Mavericks
20 Mar 1981125–126 this game
25 Mar 1981Dallas Mavericks 126–115 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 33–43
Dallas Mavericks: 12–64

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Dallas Mavericks 105, Denver Nuggets 103.

26 Dec 1980Denver Nuggets 111–119 Dallas Mavericks
25 Mar 1981Dallas Mavericks 126–115 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.