NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final/OT

Houston Rockets114–111Dallas Mavericks

Houston Rockets at Dallas Mavericks

Date: Tuesday 24 March 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 6th meetingof 221 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Reid	15–23	0–0	2–2	—	—	14	2	4	5	1	4	32
Moses Malone	11–23	0–0	8–9	9	13	22	3	1	1	3	1	30
Calvin Murphy	9–25	0–1	5–6	—	—	6	2	2	0	3	4	23
Mike Dunleavy	6–18	0–2	1–2	—	—	3	7	2	0	0	2	13
Bill Willoughby	3–4	0–0	0–0	—	—	6	1	0	1	0	5	6
Major Jones	1–4	0–0	2–2	—	—	6	0	0	2	0	3	4
Tom Henderson	2–8	0–0	0–0	—	—	5	4	0	0	1	1	4
Billy Paultz	1–7	0–0	0–0	—	—	4	2	0	0	0	2	2
Allen Leavell	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	0
Team totals	48–115	0–3	18–21	9	13	66	23	9	9	11	24	114

Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Brad Davis	6–12	0–0	7–8	—	—	4	14	1	0	5	2	19
Tom LaGarde	7–12	0–0	5–10	—	—	11	3	0	2	2	3	19
Bill Robinzine	5–13	0–0	4–6	—	—	8	2	2	0	1	3	14
Jim Spanarkel	4–13	0–1	5–5	—	—	4	1	0	1	0	1	13
Scott Lloyd	6–11	0–0	0–0	—	—	6	4	0	0	0	4	12
Marty Byrnes	4–10	1–1	2–3	—	—	3	2	0	0	0	0	11
Ollie Mack	5–14	0–0	0–0	—	—	8	0	0	0	3	4	10
Stan Pietkiewicz	3–6	1–3	0–0	—	—	6	2	0	0	1	0	7
Abdul Jeelani	2–4	0–0	2–2	—	—	3	0	0	3	0	1	6
Team totals	42–95	2–5	25–34	—	—	53	28	3	6	12	18	111

This season

Dallas Mavericks 0, Houston Rockets 6 in NBA 1980-81.

29 Oct 1980Dallas Mavericks 103–109 Houston Rockets
11 Nov 1980Houston Rockets 105–94 Dallas Mavericks
29 Nov 1980Dallas Mavericks 90–115 Houston Rockets
2 Jan 1981Houston Rockets 124–120 Dallas Mavericks
4 Feb 1981Dallas Mavericks 68–116 Houston Rockets
24 Mar 1981114–111 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 37–41
Dallas Mavericks: 14–64

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Dallas Mavericks 106, Houston Rockets 115.

4 Feb 1981Dallas Mavericks 68–116 Houston Rockets
12 Dec 1981Dallas Mavericks 97–101 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.