NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets142–139Golden State Warriors

Denver Nuggets at Golden State Warriors

Date: Saturday 28 March 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 23rd meetingof 210 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy McKinney	20:00	4–6	0–0	4–4	0	3	3	4	2	0	1	4	12
David Thompson	—	16–24	0–0	6–11	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	2	38
Dan Issel	—	11–19	0–0	6–8	2	6	8	1	1	0	0	1	28
Alex English	—	11–20	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	4	1	1	2	2	22
Kenny Higgs	—	6–12	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	8	1	0	3	6	12
Dave Robisch	—	4–9	0–0	3–3	3	8	11	2	0	0	0	1	11
Glen Gondrezick	—	4–6	0–0	1–2	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	5	9
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	4–7	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	8
T.R. Dunn	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	2	2	1	0	1	2
Team totals	20:00	61–105	0–0	20–28	12	26	38	25	7	2	11	24	142

Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Smith	45:00	10–19	0–0	3–8	14	17	31	5	1	0	1	5	23
World B. Free	42:00	5–18	0–0	11–12	1	1	2	7	1	0	3	2	21
Joe Barry Carroll	41:00	9–17	0–0	1–3	3	7	10	3	1	5	4	3	19
Bernard King	40:00	13–21	0–0	7–10	6	4	10	3	1	0	3	4	33
Purvis Short	33:00	6–12	0–1	3–3	3	3	6	3	1	0	4	4	15
Joe Hassett	25:00	5–13	5–10	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	15
Sonny Parker	12:00	5–6	0–0	1–3	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	3	11
Lorenzo Romar	2:00	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Team totals	240:00	54–107	5–11	26–39	30	34	64	24	5	5	18	23	139

This season

Golden State Warriors 2, Denver Nuggets 3 in NBA 1980-81.

29 Oct 1980Denver Nuggets 109–115 Golden State Warriors
5 Dec 1980Golden State Warriors 119–114 Denver Nuggets
7 Feb 1981Golden State Warriors 125–135 Denver Nuggets
27 Feb 1981Golden State Warriors 130–137 Denver Nuggets
28 Mar 1981142–139 this game

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 35–45
Golden State Warriors: 39–41

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Golden State Warriors 96, Denver Nuggets 114.

27 Feb 1981Golden State Warriors 130–137 Denver Nuggets
30 Oct 1981Golden State Warriors 121–134 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.