NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers126–117Denver Nuggets

Los Angeles Lakers at Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday 4 December 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 27th meetingof 241 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Norm Nixon	11–19	0–1	3–4	1	2	3	8	1	1	2	2	25
Magic Johnson	8–11	0–0	8–8	3	7	10	11	2	1	2	2	24
Jamaal Wilkes	9–18	0–0	2–4	2	2	4	2	0	0	3	5	20
Michael Cooper	8–12	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	3	3	0	4	5	18
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	7–14	0–0	3–4	0	4	4	2	0	5	1	2	17
Mitch Kupchak	7–13	0–0	0–2	3	10	13	4	1	0	4	3	14
Eddie Jordan	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	4
Mark Landsberger	2–3	0–0	0–0	2	8	10	0	0	0	2	2	4
Mike McGee	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	54–94	0–1	18–24	11	36	47	32	8	7	19	22	126

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	11–19	0–0	7–8	4	5	9	5	4	5	3	2	29
Kiki Vandeweghe	11–22	0–0	1–1	4	4	8	2	0	0	2	3	23
Dan Issel	6–19	0–0	1–2	4	2	6	5	1	0	2	2	13
Glen Gondrezick	6–8	0–0	1–1	1	2	3	0	2	1	3	3	13
Billy McKinney	6–13	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	3	0	0	2	2	12
Cedrick Hordges	3–4	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	8
T.R. Dunn	3–4	0–0	2–2	3	8	11	3	0	0	0	3	8
James Ray	3–7	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7
Kenny Higgs	2–9	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	6	1	0	4	6	4
Team totals	51–105	0–2	15–18	17	26	43	24	10	6	17	22	117

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, Los Angeles Lakers 4 in NBA 1981-82.

4 Dec 1981126–117 this game
19 Jan 1982Los Angeles Lakers 139–140 Denver Nuggets
21 Feb 1982Los Angeles Lakers 132–131 Denver Nuggets
23 Feb 1982Denver Nuggets 129–145 Los Angeles Lakers
9 Apr 1982Denver Nuggets 128–153 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 13–6
Denver Nuggets: 8–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 98, Los Angeles Lakers 143.

29 Mar 1981Denver Nuggets 148–146 Los Angeles Lakers
19 Jan 1982Los Angeles Lakers 139–140 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.