NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets122–135New York Knicks

Denver Nuggets at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 8 December 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 17th meetingof 103 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	12–18	0–0	4–5	2	5	7	5	2	1	5	2	28
Kiki Vandeweghe	12–18	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	3	0	0	2	3	26
Dan Issel	8–13	0–0	5–7	3	1	4	3	1	1	2	1	21
Glen Gondrezick	7–13	0–1	3–4	1	6	7	6	1	0	2	2	17
Kenny Higgs	5–7	0–0	3–4	1	2	3	6	1	0	0	3	13
Billy McKinney	3–6	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	5	0	0	4	2	6
T.R. Dunn	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	2	1	1	4	1	4
David Burns	1–2	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	3
Cedrick Hordges	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	3	2
John Roche	1–2	0–0	0–1	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	2
Team totals	52–85	0–1	18–25	8	21	29	36	6	3	22	19	122

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Maurice Lucas	12–16	0–0	1–1	7	5	12	5	4	0	0	3	25
Randy Smith	11–19	0–0	3–3	0	0	0	9	5	0	1	1	25
Michael Ray Richardson	9–11	0–0	4–4	1	3	4	9	1	0	6	4	22
Campy Russell	9–14	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	4	18
Bill Cartwright	5–8	0–0	4–4	1	5	6	0	0	1	5	3	14
Sly Williams	7–11	0–0	0–0	3	3	6	5	1	0	2	3	14
Reggie Carter	4–7	0–0	0–2	0	2	2	2	1	0	2	3	8
Marvin Webster	2–3	0–0	1–1	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	1	5
Hollis Copeland	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Mike Newlin	1–5	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Alex Bradley	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	61–95	0–0	13–15	13	20	33	34	13	2	18	26	135

This season

New York Knicks 1, Denver Nuggets 1 in NBA 1981-82.

8 Dec 1981122–135 this game
2 Feb 1982New York Knicks 117–128 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 8–9
New York Knicks: 8–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 51, Denver Nuggets 52.

20 Dec 1980Denver Nuggets 114–120 New York Knicks
2 Feb 1982New York Knicks 117–128 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.