NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets123–131New Jersey Nets

Denver Nuggets at New Jersey Nets

Date: Friday 11 December 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 17th meetingof 104 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	—	9–20	0–1	8–10	3	2	5	3	1	0	3	2	26
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	11–18	0–0	4–5	2	2	4	1	1	0	1	4	26
Dan Issel	—	7–12	0–0	6–9	3	5	8	0	1	0	3	1	20
David Thompson	—	4–11	0–1	9–14	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	3	17
Cedrick Hordges	—	5–8	0–0	1–1	2	5	7	0	1	0	2	2	11
Kenny Higgs	—	3–5	0–0	3–4	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	5	9
T.R. Dunn	—	4–4	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	2	4	0	2	3	8
Glen Gondrezick	—	1–4	0–0	2–2	2	1	3	1	1	0	2	2	4
John Roche	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2
Billy McKinney	—	0–4	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	45–89	0–2	33–45	16	19	35	14	12	1	16	26	123

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Otis Birdsong	41:00	12–21	0–0	0–3	2	2	4	4	0	0	1	4	24
Buck Williams	37:00	11–12	0–0	4–4	5	9	14	0	0	1	4	3	26
Mike O'Koren	28:00	10–16	0–0	2–3	3	1	4	5	3	1	2	1	22
Darwin Cook	28:00	3–7	0–0	6–8	0	1	1	1	4	0	1	2	12
Ray Williams	27:00	8–13	0–0	5–5	1	2	3	7	1	2	0	3	21
James Bailey	24:00	4–8	0–0	0–0	3	4	7	1	0	5	1	5	8
Albert King	21:00	3–9	0–0	0–0	3	2	5	2	0	1	3	4	6
Len Elmore	19:00	3–4	0–0	2–4	2	2	4	0	0	0	4	4	8
Sam Lacey	15:00	1–6	0–0	2–2	0	5	5	5	0	0	1	3	4
Team totals	240:00	55–96	0–0	21–29	19	28	47	25	8	10	17	29	131

This season

Brooklyn Nets 1, Denver Nuggets 1 in NBA 1981-82.

11 Dec 1981123–131 this game
27 Jan 1982New Jersey Nets 116–130 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 8–11
New Jersey Nets: 5–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Brooklyn Nets 46, Denver Nuggets 58.

24 Feb 1981New Jersey Nets 123–140 Denver Nuggets
27 Jan 1982New Jersey Nets 116–130 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.