NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets120–115Cleveland Cavaliers

Denver Nuggets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Saturday 12 December 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 16th meetingof 102 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	—	12–20	0–0	10–11	1	2	3	4	1	2	4	2	34
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	9–13	0–0	2–2	4	5	9	4	0	0	4	2	20
Alex English	—	8–19	0–0	2–2	0	4	4	4	0	1	1	3	18
Dan Issel	—	7–11	0–0	1–1	1	4	5	0	0	2	0	2	15
Glen Gondrezick	—	3–5	0–0	6–7	3	3	6	2	0	0	4	1	12
Billy McKinney	—	4–9	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	2	10
Cedrick Hordges	—	3–7	0–0	0–0	5	2	7	1	0	0	1	4	6
Kenny Higgs	—	1–4	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	5	3
T.R. Dunn	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2
Team totals	—	48–90	0–0	24–27	15	22	37	21	5	6	16	22	120

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	44:00	13–31	0–1	2–3	6	3	9	2	2	0	2	1	28
Roger Phegley	22:00	6–9	0–0	0–0	5	2	7	2	1	0	1	5	12
Kenny Carr	—	12–19	1–1	4–5	7	9	16	1	4	0	4	4	29
James Edwards	—	10–22	0–1	4–6	3	5	8	2	0	1	3	4	24
Bill Laimbeer	—	3–5	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6
Geoff Huston	—	3–6	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	11	0	1	2	4	6
Mickey Dillard	—	3–7	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	6
James Silas	—	2–6	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	9	0	0	3	4	4
Don Ford	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	66:00	52–106	1–3	10–14	25	22	47	30	8	2	15	27	115

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 0, Denver Nuggets 2 in NBA 1981-82.

12 Dec 1981120–115 this game
7 Mar 1982Cleveland Cavaliers 127–147 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 8–12
Cleveland Cavaliers: 5–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 48, Denver Nuggets 54.

1 Mar 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 127–137 Denver Nuggets
7 Mar 1982Cleveland Cavaliers 127–147 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.