NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns95–99Houston Rockets

Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 15 December 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 62nd meetingof 244 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Truck Robinson	9–13	0–0	3–4	6	4	10	4	1	0	7	5	21
Dennis Johnson	6–10	0–1	8–9	3	3	6	9	1	1	7	3	20
Kyle Macy	7–11	0–2	3–3	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	1	17
Alvan Adams	7–13	0–0	1–1	0	9	9	5	4	0	4	3	15
Jeff Cook	2–4	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
Larry Nance	3–6	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	6
Dudley Bradley	2–5	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Rich Kelley	2–5	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	2	4
Alvin Scott	1–4	0–0	0–2	2	1	3	2	2	1	3	1	2
Team totals	39–71	0–3	17–21	15	20	35	27	12	3	24	15	95

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	13–24	0–0	9–11	15	6	21	0	2	3	6	3	35
Bill Willoughby	8–11	0–0	0–0	0	5	5	1	0	0	2	1	16
Allen Leavell	6–10	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	10	5	0	6	1	12
Calvin Garrett	5–8	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	10
Calvin Murphy	5–9	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	3	10
Billy Paultz	3–7	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	3	6
Mike Dunleavy	3–10	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	9	5	0	4	4	6
Elvin Hayes	2–9	0–0	0–0	4	4	8	2	0	0	1	5	4
Jawann Oldham	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Major Jones	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Henderson	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	45–89	0–0	9–11	21	24	45	28	13	3	22	22	99

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Phoenix Suns 2 in NBA 1981-82.

25 Nov 1981Houston Rockets 114–128 Phoenix Suns
15 Dec 198195–99 this game
5 Feb 1982Phoenix Suns 104–106 Houston Rockets
7 Mar 1982Houston Rockets 94–92 Phoenix Suns
16 Mar 1982Phoenix Suns 114–109 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 12–8
Houston Rockets: 8–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 123, Phoenix Suns 121.

25 Nov 1981Houston Rockets 114–128 Phoenix Suns
5 Feb 1982Phoenix Suns 104–106 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.