NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Kansas City Kings126–139Denver Nuggets

Kansas City Kings at Denver Nuggets

Date: Tuesday 12 January 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 28th meetingof 207 played

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Lambert	18:00	1–3	0–0	1–2	0	5	5	2	0	0	0	2	3
Ernie Grunfeld	—	9–12	1–2	5–7	1	3	4	1	3	1	2	5	24
Phil Ford	—	8–16	1–3	2–2	2	2	4	6	1	0	3	3	19
Reggie King	—	7–17	0–0	3–5	2	5	7	2	1	1	2	6	17
Mike Woodson	—	6–13	0–1	4–4	0	1	1	2	3	0	4	3	16
Eddie Johnson	—	7–14	0–0	1–2	1	2	3	5	0	0	2	5	15
Steve Johnson	—	5–7	0–0	3–5	3	6	9	1	0	3	0	3	13
Larry Drew	—	5–10	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	7	1	0	3	4	11
Kevin Loder	—	2–10	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	3	1	2	0	4	4
Hawkeye Whitney	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	3	0	0	1	1	2
Leon Douglas	—	1–4	0–0	0–1	4	7	11	0	0	0	2	6	2
Team totals	18:00	52–109	2–6	20–30	17	38	55	32	10	7	19	42	126

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	—	10–21	0–0	9–11	7	6	13	6	2	4	2	2	29
Dan Issel	—	10–14	0–0	8–11	4	7	11	3	2	1	3	3	28
T.R. Dunn	—	5–8	0–0	3–6	1	4	5	4	5	0	0	2	13
Glen Gondrezick	—	3–9	0–0	6–8	4	8	12	0	1	1	1	3	12
Kenny Higgs	—	4–4	0–0	4–4	0	1	1	4	0	0	3	6	12
John Roche	—	3–3	2–2	3–4	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	2	11
David Thompson	—	2–8	0–1	6–6	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	10
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	4–11	0–0	2–4	0	4	4	1	0	0	3	1	10
Cedrick Hordges	—	2–4	1–1	3–4	1	5	6	0	0	0	2	5	8
Billy McKinney	—	3–8	0–0	0–1	0	1	1	3	0	1	3	2	6
James Ray	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	46–90	3–4	44–59	18	37	55	26	11	9	20	28	139

This season

Denver Nuggets 4, Sacramento Kings 2 in NBA 1981-82.

21 Nov 1981Kansas City Kings 121–128 Denver Nuggets
27 Nov 1981Denver Nuggets 123–115 Kansas City Kings
30 Dec 1981Denver Nuggets 116–120 Kansas City Kings
12 Jan 1982126–139 this game
16 Feb 1982Kansas City Kings 106–119 Denver Nuggets
16 Apr 1982Denver Nuggets 121–123 Kansas City Kings

Records going in

Kansas City Kings: 12–22
Denver Nuggets: 17–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 109, Sacramento Kings 98.

30 Dec 1981Denver Nuggets 116–120 Kansas City Kings
16 Feb 1982Kansas City Kings 106–119 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.