NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets138–131San Diego Clippers

Denver Nuggets at San Diego Clippers

Date: Sunday 17 January 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 26th meetingof 219 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	—	13–20	0–0	9–10	1	4	5	3	0	0	5	3	35
Dan Issel	—	10–17	0–1	5–5	2	3	5	4	1	0	3	4	25
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	12–21	0–0	0–0	2	6	8	1	1	0	3	6	24
David Thompson	—	5–11	0–0	6–7	1	2	3	2	2	0	2	3	16
Glen Gondrezick	—	6–7	0–0	2–3	1	6	7	1	3	0	0	5	14
T.R. Dunn	—	4–5	0–0	1–1	1	2	3	1	2	1	3	2	9
Cedrick Hordges	—	4–4	0–0	0–0	1	5	6	1	1	0	2	4	8
Billy McKinney	—	3–5	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	2	6
Kenny Higgs	—	0–3	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	1
Team totals	—	57–93	0–1	24–28	10	30	40	23	11	1	18	31	138

San Diego Clippers

San Diego Clippers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Phil Smith	38:00	6–15	0–2	2–2	2	4	6	3	0	0	2	4	14
Brian Taylor	—	13–15	3–5	3–5	1	2	3	6	2	1	0	1	32
Tom Chambers	—	10–16	0–0	9–13	4	3	7	2	0	1	5	2	29
Jerome Whitehead	—	6–13	0–0	5–5	1	2	3	0	2	2	3	6	17
Freeman Williams	—	5–11	0–1	2–2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	12
Michael Brooks	—	5–12	0–0	1–2	5	7	12	4	2	0	2	5	11
Joe Bryant	—	4–8	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	4	2	0	4	4	9
Michael Wiley	—	2–3	0–0	3–3	1	4	5	1	2	1	3	3	7
Team totals	38:00	51–93	3–8	26–34	15	24	39	21	11	5	19	28	131

This season

Los Angeles Clippers 0, Denver Nuggets 5 in NBA 1981-82.

18 Nov 1981San Diego Clippers 128–133 Denver Nuggets
6 Jan 1982San Diego Clippers 114–136 Denver Nuggets
17 Jan 1982138–131 this game
13 Feb 1982San Diego Clippers 129–146 Denver Nuggets
25 Mar 1982Denver Nuggets 129–117 San Diego Clippers

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 19–19
San Diego Clippers: 11–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Clippers 98, Denver Nuggets 121.

6 Jan 1982San Diego Clippers 114–136 Denver Nuggets
13 Feb 1982San Diego Clippers 129–146 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.