NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers139–140Denver Nuggets

Los Angeles Lakers at Denver Nuggets

Date: Tuesday 19 January 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 28th meetingof 241 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	9–14	0–0	4–5	2	7	9	1	1	5	2	3	22
Magic Johnson	9–15	0–0	4–7	9	7	16	14	2	1	5	4	22
Michael Cooper	7–11	0–0	8–8	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	22
Norm Nixon	9–20	0–0	3–3	0	2	2	8	3	0	3	2	21
Jamaal Wilkes	7–14	0–0	5–9	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	5	19
Bob McAdoo	4–6	0–0	3–4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	11
Eddie Jordan	4–6	1–1	2–2	0	1	1	5	2	0	1	1	11
Kurt Rambis	3–4	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	1	2	2	1	3	6
Mark Landsberger	2–2	0–0	1–2	2	4	6	1	0	0	1	4	5
Jim Brewer	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	54–92	1–1	30–40	15	27	42	34	11	10	17	24	139

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	14–23	0–0	0–1	1	6	7	4	0	3	6	4	28
Kenny Higgs	12–18	0–0	3–3	0	4	4	12	1	0	0	5	27
Dan Issel	10–18	0–0	5–5	4	5	9	4	1	0	1	3	25
David Thompson	10–18	0–0	1–1	1	0	1	7	0	0	2	4	21
Kiki Vandeweghe	9–13	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	2	20
Glen Gondrezick	2–6	0–0	2–2	4	4	8	4	2	0	2	3	6
Cedrick Hordges	1–2	0–0	3–4	0	4	4	3	0	1	0	2	5
Billy McKinney	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	4
T.R. Dunn	1–2	0–0	2–2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	4
Team totals	61–102	0–0	18–20	12	24	36	40	7	4	14	25	140

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, Los Angeles Lakers 4 in NBA 1981-82.

4 Dec 1981Los Angeles Lakers 126–117 Denver Nuggets
19 Jan 1982139–140 this game
21 Feb 1982Los Angeles Lakers 132–131 Denver Nuggets
23 Feb 1982Denver Nuggets 129–145 Los Angeles Lakers
9 Apr 1982Denver Nuggets 128–153 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 28–10
Denver Nuggets: 20–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 98, Los Angeles Lakers 143.

4 Dec 1981Los Angeles Lakers 126–117 Denver Nuggets
21 Feb 1982Los Angeles Lakers 132–131 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.