NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets111–109Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 23 January 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 21st meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	14–21	0–0	2–4	3	6	9	4	0	1	3	2	30
Billy McKinney	8–14	0–0	4–4	2	2	4	3	0	0	0	3	20
Kiki Vandeweghe	7–13	0–0	4–4	0	3	3	4	2	1	2	3	18
Cedrick Hordges	7–13	0–0	3–4	3	9	12	1	2	0	3	5	17
David Thompson	4–8	0–0	4–6	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	3	12
Glen Gondrezick	3–5	0–0	1–1	0	2	2	3	0	0	2	3	7
T.R. Dunn	2–3	0–0	1–2	2	6	8	0	1	0	1	0	5
James Ray	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Kenny Higgs	0–6	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	8	0	0	2	2	0
Team totals	46–84	0–1	19–25	11	30	41	23	5	2	17	21	111

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	10–22	0–0	3–4	5	7	12	3	1	0	1	1	23
Elvin Hayes	8–16	0–0	5–6	6	3	9	6	1	2	3	1	21
Robert Reid	10–19	0–0	0–0	0	7	7	6	2	0	1	5	20
Calvin Murphy	8–15	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	18
Bill Willoughby	7–14	0–0	1–2	5	2	7	2	1	0	2	2	15
Allen Leavell	5–11	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	5	4	0	1	1	10
Tom Henderson	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	2
Major Jones	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Dunleavy	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	49–101	0–1	11–14	16	24	40	34	10	2	12	17	109

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Denver Nuggets 5 in NBA 1981-82.

4 Nov 1981Houston Rockets 100–112 Denver Nuggets
22 Dec 1981Denver Nuggets 121–109 Houston Rockets
23 Jan 1982111–109 this game
24 Feb 1982Houston Rockets 120–110 Denver Nuggets
12 Mar 1982Denver Nuggets 130–115 Houston Rockets
14 Apr 1982Houston Rockets 122–141 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 21–20
Houston Rockets: 19–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 112, Denver Nuggets 105.

22 Dec 1981Denver Nuggets 121–109 Houston Rockets
24 Feb 1982Houston Rockets 120–110 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.