NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets120–110Denver Nuggets

Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets

Date: Wednesday 24 February 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 22nd meetingof 217 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Allen Leavell	15–21	1–2	1–1	2	2	4	9	6	0	4	2	32
Elvin Hayes	11–16	0–0	5–8	4	4	8	3	0	5	1	5	27
Moses Malone	8–17	0–1	7–8	2	7	9	2	0	1	4	3	23
Robert Reid	7–15	0–1	3–4	3	8	11	6	1	1	2	4	17
Calvin Murphy	2–8	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	6
Tom Henderson	3–8	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	7	3	0	1	0	6
Major Jones	2–2	0–0	1–2	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	4	5
Mike Dunleavy	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	3	0	0	1	4	4
Team totals	50–92	1–4	19–25	14	26	40	33	11	8	18	25	120

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kiki Vandeweghe	15–24	0–1	4–5	6	5	11	3	0	0	1	4	34
Dan Issel	9–17	0–1	6–6	3	10	13	0	0	2	3	3	24
T.R. Dunn	6–12	0–0	1–4	5	5	10	3	2	1	2	2	13
Billy McKinney	4–7	0–0	3–3	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	2	11
Alex English	4–7	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	3	0	1	4	3	10
David Thompson	2–11	0–1	4–6	1	1	2	6	0	1	5	0	8
Glen Gondrezick	2–8	0–0	4–4	4	5	9	2	4	0	2	4	8
Kenny Higgs	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	3	2
Cedrick Hordges	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	0
John Roche	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	43–94	0–4	24–30	22	29	51	25	7	6	22	22	110

This season

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

4 Nov 1981Houston Rockets 100–112 Denver Nuggets
22 Dec 1981Denver Nuggets 121–109 Houston Rockets
23 Jan 1982Denver Nuggets 111–109 Houston Rockets
24 Feb 1982120–110 this game
12 Mar 1982Denver Nuggets 130–115 Houston Rockets
14 Apr 1982Houston Rockets 122–141 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 30–24
Denver Nuggets: 28–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

23 Jan 1982Denver Nuggets 111–109 Houston Rockets
12 Mar 1982Denver Nuggets 130–115 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.