NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets130–115Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 12 March 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 23rd meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	12–24	0–1	4–6	2	5	7	3	0	0	2	5	28
Dan Issel	8–13	0–0	8–9	2	4	6	5	1	1	5	3	24
Kiki Vandeweghe	10–18	0–0	3–3	0	4	4	0	0	0	1	2	23
David Thompson	6–13	0–0	5–5	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	3	17
Billy McKinney	5–10	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	2	11
T.R. Dunn	4–7	0–0	2–4	1	5	6	3	3	2	1	3	10
Glen Gondrezick	3–8	0–0	2–3	5	5	10	2	2	1	0	3	8
Kenny Higgs	1–4	0–0	5–6	1	6	7	4	2	0	3	3	7
Cedrick Hordges	0–0	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2
Team totals	49–97	0–1	32–39	13	30	43	25	10	4	16	26	130

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	9–18	0–0	8–11	9	10	19	2	0	2	5	4	26
Elvin Hayes	9–19	0–0	6–7	5	3	8	2	0	0	4	6	24
Robert Reid	7–17	0–1	4–4	4	7	11	0	2	0	2	5	18
Mike Dunleavy	6–9	3–4	1–2	0	2	2	5	1	0	2	4	16
Calvin Murphy	4–13	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	4	8
Tom Henderson	2–5	0–0	4–6	0	1	1	3	2	0	1	1	8
Allen Leavell	3–8	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	1	6
Calvin Garrett	3–7	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	6
Major Jones	1–2	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	3
Billy Paultz	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Spriggs	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	44–99	3–7	24–32	21	26	47	21	8	2	21	32	115

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 1982Denver Nuggets 111–109 Houston Rockets
24 Feb 1982Houston Rockets 120–110 Denver Nuggets
12 Mar 1982130–115 this game
14 Apr 1982Houston Rockets 122–141 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 32–30
Houston Rockets: 35–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

24 Feb 1982Houston Rockets 120–110 Denver Nuggets
14 Apr 1982Houston Rockets 122–141 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.