NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns114–109Houston Rockets

Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 16 March 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 65th meetingof 244 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dennis Johnson	17–25	0–0	3–4	3	5	8	5	2	2	5	3	37
Truck Robinson	10–20	0–0	5–12	5	6	11	3	0	0	0	2	25
Alvan Adams	9–16	0–0	2–2	5	5	10	3	2	0	0	2	20
Kyle Macy	7–15	0–1	0–0	3	4	7	5	0	0	2	2	14
Walter Davis	5–8	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	10
Larry Nance	3–4	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	6
Rich Kelley	0–3	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	6	1	2	2	6	2
Alvin Scott	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dudley Bradley	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0
Jeff Cook	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	0
Team totals	51–94	0–1	12–20	20	27	47	26	8	5	11	21	114

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	14–30	0–0	8–9	11	7	18	2	2	3	4	1	36
Elvin Hayes	8–15	0–0	6–6	3	4	7	1	0	3	3	4	22
Bill Willoughby	5–9	0–0	3–5	3	5	8	2	0	1	0	1	13
Allen Leavell	6–16	0–2	0–0	0	3	3	5	2	0	0	4	12
Robert Reid	6–11	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	3	0	0	1	3	12
Mike Dunleavy	2–9	0–3	4–4	1	1	2	3	4	0	1	1	8
Tom Henderson	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	4
Major Jones	1–3	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2
Billy Paultz	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	44–97	0–5	21–24	22	25	47	17	8	7	12	16	109

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Phoenix Suns 2 in NBA 1981-82.

25 Nov 1981Houston Rockets 114–128 Phoenix Suns
15 Dec 1981Phoenix Suns 95–99 Houston Rockets
5 Feb 1982Phoenix Suns 104–106 Houston Rockets
7 Mar 1982Houston Rockets 94–92 Phoenix Suns
16 Mar 1982114–109 this game

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 35–28
Houston Rockets: 36–28

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 123, Phoenix Suns 121.

7 Mar 1982Houston Rockets 94–92 Phoenix Suns
9 Nov 1982Phoenix Suns 119–91 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.