NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final/OT

Denver Nuggets135–133Phoenix Suns

Denver Nuggets at Phoenix Suns

Date: Wednesday 17 March 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 27th meetingof 218 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dan Issel	14–20	1–1	10–10	2	5	7	0	0	0	2	6	39
Kiki Vandeweghe	12–20	0–0	6–8	4	3	7	7	0	0	2	4	30
David Thompson	6–11	1–1	8–9	3	6	9	4	2	1	4	5	21
Billy McKinney	7–14	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	15
Cedrick Hordges	4–7	0–0	1–1	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	3	9
Glen Gondrezick	2–5	0–0	4–4	0	3	3	2	1	0	1	1	8
Alex English	3–17	0–0	1–2	1	6	7	3	1	1	5	6	7
Kenny Higgs	2–6	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	2	4
T.R. Dunn	1–3	0–0	0–0	3	4	7	2	3	1	2	4	2
Team totals	51–103	2–2	31–36	15	36	51	24	8	3	17	33	135

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dennis Johnson	10–17	0–1	8–10	4	2	6	7	1	1	1	3	28
Walter Davis	9–16	0–0	4–4	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	22
Alvan Adams	7–16	0–0	4–6	4	6	10	4	2	1	4	6	18
Rich Kelley	6–9	0–0	4–4	2	7	9	1	0	0	5	6	16
Kyle Macy	5–14	0–3	3–3	2	2	4	9	2	0	0	4	13
Larry Nance	4–9	0–0	2–2	4	2	6	2	1	1	1	3	10
Truck Robinson	4–17	0–0	2–3	4	4	8	0	0	0	2	5	10
Joel Kramer	3–6	0–0	2–3	5	2	7	1	0	1	0	3	8
Alvin Scott	1–4	0–0	1–2	3	4	7	2	2	3	1	1	3
Jeff Cook	1–3	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
Dudley Bradley	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	3	2
Team totals	51–113	0–4	31–39	28	32	60	30	10	8	19	35	133

This season

Phoenix Suns 5, Denver Nuggets 3 in NBA 1981-82.

10 Nov 1981Phoenix Suns 109–106 Denver Nuggets
3 Dec 1981Denver Nuggets 109–137 Phoenix Suns
26 Feb 1982Denver Nuggets 122–131 Phoenix Suns
17 Mar 1982135–133 this game
27 Mar 1982Phoenix Suns 134–140 Denver Nuggets
20 Apr 1982Phoenix Suns 113–129 Denver Nuggets
23 Apr 1982Denver Nuggets 110–126 Phoenix Suns
24 Apr 1982Phoenix Suns 124–119 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 35–30
Phoenix Suns: 36–28

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 117, Denver Nuggets 101.

26 Feb 1982Denver Nuggets 122–131 Phoenix Suns
27 Mar 1982Phoenix Suns 134–140 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.