NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final/2OT

Phoenix Suns134–140Denver Nuggets

Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets

Date: Saturday 27 March 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 28th meetingof 218 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Davis	10–20	1–1	2–2	2	5	7	5	1	0	4	4	23
Larry Nance	9–16	0–0	3–3	4	4	8	3	1	3	5	6	21
Truck Robinson	9–22	0–0	0–2	2	6	8	1	0	3	1	6	18
Kyle Macy	6–14	0–2	5–5	2	7	9	7	4	2	1	4	17
Dennis Johnson	7–15	0–0	2–2	2	2	4	3	0	2	3	5	16
Rich Kelley	4–5	0–0	6–8	4	2	6	3	0	1	4	0	14
Alvan Adams	5–19	0–0	0–0	5	9	14	8	3	2	3	3	10
Alvin Scott	3–3	0–0	1–1	2	4	6	2	0	1	1	4	7
Joel Kramer	3–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6
Dudley Bradley	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	2
Team totals	57–121	1–3	19–23	23	39	62	34	11	14	26	35	134

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	12–26	0–0	5–8	6	4	10	6	2	2	3	4	29
Kiki Vandeweghe	9–23	0–1	9–9	2	4	6	3	1	2	4	3	27
Dan Issel	7–14	0–0	5–6	2	6	8	3	1	1	3	4	19
David Thompson	5–15	0–0	9–12	3	1	4	2	0	0	3	2	19
Billy McKinney	9–18	0–1	0–0	1	5	6	3	3	1	1	3	18
T.R. Dunn	7–9	0–0	2–2	4	5	9	1	5	0	2	2	16
Glen Gondrezick	3–7	0–0	0–0	4	4	8	4	2	1	3	3	6
Cedrick Hordges	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	10	11	1	0	0	0	3	4
Kenny Higgs	1–6	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	5	0	0	2	5	2
Team totals	55–123	0–2	30–37	24	40	64	28	14	7	21	29	140

This season

Denver Nuggets 3, Phoenix Suns 5 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 1982Denver Nuggets 135–133 Phoenix Suns
27 Mar 1982134–140 this game
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

Phoenix Suns: 38–31
Denver Nuggets: 39–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

17 Mar 1982Denver Nuggets 135–133 Phoenix Suns
20 Apr 1982Phoenix Suns 113–129 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.