NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets122–141Denver Nuggets

Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets

Date: Wednesday 14 April 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 24th meetingof 217 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	10–18	0–0	7–10	10	5	15	3	1	2	5	4	27
Allen Leavell	7–11	0–0	4–4	0	1	1	6	2	0	3	3	18
Robert Reid	8–14	0–0	0–2	3	6	9	3	1	0	3	4	16
Calvin Murphy	7–12	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	6	1	0	4	3	15
Elvin Hayes	6–13	0–0	2–2	1	7	8	0	0	0	1	4	14
Billy Paultz	6–8	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	2	12
Bill Willoughby	3–8	0–0	2–2	2	2	4	1	0	3	0	0	8
Larry Spriggs	4–6	0–0	0–2	1	2	3	3	1	0	2	2	8
Mike Dunleavy	1–6	0–2	0–0	2	2	4	7	3	0	1	3	2
Tom Henderson	0–2	0–0	2–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Calvin Garrett	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	52–99	0–3	18–28	20	29	49	32	9	5	19	26	122

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	10–14	0–0	6–8	0	1	1	3	3	1	3	3	26
Alex English	8–17	0–0	6–6	5	2	7	4	1	4	3	2	22
Kiki Vandeweghe	10–13	0–0	2–4	2	7	9	1	0	0	2	0	22
Dan Issel	6–12	0–0	4–4	0	5	5	4	0	1	1	4	16
Glen Gondrezick	6–7	0–0	4–4	2	5	7	0	1	1	2	1	16
Billy McKinney	5–10	0–0	2–2	0	4	4	8	1	0	0	1	12
Cedrick Hordges	3–6	0–0	3–4	3	4	7	1	0	0	2	3	9
Kenny Higgs	4–7	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	6	3	0	1	3	9
T.R. Dunn	2–3	0–0	1–1	2	1	3	1	1	1	2	3	5
James Ray	2–6	0–0	0–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	4
John Roche	0–2	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	56–97	0–2	29–36	15	30	45	30	10	8	17	22	141

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 1982Houston Rockets 120–110 Denver Nuggets
12 Mar 1982Denver Nuggets 130–115 Houston Rockets
14 Apr 1982122–141 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 45–34
Denver Nuggets: 44–35

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

12 Mar 1982Denver Nuggets 130–115 Houston Rockets
7 Jan 1983Houston Rockets 97–125 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.