NBA 1984-85Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets107–125Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 22 December 1984
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1984-85Regular season
Meeting: 38th meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	—	11–20	0–0	2–2	2	2	4	1	1	0	2	4	24
Calvin Natt	—	8–13	0–0	7–11	2	3	5	4	2	0	3	3	23
Fat Lever	—	6–15	1–1	2–2	0	0	0	2	6	1	5	4	15
Willie White	—	4–5	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8
Bill Hanzlik	—	3–6	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	7
Wayne Cooper	—	3–7	0–0	1–2	1	3	4	0	1	1	2	4	7
Dan Issel	—	2–7	0–0	2–4	1	6	7	0	1	0	0	2	6
Elston Turner	—	2–6	0–0	2–4	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	4	6
Mike Evans	—	1–6	0–2	2–2	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	3	4
T.R. Dunn	—	0–1	0–0	3–4	1	2	3	2	1	0	2	3	3
Danny Schayes	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2
Joe Kopicki	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	—	42–89	1–3	22–33	9	19	28	13	16	4	22	29	107

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Lionel Hollins	29:00	4–7	0–0	4–4	0	0	0	8	0	0	3	2	12
Ralph Sampson	—	8–12	0–0	8–8	2	11	13	1	3	7	8	4	24
Rodney McCray	—	9–12	0–0	4–6	2	5	7	1	3	3	4	3	22
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	7–9	0–0	2–9	1	3	4	3	2	0	3	5	16
Lewis Lloyd	—	6–11	0–0	3–5	3	2	5	3	0	1	3	2	15
Craig Ehlo	—	4–6	0–0	2–4	0	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	10
Robert Reid	—	5–9	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	3	0	1	6	3	10
Hank McDowell	—	3–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	6
Mitchell Wiggins	—	3–6	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	6
Jim Petersen	—	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	1	4
Team totals	29:00	51–80	0–0	23–36	11	29	40	24	11	15	31	26	125

This season

Houston Rockets 4, Denver Nuggets 2 in NBA 1984-85.

16 Nov 1984Houston Rockets 102–119 Denver Nuggets
22 Dec 1984107–125 this game
2 Jan 1985Houston Rockets 113–111 Denver Nuggets
2 Feb 1985Denver Nuggets 128–131 Houston Rockets
5 Mar 1985Houston Rockets 131–133 Denver Nuggets
12 Mar 1985Denver Nuggets 129–131 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 17–10
Houston Rockets: 16–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

16 Nov 1984Houston Rockets 102–119 Denver Nuggets
2 Jan 1985Houston Rockets 113–111 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.