NBA 1984-85Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets113–111Denver Nuggets

Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets

Date: Wednesday 2 January 1985
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1984-85Regular season
Meeting: 39th meetingof 217 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Lionel Hollins	32:00	3–7	0–0	6–7	0	3	3	4	1	2	3	3	12
Ralph Sampson	—	14–26	0–0	1–1	5	8	13	2	0	5	8	4	29
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	10–21	0–0	7–10	8	5	13	1	0	5	6	3	27
Rodney McCray	—	7–13	0–0	4–6	3	8	11	4	1	4	2	4	18
Mitchell Wiggins	—	5–11	0–0	3–3	4	3	7	1	2	1	3	4	13
Robert Reid	—	4–6	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	2	0	0	2	4	8
Craig Ehlo	—	1–2	0–1	2–2	0	2	2	4	0	0	2	1	4
Hank McDowell	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Jim Petersen	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0
Lewis Lloyd	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	2	1	2	3	0
Team totals	32:00	45–89	0–1	23–29	22	34	56	21	6	18	30	29	113

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	—	14–22	0–0	5–6	2	2	4	4	3	0	1	3	33
Calvin Natt	—	11–25	0–0	6–6	4	4	8	3	0	0	0	2	28
Mike Evans	—	7–14	0–1	5–5	0	1	1	5	1	0	2	3	19
Dan Issel	—	5–12	0–0	0–0	3	2	5	1	2	1	3	1	10
Bill Hanzlik	—	2–5	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	1	3	0	2	5	6
Wayne Cooper	—	2–8	0–0	2–2	2	1	3	0	0	2	1	5	6
Fat Lever	—	1–8	0–1	3–4	4	2	6	6	2	0	3	0	5
Elston Turner	—	0–3	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	2
T.R. Dunn	—	1–5	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	1	3	0	0	2	2
Team totals	—	43–102	0–2	25–27	17	16	33	22	17	3	13	23	111

This season

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

16 Nov 1984Houston Rockets 102–119 Denver Nuggets
22 Dec 1984Denver Nuggets 107–125 Houston Rockets
2 Jan 1985113–111 this game
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

Houston Rockets: 18–13
Denver Nuggets: 19–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

22 Dec 1984Denver Nuggets 107–125 Houston Rockets
2 Feb 1985Denver Nuggets 128–131 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.