NBA 1984-85Regular season

Final/2OT

Houston Rockets131–133Denver Nuggets

Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets

Date: Tuesday 5 March 1985
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1984-85Regular season
Meeting: 41st 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	45:00	5–13	0–0	4–5	0	1	1	4	1	1	3	3	14
Ralph Sampson	—	10–24	0–0	10–16	4	11	15	8	5	2	4	5	30
Rodney McCray	—	10–14	0–0	5–6	6	6	12	6	4	3	5	4	25
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	7–22	0–0	6–8	9	16	25	2	1	7	2	5	20
Mitchell Wiggins	—	6–11	1–1	1–1	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	14
Lewis Lloyd	—	5–13	0–0	1–2	2	3	5	4	2	0	5	2	11
Robert Reid	—	3–6	0–1	2–2	0	4	4	0	0	0	3	3	8
John Lucas	—	3–5	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	3	1	0	3	3	6
Larry Micheaux	—	1–3	0–0	1–1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3
Allen Leavell	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	45:00	50–111	1–2	30–41	25	44	69	28	15	13	26	29	131

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	—	18–35	0–0	3–5	2	7	9	4	1	0	3	3	39
Calvin Natt	—	14–29	0–0	9–11	7	8	15	2	0	1	4	3	37
Mike Evans	—	8–12	2–2	2–4	1	5	6	4	0	0	5	1	20
Bill Hanzlik	—	4–9	0–0	4–4	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	4	12
Dan Issel	—	2–11	0–0	3–5	2	8	10	2	1	1	3	6	7
Fat Lever	—	3–6	0–0	0–2	1	3	4	6	2	0	4	4	6
T.R. Dunn	—	3–3	0–0	0–0	1	5	6	5	4	1	0	4	6
Wayne Cooper	—	2–13	0–0	2–2	3	3	6	0	1	3	2	3	6
Elston Turner	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	54–119	2–2	23–33	19	39	58	26	11	6	22	28	133

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 1985Houston Rockets 113–111 Denver Nuggets
2 Feb 1985Denver Nuggets 128–131 Houston Rockets
5 Mar 1985131–133 this game
12 Mar 1985Denver Nuggets 129–131 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 36–24
Denver Nuggets: 40–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

2 Feb 1985Denver Nuggets 128–131 Houston Rockets
12 Mar 1985Denver Nuggets 129–131 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.