NBA 1984-85Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets129–131Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 12 March 1985
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1984-85Regular season
Meeting: 42nd 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	—	17–24	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	3	34
Mike Evans	—	8–13	3–4	10–10	0	3	3	2	2	1	2	4	29
Calvin Natt	—	10–18	0–0	6–8	4	7	11	3	1	0	2	3	26
Dan Issel	—	5–9	0–0	2–3	0	5	5	4	1	0	2	2	12
Wayne Cooper	—	4–9	0–0	4–4	1	4	5	2	0	2	3	3	12
Bill Hanzlik	—	3–4	0–0	3–3	2	1	3	2	1	0	2	6	9
Fat Lever	—	1–5	0–0	1–1	0	4	4	10	0	0	4	0	3
Elston Turner	—	0–2	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
Willie White	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
T.R. Dunn	—	0–5	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	1	1	0	2	4	0
Team totals	—	49–90	3–4	28–31	8	28	36	27	7	3	18	27	129

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Lionel Hollins	36:00	7–16	0–0	2–4	3	1	4	2	1	0	3	4	16
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	14–25	0–0	8–11	8	6	14	1	2	2	1	4	36
Rodney McCray	—	9–13	0–0	2–3	1	4	5	5	2	1	0	1	20
Ralph Sampson	—	5–6	0–0	9–14	0	7	7	6	1	3	3	5	19
Robert Reid	—	5–11	0–0	6–8	4	2	6	1	0	0	1	4	16
Lewis Lloyd	—	5–10	0–1	1–2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	3	11
John Lucas	—	3–6	0–0	1–1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	7
Mitchell Wiggins	—	3–10	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	1	0	0	0	2	6
Team totals	36:00	51–97	0–1	29–43	19	26	45	20	6	6	11	25	131

This season

Houston Rockets 4, Denver Nuggets 2 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 1985Houston Rockets 131–133 Denver Nuggets
12 Mar 1985129–131 this game

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 42–22
Houston Rockets: 38–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

5 Mar 1985Houston Rockets 131–133 Denver Nuggets
12 Nov 1985Denver Nuggets 119–127 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.