NBA 1985-86Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets119–127Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 12 November 1985
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1985-86Regular season
Meeting: 43rd meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	14–29	0–0	8–10	2	2	4	4	1	0	4	5	36
Fat Lever	11–21	0–0	9–12	5	4	9	12	2	0	5	5	31
Danny Schayes	4–8	0–0	5–8	4	5	9	0	0	1	2	6	13
Wayne Cooper	5–13	0–0	3–4	3	10	13	0	0	6	2	5	13
Mike Evans	4–13	2–10	0–0	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	6	10
Pete Williams	3–3	0–0	2–3	2	1	3	1	2	0	0	3	8
Willie White	2–5	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	4
Blair Rasmussen	1–3	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	2	2
T.R. Dunn	1–1	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	2	0	0	1	3	2
Team totals	45–96	2–10	27–37	20	28	48	23	6	8	18	37	119

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Lewis Lloyd	10–12	0–0	6–6	4	5	9	5	3	0	0	0	26
Ralph Sampson	9–24	0–0	6–7	5	7	12	2	1	2	3	6	24
Hakeem Olajuwon	8–15	0–0	4–10	3	3	6	2	1	2	2	5	20
John Lucas	4–15	0–2	6–8	3	1	4	11	0	0	4	4	14
Rodney McCray	5–9	0–1	4–5	1	4	5	3	0	1	2	3	14
Jim Petersen	3–7	0–0	6–6	2	9	11	1	0	0	3	4	12
Robert Reid	2–6	0–0	7–10	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	11
Steve Harris	2–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	4
Mitchell Wiggins	1–6	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	2
Allen Leavell	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	44–97	0–3	39–52	19	31	50	29	6	6	15	25	127

This season

Houston Rockets 7, Denver Nuggets 5 in NBA 1985-86.

12 Nov 1985119–127 this game
19 Nov 1985Houston Rockets 113–127 Denver Nuggets
30 Dec 1985Houston Rockets 122–125 Denver Nuggets
3 Feb 1986Denver Nuggets 102–104 Houston Rockets
27 Feb 1986Denver Nuggets 111–117 Houston Rockets
4 Mar 1986Houston Rockets 115–128 Denver Nuggets
26 Apr 1986Denver Nuggets 119–126 Houston Rockets
29 Apr 1986Denver Nuggets 101–119 Houston Rockets
2 May 1986Houston Rockets 115–116 Denver Nuggets
4 May 1986Houston Rockets 111–114 Denver Nuggets
6 May 1986Denver Nuggets 103–131 Houston Rockets
8 May 1986Houston Rockets 126–122 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 6–1
Houston Rockets: 6–2

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

12 Mar 1985Denver Nuggets 129–131 Houston Rockets
19 Nov 1985Houston Rockets 113–127 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.