NBA 1985-86Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets122–125Denver Nuggets

Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets

Date: Monday 30 December 1985
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1985-86Regular season
Meeting: 45th meetingof 217 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hakeem Olajuwon	10–18	0–0	4–6	0	6	6	1	0	2	1	5	24
Lewis Lloyd	7–13	0–0	5–6	3	6	9	4	2	0	2	4	19
Ralph Sampson	8–13	0–0	3–3	2	11	13	2	1	1	4	6	19
Robert Reid	5–10	0–0	5–5	1	1	2	3	0	1	1	5	15
John Lucas	7–15	0–3	0–4	1	3	4	13	1	0	2	3	14
Rodney McCray	5–12	0–0	1–1	5	6	11	1	1	2	4	2	11
Mitchell Wiggins	4–7	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	8
Allen Leavell	3–6	1–2	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	1	7
Jim Petersen	1–5	0–1	3–6	5	4	9	3	1	1	4	1	5
Craig Ehlo	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Granville Waiters	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Steve Harris	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	50–101	1–7	21–31	18	39	57	28	7	7	22	33	122

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	17–33	0–0	8–11	5	5	10	6	3	1	4	3	42
Danny Schayes	4–11	0–0	13–14	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	3	21
Calvin Natt	4–17	0–0	4–4	2	7	9	4	0	0	0	3	12
Fat Lever	4–8	1–1	3–4	0	3	3	2	1	0	2	0	12
Bill Hanzlik	4–4	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	10
T.R. Dunn	3–4	0–0	1–1	1	2	3	3	2	1	2	3	7
Elston Turner	3–6	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	2	6
Mike Evans	3–6	0–0	0–1	0	1	1	5	2	0	0	1	6
Wayne Cooper	2–6	0–0	2–2	3	1	4	0	0	2	0	4	6
Willie White	1–2	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	3
Pete Williams	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	45–97	1–1	34–41	14	24	38	25	11	5	12	25	125

This season

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

12 Nov 1985Denver Nuggets 119–127 Houston Rockets
19 Nov 1985Houston Rockets 113–127 Denver Nuggets
30 Dec 1985122–125 this game
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

Houston Rockets: 20–11
Denver Nuggets: 18–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

19 Nov 1985Houston Rockets 113–127 Denver Nuggets
3 Feb 1986Denver Nuggets 102–104 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.