NBA 1985-86Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets111–117Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 27 February 1986
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1985-86Regular season
Meeting: 47th meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	15–26	0–0	5–7	4	5	9	6	2	2	6	4	35
Fat Lever	9–19	0–2	0–0	0	3	3	9	0	0	0	3	18
Calvin Natt	8–13	0–0	1–3	0	3	3	6	2	0	2	0	17
Bill Hanzlik	4–8	1–2	4–6	2	0	2	5	2	0	2	1	13
Danny Schayes	5–5	0–0	2–5	0	6	6	0	0	1	2	5	12
Mike Evans	4–9	1–4	1–1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	10
T.R. Dunn	2–2	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	5	4
Wayne Cooper	1–6	0–0	0–0	2	5	7	2	1	0	2	5	2
Elston Turner	0–4	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	1	0
Team totals	48–92	2–8	13–22	10	26	36	31	10	3	18	25	111

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ralph Sampson	12–24	0–0	7–12	5	17	22	5	1	2	9	2	31
Robert Reid	11–18	1–3	0–0	1	4	5	5	0	1	0	5	23
John Lucas	6–14	0–1	7–7	0	2	2	9	1	0	2	0	19
Lewis Lloyd	5–11	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	3	1	0	4	3	12
Rodney McCray	5–8	0–0	2–4	4	5	9	3	1	3	2	4	12
Steve Harris	4–7	0–0	1–1	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	9
Allen Leavell	3–4	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	4	7
Jim Petersen	1–3	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	1	0	2	0	5	4
Hank McDowell	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	2	0
Mitchell Wiggins	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	47–92	1–4	22–30	11	37	48	35	5	8	19	25	117

This season

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

12 Nov 1985Denver Nuggets 119–127 Houston Rockets
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 1986111–117 this game
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: 36–23
Houston Rockets: 37–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

3 Feb 1986Denver Nuggets 102–104 Houston Rockets
4 Mar 1986Houston Rockets 115–128 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.