The Houston Rockets were defeated by the Denver Nuggets, 134 to 132, on January 3, 1981.

Final

Nuggets

14-26

134

Rockets

18-23

132

Team

DEN

HOU

Total

134

132

Team Stats

Player Stats

Nuggets

Rockets

FG Made - Attempted

50-95

52-104

Field Goal %

52.6

50.0

3PT Made - Attempted

0-0

0-2

3PT %

0.0

FT Made - Attempted

34-37

28-29

Free Throw %

91.9

96.6

Rebounds

Offensive Rebounds

Defensive Rebounds

Assists

Steals

Blocks

Turnovers

Personal Fouls

Nuggets

Rockets

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
David Thompson D. Thompson	42	31	3	2	0	0	11-16	68.8	0-0	9-10	90.0	76.0	1	2	2	3
Alex English A. English	41	24	7	3	4	2	9-19	47.4	0-0	6-8	75.0	53.3	5	2	4	1
Dan Issel D. Issel	36	27	12	2	1	1	9-12	75.0	0-0	9-9	100.0	84.6	3	9	1	5
Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	36	20	7	3	0	0	8-17	47.1	0-0	4-4	100.0	53.3	1	6	1	3
Kenny Higgs K. Higgs	25	8	4	5	1	0	4-9	44.4	0-0	0-0		44.4	0	4	1	5

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Billy McKinney B. McKinney	26	10	2	5	1	0	4-11	36.4	0-0	2-2	100.0	42.1	0	2	3	2
Dave Robisch D. Robisch	12	2	4	2	0	1	0-1	0.0	0-0	2-2	100.0	53.2	1	3	1	1
Glen Gondrezick G. Gondrezick	11	6	3	0	0	0	3-3	100.0	0-0	0-0		100.0	2	1	0	1
Ronnie Valentine R. Valentine	5	6	2	0	1	0	2-4	50.0	0-0	2-2	100.0	61.5	1	1	1	1
T.R. Dunn	3	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0-0		0.0	0	0	0	0
Cedrick Hordges C. Hordges	3	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0.0	0-0	0-0		0.0	0	1	1	0

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Robert Reid R. Reid	42	8	5	9	2	2	3-13	23.1	0-0		2-2	100.0	28.8	2	3	2	4
Moses Malone M. Malone	37	33	16	1	0	0	12-20	60.0	0-0		9-10	90.0	67.6	5	11	2	2
Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	29	8	4	2	1	0	3-12	25.0	0-1	0.0	2-2	100.0	31.1	2	2	1	3
Calvin Garrett C. Garrett	26	6	6	2	0	0	3-5	60.0	0-0		0-0		60.0	1	5	2	4
Allen Leavell A. Leavell	22	17	3	4	0	0	7-10	70.0	0-1	0.0	3-3	100.0	75.1	1	2	0	3

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FG	FG%	3PT	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	32	42	2	4	2	16-27	59.3	0-0	10-10	100.0	66.9	0	2	3	4
Bill Willoughby B. Willoughby	24	6	5	3	0	3-6	50.0	0-0	0-0		50.0	2	3	1	1
Major Jones M. Jones	17	6	3	0	1	2-6	33.3	0-0	2-2	100.0	43.6	3	0	2	5
Billy Paultz B. Paultz	11	6	4	2	0	3-5	60.0	0-0	0-0		60.0	2	2	0	1