The Houston Rockets were defeated by the Denver Nuggets, 121 to 109, on December 22, 1981.

Final

Nuggets

12-13

121

Rockets

11-16

109

Team

DEN

HOU

Total

121

109

Team Stats

Player Stats

Nuggets

Rockets

FG Made - Attempted

50-94

47-98

Field Goal %

53.2

48.0

3PT Made - Attempted

0-2

1-3

3PT %

0.0

33.3

FT Made - Attempted

21-25

14-21

Free Throw %

84.0

66.7

Rebounds

Offensive Rebounds

Defensive Rebounds

Assists

Steals

Blocks

Turnovers

Personal Fouls

Nuggets

Rockets

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Alex English A. English	35	30	8	6	0	2	13-20	65.0	0-0		4-4	100.0	68.9	3	5	0	1
Dan Issel D. Issel	32	15	3	2	1	0	4-7	57.1	0-0		7-10	70.0	65.8	0	3	3	4
David Thompson D. Thompson	23	19	5	2	1	0	7-15	46.7	0-1	0.0	5-5	100.0	55.2	2	3	3	4
T.R. Dunn	21	7	5	2	3	1	3-7	42.9	0-0		1-2	50.0	44.4	2	3	1	5
James Ray J. Ray	6	2	2	1	0	0	1-2	50.0	0-0		0-0		50.0	0	2	0	2

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Billy McKinney B. McKinney	31	12	0	4	5-8	62.5	0-1	0.0	2-2	100.0	67.6	0	0	3	1
Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	28	12	7	2	6-16	37.5	0-0		0-0		37.5	3	4	0	1
Glen Gondrezick G. Gondrezick	27	10	5	2	4-7	57.1	0-0		2-2	100.0	63.5	2	3	3	2
Kenny Higgs K. Higgs	21	10	5	6	5-8	62.5	0-0		0-0		62.5	1	4	0	4
Cedrick Hordges C. Hordges	16	4	2	1	2-4	50.0	0-0		0-0		50.0	0	2	1	3

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Robert Reid R. Reid	46	16	8	10	0	0	7-17	41.2	0-0		2-2	100.0	44.7	4	4	2	4
Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	34	20	11	0	0	3	8-14	57.1	0-0		4-8	50.0	57.1	5	6	3	2
Bill Willoughby B. Willoughby	32	19	3	1	1	0	9-13	69.2	0-0		1-2	50.0	68.4	2	1	3	1
Allen Leavell A. Leavell	26	5	4	9	0	0	2-11	18.2	1-2	50.0	0-0		22.7	1	3	2	1
Billy Paultz B. Paultz	13	4	1	2	0	0	2-4	50.0	0-0		0-0		50.0	1	0	1	3

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	DREB	TOV	PF
Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	36	22	1	6	1	0	9-20	45.0	0-1	0.0	4-4	100.0	50.6	1	3	5
Calvin Garrett C. Garrett	20	10	3	2	0	1	5-8	62.5	0-0		0-0		62.5	3	0	5
Major Jones M. Jones	20	8	6	0	0	2	3-7	42.9	0-0		2-3	66.7	48.1	6	1	0
Jawann Oldham J. Oldham	7	2	0	0	0	1	1-3	33.3	0-0		0-0		33.3	0	0	1
Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	6	3	1	0	0	0	1-1	100.0	0-0		1-2	50.0	79.8	1	0	1