The Denver Nuggets managed to stay ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers, 125 to 121, on December 27, 1980.
Final
76ers
Nuggets
FG Made - Attempted
47-92
43-88
Field Goal %
51.1
48.9
3PT Made - Attempted
1-2
0-0
3PT %
50.0
FT Made - Attempted
26-30
39-49
Free Throw %
86.7
79.6
Rebounds
38
46
Offensive Rebounds
9
13
Defensive Rebounds
29
33
Assists
37
24
Steals
9
11
Blocks
7
3
Turnovers
26
25
Personal Fouls
32
27
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Erving | 31 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5-13 | 38.5 | 0-0 | 10-11 | 90.9 | 56.1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
M. Cheeks | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6-10 | 60.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 64.3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
C. Jones | 30 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 75.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||
D. Dawkins | 24 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7-13 | 53.8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 57.6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | ||
A. Toney | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-8 | 50.0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. Jones | 29 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5-9 | 55.6 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 100.0 | 63.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
C. Richardson | 26 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8-14 | 57.1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 33.3 | 55.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
L. Hollins | 24 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2-11 | 18.2 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 100.0 | 28.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
S. Mix | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4-5 | 80.0 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 88.8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
E. Cureton | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
O. Johnson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 66.7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. English | 40 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9-21 | 42.9 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 88.9 | 52.1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
D. Thompson | 39 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10-18 | 55.6 | 0-0 | 8-8 | 100.0 | 65.1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||
D. Issel | 38 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9-14 | 64.3 | 0-0 | 12-16 | 75.0 | 71.3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | ||
K. VanDeWeghe | 25 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-7 | 28.6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 28.6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||
K. Higgs | 24 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4-8 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. McKinney | 28 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5-9 | 55.6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 50.0 | 55.8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
G. Gondrezick | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-4 | 25.0 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 60.0 | 40.3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
D. Robisch | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
C. Hordges | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 60.0 | 0-0 | 6-7 | 85.7 | 74.3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
T.R. Dunn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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ORTG
114.5
9th
DRTG
113.1
16th
NETRTG
1.4
12th
3P%
38.0
6th
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