The Denver Nuggets handily beat the Houston Rockets, 138 to 127, on March 15, 1981.

1980-81 Denver Nuggets

Final

HOU

Rockets

36-39

127

DEN

Nuggets

31-43

138

Team

HOU

DEN

1

26

34

2

40

33

3

33

33

4

28

38

Total

127

138

Rockets

Nuggets

FG Made - Attempted

50-117

46-91

Field Goal %

42.7

50.5

3PT Made - Attempted

0-0

0-2

3PT %

0.0

FT Made - Attempted

27-35

46-52

Free Throw %

77.1

88.5

Rebounds

55

52

Offensive Rebounds

26

16

Defensive Rebounds

29

36

Assists

26

28

Steals

6

5

Blocks

6

9

Turnovers

12

16

Personal Fouls

36

31

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
Moses Malone 41 31 23 3 1 3 13-30 43.3 0-0 5-8 62.5 46.2 13 10 3 4
Robert Reid 34 17 6 6 1 1 7-15 46.7 0-0 3-5 60.0 49.4 4 2 0 4
Mike Dunleavy 33 16 4 3 1 0 6-19 31.6 0-0 4-5 80.0 37.7 2 2 2 4
Billy Paultz 20 8 4 0 0 1 4-7 57.1 0-0 0-0 57.1 1 3 0 5
Allen Leavell 17 12 2 6 0 0 4-7 57.1 0-0 4-4 100.0 68.5 0 2 1 2

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
Bill Willoughby 30 12 8 2 1 0 3-8 37.5 0-0 6-7 85.7 54.2 2 6 2 5
Tom Henderson 21 8 1 3 2 0 4-9 44.4 0-0 0-0 44.4 0 1 0 2
Calvin Murphy 19 14 1 2 0 0 5-16 31.3 0-0 4-4 100.0 39.4 1 0 1 5
Calvin Garrett 14 0 2 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 4
Major Jones 11 9 4 0 0 0 4-6 66.7 0-0 1-2 50.0 65.4 3 1 0 1

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
David Thompson 44 27 5 4 2 2 10-20 50.0 0-1 0.0 7-8 87.5 57.4 1 4 3 3
Dave Robisch 34 21 10 1 0 1 6-13 46.2 0-0 9-10 90.0 60.3 2 8 0 4
Alex English 34 18 5 5 2 4 6-14 42.9 0-0 6-6 100.0 54.1 3 2 2 5
Kenny Higgs 27 14 4 8 0 0 3-4 75.0 0-0 8-9 88.9 87.9 0 4 3 3
Dan Issel 18 21 8 1 0 0 9-13 69.2 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 71.1 2 6 1 5

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
Kiki VanDeWeghe 31 16 10 3 0 1 5-12 41.7 0-0 6-8 75.0 51.5 6 4 4 3
Glen Gondrezick 27 6 10 0 0 0 2-4 50.0 0-0 2-2 100.0 61.5 2 8 3 5
Billy McKinney 21 15 0 6 1 1 5-10 50.0 0-0 5-5 100.0 61.5 0 0 0 3
T.R. Dunn 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0

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28.7

Jokic

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RPG

13.4

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APG

8.7

Jokic

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ORTG

118.4

5th

DRTG

113.0

8th

NETRTG

5.4

4th

3P%

37.4

10th

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
57 25 .695
2
Nuggets Nuggets
57 25 .695
3
Timberwolves Timberwolves
56 26 .683 1.0
4
Clippers Clippers
51 31 .622 6.0
5
Mavericks Mavericks
50 32 .610 7.0

Last Game

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DEN Nuggets

3-4

90

Final

98

MIN Timberwolves

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NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

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33.0

Embiid

Joel Embiid

32.4

Brunson

Jalen Brunson

31.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

Playoff RPG Leaders

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15.6

Davis

Anthony Davis

13.8

Allen

Jarrett Allen

13.4

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

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8.8

James

LeBron James

8.7

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

8.2

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

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2.4

James

LeBron James

2.0

Leonard

Kawhi Leonard

1.9

Doncic

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2.5

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

2.2

Mobley

Evan Mobley

1.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

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5.0

Lillard

Damian Lillard

3.7

Maxey

Tyrese Maxey

3.5

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

Playoff TS% Leaders

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150.0

Theis

Daniel Theis

93.4

Garza

Luka Garza

93.1

Sims

Jericho Sims

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

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Pacers

120.1

Knicks

118.7

Celtics

117.7

Timberwolves

117.0

76ers

116.9

Bucks

116.0

Playoff DRtg Rankings

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Magic

101.3

Thunder

105.4

Celtics

109.0

Pelicans

111.7

Cavaliers

111.8

Mavericks

111.9

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

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Celtics

8.7

Thunder

6.7

Magic

4.7

Timberwolves

4.6

Mavericks

2.8

Pacers

1.1

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Pelicans

0-4

Suns

0-4

Heat

1-4

Lakers

1-4

Clippers

2-4

Bucks

2-4

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Best Record ATS

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Magic

55-34

Mavericks

60-44

76ers

51-38

Thunder

52-39-1

Rockets

45-35-2

Pacers

54-43-2

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Hawks

29-54

Hornets

34-48

Suns

36-49-1

Bucks

38-50

Raptors

36-46

Nets

34-44-4

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
64 18 .780
2
Knicks Knicks
50 32 .610 14.0
3
Bucks Bucks
49 33 .598 15.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
48 34 .585 16.0
5
Magic Magic
47 35 .573 17.0
6
Pacers Pacers
47 35 .573 17.0
Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
57 25 .695
2
Nuggets Nuggets
57 25 .695
3
Timberwolves Timberwolves
56 26 .683 1.0
4
Clippers Clippers
51 31 .622 6.0
5
Mavericks Mavericks
50 32 .610 7.0
6
Suns Suns
49 33 .598 8.0