The Denver Nuggets couldn't pull it off against the Houston Rockets, 119 to 117, on October 21, 1980.

1980-81 Denver Nuggets

Final

HOU

Rockets

3-3

119

DEN

Nuggets

2-4

117

Team

HOU

DEN

1

36

28

2

25

40

3

31

27

4

27

22

Total

119

117

Rockets

Nuggets

FG Made - Attempted

45-94

43-100

Field Goal %

47.9

43.0

3PT Made - Attempted

1-2

0

3PT %

50.0

FT Made - Attempted

28-37

31-46

Free Throw %

75.7

67.4

Rebounds

56

51

Offensive Rebounds

17

Defensive Rebounds

39

Assists

30

22

Steals

9

12

Blocks

5

6

Turnovers

23

17

Personal Fouls

33

30

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Moses Malone 41 41 26 1 1 0 12-20 0-0 17-21 4 8 18 60.0 81.0
Robert Reid 41 22 5 6 4 3 10-16 0-0 2-3 5 0 5 62.5 66.7
Rudy Tomjanovich 32 19 5 3 0 0 9-18 1-2 0-0 3 3 2 50.0 50.0
Calvin Murphy 25 8 0 4 1 0 3-9 0-0 2-2 5 0 0 33.3 100.0
Tom Henderson 24 2 1 7 1 0 1-7 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 14.3

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Calvin Garrett 19 9 3 1 0 0 4-7 0-0 1-2 3 1 2 57.1 50.0
Allen Leavell 18 11 3 5 2 0 4-6 0-0 3-3 3 0 3 66.7 100.0
Major Jones 18 5 9 1 0 1 1-3 0-0 3-6 1 4 5 33.3 50.0
Mike Dunleavy 12 2 1 2 0 0 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 25.0
Billy Paultz 7 0 2 0 0 0 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0.0
Lee Johnson 3 0 1 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0.0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Dan Issel 41 25 9 4 0 1 9-21 0 7-9 5 42.9 77.8
Alex English 39 30 11 2 2 1 15-26 0 0-0 3 57.7
Kenny Higgs 31 16 3 5 3 0 4-12 0 8-12 3 33.3 66.7
David Thompson 27 15 2 6 2 1 5-14 0 5-8 4 35.7 62.5
Kim Hughes 17 2 4 1 1 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 100.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Cedrick Hordges 33 17 12 2 1 0 6-14 0 5-8 2 42.9 62.5
T.R. Dunn 21 12 7 0 2 0 3-6 0 6-9 4 50.0 66.7
John Roche 17 0 0 1 1 1 0-4 0 0-0 2 0 0 0.0
Glen Gondrezick 10 0 3 1 0 2 0-1 0 0-0 1 0.0
James Ray 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0 0-0 2 0 0 0.0

Explore

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Team Leaders

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PPG

27.7

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

RPG

15.7

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

APG

9.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

Team Rankings

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ORTG

118.4

5th

DRTG

113.0

8th

NETRTG

5.4

4th

3P%

37.4

10th

2023-24 Conference Standings

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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

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
8:30 PM
Mon
4/29
LAL LAL
@
DEN DEN
10:00 PM
Thu
5/2
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
1:00 PM
Sat
5/4
LAL LAL
@
DEN DEN
1:00 PM

Last Game

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LAL Lakers

0-3

105

Final

112

DEN Nuggets

3-0

Thu 25 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

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37.7

Embiid

Joel Embiid

32.3

Davis

Anthony Davis

32.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

Playoff RPG Leaders

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15.7

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

15.3

Allen

Jarrett Allen

13.5

Valanciunas

Jonas Valanciunas

Playoff APG Leaders

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12.0

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

9.7

James

LeBron James

9.0

Herro

Tyler Herro

Playoff SPG Leaders

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2.5

Edwards

Anthony Edwards

2.5

Alexander-Walker

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

2.3

Irving

Kyrie Irving

Playoff BPG Leaders

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3.5

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

2.3

Mobley

Evan Mobley

2.0

III

Trey Murphy III

Playoff 3PM Leaders

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5.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

4.5

Herro

Tyler Herro

4.3

Harden

James Harden

Playoff TS% Leaders

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92.6

Wright

Delon Wright

81.8

Hauser

Sam Hauser

81.7

White

Derrick White

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

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76ers

121.6

Knicks

121.2

Timberwolves

118.9

Thunder

118.8

Celtics

118.5

Pacers

117.1

Playoff DRtg Rankings

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Magic

98.2

Timberwolves

99.4

Thunder

100.3

Cavaliers

103.2

Mavericks

107.6

Clippers

108.4

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

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Timberwolves

19.6

Thunder

18.5

Nuggets

7.1

Celtics

5.5

Magic

5.0

Pacers

1.7

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

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Pelicans

0-2

Suns

0-2

Lakers

0-3

Magic

1-2

Clippers

1-2

Bucks

1-2

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

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Magic

52-33

Mavericks

50-35

76ers

50-36

Thunder

47-36-1

Rockets

45-35-2

Pelicans

46-39-1

Worst Record ATS

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Hawks

29-54

Hornets

34-48

Suns

36-47-1

Bucks

37-48

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

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
90-101
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
IND IND
118-121
Wed
4/24
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
114-125
Wed
4/24
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
112-105
Wed
4/24
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
83-121

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
1:00 PM
Sat
4/27
OKC OKC
@
NOP NOP
3:30 PM
Sat
4/27
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
6:00 PM
Sat
4/27
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
8:30 PM
Sun
4/28
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM