Game day: January 2, 1981

Best by category

• Points

  1. ★11 Moses Malone HOU @ DAL 40
  2. Calvin Murphy HOU @ DAL 38
  3. Julius Erving PHI @ SEA 36
  4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL @ SAS 36
  5. Mike Mitchell CLE @ NJN 34
  6. Paul Westphal SEA vs PHI 32

• Rebounds

  1. ★11 Moses Malone HOU @ DAL 15
  2. Caldwell Jones PHI @ SEA 15
  3. Micheal Ray Richardson NYK @ DET 14
  4. Artis Gilmore CHI @ WAS 13
  5. Julius Erving PHI @ SEA 12
  6. Maurice Lucas NJN vs CLE 12

• Assists

  1. ★2 2 Norm Nixon LAL @ SAS 15
  2. Maurice Cheeks PHI @ SEA 12
  3. Kevin Porter WAS vs CHI 12
  4. Robert Reid HOU @ DAL 11
  5. Geoff Huston DAL vs HOU 11
  6. Micheal Ray Richardson NYK @ DET 9

• Efficiency

  1. ★1 Calvin Murphy HOU @ DAL 43
  2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL @ SAS 42
  3. Adrian Dantley UTA @ KCK 39
  4. Moses Malone HOU @ DAL 38
  5. Truck Robinson PHX @ DEN 35
  6. Julius Erving PHI @ SEA 34

• Field goals

  1. ★1 Calvin Murphy HOU @ DAL 16/19 84.2%
  2. Bernard King GSW vs BOS 14/17 82.4%
  3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL @ SAS 17/21 81.0%
  4. Reggie Johnson SAS vs LAL 8/10 80.0%
  5. Mike Woodson NYK @ DET 7/9 77.8%
  6. Dan Roundfield ATL vs IND 11/15 73.3%

• Free throws

  1. ★1 3 Bill Cartwright NYK @ DET 10/10 100.0%
  2. Kiki Vandeweghe DEN vs PHX 8/8 100.0%
  3. Adrian Dantley UTA @ KCK 6/6 100.0%
  4. Ben Poquette UTA @ KCK 6/6 100.0%
  5. Norm Nixon LAL @ SAS 6/6 100.0%
  6. David Thompson DEN vs PHX 10/11 90.9%

• Steals

  1. ★1 Calvin Murphy HOU @ DAL 4
  2. Randy Smith CLE @ NJN 4
  3. George Gervin SAS vs LAL 4
  4. Sam Lacey KCK vs UTA 4
  5. Mike Bratz CLE @ NJN 4
  6. Jamaal Wilkes LAL @ SAS 3

• Blocks

  1. Tree Rollins ATL vs IND 8
  2. Joe Barry Carroll GSW vs BOS 6
  3. Artis Gilmore CHI @ WAS 5
  4. Robert Parish BOS @ GSW 5
  5. George Johnson SAS vs LAL 4
  6. Tom LaGarde DAL vs HOU 3

• Offensive rebounds

  1. ★11 Julius Erving PHI @ SEA 8
  2. Purvis Short GSW vs BOS 7
  3. Jim Chones LAL @ SAS 5
  4. Darryl Dawkins PHI @ SEA 5
  5. Cedric Maxwell BOS @ GSW 5
  6. Dave Corzine SAS vs LAL 5

• Minutes

  1. RR Robert Reid HOU @ DAL 49:00
  2. Moses Malone HOU @ DAL 47:00
  3. Julius Erving PHI @ SEA 46:00
  4. Geoff Huston DAL vs HOU 46:00
  5. Jim Spanarkel DAL vs HOU 46:00
  6. Adrian Dantley UTA @ KCK 45:00