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1980-81 · Western Conference Semifinals Game 5 · Apr 15, 1981

Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns met in Game 5, with the series stakes and the story leading into tipoff preserved below.

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Game lineups

Starting fives

Verified starters

Home starting five
Phoenix Suns
StarterAAAlvan Adams
StarterASAlvin Scott
StarterDJDennis Johnson
StarterJCJeff Cook
StarterJKJoel Kramer
Away starting five
Sacramento Kings
StarterEGErnie Grunfeld
StarterFSFrankie Sanders
StarterJMJoe Meriweather
StarterJLJohn Lambert
StarterLDLeon Douglas

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.

Before the game

Spoiler-free context

Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns met in Western Conference Semifinals. The result remains hidden here while the verified situation entering the game is preserved below.

  • Sacramento Kings led 3–1, leaving Phoenix Suns one loss from elimination.

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