NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets96–99Chicago Bulls

Denver Nuggets at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 13 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 105 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	39:00	11–19	2–7	5	2	7	2	0	1	2	4	24
Bobby Jones	39:00	7–16	6–11	3	5	8	5	5	2	8	5	20
Brian Taylor	37:00	2–7	3–4	0	2	2	5	1	1	1	1	7
Bob Wilkerson	36:00	3–10	2–2	0	8	8	5	4	0	1	3	8
Dan Issel	24:00	6–10	1–1	3	6	9	3	1	0	2	6	13
Jim Price	19:00	0–5	3–5	1	2	3	0	1	0	2	4	3
Tom LaGarde	17:00	2–4	2–2	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	4	6
Bo Ellis	15:00	4–7	0–1	2	2	4	1	0	3	0	2	8
Anthony Roberts	9:00	3–6	1–3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7
Mack Calvin	5:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	38–85	20–36	15	29	44	22	12	7	19	30	96

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	42:00	7–13	6–9	7	19	26	1	0	6	6	4	20
Wilbur Holland	36:00	4–10	6–7	2	3	5	2	3	0	3	3	14
Norm Van Lier	36:00	3–10	7–7	1	2	3	8	2	0	6	1	13
Scott May	30:00	5–16	3–4	6	0	6	0	0	1	1	6	13
Nick Weatherspoon	28:00	4–8	2–2	2	4	6	1	1	1	6	4	10
Mickey Johnson	28:00	4–12	1–2	0	4	4	5	3	0	0	6	9
John Mengelt	24:00	6–10	3–4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	2	15
Steve Sheppard	10:00	1–4	1–1	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	1	3
Jim Ard	6:00	1–1	0–0	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	2	2
Team totals	240:00	35–84	29–36	22	36	58	21	9	9	24	29	99

This season

Chicago Bulls 2, Denver Nuggets 2 in NBA 1977-78.

13 Dec 197796–99 this game
8 Jan 1978Chicago Bulls 104–109 Denver Nuggets
24 Jan 1978Denver Nuggets 114–131 Chicago Bulls
12 Mar 1978Chicago Bulls 95–98 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 18–8
Chicago Bulls: 15–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 46, Denver Nuggets 59.

1 Apr 1977Denver Nuggets 97–107 Chicago Bulls
8 Jan 1978Chicago Bulls 104–109 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.