NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final/OT

Washington Bullets117–112Denver Nuggets

Washington Bullets at Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday 16 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 6th meetingof 104 played

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	47:00	14–19	5–14	6	14	20	4	2	4	4	4	33
Bob Dandridge	46:00	6–18	3–4	0	7	7	10	4	1	2	4	15
Phil Chenier	35:00	6–13	0–0	0	3	3	4	0	0	5	2	12
Tom Henderson	34:00	5–13	6–7	0	3	3	6	2	0	7	2	16
Mitch Kupchak	31:00	8–12	4–4	0	4	4	2	2	3	3	2	20
Wes Unseld	28:00	1–1	1–2	2	5	7	4	1	1	2	3	3
Kevin Grevey	21:00	7–14	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	14
Larry Wright	19:00	2–5	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	4
Greg Ballard	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Team totals	265:00	49–95	19–31	8	38	46	34	11	10	27	24	117

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	44:00	13–23	5–5	1	2	3	4	1	2	4	4	31
Bob Wilkerson	44:00	7–20	2–2	2	3	5	8	1	0	4	4	16
Brian Taylor	39:00	8–13	2–2	2	1	3	4	6	0	1	4	18
Dan Issel	37:00	7–16	4–5	4	12	16	4	1	0	2	6	18
Bobby Jones	36:00	7–16	1–2	4	11	15	3	0	1	7	6	15
Bo Ellis	17:00	3–3	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	5	6
Tom LaGarde	16:00	0–6	2–3	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	2	2
Jim Price	14:00	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Anthony Roberts	11:00	1–5	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	3	2
Mack Calvin	7:00	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Team totals	265:00	48–108	16–19	15	36	51	27	10	3	23	35	112

This season

Denver Nuggets 3, Washington Wizards 1 in NBA 1977-78.

22 Nov 1977Denver Nuggets 119–114 Washington Bullets
16 Dec 1977117–112 this game
3 Jan 1978Denver Nuggets 101–100 Washington Bullets
14 Feb 1978Washington Bullets 98–103 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Washington Bullets: 16–9
Denver Nuggets: 18–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 61, Washington Wizards 43.

22 Nov 1977Denver Nuggets 119–114 Washington Bullets
3 Jan 1978Denver Nuggets 101–100 Washington Bullets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.