NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns108–127Denver Nuggets

Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets

Date: Monday 26 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 6th meetingof 218 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Don Buse	33:00	7–9	1–1	0	3	3	3	3	0	2	1	15
Paul Westphal	31:00	8–19	1–1	0	1	1	8	1	0	1	1	17
Gar Heard	29:00	6–12	1–3	2	6	8	4	0	4	2	3	13
Bayard Forrest	29:00	4–7	0–4	1	7	8	1	0	2	1	5	8
Walter Davis	26:00	8–17	7–10	4	4	8	4	3	0	5	5	23
Ron Lee	20:00	6–12	5–5	1	1	2	3	0	0	4	3	17
Curtis Perry	20:00	0–5	2–2	3	4	7	1	2	0	1	3	2
Dennis Awtrey	19:00	2–4	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	4
Mike Bratz	17:00	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	6	4
Alvin Scott	16:00	2–2	1–2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	5
Team totals	240:00	45–91	18–28	11	28	39	31	9	6	20	30	108

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	35:00	9–15	6–6	2	5	7	2	2	2	1	2	24
Dan Issel	33:00	10–19	4–5	8	8	16	2	0	0	4	4	24
Bob Wilkerson	29:00	4–16	1–1	2	3	5	5	4	0	6	5	9
Jim Price	27:00	7–11	0–0	1	4	5	9	1	0	1	4	14
Brian Taylor	27:00	4–11	0–1	0	1	1	3	3	0	0	2	8
Bobby Jones	24:00	5–7	5–6	4	5	9	2	2	0	1	4	15
Bo Ellis	24:00	1–6	2–2	4	7	11	0	1	1	2	2	4
Tom LaGarde	15:00	0–2	6–7	2	3	5	0	0	1	2	2	6
Anthony Roberts	14:00	3–6	5–6	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	6	11
Mack Calvin	10:00	2–4	8–9	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	12
Robert Smith	2:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–99	37–43	23	38	61	26	14	4	18	32	127

This season

Denver Nuggets 2, Phoenix Suns 2 in NBA 1977-78.

27 Nov 1977Denver Nuggets 97–115 Phoenix Suns
26 Dec 1977108–127 this game
7 Mar 1978Phoenix Suns 126–112 Denver Nuggets
6 Apr 1978Denver Nuggets 111–105 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 19–11
Denver Nuggets: 18–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 101, Phoenix Suns 117.

27 Nov 1977Denver Nuggets 97–115 Phoenix Suns
7 Mar 1978Phoenix Suns 126–112 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.