NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets114–131Chicago Bulls

Denver Nuggets at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 24 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 7th meetingof 105 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Wilkerson	40:00	6–13	3–4	0	6	6	3	1	0	4	4	15
David Thompson	38:00	11–17	4–6	2	2	4	6	0	1	3	2	26
Dan Issel	35:00	9–16	5–6	3	6	9	2	1	1	3	4	23
Bobby Jones	33:00	8–13	1–2	4	4	8	4	1	2	1	4	17
Mack Calvin	28:00	7–12	3–3	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	17
Anthony Roberts	24:00	3–9	1–2	1	5	6	1	0	0	1	4	7
Jim Price	16:00	2–4	0–0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	4
Bo Ellis	15:00	1–3	1–2	2	1	3	0	1	0	4	3	3
Tom LaGarde	8:00	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	2
Robert Smith	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Team totals	240:00	48–89	18–25	12	27	39	20	7	5	22	30	114

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Wilbur Holland	36:00	13–23	0–0	2	4	6	3	5	0	0	2	26
Scott May	36:00	8–13	6–7	2	5	7	6	0	0	1	4	22
Artis Gilmore	34:00	7–10	4–5	1	6	7	3	0	1	4	5	18
Norm Van Lier	34:00	3–6	5–6	2	1	3	18	1	0	4	3	11
Mickey Johnson	33:00	7–16	6–7	3	10	13	2	3	0	1	4	20
John Mengelt	17:00	3–6	0–0	0	1	1	6	0	0	2	1	6
Mark Landsberger	15:00	2–2	4–8	2	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	8
Cliff Pondexter	14:00	1–2	2–2	0	3	3	2	2	1	0	1	4
Cazzie Russell	11:00	3–5	0–1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6
Tate Armstrong	9:00	3–5	2–2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	8
Steve Sheppard	1:00	1–2	0–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	51–90	29–40	14	31	45	42	13	3	14	23	131

This season

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

13 Dec 1977Denver Nuggets 96–99 Chicago Bulls
8 Jan 1978Chicago Bulls 104–109 Denver Nuggets
24 Jan 1978114–131 this game
12 Mar 1978Chicago Bulls 95–98 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 28–15
Chicago Bulls: 25–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

8 Jan 1978Chicago Bulls 104–109 Denver Nuggets
12 Mar 1978Chicago Bulls 95–98 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.