NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets99–109Los Angeles Lakers

Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 24 February 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 8th meetingof 241 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	41:00	11–20	6–7	1	4	5	5	0	0	3	0	28
Bob Wilkerson	39:00	6–15	0–0	1	9	10	7	2	0	4	4	12
Dan Issel	38:00	9–17	2–2	4	8	12	4	0	0	2	0	20
Bobby Jones	33:00	4–9	4–4	1	3	4	2	1	1	2	2	12
Darnell Hillman	26:00	5–7	1–1	2	5	7	3	0	0	5	3	11
Ralph Simpson	14:00	3–10	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	6
Anthony Roberts	14:00	0–3	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
Mack Calvin	12:00	0–2	2–4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	2
Bo Ellis	9:00	3–5	0–0	3	2	5	0	0	0	1	3	6
Robert Smith	9:00	0–0	2–3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2
Tom LaGarde	5:00	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	41–89	17–21	15	33	48	22	5	1	23	15	99

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Lou Hudson	38:00	13–20	1–1	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	27
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	38:00	7–14	3–5	4	10	14	6	4	3	4	0	17
Charlie Scott	32:00	10–22	3–4	0	2	2	6	2	0	2	6	23
Adrian Dantley	32:00	4–9	5–8	3	5	8	3	1	0	3	3	13
Tom Abernethy	26:00	4–7	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	8
Norm Nixon	26:00	3–11	0–0	1	2	3	8	3	0	1	2	6
Don Ford	20:00	0–3	1–2	3	4	7	2	1	2	0	4	1
Kenny Carr	18:00	6–6	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	4	12
Dave Robisch	10:00	1–4	0–0	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	48–96	13–20	12	30	42	31	13	7	14	22	109

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 1, Denver Nuggets 3 in NBA 1977-78.

21 Oct 1977Los Angeles Lakers 101–106 Denver Nuggets
4 Dec 1977Denver Nuggets 111–109 Los Angeles Lakers
14 Jan 1978Los Angeles Lakers 112–123 Denver Nuggets
24 Feb 197899–109 this game

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 37–22
Los Angeles Lakers: 31–28

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 143, Denver Nuggets 98.

14 Jan 1978Los Angeles Lakers 112–123 Denver Nuggets
31 Oct 1978Denver Nuggets 107–134 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.