NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns126–112Denver Nuggets

Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets

Date: Tuesday 7 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 7th meetingof 218 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Don Buse	38:00	5–8	0–0	0	2	2	8	5	1	1	1	10
Walter Davis	36:00	12–21	10–11	2	2	4	9	5	1	0	4	34
Ron Lee	29:00	13–19	1–2	0	0	0	7	4	0	3	3	27
Gar Heard	28:00	2–5	2–2	0	6	6	2	1	4	1	5	6
Paul Westphal	24:00	8–23	5–5	0	3	3	4	0	0	3	0	21
Alvan Adams	22:00	6–10	2–2	1	5	6	0	1	2	1	4	14
Alvin Scott	21:00	1–1	2–2	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	4
Dennis Awtrey	18:00	1–1	0–2	0	7	7	3	0	2	1	2	2
Greg Griffin	11:00	0–3	4–4	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	2	4
Bayard Forrest	8:00	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	2	2
Mike Bratz	5:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	2
Team totals	240:00	50–94	26–30	4	28	32	40	18	11	15	24	126

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dan Issel	41:00	11–20	8–13	7	5	12	1	0	2	2	2	30
David Thompson	40:00	8–22	6–7	4	7	11	9	2	3	5	2	22
Anthony Roberts	32:00	6–16	2–3	3	4	7	2	0	0	2	3	14
Bob Wilkerson	31:00	4–11	2–2	1	3	4	5	0	0	5	4	10
Darnell Hillman	30:00	4–11	1–3	5	10	15	1	0	0	4	6	9
Bo Ellis	23:00	1–7	0–0	6	1	7	0	0	1	3	4	2
Ralph Simpson	18:00	2–8	4–4	1	4	5	4	0	0	2	2	8
Mack Calvin	15:00	6–8	1–1	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	2	13
Tom LaGarde	7:00	1–2	2–2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	3	4
Robert Smith	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–105	26–35	29	36	65	26	4	6	24	28	112

This season

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

27 Nov 1977Denver Nuggets 97–115 Phoenix Suns
26 Dec 1977Phoenix Suns 108–127 Denver Nuggets
7 Mar 1978126–112 this game
6 Apr 1978Denver Nuggets 111–105 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 39–25
Denver Nuggets: 40–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

26 Dec 1977Phoenix Suns 108–127 Denver Nuggets
6 Apr 1978Denver Nuggets 111–105 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.