NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets137–139Detroit Pistons

Denver Nuggets at Detroit Pistons

Date: Sunday 9 April 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 8th meetingof 103 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	43:00	28–38	17–20	3	4	7	2	0	1	4	2	73
Anthony Roberts	34:00	5–8	2–2	2	3	5	1	3	0	3	5	12
Dan Issel	32:00	6–9	2–2	3	6	9	10	2	1	4	2	14
Bob Wilkerson	32:00	1–8	0–0	0	5	5	3	3	1	5	5	2
Ralph Simpson	24:00	4–9	1–1	1	2	3	4	2	0	3	2	9
Bo Ellis	23:00	2–4	1–1	1	3	4	6	0	2	0	2	5
Bobby Jones	15:00	2–2	0–0	0	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	4
Tom LaGarde	14:00	2–5	3–4	0	4	4	0	1	0	2	3	7
Robert Smith	10:00	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
Mack Calvin	9:00	3–4	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7
Norm Cook	—	1–1	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	236:00	55–90	27–32	11	33	44	28	15	5	22	24	137

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Shumate	41:00	8–11	4–4	1	8	9	1	2	2	1	4	20
M.L. Carr	39:00	10–18	5–6	4	5	9	1	2	0	3	2	25
Chris Ford	35:00	8–14	3–4	1	3	4	9	4	0	5	3	19
Eric Money	33:00	11–24	1–1	0	2	2	4	3	0	0	3	23
Al Skinner	30:00	8–12	11–11	3	2	5	3	0	0	2	4	27
Jim Price	24:00	2–8	0–0	1	1	2	5	2	0	3	4	4
Ben Poquette	23:00	5–7	1–2	2	3	5	0	0	1	1	1	11
Jim Bostic	15:00	4–8	2–5	3	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	10
Team totals	240:00	56–102	27–33	15	25	40	23	13	3	17	21	139

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Denver Nuggets 2 in NBA 1977-78.

22 Oct 1977Denver Nuggets 106–126 Detroit Pistons
15 Nov 1977Detroit Pistons 113–123 Denver Nuggets
3 Feb 1978Detroit Pistons 102–115 Denver Nuggets
9 Apr 1978137–139 this game

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 48–33
Detroit Pistons: 37–44

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 54, Denver Nuggets 49.

3 Feb 1978Detroit Pistons 102–115 Denver Nuggets
1 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 120–125 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.