NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

San Antonio Spurs117–118Denver Nuggets

San Antonio Spurs at Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday 13 October 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 7th meetingof 243 played

San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Kenon	41:00	12–22	14–16	5	4	9	5	3	0	4	5	38
George Gervin	39:00	11–23	6–9	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	3	28
Mike Gale	38:00	5–14	0–0	0	4	4	6	1	0	2	2	10
Mike Green	31:00	5–10	3–5	3	6	9	2	0	5	1	4	13
Coby Dietrick	22:00	3–9	3–4	1	3	4	3	0	1	0	6	9
Mark Olberding	21:00	6–8	2–2	1	5	6	2	0	0	3	5	14
James Silas	17:00	1–3	1–3	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	3	3
Billy Paultz	17:00	1–4	0–1	1	4	5	1	0	1	2	3	2
Allan Bristow	12:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	0
Louie Dampier	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	44–95	29–40	12	30	42	25	9	9	18	32	117

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
George McGinnis	40:00	10–16	9–16	3	12	15	4	4	1	4	5	29
Charlie Scott	40:00	7–17	3–5	3	1	4	8	5	0	6	5	17
Dan Issel	37:00	5–13	7–9	1	5	6	3	0	0	3	5	17
Anthony Roberts	36:00	6–12	1–2	3	7	10	3	0	0	2	4	13
David Thompson	32:00	11–17	5–6	0	4	4	4	0	1	2	0	27
Bob Wilkerson	19:00	2–6	2–4	1	5	6	4	0	0	0	0	6
Robert Smith	16:00	2–2	1–2	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	5
Kim Hughes	11:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
Tom Boswell	8:00	1–1	2–3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	4
Bo Ellis	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	44–84	30–47	12	36	48	29	11	2	19	29	118

This season

Denver Nuggets 3, San Antonio Spurs 1 in NBA 1978-79.

13 Oct 1978117–118 this game
2 Dec 1978Denver Nuggets 104–93 San Antonio Spurs
12 Dec 1978San Antonio Spurs 103–107 Denver Nuggets
17 Jan 1979Denver Nuggets 101–119 San Antonio Spurs

Records going in

San Antonio Spurs: 0–0
Denver Nuggets: 0–0

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 94, San Antonio Spurs 149.

23 Mar 1978Denver Nuggets 106–123 San Antonio Spurs
2 Dec 1978Denver Nuggets 104–93 San Antonio Spurs

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.