NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets125–130Atlanta Hawks

Denver Nuggets at Atlanta Hawks

Date: Saturday 21 October 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 9th meetingof 103 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dan Issel	39:00	5–10	7–7	3	8	11	3	0	1	1	1	17
David Thompson	35:00	12–19	9–11	1	2	3	3	0	2	2	4	33
George McGinnis	31:00	8–20	11–18	2	7	9	4	0	1	4	6	27
Charlie Scott	29:00	4–6	5–9	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	6	13
Anthony Roberts	29:00	4–9	3–5	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	6	11
Tom Boswell	22:00	2–2	2–3	3	3	6	1	0	0	1	2	6
Robert Smith	21:00	5–7	2–2	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	6	12
Bob Wilkerson	21:00	3–4	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	0	4	1	6
Geoff Crompton	5:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kim Hughes	5:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Bo Ellis	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	43–77	39–55	11	28	39	19	0	6	18	34	125

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Steve Hawes	34:00	8–15	7–8	3	10	13	2	0	1	1	5	23
John Drew	30:00	6–14	10–15	5	4	9	0	2	0	3	5	22
Eddie Johnson	28:00	4–9	8–8	3	1	4	4	1	0	1	4	16
Armond Hill	27:00	2–5	6–6	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	4	10
Butch Lee	26:00	8–12	4–5	1	1	2	5	2	0	0	4	20
Dan Roundfield	26:00	6–13	1–1	0	4	4	1	1	1	2	3	13
Tree Rollins	20:00	2–4	2–2	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	4	6
Tom McMillen	19:00	0–3	2–2	3	2	5	1	0	0	1	6	2
Jack Givens	18:00	6–9	4–4	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	1	16
Rick Wilson	12:00	1–3	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Team totals	240:00	43–87	44–51	15	29	44	23	7	3	10	39	130

This season

Atlanta Hawks 3, Denver Nuggets 1 in NBA 1978-79.

21 Oct 1978125–130 this game
22 Nov 1978Atlanta Hawks 113–111 Denver Nuggets
30 Dec 1978Denver Nuggets 87–113 Atlanta Hawks
17 Mar 1979Atlanta Hawks 111–118 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 4–0
Atlanta Hawks: 1–2

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Atlanta Hawks 53, Denver Nuggets 50.

8 Feb 1978Atlanta Hawks 109–114 Denver Nuggets
22 Nov 1978Atlanta Hawks 113–111 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.