NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets118–120Boston Celtics

Denver Nuggets at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 17 November 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 9th meetingof 104 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	40:00	13–22	7–11	3	1	4	2	0	1	5	1	33
Bob Wilkerson	39:00	7–11	0–0	3	4	7	2	3	0	1	4	14
Charlie Scott	34:00	7–13	2–3	2	1	3	2	2	1	4	2	16
Dan Issel	30:00	5–11	0–2	1	2	3	2	0	1	5	6	10
Robert Smith	27:00	5–12	9–10	3	4	7	6	1	0	2	2	19
George McGinnis	27:00	7–18	3–5	2	5	7	2	1	0	1	6	17
Tom Boswell	24:00	1–2	2–5	1	4	5	3	0	1	3	4	4
Kim Hughes	14:00	1–3	0–0	4	1	5	2	1	1	0	5	2
Phil Hicks	5:00	1–1	1–2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3
Team totals	240:00	47–93	24–38	19	22	41	21	9	5	21	31	118

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy Knight	45:00	9–18	6–6	3	8	11	2	3	0	2	3	24
Tiny Archibald	40:00	6–12	6–8	1	1	2	6	1	0	3	2	18
Dave Cowens	33:00	7–20	3–6	3	9	12	3	1	1	2	6	17
Chris Ford	32:00	9–12	4–5	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	2	22
Cedric Maxwell	27:00	1–2	10–13	2	3	5	3	2	0	2	5	12
Jo Jo White	22:00	5–9	5–5	0	2	2	1	1	0	4	6	15
Earl Williams	15:00	1–4	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	2
Jeff Judkins	13:00	4–5	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	3	8
Marvin Barnes	13:00	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	3	2
Team totals	240:00	43–84	34–43	10	28	38	22	10	3	18	33	120

This season

Boston Celtics 1, Denver Nuggets 3 in NBA 1978-79.

17 Nov 1978118–120 this game
6 Jan 1979Boston Celtics 98–127 Denver Nuggets
23 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 113–137 Denver Nuggets
6 Apr 1979Denver Nuggets 107–101 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 9–7
Boston Celtics: 2–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 62, Denver Nuggets 42.

29 Mar 1978Boston Celtics 106–109 Denver Nuggets
6 Jan 1979Boston Celtics 98–127 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.