NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets114–119Washington Bullets

Denver Nuggets at Washington Bullets

Date: Saturday 18 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	41:00	17–27	1–1	2	2	4	2	3	2	2	3	35
Dan Issel	40:00	3–14	6–7	5	12	17	6	0	2	0	2	12
Charlie Scott	38:00	7–13	4–7	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	4	18
Bob Wilkerson	33:00	4–10	0–0	2	5	7	3	1	0	2	4	8
George McGinnis	32:00	12–21	3–10	1	3	4	4	2	2	4	5	27
Robert Smith	22:00	2–3	0–0	1	1	2	3	3	1	1	4	4
Tom Boswell	13:00	1–4	2–3	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	4	4
Kim Hughes	10:00	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	0
Geoff Crompton	8:00	2–7	0–0	3	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	4
Phil Hicks	3:00	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2
Team totals	240:00	49–103	16–28	15	30	45	23	10	9	12	31	114

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Wes Unseld	37:00	7–8	2–3	5	6	11	11	2	0	3	2	16
Tom Henderson	37:00	5–11	4–4	1	2	3	5	0	1	2	2	14
Elvin Hayes	32:00	7–15	2–4	1	10	11	3	2	7	2	5	16
Bob Dandridge	29:00	7–12	5–5	1	3	4	3	0	1	6	6	19
Kevin Grevey	29:00	6–11	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12
Greg Ballard	24:00	6–12	6–10	4	6	10	2	1	0	0	3	18
Mitch Kupchak	22:00	5–8	1–2	1	5	6	0	0	2	1	3	11
Charles Johnson	19:00	4–8	3–3	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	11
Larry Wright	11:00	0–2	2–4	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	1	2
Team totals	240:00	47–87	25–35	14	34	48	30	6	11	16	26	119

This season

Washington Wizards 3, Denver Nuggets 1 in NBA 1978-79.

18 Nov 1978114–119 this game
9 Jan 1979Washington Bullets 90–121 Denver Nuggets
11 Mar 1979Washington Bullets 119–98 Denver Nuggets
1 Apr 1979Denver Nuggets 89–105 Washington Bullets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 9–8
Washington Bullets: 10–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 43, Denver Nuggets 61.

14 Feb 1978Washington Bullets 98–103 Denver Nuggets
9 Jan 1979Washington Bullets 90–121 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.