NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons120–125Denver Nuggets

Detroit Pistons at Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday 1 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 9th meetingof 103 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	41:00	8–15	5–8	4	4	8	3	4	1	3	4	21
Leon Douglas	33:00	4–11	2–5	4	7	11	2	0	1	2	5	10
John Long	31:00	12–18	4–5	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	28
Ben Poquette	31:00	8–11	2–2	3	3	6	3	0	1	1	4	18
Terry Tyler	30:00	6–16	2–2	5	5	10	2	0	1	0	2	14
Kevin Porter	28:00	3–10	1–2	2	3	5	11	1	0	2	4	7
Earl Tatum	18:00	6–13	1–1	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	5	13
Rickey Green	13:00	1–4	1–1	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	3
Essie Hollis	8:00	1–3	2–2	3	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	4
Andre Wakefield	7:00	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	2
Team totals	240:00	50–102	20–28	22	26	48	28	10	4	15	29	120

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tom Boswell	43:00	10–18	1–1	8	4	12	7	1	2	3	5	21
Dan Issel	39:00	11–17	4–5	2	10	12	3	1	1	3	3	26
David Thompson	38:00	6–11	6–7	2	3	5	4	1	1	2	2	18
George McGinnis	35:00	10–19	10–15	2	7	9	3	0	0	3	4	30
Charlie Scott	34:00	4–7	0–0	1	1	2	9	0	2	3	1	8
Bob Wilkerson	24:00	4–12	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	8
Robert Smith	11:00	2–4	7–8	0	1	1	3	2	0	1	3	11
Kim Hughes	10:00	1–1	1–2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	3
Anthony Roberts	6:00	0–3	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	48–92	29–38	17	28	45	32	6	7	17	23	125

This season

Denver Nuggets 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1978-79.

1 Dec 1978120–125 this game
22 Jan 1979Detroit Pistons 121–117 Denver Nuggets
14 Feb 1979Denver Nuggets 107–111 Detroit Pistons
28 Mar 1979Denver Nuggets 115–110 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 8–14
Denver Nuggets: 10–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

9 Apr 1978Denver Nuggets 137–139 Detroit Pistons
22 Jan 1979Detroit Pistons 121–117 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.