NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Portland Trail Blazers116–113Denver Nuggets

Portland Trail Blazers at Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday 15 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 16th meetingof 230 played

Portland Trail Blazers

Portland Trail Blazers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Lionel Hollins	39:00	10–18	3–3	1	4	5	3	3	0	1	4	23
Tom Owens	39:00	7–13	6–10	3	5	8	5	3	0	1	6	20
Maurice Lucas	38:00	14–25	4–4	3	10	13	4	1	0	7	4	32
Dave Twardzik	30:00	3–7	4–5	1	2	3	3	3	0	0	2	10
Larry Steele	28:00	4–8	1–1	2	0	2	2	1	0	5	4	9
Ron Brewer	20:00	4–8	4–4	2	0	2	3	1	0	0	1	12
Jim McMillian	20:00	0–3	2–2	0	1	1	3	1	2	2	0	2
Mychal Thompson	12:00	1–1	3–4	1	3	4	0	1	0	3	3	5
Clemon Johnson	7:00	1–2	1–1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	3
T.R. Dunn	7:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	44–87	28–34	13	27	40	24	14	2	20	26	116

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
George McGinnis	39:00	12–21	5–5	0	10	10	2	5	1	7	6	29
Tom Boswell	37:00	6–8	0–2	2	4	6	1	1	0	4	4	12
Dan Issel	35:00	6–12	2–4	4	4	8	3	2	1	4	6	14
Bob Wilkerson	32:00	4–9	0–0	2	5	7	5	1	1	2	1	8
David Thompson	30:00	15–19	6–6	1	2	3	3	0	1	2	2	36
Charlie Scott	27:00	0–6	1–3	0	0	0	5	1	0	3	6	1
Robert Smith	21:00	3–6	5–6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	11
John Kuester	10:00	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	2
Kim Hughes	7:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
Geoff Crompton	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	46–81	21–28	9	27	36	25	10	4	24	31	113

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, Portland Trail Blazers 3 in NBA 1978-79.

18 Oct 1978Portland Trail Blazers 113–125 Denver Nuggets
15 Dec 1978116–113 this game
17 Dec 1978Denver Nuggets 110–123 Portland Trail Blazers
30 Jan 1979Denver Nuggets 76–82 Portland Trail Blazers

Records going in

Portland Trail Blazers: 14–14
Denver Nuggets: 15–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 114, Portland Trail Blazers 116.

18 Oct 1978Portland Trail Blazers 113–125 Denver Nuggets
17 Dec 1978Denver Nuggets 110–123 Portland Trail Blazers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.