NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets110–123Portland Trail Blazers

Denver Nuggets at Portland Trail Blazers

Date: Sunday 17 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 17th meetingof 230 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Charlie Scott	39:00	6–14	0–0	1	2	3	8	4	1	3	4	12
David Thompson	36:00	6–13	10–17	0	1	1	1	2	2	4	3	22
Tom Boswell	34:00	8–16	3–6	4	5	9	5	0	0	2	3	19
George McGinnis	31:00	6–15	5–11	2	8	10	2	0	0	4	5	17
Dan Issel	28:00	7–13	7–8	5	4	9	2	0	0	2	5	21
Robert Smith	23:00	0–3	0–0	0	2	2	2	2	0	2	3	0
Bob Wilkerson	17:00	4–6	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	3	8
John Kuester	13:00	0–3	4–4	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	4
Kim Hughes	10:00	3–4	0–2	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	4	6
Geoff Crompton	5:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Hicks	4:00	0–1	1–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
Team totals	240:00	40–89	30–50	14	26	40	22	11	5	23	32	110

Portland Trail Blazers

Portland Trail Blazers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tom Owens	33:00	10–16	15–15	4	12	16	0	0	3	3	4	35
Maurice Lucas	32:00	7–14	3–3	4	9	13	4	1	1	5	4	17
Lionel Hollins	28:00	5–15	7–9	0	2	2	5	3	0	5	3	17
Dave Twardzik	28:00	2–4	5–5	1	1	2	5	2	0	3	4	9
Jim McMillian	26:00	4–8	4–5	2	1	3	3	3	0	1	2	12
Ron Brewer	24:00	1–3	5–6	0	3	3	2	1	0	3	4	7
Larry Steele	22:00	3–8	0–0	1	1	2	1	3	0	2	6	6
Mychal Thompson	16:00	4–6	0–0	0	4	4	0	0	0	3	5	8
T.R. Dunn	16:00	3–8	0–0	3	2	5	0	2	0	0	2	6
Clemon Johnson	15:00	3–5	0–0	2	5	7	1	1	0	0	2	6
Team totals	240:00	42–87	39–43	17	40	57	21	16	4	25	36	123

This season

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

18 Oct 1978Portland Trail Blazers 113–125 Denver Nuggets
15 Dec 1978Portland Trail Blazers 116–113 Denver Nuggets
17 Dec 1978110–123 this game
30 Jan 1979Denver Nuggets 76–82 Portland Trail Blazers

Records going in

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

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

15 Dec 1978Portland Trail Blazers 116–113 Denver Nuggets
30 Jan 1979Denver Nuggets 76–82 Portland Trail Blazers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.