NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

New Orleans Jazz112–121Denver Nuggets

New Orleans Jazz at Denver Nuggets

Date: Wednesday 20 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 10th meetingof 244 played

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim McElroy	40:00	8–12	0–0	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	4	16
Truck Robinson	33:00	7–10	2–2	0	5	5	0	0	1	2	3	16
Pete Maravich	31:00	8–20	9–11	0	2	2	6	1	0	4	1	25
Rich Kelley	29:00	6–11	4–6	6	9	15	1	0	0	4	5	16
Gail Goodrich	25:00	3–9	5–6	0	0	0	6	1	0	6	3	11
Ira Terrell	23:00	2–5	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	2	1	4	4
Paul Griffin	23:00	2–4	0–0	3	8	11	4	0	1	4	4	4
Joe Meriweather	19:00	0–1	8–8	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	8
Aaron James	16:00	4–7	3–4	3	1	4	1	0	1	3	5	11
James Hardy	1:00	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals	240:00	40–79	32–39	13	31	44	25	2	5	27	31	112

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
George McGinnis	40:00	12–26	15–19	4	6	10	3	3	1	4	3	39
David Thompson	40:00	10–20	12–15	3	4	7	3	4	1	2	2	32
Tom Boswell	40:00	6–12	2–2	3	4	7	5	3	1	2	3	14
Charlie Scott	30:00	5–9	2–2	0	2	2	7	2	0	1	6	12
Dan Issel	26:00	5–11	0–2	1	4	5	4	0	0	0	6	10
Kim Hughes	20:00	3–7	0–2	3	3	6	1	1	3	0	4	6
John Kuester	19:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	2
Robert Smith	13:00	1–6	0–1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	2
Phil Hicks	8:00	2–2	0–0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	4
Geoff Crompton	3:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	239:00	45–97	31–43	15	24	39	30	16	6	10	28	121

This season

Denver Nuggets 3, Utah Jazz 1 in NBA 1978-79.

30 Nov 1978Denver Nuggets 105–111 New Orleans Jazz
20 Dec 1978112–121 this game
16 Jan 1979Denver Nuggets 104–100 New Orleans Jazz
18 Feb 1979New Orleans Jazz 112–115 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

New Orleans Jazz: 11–21
Denver Nuggets: 15–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 109, Utah Jazz 135.

30 Nov 1978Denver Nuggets 105–111 New Orleans Jazz
16 Jan 1979Denver Nuggets 104–100 New Orleans Jazz

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.