NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns106–102Denver Nuggets

Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets

Date: Tuesday 26 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 11th meetingof 218 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Don Buse	40:00	4–7	0–0	0	2	2	6	2	1	0	2	8
Alvan Adams	38:00	5–11	0–0	1	5	6	8	2	2	3	5	10
Walter Davis	32:00	14–20	3–6	1	3	4	6	2	1	4	3	31
Paul Westphal	30:00	7–23	3–4	1	1	2	4	2	0	4	4	17
Alvin Scott	25:00	6–9	1–2	1	5	6	3	1	0	1	1	13
Joel Kramer	21:00	4–8	0–0	3	5	8	2	3	1	2	4	8
Marty Byrnes	16:00	4–7	1–1	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	1	9
Ron Lee	16:00	3–9	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	3	2	6
Mike Bratz	10:00	2–2	0–1	1	0	1	3	0	0	4	5	4
Bayard Forrest	10:00	0–2	0–3	2	4	6	1	0	0	2	1	0
Gar Heard	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	49–98	8–17	11	29	40	36	14	5	24	29	106

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
George McGinnis	43:00	10–19	7–15	4	10	14	5	4	1	5	5	27
David Thompson	39:00	5–15	7–15	2	5	7	5	3	1	3	1	17
Charlie Scott	39:00	5–12	4–4	0	4	4	3	2	0	8	4	14
Dan Issel	35:00	8–14	6–6	4	4	8	2	1	2	6	4	22
Tom Boswell	34:00	5–11	2–2	6	7	13	3	1	1	4	4	12
Bob Wilkerson	24:00	2–5	2–2	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	3	6
John Kuester	9:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
Robert Smith	8:00	1–3	2–2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Kim Hughes	5:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Phil Hicks	3:00	0–2	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bo Ellis	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	36–81	30–46	18	34	52	21	12	6	31	24	102

This season

Denver Nuggets 3, Phoenix Suns 1 in NBA 1978-79.

25 Oct 1978Phoenix Suns 104–108 Denver Nuggets
10 Nov 1978Denver Nuggets 150–132 Phoenix Suns
26 Dec 1978106–102 this game
2 Mar 1979Denver Nuggets 119–105 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 21–13
Denver Nuggets: 17–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 101, Phoenix Suns 117.

10 Nov 1978Denver Nuggets 150–132 Phoenix Suns
2 Mar 1979Denver Nuggets 119–105 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.