NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Chicago Bulls111–107Denver Nuggets

Chicago Bulls at Denver Nuggets

Date: Thursday 28 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 9th meetingof 105 played

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	41:00	11–20	9–11	2	9	11	6	1	4	3	3	31
Mark Landsberger	33:00	6–10	3–6	4	7	11	0	0	1	4	3	15
Ollie Johnson	32:00	6–10	2–3	1	2	3	5	1	1	2	5	14
Wilbur Holland	31:00	7–14	4–4	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	2	18
Reggie Theus	27:00	4–7	0–0	0	1	1	6	0	0	2	4	8
John Mengelt	23:00	5–11	3–5	1	2	3	3	0	0	1	1	13
Mickey Johnson	19:00	3–5	2–2	1	5	6	3	0	0	2	6	8
Charles Dudley	15:00	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	5	1	0	1	2	2
John Brown	15:00	1–5	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Scott Lloyd	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	44–84	23–31	10	30	40	30	3	6	17	31	111

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Charlie Scott	40:00	3–7	1–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	7
David Thompson	38:00	12–25	11–13	0	4	4	4	0	0	2	4	35
Dan Issel	35:00	6–13	1–2	3	5	8	5	1	0	3	6	13
Tom Boswell	32:00	7–12	1–2	7	4	11	4	0	1	3	4	15
George McGinnis	31:00	8–18	4–8	7	9	16	5	2	1	5	6	20
Bob Wilkerson	30:00	5–12	2–2	1	3	4	5	0	0	0	3	12
Robert Smith	13:00	2–4	1–1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5
Kim Hughes	13:00	0–2	0–0	1	3	4	3	2	0	1	5	0
Phil Hicks	5:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bo Ellis	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–94	21–30	19	31	50	29	6	2	15	31	107

This season

Denver Nuggets 2, Chicago Bulls 2 in NBA 1978-79.

28 Dec 1978111–107 this game
29 Dec 1978Denver Nuggets 117–123 Chicago Bulls
28 Jan 1979Chicago Bulls 87–98 Denver Nuggets
13 Feb 1979Denver Nuggets 104–94 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Chicago Bulls: 13–21
Denver Nuggets: 17–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 59, Chicago Bulls 46.

12 Mar 1978Chicago Bulls 95–98 Denver Nuggets
29 Dec 1978Denver Nuggets 117–123 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.