NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets117–123Chicago Bulls

Denver Nuggets at Chicago Bulls

Date: Friday 29 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 10th meetingof 105 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	39:00	7–17	7–10	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	3	21
Tom Boswell	38:00	4–9	4–7	7	7	14	2	2	3	0	5	12
Dan Issel	37:00	4–13	2–2	4	5	9	9	1	0	2	4	10
Bob Wilkerson	36:00	11–21	4–5	2	3	5	5	2	0	2	5	26
George McGinnis	33:00	7–16	13–17	6	7	13	4	1	0	3	5	27
Charlie Scott	23:00	5–12	0–0	1	0	1	3	1	0	1	6	10
John Kuester	11:00	3–4	2–2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	8
Robert Smith	11:00	0–3	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kim Hughes	9:00	0–2	1–2	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	1	1
Bo Ellis	3:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
Team totals	240:00	42–98	33–45	23	25	48	29	8	4	12	33	117

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	38:00	5–15	8–11	4	11	15	5	0	5	1	6	18
Reggie Theus	34:00	5–11	8–9	0	3	3	5	0	0	4	4	18
Mickey Johnson	30:00	12–19	9–10	5	4	9	2	1	2	3	6	33
Ollie Johnson	27:00	3–8	5–5	0	2	2	1	0	0	4	2	11
Wilbur Holland	26:00	5–12	8–9	2	2	4	5	2	0	0	4	18
Mark Landsberger	26:00	6–8	0–0	2	6	8	0	0	0	1	3	12
John Brown	22:00	3–6	4–5	4	7	11	3	0	0	1	4	10
Charles Dudley	20:00	0–1	1–2	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	1
John Mengelt	17:00	1–4	0–1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2
Team totals	240:00	40–84	43–52	17	35	52	25	5	7	16	33	123

This season

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

28 Dec 1978Chicago Bulls 111–107 Denver Nuggets
29 Dec 1978117–123 this game
28 Jan 1979Chicago Bulls 87–98 Denver Nuggets
13 Feb 1979Denver Nuggets 104–94 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 17–17
Chicago Bulls: 14–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

28 Dec 1978Chicago Bulls 111–107 Denver Nuggets
28 Jan 1979Chicago Bulls 87–98 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.