NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets99–97Kansas City Kings

Denver Nuggets at Kansas City Kings

Date: Tuesday 2 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 11th meetingof 207 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	39:00	6–16	2–2	3	3	6	2	0	2	2	1	14
Dan Issel	36:00	7–13	5–6	5	6	11	0	0	0	6	2	19
Bob Wilkerson	36:00	7–13	4–4	1	7	8	4	3	1	5	2	18
George McGinnis	35:00	9–21	10–14	4	10	14	5	1	2	8	4	28
Charlie Scott	31:00	2–8	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	0	3	5	4
Tom Boswell	26:00	3–4	2–2	4	4	8	2	0	0	0	1	8
Robert Smith	15:00	0–2	4–4	0	2	2	3	0	1	0	1	4
Kim Hughes	12:00	1–1	0–0	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2
John Kuester	6:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Phil Hicks	4:00	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0
Team totals	240:00	36–80	27–32	18	36	54	21	6	8	27	20	99

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Scott Wedman	41:00	6–13	3–6	2	2	4	2	0	0	2	3	15
Phil Ford	41:00	5–15	1–2	1	1	2	10	3	0	3	2	11
Sam Lacey	38:00	2–6	3–4	2	9	11	10	3	3	3	3	7
Bill Robinzine	37:00	10–18	2–2	3	3	6	2	1	1	1	5	22
Otis Birdsong	33:00	7–17	8–8	3	2	5	2	1	1	1	4	22
Marlon Redmond	15:00	3–5	0–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	6
Bob Nash	13:00	4–10	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	8
Tom Burleson	10:00	1–5	4–5	1	1	2	0	1	2	0	2	6
Billy McKinney	7:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0
Gus Gerard	5:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	38–92	21–29	14	20	34	28	9	7	13	21	97

This season

Sacramento Kings 3, Denver Nuggets 1 in NBA 1978-79.

4 Nov 1978Denver Nuggets 107–109 Kansas City Kings
11 Nov 1978Kansas City Kings 117–113 Denver Nuggets
2 Jan 197999–97 this game
3 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 108–101 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 17–19
Kansas City Kings: 20–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Sacramento Kings 98, Denver Nuggets 109.

11 Nov 1978Kansas City Kings 117–113 Denver Nuggets
3 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 108–101 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.