NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets101–119San Antonio Spurs

Denver Nuggets at San Antonio Spurs

Date: Wednesday 17 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 10th meetingof 243 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	39:00	5–17	4–7	3	2	5	6	1	1	0	3	14
Bob Wilkerson	38:00	7–20	6–7	0	3	3	4	2	0	8	4	20
Dan Issel	35:00	7–14	3–4	2	5	7	3	0	1	1	3	17
Charlie Scott	33:00	4–12	0–0	0	2	2	7	0	0	2	3	8
George McGinnis	27:00	7–17	5–7	5	6	11	0	0	0	4	6	19
Tom Boswell	20:00	2–5	1–2	3	6	9	4	0	0	5	4	5
Robert Smith	18:00	2–4	2–3	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	2	6
Kim Hughes	12:00	1–1	0–0	1	2	3	0	1	2	0	2	2
Anthony Roberts	10:00	3–9	0–0	2	3	5	1	1	0	1	2	6
Bo Ellis	8:00	0–1	4–4	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	4
Team totals	240:00	38–100	25–34	18	33	51	28	5	4	22	31	101

San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Kenon	41:00	13–23	3–4	3	9	12	5	2	1	4	1	29
George Gervin	39:00	10–29	10–11	4	3	7	3	0	1	2	5	30
Billy Paultz	31:00	3–10	4–4	3	5	8	1	0	3	2	3	10
James Silas	29:00	4–9	5–5	0	2	2	5	1	1	9	5	13
Coby Dietrick	28:00	2–6	1–2	2	5	7	5	1	1	1	2	5
Mark Olberding	25:00	1–4	8–8	0	7	7	4	0	0	2	5	10
Mike Gale	25:00	2–3	1–2	0	4	4	6	0	1	0	3	5
Mike Green	18:00	7–7	1–2	4	0	4	0	1	2	1	5	15
Louie Dampier	3:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
Glenn Mosley	1:00	0–0	0–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–92	33–40	16	35	51	30	5	10	22	29	119

This season

San Antonio Spurs 1, Denver Nuggets 3 in NBA 1978-79.

13 Oct 1978San Antonio Spurs 117–118 Denver Nuggets
2 Dec 1978Denver Nuggets 104–93 San Antonio Spurs
12 Dec 1978San Antonio Spurs 103–107 Denver Nuggets
17 Jan 1979101–119 this game

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 24–20
San Antonio Spurs: 27–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: San Antonio Spurs 149, Denver Nuggets 94.

12 Dec 1978San Antonio Spurs 103–107 Denver Nuggets
11 Dec 1979San Antonio Spurs 121–127 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.