NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons121–117Denver Nuggets

Detroit Pistons at Denver Nuggets

Date: Monday 22 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 10th meetingof 103 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	42:00	7–14	4–5	4	6	10	3	4	2	4	3	18
Bob Lanier	38:00	11–21	8–10	3	8	11	5	0	3	3	4	30
Kevin Porter	38:00	6–13	5–7	1	2	3	13	1	0	3	3	17
Terry Tyler	33:00	9–15	4–5	4	2	6	2	2	4	1	3	22
Leon Douglas	30:00	4–7	2–3	2	7	9	2	1	0	2	6	10
John Long	27:00	4–8	3–4	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	5	11
Andre Wakefield	15:00	1–1	2–2	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	2	4
Earl Tatum	13:00	2–4	2–3	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	5	6
Steve Sheppard	3:00	1–2	1–2	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	3
Larry McNeill	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–85	31–41	17	30	47	29	8	10	18	33	121

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	39:00	7–20	7–8	2	0	2	3	3	1	0	2	21
Charlie Scott	39:00	7–12	3–4	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	6	17
Dan Issel	39:00	6–13	0–0	4	1	5	3	2	0	3	4	12
George McGinnis	38:00	13–21	7–12	7	10	17	4	1	2	4	3	33
Tom Boswell	26:00	3–8	2–3	5	4	9	5	0	1	3	2	8
Bob Wilkerson	21:00	3–7	3–4	1	4	5	5	0	0	3	2	9
Robert Smith	19:00	2–11	5–5	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	9
Anthony Roberts	12:00	3–5	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	4	6
Kim Hughes	6:00	1–3	0–0	2	1	3	0	1	2	1	5	2
Bo Ellis	1:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–101	27–36	24	22	46	27	7	7	16	31	117

This season

Denver Nuggets 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1978-79.

1 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 120–125 Denver Nuggets
22 Jan 1979121–117 this game
14 Feb 1979Denver Nuggets 107–111 Detroit Pistons
28 Mar 1979Denver Nuggets 115–110 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 15–31
Denver Nuggets: 26–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 49, Detroit Pistons 54.

1 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 120–125 Denver Nuggets
14 Feb 1979Denver Nuggets 107–111 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.