NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets107–108Cleveland Cavaliers

Denver Nuggets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 23 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 10th meetingof 102 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Charlie Scott	42:00	6–14	2–2	1	1	2	7	5	0	3	3	14
David Thompson	39:00	12–18	5–8	2	0	2	1	0	0	3	2	29
George McGinnis	36:00	6–13	6–8	3	7	10	5	0	0	7	4	18
Dan Issel	34:00	7–9	6–7	2	9	11	1	1	1	1	0	20
Tom Boswell	29:00	1–5	5–9	3	2	5	3	1	0	4	4	7
Bob Wilkerson	19:00	3–5	0–0	1	2	3	1	2	0	3	4	6
Robert Smith	15:00	1–3	6–6	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	4	8
Kim Hughes	13:00	1–2	1–1	1	2	3	0	1	1	0	2	3
Anthony Roberts	13:00	1–7	0–0	3	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	38–76	31–41	18	27	45	20	10	2	21	23	107

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	36:00	12–18	10–11	2	1	3	1	1	0	2	3	34
Foots Walker	35:00	6–12	3–5	1	2	3	10	4	0	2	4	15
Jim Chones	32:00	3–10	0–0	2	12	14	2	1	2	2	4	6
Jim Brewer	31:00	0–8	0–0	6	1	7	1	2	0	0	5	0
Terry Furlow	24:00	8–15	4–4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	20
Austin Carr	24:00	5–11	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	10
Mike Mitchell	18:00	3–10	1–1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	7
John Lambert	17:00	3–6	2–2	3	2	5	0	0	0	1	3	8
Kenny Higgs	12:00	0–1	2–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
Bingo Smith	11:00	2–3	2–2	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	6
Team totals	240:00	42–94	24–27	19	21	40	18	9	2	12	26	108

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, Denver Nuggets 2 in NBA 1978-79.

3 Nov 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 93–110 Denver Nuggets
23 Jan 1979107–108 this game
7 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 105–120 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 26–22
Cleveland Cavaliers: 18–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 48, Denver Nuggets 54.

3 Nov 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 93–110 Denver Nuggets
7 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 105–120 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.