NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers107–119Denver Nuggets

Los Angeles Lakers at Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday 26 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 10th meetingof 241 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Norm Nixon	40:00	3–13	0–0	1	2	3	6	3	0	1	1	6
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	39:00	9–16	1–2	4	11	15	7	0	3	5	1	19
Lou Hudson	33:00	6–11	1–1	2	3	5	6	1	0	2	4	13
Jamaal Wilkes	32:00	7–17	3–4	2	7	9	5	0	0	2	6	17
Adrian Dantley	31:00	10–17	7–8	4	2	6	2	1	3	3	2	27
Dave Robisch	16:00	3–7	2–2	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	8
Jim Price	14:00	1–3	4–4	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	6
Don Ford	14:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2
Kenny Carr	12:00	3–5	1–3	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	7
Ron Boone	7:00	0–2	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Carter	2:00	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–96	21–26	16	29	45	31	8	7	18	17	107

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	36:00	13–26	6–6	3	3	6	4	1	1	0	1	32
Dan Issel	34:00	8–12	6–8	6	6	12	2	4	1	1	3	22
Charlie Scott	32:00	8–12	2–2	0	4	4	4	0	0	1	5	18
George McGinnis	31:00	6–16	1–6	4	6	10	3	3	2	3	4	13
Bob Wilkerson	28:00	5–15	0–0	3	1	4	5	1	0	1	2	10
Tom Boswell	27:00	6–9	0–0	1	7	8	3	2	1	0	2	12
Robert Smith	22:00	1–6	0–0	1	0	1	5	1	0	3	1	2
Anthony Roberts	15:00	4–8	0–0	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	8
Kim Hughes	14:00	1–1	0–0	3	3	6	3	0	0	2	3	2
John Kuester	1:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	52–106	15–22	23	31	54	31	14	5	12	22	119

This season

Denver Nuggets 4, Los Angeles Lakers 3 in NBA 1978-79.

31 Oct 1978Denver Nuggets 107–134 Los Angeles Lakers
26 Jan 1979107–119 this game
4 Mar 1979Denver Nuggets 113–99 Los Angeles Lakers
25 Mar 1979Los Angeles Lakers 113–123 Denver Nuggets
10 Apr 1979Los Angeles Lakers 105–110 Denver Nuggets
13 Apr 1979Denver Nuggets 109–121 Los Angeles Lakers
15 Apr 1979Los Angeles Lakers 112–111 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 30–19
Denver Nuggets: 26–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 98, Los Angeles Lakers 143.

31 Oct 1978Denver Nuggets 107–134 Los Angeles Lakers
4 Mar 1979Denver Nuggets 113–99 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.