NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers105–120Denver Nuggets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Denver Nuggets

Date: Wednesday 7 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 11th meetingof 102 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Chones	39:00	6–14	1–1	1	8	9	2	0	1	1	4	13
Austin Carr	36:00	9–18	2–2	1	6	7	6	1	0	0	3	20
Campy Russell	33:00	7–16	7–9	2	5	7	5	2	0	4	2	21
Mike Mitchell	27:00	9–13	2–2	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	20
Butch Lee	26:00	5–9	0–0	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	1	10
John Lambert	19:00	4–7	1–2	1	1	2	1	0	3	1	4	9
Foots Walker	19:00	2–4	0–0	0	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	4
Jim Brewer	17:00	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	2
Bingo Smith	15:00	2–9	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	4
Kenny Higgs	9:00	1–5	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	46–97	13–16	7	26	33	26	7	6	11	21	105

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dan Issel	38:00	9–15	7–8	4	11	15	3	0	1	1	2	25
George McGinnis	37:00	8–14	8–9	5	8	13	6	0	0	7	4	24
David Thompson	37:00	5–13	7–11	0	4	4	7	0	0	2	3	17
Charlie Scott	36:00	10–16	1–2	1	3	4	11	1	0	2	4	21
Bob Wilkerson	31:00	6–9	1–1	0	5	5	4	3	1	3	2	13
Tom Boswell	27:00	1–6	0–0	2	5	7	2	2	0	2	4	2
Robert Smith	12:00	2–6	0–0	2	0	2	3	1	0	2	4	4
Anthony Roberts	10:00	3–8	0–0	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	2	6
Kim Hughes	10:00	1–1	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Bo Ellis	1:00	1–1	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
John Kuester	1:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	47–90	26–33	16	40	56	38	7	2	19	26	120

This season

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

3 Nov 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 93–110 Denver Nuggets
23 Jan 1979Denver Nuggets 107–108 Cleveland Cavaliers
7 Feb 1979105–120 this game

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 21–31
Denver Nuggets: 28–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

23 Jan 1979Denver Nuggets 107–108 Cleveland Cavaliers
13 Nov 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 110–116 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.