NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets107–111Detroit Pistons

Denver Nuggets at Detroit Pistons

Date: Wednesday 14 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 11th meetingof 103 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	40:00	12–19	4–7	1	4	5	3	3	1	5	2	28
George McGinnis	37:00	12–19	9–15	4	14	18	4	3	0	2	5	33
Dan Issel	34:00	2–8	3–3	1	7	8	5	0	0	1	3	7
Charlie Scott	33:00	6–13	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	3	12
Bob Wilkerson	32:00	5–9	0–0	2	3	5	2	0	0	2	3	10
Tom Boswell	23:00	4–8	5–5	3	4	7	5	0	1	4	3	13
Anthony Roberts	18:00	2–7	0–0	1	3	4	3	0	0	0	1	4
Robert Smith	16:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
Kim Hughes	7:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Team totals	240:00	43–85	21–30	12	36	48	26	6	4	23	23	107

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	44:00	7–15	5–8	0	5	5	15	2	2	2	3	19
Leon Douglas	43:00	2–10	4–8	7	5	12	2	0	1	4	4	8
M.L. Carr	42:00	11–19	2–4	5	4	9	2	3	2	4	3	24
John Long	41:00	12–17	3–3	1	3	4	4	1	0	1	1	27
Terry Tyler	38:00	8–15	2–2	1	8	9	1	1	3	0	5	18
Ben Poquette	21:00	4–10	1–1	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	5	9
Earl Tatum	6:00	3–7	0–0	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	6
Andre Wakefield	4:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Sheppard	1:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	47–96	17–26	15	30	45	27	10	10	12	22	111

This season

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

1 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 120–125 Denver Nuggets
22 Jan 1979Detroit Pistons 121–117 Denver Nuggets
14 Feb 1979107–111 this game
28 Mar 1979Denver Nuggets 115–110 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 31–27
Detroit Pistons: 19–37

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

22 Jan 1979Detroit Pistons 121–117 Denver Nuggets
28 Mar 1979Denver Nuggets 115–110 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.