NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets119–105Phoenix Suns

Denver Nuggets at Phoenix Suns

Date: Friday 2 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 12th meetingof 218 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Wilkerson	41:00	9–19	0–0	1	3	4	6	2	1	6	3	18
George McGinnis	39:00	5–19	8–10	8	13	21	5	1	0	3	3	18
Dan Issel	36:00	5–10	4–5	2	6	8	2	3	0	3	3	14
David Thompson	35:00	11–17	9–16	3	3	6	3	1	0	2	2	31
Tom Boswell	31:00	5–12	2–2	6	3	9	2	1	0	2	3	12
Robert Smith	18:00	7–8	2–2	0	1	1	4	2	0	1	3	16
Anthony Roberts	17:00	2–5	2–2	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	3	6
Kim Hughes	12:00	1–2	0–0	0	4	4	1	1	0	2	1	2
Charlie Scott	10:00	1–4	0–0	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	4	2
John Kuester	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	46–96	27–37	23	37	60	26	13	1	20	25	119

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	37:00	12–20	4–5	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	2	28
Alvan Adams	35:00	8–12	3–3	2	3	5	6	3	0	2	4	19
Don Buse	34:00	4–13	0–0	0	3	3	6	1	0	0	0	8
Walter Davis	30:00	8–18	6–6	1	2	3	3	1	0	5	4	22
Joel Kramer	28:00	1–6	2–5	3	3	6	1	1	1	1	4	4
Alvin Scott	20:00	5–7	0–0	2	3	5	0	1	0	0	4	10
Gar Heard	18:00	2–6	0–0	2	9	11	1	0	1	2	4	4
Mike Bratz	16:00	1–10	2–2	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	0	4
Bayard Forrest	13:00	1–3	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	2
Ted McClain	9:00	1–1	2–2	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	4
Team totals	240:00	43–96	19–23	13	27	40	28	8	3	19	23	105

This season

Phoenix Suns 1, Denver Nuggets 3 in NBA 1978-79.

25 Oct 1978Phoenix Suns 104–108 Denver Nuggets
10 Nov 1978Denver Nuggets 150–132 Phoenix Suns
26 Dec 1978Phoenix Suns 106–102 Denver Nuggets
2 Mar 1979119–105 this game

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 35–31
Phoenix Suns: 37–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 117, Denver Nuggets 101.

26 Dec 1978Phoenix Suns 106–102 Denver Nuggets
11 Nov 1979Denver Nuggets 91–116 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.