NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks111–118Denver Nuggets

Atlanta Hawks at Denver Nuggets

Date: Saturday 17 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 12th meetingof 103 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dan Roundfield	32:00	1–9	5–7	2	6	8	2	1	0	2	6	7
Terry Furlow	31:00	6–14	2–2	1	3	4	3	1	1	1	2	14
Armond Hill	26:00	3–7	0–0	0	1	1	9	1	0	3	6	6
Tom McMillen	25:00	7–11	4–6	2	4	6	0	0	1	0	4	18
Jack Givens	25:00	3–9	4–6	0	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	10
Steve Hawes	24:00	5–8	1–1	2	6	8	5	1	1	0	3	11
Eddie Johnson	20:00	7–10	2–2	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	4	16
John Drew	19:00	6–13	4–6	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	6	16
Charlie Criss	19:00	3–9	2–2	1	2	3	4	0	1	2	2	8
Tree Rollins	18:00	1–4	3–4	3	4	7	0	0	3	0	0	5
Rick Wilson	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	42–94	27–36	12	31	43	31	5	8	11	33	111

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	36:00	11–22	3–3	4	1	5	3	1	1	1	2	25
Charlie Scott	36:00	3–11	2–4	0	6	6	5	1	1	0	6	8
Dan Issel	34:00	9–15	9–10	2	10	12	4	0	2	1	2	27
George McGinnis	32:00	4–9	8–13	4	3	7	4	0	1	3	3	16
Anthony Roberts	24:00	4–6	0–0	1	2	3	3	0	0	1	5	8
Bob Wilkerson	21:00	4–8	4–6	3	2	5	2	1	0	2	4	12
Robert Smith	19:00	4–5	6–7	0	3	3	5	0	0	3	0	14
Tom Boswell	18:00	1–3	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	4	2
Kim Hughes	14:00	2–5	0–0	1	6	7	1	0	3	0	3	4
John Kuester	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
Bo Ellis	2:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	43–85	32–43	15	37	52	28	3	9	13	31	118

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, Atlanta Hawks 3 in NBA 1978-79.

21 Oct 1978Denver Nuggets 125–130 Atlanta Hawks
22 Nov 1978Atlanta Hawks 113–111 Denver Nuggets
30 Dec 1978Denver Nuggets 87–113 Atlanta Hawks
17 Mar 1979111–118 this game

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 39–32
Denver Nuggets: 38–33

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 50, Atlanta Hawks 53.

30 Dec 1978Denver Nuggets 87–113 Atlanta Hawks
15 Feb 1980Atlanta Hawks 98–111 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.