NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets89–105Washington Bullets

Denver Nuggets at Washington Bullets

Date: Sunday 1 April 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 12th meetingof 104 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	44:00	12–21	10–16	4	3	7	1	0	1	6	3	34
Tom Boswell	34:00	6–9	3–3	3	3	6	1	0	0	1	4	15
Charlie Scott	33:00	5–12	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	1	6	3	10
Dan Issel	29:00	3–13	2–2	2	9	11	2	0	0	6	5	8
Bob Wilkerson	29:00	3–11	1–3	1	5	6	2	1	0	3	3	7
Kim Hughes	29:00	0–3	0–0	3	6	9	0	1	5	2	4	0
Anthony Roberts	22:00	2–10	3–4	5	9	14	2	0	0	3	3	7
Robert Smith	14:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Bo Ellis	5:00	2–2	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	4
John Kuester	1:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	35–86	19–28	19	37	56	13	2	7	27	29	89

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	42:00	14–24	2–2	5	13	18	1	0	3	2	5	30
Larry Wright	40:00	3–8	3–5	1	3	4	12	3	0	2	1	9
Bob Dandridge	35:00	9–21	2–2	2	2	4	3	1	2	0	5	20
Mitch Kupchak	33:00	6–17	2–4	5	6	11	1	1	0	2	2	14
Kevin Grevey	30:00	6–13	4–6	1	1	2	4	3	1	1	1	16
Greg Ballard	23:00	4–7	0–0	3	6	9	0	1	0	0	2	8
Charles Johnson	17:00	1–6	0–0	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	4	2
Dave Corzine	11:00	1–3	2–2	3	1	4	3	0	0	3	2	4
Phil Chenier	9:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Team totals	240:00	45–101	15–21	21	33	54	26	10	6	12	24	105

This season

Washington Wizards 3, Denver Nuggets 1 in NBA 1978-79.

18 Nov 1978Denver Nuggets 114–119 Washington Bullets
9 Jan 1979Washington Bullets 90–121 Denver Nuggets
11 Mar 1979Washington Bullets 119–98 Denver Nuggets
1 Apr 197989–105 this game

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 44–33
Washington Bullets: 51–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 43, Denver Nuggets 61.

11 Mar 1979Washington Bullets 119–98 Denver Nuggets
27 Nov 1979Denver Nuggets 96–91 Washington Bullets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.