NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets107–101Boston Celtics

Denver Nuggets at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 6 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
Bob Wilkerson	36:00	6–16	1–1	1	3	4	3	3	1	5	2	13
Tom Boswell	35:00	4–8	1–2	1	6	7	2	1	1	6	4	9
David Thompson	34:00	12–20	9–13	1	1	2	2	0	0	5	4	33
Robert Smith	34:00	3–8	7–8	0	1	1	8	4	0	3	2	13
Dan Issel	28:00	5–12	0–0	3	6	9	1	0	0	3	1	10
Anthony Roberts	25:00	7–11	0–0	2	3	5	4	1	0	1	1	14
Kim Hughes	20:00	1–1	1–1	1	3	4	2	2	3	1	0	3
Bo Ellis	13:00	3–5	2–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	8
Charlie Scott	11:00	2–3	0–0	0	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	4
John Kuester	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–85	21–27	10	28	38	24	12	6	27	16	107

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rick Robey	48:00	10–19	2–2	2	8	10	5	1	0	7	5	22
Cedric Maxwell	45:00	7–12	5–5	4	10	14	2	4	0	7	4	19
Don Chaney	43:00	9–18	2–2	5	4	9	1	3	0	3	4	20
Chris Ford	42:00	9–22	1–2	2	3	5	7	3	0	3	4	19
Tiny Archibald	30:00	5–10	2–2	0	0	0	5	1	0	4	2	12
Jeff Judkins	20:00	3–8	0–0	0	3	3	1	3	0	1	1	6
Kevin Stacom	9:00	1–3	1–1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3
Frankie Sanders	3:00	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	44–93	13–14	14	28	42	21	16	0	26	23	101

This season

Boston Celtics 1, Denver Nuggets 3 in NBA 1978-79.

17 Nov 1978Denver Nuggets 118–120 Boston Celtics
6 Jan 1979Boston Celtics 98–127 Denver Nuggets
23 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 113–137 Denver Nuggets
6 Apr 1979107–101 this game

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 46–34
Boston Celtics: 28–51

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 62, Denver Nuggets 42.

23 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 113–137 Denver Nuggets
28 Nov 1979Denver Nuggets 97–119 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.