NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final/OT

Los Angeles Lakers135–128Denver Nuggets

Los Angeles Lakers at Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday 16 November 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 17th meetingof 241 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	11–16	0–0	6–7	1	4	5	3	0	7	0	4	28
Norm Nixon	—	12–18	0–0	1–1	0	3	3	11	2	0	2	5	25
Jamaal Wilkes	—	9–20	0–0	2–2	6	6	12	3	2	0	2	3	20
Magic Johnson	—	7–17	0–0	6–7	3	8	11	11	6	0	9	3	20
Spencer Haywood	—	6–10	0–0	4–5	3	4	7	1	0	5	1	3	16
Jim Chones	—	7–15	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	1	0	1	2	4	14
Michael Cooper	—	6–8	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	2	0	3	2	12
Don Ford	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	58–106	0–0	19–22	14	31	45	32	12	13	19	24	135

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tom Boswell	36:00	4–7	0–0	1–1	5	7	12	2	1	0	3	4	9
Dan Issel	—	15–23	0–0	7–7	2	4	6	5	2	1	2	4	37
David Thompson	—	10–23	0–2	7–10	3	2	5	3	1	2	5	5	27
George McGinnis	—	9–20	0–0	2–3	2	9	11	10	3	0	4	1	20
George Johnson	—	4–7	0–0	2–2	3	2	5	2	1	2	2	2	10
Charlie Scott	—	4–14	1–2	0–0	2	1	3	4	1	0	2	4	9
John Roche	—	3–7	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	8
Anthony Roberts	—	3–5	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	2	0	0	2	2	6
Gary Garland	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	2
Kim Hughes	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
Team totals	36:00	53–107	3–7	19–23	19	28	47	34	10	7	21	27	128

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, Los Angeles Lakers 5 in NBA 1979-80.

9 Nov 1979Denver Nuggets 122–126 Los Angeles Lakers
16 Nov 1979135–128 this game
9 Dec 1979Denver Nuggets 118–131 Los Angeles Lakers
22 Dec 1979Los Angeles Lakers 128–130 Denver Nuggets
20 Feb 1980Los Angeles Lakers 116–103 Denver Nuggets
14 Mar 1980Denver Nuggets 126–132 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 12–5
Denver Nuggets: 6–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 98, Los Angeles Lakers 143.

9 Nov 1979Denver Nuggets 122–126 Los Angeles Lakers
9 Dec 1979Denver Nuggets 118–131 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.