NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets97–119Boston Celtics

Denver Nuggets at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 28 November 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 13th meetingof 104 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dan Issel	6–13	0–0	5–6	2	5	7	0	0	0	2	1	17
Bob Wilkerson	5–14	0–0	6–8	0	3	3	2	2	0	3	2	16
Charlie Scott	6–13	0–0	2–3	1	2	3	4	0	1	3	2	14
John Roche	4–9	0–1	1–1	1	1	2	4	1	0	1	1	9
Bo Ellis	2–5	0–0	4–4	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	8
George Johnson	2–11	0–0	4–4	3	2	5	1	0	0	2	5	8
George McGinnis	3–8	0–0	1–3	3	5	8	4	0	1	4	1	7
David Thompson	3–6	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	1	6	0	6
Glen Gondrezick	3–6	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	6
Kim Hughes	2–2	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	0	3	1	1	3	4
Gary Garland	1–6	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	2
Team totals	37–93	0–1	23–29	17	23	40	20	7	4	26	15	97

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	12–18	1–2	4–6	1	6	7	8	2	1	2	5	29
Chris Ford	11–16	5–7	0–0	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	3	27
Dave Cowens	6–14	0–0	0–0	1	9	10	1	1	0	2	2	12
Tiny Archibald	5–12	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	13	4	0	4	1	10
Gerald Henderson	3–4	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	3	1	1	1	0	8
Rick Robey	3–6	0–0	1–2	1	4	5	0	0	0	5	1	7
Cedric Maxwell	3–6	0–0	0–0	2	7	9	4	1	1	1	4	6
Don Chaney	3–6	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	6
M.L. Carr	2–7	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	1	2	2	1	4	6
Eric Fernsten	1–1	0–0	2–2	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
Jeff Judkins	2–5	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	4
Team totals	51–95	6–12	11–14	9	37	46	34	15	5	19	22	119

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Denver Nuggets 0 in NBA 1979-80.

28 Nov 197997–119 this game
23 Feb 1980Boston Celtics 124–105 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 9–15
Boston Celtics: 15–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

6 Apr 1979Denver Nuggets 107–101 Boston Celtics
23 Feb 1980Boston Celtics 124–105 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.