NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets118–131Los Angeles Lakers

Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Sunday 9 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 18th meetingof 241 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
George McGinnis	9–16	0–0	14–21	6	8	14	6	3	0	1	3	32
Dan Issel	13–18	0–0	4–5	5	5	10	1	0	1	4	4	30
David Thompson	8–16	0–1	4–6	1	0	1	5	1	1	2	2	20
Bob Wilkerson	7–12	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	6	4	0	5	4	14
Charlie Scott	6–17	0–1	0–1	2	1	3	3	0	0	1	5	12
George Johnson	3–7	0–0	0–0	1	5	6	3	0	0	0	5	6
Glen Gondrezick	1–1	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	0	1	0	1	2	2
John Roche	1–7	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	1	2
Kim Hughes	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Team totals	48–94	0–4	22–33	18	27	45	29	10	3	15	27	118

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	15–18	0–1	1–1	3	6	9	9	1	6	5	4	31
Jamaal Wilkes	9–19	0–0	7–7	0	5	5	4	1	0	0	5	25
Norm Nixon	10–15	0–0	3–3	0	0	0	6	3	0	4	0	23
Magic Johnson	7–11	0–0	7–9	1	3	4	11	4	0	2	0	21
Jim Chones	4–8	0–0	5–5	0	9	9	3	0	1	1	4	13
Michael Cooper	3–4	0–0	4–4	0	2	2	3	0	1	2	4	10
Don Ford	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	4
Spencer Haywood	2–7	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	1	4	4	4
Team totals	52–84	0–1	27–29	5	30	35	36	9	9	18	24	131

This season

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

9 Nov 1979Denver Nuggets 122–126 Los Angeles Lakers
16 Nov 1979Los Angeles Lakers 135–128 Denver Nuggets
9 Dec 1979118–131 this game
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

Denver Nuggets: 10–19
Los Angeles Lakers: 19–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

16 Nov 1979Los Angeles Lakers 135–128 Denver Nuggets
22 Dec 1979Los Angeles Lakers 128–130 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.