NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers128–130Denver Nuggets

Los Angeles Lakers at Denver Nuggets

Date: Saturday 22 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 19th meetingof 241 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jamaal Wilkes	11–19	0–1	2–4	3	1	4	7	1	1	0	3	24
Norm Nixon	10–18	0–0	2–3	1	1	2	8	5	1	3	3	22
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	10–14	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	6	0	1	3	2	20
Magic Johnson	8–18	0–0	4–6	3	4	7	9	1	0	6	2	20
Michael Cooper	7–11	1–2	3–3	2	3	5	5	0	0	2	1	18
Spencer Haywood	6–7	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	1	1	4	12
Don Ford	3–7	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	6
Jim Chones	2–8	0–0	2–2	1	7	8	1	0	0	0	6	6
Team totals	57–102	1–3	13–18	15	21	36	39	7	4	15	24	128

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
George McGinnis	12–15	0–0	9–13	2	5	7	5	1	1	4	5	33
Dan Issel	8–18	0–0	6–8	2	6	8	4	0	0	4	2	22
John Roche	8–12	3–5	0–0	0	1	1	10	1	0	3	5	19
Bob Wilkerson	8–17	0–1	1–1	1	2	3	4	1	0	1	1	17
David Thompson	6–11	0–0	4–7	2	5	7	5	1	2	5	5	16
George Johnson	3–6	0–0	5–5	1	3	4	4	4	0	1	3	11
Glen Gondrezick	4–5	0–0	0–0	5	1	6	1	1	0	0	2	8
Bo Ellis	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Gary Garland	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	2
Kim Hughes	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
Team totals	51–88	3–6	25–34	14	27	41	35	9	5	19	25	130

This season

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

9 Nov 1979Denver Nuggets 122–126 Los Angeles Lakers
16 Nov 1979Los Angeles Lakers 135–128 Denver Nuggets
9 Dec 1979Denver Nuggets 118–131 Los Angeles Lakers
22 Dec 1979128–130 this game
20 Feb 1980Los Angeles Lakers 116–103 Denver Nuggets
14 Mar 1980Denver Nuggets 126–132 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 24–11
Denver Nuggets: 12–23

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

9 Dec 1979Denver Nuggets 118–131 Los Angeles Lakers
20 Feb 1980Los Angeles Lakers 116–103 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.