NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons116–135Denver Nuggets

Detroit Pistons at Denver Nuggets

Date: Wednesday 2 January 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 14th meetingof 103 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eric Money	38:00	9–14	0–0	4–4	1	2	3	7	1	0	1	3	22
Bob McAdoo	—	10–24	0–0	6–7	2	11	13	3	0	0	6	4	26
John Long	—	9–19	0–0	3–4	1	3	4	7	3	2	1	6	21
Leon Douglas	—	5–11	0–0	2–2	3	8	11	3	0	0	6	6	12
Phil Hubbard	—	3–7	0–0	5–7	3	9	12	2	0	0	5	3	11
Terry Tyler	—	5–15	0–0	0–1	3	4	7	1	1	5	2	1	10
Greg Kelser	—	3–5	0–0	1–2	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	7
Roy Hamilton	—	1–1	0–0	3–5	1	2	3	4	1	1	3	0	5
Terry Duerod	—	1–5	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Earl Evans	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jim McElroy	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Team totals	38:00	46–101	0–1	24–32	15	42	57	27	6	8	28	30	116

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	—	11–22	0–0	13–20	3	5	8	3	2	2	6	2	35
Dan Issel	—	9–13	0–0	8–11	2	8	10	1	2	1	3	0	26
Bob Wilkerson	—	9–23	0–0	1–1	1	5	6	4	4	1	3	4	19
George Johnson	—	7–17	0–0	0–0	9	8	17	4	2	0	2	4	14
Charlie Scott	—	5–9	1–1	0–0	1	3	4	12	2	1	2	1	11
Glen Gondrezick	—	3–4	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8
George McGinnis	—	3–7	0–0	1–2	1	6	7	5	1	3	0	3	7
John Roche	—	3–13	0–1	1–1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	7
Kim Hughes	—	3–5	0–0	0–0	3	2	5	2	1	2	0	6	6
Gary Garland	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	—	54–116	1–2	26–37	20	37	57	36	15	10	16	24	135

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, Detroit Pistons 1 in NBA 1979-80.

28 Dec 1979Denver Nuggets 98–114 Detroit Pistons
2 Jan 1980116–135 this game

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 10–29
Denver Nuggets: 14–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 49, Detroit Pistons 54.

28 Dec 1979Denver Nuggets 98–114 Detroit Pistons
27 Jan 1981Detroit Pistons 123–143 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.