NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets126–132Los Angeles Lakers

Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 14 March 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 21st meetingof 241 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dan Issel	9–18	0–0	11–13	6	2	8	2	1	0	2	3	29
Bob Wilkerson	9–21	0–0	4–6	2	4	6	3	1	2	1	3	22
Glen Gondrezick	8–13	0–1	4–4	5	4	9	5	1	0	2	3	20
George Johnson	8–12	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	2	1	3	2	4	16
Gary Garland	5–11	1–1	3–4	0	1	1	10	3	0	1	2	14
John Roche	5–8	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	4	12
Kim Hughes	3–6	0–0	1–1	2	6	8	3	1	1	2	4	7
Arvid Kramer	2–3	0–0	0–0	3	1	4	1	0	1	2	4	4
Charlie Scott	1–7	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	2
Bo Ellis	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Team totals	50–100	1–3	25–30	18	21	39	34	9	7	14	31	126

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jamaal Wilkes	12–17	0–0	3–4	1	5	6	2	1	0	1	1	27
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	7–12	0–0	3–3	0	10	10	6	1	3	1	4	17
Magic Johnson	6–10	0–1	5–5	1	3	4	7	0	2	4	5	17
Norm Nixon	7–14	0–0	3–4	0	0	0	4	3	0	2	4	17
Spencer Haywood	5–12	0–0	7–9	7	1	8	1	0	0	1	1	17
Mark Landsberger	6–10	0–0	2–2	8	8	16	1	0	0	1	2	14
Jim Chones	3–6	0–0	4–4	3	5	8	4	1	0	4	3	10
Brad Holland	3–6	0–0	3–4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	9
Michael Cooper	2–6	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	8	3	0	1	3	4
Butch Lee	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
Marty Byrnes	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	51–95	0–1	30–35	20	33	53	35	9	5	20	25	132

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 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 1980126–132 this game

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 27–46
Los Angeles Lakers: 52–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

20 Feb 1980Los Angeles Lakers 116–103 Denver Nuggets
2 Nov 1980Denver Nuggets 123–121 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.