last time an nba team scored 78 points or less and won

The Denver Nuggets won when scoring 78 or fewer points against the Timberwolves on January 6, 2016.

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last time an NBA team scored 78 points in a game or less and won

	TEAM	DATE	W	PTS	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Nuggets	1/6/2016	1	78	DEN	@	MIN	W 78-74	240	46	21	3	7	29	81	35.8	8	20	40.0	12	17	70.6	44.1	13	33	11	19
2	Suns	3/19/2015	1	74	PHX	vs	NOP	W 74-72	240	57	11	5	8	29	83	34.9	2	22	9.1	14	21	66.7	40.1	14	43	12	15
3	Hornets	1/24/2015	1	76	CHA	vs	NYK	W 76-71	240	41	9	7	13	25	76	32.9	2	7	28.6	24	37	64.9	41.2	10	31	9	19
4	Hornets	1/21/2015	1	78	CHA	vs	MIA	W 78-76	240	56	19	3	8	27	80	33.8	4	19	21.1	20	30	66.7	41.8	20	36	14	16
5	Heat	1/13/2015	1	78	MIA	@	LAL	W 78-75	240	52	23	7	11	33	78	42.3	2	16	12.5	10	15	66.7	46.1	9	43	19	16
6	Nuggets	12/20/2014	1	76	DEN	vs	IND	W 76-73	240	49	14	7	7	30	82	36.6	2	16	12.5	14	19	73.7	42.1	9	40	16	20
7	Rockets	11/16/2014	1	69	HOU	@	OKC	W 69-65	240	54	11	5	6	23	80	28.7	7	35	20.0	16	30	53.3	37.0	22	32	17	23
8	Grizzlies	11/1/2014	1	71	MEM	@	CHA	W 71-69	240	45	16	8	0	29	80	36.3	3	11	27.3	10	13	76.9	41.4	9	36	19	22
9	Wizards	4/29/2014	1	75	WAS	@	CHI	W 75-69	240	49	16	9	11	30	74	40.5	2	9	22.2	13	19	68.4	45.5	13	36	13	19
10	Bucks	12/10/2013	1	78	MIL	@	CHI	W 78-74	240	39	14	7	11	30	75	40.0	2	11	18.2	16	20	80.0	46.5	12	27	16	16
11	Nuggets	12/9/2013	1	75	DEN	@	WAS	W 75-74	240	48	19	10	4	30	73	41.1	7	21	33.3	8	14	57.1	47.4	12	36	22	16
12	Spurs	11/8/2013	1	76	SAS	vs	GSW	W 76-74	240	42	19	9	3	31	79	39.2	5	19	26.3	9	18	50.0	43.7	11	31	14	18
13	Grizzlies	2/24/2013	1	76	MEM	@	BKN	W 76-72	240	35	16	6	11	32	71	45.1	2	7	28.6	10	12	83.3	49.8	7	28	13	19
14	Celtics	2/13/2013	1	71	BOS	vs	CHI	W 71-69	240	39	18	9	4	28	76	36.8	5	15	33.3	10	12	83.3	43.7	8	31	12	21
15	76ers	2/4/2013	1	78	PHI	vs	ORL	W 78-61	240	46	26	8	7	36	79	45.6	3	20	15.0	3	5	60.0	48.0	7	39	11	10
16	Wizards	12/11/2012	1	77	WAS	@	NOH	W 77-70	240	49	14	3	6	27	82	32.9	5	19	26.3	18	23	78.3	41.8	10	39	15	22
17	Raptors	11/13/2012	1	74	TOR	@	IND	W 74-72	240	45	13	4	1	26	72	36.1	6	12	50.0	16	19	84.2	46.0	8	37	14	23
18	76ers	11/7/2012	1	77	PHI	@	NOH	W 77-62	240	43	19	5	6	35	84	41.7	4	22	18.2	3	5	60.0	44.7	9	34	15	16
19	Thunder	5/16/2012	1	77	OKC	vs	LAL	W 77-75	240	36	15	7	8	29	69	42.0	6	17	35.3	13	16	81.3	50.6	6	30	13	19
20	Pacers	5/15/2012	1	78	IND	@	MIA	W 78-75	240	50	10	8	7	28	74	37.8	3	15	20.0	19	27	70.4	45.4	15	35	20	25
21	Bulls	5/8/2012	1	77	CHI	vs	PHI	W 77-69	240	49	22	8	11	34	82	41.5	5	10	50.0	4	11	36.4	44.3	8	41	15	21
22	Celtics	4/24/2012	1	78	BOS	vs	MIA	W 78-66	240	38	15	11	6	32	74	43.2	4	12	33.3	10	16	62.5	48.1	4	34	15	11
23	Pistons	4/22/2012	1	76	DET	vs	TOR	W 76-73	240	40	16	5	4	26	71	36.6	2	15	13.3	22	35	62.9	44.0	8	32	13	10
24	Hornets	4/16/2012	1	75	NOH	@	CHA	W 75-67	240	50	15	6	6	26	77	33.8	1	11	9.1	22	25	88.0	42.6	11	39	13	23
25	Bobcats	3/12/2012	1	73	CHA	@	NOH	W 73-71	240	47	16	10	7	34	79	43.0	0	12	0.0	5	7	71.4	44.5	11	36	19	10

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5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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The Denver Nuggets won when scoring 78 or fewer points against the Timberwolves on January 6, 2016.

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