Before 1978-79, David Thompson put up the most points for the Nuggets in a game, with 73 points versus the Pistons on April 9, 1978.
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most points in a single basketball regular-season game by a nugget before 1979| NAME | PTS | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Thompson | 73 | 4/9/1978 | @ | 43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 73.7 | 17 | 20 | 85.0 | 78.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 2 | | D. Thompson | 44 | 3/23/1977 | vs | 40 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 60.0 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 61.6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| 3 | | D. Thompson | 43 | 2/10/1978 | @ | 44 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 65.2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| 4 | | D. Thompson | 42 | 3/26/1978 | @ | 41 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 26 | 69.2 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 72.2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 5 | | D. Thompson | 42 | 11/26/1977 | vs | 39 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 56.5 | 16 | 17 | 94.1 | 68.9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| 6 | | D. Thompson | 41 | 1/31/1978 | @ | 42 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 63.6 | 13 | 14 | 92.9 | 72.8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 7 | | D. Thompson | 41 | 1/12/1978 | @ | 37 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 24 | 70.8 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 74.5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| 8 | | D. Thompson | 40 | 3/17/1978 | @ | 48 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 64.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| 9 |  | D. Issel | 40 | 2/22/1978 | vs | 33 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 63.2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 10 | | D. Thompson | 40 | 4/10/1977 | @ | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 20 | 22 | 90.9 | 67.4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 11 | | D. Thompson | 40 | 3/9/1977 | @ | 50 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 60.3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 12 | | D. Issel | 40 | 2/25/1977 | @ | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 82.4 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 86.4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||||||
| 13 | | D. Thompson | 40 | 2/8/1977 | @ | 44 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 25 | 68.0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 71.2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| 14 | | D. Thompson | 39 | 1/29/1978 | vs | 39 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 65.0 | 13 | 14 | 92.9 | 74.5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
| 15 | | D. Issel | 38 | 2/4/1977 | @ | 39 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 66.6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | |||||||
| 16 | | D. Thompson | 38 | 12/23/1976 | vs | 37 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 8 | 11 | 72.7 | 63.7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 17 | | D. Issel | 38 | 12/15/1976 | @ | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 76.2 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 80.4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||||||
| 18 | | D. Thompson | 37 | 1/22/1978 | vs | 46 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 15 | 21 | 71.4 | 59.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 19 | | D. Thompson | 37 | 3/1/1977 | @ | 37 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 68.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| 20 | | D. Thompson | 37 | 2/2/1977 | vs | 38 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 64.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 21 | | D. Thompson | 37 | 11/27/1976 | vs | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 59.1 | 11 | 13 | 84.6 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 22 | | D. Thompson | 37 | 11/26/1976 | @ | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 29 | 48.3 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 54.7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| 23 | | D. Issel | 36 | 1/22/1978 | vs | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 62.9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 24 | | D. Thompson | 36 | 10/19/1977 | vs | 40 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 59.7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| 25 | | D. Thompson | 36 | 3/2/1977 | @ | 40 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 54.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
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