most points in a game by a nuggets player in the 1977-78 season

David Thompson dropped the most points for the Nuggets in a game in 1977-78, with 73 points versus the Pistons on April 9, 1978.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by a nuggets player in the 1977-78 season

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	David Thompson D. Thompson	73	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	43	7	2	0	1	28	38	73.7	17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
2	David Thompson D. Thompson	43	2/10/1978	DEN	@	SEA	44	5	4		0	18	29	62.1	7	9	77.8	65.2	2	3		4
3	David Thompson D. Thompson	42	3/26/1978	DEN	@	NOJ	41	6	3	3	1	18	26	69.2	6	7	85.7	72.2	0	6	3	2
4	David Thompson D. Thompson	42	11/26/1977	DEN	vs	IND	39	4	4	1	3	13	23	56.5	16	17	94.1	68.9	1	3	6	3
5	David Thompson D. Thompson	41	1/31/1978	DEN	@	NYK	42	5	7	1	0	14	22	63.6	13	14	92.9	72.8	3	2	2	2
6	David Thompson D. Thompson	41	1/12/1978	DEN	@	HOU	37	6	2	1	1	17	24	70.8	7	8	87.5	74.5	4	2	4	5
7	David Thompson D. Thompson	40	3/17/1978	DEN	@	NJN	48	8	5	2	2	18	29	62.1	4	5	80.0	64.1	4	4	4	3
8	Dan Issel D. Issel	40	2/22/1978	DEN	vs	IND	33	6	0	2	2	17	29	58.6	6	6	100.0	63.2	2	4	2	3
9	David Thompson D. Thompson	39	1/29/1978	DEN	vs	PHI	39	1	4	1	0	13	20	65.0	13	14	92.9	74.5	0	1	7	4
10	David Thompson D. Thompson	37	1/22/1978	DEN	vs	NYK	46	6	3	5	2	11	22	50.0	15	21	71.4	59.2	3	3	3	4
11	Dan Issel D. Issel	36	1/22/1978	DEN	vs	NYK	39	8	3	2	0	12	22	54.5	12	15	80.0	62.9	5	3	4	4
12	David Thompson D. Thompson	36	10/19/1977	DEN	vs	MIL	40	3	4	2	1	13	24	54.2	10	14	71.4	59.7	2	1	4	3
13	David Thompson D. Thompson	35	3/29/1978	DEN	vs	BOS	37	5	3	2	1	15	24	62.5	5	7	71.4	64.6	2	3	2	3
14	Dan Issel D. Issel	34	1/29/1978	DEN	vs	PHI	42	9	2	1	0	14	19	73.7	6	6	100.0	78.6	2	7	0	3
15	David Thompson D. Thompson	34	1/25/1978	DEN	vs	BUF	45	3	6	2	0	13	24	54.2	8	9	88.9	60.8	2	1	9	3
16	David Thompson D. Thompson	34	1/19/1978	DEN	@	MIL	39	6	7	0	4	10	19	52.6	14	16	87.5	65.3	1	5	4	3
17	Dan Issel D. Issel	34	12/7/1977	DEN	vs	ATL	40	13	2	3	2	10	15	66.7	14	16	87.5	77.1	5	8	1	3
18	Dan Issel D. Issel	33	3/15/1978	DEN	vs	GSW	41	6	9	0	0	12	15	80.0	9	13	69.2	79.6	0	6	1	4
19	David Thompson D. Thompson	33	3/1/1978	DEN	vs	CLE	37	4	3	1	0	12	27	44.4	9	13	69.2	50.4	3	1	3	3
20	David Thompson D. Thompson	33	11/23/1977	DEN	@	ATL	41	8	6	0	0	10	15	66.7	13	13	100.0	79.6	1	7	7	2
21	David Thompson D. Thompson	33	11/20/1977	DEN	@	NJN	41	7	3	1	2	14	23	60.9	5	9	55.6	61.2	4	3	3	0
22	David Thompson D. Thompson	33	11/15/1977	DEN	vs	DET	39	4	6	4	4	12	21	57.1	9	9	100.0	66.1	4	0	2	1
23	Dan Issel D. Issel	32	4/5/1978	DEN	vs	NJN	37	9	5	1	0	11	15	73.3	10	12	83.3	78.9	3	6	4	2
24	David Thompson D. Thompson	32	3/12/1978	DEN	vs	CHI	44	3	4	1	1	12	20	60.0	8	10	80.0	65.6	2	1	3	3
25	Dan Issel D. Issel	32	12/30/1977	DEN	@	ATL	29	8	0	1	0	10	14	71.4	12	15	80.0	77.7	2	6	5	6