most points in a game by a nuggets player in the 1978-79 season

David Thompson scored the most points for the Nuggets in a game in 1978-79, with 44 points versus the 76ers on April 8, 1979.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by a nuggets player in the 1978-79 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	44	4/8/1979	DEN	@	PHI	39	4	3	1	4	18	26	69.2	8	9	88.9	73.4	1	3	3	2
2	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	41	1/12/1979	DEN	vs	NYK	34	11	2	5	0	15	23	65.2	11	12	91.7	72.5	3	8	2	3
3	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	39	12/20/1978	DEN	vs	NOJ	40	10	3	3	1	12	26	46.2	15	19	78.9	56.8	4	6	4	3
4	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	38	12/12/1978	DEN	vs	SAS	43	20	2	0	0	14	25	56.0	10	13	76.9	61.8	9	11	9	4
5	David Thompson D. Thompson	36	12/15/1978	DEN	vs	POR	30	3	3	0	1	15	19	78.9	6	6	100.0	83.2	1	2	2	2
6	David Thompson D. Thompson	35	12/28/1978	DEN	vs	CHI	38	4	4	0	0	12	25	48.0	11	13	84.6	57.0	0	4	2	4
7	David Thompson D. Thompson	35	11/22/1978	DEN	vs	ATL	42	3	2	1	0	13	27	48.1	9	11	81.8	55.0	2	1	2	2
8	David Thompson D. Thompson	35	11/18/1978	DEN	@	WAS	41	4	2	3	2	17	27	63.0	1	1	100.0	63.8	2	2	2	3
9	David Thompson D. Thompson	34	4/1/1979	DEN	@	WAS	44	7	1	0	1	12	21	57.1	10	16	62.5	60.6	4	3	6	3
10	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	34	1/24/1979	DEN	@	HOU	41	14	3	0	0	11	19	57.9	12	20	60.0	61.2	3	11	9	6
11	David Thompson D. Thompson	34	10/20/1978	DEN	@	NJN	35	5	1	1	2	11	15	73.3	12	15	80.0	78.7	0	5	3	5
12	David Thompson D. Thompson	33	4/6/1979	DEN	@	BOS	34	2	2	0	0	12	20	60.0	9	13	69.2	64.2	1	1	5	4
13	David Thompson D. Thompson	33	3/6/1979	DEN	vs	HOU	38	6	4	1	1	13	23	56.5	7	12	58.3	58.3	4	2	3	3
14	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	33	2/14/1979	DEN	@	DET	37	18	4	3	0	12	19	63.2	9	15	60.0	64.5	4	14	2	5
15	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	33	1/22/1979	DEN	vs	DET	38	17	4	1	2	13	21	61.9	7	12	58.3	62.8	7	10	4	3
16	David Thompson D. Thompson	33	11/17/1978	DEN	@	BOS	40	4	2	0	1	13	22	59.1	7	11	63.6	61.5	3	1	5	1
17	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	33	10/25/1978	DEN	vs	PHX	38	24	3	2	0	10	23	43.5	13	23	56.5	49.8	10	14	5	2
18	David Thompson D. Thompson	33	10/21/1978	DEN	@	ATL	35	3	3	0	2	12	19	63.2	9	11	81.8	69.2	1	2	2	4
19	David Thompson D. Thompson	32	1/26/1979	DEN	vs	LAL	36	6	4	1	1	13	26	50.0	6	6	100.0	55.9	3	3	0	1
20	David Thompson D. Thompson	32	12/20/1978	DEN	vs	NOJ	40	7	3	4	1	10	20	50.0	12	15	80.0	60.2	3	4	2	2
21	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	32	11/10/1978	DEN	@	PHX	35	13	2	1	0	11	16	68.8	10	17	58.8	68.1	4	9	2	2
22	David Thompson D. Thompson	31	3/30/1979	DEN	vs	SDC	39	6	4	0	0	11	22	50.0	9	10	90.0	58.7	0	6	1	2
23	David Thompson D. Thompson	31	3/23/1979	DEN	vs	BOS	34	0	2	2	2	15	21	71.4	1	3	33.3	69.4	0	0	1	2
24	David Thompson D. Thompson	31	3/2/1979	DEN	@	PHX	35	6	3	1	0	11	17	64.7	9	16	56.3	64.5	3	3	2	2
25	David Thompson D. Thompson	31	2/25/1979	DEN	vs	PHI	37	7	2	2	2	9	23	39.1	13	16	81.3	51.6	3	4	5	3