most points in a game including playoffs vs nugggets 1977-78

Paul Westphal had the most points in a 1978 regular-season or postseason game against the Nuggets, with 48 points on November 27, 1977.

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most points by a player in a game including playoffs vs nugggets 1977-78

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	48	11/27/1977	PHX	vs	DEN	36	5	4	4	0	20	30	66.7	8	10	80.0	69.8	1	4	2	2
2	John Williamson J. Williamson	42	3/17/1978	NJN	vs	DEN	39	6	4	1	0	18	34	52.9	6	8	75.0	56.0	1	5	2	2
3	Billy Knight B. Knight	40	1/25/1978	BUF	@	DEN	52	8	4	7	1	17	27	63.0	6	9	66.7	64.6	6	2	4	3
4	Randy Smith R. Smith	39	4/3/1978	BUF	vs	DEN	43	5	5			14	32	43.8	11	11	100.0	52.9			2	3
5	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	39	1/22/1978	NYK	@	DEN	42	19	4	2	2	13	22	59.1	13	16	81.3	67.1	5	14	3	5
6	Bernard King B. King	38	4/5/1978	NJN	@	DEN	42	6	2	2	1	16	29	55.2	6	10	60.0	56.9	1	5	8	5
7	George Gervin G. Gervin	36	1/4/1978	SAS	vs	DEN	32	3	2	1	4	16	28	57.1	4	6	66.7	58.7	1	2	4	5
8	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	35	4/23/1978	MIL	vs	DEN	39	10	1	0	4	16	21	76.2	3	6	50.0	74.0	3	7	0	0
9	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	35	3/21/1978	NYK	@	DEN	44	16	1	0	0	11	23	47.8	13	18	72.2	56.6	4	12	4	4
10	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	34	4/28/1978	MIL	@	DEN	38	17	2	1	1	13	22	59.1	8	11	72.7	63.3	2	15	0	5
11	Walter Davis W. Davis	34	3/7/1978	PHX	@	DEN	36	4	9	5	1	12	21	57.1	10	11	90.9	65.8	2	2	0	4
12	Bob Nash B. Nash	33	3/10/1978	KCK	vs	DEN	28	6	1	2	0	12	17	70.6	9	11	81.8	75.5	2	4	3	3
13	Julius Erving J. Erving	33	2/25/1978	PHI	@	DEN	38	5	1	4	3	15	24	62.5	3	4	75.0	64.1	2	3	3	3
14	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	33	1/31/1978	NYK	vs	DEN	42	14	4	2	5	14	21	66.7	5	6	83.3	69.8	2	12	6	1
15	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	33	12/16/1977	WAS	@	DEN	47	20	4	2	4	14	19	73.7	5	14	35.7	65.6	6	14	4	4
16	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	32	4/2/1978	HOU	@	DEN	43	2	1	1	0	14	27	51.9	4	4	100.0	55.6	1	1	3	2
17	Rick Barry R. Barry	32	2/9/1978	GSW	vs	DEN	32	8	5	2	1	16	28	57.1	0	0		57.1	3	5	0	1
18	Bernard King B. King	32	11/20/1977	NJN	vs	DEN	42	10	4	3	0	14	26	53.8	4	6	66.7	55.9	7	3	4	2
19	Randy Smith R. Smith	32	11/2/1977	BUF	vs	DEN	45	3	6	2	0	10	23	43.5	12	14	85.7	54.9	1	2	0	4
20	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	32	10/25/1977	IND	vs	DEN	36	15	8	2	1	10	17	58.8	12	12	100.0	71.8	6	9	2	2
21	Gus Williams G. Williams	31	5/14/1978	SEA	@	DEN	35	4	6	0	2	15	23	65.2	1	1	100.0	66.1	1	3	0	6
22	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	31	5/12/1978	SEA	vs	DEN	46	6	3	1	0	11	23	47.8	9	12	75.0	54.8	3	3	2	3
23	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	31	4/7/1978	POR	vs	DEN	43	19	3	3	0	11	21	52.4	9	9	100.0	62.1	6	13	3	5
24	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	31	3/28/1978	NYK	vs	DEN	41	13	3			13	25	52.0	5	5	100.0	57.0			1	3
25	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	31	2/17/1978	POR	@	DEN	35	12	1	1	2	15	25	60.0	1	2	50.0	59.9	7	5	4	4