The Kansas City Kings came up just a bit short against the Denver Nuggets, 99 to 97, on January 2, 1979.

1978-79 Kansas City Kings

Final

DEN

Nuggets

18-19

99

KCK

Kings

20-15

97

Team

DEN

KCK

1

19

27

2

23

21

3

33

22

4

24

27

Total

99

97

Nuggets

Kings

FG Made - Attempted

36-80

38-92

Field Goal %

45.0

41.3

3PT Made - Attempted

3PT %

FT Made - Attempted

27-32

21-29

Free Throw %

84.4

72.4

Rebounds

54

34

Offensive Rebounds

18

14

Defensive Rebounds

36

20

Assists

21

28

Steals

6

9

Blocks

8

7

Turnovers

27

13

Personal Fouls

20

21

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
David Thompson 39 14 6 2 0 2 6-16 2-2 2 1 3 3 37.5 100.0
Dan Issel 36 19 11 0 0 0 7-13 5-6 6 2 5 6 53.8 83.3
Bob Wilkerson 36 18 8 4 3 1 7-13 4-4 5 2 1 7 53.8 100.0
George McGinnis 35 28 14 5 1 2 9-21 10-14 8 4 4 10 42.9 71.4
Charlie Scott 31 4 1 4 0 0 2-8 0-0 3 5 0 1 25.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Tom Boswell 26 8 8 2 0 0 3-4 2-2 0 1 4 4 75.0 100.0
Robert Smith 15 4 2 3 0 1 0-2 4-4 0 1 0 2 0.0 100.0
Kim Hughes 12 2 2 1 2 2 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 2 100.0
John Kuester 6 2 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 100.0
Phil Hicks 4 0 2 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 2 2 1 1 0.0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Scott Wedman 41 15 4 2 0 0 6-13 3-6 2 3 2 2 46.2 50.0
Phil Ford 41 11 2 10 3 0 5-15 1-2 3 2 1 1 33.3 50.0
Sam Lacey 38 7 11 10 3 3 2-6 3-4 3 3 2 9 33.3 75.0
Bill Robinzine 37 22 6 2 1 1 10-18 2-2 1 5 3 3 55.6 100.0
Otis Birdsong 33 22 5 2 1 1 7-17 8-8 1 4 3 2 41.2 100.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Marlon Redmond 15 6 2 1 0 0 3-5 0-2 0 0 1 1 60.0 0.0
Bob Nash 13 8 2 0 0 0 4-10 0-0 1 1 1 1 40.0
Tom Burleson 10 6 2 0 1 2 1-5 4-5 0 2 1 1 20.0 80.0
Billy McKinney 7 0 0 1 0 0 0-2 0-0 2 1 0 0 0.0
Gus Gerard 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0

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