The Denver Nuggets were defeated by the Detroit Pistons, 121 to 117, on January 22, 1979.

1978-79 Denver Nuggets

Final

DET

Pistons

16-31

121

DEN

Nuggets

26-22

117

1

23

29

2

29

28

3

39

28

4

30

32

Total

121

117

Pistons

Nuggets

FG Made - Attempted

45-85

45-101

Field Goal %

52.9

44.6

3PT Made - Attempted

3PT %

FT Made - Attempted

31-41

27-36

Free Throw %

75.6

75.0

Rebounds

47

46

Offensive Rebounds

17

24

Defensive Rebounds

30

22

Assists

29

27

Steals

8

7

Blocks

10

7

Turnovers

18

16

Personal Fouls

33

31

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
M.L. Carr 42 18 10 3 4 2 7-14 4-5 4 3 4 6 50.0 80.0
Bob Lanier 38 30 11 5 0 3 11-21 8-10 3 4 3 8 52.4 80.0
Kevin Porter 38 17 3 13 1 0 6-13 5-7 3 3 1 2 46.2 71.4
Leon Douglas 30 10 9 2 1 0 4-7 2-3 2 6 2 7 57.1 66.7
John Long 27 11 1 1 0 0 4-8 3-4 1 5 0 1 50.0 75.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Terry Tyler 33 22 6 2 2 4 9-15 4-5 1 3 4 2 60.0 80.0
Andre Wakefield 15 4 1 3 0 0 1-1 2-2 3 2 0 1 100.0 100.0
Earl Tatum 13 6 3 0 0 1 2-4 2-3 0 5 1 2 50.0 66.7
Steve Sheppard 3 3 3 0 0 0 1-2 1-2 1 2 2 1 50.0 50.0
Larry McNeill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
David Thompson 39 21 2 3 3 1 7-20 7-8 0 2 2 0 35.0 87.5
Charlie Scott 39 17 1 3 0 1 7-12 3-4 0 6 0 1 58.3 75.0
Dan Issel 39 12 5 3 2 0 6-13 0-0 3 4 4 1 46.2
George McGinnis 38 33 17 4 1 2 13-21 7-12 4 3 7 10 61.9 58.3
Bob Wilkerson 21 9 5 5 0 0 3-7 3-4 3 2 1 4 42.9 75.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Tom Boswell 26 8 9 5 0 1 3-8 2-3 3 2 5 4 37.5 66.7
Robert Smith 19 9 1 3 0 0 2-11 5-5 1 3 1 0 18.2 100.0
Anthony Roberts 12 6 3 1 0 0 3-5 0-0 1 4 2 1 60.0
Kim Hughes 6 2 3 0 1 2 1-3 0-0 1 5 2 1 33.3
Bo Ellis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Explore

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Team Leaders

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PPG

26.1

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

RPG

12.2

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

APG

9.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

Team Rankings

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ORTG

118.4

7th

DRTG

113.6

10th

NETRTG

4.8

6th

3P%

37.0

12th

2023-24 Conference Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Nuggets Nuggets
51 22 .699
2
Timberwolves Timberwolves
50 22 .694 0.5
3
Thunder Thunder
50 22 .694 0.5
4
Clippers Clippers
45 27 .625 5.5
5
Pelicans Pelicans
44 28 .611 6.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
3/29
MIN MIN
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
Sun
3/31
CLE CLE
@
DEN DEN
3:30 PM
Tue
4/2
SAS SAS
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
Thu
4/4
DEN DEN
@
LAC LAC
10:00 PM
Sat
4/6
ATL ATL
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM

Last Game

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DEN Nuggets

51-22

97

Final

104

PHX Suns

43-30

Wed 27 Mar 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Fantasy Basketball 2023-24

NBA 2023-24 Betting

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
57 15 .792
2
Bucks Bucks
46 26 .639 11.0
3
Knicks Knicks
44 28 .611 13.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
44 29 .603 13.5
5
Magic Magic
42 30 .583 15.0
6
Pacers Pacers
41 33 .554 17.0
Western W L PCT GB
1
Nuggets Nuggets
51 22 .699
2
Timberwolves Timberwolves
50 22 .694 0.5
3
Thunder Thunder
50 22 .694 0.5
4
Clippers Clippers
45 27 .625 5.5
5
Pelicans Pelicans
44 28 .611 6.5
6
Mavericks Mavericks
43 29 .597 7.5

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
3/26
PHX PHX
@
DEN DEN
104-97
Tue
3/26
SAS SAS
@
UTA UTA
118-111
Tue
3/26
LAL LAL
@
MEM MEM
136-124
Tue
3/26
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
132-126
Tue
3/26
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
91-106

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
BOS BOS
@
ATL ATL
7:30 PM
Thu
3/28
MIL MIL
@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Fri
3/29
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
7:00 PM
Fri
3/29
LAC LAC
@
ORL ORL
7:00 PM
Fri
3/29
LAL LAL
@
IND IND
7:00 PM