The Denver Nuggets handily beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 119 to 107, on January 26, 1979.

1978-79 Denver Nuggets

Final

LAL

Lakers

30-20

107

DEN

Nuggets

27-24

119

Team

LAL

DEN

1

24

29

2

27

32

3

29

24

4

27

34

Total

107

119

Lakers

Nuggets

FG Made - Attempted

43-96

52-106

Field Goal %

44.8

49.1

3PT Made - Attempted

3PT %

FT Made - Attempted

21-26

15-22

Free Throw %

80.8

68.2

Rebounds

45

54

Offensive Rebounds

16

23

Defensive Rebounds

29

31

Assists

31

31

Steals

8

14

Blocks

7

5

Turnovers

18

12

Personal Fouls

17

22

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Norm Nixon 40 6 3 6 3 0 3-13 0-0 1 1 1 2 23.1
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 39 19 15 7 0 3 9-16 1-2 5 1 4 11 56.3 50.0
Lou Hudson 33 13 5 6 1 0 6-11 1-1 2 4 2 3 54.5 100.0
Jamaal Wilkes 32 17 9 5 0 0 7-17 3-4 2 6 2 7 41.2 75.0
Adrian Dantley 31 27 6 2 1 3 10-17 7-8 3 2 4 2 58.8 87.5

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Dave Robisch 16 8 4 1 0 0 3-7 2-2 1 0 1 3 42.9 100.0
Jim Price 14 6 1 4 0 0 1-3 4-4 1 1 0 1 33.3 100.0
Don Ford 14 2 0 0 2 0 1-4 0-0 1 1 0 0 25.0
Kenny Carr 12 7 1 0 1 1 3-5 1-3 2 1 1 0 60.0 33.3
Ron Boone 7 2 0 0 0 0 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 0 0.0 100.0
Ron Carter 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0.0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
David Thompson 36 32 6 4 1 1 13-26 6-6 0 1 3 3 50.0 100.0
Dan Issel 34 22 12 2 4 1 8-12 6-8 1 3 6 6 66.7 75.0
Charlie Scott 32 18 4 4 0 0 8-12 2-2 1 5 0 4 66.7 100.0
George McGinnis 31 13 10 3 3 2 6-16 1-6 3 4 4 6 37.5 16.7
Bob Wilkerson 28 10 4 5 1 0 5-15 0-0 1 2 3 1 33.3

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Tom Boswell 27 12 8 3 2 1 6-9 0-0 0 2 1 7 66.7
Robert Smith 22 2 1 5 1 0 1-6 0-0 3 1 1 0 16.7
Anthony Roberts 15 8 3 1 1 0 4-8 0-0 0 1 2 1 50.0
Kim Hughes 14 2 6 3 0 0 1-1 0-0 2 3 3 3 100.0
John Kuester 1 0 0 1 1 0 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0.0

Explore

More Nuggets Stats

Team Leaders

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PPG

27.7

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

RPG

15.7

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

APG

9.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

Team Rankings

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ORTG

118.4

5th

DRTG

113.0

8th

NETRTG

5.4

4th

3P%

37.4

10th

2023-24 Conference Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
57 25 .695
2
Nuggets Nuggets
57 25 .695
3
Timberwolves Timberwolves
56 26 .683 1.0
4
Clippers Clippers
51 31 .622 6.0
5
Mavericks Mavericks
50 32 .610 7.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
8:30 PM
Mon
4/29
LAL LAL
@
DEN DEN
10:00 PM
Thu
5/2
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
1:00 PM
Sat
5/4
LAL LAL
@
DEN DEN
1:00 PM

Last Game

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LAL Lakers

0-3

105

Final

112

DEN Nuggets

3-0

Thu 25 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

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37.7

Embiid

Joel Embiid

36.5

Siakam

Pascal Siakam

34.5

Lillard

Damian Lillard

Playoff RPG Leaders

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15.7

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

15.3

Allen

Jarrett Allen

13.5

Zubac

Ivica Zubac

Playoff APG Leaders

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10.0

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

9.7

James

LeBron James

9.0

Herro

Tyler Herro

Playoff SPG Leaders

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2.5

Irving

Kyrie Irving

2.5

Edwards

Anthony Edwards

2.5

Alexander-Walker

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

Playoff BPG Leaders

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3.5

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

2.5

Lopez

Brook Lopez

2.3

Mobley

Evan Mobley

Playoff 3PM Leaders

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6.0

Lillard

Damian Lillard

4.5

Doncic

Luka Doncic

4.5

Herro

Tyler Herro

Playoff TS% Leaders

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92.6

Wright

Delon Wright

81.8

Hauser

Sam Hauser

81.7

White

Derrick White

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

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76ers

121.6

Knicks

121.2

Timberwolves

118.9

Thunder

118.8

Celtics

118.5

Nuggets

116.3

Playoff DRtg Rankings

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Magic

98.2

Timberwolves

99.4

Thunder

100.3

Cavaliers

103.2

Clippers

105.6

Nuggets

109.2

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

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Timberwolves

19.6

Thunder

18.5

Nuggets

7.1

Celtics

5.5

Magic

5.0

Clippers

4.9

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

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Pelicans

0-2

Suns

0-2

Lakers

0-3

Magic

1-2

76ers

1-2

Heat

1-1

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

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Magic

52-33

Mavericks

49-35

76ers

50-36

Thunder

47-36-1

Rockets

45-35-2

Pacers

45-37-2

Worst Record ATS

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Hawks

29-54

Hornets

34-48

Bucks

36-48

Suns

36-47-1

Raptors

36-46

Nets

34-44-4

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
64 18 .780
2
Knicks Knicks
50 32 .610 14.0
3
Bucks Bucks
49 33 .598 15.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
48 34 .585 16.0
5
Magic Magic
47 35 .573 17.0
6
Pacers Pacers
47 35 .573 17.0
Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
57 25 .695
2
Nuggets Nuggets
57 25 .695
3
Timberwolves Timberwolves
56 26 .683 1.0
4
Clippers Clippers
51 31 .622 6.0
5
Mavericks Mavericks
50 32 .610 7.0
6
Suns Suns
49 33 .598 8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/24
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
114-125
Wed
4/24
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
112-105
Wed
4/24
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
83-121
Tue
4/23
NOP NOP
@
OKC OKC
92-124
Tue
4/23
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
111-101

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
MIL MIL
@
IND IND
5:30 PM
Fri
4/26
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
8:00 PM
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
PHX PHX
10:30 PM
Sat
4/27
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
1:00 PM
Sat
4/27
OKC OKC
@
NOP NOP
3:30 PM