The Denver Nuggets defeated the Houston Rockets, 134 to 121, on October 29, 1978.

1978-79 Denver Nuggets

Final

HOU

Rockets

5-3

121

DEN

Nuggets

6-2

134

Team

HOU

DEN

1

27

36

2

26

27

3

31

39

4

37

32

Total

121

134

Rockets

Nuggets

FG Made - Attempted

49-103

50-102

Field Goal %

47.6

49.0

3PT Made - Attempted

3PT %

FT Made - Attempted

23-30

34-43

Free Throw %

76.7

79.1

Rebounds

46

52

Offensive Rebounds

20

20

Defensive Rebounds

26

32

Assists

32

35

Steals

8

9

Blocks

3

5

Turnovers

25

19

Personal Fouls

33

28

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Rudy Tomjanovich 41 15 8 5 0 0 7-18 1-2 4 5 5 3 38.9 50.0
Rick Barry 40 29 3 6 3 0 14-24 1-1 3 4 1 2 58.3 100.0
Moses Malone 39 23 17 1 0 3 7-15 9-11 5 4 10 7 46.7 81.8
Calvin Murphy 36 22 3 5 2 0 9-18 4-4 3 4 1 2 50.0 100.0
Robert Reid 13 4 4 3 0 0 2-5 0-0 2 6 0 4 40.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Dwight Jones 19 10 5 0 0 0 3-6 4-7 2 3 1 4 50.0 57.1
Slick Watts 18 5 2 7 3 0 2-6 1-1 1 2 2 0 33.3 100.0
Mike Newlin 16 0 1 3 0 0 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1
Mike Dunleavy 13 7 1 2 0 0 3-8 1-2 2 2 0 1 37.5 50.0
Tom Barker 3 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 2-2 0 2 0 0 100.0
Alonzo Bradley 2 4 2 0 0 0 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 66.7

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Charlie Scott 38 15 2 12 0 1 6-12 3-3 4 1 1 1 50.0 100.0
David Thompson 37 26 7 1 0 2 9-15 8-9 3 3 1 6 60.0 88.9
George McGinnis 32 26 9 2 3 1 10-23 6-7 5 3 3 6 43.5 85.7
Dan Issel 32 15 11 0 2 1 7-13 1-2 1 5 6 5 53.8 50.0
Anthony Roberts 24 10 3 3 1 0 3-9 4-5 0 5 1 2 33.3 80.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Tom Boswell 29 16 9 11 0 0 5-7 6-8 2 3 4 5 71.4 75.0
Bob Wilkerson 17 13 3 3 0 0 6-13 1-1 1 2 1 2 46.2 100.0
Robert Smith 15 7 4 3 1 0 1-5 5-6 1 1 2 2 20.0 83.3
Kim Hughes 8 0 0 0 2 0 0-1 0-0 2 4 0 0 0.0
Geoff Crompton 4 6 2 0 0 0 3-3 0-2 0 1 1 1 100.0 0.0
Bo Ellis 4 0 2 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Explore

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Team Leaders

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PPG

29.5

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

RPG

16.0

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)
Thu
4/25
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM
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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DEN Nuggets

2-0

101

Final

99

LAL Lakers

0-2

Mon 22 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

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36.5

Siakam

Pascal Siakam

34.5

Lillard

Damian Lillard

34.0

Maxey

Tyrese Maxey

Playoff RPG Leaders

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20.0

Valanciunas

Jonas Valanciunas

19.0

Allen

Jarrett Allen

16.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

Playoff APG Leaders

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10.0

James

LeBron James

10.0

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

10.0

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

Playoff SPG Leaders

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2.5

Irving

Kyrie Irving

2.5

Edwards

Anthony Edwards

2.5

Jr.

Kelly Oubre Jr.

Playoff BPG Leaders

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5.0

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

3.0

III

Trey Murphy III

2.5

Davis

Anthony Davis

Playoff 3PM Leaders

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6.0

Lillard

Damian Lillard

5.0

III

Trey Murphy III

5.0

Wright

Delon Wright

Playoff TS% Leaders

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121.4

Wright

Delon Wright

100.0

Hauser

Sam Hauser

85.0

White

Derrick White

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

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Celtics

129.5

Knicks

119.2

Timberwolves

118.9

Nuggets

115.8

Pacers

114.3

76ers

113.6

Playoff DRtg Rankings

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Cavaliers

89.7

Thunder

98.9

Timberwolves

99.4

Pelicans

101.1

Magic

102.5

Clippers

105.6

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

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Celtics

22.7

Timberwolves

19.6

Cavaliers

12.7

Nuggets

7.0

Knicks

5.5

Clippers

4.9

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

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Magic

0-2

Heat

0-1

Pelicans

0-1

Suns

0-2

76ers

0-2

Lakers

0-2

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

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Magic

51-33

Mavericks

49-35

76ers

49-36

Rockets

45-35-2

Thunder

46-36-1

Pelicans

46-38-1

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
Mon
4/22
PHX PHX
@
MIN MIN
93-105
Mon
4/22
DAL DAL
@
LAC LAC
96-93
Mon
4/22
IND IND
@
MIL MIL
125-108
Sun
4/21
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
101-104
Sun
4/21
LAL LAL
@
DEN DEN
99-101

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Wed
4/24
NOP NOP
@
OKC OKC
9:30 PM
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
7:00 PM
Thu
4/25
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
7:30 PM
Thu
4/25
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM