The Denver Nuggets came up just a bit short against the Portland Trail Blazers, 116 to 113, on December 15, 1978.

1978-79 Denver Nuggets

Final

POR

Trail Blazers

15-14

116

DEN

Nuggets

15-14

113

Team

POR

DEN

1

34

27

2

20

29

3

31

27

4

31

30

Total

116

113

Trail Blazers

Nuggets

FG Made - Attempted

44-87

46-81

Field Goal %

50.6

56.8

3PT Made - Attempted

3PT %

FT Made - Attempted

28-34

21-28

Free Throw %

82.4

75.0

Rebounds

40

36

Offensive Rebounds

13

9

Defensive Rebounds

27

27

Assists

24

25

Steals

14

10

Blocks

2

4

Turnovers

20

24

Personal Fouls

26

31

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Lionel Hollins 39 23 5 3 3 0 10-18 3-3 1 4 1 4 55.6 100.0
Tom Owens 39 20 8 5 3 0 7-13 6-10 1 6 3 5 53.8 60.0
Maurice Lucas 38 32 13 4 1 0 14-25 4-4 7 4 3 10 56.0 100.0
Dave Twardzik 30 10 3 3 3 0 3-7 4-5 0 2 1 2 42.9 80.0
Larry Steele 28 9 2 2 1 0 4-8 1-1 5 4 2 0 50.0 100.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Ron Brewer 20 12 2 3 1 0 4-8 4-4 0 1 2 0 50.0 100.0
Jim McMillian 20 2 1 3 1 2 0-3 2-2 2 0 0 1 0.0 100.0
Mychal Thompson 12 5 4 0 1 0 1-1 3-4 3 3 1 3 100.0 75.0
Clemon Johnson 7 3 1 1 0 0 1-2 1-1 0 1 0 1 50.0 100.0
T.R. Dunn 7 0 1 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 1 0.0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
George McGinnis 39 29 10 2 5 1 12-21 5-5 7 6 0 10 57.1 100.0
Tom Boswell 37 12 6 1 1 0 6-8 0-2 4 4 2 4 75.0 0.0
Dan Issel 35 14 8 3 2 1 6-12 2-4 4 6 4 4 50.0 50.0
David Thompson 30 36 3 3 0 1 15-19 6-6 2 2 1 2 78.9 100.0
Charlie Scott 27 1 0 5 1 0 0-6 1-3 3 6 0 0 0.0 33.3

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Bob Wilkerson 32 8 7 5 1 1 4-9 0-0 2 1 2 5 44.4
Robert Smith 21 11 1 2 0 0 3-6 5-6 0 3 0 1 50.0 83.3
John Kuester 10 2 0 4 0 0 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 0 100.0
Kim Hughes 7 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 1
Geoff Crompton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0

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Team Leaders

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PPG

29.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

RPG

15.3

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

APG

10.0

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)
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

1-3

119

Final

108

DEN Nuggets

3-1

Sat 27 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

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35.0

Embiid

Joel Embiid

33.0

Brunson

Jalen Brunson

32.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

Playoff RPG Leaders

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15.8

Davis

Anthony Davis

15.3

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

13.8

Allen

Jarrett Allen

Playoff APG Leaders

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10.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

10.0

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

9.0

Brunson

Jalen Brunson

Playoff SPG Leaders

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2.3

Caldwell-Pope

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

2.0

James

LeBron James

2.0

Edwards

Anthony Edwards

Playoff BPG Leaders

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3.7

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

2.3

Mobley

Evan Mobley

2.0

Porzingis

Kristaps Porzingis

Playoff 3PM Leaders

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5.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

4.3

Harden

James Harden

4.3

Turner

Myles Turner

Playoff TS% Leaders

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73.1

Harden

James Harden

72.1

Nembhard

Andrew Nembhard

71.6

White

Derrick White

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

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Timberwolves

126.4

Pacers

120.2

Celtics

120.1

Knicks

117.3

76ers

116.2

Thunder

115.8

Playoff DRtg Rankings

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Thunder

96.2

Magic

97.3

Cavaliers

107.2

Celtics

108.8

Timberwolves

110.4

Clippers

111.2

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

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Thunder

19.7

Timberwolves

16.0

Celtics

11.3

Magic

9.9

Pacers

4.6

Nuggets

2.4

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

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Pelicans

0-3

Suns

0-4

Bucks

1-3

76ers

1-3

Lakers

1-3

Heat

1-2

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

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Magic

53-33

Mavericks

50-36

76ers

50-37

Thunder

48-36-1

Rockets

45-35-2

Celtics

44-37-4

Worst Record ATS

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Hawks

29-54

Hornets

34-48

Suns

36-49-1

Bucks

37-49

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
Sat
4/27
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
97-92
Sat
4/27
MIN MIN
@
PHX PHX
122-116
Sat
4/27
MIL MIL
@
IND IND
113-126
Sat
4/27
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
116-111
Fri
4/26
OKC OKC
@
NOP NOP
106-85

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
4/29
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
7:30 PM
Mon
4/29
OKC OKC
@
NOP NOP
8:30 PM
Mon
4/29
LAL LAL
@
DEN DEN
10:00 PM
Tue
4/30
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
7:00 PM
Tue
4/30
ORL ORL
@
CLE CLE
8:00 PM