The Denver Nuggets defeated the New Orleans Jazz, 121 to 112, on December 20, 1978.

1978-79 Denver Nuggets

Final

NOJ

Jazz

11-22

112

DEN

Nuggets

16-15

121

Team

NOJ

DEN

1

31

32

2

29

26

3

23

32

4

29

31

Total

112

121

Jazz

Nuggets

FG Made - Attempted

40-79

45-97

Field Goal %

50.6

46.4

3PT Made - Attempted

3PT %

FT Made - Attempted

32-39

31-43

Free Throw %

82.1

72.1

Rebounds

44

39

Offensive Rebounds

13

15

Defensive Rebounds

31

24

Assists

26

30

Steals

2

16

Blocks

5

6

Turnovers

27

10

Personal Fouls

31

28

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Jim McElroy 40 16 1 6 0 0 8-12 0-0 2 4 0 1 66.7
Truck Robinson 33 16 5 0 0 1 7-10 2-2 2 3 0 5 70.0 100.0
Pete Maravich 31 25 2 6 1 0 8-20 9-11 4 1 0 2 40.0 81.8
Rich Kelley 29 16 15 1 0 0 6-11 4-6 4 5 6 9 54.5 66.7
Ira Terrell 23 4 3 1 0 2 2-5 0-0 1 4 1 2 40.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Gail Goodrich 25 11 0 6 1 0 3-9 5-6 6 3 0 0 33.3 83.3
Paul Griffin 23 4 11 4 0 1 2-4 0-0 4 4 3 8 50.0
Joe Meriweather 19 8 3 1 0 0 0-1 8-8 1 2 0 3 0.0 100.0
Aaron James 16 11 4 1 0 1 4-7 3-4 3 5 3 1 57.1 75.0
James Hardy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 50.0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
George McGinnis 40 39 10 3 3 1 12-26 15-19 4 3 4 6 46.2 78.9
David Thompson 40 32 7 3 4 1 10-20 12-15 2 2 3 4 50.0 80.0
Tom Boswell 40 14 7 5 3 1 6-12 2-2 2 3 3 4 50.0 100.0
Charlie Scott 30 12 2 7 2 0 5-9 2-2 1 6 0 2 55.6 100.0
Dan Issel 26 10 5 4 0 0 5-11 0-2 0 6 1 4 45.5 0.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Kim Hughes 20 6 6 1 1 3 3-7 0-2 0 4 3 3 42.9 0.0
John Kuester 19 2 0 2 1 0 1-2 0-0 0 3 0 0 50.0
Robert Smith 13 2 0 3 1 0 1-6 0-1 0 1 0 0 16.7 0.0
Phil Hicks 9 4 2 2 1 0 2-2 0-0 0 0 1 1 100.0
Geoff Crompton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0.0

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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
1:00 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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36.0

Siakam

Pascal Siakam

35.0

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

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

8.5

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

Playoff SPG Leaders

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4.0

Alexander-Walker

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

3.0

Beal

Bradley Beal

3.0

Connaughton

Pat Connaughton

Playoff BPG Leaders

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5.0

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

3.0

III

Trey Murphy III

3.0

Lopez

Brook Lopez

Playoff 3PM Leaders

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6.0

Harden

James Harden

6.0

Lillard

Damian Lillard

5.0

III

Trey Murphy III

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

Timberwolves

124.7

Knicks

119.2

Clippers

117.4

Nuggets

115.8

76ers

113.6

Playoff DRtg Rankings

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Cavaliers

89.7

Bucks

96.0

Timberwolves

98.7

Thunder

98.9

Pelicans

101.1

Magic

102.5

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

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Timberwolves

26.0

Celtics

22.7

Bucks

15.3

Clippers

12.9

Cavaliers

12.7

Nuggets

7.0

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

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Magic

0-2

Heat

0-1

Pelicans

0-1

Mavericks

0-1

Suns

0-1

Pacers

0-1

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

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Magic

51-33

Mavericks

48-35

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

36-47

Raptors

36-46

Nets

34-44-4

Suns

36-46-1

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
Sun
4/21
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
101-104
Sun
4/21
LAL LAL
@
DEN DEN
99-101
Sun
4/21
ORL ORL
@
CLE CLE
86-96
Sat
4/20
NOP NOP
@
OKC OKC
92-94
Sat
4/20
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
94-114

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/23
PHX PHX
@
MIN MIN
7:30 PM
Tue
4/23
IND IND
@
MIL MIL
8:30 PM
Tue
4/23
DAL DAL
@
LAC LAC
10:00 PM
Wed
4/24
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Wed
4/24
NOP NOP
@
OKC OKC
9:30 PM