The Denver Nuggets were defeated by the Chicago Bulls, 111 to 107, on December 28, 1978.

1978-79 Denver Nuggets

Final

CHI

Bulls

14-21

111

DEN

Nuggets

17-17

107

Team

CHI

DEN

1

30

30

2

31

32

3

26

29

4

24

16

Total

111

107

Bulls

Nuggets

FG Made - Attempted

44-84

43-94

Field Goal %

52.4

45.7

3PT Made - Attempted

3PT %

FT Made - Attempted

23-31

21-30

Free Throw %

74.2

70.0

Rebounds

40

50

Offensive Rebounds

10

19

Defensive Rebounds

30

31

Assists

30

29

Steals

3

6

Blocks

6

2

Turnovers

17

15

Personal Fouls

31

31

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Artis Gilmore 41 31 11 6 1 4 11-20 9-11 3 3 2 9 55.0 81.8
Ollie Johnson 32 14 3 5 1 1 6-10 2-3 2 5 1 2 60.0 66.7
Reggie Theus 27 8 1 6 0 0 4-7 0-0 2 4 0 1 57.1
John Mengelt 23 13 3 3 0 0 5-11 3-5 1 1 1 2 45.5 60.0
Mickey Johnson 19 8 6 3 0 0 3-5 2-2 2 6 1 5 60.0 100.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Mark Landsberger 33 15 11 0 0 1 6-10 3-6 4 3 4 7 60.0 50.0
Wilbur Holland 31 18 3 2 0 0 7-14 4-4 2 2 1 2 50.0 100.0
John Brown 15 2 0 0 0 0 1-5 0-0 0 5 0 0 20.0
Charles Dudley 15 2 1 5 1 0 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 1 50.0
Scott Lloyd 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Charlie Scott 40 7 1 2 0 0 3-7 1-2 1 2 0 1 42.9 50.0
David Thompson 38 35 4 4 0 0 12-25 11-13 2 4 0 4 48.0 84.6
Dan Issel 35 13 8 5 1 0 6-13 1-2 3 6 3 5 46.2 50.0
Tom Boswell 32 15 11 4 0 1 7-12 1-2 3 4 7 4 58.3 50.0
George McGinnis 31 20 16 5 2 1 8-18 4-8 5 6 7 9 44.4 50.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Bob Wilkerson 30 12 4 5 0 0 5-12 2-2 0 3 1 3 41.7 100.0
Robert Smith 13 5 1 1 1 0 2-4 1-1 0 0 0 1 50.0 100.0
Kim Hughes 13 0 4 3 2 0 0-2 0-0 1 5 1 3 0.0
Phil Hicks 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0.0
Bo Ellis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0

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