The Denver Nuggets easily beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 127 to 111, in Game 2 of the 1978 Western Conference Semifinals on April 21, 1978.

1977-78 Denver Nuggets

Final

MIL

111

DEN

127

1

35

32

2

18

31

3

23

39

4

35

25

Total

111

127

Bucks

Nuggets

FG Made - Attempted

46-93

50-86

Field Goal %

49.5

58.1

3PT Made - Attempted

3PT %

FT Made - Attempted

19-23

27-32

Free Throw %

82.6

84.4

Rebounds

25

48

Offensive Rebounds

11

15

Defensive Rebounds

14

33

Assists

33

36

Steals

15

10

Blocks

4

3

Turnovers

24

30

Personal Fouls

27

28

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Marques Johnson 35 22 5 6 1 1 8-13 6-8 3 3 1 4 61.5 75.0
Brian Winters 31 14 2 3 2 0 7-16 0-0 5 2 1 1 43.8
Dave Meyers 30 14 5 4 1 1 6-18 2-3 3 2 3 2 33.3 66.7
Quinn Buckner 19 16 3 3 4 0 6-9 4-4 6 4 0 3 66.7 100.0
John Gianelli 19 0 2 1 0 1 0-1 0-0 0 3 1 1 0.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Junior Bridgeman 24 16 2 2 1 1 7-12 2-2 1 4 1 1 58.3 100.0
Alex English 23 16 3 1 2 0 6-10 4-4 1 1 3 0 60.0 100.0
Lloyd Walton 22 4 0 8 0 0 2-6 0-0 3 2 0 0 33.3
Kent Benson 16 2 2 1 1 0 1-2 0-1 1 3 1 1 50.0 0.0
Ernie Grunfeld 12 7 1 3 2 0 3-6 1-1 1 1 0 1 50.0 100.0
Jim Eakins 9 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
David Thompson 31 20 1 4 0 0 8-14 4-4 7 2 1 0 57.1 100.0
Bobby Jones 28 21 9 3 2 0 10-13 1-1 2 2 3 6 76.9 100.0
Dan Issel 27 22 14 6 0 0 8-15 6-7 1 1 4 10 53.3 85.7
Anthony Roberts 27 19 4 2 1 0 8-12 3-4 2 6 1 3 66.7 75.0
Bob Wilkerson 26 3 5 5 2 0 1-6 1-2 2 3 1 4 16.7 50.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Bo Ellis 22 10 3 2 1 2 5-7 0-0 3 3 0 3 71.4
Darnell Hillman 22 6 8 0 0 0 3-7 0-0 5 5 4 4 42.9
Ralph Simpson 19 11 0 4 1 1 4-6 3-4 4 3 0 0 66.7 75.0
Mack Calvin 18 9 0 6 2 0 1-3 7-8 0 0 0 0 33.3 87.5
Tom LaGarde 14 2 4 3 0 0 1-2 0-0 2 2 1 3 50.0
Robert Smith 6 4 0 1 1 0 1-1 2-2 2 1 0 0 100.0 100.0

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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
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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101

Final

99

LAL Lakers

0-2

Mon 22 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

NBA 2023-24 Betting

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
Tue
4/23
NOP NOP
@
OKC OKC
92-124
Tue
4/23
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
111-101
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

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Fri
4/26
MIL MIL
@
IND IND
5:30 PM
Fri
4/26
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
8:00 PM