1978-1979 Denver Nuggets: 47-35 .573
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4722 points scored, 4480 allowed) Road record: 18-23 (4358 points scored, 4495 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coaches: Larry Brown (28-25), Donnie Walsh (19-10) 9080 points scored (9th of 22 teams), 8975 points allowed (7th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Tom Boswell 6'8 220 25 South Carolina Geoff Crompton 6'11 280 23 North Carolina Bo Ellis 6'9 197 24 Marquette Phil Hicks 6'7 205 25 Tulane Kim Hughes 6'11 220 26 Wisconsin Dan Issel 6'8 235 30 Kentucky John Kuester 6'2 180 23 North Carolina George McGinnis 6'8 235 28 Indiana Anthony Roberts 6'5 185 23 Oral Roberts Charlie Scott 6'5 175 30 North Carolina Robert Smith 5'11 165 23 Nevada - Las Vegas David Thompson 6'4 195 24 North Carolina State Bobby Wilkerson 6'6 195 24 Indiana Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G David Thompson 76 2670 693 1353 0 0 439 583 109 165 274 225 70 82 186 180 1825 24.0 F George McGinnis 76 2552 603 1273 0 0 509 765 256 608 864 283 129 52 346 321 1715 22.6 C Dan Issel 81 2742 532 1030 0 0 316 419 240 498 738 255 61 46 171 233 1380 17.0 G Charlie Scott 79 2617 393 854 0 0 161 215 54 156 210 428 78 30 255 284 947 12.0 G Bobby Wilkerson 80 2425 396 869 0 0 119 173 100 314 414 284 118 21 196 190 911 11.4 F Tom Boswell 79 2201 321 603 0 0 198 284 248 290 538 242 50 51 185 263 840 10.6 G Robert Smith 82 1479 184 436 0 0 159 180 41 105 146 208 58 13 95 165 527 6.4 F Anthony Roberts 63 1236 211 498 0 0 76 110 106 152 258 107 20 2 65 142 498 7.9 C Kim Hughes 81 1086 98 182 0 0 18 45 112 223 335 74 56 102 78 215 214 2.6 F Bo Ellis 42 269 42 92 0 0 29 36 17 45 62 10 10 13 22 45 113 2.7 G John Kuester 33 212 16 52 0 0 13 14 5 8 13 37 18 1 20 29 45 1.4 F Phil Hicks 20 128 18 43 0 0 3 5 13 15 28 8 5 0 13 20 39 1.9 C Geoff Crompton 20 88 10 26 0 0 6 12 6 17 23 5 0 3 12 19 26 1.3
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 17 Rod Griffin Wake Forest [pick acquired from SEA]
1 21 Mike Evans 591 Kansas State [pick acquired from PHI]
3 46 Hollis Copeland 93 Rutgers
5 106 Michael Edwards Texas-Pan American
6 127 Robert Heard Columbus (GA)
7 148 Jack Gilloon South Carolina
8 166 Larry Vaculik Colorado
9 183 Tom Schneeburger Air Force
10 198 Phil Taylor Arizona
Traded draft picks:
#1 to WAS (Dave Corzine)
#2 to GOL (Wayne Cooper)
#3 to NJ (Dave Batton)
#4 to NJ (Walter Jordan)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western First Round
04/10/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 110-105
04/13/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 109-121
04/15/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 111-112
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G David Thompson 3 122 38 69 8 11 7 14 21 12 4 1 12 12 84 28.0
C Dan Issel 3 109 24 45 25 31 7 21 28 10 0 0 9 15 73 24.3
F Tom Boswell 3 120 21 35 10 13 14 13 27 16 3 5 6 10 52 17.3
G Charlie Scott 3 104 20 42 8 14 2 12 14 10 2 2 10 11 48 16.0
F Anthony Roberts 3 80 13 33 7 11 5 8 13 6 2 1 3 9 33 11.0
G Bobby Wilkerson 3 101 14 34 1 3 7 19 26 15 3 1 6 7 29 9.7
F Bo Ellis 3 24 2 6 2 2 1 3 4 1 2 1 0 2 6 2.0
C Kim Hughes 3 35 1 2 1 2 3 8 11 0 2 0 3 8 3 1.0
G Robert Smith 3 25 0 7 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 0 2 2 2 0.7
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 118-117 1-0 10/15/1978 at San Diego Clippers W 98-94 2-0 10/18/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 125-113 3-0 10/20/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 126-117 4-0 10/21/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 125-130 4-1 10/25/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 108-104 5-1 10/27/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 99-112 5-2 10/29/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 134-121 6-2 10/31/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 107-134 6-3 11/03/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 110-93 7-3 11/04/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 107-109 7-4 11/09/1978 vs New York Knicks W 116-109 8-4 11/10/1978 at Phoenix Suns W 150-132 9-4 11/11/1978 vs Kansas City Kings L 113-117 9-5 11/14/1978 at New York Knicks L 100-106 9-6 11/15/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 103-109 9-7 11/17/1978 at Boston Celtics L 118-120 9-8 11/18/1978 at Washington Bullets L 114-119 9-9 11/22/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks L 111-113 9-10 11/24/1978 at Seattle Supersonics W 103-100 10-10 11/25/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics L 104-110 10-11 11/28/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 100-117 10-12 11/30/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 105-111 10-13 12/01/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 125-120 11-13 12/02/1978 at San Antonio Spurs W 104-93 12-13 12/06/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 92-83 13-13 12/09/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 113-103 14-13 12/12/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 107-103 15-13 12/15/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 113-116 15-14 12/17/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 110-123 15-15 12/20/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 121-112 16-15 12/22/1978 at Golden State Warriors W 107-103 17-15 12/26/1978 vs Phoenix Suns L 102-106 17-16 12/28/1978 vs Chicago Bulls L 107-111 17-17 12/29/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 117-123 17-18 12/30/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 87-113 17-19 01/02/1979 at Kansas City Kings W 99-97 18-19 01/03/1979 vs Kansas City Kings L 101-108 18-20 01/05/1979 at Seattle Supersonics W 95-92 19-20 01/06/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 127-98 20-20 01/09/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 121-90 21-20 01/12/1979 vs New York Knicks W 126-119 22-20 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/14/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 111-109 23-20 01/16/1979 at New Orleans Jazz W 104-100 24-20 01/17/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 101-119 24-21 01/19/1979 at Indiana Pacers W 101-98 25-21 01/20/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 109-106 26-21 01/22/1979 vs Detroit Pistons L 117-121 26-22 01/23/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 107-108 26-23 01/24/1979 at Houston Rockets L 116-117 26-24 01/26/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 119-107 27-24 01/28/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 98-87 28-24 01/30/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 76-82 28-25 02/02/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 100-124 28-26 02/07/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 120-105 29-26 02/09/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 106-104 30-26 02/11/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 87-126 30-27 02/13/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 104-94 31-27 02/14/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 107-111 31-28 02/16/1979 vs San Diego Clippers L 104-118 31-29 02/18/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 115-112 32-29 02/21/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 114-109 33-29 02/24/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 132-117 34-29 02/25/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 111-119 34-30 02/27/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 121-106 35-30 02/28/1979 at Houston Rockets L 97-122 35-31 03/02/1979 at Phoenix Suns W 119-105 36-31 03/04/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers W 113-99 37-31 03/06/1979 vs Houston Rockets L 118-119 37-32 03/11/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 98-119 37-33 03/14/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 120-100 38-33 03/17/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 118-111 39-33 03/20/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 113-102 40-33 03/23/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 137-113 41-33 03/25/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 123-113 42-33 03/28/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 115-110 43-33 03/30/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 130-121 44-33 04/01/1979 at Washington Bullets L 89-105 44-34 04/03/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 110-97 45-34 04/05/1979 at New York Knicks W 114-107 46-34 04/06/1979 at Boston Celtics W 107-101 47-34 04/08/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 111-112 47-35 |