1978-79 Denver Nuggets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 47-35
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 2-1
Coach: Larry Brown (28-25)
Coach: Donnie Walsh (19-10)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 603,356, Avg. 14,716 in 41 home dates

1978-79 Denver Nuggets Roster
1978-79 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 47 wins and 35 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

The Nuggets scored 9,080 points and yielded 8,975. David Thompson tossed in a team-best 1,825 points for Denver, and George McGinnis averaged 18 or more per game also. George McGinnis racked up 864 boards. Charlie Scott dished out 428 assists for the squad.

On defense, George McGinnis added 129 steals.

Larry Brown and Donnie Walsh coached the team. The 1978-79 Denver Nuggets lost in the conference first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	76	75	2670	1353	693			583	439	109	165	274	225	70	82	186	180	1825
George McGinnis	F-C	76	76	2552	1273	603			765	509	256	608	864	283	129	52	346	321	1715
Dan Issel	C-F	81	81	2742	1030	532			419	316	240	498	738	255	61	46	171	233	1380
Charlie Scott	G-F	79	79	2617	854	393			215	161	54	156	210	428	78	30	255	284	947
Bob Wilkerson	G-F	80	56	2425	869	396			173	119	100	314	414	284	118	21	196	190	911
Tom Boswell	F-C	79	21	2201	603	321			284	198	248	290	538	242	50	51	185	263	840
Robert Smith	G	82	2	1479	436	184			180	159	41	105	146	208	58	13	95	165	527
Anthony Roberts	F-G	63	19	1236	498	211			110	76	106	152	258	107	20	2	65	142	498
Kim Hughes	C	81	1	1086	182	98			45	18	112	223	335	74	56	102	78	215	214
Bo Ellis	F	42	0	269	92	42			36	29	17	45	62	10	10	13	22	45	113
John Kuester	G	33	0	212	52	16			14	13	5	8	13	37	18	1	20	29	45
Phil Hicks	F	20	0	128	43	18			5	3	13	15	28	8	5	0	13	20	39
Geoff Crompton	C	20	0	88	26	10			12	6	6	17	23	5	0	3	12	19	26
Totals		812	410	19705	7311	3517	0	0	2841	2046	1307	2596	3903	2166	673	416	1644	2106	9080

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	76	75	35.1	51.2	75.3	1.4	2.2	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.4	2.4	24.0
George McGinnis	F-C	76	76	33.6	47.4	66.5	3.4	8.0	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	4.6	4.2	22.6
Dan Issel	C-F	81	81	33.9	51.7	75.4	3.0	6.1	9.1	3.1	0.8	0.6	2.1	2.9	17.0
Charlie Scott	G-F	79	79	33.1	46.0	74.9	0.7	2.0	2.7	5.4	1.0	0.4	3.2	3.6	12.0
Bob Wilkerson	G-F	80	56	30.3	45.6	68.8	1.3	3.9	5.2	3.6	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.4	11.4
Tom Boswell	F-C	79	21	27.9	53.2	69.7	3.1	3.7	6.8	3.1	0.6	0.6	2.3	3.3	10.6
Robert Smith	G	82	2	18.0	42.2	88.3	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.5	0.7	0.2	1.2	2.0	6.4
Anthony Roberts	F-G	63	19	19.6	42.4	69.1	1.7	2.4	4.1	1.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	7.9
Kim Hughes	C	81	1	13.4	53.8	40.0	1.4	2.8	4.1	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.7	2.6
Bo Ellis	F	42	0	6.4	45.7	80.6	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.1	2.7
John Kuester	G	33	0	6.4	30.8	92.9	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.9	1.4
Phil Hicks	F	20	0	6.4	41.9	60.0	0.7	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.0	2.0
Geoff Crompton	C	20	0	4.4	38.5	50.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.0	1.3
Averages		812	410	24.3	48.1	72.0	1.6	3.2	4.8	2.7	0.8	0.5	2.0	2.6	11.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	3	122	69	38			11	8	7	14	21	12	4	1	12	12	84
Dan Issel	C-F	3	109	45	24			31	25	7	21	28	10	0	0	9	15	73
Tom Boswell	F-C	3	120	35	21			13	10	14	13	27	16	3	5	6	10	52
Charlie Scott	G-F	3	104	42	20			14	8	2	12	14	10	2	2	10	11	48
Anthony Roberts	F-G	3	80	33	13			11	7	5	8	13	6	2	1	3	9	33
Bob Wilkerson	G-F	3	101	34	14			3	1	7	19	26	15	3	1	6	7	29
Bo Ellis	F	3	24	6	2			2	2	1	3	4	1	2	1	0	2	6
Kim Hughes	C	3	35	2	1			2	1	3	8	11	0	2	0	3	8	3
Robert Smith	G	3	25	7	0			2	2	1	1	2	4	2	0	2	2	2
Totals		27	720	273	133	0	0	89	64	47	99	146	74	20	11	51	76	330

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	3	40.7	55.1	72.7	2.3	4.7	7.0	4.0	1.3	0.3	4.0	4.0	28.0
Dan Issel	C-F	3	36.3	53.3	80.6	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.3	0.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	24.3
Tom Boswell	F-C	3	40.0	60.0	76.9	4.7	4.3	9.0	5.3	1.0	1.7	2.0	3.3	17.3
Charlie Scott	G-F	3	34.7	47.6	57.1	0.7	4.0	4.7	3.3	0.7	0.7	3.3	3.7	16.0
Anthony Roberts	F-G	3	26.7	39.4	63.6	1.7	2.7	4.3	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	3.0	11.0
Bob Wilkerson	G-F	3	33.7	41.2	33.3	2.3	6.3	8.7	5.0	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	9.7
Bo Ellis	F	3	8.0	33.3	100.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.0
Kim Hughes	C	3	11.7	50.0	50.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	1.0	2.7	1.0
Robert Smith	G	3	8.3	0.0	100.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7
Averages		812	26.7	48.7	71.9	1.7	3.7	5.4	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.9	2.8	12.2