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.

Denver scored 9,080 points and yielded 8,975.

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