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1978-79 Denver Nuggets

NBA · Western Conference · Midwest Division · 47–35 · 4th in the conference · Coach Larry Brown, Donnie Walsh · Lost First Round 1–2

4 × 12 min, 24-second clock, no three-point line

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Roster and season stats (14)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	FT%
30	George McGinnis	F	6′8″	76	33.6	22.6	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	.474	.665
44	Dan Issel	C	6′9″	81	33.9	17.0	9.1	3.1	0.8	0.6	.517	.754
11	Charlie Scott	G	6′5″	79	29.0	12.0	3.1	4.9	1.2	0.4	.442	.775
32	Bob Wilkerson	G	6′6″	80	30.3	11.4	5.2	3.6	1.5	0.3	.456	.688
41	Tom Boswell	F	6′9″	79	27.9	10.6	6.8	3.1	0.6	0.6	.532	.697
21	Anthony Roberts	F	6′5″	63	19.6	7.9	4.1	1.7	0.3	0.0	.424	.691
5	Robert Smith	G	5′11″	82	18.0	6.4	1.8	2.5	0.7	0.2	.422	.883
31	Bo Ellis	F	6′9″	42	6.4	2.7	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	.457	.806
35	Kim Hughes	C	6′11″	81	13.4	2.6	4.1	0.9	0.7	1.3	.538	.400
	Arvid Kramer		6′9″	8	5.6	2.0	1.5	0.4	0.0	0.6	.318	1.000
55	Phil Hicks	F	6′7″	20	6.4	2.0	1.4	0.4	0.3	0.0	.419	.600
10	John Kuester	F	6′2″	33	6.4	1.4	0.4	1.1	0.5	0.0	.308	.929
22	Geoff Crompton	F	6′11″	20	4.4	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.2	.385	.500
33	David Thompson	F	6′4″	76	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Per-game averages as published: no box scores for this season, so no totals, and a blank where the league did not record the figure.

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1978-79 Denver Nuggets

Roster and season stats (14)