Denver Nuggets Playoff Rosters

1978-1979 Denver Nuggets Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Tom Boswell FC 6-9 220 Oct 2, 1953 25 South Carolina 3 1975 1st Rnd, #19, Boston Celtics
Geff Crompton C 6-11 280 Jul 4, 1955 23 North Carolina 0 1978 4th Rnd, #70, Kansas City Kings
Bo Ellis PF 6-9 197 Aug 8, 1954 24 Marquette 1 1977 1st Rnd, #17, Washington Wizards
Kim Hughes C 6-11 220 Jun 4, 1952 26 Wisconsin 2 1974 3rd Rnd, #45, Buffalo Braves
Dan Issel FC 6-9 235 Oct 25, 1948 30 Kentucky 2 1970 8th Rnd, #122, Detroit Pistons
John Kuester PG 6-2 175 Feb 6, 1955 24 North Carolina 1 1977 3rd Rnd, #53, Kansas City Kings
George McGinnis PF 6-8 235 Aug 12, 1950 28 Indiana 3 1973 2nd Rnd, #22, Philadelphia Sixers
Anthony Roberts SF 6-5 185 Apr 15, 1955 23 Oral Roberts 1 1977 1st Rnd, #21, Denver Nuggets
Charlie Scott SG 6-5 175 Dec 15, 1948 30 North Carolina 7 1970 7th Rnd, #106, Boston Celtics
Robert Smith PG 5-11 165 Mar 10, 1955 24 UNLV 1 1977 3rd Rnd, #65, Denver Nuggets
David Thompson GF 6-5 195 Jul 13, 1954 24 NC State 2 1975 1st Rnd, #2, Atlanta Hawks
Bob Wilkerson GF 6-6 195 Aug 15, 1954 24 Indiana 2 1976 1st Rnd, #22, Seattle SuperSonics

1978-1979 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #6 New Jersey Nets PHI in 2
First Round #4 Houston Rockets #5 Atlanta Hawks ATL in 2
Second Round #1 Washington Bullets #5 Atlanta Hawks WAS in 7
Second Round #2 San Antonio Spurs #3 Philadelphia Sixers SAS in 7
Conference Finals #1 Washington Bullets #2 San Antonio Spurs WAS in 7

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Phoenix Suns #6 Portland Trail Blazers PHX in 3
First Round #4 Denver Nuggets #5 Los Angeles Lakers LAL in 3
Second Round #1 Seattle SuperSonics #5 Los Angeles Lakers SEA in 5
Second Round #3 Phoenix Suns #2 Kansas City Kings PHX in 5
Conference Finals #1 Seattle SuperSonics #3 Phoenix Suns SEA in 7

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Washington Bullets #1 Seattle SuperSonics SEA in 5

1978-1979 Denver Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
David Thompson 3 40.7 28.0 7.0 4.0 1.3 0.3 4.0
Dan Issel 3 36.3 24.3 9.3 3.3 0.0 0.0 3.0
Tom Boswell 3 40.0 17.3 9.0 5.3 1.0 1.7 2.0
Charlie Scott 3 34.7 16.0 4.7 3.3 0.7 0.7 3.3
Anthony Roberts 3 26.7 11.0 4.3 2.0 0.7 0.3 1.0
Bob Wilkerson 3 33.7 9.7 8.7 5.0 1.0 0.3 2.0
Bo Ellis 3 8.0 2.0 1.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.0
Kim Hughes 3 11.7 1.0 3.7 0.0 0.7 0.0 1.0
Robert Smith 3 8.3 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.7

1978-1979 Denver Nuggets Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Denver Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
Apr 10, 1979
v.
L.A. Lakers
W, 110-105 McNichols Sports Arena
Opening Round
1-0 PTS: 30. Dan Issel
PTS: 23. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Apr 13, 1979
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 121-109 The Forum
Opening Round
1-1 PTS: 29. D. Thompson
PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Apr 15, 1979
v.
L.A. Lakers
L, 111-112 McNichols Sports Arena
Opening Round
1-2 PTS: 28. D. Thompson
PTS: 29. K. Abdul-Jabbar