The 1978–79 Denver Nuggets season was the Nuggets' 3rd season in the NBA and 12th season as a franchise.1978-79 Denver Nuggets
In the playoffs, the Nuggets lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in three games in the First Round.
The Nuggets would not make the playoffs again until 1982.
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 17 Rod Griffin PF Wake Forest 1 21 Mike Evans PG Kansas State 3 46 Hollis Copeland SF Rutgers 5 106 Michael Edwards Texas-Pan American 6 127 Robert Heard Columbus State 7 148 Jack Gilloon South Carolina 8 166 Larry Vaculik Colorado 9 183 Tom Schneeburger Air Force 10 198 Phil Taylor Arizona
Roster
Regular season Season standings
z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot
Game log Regular season
| 5 | | @ Atlanta | L 125–130
| The Omni | 4–1
| 19 | | Atlanta | L 111–113
| McNichols Sports Arena | 9–10
| 36 | | @ Atlanta | L 87–113
| The Omni | 17–19
|- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break
| 72 | | Atlanta | W 118–111
| McNichols Sports Arena | 39–33
Playoffs
| 1 | April 10 | Los Angeles | W 119–105 | Dan Issel (30) | Dan Issel (10) | Bob Wilkerson (7) | McNichols Sports Arena16,011 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 13 | @ Los Angeles | L 109–121 | David Thompson (29) | Tom Boswell (12) | Tom Boswell (7) | The Forum14,182 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 16 | Los Angeles | L 111–112 | David Thompson (28) | Dan Issel (10) | David Thompson (7) | McNichols Sports Arena16,181 | 1–2
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