1977-78 Denver Nuggets Game Log

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Record: 48-34, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Larry Brown (48-34)

Executive: Carl Scheer

PTS/G: 111.8 (6th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 110.9 (16th of 22)

SRS: 0.80 (8th of 22) Pace: 108.5 (6th of 22)

Off Rtg: 102.3 (5th of 22) Def Rtg: 101.5 (15th of 22) Net Rtg: +0.8 (8th of 22)

Expected W-L: 43-39 (8th of 22)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena

NBA 1978 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Milwaukee Bucks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (2-4) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)

Midwest Div Champs

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Regular Season

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1977-10-19		MIL	W	133	115	49	95	.516				35	45	.778	19	54	28	10	7	19	27	48	102	.471				19	37	.514	20	46	27	8	8	19	32
2	2	1977-10-21		LAL	W	106	101	39	93	.419				28	34	.824	20	55	24	16	6	23	27	37	84	.440				27	34	.794	7	38	25	13	4	25	30
3	3	1977-10-22	@	DET	L	106	126	43	99	.434				20	24	.833	20	54	27	7	5	28	29	48	101	.475				30	43	.698	23	56	23	16	16	21	24
4	4	1977-10-25	@	IND	L	104	129	38	100	.380				28	35	.800	29	62	27	5	9	28	28	52	105	.495				25	33	.758	18	56	31	12	12	12	29
5	5	1977-10-26		POR	W	111	108	39	88	.443				33	43	.767	12	47	29	13	3	20	31	40	85	.471				28	31	.903	11	46	25	8	9	23	32
6	6	1977-10-29		BUF	W	127	111	51	91	.560				25	32	.781	6	50	37	14	4	23	31	38	97	.392				35	49	.714	18	50	24	13	3	19	28
7	7	1977-11-01	@	CLE	L	93	110	36	85	.424				21	33	.636	16	53	14	4	6	25	26	45	102	.441				20	24	.833	18	48	21	10	12	13	27
8	8	1977-11-02	@	BUF	L	100	104	41	87	.471				18	24	.750	10	43	21	12	4	19	30	36	84	.429				32	40	.800	14	46	24	8	4	21	20
9	9	1977-11-04	@	BOS	W	109	107	43	88	.489				23	30	.767	7	45	21	7	4	26	27	44	103	.427				19	33	.576	18	53	24	14	5	21	29
10	10	1977-11-05	@	PHI	L	101	132	42	89	.472				17	23	.739		36	26			24	30	57	97	.588				18	27	.667		53	38			20	21
11	11	1977-11-08	@	MIL	W	111	101	45	79	.570				21	28	.750	8	41	33	9	4	20	21	42	90	.467				17	25	.680	14	37	30	11	7	18	24
12	12	1977-11-09		NOJ	W	115	112	51	93	.548				13	18	.722	13	39	34	13	7	24	26	46	94	.489				20	24	.833	17	45	23	16	2	23	25
13	13	1977-11-12		KCK	W	119	114	45	99	.455				29	38	.763	19	52	35	11	5	20	28	48	96	.500				18	27	.667	15	44	23	10	10	20	27
14	14	1977-11-15		DET	W	123	113	51	95	.537				21	27	.778	14	43	30	14	7	19	25	45	92	.489				23	29	.793	14	41	17	5	4	25	21
15	15	1977-11-18		SAS	W	105	94	46	103	.447				13	17	.765	19	54	27	7	7	15	29	36	95	.379				22	30	.733	26	54	22	8	8	20	20
16	16	1977-11-20	@	NJN	W	125	118	46	98	.469				33	44	.750	20	45	31	14	4	18	24	46	89	.517				26	33	.788	18	51	28	9	8	27	33
17	17	1977-11-22	@	WSB	W	119	114	49	97	.505				21	22	.955	14	47	26	10	4	22	29	47	93	.505				20	30	.667	17	45	22	11	11	21	20
18	18	1977-11-23	@	ATL	L	104	105	36	80	.450				32	36	.889	6	43	23	11	2	26	25	44	88	.500				17	23	.739	8	40	25	15	5	22	32
19	19	1977-11-24	@	NOJ	L	129	131	52	98	.531				25	36	.694	15	43	26	6	3	7	29	50	103	.485				31	37	.838	23	58	25	7	7	14	29
20	20	1977-11-26		IND	W	136	123	50	102	.490				36	47	.766	19	55	25	12	5	25	33	47	95	.495				29	42	.690	16	42	32	11	8	30	40
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1977-11-27	@	PHO	L	97	115	35	85	.412				27	38	.711	13	47	24	11	2	27	23	49	100	.490				17	24	.708	16	52	32	12	5	16	25
22	22	1977-11-29		SEA	W	115	99	43	78	.551				29	35	.829	9	40	33	12	9	28	26	41	94	.436				17	21	.810	20	40	23	14	3	27	32
23	23	1977-12-02		NJN	W	126	92	49	99	.495				28	38	.737	16	59	30	20	3	22	23	39	112	.348				14	24	.583	31	60	18	10	9	26	32
24	24	1977-12-04	@	LAL	W	111	109	49	92	.533				13	24	.542	12	41	33	10	2	15	25	46	93	.495				17	23	.739	21	52	28	8	5	21	23
25	25	1977-12-07		ATL	W	123	116	41	80	.513				41	47	.872	14	43	22	12	5	22	29	43	92	.467				30	38	.789	23	46	22	18	10	22	36
26	26	1977-12-10		MIL	W	118	111	46	83	.554				26	35	.743	13	43	31	10	3	27	32	45	95	.474				21	30	.700	12	37	33	15	4	19	28
27	27	1977-12-13	@	CHI	L	96	99	38	83	.458				20	36	.556	15	44	22	12	7	19	30	35	84	.417				29	36	.806	22	58	21	9	9	24	29
28	28	1977-12-14	@	KCK	L	98	124	36	89	.404				26	35	.743	12	50	21	6	2	24	26	50	105	.476				24	29	.828	14	55	25	15	10	12	28
29	29	1977-12-16		WSB	L	112	117	48	108	.444				16	19	.842	15	51	27	10	3	23	35	49	95	.516				19	31	.613	8	46	34	11	10	27	24
30	30	1977-12-20	@	SEA	L	88	93	31	81	.383				26	34	.765	10	41	19	9	4	20	26	38	102	.373				17	28	.607	27	69	22	10	4	23	28
31	31	1977-12-23	@	GSW	L	93	98	33	78	.423				27	32	.844	9	41	19	14	4	27	25	40	91	.440				18	25	.720	13	44	26	14	5	21	23
32	32	1977-12-26		PHO	W	127	108	45	99	.455				37	43	.860	23	61	26	14	4	18	32	45	91	.495				18	28	.643	11	39	31	9	6	20	30
33	33	1977-12-28		GSW	W	130	108	50	95	.526				30	41	.732	20	65	28	5	10	20	28	42	107	.393				24	29	.828	18	48	28	9	3	15	30
34	34	1977-12-30	@	ATL	W	106	104	34	70	.486				38	44	.864	7	35	16	10	7	26	32	35	76	.461				34	39	.872	9	34	20	6	6	19	37
35	35	1978-01-03	@	WSB	W	101	100	44	101	.436				13	21	.619	12	42	24	15	3	13	27	40	79	.506				20	31	.645	7	44	23	6	8	25	24
36	36	1978-01-04	@	SAS	W	119	114	44	78	.564				31	41	.756	11	43	25	13	7	23	28	48	92	.522				18	22	.818	11	33	31	11	9	21	29
37	37	1978-01-08		CHI	W	109	104	46	91	.505				17	26	.654	15	44	27	4	6	15	26	38	87	.437				28	37	.757	17	43	26	4	3	12	22
38	38	1978-01-10		NOJ	W	115	110	43	108	.398				29	38	.763	20	58	29	16	5	16	32	44	99	.444				22	29	.759	12	53	27	5	9	25	31
39	39	1978-01-12	@	HOU	W	109	106	41	76	.539				27	32	.844	17	43	24	6	3	19	23	46	92	.500				14	16	.875	11	29	20	10	2	7	26
40	40	1978-01-14		LAL	W	123	112	52	100	.520				19	25	.760	15	54	38	6	3	16	22	49	98	.500				14	19	.737	9	40	30	5	2	13	23
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1978-01-17		CLE	W	104	89	45	92	.489				14	20	.700	16	57	28	11	11	25	21	37	96	.385				15	18	.833	13	38	23	10	5	16	20
42	42	1978-01-19	@	MIL	L	109	114	40	88	.455				29	37	.784	14	47	27	8	9	23	30	44	97	.454				26	35	.743	15	47	29	13	7	15	24
43	43	1978-01-22		NYK	L	141	143	47	97	.485				47	59	.797	14	37	29	14	2	24	31	58	98	.592				27	37	.730	11	48	39	11	7	31	42
44	44	1978-01-24	@	CHI	L	114	131	48	89	.539				18	25	.720	12	39	20	7	5	22	30	51	90	.567				29	40	.725	14	45	42	13	3	14	23
45	45	1978-01-25		BUF	W	121	119	50	104	.481				21	26	.808	20	53	39	12	2	27	23	50	96	.521				19	26	.731	14	43	32	15	7	29	25
46	46	1978-01-27		HOU	W	105	100	39	91	.429				27	34	.794	17	56	23	4	8	20	9	49	97	.505				2	4	.500	8	41	35	7	4	13	30
47	47	1978-01-29		PHI	L	117	118	46	91	.505				25	28	.893	12	33	32	14	3	15	23	50	90	.556				18	26	.692	21	53	31	6	6	26	26
48	48	1978-01-31	@	NYK	W	119	115	47	87	.540				25	32	.781	13	40	30	11	3	20	19	50	89	.562				15	23	.652	16	41	29	9	8	23	25
49	49	1978-02-01	@	PHI	L	101	104	39	99	.394				23	32	.719	16	48	21	16	2	19	37	32	87	.368				40	52	.769	23	64	20	7	9	29	27
50	50	1978-02-03		DET	W	115	102	47	97	.485				21	27	.778	13	52	35	12	5	22	22	37	93	.398				28	36	.778	11	52	24	15	8	27	30
51	51	1978-02-08		ATL	W	114	109	40	67	.597				34	41	.829	7	37	29	6	8	28	21	46	96	.479				17	18	.944	18	39	33	12	5	19	33
52	52	1978-02-09	@	GSW	L	108	119	46	89	.517				16	20	.800	13	48	30	11	3	29	21	54	104	.519				11	13	.846	15	44	32	11	6	18	21
53	53	1978-02-10	@	SEA	L	123	126	50	89	.562				23	37	.622	13	49	26	11	1	21	24	56	115	.487				14	22	.636	23	54	25	9	3	16	28
54	54	1978-02-12	@	POR	W	103	101	38	77	.494				27	33	.818	11	45	22	13	4	21	21	45	91	.495				11	20	.550	13	41	29	11	5	21	26
55	55	1978-02-14		WSB	W	103	98	43	93	.462				17	26	.654	17	54	25	7	5	16	21	42	104	.404				14	18	.778	23	58	29	7	6	14	21
56	56	1978-02-16	@	CLE	L	87	119	34	87	.391				19	29	.655	8	35	18	12	2	22	20	51	105	.486				17	18	.944	16	55	32	13	7	20	27
57	57	1978-02-17		POR	W	112	105	40	88	.455				32	37	.865	14	49	29	13	8	20	22	44	107	.411				17	26	.654	24	56	26	11	7	19	28
58	58	1978-02-19		BOS	W	118	115	51	94	.543				16	19	.842	12	42	35	6	7	20	17	50	101	.495				15	21	.714	15	42	29	15	6	16	22
59	59	1978-02-22		IND	L	96	99	37	94	.394				22	35	.629	15	51	24	8	6	18	24	42	94	.447				15	24	.625	12	50	29	11	9	19	24
60	60	1978-02-24	@	LAL	L	99	109	41	89	.461				17	21	.810	15	48	22	5	1	23	15	48	96	.500				13	20	.650	12	42	31	13	7	14	22
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1978-02-25		PHI	W	124	115	46	91	.505				32	39	.821	10	47	34	11	6	21	28	43	95	.453				29	36	.806	13	45	28	11	7	20	31
62	62	1978-02-28	@	IND	W	122	106	48	89	.539				26	33	.788	11	46	30	8	3	15	22	43	92	.467				20	26	.769	16	47	32	13	3	17	26
63	63	1978-03-01		CLE	L	104	110	37	97	.381				30	41	.732	21	58	20	5	7	25	32	42	105	.400				26	36	.722	23	58	27	10	13	17	33
64	64	1978-03-04		KCK	W	123	114	44	93	.473				35	47	.745	21	53	25	9	11	21	24	51	106	.481				12	14	.857	22	50	25	11	7	23	32
65	65	1978-03-07		PHO	L	112	126	43	105	.410				26	35	.743	29	65	26	4	6	24	28	50	94	.532				26	30	.867	4	32	40	18	11	15	24
66	66	1978-03-10	@	KCK	L	120	126	41	89	.461				38	49	.776	16	47	20	9	4	15	31	48	92	.522				30	36	.833	8	38	31	7	4	13	33
67	67	1978-03-12		CHI	W	98	95	35	79	.443				28	38	.737	10	46	26	16	5	18	26	37	80	.463				21	27	.778	7	42	27	11	4	21	27
68	68	1978-03-15		GSW	W	123	111	45	78	.577				33	45	.733	9	45	37	9	2	19	25	45	92	.489				21	29	.724	11	32	29	14	4	16	33
69	69	1978-03-17	@	NJN	L	109	111	42	98	.429				25	32	.781	16	59	21	11	10	27	23	49	108	.454				13	20	.650	11	47	31	11	12	19	24
70	70	1978-03-19	@	BOS	L	95	122	31	89	.348				33	41	.805	16	46	16	3	5	16	26	49	99	.495				24	37	.649	14	53	33	8	2	12	28
71	71	1978-03-21		NYK	L	114	115	46	98	.469				22	28	.786	18	49	29	13	10	18	29	43	87	.494				29	37	.784	16	45	30	12	7	21	25
72	72	1978-03-23	@	SAS	L	106	123	48	92	.522				10	15	.667		33	34	14	5	25	25	51	89	.573				21	28	.750		37	33	14	7	21	20
73	73	1978-03-26	@	NOJ	W	109	100	45	89	.506				19	26	.731	8	47	27	14	4	17	21	42	91	.462				16	27	.593	13	50	29	10	8	22	24
74	74	1978-03-28	@	NYK	L	103	106	44	94	.468				15	21	.714		49	26			28	18	44	92	.478				18	19	.947		40	29			19	20
75	75	1978-03-29		BOS	W	109	106	42	93	.452				25	29	.862	12	43	24	10	6	15	24	43	84	.512				20	36	.556	16	52	29	8	3	19	25
76	76	1978-03-31		SEA	L	109	111	44	93	.473				21	28	.750	18	50	30	5	9	19	31	40	99	.404				31	42	.738	25	55	17	9	8	16	27
77	77	1978-04-02		HOU	W	109	100	41	95	.432				27	36	.750	18	59	26	7	9	20	24	39	97	.402				22	26	.846	15	46	25	6	8	14	28
78	78	1978-04-03	@	BUF	W	104	95	39	86	.453				26	34	.765		47	25			15	23	37	84	.440				21	26	.808		42	22			19	26
79	79	1978-04-05		NJN	W	129	121	49	92	.533				31	43	.721	12	46	38	11	8	27	20	50	97	.515				21	33	.636	10	39	30	16	7	23	30
80	80	1978-04-06	@	PHO	W	111	105	46	99	.465				19	26	.731	18	53	26	7	5	13	23	47	94	.500				11	22	.500	10	39	30	6	4	13	20
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1978-04-07	@	POR	L	93	97	29	75	.387				35	47	.745	15	55	11	9	7	23	33	35	95	.368				27	36	.750	22	59	21	11	1	18	35
82	82	1978-04-09	@	DET	L	137	139	55	90	.611				27	32	.844	11	44	28	15	5	22	24	56	102	.549				27	33	.818	15	40	23	13	3	17	21

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