1977-78 Denver Nuggets Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Oct 19, 1977	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		133	115	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Oct 21, 1977	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		106	101	2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Oct 22, 1977	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		106	126	2	1	L 1
4	Tue, Oct 25, 1977	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		104	129	2	2	L 2
5	Wed, Oct 26, 1977	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		111	108	3	2	W 1
6	Sat, Oct 29, 1977	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		127	111	4	2	W 2
7	Tue, Nov 1, 1977	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		93	110	4	3	L 1
8	Wed, Nov 2, 1977	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		100	104	4	4	L 2
9	Fri, Nov 4, 1977	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		109	107	5	4	W 1	13,819
10	Sat, Nov 5, 1977	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		101	132	5	5	L 1
11	Tue, Nov 8, 1977	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		111	101	6	5	W 1
12	Wed, Nov 9, 1977	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		115	112	7	5	W 2
13	Sat, Nov 12, 1977	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		119	114	8	5	W 3
14	Tue, Nov 15, 1977	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		123	113	9	5	W 4
15	Fri, Nov 18, 1977	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		105	94	10	5	W 5
16	Sun, Nov 20, 1977	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		125	118	11	5	W 6
17	Tue, Nov 22, 1977	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		119	114	12	5	W 7
18	Wed, Nov 23, 1977	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		104	105	12	6	L 1
19	Thu, Nov 24, 1977	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		129	131	12	7	L 2
20	Sat, Nov 26, 1977	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		136	123	13	7	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Nov 27, 1977	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		97	115	13	8	L 1
22	Tue, Nov 29, 1977	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		115	99	14	8	W 1
23	Fri, Dec 2, 1977	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		126	92	15	8	W 2
24	Sun, Dec 4, 1977	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		111	109	16	8	W 3
25	Wed, Dec 7, 1977	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		123	116	17	8	W 4
26	Sat, Dec 10, 1977	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		118	111	18	8	W 5
27	Tue, Dec 13, 1977	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		96	99	18	9	L 1
28	Wed, Dec 14, 1977	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		98	124	18	10	L 2
29	Fri, Dec 16, 1977	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L	OT	112	117	18	11	L 3
30	Tue, Dec 20, 1977	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		88	93	18	12	L 4
31	Fri, Dec 23, 1977	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		93	98	18	13	L 5
32	Mon, Dec 26, 1977	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		127	108	19	13	W 1
33	Wed, Dec 28, 1977	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		130	108	20	13	W 2
34	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		106	104	21	13	W 3			at Charlotte, NC
35	Tue, Jan 3, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		101	100	22	13	W 4
36	Wed, Jan 4, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		119	114	23	13	W 5
37	Sun, Jan 8, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		109	104	24	13	W 6
38	Tue, Jan 10, 1978	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W	OT	115	110	25	13	W 7
39	Thu, Jan 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		109	106	26	13	W 8
40	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		123	112	27	13	W 9
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 17, 1978	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		104	89	28	13	W 10
42	Thu, Jan 19, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		109	114	28	14	L 1
43	Sun, Jan 22, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	141	143	28	15	L 2
44	Tue, Jan 24, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		114	131	28	16	L 3
45	Wed, Jan 25, 1978	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W	OT	121	119	29	16	W 1
46	Fri, Jan 27, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		105	100	30	16	W 2
47	Sun, Jan 29, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		117	118	30	17	L 1
48	Tue, Jan 31, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		119	115	31	17	W 1
49	Wed, Feb 1, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		101	104	31	18	L 1
50	Fri, Feb 3, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		115	102	32	18	W 1
51	Wed, Feb 8, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		114	109	33	18	W 2
52	Thu, Feb 9, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		108	119	33	19	L 1
53	Fri, Feb 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	OT	123	126	33	20	L 2
54	Sun, Feb 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		103	101	34	20	W 1
55	Tue, Feb 14, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		103	98	35	20	W 2
56	Thu, Feb 16, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		87	119	35	21	L 1
57	Fri, Feb 17, 1978	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		112	105	36	21	W 1
58	Sun, Feb 19, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		118	115	37	21	W 2	17,404
59	Wed, Feb 22, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		96	99	37	22	L 1
60	Fri, Feb 24, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		99	109	37	23	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		124	115	38	23	W 1
62	Tue, Feb 28, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		122	106	39	23	W 2
63	Wed, Mar 1, 1978	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		104	110	39	24	L 1
64	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		123	114	40	24	W 1
65	Tue, Mar 7, 1978	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		112	126	40	25	L 1
66	Fri, Mar 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		120	126	40	26	L 2
67	Sun, Mar 12, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		98	95	41	26	W 1
68	Wed, Mar 15, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		123	111	42	26	W 2
69	Fri, Mar 17, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L	OT	109	111	42	27	L 1
70	Sun, Mar 19, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		95	122	42	28	L 2	13,172
71	Tue, Mar 21, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		114	115	42	29	L 3
72	Thu, Mar 23, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		106	123	42	30	L 4
73	Sun, Mar 26, 1978	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		109	100	43	30	W 1
74	Tue, Mar 28, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		103	106	43	31	L 1
75	Wed, Mar 29, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		109	106	44	31	W 1	17,627
76	Fri, Mar 31, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		109	111	44	32	L 1
77	Sun, Apr 2, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		109	100	45	32	W 1
78	Mon, Apr 3, 1978	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		104	95	46	32	W 2
79	Wed, Apr 5, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		129	121	47	32	W 3
80	Thu, Apr 6, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		111	105	48	32	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		93	97	48	33	L 1
82	Sun, Apr 9, 1978	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		137	139	48	34	L 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Apr 18, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W	119	103	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Apr 21, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W	127	111	2	0	W 2
3	Sun, Apr 23, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	112	143	2	1	L 1
4	Tue, Apr 25, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W	118	104	3	1	W 1
5	Fri, Apr 28, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L	112	117	3	2	L 1
6	Sun, Apr 30, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	91	119	3	3	L 2
7	Wed, May 3, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W	116	110	4	3	W 1
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Fri, May 5, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W	116	107	5	3	W 2
9	Sun, May 7, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L	111	121	5	4	L 1
10	Wed, May 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	91	105	5	5	L 2
11	Fri, May 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	94	100	5	6	L 3
12	Sun, May 14, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W	123	114	6	6	W 1
13	Wed, May 17, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	108	123	6	7	L 1

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