1978-79 Denver Nuggets Game Log

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Record: 47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Larry Brown (28-25), Donnie Walsh (19-10)

Executive: Carl Scheer

PTS/G: 110.7 (9th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 109.5 (7th of 22)

SRS: 1.24 (10th of 22) Pace: 105.9 (13th of 22)

Off Rtg: 104.4 (10th of 22) Def Rtg: 103.2 (11th of 22) Net Rtg: +1.2 (11th of 22)

Expected W-L: 44-38 (11th of 22)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

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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	1978-10-13		SAS	W	118	117	44	84	.524				30	47	.638	12	48	29	11	2	19	29	44	95	.463				29	40	.725	12	42	25	9	9	18	32
2	2	1978-10-15	@	SDC	W	98	94	36	86	.419				26	33	.788	15	46	18	7	5	18	29	35	87	.402				24	30	.800	15	47	11	9	4	21	34
3	3	1978-10-18		POR	W	125	113	49	90	.544				27	43	.628	17	48	31	8	8	16	30	45	98	.459				23	27	.852	18	49	22	4	6	20	31
4	4	1978-10-20	@	NJN	W	126	117	46	69	.667				34	45	.756	5	45	26	5	4	31	34	45	104	.433				27	36	.750	16	37	27	8	0	13	33
5	5	1978-10-21	@	ATL	L	125	130	43	77	.558				39	55	.709	11	39	19	0	6	18	34	43	87	.494				44	51	.863	15	44	23	7	3	10	39
6	6	1978-10-25		PHO	W	108	104	41	93	.441				26	42	.619	25	60	25	11	3	24	21	46	91	.505				12	14	.857	7	39	35	11	9	23	25
7	7	1978-10-27	@	IND	L	99	112	37	99	.374				25	31	.806	26	62	21	3	9	22	25	46	96	.479				20	25	.800	13	51	32	12	8	15	30
8	8	1978-10-29		HOU	W	134	121	50	102	.490				34	43	.791	20	52	35	9	5	19	28	49	103	.476				23	30	.767	20	46	32	8	3	25	33
9	9	1978-10-31	@	LAL	L	107	134	45	85	.529				17	26	.654	8	36	31	7	3	26	23	60	100	.600				14	17	.824	9	41	35	15	4	17	21
10	10	1978-11-03		CLE	W	110	93	44	78	.564				22	29	.759	12	53	34	5	10	24	27	38	106	.358				17	27	.630	19	41	13	10	2	14	21
11	11	1978-11-04	@	KCK	L	107	109	42	87	.483				23	27	.852	12	42	22	9	7	20	19	47	91	.516				15	19	.789	16	45	29	8	7	19	23
12	12	1978-11-09		NYK	W	116	109	51	102	.500				14	20	.700	15	50	37	10	8	23	20	45	100	.450				19	28	.679	16	52	26	13	3	21	23
13	13	1978-11-10	@	PHO	W	150	132	60	93	.645				30	41	.732	11	46	32	13	4	21	30	51	92	.554				30	40	.750	7	26	30	12	3	23	31
14	14	1978-11-11		KCK	L	113	117	39	88	.443				35	53	.660	23	53	26	6	10	22	35	43	95	.453				31	41	.756	19	47	26	6	7	20	41
15	15	1978-11-14	@	NYK	L	100	106	44	102	.431				12	20	.600	23	48	26	7	2	17	16	49	89	.551				8	13	.615	14	44	25	7	8	22	18
16	16	1978-11-15	@	PHI	L	103	109	43	90	.478				17	29	.586	14	42	28	9	7	24	31	42	92	.457				25	35	.714	21	52	23	12	10	25	28
17	17	1978-11-17	@	BOS	L	118	120	47	93	.505				24	38	.632	19	41	21	9	5	21	31	43	84	.512				34	43	.791	10	38	22	10	3	18	33
18	18	1978-11-18	@	WSB	L	114	119	49	103	.476				16	28	.571	15	45	23	10	9	12	31	47	87	.540				25	35	.714	14	48	30	6	11	16	26
19	19	1978-11-22		ATL	L	111	113	36	89	.404				39	51	.765	20	47	24	9	2	17	25	46	84	.548				21	30	.700	9	41	21	3	11	20	41
20	20	1978-11-24	@	SEA	W	103	100	36	75	.480				31	41	.756	14	48	21	7	6	26	35	37	92	.402				26	36	.722	14	36	22	9	3	16	35
								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	1978-11-25		SEA	L	104	110	45	89	.506				14	25	.560	19	43	31	14	5	24	25	46	89	.517				18	22	.818	18	46	28	12	3	22	19
22	22	1978-11-28	@	MIL	L	100	117	36	75	.480				28	38	.737	10	32	26	8	5	24	27	48	87	.552				21	27	.778	10	38	36	11	8	18	30
23	23	1978-11-30	@	NOJ	L	105	111	38	97	.392				29	41	.707	24	60	19	9	4	18	25	42	86	.488				27	36	.750	11	54	30	6	14	18	26
24	24	1978-12-01		DET	W	125	120	48	92	.522				29	38	.763	17	45	32	6	7	17	23	50	102	.490				20	28	.714	22	48	28	10	4	15	29
25	25	1978-12-02	@	SAS	W	104	93	41	75	.547				22	31	.710	9	46	36	6	2	23	22	37	90	.411				19	24	.792	16	39	23	11	3	17	26
26	26	1978-12-06		NJN	W	92	83	30	63	.476				32	44	.727	12	47	26	6	3	27	28	34	87	.391				15	24	.625	17	39	17	11	7	18	35
27	27	1978-12-09		MIL	W	113	103	43	82	.524				27	42	.643	14	47	29	5	3	24	22	43	89	.483				17	26	.654	12	41	29	13	5	19	29
28	28	1978-12-12		SAS	W	107	103	44	91	.484				19	26	.731	18	49	31	4	8	17	14	46	98	.469				11	12	.917	14	38	28	11	6	16	27
29	29	1978-12-15		POR	L	113	116	46	81	.568				21	28	.750	9	36	25	10	4	24	31	44	87	.506				28	34	.824	13	40	24	14	2	20	26
30	30	1978-12-17	@	POR	L	110	123	40	89	.449				30	50	.600	14	40	22	11	5	23	32	42	87	.483				39	43	.907	17	57	21	16	4	25	36
31	31	1978-12-20		NOJ	W	121	112	45	97	.464				31	43	.721	15	39	30	16	6	10	28	40	79	.506				32	39	.821	13	44	25	2	5	27	31
32	32	1978-12-22	@	GSW	W	107	103	41	91	.451				25	34	.735	20	52	24	9	8	24	24	41	81	.506				21	22	.955	7	38	24	15	6	22	26
33	33	1978-12-26		PHO	L	102	106	36	81	.444				30	46	.652	18	52	21	12	6	31	24	49	98	.500				8	17	.471	11	40	36	14	5	24	29
34	34	1978-12-28		CHI	L	107	111	43	94	.457				21	30	.700	19	50	29	6	2	15	31	44	84	.524				23	31	.742	10	40	30	3	6	17	31
35	35	1978-12-29	@	CHI	L	117	123	42	98	.429				33	45	.733	23	48	29	8	4	12	33	40	84	.476				43	52	.827	17	52	25	5	7	16	33
36	36	1978-12-30	@	ATL	L	87	113	36	74	.486				15	25	.600	10	33	14	11	3	32	32	45	80	.563				23	29	.793	14	44	29	15	7	30	27
37	37	1979-01-02	@	KCK	W	99	97	36	80	.450				27	32	.844	18	54	21	6	8	27	20	38	92	.413				21	29	.724	14	34	28	9	7	13	21
38	38	1979-01-03		KCK	L	101	108	32	85	.376				37	53	.698	22	49	19	11	2	26	33	39	77	.506				30	41	.732	13	43	21	11	6	30	39
39	39	1979-01-05	@	SEA	W	95	92	36	89	.404				23	29	.793	10	39	14	10	1	13	26	36	85	.424				20	28	.714	18	58	19	6	3	24	26
40	40	1979-01-06		BOS	W	127	98	54	93	.581				19	21	.905	12	47	41	11	5	12	23	41	85	.482				16	24	.667	13	38	25	4	2	19	18
								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	1979-01-09		WSB	W	121	90	49	91	.538				23	26	.885	8	51	25	15	11	20	26	34	94	.362				22	31	.710	13	45	16	6	4	20	21
42	42	1979-01-12		NYK	W	126	119	51	101	.505				24	29	.828	17	46	26	12	4	15	20	47	93	.505				25	32	.781	15	44	31	6	7	17	22
43	43	1979-01-14		IND	W	111	109	43	80	.538				25	39	.641	13	46	30	6	7	13	23	45	91	.495				19	26	.731	14	38	24	6	3	9	28
44	44	1979-01-16	@	NOJ	W	104	100	40	85	.471				24	28	.857	12	48	29	11	6	27	31	33	91	.363				34	42	.810	15	51	23	16	13	21	27
45	45	1979-01-17	@	SAS	L	101	119	38	100	.380				25	34	.735	18	51	28	5	4	22	31	43	92	.467				33	40	.825	16	51	30	5	10	22	29
46	46	1979-01-19	@	IND	W	101	98	34	78	.436				33	40	.825	14	52	20	6	3	19	29	39	80	.488				20	25	.800	5	33	24	4	5	17	31
47	47	1979-01-20		GSW	W	109	106	39	78	.500				31	38	.816	11	46	31	11	9	23	26	47	94	.500				12	18	.667	11	43	32	10	2	16	31
48	48	1979-01-22		DET	L	117	121	45	101	.446				27	36	.750	24	46	27	7	7	16	31	45	85	.529				31	41	.756	17	47	29	8	10	18	33
49	49	1979-01-23	@	CLE	L	107	108	38	76	.500				31	41	.756	18	45	20	10	2	21	23	42	94	.447				24	27	.889	19	40	18	9	2	12	26
50	50	1979-01-24	@	HOU	L	116	117	48	86	.558				20	33	.606	13	42	22	3	2	23	20	51	94	.543				15	17	.882	13	35	22	6	5	14	29
51	51	1979-01-26		LAL	W	119	107	52	106	.491				15	22	.682	23	54	31	14	5	12	22	43	96	.448				21	26	.808	16	45	31	8	7	18	17
52	52	1979-01-28		CHI	W	98	87	43	90	.478				12	16	.750	13	52	31	7	10	15	22	39	96	.406				9	13	.692	20	52	23	5	6	19	20
53	53	1979-01-30	@	POR	L	76	82	30	79	.380				16	23	.696	17	44	18	11	4	22	22	37	101	.366				8	12	.667	27	58	19	11	12	18	20
54	54	1979-02-02	@	SDC	L	100	124	38	91	.418				24	30	.800	13	42	16	4	4	27	30	49	96	.510				26	35	.743	13	41	23	14	4	14	28
55	55	1979-02-07		CLE	W	120	105	47	90	.522				26	33	.788	16	56	38	7	2	19	26	46	97	.474				13	16	.813	7	33	26	7	6	11	21
56	56	1979-02-09	@	GSW	W	106	104	41	79	.519				24	41	.585	10	41	21	9	6	18	18	43	94	.457				18	21	.857	15	48	24	10	3	17	24
57	57	1979-02-11	@	MIL	L	87	126	35	86	.407				17	24	.708	17	37	23	10	3	29	28	52	90	.578				22	26	.846	16	47	36	16	4	22	30
58	58	1979-02-13	@	CHI	W	104	94	41	92	.446				22	27	.815	12	47	25	9	6	15	26	36	94	.383				22	27	.815	20	59	22	6	1	22	28
59	59	1979-02-14	@	DET	L	107	111	43	85	.506				21	30	.700	12	48	26	6	4	23	23	47	96	.490				17	26	.654	15	45	27	10	10	12	22
60	60	1979-02-16		SDC	L	104	118	43	108	.398				18	25	.720	30	52	29	5	6	14	32	46	86	.535				26	37	.703	18	50	21	3	6	18	25
								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	1979-02-18		NOJ	W	115	112	46	85	.541				23	37	.622	14	45	33	8	5	15	27	47	92	.511				18	26	.692	12	33	29	8	5	16	29
62	62	1979-02-21		IND	W	114	109	45	85	.529				24	32	.750	17	50	33	3	8	25	27	44	97	.454				21	30	.700	16	41	24	11	3	14	25
63	63	1979-02-24		MIL	W	132	117	56	96	.583				20	24	.833	17	47	39	7	2	21	23	53	100	.530				11	15	.733	15	36	37	8	5	17	28
64	64	1979-02-25		PHI	L	111	119	41	97	.423				29	38	.763	18	50	29	14	3	26	32	47	95	.495				25	33	.758	18	54	34	16	8	25	28
65	65	1979-02-27		SEA	W	121	106	48	98	.490				25	31	.806	20	58	33	5	6	17	24	45	101	.446				16	27	.593	20	47	25	5	5	16	26
66	66	1979-02-28	@	HOU	L	97	122	40	107	.374				17	23	.739	27	55	23	6	4	18	17	54	107	.505				14	16	.875	22	56	39	6	6	13	22
67	67	1979-03-02	@	PHO	W	119	105	46	96	.479				27	37	.730	23	60	26	13	1	20	25	43	96	.448				19	23	.826	13	40	28	8	3	19	23
68	68	1979-03-04	@	LAL	W	113	99	50	99	.505				13	19	.684	11	53	32	5	0	12	17	44	92	.478				11	15	.733	7	42	29	8	7	11	20
69	69	1979-03-06		HOU	L	118	119	47	89	.528				24	35	.686	14	38	30	9	5	19	25	47	86	.547				25	32	.781	12	39	34	9	7	19	24
70	70	1979-03-11		WSB	L	98	119	43	99	.434				12	27	.444	18	48	22	9	4	18	26	49	93	.527				21	28	.750	16	53	36	10	6	23	19
71	71	1979-03-14		NJN	W	120	100	43	98	.439				34	41	.829	18	59	33	11	8	22	27	40	96	.417				20	33	.606	16	45	23	10	12	21	29
72	72	1979-03-17		ATL	W	118	111	43	85	.506				32	43	.744	15	52	28	3	9	13	31	42	94	.447				27	36	.750	12	43	31	5	8	11	33
73	73	1979-03-20		GSW	W	113	102	45	81	.556				23	34	.676	13	44	30	8	2	24	22	47	94	.500				8	13	.615	14	40	28	14	2	23	27
74	74	1979-03-23		BOS	W	137	113	56	100	.560				25	32	.781	15	51	34	9	7	13	20	51	97	.526				11	18	.611	9	40	31	4	6	19	26
75	75	1979-03-25		LAL	W	123	113	45	88	.511				33	50	.660	15	48	24	11	4	15	19	48	97	.495				17	22	.773	18	50	29	11	7	20	35
76	76	1979-03-28	@	DET	W	115	110	43	87	.494				29	37	.784	16	45	19	9	3	14	17	49	108	.454				12	19	.632	29	56	28	6	5	15	26
77	77	1979-03-30		SDC	W	130	121	46	92	.500				38	48	.792	16	54	24	6	2	14	26	48	110	.436				25	31	.806	20	50	23	6	5	13	36
78	78	1979-04-01	@	WSB	L	89	105	35	86	.407				19	28	.679	19	56	13	2	7	27	29	45	101	.446				15	21	.714	21	54	26	10	6	12	24
79	79	1979-04-03	@	NJN	W	110	97	39	92	.424				32	42	.762	18	55	28	7	9	15	25	38	90	.422				21	35	.600	13	46	23	8	9	18	27
80	80	1979-04-05	@	NYK	W	114	107	39	82	.476				36	52	.692	13	46	22	8	4	15	25	46	108	.426				15	21	.714	17	51	29	7	4	13	32
								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	1979-04-06	@	BOS	W	107	101	43	85	.506				21	27	.778	10	38	24	12	6	27	16	44	93	.473				13	14	.929	14	42	21	16	0	26	23
82	82	1979-04-08	@	PHI	L	111	112	46	101	.455				19	25	.760	19	46	23	6	5	18	21	50	95	.526				12	17	.706	15	47	29	8	9	18	25

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