1979-80 Denver Nuggets Schedule | Basketball-Reference.com

1979-80 Denver Nuggets Schedule and Results

Record: 30-52, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Donnie Walsh (30-52)

PTS/G: 108.3 (14th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 112.7 (18th of 22)

SRS: -4.22 (20th of 22) Pace: 103.9 (9th of 22)

Off Rtg: 103.4 (18th of 22) Def Rtg: 107.6 (17th of 22) Net Rtg: -4.2 (19th of 22)

Expected W-L: 30-52 (19th of 22)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 13, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		96	125	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Oct 14, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		93	109	0	2	L 2
3	Tue, Oct 16, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		106	108	0	3	L 3
4	Wed, Oct 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		97	125	0	4	L 4
5	Fri, Oct 19, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		84	107	0	5	L 5
6	Tue, Oct 23, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		127	132	0	6	L 6
7	Wed, Oct 24, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		87	88	0	7	L 7
8	Sat, Oct 27, 1979	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		116	96	1	7	W 1
9	Tue, Oct 30, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		121	112	2	7	W 2
10	Wed, Oct 31, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		89	97	2	8	L 1
11	Fri, Nov 2, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		113	99	3	8	W 1
12	Sat, Nov 3, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		103	130	3	9	L 1
13	Wed, Nov 7, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		113	92	4	9	W 1
14	Thu, Nov 8, 1979	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		96	92	5	9	W 2
15	Fri, Nov 9, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	122	126	5	10	L 1
16	Sun, Nov 11, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		91	116	5	11	L 2
17	Tue, Nov 13, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		116	110	6	11	W 1
18	Thu, Nov 15, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		102	120	6	12	L 1
19	Fri, Nov 16, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	128	135	6	13	L 2
20	Sun, Nov 18, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		92	109	6	14	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Nov 20, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		124	91	7	14	W 1
22	Wed, Nov 21, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		105	84	8	14	W 2
23	Sat, Nov 24, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		101	115	8	15	L 1
24	Tue, Nov 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		96	91	9	15	W 1
25	Wed, Nov 28, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		97	119	9	16	L 1	13,177	1:55
26	Fri, Nov 30, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		118	127	9	17	L 2
27	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		112	121	9	18	L 3
28	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		123	107	10	18	W 1
29	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		103	119	10	19	L 1
30	Sun, Dec 9, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		118	131	10	20	L 2
31	Tue, Dec 11, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		127	121	11	20	W 1
32	Fri, Dec 14, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		108	112	11	21	L 1
33	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		98	106	11	22	L 2
34	Sun, Dec 16, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		121	123	11	23	L 3
35	Wed, Dec 19, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		114	106	12	23	W 1
36	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		130	128	13	23	W 2
37	Tue, Dec 25, 1979	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		111	122	13	24	L 1
38	Wed, Dec 26, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		99	94	14	24	W 1
39	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		98	114	14	25	L 1
40	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		106	124	14	26	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 2, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		135	116	15	26	W 1
42	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		111	105	16	26	W 2
43	Sun, Jan 6, 1980	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		101	120	16	27	L 1
44	Tue, Jan 8, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		134	137	16	28	L 2
45	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		112	114	16	29	L 3
46	Fri, Jan 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		99	112	16	30	L 4			at St. Louis, MO
47	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		102	105	16	31	L 5
48	Tue, Jan 15, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		99	107	16	32	L 6
49	Wed, Jan 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		99	117	16	33	L 7
50	Fri, Jan 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		120	111	17	33	W 1
51	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		108	117	17	34	L 1
52	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		93	118	17	35	L 2
53	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		100	96	18	35	W 1
54	Tue, Jan 29, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		111	121	18	36	L 1
55	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		114	122	18	37	L 2
56	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		127	126	19	37	W 1
57	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		122	111	20	37	W 2
58	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		123	104	21	37	W 3
59	Tue, Feb 12, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		111	128	21	38	L 1
60	Thu, Feb 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		84	93	21	39	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 15, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		111	98	22	39	W 1
62	Sun, Feb 17, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		112	99	23	39	W 2
63	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		103	116	23	40	L 1
64	Fri, Feb 22, 1980	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W	OT	122	121	24	40	W 1
65	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		105	124	24	41	L 1	17,298	1:59
66	Tue, Feb 26, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		121	112	25	41	W 1
67	Fri, Feb 29, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		103	104	25	42	L 1
68	Sun, Mar 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		93	100	25	43	L 2
69	Wed, Mar 5, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	109	26	43	W 1
70	Fri, Mar 7, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		104	113	26	44	L 1
71	Sat, Mar 8, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		97	104	26	45	L 2
72	Tue, Mar 11, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		96	87	27	45	W 1
73	Thu, Mar 13, 1980	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		102	116	27	46	L 1
74	Fri, Mar 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		126	132	27	47	L 2
75	Sun, Mar 16, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		127	107	28	47	W 1
76	Tue, Mar 18, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		96	94	29	47	W 2
77	Thu, Mar 20, 1980	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		105	121	29	48	L 1
78	Fri, Mar 21, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W	3OT	134	128	30	48	W 1
79	Sun, Mar 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		102	118	30	49	L 1
80	Tue, Mar 25, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		91	109	30	50	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Wed, Mar 26, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		115	122	30	51	L 3
82	Thu, Mar 27, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		95	143	30	52	L 4

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