1980-81 Denver Nuggets Game Log

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Record: 37-45, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Donnie Walsh (11-20), Doug Moe (26-25)

Executive: Carl Scheer

PTS/G: 121.8 (1st of 23) Opp PTS/G: 122.3 (23rd of 23)

SRS: -0.95 (14th of 23) Pace: 109.8 (1st of 23)

Off Rtg: 109.4 (1st of 23) Def Rtg: 109.8 (22nd of 23) Net Rtg: -0.4 (14th of 23)

Expected W-L: 40-42 (14th of 23)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena Attendance: 423,287 (10th of 23)

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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	1980-10-10		SAS	L	112	113	39	96	.406	1	2	.500	33	41	.805	17	48	22	10	6	21	33	38	80	.475	0	0		37	48	.771	15	50	21	13	6	23	36
2	2	1980-10-12		UTA	L	121	125	47	96	.490	1	4	.250	26	35	.743	15	44	32	9	7	20	33	44	87	.506	0	0		37	44	.841	12	44	30	5	2	17	32
3	3	1980-10-15		DAL	W	133	98	47	88	.534	1	2	.500	38	49	.776	17	48	30	13	6	24	26	36	82	.439	1	4	.250	25	42	.595	17	38	22	6	2	31	35
4	4	1980-10-17	@	SDC	W	129	116	51	88	.580	0	0		27	34	.794	7	33	23	11	3	17	26	49	87	.563	0	0		18	32	.563	14	43	34	6	4	24	30
5	5	1980-10-18	@	UTA	L	115	117	46	100	.460	0	2	.000	23	32	.719	21	48	23	7	2	14	25	46	79	.582	1	1	1.000	24	30	.800	8	36	28	8	8	17	23
6	6	1980-10-21		HOU	L	117	119	43	100	.430	0	3	.000	31	46	.674	18	51	22	12	6	17	30	45	94	.479	1	2	.500	28	37	.757	17	56	30	9	5	23	33
7	7	1980-10-24		PHO	L	94	117	38	94	.404	0	2	.000	18	24	.750	14	51	24	16	12	37	36	43	94	.457	0	0		31	43	.721	14	57	31	19	6	34	21
8	8	1980-10-25	@	KCK	L	122	125	47	96	.490	0	2	.000	28	33	.848	18	49	24	10	4	14	22	54	103	.524	0	0		17	23	.739	16	49	37	9	7	17	28
9	9	1980-10-29	@	GSW	L	109	115	41	95	.432	1	3	.333	26	34	.765	17	50	23	7	3	23	34	42	93	.452	1	2	.500	30	49	.612	19	51	26	9	4	20	29
10	10	1980-11-01		SEA	W	123	118	48	105	.457	0	0		27	31	.871	22	50	31	4	4	16	21	50	94	.532	0	0		18	25	.720	14	39	31	5	8	16	28
11	11	1980-11-02	@	LAL	W	123	121	50	104	.481	0	1	.000	23	32	.719	19	49	38	4	3	10	24	53	99	.535	0	0		15	22	.682	13	44	40	5	8	15	32
12	12	1980-11-05	@	SEA	W	125	117	52	100	.520	0	1	.000	21	27	.778	15	45	28	6	5	11	23	47	100	.470	1	1	1.000	22	29	.759	19	51	23	5	5	14	23
13	13	1980-11-07		NYK	L	115	124	46	89	.517	1	5	.200	22	30	.733	15	47	26	7	3	19	26	50	93	.538	2	8	.250	22	32	.688	16	43	27	8	5	15	24
14	14	1980-11-08	@	CHI	W	130	126	48	96	.500	4	4	1.000	30	41	.732	9	45	24	13	1	22	32	50	113	.442	1	5	.200	25	30	.833	22	62	20	9	7	25	33
15	15	1980-11-11	@	WSB	L	92	107	37	99	.374	1	4	.250	17	24	.708	24	61	18	6	5	26	20	47	107	.439	0	1	.000	13	20	.650	19	51	35	16	6	11	22
16	16	1980-11-12	@	NJN	L	111	118	39	90	.433	0	3	.000	33	40	.825	11	43	14	10	2	23	24	47	100	.470	0	3	.000	24	28	.857	15	51	30	11	11	20	28
17	17	1980-11-15		POR	W	125	123	44	92	.478	0	1	.000	37	51	.725	12	47	26	5	2	16	24	55	107	.514	0	1	.000	13	23	.565	17	51	28	5	9	16	33
18	18	1980-11-18	@	POR	L	103	122	39	90	.433	0	0		25	39	.641	22	48	23	15	4	24	27	47	85	.553	0	1	.000	28	42	.667	13	50	32	15	2	24	31
19	19	1980-11-21		KCK	W	134	121	50	108	.463	2	2	1.000	32	39	.821	26	64	31	9	9	16	25	53	103	.515	1	7	.143	14	27	.519	18	43	29	5	12	18	26
20	20	1980-11-23	@	PHO	L	113	131	45	94	.479	0	1	.000	23	34	.676	16	40	21	10	1	26	19	59	105	.562	0	1	.000	13	20	.650	17	53	39	14	6	21	26
								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	1980-11-25	@	SDC	L	94	108	35	87	.402	0	4	.000	24	41	.585	16	50	26	5	4	17	23	44	97	.454	1	2	.500	19	26	.731	15	53	33	12	5	16	30
22	22	1980-11-26		SDC	W	113	109	44	89	.494	0	0		25	33	.758	14	43	20	10	5	22	29	40	79	.506	1	5	.200	28	36	.778	8	37	26	11	7	19	28
23	23	1980-11-28	@	DAL	W	119	117	41	88	.466	0	0		37	46	.804	19	59	25	6	5	17	31	48	113	.425	0	0		21	24	.875	24	58	24	7	4	17	37
24	24	1980-11-29		LAL	L	123	124	45	103	.437	0	3	.000	33	42	.786	16	58	28	9	5	22	28	51	106	.481	0	1	.000	22	28	.786	17	50	28	14	8	23	37
25	25	1980-12-02		CHI	L	124	129	44	88	.500	0	3	.000	36	41	.878	10	38	31	12	5	14	26	53	103	.515	0	1	.000	23	31	.742	22	54	33	8	6	19	30
26	26	1980-12-04	@	UTA	L	118	122	43	84	.512	0	1	.000	32	40	.800	11	42	21	1	0	18	22	50	98	.510	1	2	.500	21	26	.808	17	47	35	11	4	11	29
27	27	1980-12-05		GSW	L	114	119	39	88	.443	0	0		36	46	.783	14	43	24	8	11	13	24	49	104	.471	0	2	.000	21	25	.840	19	53	34	8	6	12	31
28	28	1980-12-06	@	HOU	L	108	111	42	92	.457	2	4	.500	22	29	.759	13	45	24	9	3	26	33	44	94	.468	0	1	.000	23	32	.719	12	40	32	7	5	20	24
29	29	1980-12-10		DAL	W	116	107	46	97	.474	0	0		24	27	.889	15	50	29	12	8	18	30	39	80	.488	0	1	.000	29	39	.744	9	42	28	8	1	23	25
30	30	1980-12-13	@	SAS	L	123	147	52	112	.464	0	1	.000	19	27	.704	17	40	32	11	6	23	21	63	113	.558	0	1	.000	21	26	.808	25	55	46	12	10	18	23
31	31	1980-12-16		KCK	L	118	133	40	95	.421	1	4	.250	37	51	.725	20	47	23	8	3	18	22	60	102	.588	0	1	.000	13	24	.542	12	46	35	11	7	14	35
32	32	1980-12-18	@	CLE	L	122	130	50	97	.515	1	4	.250	21	29	.724	18	43	28	3	3	15	31	52	92	.565	0	1	.000	26	33	.788	13	42	31	7	1	13	28
33	33	1980-12-20	@	NYK	L	114	120	44	90	.489	0	2	.000	26	35	.743	20	47	24	7	6	21	28	47	100	.470	0	0		26	34	.765	19	49	21	11	5	21	27
34	34	1980-12-23	@	BOS	L	128	136	48	107	.449	1	4	.250	31	33	.939	23	43	24	15	0	19	27	54	88	.614	0	1	.000	28	38	.737	11	43	34	11	12	25	31
35	35	1980-12-26	@	DAL	L	111	119	45	91	.495	0	2	.000	21	28	.750	14	42	26	5	3	11	29	45	96	.469	0	0		29	39	.744	23	54	28	5	1	15	26
36	36	1980-12-27		PHI	W	125	121	43	88	.489	0	0		39	49	.796	13	46	24	11	3	25	27	47	92	.511	1	2	.500	26	30	.867	9	38	37	9	7	26	32
37	37	1980-12-30		IND	W	127	110	52	96	.542	0	1	.000	23	34	.676	10	53	36	9	7	17	30	45	101	.446	0	1	.000	20	35	.571	18	53	23	7	13	16	29
38	38	1981-01-01	@	POR	L	119	122	43	87	.494	1	3	.333	32	40	.800	12	43	21	10	3	17	30	49	97	.505	0	1	.000	24	37	.649	18	48	26	6	4	16	31
39	39	1981-01-02		PHO	L	132	133	49	91	.538	1	2	.500	33	42	.786	12	47	29	3	4	21	29	55	110	.500	0	2	.000	23	29	.793	15	49	37	8	3	13	33
40	40	1981-01-03	@	HOU	W	134	132	50	95	.526	0	0		34	37	.919	14	45	22	8	4	15	22	52	104	.500	0	2	.000	28	29	.966	18	48	27	6	2	13	27
								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	1981-01-07		UTA	L	117	121	47	101	.465	1	6	.167	22	27	.815	22	48	24	7	6	23	21	51	90	.567	0	1	.000	19	23	.826	8	35	29	17	7	17	23
42	42	1981-01-09	@	SDC	W	130	116	52	90	.578	0	0		26	33	.788	14	38	25	12	2	19	27	43	81	.531	1	3	.333	29	39	.744	14	32	27	13	5	20	29
43	43	1981-01-10	@	SEA	L	116	119	41	88	.466	1	5	.200	33	44	.750	10	39	17	7	0	23	34	44	91	.484	0	0		31	38	.816	12	45	25	10	7	22	33
44	44	1981-01-13		ATL	W	135	132	42	84	.500	0	0		51	61	.836	12	45	27	5	7	14	32	48	102	.471	0	4	.000	36	43	.837	20	48	22	6	5	12	35
45	45	1981-01-14	@	PHO	L	102	128	36	99	.364	0	3	.000	30	43	.698	17	39	20	13	2	25	28	53	90	.589	0	2	.000	22	32	.688	9	51	28	13	8	27	36
46	46	1981-01-17	@	KCK	W	123	122	44	92	.478	0	0		35	38	.921	19	48	17	4	1	18	19	54	98	.551	0	0		14	17	.824	15	44	32	8	4	14	26
47	47	1981-01-18		HOU	L	97	98	39	93	.419	0	0		19	25	.760	17	48	21	4	5	19	22	42	83	.506	0	0		14	20	.700	12	46	27	15	6	23	19
48	48	1981-01-21		SDC	L	116	125	42	101	.416	1	6	.167	31	40	.775	21	57	20	5	8	13	23	52	102	.510	4	10	.400	17	24	.708	15	49	32	7	6	9	26
49	49	1981-01-23	@	LAL	L	105	110	40	93	.430	0	1	.000	25	38	.658	14	45	25	10	2	11	18	50	104	.481	0	1	.000	10	14	.714	17	53	29	2	12	15	25
50	50	1981-01-24		SAS	W	129	115	52	110	.473	0	0		25	33	.758	28	56	28	8	4	12	24	47	93	.505	0	0		21	31	.677	15	43	32	6	14	17	28
51	51	1981-01-27		DET	W	143	123	51	85	.600	0	0		41	53	.774	10	45	27	4	7	19	26	50	103	.485	1	1	1.000	22	29	.759	15	42	35	13	4	16	35
52	52	1981-01-29		MIL	W	131	118	47	84	.560	0	1	.000	37	46	.804	10	43	27	7	8	14	21	50	107	.467	2	4	.500	16	21	.762	19	47	26	7	6	13	33
53	53	1981-02-03	@	HOU	L	128	135	47	106	.443	1	4	.250	33	45	.733	17	46	29	9	3	22	30	54	110	.491	0	1	.000	27	35	.771	20	59	32	15	5	23	39
54	54	1981-02-04		SAS	L	132	135	55	107	.514	0	1	.000	22	26	.846	17	52	26	3	10	17	24	51	120	.425	0	0		33	36	.917	26	61	27	6	10	9	24
55	55	1981-02-06	@	UTA	W	120	116	42	92	.457	0	0		36	45	.800	18	52	21	4	2	8	22	49	101	.485	1	3	.333	17	20	.850	14	44	29	6	10	9	31
56	56	1981-02-07		GSW	W	135	125	52	100	.520	0	0		31	35	.886	15	38	26	8	12	10	29	47	97	.485	0	3	.000	31	40	.775	19	51	30	3	3	15	33
57	57	1981-02-08	@	SEA	L	112	133	40	100	.400	0	0		32	35	.914	15	39	19	5	2	15	23	53	101	.525	0	0		27	30	.900	18	60	34	8	7	17	31
58	58	1981-02-10		WSB	L	110	115	45	97	.464	0	1	.000	20	23	.870	13	49	21	3	7	14	16	51	108	.472	2	3	.667	11	15	.733	17	48	39	8	8	6	23
59	59	1981-02-13		POR	W	162	143	64	113	.566	0	1	.000	34	40	.850	15	40	27	16	6	14	29	59	100	.590	2	3	.667	23	38	.605	18	44	36	9	11	30	29
60	60	1981-02-15		BOS	L	118	120	48	107	.449	0	0		22	25	.880	25	52	27	11	4	20	32	45	87	.517	0	3	.000	30	39	.769	12	45	34	8	10	23	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	1981-02-19		PHO	W	127	126	40	88	.455	0	1	.000	47	63	.746	21	55	18	8	2	15	29	47	101	.465	0	1	.000	32	40	.800	21	53	20	3	3	17	34
62	62	1981-02-21		KCK	W	129	109	50	109	.459	0	0		29	39	.744	18	45	24	13	6	13	26	43	83	.518	1	4	.250	22	32	.688	11	46	28	3	7	27	30
63	63	1981-02-22	@	SAS	L	129	133	52	119	.437	0	2	.000	25	31	.806	23	58	19	9	10	18	31	51	109	.468	0	0		31	46	.674	23	69	32	10	13	17	29
64	64	1981-02-24		NJN	W	140	123	56	108	.519	0	1	.000	28	40	.700	15	54	37	10	3	15	22	53	113	.469	0	2	.000	17	25	.680	17	54	35	8	10	21	23
65	65	1981-02-27		GSW	W	137	130	49	96	.510	1	2	.500	38	47	.809	16	37	32	19	6	19	21	57	91	.626	1	4	.250	15	19	.789	9	38	42	8	7	26	31
66	66	1981-03-01		CLE	W	137	127	53	104	.510	0	0		31	41	.756	19	53	30	6	6	13	20	53	103	.515	2	5	.400	19	25	.760	17	49	33	7	3	16	33
67	67	1981-03-04		LAL	W	123	114	49	113	.434	0	0		25	32	.781	25	64	25	15	1	20	29	42	95	.442	0	4	.000	30	40	.750	14	44	20	12	10	23	28
68	68	1981-03-06	@	PHI	L	112	131	44	102	.431	0	2	.000	24	29	.828	14	45	24	9	3	19	21	58	104	.558	0	1	.000	15	30	.500	21	63	39	9	14	21	29
69	69	1981-03-07	@	DET	W	121	109	44	82	.537	0	2	.000	33	45	.733	12	44	15	8	3	16	28	43	91	.473	1	2	.500	22	33	.667	14	41	18	7	2	16	29
70	70	1981-03-08	@	IND	L	119	129	48	97	.495	0	3	.000	23	26	.885	16	42	26	9	2	13	23	53	97	.546	0	2	.000	23	30	.767	16	47	37	4	5	13	21
71	71	1981-03-10		POR	L	137	142	49	100	.490	2	6	.333	37	44	.841	18	39	20	16	10	16	22	59	96	.615	0	1	.000	24	28	.857	10	44	45	11	10	22	33
72	72	1981-03-12	@	MIL	L	113	131	46	105	.438	2	4	.500	19	26	.731	18	42	24	14	2	17	20	59	108	.546	1	2	.500	12	17	.706	24	59	39	10	7	22	16
73	73	1981-03-13	@	ATL	L	117	119	43	92	.467	1	2	.500	30	38	.789	17	42	20	6	3	18	28	47	86	.547	0	0		25	37	.676	15	47	32	6	12	17	34
74	74	1981-03-15		HOU	W	138	127	46	91	.505	0	2	.000	46	52	.885	16	52	28	5	9	16	31	50	117	.427	0	0		27	35	.771	26	55	26	6	6	12	36
75	75	1981-03-17		SEA	W	124	112	43	93	.462	0	0		38	40	.950	9	41	21	12	5	13	18	50	94	.532	0	2	.000	12	17	.706	9	43	36	6	10	21	30
76	76	1981-03-18	@	KCK	W	126	124	51	106	.481	0	0		24	27	.889	10	53	23	8	3	19	30	51	105	.486	1	3	.333	21	28	.750	13	54	36	10	8	19	28
77	77	1981-03-20	@	DAL	L	125	126	50	97	.515	0	1	.000	25	35	.714	16	42	20	9	6	13	21	53	101	.525	1	5	.200	19	20	.950	17	48	36	5	2	18	26
78	78	1981-03-22		UTA	W	113	108	41	94	.436	0	0		31	33	.939	13	46	24	10	8	13	16	44	91	.484	2	3	.667	18	19	.947	11	46	36	10	7	20	30
79	79	1981-03-24	@	SAS	W	125	123	47	106	.443	0	0		31	42	.738	16	41	25	14	3	10	29	46	84	.548	1	1	1.000	30	34	.882	11	53	30	4	11	23	31
80	80	1981-03-25		DAL	L	115	126	46	106	.434	1	6	.167	22	31	.710	22	43	26	6	6	11	27	46	87	.529	2	2	1.000	32	38	.842	16	53	30	5	6	20	29
								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	1981-03-28	@	GSW	W	142	139	61	105	.581	0	0		20	28	.714	12	38	25	7	2	11	24	54	107	.505	5	11	.455	26	39	.667	30	64	24	5	5	18	23
82	82	1981-03-29	@	LAL	W	148	146	58	112	.518	0	0		32	41	.780	14	42	33	15	2	19	20	65	112	.580	0	1	.000	16	23	.696	20	60	39	14	7	30	36

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