1980-81 Denver Nuggets Schedule and Results

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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

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 10, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		112	113	0	1	L 1	10,027
2	Sun, Oct 12, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	L	OT	121	125	0	2	L 2	8,401
3	Wed, Oct 15, 1980	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		133	98	1	2	W 1	6,658
4	Fri, Oct 17, 1980	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		129	116	2	2	W 2	4,032
5	Sat, Oct 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		115	117	2	3	L 1	7,250
6	Tue, Oct 21, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		117	119	2	4	L 2	7,711
7	Fri, Oct 24, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		94	117	2	5	L 3	8,359
8	Sat, Oct 25, 1980	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		122	125	2	6	L 4	6,988
9	Wed, Oct 29, 1980	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		109	115	2	7	L 5	7,305
10	Sat, Nov 1, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		123	118	3	7	W 1	8,681
11	Sun, Nov 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		123	121	4	7	W 2	11,661
12	Wed, Nov 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		125	117	5	7	W 3	13,075
13	Fri, Nov 7, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		115	124	5	8	L 1	10,612
14	Sat, Nov 8, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W	2OT	130	126	6	8	W 1	9,683
15	Tue, Nov 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		92	107	6	9	L 1	7,218
16	Wed, Nov 12, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		111	118	6	10	L 2	6,452
17	Sat, Nov 15, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		125	123	7	10	W 1	11,011
18	Tue, Nov 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		103	122	7	11	L 1	12,666
19	Fri, Nov 21, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		134	121	8	11	W 1	10,811
20	Sun, Nov 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		113	131	8	12	L 1	11,151
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Nov 25, 1980	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		94	108	8	13	L 2	4,176
22	Wed, Nov 26, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		113	109	9	13	W 1	7,913
23	Fri, Nov 28, 1980	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W	OT	119	117	10	13	W 2	7,713
24	Sat, Nov 29, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	2OT	123	124	10	14	L 1	14,811
25	Tue, Dec 2, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		124	129	10	15	L 2	7,581
26	Thu, Dec 4, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		118	122	10	16	L 3	5,234
27	Fri, Dec 5, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		114	119	10	17	L 4	7,737
28	Sat, Dec 6, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		108	111	10	18	L 5	8,234
29	Wed, Dec 10, 1980	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		116	107	11	18	W 1	7,768
30	Sat, Dec 13, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		123	147	11	19	L 1	9,879
31	Tue, Dec 16, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		118	133	11	20	L 2	6,909
32	Thu, Dec 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		122	130	11	21	L 3	3,576
33	Sat, Dec 20, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		114	120	11	22	L 4	12,253
34	Tue, Dec 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		128	136	11	23	L 5	15,320	2:14
35	Fri, Dec 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		111	119	11	24	L 6	8,293
36	Sat, Dec 27, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		125	121	12	24	W 1	16,889
37	Tue, Dec 30, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		127	110	13	24	W 2	12,979
38	Thu, Jan 1, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		119	122	13	25	L 1	12,666
39	Fri, Jan 2, 1981	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		132	133	13	26	L 2	10,514
40	Sat, Jan 3, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		134	132	14	26	W 1	8,160
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 7, 1981	Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		117	121	14	27	L 1	8,735
42	Fri, Jan 9, 1981	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		130	116	15	27	W 1	4,560
43	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		116	119	15	28	L 1	18,645
44	Tue, Jan 13, 1981	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		135	132	16	28	W 1	8,483
45	Wed, Jan 14, 1981	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		102	128	16	29	L 1	11,330
46	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		123	122	17	29	W 1	7,297
47	Sun, Jan 18, 1981	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		97	98	17	30	L 1	11,261
48	Wed, Jan 21, 1981	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	L		116	125	17	31	L 2	7,528
49	Fri, Jan 23, 1981	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		105	110	17	32	L 3	14,813
50	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		129	115	18	32	W 1	10,729
51	Tue, Jan 27, 1981	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		143	123	19	32	W 2	8,249
52	Thu, Jan 29, 1981	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		131	118	20	32	W 3	9,845
53	Tue, Feb 3, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L	OT	128	135	20	33	L 1	9,578
54	Wed, Feb 4, 1981	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		132	135	20	34	L 2	9,117
55	Fri, Feb 6, 1981	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		120	116	21	34	W 1	8,037
56	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		135	125	22	34	W 2	10,453
57	Sun, Feb 8, 1981	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		112	133	22	35	L 1	13,849
58	Tue, Feb 10, 1981	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		110	115	22	36	L 2	7,794
59	Fri, Feb 13, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		162	143	23	36	W 1	11,781
60	Sun, Feb 15, 1981	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		118	120	23	37	L 1	16,992	2:07
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Thu, Feb 19, 1981	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		127	126	24	37	W 1	15,252	2:13
62	Sat, Feb 21, 1981	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		129	109	25	37	W 2	13,691
63	Sun, Feb 22, 1981	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	OT	129	133	25	38	L 1	8,668
64	Tue, Feb 24, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		140	123	26	38	W 1	9,023
65	Fri, Feb 27, 1981	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		137	130	27	38	W 2	9,658
66	Sun, Mar 1, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		137	127	28	38	W 3	8,826
67	Wed, Mar 4, 1981	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		123	114	29	38	W 4	14,840
68	Fri, Mar 6, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		112	131	29	39	L 1	16,187
69	Sat, Mar 7, 1981	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		121	109	30	39	W 1	8,338
70	Sun, Mar 8, 1981	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		119	129	30	40	L 1	7,708
71	Tue, Mar 10, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		137	142	30	41	L 2	9,435
72	Thu, Mar 12, 1981	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		113	131	30	42	L 3	11,052
73	Fri, Mar 13, 1981	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		117	119	30	43	L 4	9,148
74	Sun, Mar 15, 1981	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		138	127	31	43	W 1	11,082
75	Tue, Mar 17, 1981	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		124	112	32	43	W 2	10,610
76	Wed, Mar 18, 1981	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W	2OT	126	124	33	43	W 3	8,266
77	Fri, Mar 20, 1981	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		125	126	33	44	L 1	6,359
78	Sun, Mar 22, 1981	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		113	108	34	44	W 1	10,496
79	Tue, Mar 24, 1981	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		125	123	35	44	W 2	14,190
80	Wed, Mar 25, 1981	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		115	126	35	45	L 1	14,035
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 28, 1981	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		142	139	36	45	W 1	13,239
82	Sun, Mar 29, 1981	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	148	146	37	45	W 2	17,505

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