1981-82 Denver Nuggets Schedule and Results

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Record: 46-36, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Doug Moe (46-36)

Executive: Carl Scheer

PTS/G: 126.5 (1st of 23) Opp PTS/G: 126.0 (23rd of 23)

SRS: 0.13 (13th of 23) Pace: 109.8 (1st of 23)

Off Rtg: 114.3 (1st of 23) Def Rtg: 113.9 (23rd of 23) Net Rtg: +0.5 (13th of 23)

Expected W-L: 42-40 (13th of 23)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena Attendance: 456,857 (9th of 23)

NBA 1982 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-2) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)

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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	Fri, Oct 30, 1981	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		134	121	1	0	W 1	11,989
2	Sat, Oct 31, 1981	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		120	145	1	1	L 1	9,487
3	Wed, Nov 4, 1981	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		112	100	2	1	W 1	7,368
4	Fri, Nov 6, 1981	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		109	105	3	1	W 2	11,564
5	Sat, Nov 7, 1981	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		107	152	3	2	L 1	7,210
6	Sun, Nov 8, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		116	120	3	3	L 2	12,666
7	Tue, Nov 10, 1981	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		106	109	3	4	L 3	8,374
8	Fri, Nov 13, 1981	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		124	131	3	5	L 4	7,112
9	Wed, Nov 18, 1981	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		133	128	4	5	W 1	6,495
10	Sat, Nov 21, 1981	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		128	121	5	5	W 2	12,015
11	Wed, Nov 25, 1981	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		139	133	6	5	W 3	8,533
12	Fri, Nov 27, 1981	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		123	115	7	5	W 4	7,117
13	Sat, Nov 28, 1981	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W	OT	131	124	8	5	W 5	11,723
14	Tue, Dec 1, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		113	121	8	6	L 1	6,791
15	Thu, Dec 3, 1981	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		109	137	8	7	L 2	10,165
16	Fri, Dec 4, 1981	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		117	126	8	8	L 3	14,562
17	Sat, Dec 5, 1981	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		105	109	8	9	L 4	7,620
18	Tue, Dec 8, 1981	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		122	135	8	10	L 5	9,299
19	Wed, Dec 9, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		109	137	8	11	L 6	10,896	2:01
20	Fri, Dec 11, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		123	131	8	12	L 7	13,421
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 12, 1981	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		120	115	9	12	W 1	6,549
22	Tue, Dec 15, 1981	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		120	126	9	13	L 1
23	Thu, Dec 17, 1981	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		138	103	10	13	W 1	7,198
24	Sat, Dec 19, 1981	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		138	125	11	13	W 2	7,391
25	Tue, Dec 22, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		121	109	12	13	W 3	9,579
26	Wed, Dec 23, 1981	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		119	124	12	14	L 1	11,340
27	Sat, Dec 26, 1981	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		124	117	13	14	W 1	9,580
28	Tue, Dec 29, 1981	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		128	123	14	14	W 2	17,668	2:15
29	Wed, Dec 30, 1981	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		116	120	14	15	L 1	8,359
30	Sat, Jan 2, 1982	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		133	148	14	16	L 2	9,263
31	Sun, Jan 3, 1982	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		128	122	15	16	W 1	11,052
32	Tue, Jan 5, 1982	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		128	134	15	17	L 1	6,122
33	Wed, Jan 6, 1982	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		136	114	16	17	W 1	8,281
34	Fri, Jan 8, 1982	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		124	121	17	17	W 2	12,666
35	Sat, Jan 9, 1982	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		110	125	17	18	L 1	9,636
36	Tue, Jan 12, 1982	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		139	126	18	18	W 1
37	Wed, Jan 13, 1982	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		128	143	18	19	L 1	7,682
38	Fri, Jan 15, 1982	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		128	113	19	19	W 1	7,990
39	Sun, Jan 17, 1982	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		138	131	20	19	W 2	5,281
40	Tue, Jan 19, 1982	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		140	139	21	19	W 3	15,272
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 22, 1982	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		125	131	21	20	L 1	12,315
42	Sat, Jan 23, 1982	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		111	109	22	20	W 1	12,244
43	Wed, Jan 27, 1982	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		130	116	23	20	W 2	11,103
44	Tue, Feb 2, 1982	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		128	117	24	20	W 3	10,906
45	Thu, Feb 4, 1982	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		114	131	24	21	L 1	7,134
46	Fri, Feb 5, 1982	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		144	145	24	22	L 2	15,320	2:11
47	Sun, Feb 7, 1982	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		124	115	25	22	W 1	6,542
48	Wed, Feb 10, 1982	Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		148	151	25	23	L 1	11,502
49	Sat, Feb 13, 1982	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		146	129	26	23	W 1	13,833
50	Mon, Feb 15, 1982	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		145	134	27	23	W 2	10,607
51	Tue, Feb 16, 1982	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		119	106	28	23	W 3	7,203
52	Fri, Feb 19, 1982	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		121	126	28	24	L 1	11,918
53	Sun, Feb 21, 1982	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		131	132	28	25	L 2	17,337
54	Tue, Feb 23, 1982	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		129	145	28	26	L 3	14,072
55	Wed, Feb 24, 1982	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		110	120	28	27	L 4	11,985
56	Fri, Feb 26, 1982	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		122	131	28	28	L 5	12,683
57	Sat, Feb 27, 1982	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		134	125	29	28	W 1	17,727	2:06
58	Tue, Mar 2, 1982	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L	OT	124	132	29	29	L 1	10,147
59	Fri, Mar 5, 1982	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		127	126	30	29	W 1	9,986
60	Sun, Mar 7, 1982	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		147	127	31	29	W 2	9,889
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Mar 9, 1982	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		106	120	31	30	L 1	5,840
62	Wed, Mar 10, 1982	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		124	113	32	30	W 1	4,162
63	Fri, Mar 12, 1982	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		130	115	33	30	W 2	12,518
64	Sun, Mar 14, 1982	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		127	101	34	30	W 3	12,206
65	Tue, Mar 16, 1982	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		154	138	35	30	W 4	8,895
66	Wed, Mar 17, 1982	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W	OT	135	133	36	30	W 5	11,349
67	Fri, Mar 19, 1982	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		130	120	37	30	W 6	10,979
68	Wed, Mar 24, 1982	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		129	115	38	30	W 7	14,425
69	Thu, Mar 25, 1982	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		129	117	39	30	W 8	3,755
70	Sat, Mar 27, 1982	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	2OT	140	134	40	30	W 9	15,222
71	Tue, Mar 30, 1982	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W	OT	145	142	41	30	W 10	15,419
72	Wed, Mar 31, 1982	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		120	119	42	30	W 11	7,832
73	Fri, Apr 2, 1982	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		127	121	43	30	W 12	17,125
74	Sun, Apr 4, 1982	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		116	140	43	31	L 1	32,403
75	Tue, Apr 6, 1982	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		122	136	43	32	L 2	12,666
76	Wed, Apr 7, 1982	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		129	121	44	32	W 1	10,688
77	Fri, Apr 9, 1982	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		128	153	44	33	L 1	16,433
78	Sat, Apr 10, 1982	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		136	151	44	34	L 2	6,919
79	Tue, Apr 13, 1982	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		137	144	44	35	L 3	14,973
80	Wed, Apr 14, 1982	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		141	122	45	35	W 1	17,103
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 16, 1982	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		121	123	45	36	L 1	6,013	2:04
82	Sat, Apr 17, 1982	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		130	124	46	36	W 1	17,006

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.
1	Tue, Apr 20, 1982	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	129	113	1	0	W 1	17,298
2	Fri, Apr 23, 1982	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	110	126	1	1	L 1	12,798
3	Sat, Apr 24, 1982	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L	119	124	1	2	L 2	17,443

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