1984-85 Denver Nuggets Schedule and Results

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Record: 52-30, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Doug Moe (52-30)

Executive: Vince Boryla

PTS/G: 120.0 (1st of 23) Opp PTS/G: 117.6 (22nd of 23)

SRS: 2.05 (7th of 23) Pace: 107.6 (1st of 23)

Off Rtg: 110.7 (5th of 23) Def Rtg: 108.4 (15th of 23) Net Rtg: +2.2 (7th of 23)

Expected W-L: 47-35 (7th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +2000

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena Attendance: 448,546 (12th of 23)

NBA 1985 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Utah Jazz (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (1-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

Midwest Div Champs

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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	Sat, Oct 27, 1984	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		125	121	1	0	W 1	8,256
2	Tue, Oct 30, 1984	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		118	126	1	1	L 1	6,677
3	Thu, Nov 1, 1984	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		129	113	2	1	W 1	9,413
4	Sat, Nov 3, 1984	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		128	114	3	1	W 2	6,440
5	Mon, Nov 5, 1984	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		104	107	3	2	L 1	6,474
6	Tue, Nov 6, 1984	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		146	130	4	2	W 1	11,272
7	Thu, Nov 8, 1984	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		128	125	5	2	W 2	8,754
8	Sat, Nov 10, 1984	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		147	135	6	2	W 3	9,719
9	Tue, Nov 13, 1984	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		122	110	7	2	W 4	6,702
10	Fri, Nov 16, 1984	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		119	102	8	2	W 5	18,557
11	Tue, Nov 20, 1984	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		124	114	9	2	W 6	5,388
12	Wed, Nov 21, 1984	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		112	106	10	2	W 7	6,440
13	Sat, Nov 24, 1984	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		114	110	11	2	W 8	17,022	2:18
14	Tue, Nov 27, 1984	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		139	110	12	2	W 9	6,715
15	Fri, Nov 30, 1984	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		97	116	12	3	L 1	8,326
16	Sat, Dec 1, 1984	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		118	111	13	3	W 1	8,868
17	Tue, Dec 4, 1984	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		98	100	13	4	L 1	8,487
18	Wed, Dec 5, 1984	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		107	123	13	5	L 2	14,890
19	Fri, Dec 7, 1984	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		115	122	13	6	L 3	11,427
20	Sat, Dec 8, 1984	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		114	108	14	6	W 1	3,943
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 11, 1984	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		123	122	15	6	W 2	8,256
22	Wed, Dec 12, 1984	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		105	126	15	7	L 1	7,077
23	Fri, Dec 14, 1984	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		117	123	15	8	L 2	6,497
24	Sun, Dec 16, 1984	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		101	112	15	9	L 3	6,108
25	Tue, Dec 18, 1984	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W	OT	126	122	16	9	W 1	5,309
26	Wed, Dec 19, 1984	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		129	148	16	10	L 1	10,714
27	Fri, Dec 21, 1984	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		116	93	17	10	W 1	7,538
28	Sat, Dec 22, 1984	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		107	125	17	11	L 1	13,265
29	Wed, Dec 26, 1984	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		130	119	18	11	W 1	7,673
30	Fri, Dec 28, 1984	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		123	135	18	12	L 1	17,022
31	Sat, Dec 29, 1984	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		115	108	19	12	W 1	8,003		at Tacoma, WA
32	Wed, Jan 2, 1985	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		111	113	19	13	L 1	10,747
33	Fri, Jan 4, 1985	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		108	118	19	14	L 2	8,873
34	Sat, Jan 5, 1985	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	L		115	127	19	15	L 3	7,880
35	Tue, Jan 8, 1985	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		126	124	20	15	W 1	13,024
36	Wed, Jan 9, 1985	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		100	95	21	15	W 2	8,219
37	Fri, Jan 11, 1985	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		143	121	22	15	W 3	7,410
38	Sun, Jan 13, 1985	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		116	140	22	16	L 1	10,995
39	Mon, Jan 14, 1985	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		113	122	22	17	L 2	8,922
40	Wed, Jan 16, 1985	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		115	107	23	17	W 1	7,235
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 18, 1985	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		108	106	24	17	W 2	9,764
42	Sat, Jan 19, 1985	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		123	120	25	17	W 3	12,666
43	Thu, Jan 24, 1985	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		119	110	26	17	W 4	7,452
44	Sat, Jan 26, 1985	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		144	127	27	17	W 5	10,840
45	Mon, Jan 28, 1985	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		104	100	28	17	W 6	6,578
46	Tue, Jan 29, 1985	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		128	100	29	17	W 7	8,228
47	Thu, Jan 31, 1985	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		121	110	30	17	W 8	8,160
48	Sat, Feb 2, 1985	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L	2OT	128	131	30	18	L 1
49	Sun, Feb 3, 1985	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		106	114	30	19	L 2	16,828
50	Tue, Feb 5, 1985	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		103	108	30	20	L 3	12,554
51	Wed, Feb 6, 1985	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		120	101	31	20	W 1	8,256
52	Tue, Feb 12, 1985	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		131	107	32	20	W 2	7,552
53	Thu, Feb 14, 1985	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		138	123	33	20	W 3	6,256
54	Fri, Feb 15, 1985	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		129	119	34	20	W 4	13,661
55	Wed, Feb 20, 1985	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		132	129	35	20	W 5	17,022
56	Fri, Feb 22, 1985	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		123	133	35	21	L 1	8,102
57	Sun, Feb 24, 1985	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		117	107	36	21	W 1	15,987
58	Tue, Feb 26, 1985	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		106	94	37	21	W 2	5,374
59	Wed, Feb 27, 1985	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		124	111	38	21	W 3	5,048
60	Fri, Mar 1, 1985	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W	OT	141	140	39	21	W 4	17,007
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Mar 2, 1985	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		123	122	40	21	W 5	17,022
62	Tue, Mar 5, 1985	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W	2OT	133	131	41	21	W 6	17,022
63	Thu, Mar 7, 1985	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		140	142	41	22	L 1	3,575
64	Sat, Mar 9, 1985	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		126	116	42	22	W 1	15,083
65	Tue, Mar 12, 1985	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		129	131	42	23	L 1	16,016
66	Fri, Mar 15, 1985	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		108	127	42	24	L 2	17,007
67	Sun, Mar 17, 1985	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		119	124	42	25	L 3	8,672
68	Mon, Mar 18, 1985	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		113	111	43	25	W 1	12,866
69	Wed, Mar 20, 1985	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		123	119	44	25	W 2	6,614
70	Fri, Mar 22, 1985	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		123	111	45	25	W 3	12,539
71	Sun, Mar 24, 1985	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		103	124	45	26	L 1	13,614	2:09
72	Tue, Mar 26, 1985	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		104	89	46	26	W 1	10,594
73	Thu, Mar 28, 1985	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		133	115	47	26	W 2	10,449
74	Sat, Mar 30, 1985	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		129	117	48	26	W 3	15,810
75	Tue, Apr 2, 1985	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		104	118	48	27	L 1	17,022
76	Thu, Apr 4, 1985	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		110	103	49	27	W 1	12,672
77	Fri, Apr 5, 1985	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		118	109	50	27	W 2	16,362
78	Sun, Apr 7, 1985	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		130	125	51	27	W 3	10,089
79	Tue, Apr 9, 1985	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		119	148	51	28	L 1	17,505
80	Wed, Apr 10, 1985	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		127	129	51	29	L 2	7,948
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Apr 13, 1985	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		127	120	52	29	W 1	6,176
82	Sun, Apr 14, 1985	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		112	117	52	30	L 1	12,666

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Apr 18, 1985	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		141	111	1	0	W 1	12,128	2:06
2	Sat, Apr 20, 1985	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		111	113	1	1	L 1	17,022	2:21
3	Tue, Apr 23, 1985	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		115	112	2	1	W 1	8,799	2:17
4	Fri, Apr 26, 1985	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		111	116	2	2	L 1	8,621	2:13
5	Sun, Apr 28, 1985	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		126	99	3	2	W 1	17,022	2:21
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
6	Tue, Apr 30, 1985	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		130	113	4	2	W 2	11,918	2:02
7	Thu, May 2, 1985	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W	OT	131	123	5	2	W 3	16,317	2:40
8	Sat, May 4, 1985	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		123	131	5	3	L 1	12,178	2:25
9	Sun, May 5, 1985	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		125	118	6	3	W 1	12,716	2:16
10	Tue, May 7, 1985	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		116	104	7	3	W 2	17,022	2:05
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
11	Sat, May 11, 1985	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		122	139	7	4	L 1	16,109	2:12
12	Tue, May 14, 1985	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		136	114	8	4	W 1	17,505	2:07
13	Fri, May 17, 1985	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		118	136	8	5	L 1	17,022	2:19
14	Sun, May 19, 1985	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	120	8	6	L 2	17,022	2:25
15	Wed, May 22, 1985	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		109	153	8	7	L 3	17,505	2:13

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