1985-86 Denver Nuggets Game Log

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Record: 47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Doug Moe (47-35)

Executive: Vince Boryla

PTS/G: 114.8 (4th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 113.5 (19th of 23)

SRS: 0.89 (8th of 23) Pace: 106.7 (1st of 23)

Off Rtg: 107.1 (12th of 23) Def Rtg: 105.9 (9th of 23) Net Rtg: +1.2 (7th of 23)

Expected W-L: 44-38 (7th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +1500

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena Attendance: 531,824 (7th of 23)

NBA 1986 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)

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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	1985-10-25	@	GSW	W	119	105	42	88	.477	1	3	.333	34	43	.791	13	44	26	11	3	22	40	36	91	.396	0	4	.000	33	52	.635	18	47	17	3	7	28	37
2	2	1985-10-26		SAC	W	123	112	51	103	.495	0	2	.000	21	31	.677	16	37	27	17	8	13	22	45	83	.542	0	2	.000	22	30	.733	13	50	14	9	8	26	26
3	3	1985-10-29	@	PHO	W	142	127	49	108	.454	1	4	.250	43	54	.796	24	51	26	20	7	30	39	44	85	.518	0	1	.000	39	57	.684	14	44	30	13	6	39	41
4	4	1985-10-31		SEA	W	90	73	35	82	.427	2	5	.400	18	21	.857	13	41	19	11	4	22	28	27	68	.397	0	4	.000	19	30	.633	12	42	13	5	5	28	27
5	5	1985-11-05		ATL	W	128	113	46	100	.460	4	10	.400	32	36	.889	19	39	27	11	10	24	34	41	81	.506	0	2	.000	31	46	.674	20	50	18	17	1	30	35
6	6	1985-11-07		DAL	W	131	99	52	102	.510	0	2	.000	27	34	.794	20	53	30	14	9	17	28	34	104	.327	1	3	.333	30	45	.667	28	60	17	9	1	21	22
7	7	1985-11-08	@	LAL	L	99	128	40	109	.367	1	5	.200	18	23	.783	17	46	28	12	5	17	20	53	96	.552	2	6	.333	20	26	.769	9	57	44	10	8	23	21
8	8	1985-11-12	@	HOU	L	119	127	45	96	.469	2	10	.200	27	37	.730	20	48	23	6	8	18	37	44	97	.454	0	3	.000	39	52	.750	19	50	29	6	6	15	25
9	9	1985-11-14		SAS	W	112	109	44	92	.478	2	3	.667	22	26	.846	20	49	23	11	12	24	24	42	85	.494	0	4	.000	25	32	.781	12	38	28	10	5	21	21
10	10	1985-11-16		LAC	W	113	109	52	109	.477	0	2	.000	9	10	.900	13	42	32	8	4	14	22	46	91	.505	1	1	1.000	16	23	.696	16	49	19	8	9	21	17
11	11	1985-11-19		HOU	W	127	113	47	102	.461	1	4	.250	32	38	.842	17	52	24	9	6	11	27	43	102	.422	2	5	.400	25	32	.781	18	53	14	7	6	18	28
12	12	1985-11-21		LAL	W	121	120	49	100	.490	1	7	.143	22	31	.710	12	32	23	11	5	10	19	53	97	.546	1	4	.250	13	16	.813	16	51	33	2	7	28	27
13	13	1985-11-23		SAC	W	122	118	43	95	.453	0	2	.000	36	44	.818	21	53	25	7	8	16	23	48	99	.485	0	1	.000	22	27	.815	15	46	21	6	6	15	32
14	14	1985-11-24	@	SEA	L	84	110	33	84	.393	2	8	.250	16	18	.889	11	35	23	6	7	19	21	49	97	.505	0	0		12	17	.706	21	51	35	13	8	18	19
15	15	1985-11-26		CHI	L	123	128	43	90	.478	6	8	.750	31	39	.795	13	40	23	8	3	21	26	49	93	.527	1	3	.333	29	35	.829	17	50	19	11	6	23	32
16	16	1985-11-27	@	GSW	L	102	104	44	97	.454	0	1	.000	14	19	.737	19	48	27	9	5	18	20	42	96	.438	0	3	.000	20	25	.800	17	51	22	10	2	17	16
17	17	1985-11-29	@	UTA	W	129	114	52	88	.591	0	1	.000	25	33	.758	9	44	33	11	10	26	25	47	86	.547	0	1	.000	20	32	.625	7	34	31	18	12	21	28
18	18	1985-11-30		SEA	L	123	131	40	94	.426	3	8	.375	40	53	.755	13	49	20	7	5	15	35	50	104	.481	1	7	.143	30	36	.833	16	59	21	10	7	16	42
19	19	1985-12-03	@	NYK	L	94	111	37	86	.430	0	5	.000	20	29	.690	20	41	24	8	2	17	27	48	83	.578	0	1	.000	15	26	.577	17	46	27	6	6	19	29
20	20	1985-12-04	@	IND	W	119	105	47	91	.516	0	0		25	29	.862	17	39	26	15	5	15	22	44	78	.564	0	3	.000	17	26	.654	14	40	20	10	6	29	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
21	21	1985-12-06	@	PHI	W	123	121	52	90	.578	1	4	.250	18	24	.750	11	37	35	11	2	17	24	46	93	.495	2	6	.333	27	39	.692	23	51	28	10	2	23	20
22	22	1985-12-07	@	CLE	L	114	124	44	99	.444	4	13	.308	22	29	.759	15	37	23	9	5	20	28	47	92	.511	0	0		30	36	.833	20	60	28	10	6	27	24
23	23	1985-12-11		LAC	W	134	95	58	105	.552	0	1	.000	18	24	.750	11	53	38	15	12	13	22	36	92	.391	0	1	.000	23	33	.697	17	51	9	8	7	25	18
24	24	1985-12-13		LAL	W	124	120	49	109	.450	0	2	.000	26	32	.813	18	48	21	11	7	6	29	48	93	.516	1	5	.200	23	31	.742	11	43	20	6	8	11	24
25	25	1985-12-14	@	DAL	L	100	127	45	113	.398	0	1	.000	10	14	.714	21	46	19	9	3	13	31	48	88	.545	1	5	.200	30	38	.789	16	60	30	5	7	18	17
26	26	1985-12-17		GSW	W	122	114	48	88	.545	0	3	.000	26	33	.788	8	45	31	12	8	16	36	43	92	.467	0	1	.000	28	41	.683	14	42	18	6	2	21	27
27	27	1985-12-19		POR	W	123	118	45	91	.495	0	0		33	43	.767	12	40	20	8	9	17	34	41	98	.418	0	5	.000	36	49	.735	23	54	18	11	6	19	33
28	28	1985-12-21		SAS	L	118	128	42	93	.452	2	11	.182	32	35	.914	17	37	21	9	8	22	30	46	88	.523	1	2	.500	35	43	.814	14	45	30	10	6	22	32
29	29	1985-12-22	@	POR	L	114	121	42	85	.494	4	9	.444	26	33	.788	9	29	28	15	5	21	31	47	86	.547	0	2	.000	27	38	.711	17	49	29	8	6	26	23
30	30	1985-12-28	@	SAS	L	112	116	44	105	.419	4	8	.500	20	22	.909	17	43	31	13	4	16	29	47	82	.573	0	0		22	31	.710	12	51	33	12	9	25	23
31	31	1985-12-30		HOU	W	125	122	45	97	.464	1	1	1.000	34	41	.829	14	38	25	11	5	12	25	50	101	.495	1	7	.143	21	31	.677	18	57	28	7	7	22	33
32	32	1986-01-03	@	SEA	L	107	117	43	90	.478	0	1	.000	21	27	.778	14	38	25	9	3	10	31	45	89	.506	0	1	.000	27	37	.730	21	52	25	6	2	15	26
33	33	1986-01-04	@	SAC	L	107	112	44	101	.436	2	11	.182	17	21	.810	14	46	25	8	5	15	30	43	79	.544	0	1	.000	26	36	.722	11	48	36	8	5	23	22
34	34	1986-01-07		DAL	W	132	110	51	105	.486	0	0		30	35	.857	20	63	33	7	10	18	32	38	96	.396	3	12	.250	31	43	.721	15	46	22	8	7	18	26
35	35	1986-01-09		SEA	W	94	90	36	78	.462	0	2	.000	22	30	.733	11	36	25	14	1	18	27	33	69	.478	2	3	.667	22	25	.880	8	39	21	10	2	25	30
36	36	1986-01-11		UTA	W	114	106	40	88	.455	0	2	.000	34	44	.773	13	50	23	6	7	13	28	41	93	.441	0	2	.000	24	36	.667	17	48	23	3	9	13	31
37	37	1986-01-13	@	MIL	W	119	115	46	91	.505	0	0		27	31	.871	7	41	32	8	5	20	31	42	97	.433	0	4	.000	31	42	.738	13	46	22	10	5	16	31
38	38	1986-01-15	@	BOS	L	100	123	44	105	.419	1	8	.125	11	14	.786	12	44	20	10	1	12	15	55	101	.545	1	6	.167	12	17	.706	12	57	41	5	4	17	18
39	39	1986-01-17	@	DET	L	113	129	45	92	.489	0	3	.000	23	32	.719	14	42	27	8	6	20	25	50	102	.490	0	1	.000	29	35	.829	22	57	34	5	3	19	27
40	40	1986-01-18	@	NJN	L	113	124	51	97	.526	0	7	.000	11	13	.846	7	29	24	7	4	16	30	47	82	.573	0	0		30	47	.638	16	56	25	6	5	24	21
								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	1986-01-21	@	UTA	L	114	117	44	98	.449	0	0		26	33	.788	18	44	22	8	4	11	30	47	92	.511	0	2	.000	23	36	.639	19	53	28	6	10	19	26
42	42	1986-01-22		NJN	W	137	124	48	92	.522	0	1	.000	41	52	.788	13	43	35	10	5	20	29	45	91	.495	1	4	.250	33	39	.846	16	47	23	8	5	24	40
43	43	1986-01-24		SAS	L	98	113	44	103	.427	1	11	.091	9	15	.600	13	39	22	7	6	14	27	44	84	.524	0	3	.000	25	29	.862	11	53	30	8	6	23	24
44	44	1986-01-25	@	LAL	W	127	115	51	98	.520	0	3	.000	25	33	.758	14	43	36	15	4	10	26	43	88	.489	3	6	.500	26	33	.788	12	42	29	5	6	24	25
45	45	1986-01-27		CLE	W	124	103	50	96	.521	0	2	.000	24	30	.800	15	46	31	11	4	13	20	43	92	.467	1	1	1.000	16	23	.696	15	47	18	4	7	20	25
46	46	1986-01-28	@	SAC	L	120	125	40	100	.400	2	9	.222	38	42	.905	20	44	18	17	2	17	29	50	89	.562	0	0		25	30	.833	16	50	30	7	4	26	32
47	47	1986-01-30		NYK	W	102	97	41	86	.477	0	1	.000	20	23	.870	18	42	21	5	4	11	29	38	82	.463	0	3	.000	21	37	.568	18	42	21	3	5	12	28
48	48	1986-02-01		MIL	W	116	113	45	83	.542	0	0		26	33	.788	10	34	29	11	6	15	19	43	80	.538	0	1	.000	27	33	.818	12	43	28	6	4	21	30
49	49	1986-02-03	@	HOU	L	102	104	42	94	.447	0	3	.000	18	23	.783	13	49	30	8	7	15	26	42	92	.457	2	3	.667	18	32	.563	16	56	29	10	5	16	24
50	50	1986-02-04		POR	W	119	118	48	96	.500	1	4	.250	22	25	.880	19	44	26	6	4	15	23	46	85	.541	2	4	.500	24	28	.857	12	40	28	11	0	20	26
51	51	1986-02-06	@	SAS	W	100	95	42	95	.442	1	1	1.000	15	20	.750	16	53	20	14	4	17	22	41	90	.456	2	6	.333	11	27	.407	13	53	30	6	8	18	18
52	52	1986-02-12	@	DAL	L	110	117	47	98	.480	0	4	.000	16	21	.762	15	40	25	11	1	11	23	43	79	.544	2	3	.667	29	32	.906	15	42	29	4	2	18	22
53	53	1986-02-14	@	PHO	L	95	112	39	104	.375	1	8	.125	16	20	.800	12	39	26	10	7	15	35	43	82	.524	0	0		26	40	.650	8	50	30	5	5	25	25
54	54	1986-02-15		GSW	W	113	100	46	93	.495	0	1	.000	21	22	.955	11	35	29	15	3	16	23	38	74	.514	1	3	.333	23	32	.719	6	42	20	9	4	30	25
55	55	1986-02-18		WSB	W	101	90	39	91	.429	0	1	.000	23	28	.821	14	48	23	14	5	19	17	35	72	.486	3	8	.375	17	24	.708	5	40	19	12	10	29	21
56	56	1986-02-20		BOS	W	102	100	41	95	.432	0	2	.000	20	29	.690	12	37	18	11	7	8	23	40	88	.455	2	4	.500	18	24	.750	14	52	25	6	7	20	25
57	57	1986-02-22		DAL	W	113	106	46	89	.517	0	0		21	30	.700	8	38	31	11	6	14	22	44	97	.454	1	10	.100	17	19	.895	16	48	23	7	4	19	22
58	58	1986-02-24	@	POR	W	119	113	47	98	.480	1	1	1.000	24	28	.857	18	47	23	14	6	16	32	43	91	.473	0	6	.000	27	38	.711	17	45	30	6	4	20	29
59	59	1986-02-25		PHO	W	112	99	43	94	.457	0	0		26	30	.867	12	41	30	17	5	21	27	37	81	.457	0	3	.000	25	32	.781	17	51	18	10	8	28	28
60	60	1986-02-27	@	HOU	L	111	117	48	92	.522	2	8	.250	13	22	.591	10	36	31	10	3	18	25	47	92	.511	1	4	.250	22	30	.733	11	48	35	5	8	19	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	1986-03-01		PHI	L	107	118	43	91	.473	2	7	.286	19	21	.905	12	33	29	5	3	17	25	49	97	.505	1	4	.250	19	22	.864	23	56	26	10	3	20	17
62	62	1986-03-04		HOU	W	128	115	44	100	.440	1	3	.333	39	46	.848	23	54	21	8	2	18	31	41	95	.432	2	7	.286	31	43	.721	20	49	17	11	7	21	34
63	63	1986-03-07		IND	W	134	117	49	95	.516	0	2	.000	36	45	.800	13	39	34	12	5	11	24	48	101	.475	0	1	.000	21	30	.700	21	55	27	8	5	20	32
64	64	1986-03-09	@	LAC	W	123	121	47	87	.540	2	4	.500	27	30	.900	11	45	33	3	6	20	25	49	107	.458	6	9	.667	17	27	.630	19	48	34	11	9	12	27
65	65	1986-03-11	@	ATL	L	116	128	46	97	.474	1	7	.143	23	28	.821	18	41	23	10	6	17	27	51	106	.481	0	0		26	34	.765	31	63	26	5	7	21	23
66	66	1986-03-13	@	CHI	L	102	112	41	88	.466	0	6	.000	20	24	.833	14	38	28	6	5	16	27	41	87	.471	0	2	.000	30	33	.909	21	51	25	9	6	21	23
67	67	1986-03-14	@	WSB	W	101	91	40	87	.460	0	0		21	22	.955	14	42	13	11	1	14	13	39	75	.520	2	6	.333	11	14	.786	5	32	21	7	8	18	16
68	68	1986-03-16		SAC	W	119	113	46	94	.489	1	2	.500	26	32	.813	19	49	26	6	4	14	34	41	83	.494	0	2	.000	31	41	.756	10	34	23	5	7	12	28
69	69	1986-03-18	@	SAC	L	113	117	45	111	.405	0	4	.000	23	28	.821	25	51	26	8	2	12	21	46	80	.575	0	0		25	31	.806	9	37	31	4	8	14	29
70	70	1986-03-19		DET	W	114	98	45	88	.511	0	2	.000	24	31	.774	10	44	26	8	3	18	22	41	96	.427	0	1	.000	16	22	.727	20	50	26	8	2	24	29
71	71	1986-03-21		LAC	W	115	104	47	97	.485	0	1	.000	21	26	.808	21	52	34	10	5	17	16	44	92	.478	2	5	.400	14	15	.933	14	41	24	7	9	21	18
72	72	1986-03-23	@	GSW	L	111	113	46	97	.474	1	2	.500	18	22	.818	18	48	22	10	5	14	26	48	104	.462	1	3	.333	16	28	.571	30	66	27	9	5	17	23
73	73	1986-03-25		LAL	L	115	121	43	96	.448	1	6	.167	28	33	.848	11	38	26	13	1	14	24	50	86	.581	1	3	.333	20	28	.714	12	53	30	7	5	24	27
74	74	1986-03-26	@	UTA	L	101	116	42	97	.433	0	3	.000	17	22	.773	16	48	16	7	4	15	24	46	96	.479	0	3	.000	24	30	.800	15	55	30	7	8	14	19
75	75	1986-03-28		UTA	W	128	120	43	94	.457	0	1	.000	42	50	.840	23	49	22	9	2	12	29	45	80	.563	0	2	.000	30	44	.682	13	41	28	6	8	17	35
76	76	1986-04-01	@	POR	L	110	127	45	98	.459	2	3	.667	18	25	.720	15	43	23	8	7	15	33	48	101	.475	0	1	.000	31	46	.674	31	63	30	7	8	13	25
77	77	1986-04-03	@	DAL	L	114	115	47	103	.456	2	4	.500	18	25	.720	8	38	33	7	7	8	27	43	95	.453	3	9	.333	26	33	.788	16	59	25	6	9	19	22
78	78	1986-04-06	@	SAS	W	124	106	54	92	.587	0	1	.000	16	26	.615	5	39	33	12	2	16	24	41	85	.482	0	2	.000	24	31	.774	11	44	24	8	3	22	24
79	79	1986-04-07	@	PHO	W	131	123	51	109	.468	0	0		29	34	.853	17	39	27	14	4	9	30	50	91	.549	0	0		23	38	.605	17	55	27	3	4	26	27
80	80	1986-04-09	@	LAC	L	127	132	52	112	.464	3	6	.500	20	23	.870	26	46	29	6	4	9	20	57	106	.538	0	3	.000	18	21	.857	19	44	37	8	10	13	17
								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	1986-04-10		PHO	W	115	113	49	104	.471	0	1	.000	17	24	.708	15	48	27	8	7	19	26	43	88	.489	0	2	.000	27	40	.675	12	52	19	5	7	20	28
82	82	1986-04-12		UTA	L	99	117	44	98	.449	1	2	.500	10	15	.667	15	46	24	7	7	18	23	47	100	.470	0	2	.000	23	31	.742	17	55	33	11	4	14	17

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