1985-86 Denver Nuggets Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1985-10-25	@	GSW	W	119	105	103.4	91.2	115.1	.489	.034	.556	48.4	61.9	9.6	3.4	.483	17.1	31.0	.386	.396	19.7	63.3	.363
2	2	1985-10-26		SAC	W	123	112	113.3	103.2	108.5	.301	.019	.527	42.5	52.9	15.7	9.9	.495	10.0	30.2	.204	.542	21.3	61.8	.265
3	3	1985-10-29	@	PHO	W	142	127	107.8	96.4	131.7	.500	.037	.539	53.7	53.1	15.2	8.3	.458	18.5	44.4	.398	.518	26.2	65.9	.459
4	4	1985-10-31		SEA	W	90	73	93.7	76.0	96.0	.256	.061	.493	49.4	54.3	11.5	6.3	.439	19.4	30.2	.220	.397	25.6	70.0	.279
5	5	1985-11-05		ATL	W	128	113	114.3	100.9	112.0	.360	.100	.552	43.8	58.7	9.8	12.7	.480	17.2	38.8	.320	.506	22.9	50.0	.383
6	6	1985-11-07		DAL	W	131	99	118.7	89.7	110.3	.333	.020	.560	46.9	57.7	12.7	8.9	.510	12.7	38.5	.265	.332	14.5	54.1	.288
7	7	1985-11-08	@	LAL	L	99	128	84.5	109.2	117.2	.211	.046	.416	44.7	70.0	10.2	5.6	.372	12.5	26.2	.165	.563	17.6	76.3	.208
8	8	1985-11-12	@	HOU	L	119	127	109.5	116.9	108.6	.385	.104	.530	49.0	51.1	5.5	8.5	.479	13.8	39.2	.281	.454	11.1	59.6	.402
9	9	1985-11-14		SAS	W	112	109	107.0	104.1	104.7	.283	.033	.541	56.3	52.3	10.5	14.8	.489	18.8	43.5	.239	.494	17.5	70.7	.294
10	10	1985-11-16		LAC	W	113	109	105.7	101.9	106.9	.092	.018	.498	46.2	61.5	7.5	4.4	.477	11.0	28.3	.083	.511	17.2	64.4	.176
11	11	1985-11-19		HOU	W	127	113	115.3	102.6	110.2	.373	.039	.535	49.5	51.1	8.2	6.2	.466	8.5	32.7	.314	.431	13.4	66.0	.245
12	12	1985-11-21		LAL	W	121	120	110.5	109.6	109.5	.310	.070	.532	38.6	46.9	10.0	5.4	.495	8.1	25.5	.220	.552	21.2	55.6	.134
13	13	1985-11-23		SAC	W	122	118	114.3	110.5	106.8	.463	.021	.533	53.5	58.1	6.6	8.2	.453	12.3	40.4	.379	.485	11.9	68.1	.222
14	14	1985-11-24	@	SEA	L	84	110	86.9	113.8	96.7	.214	.095	.457	40.7	69.7	6.2	7.2	.405	17.1	26.8	.190	.505	14.7	53.3	.124
15	15	1985-11-26		CHI	L	123	128	109.7	114.2	112.1	.433	.089	.574	44.4	53.5	7.1	3.3	.511	16.4	28.3	.344	.532	17.5	61.4	.312
16	16	1985-11-27	@	GSW	L	102	104	100.0	102.0	102.0	.196	.010	.484	48.5	61.4	8.8	5.4	.454	14.6	35.8	.144	.438	13.7	63.0	.208
17	17	1985-11-29	@	UTA	W	129	114	112.0	99.0	115.2	.375	.011	.629	56.4	63.5	9.5	11.8	.591	20.2	25.0	.284	.547	17.3	83.3	.233
18	18	1985-11-30		SEA	L	123	131	105.4	112.2	96.6	.564	.085	.524	45.4	50.0	6.0	5.2	.441	11.3	23.2	.426	.486	11.8	69.2	.288
19	19	1985-12-03	@	NYK	L	94	111	99.6	117.6	94.4	.337	.058	.476	47.1	64.9	8.5	2.4	.430	14.7	40.8	.233	.578	16.7	55.3	.181
20	20	1985-12-04	@	IND	W	119	105	117.7	103.8	101.1	.319	.000	.573	49.4	55.3	14.8	6.7	.516	12.6	39.5	.275	.564	24.5	61.1	.218
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1985-12-06	@	PHI	W	123	121	115.4	113.5	106.6	.267	.044	.612	42.0	67.3	10.3	2.3	.583	14.5	28.2	.200	.505	17.3	53.1	.290
22	22	1985-12-07	@	CLE	L	114	124	101.3	110.2	112.5	.293	.131	.510	38.1	52.3	8.0	5.4	.465	15.2	27.3	.222	.511	20.0	52.4	.326
23	23	1985-12-11		LAC	W	134	95	117.4	83.2	114.1	.229	.010	.580	51.0	65.5	13.1	13.2	.552	10.1	24.4	.171	.391	19.0	71.2	.250
24	24	1985-12-13		LAL	W	124	120	119.1	115.3	104.1	.294	.018	.504	52.7	42.9	10.6	8.0	.450	4.6	36.0	.239	.522	9.4	73.2	.247
25	25	1985-12-14	@	DAL	L	100	127	94.1	119.5	106.3	.124	.009	.420	43.4	42.2	8.5	3.6	.398	9.8	32.3	.088	.551	14.7	61.0	.341
26	26	1985-12-17		GSW	W	122	114	109.6	102.4	111.3	.375	.034	.595	51.7	64.6	10.8	8.8	.545	13.5	22.2	.295	.467	16.0	72.5	.304
27	27	1985-12-19		POR	W	123	118	111.5	107.0	110.3	.473	.000	.559	42.6	44.4	7.3	9.7	.495	13.4	27.9	.363	.418	13.7	54.9	.367
28	28	1985-12-21		SAS	L	118	128	108.1	117.2	109.2	.376	.118	.544	45.1	50.0	8.2	9.3	.462	16.9	35.4	.344	.528	17.1	58.8	.398
29	29	1985-12-22	@	POR	L	114	121	105.0	111.5	108.6	.388	.106	.573	37.2	66.7	13.8	6.0	.518	17.4	22.0	.306	.547	20.2	54.1	.314
30	30	1985-12-28	@	SAS	L	112	116	103.0	106.6	108.8	.210	.076	.488	45.7	70.5	12.0	4.9	.438	12.2	30.4	.190	.573	20.7	68.4	.268
31	31	1985-12-30		HOU	W	125	122	112.3	109.6	111.4	.423	.010	.543	40.0	55.6	9.9	5.3	.469	9.4	26.4	.351	.500	16.1	57.1	.208
32	32	1986-01-03	@	SEA	L	107	117	111.5	121.9	96.0	.300	.011	.525	42.2	58.1	9.4	3.4	.478	8.9	31.1	.233	.506	12.5	53.3	.303
33	33	1986-01-04	@	SAC	L	107	112	99.9	104.6	107.1	.208	.109	.485	48.9	56.8	7.5	6.4	.446	12.0	27.5	.168	.544	19.5	74.4	.329
34	34	1986-01-07		DAL	W	132	110	115.0	95.9	114.7	.333	.000	.548	57.8	64.7	6.1	11.9	.486	13.0	39.2	.286	.411	13.5	74.1	.323
35	35	1986-01-09		SEA	W	94	90	98.5	94.3	95.4	.385	.026	.515	48.0	69.4	14.7	1.5	.462	16.5	26.2	.282	.493	23.8	75.8	.319
36	36	1986-01-11		UTA	W	114	106	110.5	102.8	103.2	.500	.023	.531	51.0	57.5	5.8	7.7	.455	10.8	29.5	.386	.441	10.7	68.5	.258
37	37	1986-01-13	@	MIL	W	119	115	104.2	100.7	114.2	.341	.000	.569	47.1	69.6	7.0	5.4	.505	16.0	17.5	.297	.433	12.2	72.3	.320
38	38	1986-01-15	@	BOS	L	100	123	90.8	111.7	110.1	.133	.076	.450	43.6	45.5	9.1	1.1	.424	9.7	21.1	.105	.550	13.5	72.7	.119
39	39	1986-01-17	@	DET	L	113	129	102.3	116.8	110.5	.348	.033	.533	42.4	60.0	7.2	5.9	.489	15.9	28.6	.250	.490	13.9	56.0	.284
40	40	1986-01-18	@	NJN	L	113	124	102.8	112.8	110.0	.134	.072	.550	34.1	47.1	6.4	4.9	.526	13.5	14.9	.113	.573	18.9	57.9	.366
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1986-01-21	@	UTA	L	114	117	110.0	112.9	93.9	.337	.000	.507	45.4	50.0	7.7	4.4	.449	8.9	34.6	.265	.511	15.0	57.8	.250
42	42	1986-01-22		NJN	W	137	124	117.9	106.7	116.2	.565	.011	.596	47.8	72.9	8.6	5.7	.522	14.8	29.5	.446	.500	18.2	65.2	.363
43	43	1986-01-24		SAS	L	98	113	91.6	105.6	107.0	.146	.107	.447	42.4	50.0	6.5	7.4	.432	11.3	23.6	.087	.524	19.2	70.3	.298
44	44	1986-01-25	@	LAL	W	127	115	117.4	106.3	108.2	.337	.031	.564	50.6	70.6	13.9	4.9	.520	8.2	31.8	.255	.506	19.0	70.7	.295
45	45	1986-01-27		CLE	W	124	103	118.4	98.4	104.7	.313	.021	.568	49.5	62.0	10.5	4.4	.521	10.6	31.9	.250	.473	16.4	67.4	.174
46	46	1986-01-28	@	SAC	L	120	125	108.9	113.5	110.2	.420	.090	.506	46.8	45.0	15.4	2.2	.410	12.5	37.0	.380	.562	20.3	60.0	.281
47	47	1986-01-30		NYK	W	102	97	117.1	111.4	87.1	.267	.012	.531	50.0	51.2	5.7	5.1	.477	10.3	42.9	.233	.463	10.9	57.1	.256
48	48	1986-02-01		MIL	W	116	113	114.7	111.7	101.1	.398	.000	.595	44.2	64.4	10.9	7.6	.542	13.3	24.4	.313	.538	18.2	66.7	.338
49	49	1986-02-03	@	HOU	L	102	104	97.7	99.6	104.4	.245	.032	.490	46.7	71.4	7.7	7.9	.447	12.6	24.5	.191	.467	13.1	69.2	.196
50	50	1986-02-04		POR	W	119	118	117.3	116.3	101.5	.260	.042	.556	52.4	54.2	5.9	4.9	.505	12.3	40.4	.229	.553	17.0	67.6	.282
51	51	1986-02-06	@	SAS	W	100	95	95.7	90.9	104.5	.211	.011	.482	50.0	47.6	13.4	4.8	.447	14.1	28.6	.158	.467	15.0	74.0	.122
52	52	1986-02-12	@	DAL	L	110	117	113.8	121.1	96.6	.214	.041	.513	48.8	53.2	11.4	1.3	.480	9.3	35.7	.163	.557	16.2	62.5	.367
53	53	1986-02-14	@	PHO	L	95	112	84.4	99.6	112.5	.192	.077	.421	43.8	66.7	8.9	8.5	.380	11.7	22.2	.154	.524	20.1	77.1	.317
54	54	1986-02-15		GSW	W	113	100	105.1	93.0	107.6	.237	.011	.550	45.5	63.0	13.9	4.2	.495	13.5	23.4	.226	.520	25.4	80.0	.311
55	55	1986-02-18		WSB	W	101	90	95.8	85.4	105.4	.308	.011	.489	54.5	59.0	13.3	7.8	.429	15.5	28.6	.253	.507	26.0	87.2	.236
56	56	1986-02-20		BOS	W	102	100	102.1	100.1	99.9	.305	.021	.473	41.6	43.9	11.0	8.3	.432	6.9	24.0	.211	.466	16.9	64.1	.205
57	57	1986-02-22		DAL	W	113	106	107.8	101.1	104.8	.337	.000	.553	44.2	67.4	10.5	6.9	.517	12.0	20.0	.236	.459	15.3	65.2	.175
58	58	1986-02-24	@	POR	W	119	113	112.8	107.1	105.5	.286	.010	.539	51.1	48.9	13.3	7.1	.485	12.7	39.1	.245	.473	15.7	63.0	.297
59	59	1986-02-25		PHO	W	112	99	103.1	91.2	108.6	.319	.000	.522	44.6	69.8	15.7	6.4	.457	16.4	26.1	.277	.457	22.7	63.0	.309
60	60	1986-02-27	@	HOU	L	111	117	102.1	107.6	108.7	.239	.087	.546	42.9	64.6	9.2	3.4	.533	15.0	21.3	.141	.516	15.3	70.3	.239
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1986-03-01		PHI	L	107	118	106.1	117.0	100.8	.231	.077	.534	37.1	67.4	5.0	3.2	.484	14.5	26.7	.209	.510	15.8	47.7	.196
62	62	1986-03-04		HOU	W	128	115	116.1	104.3	110.2	.460	.030	.532	52.4	47.7	7.3	2.3	.445	13.0	44.2	.390	.442	15.6	60.8	.326
63	63	1986-03-07		IND	W	134	117	122.9	107.3	109.0	.474	.021	.584	41.5	69.4	11.0	5.0	.516	8.7	27.7	.379	.475	14.9	55.3	.208
64	64	1986-03-09	@	LAC	W	123	121	114.5	112.7	107.4	.345	.046	.614	48.4	70.2	2.8	6.1	.552	16.6	27.5	.310	.486	9.2	64.2	.159
65	65	1986-03-11	@	ATL	L	116	128	109.2	120.5	106.2	.289	.072	.531	39.4	50.0	9.4	5.7	.479	13.5	36.0	.237	.481	14.8	42.6	.245
66	66	1986-03-13	@	CHI	L	102	112	104.2	114.4	97.9	.273	.068	.517	42.7	68.3	6.1	5.9	.466	14.0	31.8	.227	.471	17.1	53.3	.345
67	67	1986-03-14	@	WSB	W	101	91	109.0	98.2	92.7	.253	.000	.522	56.8	32.5	11.9	1.4	.460	12.6	34.1	.241	.533	18.2	84.8	.147
68	68	1986-03-16		SAC	W	119	113	120.0	114.0	99.1	.340	.021	.551	59.0	56.5	6.1	4.9	.495	11.5	44.2	.277	.494	10.6	75.0	.373
69	69	1986-03-18	@	SAC	L	113	117	114.2	118.2	99.0	.252	.036	.458	58.0	57.8	8.1	2.5	.405	8.9	47.2	.207	.575	13.0	74.3	.313
70	70	1986-03-19		DET	W	114	98	106.6	91.6	107.0	.352	.023	.561	46.8	57.8	7.5	3.2	.511	15.0	25.0	.273	.427	18.5	63.0	.167
71	71	1986-03-21		LAC	W	115	104	112.7	102.0	102.0	.268	.010	.530	55.9	72.3	9.8	5.7	.485	13.6	43.8	.216	.489	17.6	68.9	.152
72	72	1986-03-23	@	GSW	L	111	113	108.9	110.9	101.9	.227	.021	.520	42.1	47.8	9.8	5.0	.479	11.6	33.3	.186	.466	12.8	50.0	.154
73	73	1986-03-25		LAL	L	115	121	104.3	109.7	110.3	.344	.063	.520	41.8	60.5	11.8	1.2	.453	11.2	21.2	.292	.587	19.6	69.2	.233
74	74	1986-03-26	@	UTA	L	101	116	96.7	111.1	104.5	.227	.031	.473	46.6	38.1	6.7	4.3	.433	12.3	28.6	.175	.479	11.4	68.1	.250
75	75	1986-03-28		UTA	W	128	120	125.8	117.9	101.8	.532	.011	.552	54.4	51.2	8.8	2.6	.457	9.4	45.1	.447	.563	14.6	66.7	.375
76	76	1986-04-01	@	POR	L	110	127	106.0	122.4	103.8	.255	.031	.505	40.6	51.1	7.7	7.0	.469	12.1	31.9	.184	.475	9.7	47.5	.307
77	77	1986-04-03	@	DAL	L	114	115	103.9	104.8	109.7	.243	.039	.500	39.2	70.2	6.4	8.1	.466	6.6	15.7	.175	.468	14.8	65.2	.274
78	78	1986-04-06	@	SAS	W	124	106	112.2	96.0	110.5	.283	.011	.599	47.0	61.1	10.9	2.4	.587	13.4	13.2	.174	.482	18.2	75.6	.282
79	79	1986-04-07	@	PHO	W	131	123	116.2	109.1	112.7	.312	.000	.528	41.5	52.9	12.4	4.4	.468	6.8	30.9	.266	.549	19.4	56.4	.253
80	80	1986-04-09	@	LAC	L	127	132	127.4	132.4	99.7	.205	.054	.520	51.1	55.8	6.0	3.9	.478	6.9	51.0	.179	.538	10.1	51.3	.170
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1986-04-10		PHO	W	115	113	101.0	99.2	113.9	.231	.010	.502	48.0	55.1	7.0	8.1	.471	14.2	27.3	.163	.489	15.9	73.3	.307
82	82	1986-04-12		UTA	L	99	117	93.4	110.4	106.0	.153	.020	.473	45.5	54.5	6.6	7.1	.454	14.7	28.3	.102	.470	11.0	64.6	.230

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