1986-87 Denver Nuggets Game Log

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Record: 37-45, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Doug Moe (37-45)

Executive: Vince Boryla

PTS/G: 116.7 (3rd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 117.6 (23rd of 23)

SRS: -1.14 (15th of 23) Pace: 106.2 (1st of 23)

Off Rtg: 109.3 (8th of 23) Def Rtg: 110.2 (15th of 23) Net Rtg: -0.8 (14th of 23)

Expected W-L: 39-43 (14th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +800

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena Attendance: 494,943 (12th of 23)

NBA 1987 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (0-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers (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	1986-10-31		SAS	W	134	104	55	102	.539	1	2	.500	23	26	.885	19	54	36	9	7	13	18	43	93	.462	2	6	.333	16	24	.667	16	34	27	7	4	17	22
2	2	1986-11-01	@	GSW	L	109	131	42	104	.404	3	6	.500	22	36	.611	23	46	23	11	5	19	27	49	92	.533	1	1	1.000	32	39	.821	14	48	28	7	2	28	30
3	3	1986-11-04		NYK	W	118	103	43	94	.457	0	1	.000	32	38	.842	17	49	28	12	5	12	27	42	90	.467	1	2	.500	18	28	.643	14	48	22	1	4	21	35
4	4	1986-11-06		UTA	W	135	121	53	103	.515	1	2	.500	28	32	.875	19	51	34	8	4	14	25	45	95	.474	2	4	.500	29	38	.763	15	40	23	6	4	15	25
5	5	1986-11-07	@	LAL	L	116	138	45	91	.495	3	5	.600	23	28	.821	5	33	33	5	1	19	25	53	95	.558	2	4	.500	30	40	.750	14	50	40	9	10	14	23
6	6	1986-11-11	@	LAC	L	112	115	47	98	.480	2	5	.400	16	21	.762	10	32	28	11	2	12	30	38	75	.507	0	1	.000	39	49	.796	14	51	24	7	7	19	20
7	7	1986-11-12		SAC	L	108	110	41	90	.456	2	8	.250	24	32	.750	15	41	27	9	8	15	16	43	87	.494	1	1	1.000	23	25	.920	9	40	26	5	4	19	24
8	8	1986-11-14		DAL	W	142	138	52	103	.505	4	7	.571	34	43	.791	16	38	30	8	6	8	29	48	89	.539	5	10	.500	37	47	.787	12	44	27	2	6	18	31
9	9	1986-11-15	@	UTA	L	103	111	34	96	.354	2	14	.143	33	46	.717	16	54	17	7	4	17	34	41	93	.441	3	5	.600	26	38	.684	15	56	19	5	6	19	37
10	10	1986-11-18		NJN	W	125	112	46	98	.469	1	7	.143	32	38	.842	18	53	26	8	9	13	27	41	97	.423	2	4	.500	28	38	.737	22	55	23	4	6	18	31
11	11	1986-11-20		POR	W	142	128	56	107	.523	1	1	1.000	29	34	.853	13	42	33	17	7	21	33	48	91	.527	2	6	.333	30	42	.714	9	46	26	9	7	29	32
12	12	1986-11-22		PHO	W	132	120	50	101	.495	0	1	.000	32	39	.821	16	50	33	12	10	18	31	45	94	.479	0	3	.000	30	37	.811	14	50	29	9	3	26	29
13	13	1986-11-26		CHI	W	109	107	44	108	.407	2	3	.667	19	26	.731	19	46	22	6	3	7	25	41	84	.488	0	0		25	33	.758	12	54	22	4	9	13	25
14	14	1986-11-28	@	IND	L	102	126	40	102	.392	1	4	.250	21	28	.750	13	52	27	7	4	15	25	50	112	.446	0	1	.000	26	36	.722	26	75	27	7	7	12	24
15	15	1986-11-29	@	MIL	L	99	131	41	87	.471	0	2	.000	17	25	.680	17	43	23	5	3	21	27	51	93	.548	1	6	.167	28	33	.848	12	38	30	11	2	10	22
16	16	1986-12-02	@	ATL	L	100	116	37	81	.457	0	4	.000	26	36	.722	12	38	13	7	0	17	22	46	86	.535	0	5	.000	24	28	.857	11	48	33	5	3	14	31
17	17	1986-12-03	@	BOS	L	113	119	40	91	.440	3	10	.300	30	39	.769	20	50	26	7	1	15	28	41	77	.532	5	7	.714	32	39	.821	6	38	26	8	4	14	29
18	18	1986-12-05	@	NJN	W	113	100	43	84	.512	0	5	.000	27	29	.931	9	38	20	11	8	14	27	31	84	.369	1	7	.143	37	46	.804	15	44	16	3	7	15	26
19	19	1986-12-06	@	DET	L	113	128	45	108	.417	2	9	.222	21	30	.700	20	40	24	14	2	11	28	52	83	.627	0	2	.000	24	29	.828	12	54	32	5	4	26	27
20	20	1986-12-09	@	CHI	L	100	106	37	91	.407	2	8	.250	24	29	.828	16	44	23	7	7	13	25	38	83	.458	0	1	.000	30	37	.811	13	45	26	5	11	11	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
21	21	1986-12-10		UTA	L	110	112	45	107	.421	2	11	.182	18	30	.600	22	44	24	8	6	11	30	44	84	.524	1	2	.500	23	35	.657	14	57	26	4	12	23	28
22	22	1986-12-12		PHO	W	128	116	47	92	.511	1	4	.250	33	40	.825	18	44	29	8	4	15	29	42	86	.488	0	6	.000	32	41	.780	15	41	21	10	4	19	31
23	23	1986-12-13	@	PHO	L	110	123	47	105	.448	0	5	.000	16	24	.667	25	45	29	12	4	20	25	47	82	.573	0	0		29	33	.879	13	42	31	10	6	22	23
24	24	1986-12-16	@	SAC	W	120	119	48	101	.475	0	1	.000	24	29	.828	15	41	27	11	7	12	33	42	81	.519	0	2	.000	35	39	.897	10	45	25	4	10	21	24
25	25	1986-12-19	@	DAL	L	118	141	47	91	.516	0	3	.000	24	31	.774	11	38	31	6	7	14	33	50	98	.510	1	8	.125	40	47	.851	19	52	24	7	4	12	23
26	26	1986-12-20		GSW	W	128	112	47	96	.490	0	1	.000	34	50	.680	19	50	24	13	5	14	30	39	87	.448	2	8	.250	32	41	.780	14	45	18	7	3	23	36
27	27	1986-12-23	@	SEA	L	116	127	46	103	.447	1	6	.167	23	36	.639	22	47	19	9	2	14	30	48	90	.533	1	3	.333	30	41	.732	16	48	32	5	5	15	26
28	28	1986-12-26		DAL	L	121	123	49	104	.471	2	2	1.000	21	25	.840	21	57	32	6	4	14	28	46	94	.489	5	10	.500	26	32	.813	12	43	17	8	4	13	22
29	29	1986-12-27	@	SAS	W	108	106	43	89	.483	0	2	.000	22	24	.917	9	40	30	8	8	14	21	42	94	.447	0	2	.000	22	27	.815	18	54	21	8	4	17	21
30	30	1986-12-30		PHI	L	108	111	41	88	.466	1	3	.333	25	33	.758	14	48	22	6	7	25	28	43	86	.500	1	3	.333	24	40	.600	10	44	20	13	4	22	29
31	31	1987-01-02		HOU	L	111	114	41	98	.418	0	3	.000	29	35	.829	17	49	28	8	4	16	28	41	83	.494	0	3	.000	32	43	.744	11	48	18	7	7	19	27
32	32	1987-01-03	@	POR	L	108	116	43	92	.467	0	5	.000	22	27	.815	9	35	30	14	4	23	29	46	85	.541	1	2	.500	23	32	.719	14	46	25	10	4	26	23
33	33	1987-01-06	@	SAC	L	104	112	40	86	.465	0	1	.000	24	35	.686	9	37	24	10	7	16	26	44	94	.468	0	2	.000	24	28	.857	18	56	32	6	2	23	27
34	34	1987-01-07	@	LAL	L	109	147	47	108	.435	0	3	.000	15	17	.882	17	41	34	8	3	18	22	59	99	.596	1	2	.500	28	34	.824	13	54	39	11	5	15	16
35	35	1987-01-09	@	DAL	W	116	113	41	91	.451	1	2	.500	33	41	.805	15	43	29	8	7	10	22	41	91	.451	5	12	.417	26	28	.929	16	53	16	5	4	22	30
36	36	1987-01-10		PHO	W	127	120	50	97	.515	0	3	.000	27	34	.794	10	47	37	9	5	18	35	39	86	.453	0	3	.000	42	53	.792	8	38	24	9	5	15	28
37	37	1987-01-13		SEA	W	117	109	46	107	.430	1	6	.167	24	35	.686	23	49	22	14	5	7	30	36	78	.462	3	5	.600	34	45	.756	18	59	21	4	5	28	27
38	38	1987-01-14	@	LAC	L	105	123	35	83	.422	4	12	.333	31	36	.861	18	44	19	9	0	27	42	39	78	.500	1	2	.500	44	57	.772	16	39	23	15	4	14	28
39	39	1987-01-16	@	SEA	L	100	134	38	90	.422	2	4	.500	22	34	.647	14	34	21	5	2	19	25	54	94	.574	2	5	.400	24	29	.828	16	53	32	11	10	21	28
40	40	1987-01-19		POR	W	118	116	45	102	.441	1	4	.250	27	35	.771	24	44	22	14	7	18	30	44	89	.494	0	3	.000	28	34	.824	19	50	25	8	5	31	31
								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	1987-01-21		GSW	W	129	112	54	100	.540	1	3	.333	20	33	.606	16	47	37	6	5	14	27	41	76	.539	2	3	.667	28	38	.737	5	40	24	4	3	26	30
42	42	1987-01-24		MIL	W	132	122	49	95	.516	1	3	.333	33	40	.825	14	46	42	3	7	7	21	50	98	.510	4	9	.444	18	23	.783	9	38	32	1	4	10	29
43	43	1987-01-26	@	POR	L	141	145	61	118	.517	1	6	.167	18	27	.667	19	45	37	9	4	16	30	57	101	.564	0	3	.000	31	36	.861	14	48	44	8	7	18	28
44	44	1987-01-29		DAL	L	102	132	42	103	.408	3	12	.250	15	19	.789	13	45	27	6	9	15	20	53	98	.541	4	8	.500	22	24	.917	10	52	36	10	12	14	19
45	45	1987-01-31		SAC	W	142	113	57	101	.564	0	2	.000	28	38	.737	15	42	39	10	3	16	29	41	86	.477	0	3	.000	31	37	.838	14	42	28	8	4	24	32
46	46	1987-02-02		LAC	W	140	112	53	101	.525	1	4	.250	33	37	.892	18	55	37	18	9	22	26	39	92	.424	3	8	.375	31	38	.816	17	39	22	12	4	28	30
47	47	1987-02-03	@	HOU	W	107	105	46	97	.474	0	3	.000	15	21	.714	11	43	38	10	5	9	20	44	94	.468	0	1	.000	17	23	.739	11	49	34	3	7	17	21
48	48	1987-02-05	@	PHO	L	100	113	36	99	.364	5	14	.357	23	28	.821	16	40	22	12	1	19	28	39	76	.513	0	1	.000	35	41	.854	12	51	32	8	6	24	25
49	49	1987-02-10		BOS	L	105	119	40	104	.385	1	4	.250	24	30	.800	21	47	22	10	4	9	24	50	90	.556	0	3	.000	19	25	.760	13	54	27	6	5	21	22
50	50	1987-02-12		WSB	L	115	121	42	101	.416	4	10	.400	27	43	.628	19	47	29	9	9	10	26	44	93	.473	1	3	.333	32	35	.914	13	50	23	6	12	12	29
51	51	1987-02-14		IND	W	129	113	52	98	.531	1	1	1.000	24	40	.600	22	59	37	10	6	16	26	44	99	.444	1	5	.200	24	38	.632	19	50	23	8	2	23	29
52	52	1987-02-17	@	SAS	L	126	131	51	96	.531	0	3	.000	24	31	.774	11	41	30	13	3	17	35	48	85	.565	1	3	.333	34	48	.708	11	46	29	8	1	21	27
53	53	1987-02-18		LAL	L	122	128	43	90	.478	5	12	.417	31	37	.838	13	36	34	11	10	13	20	51	92	.554	0	2	.000	26	32	.813	11	45	28	9	4	19	27
54	54	1987-02-20	@	LAC	L	107	121	42	88	.477	1	6	.167	22	26	.846	14	42	28	5	9	19	25	46	99	.465	0	1	.000	29	42	.690	25	56	32	9	2	14	27
55	55	1987-02-23	@	HOU	L	108	124	43	94	.457	6	10	.600	16	19	.842	11	32	31	8	4	12	23	50	82	.610	1	2	.500	23	34	.676	12	46	40	5	4	17	21
56	56	1987-02-24		HOU	W	134	105	56	107	.523	0	1	.000	22	27	.815	23	51	40	11	5	11	27	40	86	.465	0	4	.000	25	26	.962	12	39	30	3	10	26	23
57	57	1987-02-26	@	SEA	L	100	106	40	95	.421	0	6	.000	20	23	.870	15	42	17	7	7	5	21	40	84	.476	2	6	.333	24	30	.800	15	50	27	3	8	16	18
58	58	1987-02-28		CLE	L	117	119	47	94	.500	0	1	.000	23	28	.821	13	41	27	10	3	21	25	44	85	.518	0	0		31	41	.756	13	44	31	11	5	21	27
59	59	1987-03-02		SAC	L	114	117	46	96	.479	0	2	.000	22	35	.629	15	46	32	9	10	11	35	42	95	.442	1	4	.250	32	41	.780	15	50	30	3	5	15	30
60	60	1987-03-04	@	DAL	L	107	115	38	93	.409	2	11	.182	29	36	.806	15	58	27	5	4	16	25	48	97	.495	1	7	.143	18	26	.692	7	43	27	10	5	9	22
								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	1987-03-05		SAS	W	121	104	50	92	.543	0	1	.000	21	29	.724	12	46	32	11	8	16	24	41	99	.414	1	9	.111	21	33	.636	23	49	24	7	5	20	27
62	62	1987-03-10	@	LAL	L	107	143	43	99	.434	0	4	.000	21	29	.724	14	37	27	11	3	17	29	53	89	.596	2	3	.667	35	41	.854	14	48	40	11	9	21	26
63	63	1987-03-11		UTA	W	122	116	45	88	.511	4	8	.500	28	39	.718	13	44	23	9	8	19	33	39	81	.481	3	6	.500	35	45	.778	12	41	26	8	2	24	34
64	64	1987-03-15		ATL	L	100	104	37	95	.389	0	5	.000	26	33	.788	16	45	26	7	4	7	26	39	77	.506	1	2	.500	25	34	.735	10	45	23	5	8	18	32
65	65	1987-03-17	@	NYK	W	133	111	50	101	.495	1	2	.500	32	37	.865	25	50	28	14	2	13	18	45	86	.523	5	9	.556	16	20	.800	13	38	31	6	3	22	30
66	66	1987-03-18	@	CLE	W	104	100	46	94	.489	0	0		12	15	.800	17	41	26	11	6	13	26	38	82	.463	0	2	.000	24	30	.800	14	43	16	7	11	22	20
67	67	1987-03-20	@	PHI	L	106	116	45	94	.479	2	10	.200	14	20	.700	20	44	26	8	8	9	26	43	92	.467	1	6	.167	29	36	.806	25	56	26	5	5	11	16
68	68	1987-03-21	@	WSB	W	117	107	49	99	.495	1	3	.333	18	23	.783	13	43	23	6	3	9	25	41	87	.471	0	4	.000	25	29	.862	11	45	19	4	11	16	20
69	69	1987-03-23	@	UTA	L	118	122	43	99	.434	0	3	.000	32	39	.821	21	51	18	12	3	20	23	46	90	.511	2	6	.333	28	34	.824	15	49	27	8	9	19	28
70	70	1987-03-24		LAC	W	128	119	52	96	.542	1	2	.500	23	30	.767	14	46	33	8	4	11	20	48	96	.500	3	12	.250	20	21	.952	12	44	27	4	5	17	24
71	71	1987-03-26		SEA	W	123	113	46	93	.495	0	1	.000	31	35	.886	13	36	28	8	3	11	25	46	85	.541	0	3	.000	21	36	.583	17	41	26	6	1	18	29
72	72	1987-03-28		DET	L	109	121	41	95	.432	3	10	.300	24	29	.828	17	46	23	5	7	13	24	49	94	.521	1	3	.333	22	24	.917	16	52	37	3	4	14	24
73	73	1987-03-31		SAS	W	111	106	43	98	.439	1	2	.500	24	31	.774	20	57	32	9	7	13	26	39	94	.415	4	8	.500	24	29	.828	15	47	21	7	3	15	21
74	74	1987-04-02		GSW	W	132	96	54	103	.524	1	3	.333	23	32	.719	17	54	42	15	9	14	27	37	89	.416	0	2	.000	22	34	.647	15	46	24	4	9	25	26
75	75	1987-04-03	@	SAS	W	116	106	44	86	.512	0	0		28	35	.800	11	44	33	11	0	22	21	40	87	.460	1	7	.143	25	32	.781	14	44	27	13	4	21	26
76	76	1987-04-05		LAL	L	118	126	52	100	.520	0	3	.000	14	20	.700	15	41	33	8	13	12	27	47	99	.475	6	10	.600	26	36	.722	18	51	24	6	6	13	21
77	77	1987-04-07	@	GSW	W	129	126	48	95	.505	1	2	.500	32	41	.780	9	44	31	10	1	10	30	45	95	.474	5	11	.455	31	39	.795	14	49	25	5	4	17	33
78	78	1987-04-10	@	UTA	L	103	106	40	93	.430	0	2	.000	23	32	.719	14	42	21	9	5	16	29	39	88	.443	0	2	.000	28	39	.718	16	49	24	13	9	18	28
79	79	1987-04-11	@	HOU	L	103	113	40	84	.476	5	11	.455	18	23	.783	10	32	19	5	5	14	19	51	100	.510	0	1	.000	11	13	.846	20	56	27	5	5	18	22
80	80	1987-04-14		POR	W	142	114	58	104	.558	4	6	.667	22	29	.759	14	46	37	10	6	15	33	39	93	.419	2	9	.222	34	52	.654	23	51	21	4	1	22	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
81	81	1987-04-16	@	SAC	L	117	123	49	98	.500	4	10	.400	15	17	.882	11	39	24	9	2	17	29	45	90	.500	2	3	.667	31	37	.838	13	45	27	5	3	19	21
82	82	1987-04-18		HOU	W	126	117	54	106	.509	0	4	.000	18	25	.720	19	58	39	9	3	14	26	43	90	.478	1	8	.125	30	44	.682	13	40	31	6	7	16	21

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