1986-87 Denver Nuggets Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 31, 1986		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		134	104	1	0	W 1	14,835
2	Sat, Nov 1, 1986		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		109	131	1	1	L 1	10,584
3	Tue, Nov 4, 1986		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		118	103	2	1	W 1	11,383
4	Thu, Nov 6, 1986		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		135	121	3	1	W 2	8,112
5	Fri, Nov 7, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	138	3	2	L 1	15,872
6	Tue, Nov 11, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		112	115	3	3	L 2	5,058
7	Wed, Nov 12, 1986		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	L		108	110	3	4	L 3	7,225
8	Fri, Nov 14, 1986		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		142	138	4	4	W 1	11,707
9	Sat, Nov 15, 1986		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		103	111	4	5	L 1	12,212
10	Tue, Nov 18, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		125	112	5	5	W 1	8,471
11	Thu, Nov 20, 1986		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		142	128	6	5	W 2	8,421
12	Sat, Nov 22, 1986		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		132	120	7	5	W 3	12,817
13	Wed, Nov 26, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		109	107	8	5	W 4	17,022
14	Fri, Nov 28, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		102	126	8	6	L 1	12,357
15	Sat, Nov 29, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		99	131	8	7	L 2	11,052
16	Tue, Dec 2, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		100	116	8	8	L 3	10,435
17	Wed, Dec 3, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		113	119	8	9	L 4	14,890	2:08
18	Fri, Dec 5, 1986	8:10p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		113	100	9	9	W 1	7,498	2:11
19	Sat, Dec 6, 1986		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		113	128	9	10	L 1	12,578
20	Tue, Dec 9, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		100	106	9	11	L 2	10,717
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 10, 1986		Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		110	112	9	12	L 3	9,479
22	Fri, Dec 12, 1986		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		128	116	10	12	W 1	9,382
23	Sat, Dec 13, 1986		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		110	123	10	13	L 1	11,076
24	Tue, Dec 16, 1986		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		120	119	11	13	W 1	10,333
25	Fri, Dec 19, 1986		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		118	141	11	14	L 1	17,007
26	Sat, Dec 20, 1986		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		128	112	12	14	W 1	10,498
27	Tue, Dec 23, 1986		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		116	127	12	15	L 1	7,459
28	Fri, Dec 26, 1986		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		121	123	12	16	L 2	13,826
29	Sat, Dec 27, 1986		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		108	106	13	16	W 1	10,723
30	Tue, Dec 30, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	111	13	17	L 1	17,022
31	Fri, Jan 2, 1987		Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		111	114	13	18	L 2	15,895
32	Sat, Jan 3, 1987		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		108	116	13	19	L 3	12,666
33	Tue, Jan 6, 1987		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		104	112	13	20	L 4	10,333
34	Wed, Jan 7, 1987		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		109	147	13	21	L 5	15,777
35	Fri, Jan 9, 1987		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		116	113	14	21	W 1	17,007
36	Sat, Jan 10, 1987		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	OT	127	120	15	21	W 2	13,661
37	Tue, Jan 13, 1987		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		117	109	16	21	W 3	8,981
38	Wed, Jan 14, 1987		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		105	123	16	22	L 1	6,948
39	Fri, Jan 16, 1987		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		100	134	16	23	L 2	8,544
40	Mon, Jan 19, 1987		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		118	116	17	23	W 1	9,726
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 21, 1987		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		129	112	18	23	W 2	8,842
42	Sat, Jan 24, 1987		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		132	122	19	23	W 3	16,170
43	Mon, Jan 26, 1987		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L	OT	141	145	19	24	L 1	12,666
44	Thu, Jan 29, 1987		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		102	132	19	25	L 2	11,325
45	Sat, Jan 31, 1987		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		142	113	20	25	W 1	11,354
46	Mon, Feb 2, 1987		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		140	112	21	25	W 2	10,725
47	Tue, Feb 3, 1987		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		107	105	22	25	W 3	16,016
48	Thu, Feb 5, 1987		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		100	113	22	26	L 1	10,529
49	Tue, Feb 10, 1987		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		105	119	22	27	L 2	17,022	1:59
50	Thu, Feb 12, 1987		Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		115	121	22	28	L 3	11,080
51	Sat, Feb 14, 1987		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		129	113	23	28	W 1	12,398
52	Tue, Feb 17, 1987		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	OT	126	131	23	29	L 1	5,607
53	Wed, Feb 18, 1987		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		122	128	23	30	L 2	17,022
54	Fri, Feb 20, 1987		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		107	121	23	31	L 3	8,247
55	Mon, Feb 23, 1987		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		108	124	23	32	L 4	16,279
56	Tue, Feb 24, 1987		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		134	105	24	32	W 1	13,013
57	Thu, Feb 26, 1987		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		100	106	24	33	L 1	7,691
58	Sat, Feb 28, 1987		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		117	119	24	34	L 2	13,422
59	Mon, Mar 2, 1987		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	L		114	117	24	35	L 3	8,144
60	Wed, Mar 4, 1987		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		107	115	24	36	L 4	17,007
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Thu, Mar 5, 1987		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		121	104	25	36	W 1	9,124
62	Tue, Mar 10, 1987		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		107	143	25	37	L 1	17,505
63	Wed, Mar 11, 1987		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		122	116	26	37	W 1	12,250
64	Sun, Mar 15, 1987		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		100	104	26	38	L 1	16,040
65	Tue, Mar 17, 1987		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		133	111	27	38	W 1	10,241
66	Wed, Mar 18, 1987		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		104	100	28	38	W 2	6,629
67	Fri, Mar 20, 1987		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		106	116	28	39	L 1	15,977
68	Sat, Mar 21, 1987		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		117	107	29	39	W 1	8,620
69	Mon, Mar 23, 1987		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		118	122	29	40	L 1	12,212
70	Tue, Mar 24, 1987		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		128	119	30	40	W 1	8,774
71	Thu, Mar 26, 1987		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		123	113	31	40	W 2	10,183
72	Sat, Mar 28, 1987		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		109	121	31	41	L 1	14,825
73	Tue, Mar 31, 1987		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		111	106	32	41	W 1	8,214
74	Thu, Apr 2, 1987		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		132	96	33	41	W 2	8,871
75	Fri, Apr 3, 1987		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		116	106	34	41	W 3	6,469
76	Sun, Apr 5, 1987		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		118	126	34	42	L 1	17,022
77	Tue, Apr 7, 1987		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W	OT	129	126	35	42	W 1	6,666
78	Fri, Apr 10, 1987		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		103	106	35	43	L 1	12,212
79	Sat, Apr 11, 1987		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		103	113	35	44	L 2	16,279
80	Tue, Apr 14, 1987		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		142	114	36	44	W 1	13,638
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Thu, Apr 16, 1987		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		117	123	36	45	L 1	10,333
82	Sat, Apr 18, 1987		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		126	117	37	45	W 1	17,022

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG
1	Thu, Apr 23, 1987	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	95	128	1	L 1	17,505	1:55
2	Sat, Apr 25, 1987	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	127	139	2	L 2	17,297	2:21
3	Wed, Apr 29, 1987	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	103	140	3	L 3	15,137	2:10

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