1975-76 Denver Nuggets Schedule and Results

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Record: 60-24, Finished 1st in ABA

Coach: Larry Brown (60-24)

Executive: Carl Scheer

PTS/G: 121.9 (1st of 9) Opp PTS/G: 115.9 (7th of 9)

SRS: 5.45 (1st of 9) Pace: 111.2 (1st of 9)

Off Rtg: 108.7 (2nd of 9) Def Rtg: 103.4 (4th of 9) Net Rtg: +5.3 (1st of 9)

Expected W-L: 56-28 (1st of 9)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena

ABA 1976 Playoffs:
Won ABA Semifinals (4-3) versus Kentucky Colonels (Series Stats)
Lost ABA Finals (2-4) versus New York Nets (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 24, 1975	Box Score	@	San Diego Sails	W		120	108	1	0	W 1	3,060
2	Sat, Oct 25, 1975	Box Score		Spirits of St. Louis	W		118	101	2	0	W 2	12,202
3	Wed, Oct 29, 1975	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		122	117	3	0	W 3	9,201
4	Fri, Oct 31, 1975	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		99	111	3	1	L 1	8,604
5	Sun, Nov 2, 1975	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		103	106	3	2	L 2	11,886
6	Wed, Nov 5, 1975	Box Score		Spirits of St. Louis	W		111	98	4	2	W 1	8,329
7	Thu, Nov 6, 1975	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W		111	105	5	2	W 2	4,717
8	Sat, Nov 8, 1975	Box Score		New York Nets	W		128	121	6	2	W 3	17,069
9	Tue, Nov 11, 1975	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		126	117	7	2	W 4	9,125
10	Fri, Nov 14, 1975	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		117	111	8	2	W 5	15,078
11	Wed, Nov 19, 1975	Box Score	@	Spirits of St. Louis	W		119	106	9	2	W 6	4,845
12	Thu, Nov 20, 1975	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		112	117	9	3	L 1	12,445
13	Fri, Nov 21, 1975	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		116	128	9	4	L 2	10,723
14	Sat, Nov 22, 1975	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		144	119	10	4	W 1	10,944
15	Wed, Nov 26, 1975	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		107	115	10	5	L 1	13,138
16	Fri, Nov 28, 1975	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W	OT	140	136	11	5	W 1	8,943
17	Sat, Nov 29, 1975	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		123	112	12	5	W 2	11,984
18	Sat, Dec 6, 1975	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		126	118	13	5	W 3	13,638
19	Sun, Dec 7, 1975	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		123	119	14	5	W 4	10,390
20	Wed, Dec 10, 1975	Box Score	@	Spirits of St. Louis	W		146	137	15	5	W 5	3,063
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Thu, Dec 11, 1975	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		111	100	16	5	W 6	6,186		at Richmond, VA
22	Fri, Dec 12, 1975	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		110	107	17	5	W 7	5,564		at Hampton, VA
23	Mon, Dec 15, 1975	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		131	110	18	5	W 8	10,010		at Norfolk, VA
24	Wed, Dec 17, 1975	Box Score		New York Nets	W		106	103	19	5	W 9	13,336
25	Sat, Dec 20, 1975	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		121	132	19	6	L 1	6,831
26	Sun, Dec 21, 1975	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		122	117	20	6	W 1	13,087
27	Fri, Dec 26, 1975	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		106	117	20	7	L 1	13,981
28	Sat, Dec 27, 1975	Box Score		New York Nets	W		130	113	21	7	W 1	17,298
29	Sun, Dec 28, 1975	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		110	105	22	7	W 2	8,994
30	Tue, Dec 30, 1975	Box Score	@	Spirits of St. Louis	L		104	106	22	8	L 1	9,141
31	Wed, Dec 31, 1975	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		141	137	23	8	W 1	11,555
32	Fri, Jan 2, 1976	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		137	125	24	8	W 2	11,192
33	Sat, Jan 3, 1976	Box Score		Spirits of St. Louis	W		126	115	25	8	W 3	11,429
34	Mon, Jan 5, 1976	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		127	120	26	8	W 4	10,079
35	Wed, Jan 7, 1976	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		118	121	26	9	L 1	7,214
36	Fri, Jan 9, 1976	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		155	128	27	9	W 1	10,327
37	Mon, Jan 12, 1976	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		139	122	28	9	W 2	11,664
38	Tue, Jan 13, 1976	Box Score		New York Nets	W		137	113	29	9	W 3	14,391
39	Fri, Jan 16, 1976	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		124	118	30	9	W 4	7,734
40	Sat, Jan 17, 1976	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		137	113	31	9	W 5	14,321
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 18, 1976	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		117	119	31	10	L 1	9,882
42	Tue, Jan 20, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		123	134	31	11	L 2	6,225
43	Fri, Jan 23, 1976	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		131	123	32	11	W 1	15,021
44	Fri, Jan 30, 1976	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		126	117	33	11	W 2	13,222
45	Sat, Jan 31, 1976	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		129	117	34	11	W 3	14,994
46	Sun, Feb 1, 1976	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		94	98	34	12	L 1	5,784		at Cincinnati, OH
47	Wed, Feb 4, 1976	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W	OT	135	131	35	12	W 1	9,208
48	Fri, Feb 6, 1976	Box Score		Spirits of St. Louis	W		123	109	36	12	W 2	9,194
49	Sun, Feb 8, 1976	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		116	114	37	12	W 3	13,389
50	Mon, Feb 9, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		138	119	38	12	W 4	7,640
51	Wed, Feb 11, 1976	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		137	133	39	12	W 5	6,483
52	Sat, Feb 14, 1976	Box Score		New York Nets	W	OT	108	103	40	12	W 6	17,505
53	Sun, Feb 15, 1976	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		118	125	40	13	L 1	10,931
54	Wed, Feb 18, 1976	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		142	111	41	13	W 1	11,632
55	Thu, Feb 19, 1976	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		128	123	42	13	W 2	10,089
56	Fri, Feb 20, 1976	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		101	106	42	14	L 1	8,026
57	Sun, Feb 22, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		95	115	42	15	L 2	12,264
58	Wed, Feb 25, 1976	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		122	110	43	15	W 1	10,321
59	Fri, Feb 27, 1976	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		140	116	44	15	W 2	13,985
60	Sat, Feb 28, 1976	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		122	134	44	16	L 1	9,933
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 29, 1976	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		112	111	45	16	W 1	7,791
62	Mon, Mar 1, 1976	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		115	109	46	16	W 2	3,064		at Hampton, VA
63	Wed, Mar 3, 1976	Box Score		New York Nets	W		121	100	47	16	W 3	14,090
64	Fri, Mar 5, 1976	Box Score		Spirits of St. Louis	W		137	125	48	16	W 4	13,522
65	Sun, Mar 7, 1976	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		116	101	49	16	W 5	13,122
66	Tue, Mar 9, 1976	Box Score		New York Nets	W		128	112	50	16	W 6	16,127
67	Wed, Mar 10, 1976	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		119	129	50	17	L 1	7,175
68	Thu, Mar 11, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L	OT	136	141	50	18	L 2	6,287
69	Fri, Mar 12, 1976	Box Score	@	Spirits of St. Louis	L		97	101	50	19	L 3	11,747
70	Tue, Mar 16, 1976	Box Score		Spirits of St. Louis	W		111	94	51	19	W 1	12,394
71	Wed, Mar 17, 1976	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		111	108	52	19	W 2	7,725
72	Thu, Mar 18, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		98	110	52	20	L 1	8,264
73	Fri, Mar 19, 1976	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		113	108	53	20	W 1	4,544		at Norfolk, VA
74	Sun, Mar 21, 1976	Box Score		Spirits of St. Louis	W		131	115	54	20	W 2	7,175
75	Tue, Mar 23, 1976	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L	OT	117	118	54	21	L 1	5,744
76	Wed, Mar 24, 1976	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		122	135	54	22	L 2	16,842
77	Fri, Mar 26, 1976	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		138	120	55	22	W 1	14,918
78	Sat, Mar 27, 1976	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W	OT	124	123	56	22	W 2	6,084		at Norfolk, VA
79	Sun, Mar 28, 1976	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		110	98	57	22	W 3	8,317
80	Tue, Mar 30, 1976	Box Score	@	Spirits of St. Louis	W		133	112	58	22	W 4	2,400
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Wed, Mar 31, 1976	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		110	117	58	23	L 1	7,829
82	Sat, Apr 3, 1976	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		121	129	58	24	L 2	10,307
83	Sun, Apr 4, 1976	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		140	134	59	24	W 1	15,226
84	Wed, Apr 7, 1976	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		130	103	60	24	W 2	8,210

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Apr 15, 1976	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		110	107	1	0	W 1	15,234
2	Sat, Apr 17, 1976	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		110	138	1	1	L 1	16,384
3	Mon, Apr 19, 1976	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		114	126	1	2	L 2	9,644
4	Wed, Apr 21, 1976	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		108	106	2	2	W 1	11,444
5	Thu, Apr 22, 1976	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		127	117	3	2	W 2	17,068
6	Sun, Apr 25, 1976	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L	2OT	115	119	3	3	L 1	6,312
7	Wed, Apr 28, 1976	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		133	110	4	3	W 1	18,821
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Sat, May 1, 1976	Box Score		New York Nets	L		118	120	4	4	L 1	19,034
9	Tue, May 4, 1976	Box Score		New York Nets	W		127	121	5	4	W 1	19,107
10	Thu, May 6, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		111	117	5	5	L 1	12,243
11	Sat, May 8, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		112	121	5	6	L 2	8,197
12	Tue, May 11, 1976	Box Score		New York Nets	W		118	110	6	6	W 1	18,881
13	Thu, May 13, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		106	112	6	7	L 1	15,434

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