1978-79 Denver Nuggets Game Log (Advanced)

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

Coach: Larry Brown (28-25), Donnie Walsh (19-10)

Executive: Carl Scheer

PTS/G: 110.7 (9th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 109.5 (7th of 22)

SRS: 1.24 (10th of 22) Pace: 105.9 (13th of 22)

Off Rtg: 104.4 (10th of 22) Def Rtg: 103.2 (11th of 22) Net Rtg: +1.2 (11th of 22)

Expected W-L: 44-38 (11th of 22)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

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	1978-10-13		SAS	W	118	117	104.9	104.0	112.5	.560		.564	53.3	65.9	9.8	2.1	.524	15.4	28.6	.357	.463	13.8	75.0	.305
2	2	1978-10-15	@	SDC	W	98	94	97.0	93.1	101.0	.384		.487	49.5	50.0	6.9	5.7	.419	15.2	31.9	.302	.402	17.3	67.4	.276
3	3	1978-10-18		POR	W	125	113	115.9	104.8	107.8	.478		.574	49.5	63.3	7.4	8.2	.544	12.8	35.4	.300	.459	15.4	63.3	.235
4	4	1978-10-20	@	NJN	W	126	117	111.2	103.3	113.3	.652		.709	54.9	56.5	4.4	3.8	.667	25.9	19.2	.493	.433	9.8	71.4	.260
5	5	1978-10-21	@	ATL	L	125	130	120.2	125.0	104.0	.714		.618	47.0	44.2	0.0	6.9	.558	15.1	27.5	.506	.494	8.4	65.1	.506
6	6	1978-10-25		PHO	W	108	104	97.8	94.1	110.5	.452		.484	60.6	61.0	10.0	3.3	.441	17.7	43.9	.280	.505	19.1	83.3	.132
7	7	1978-10-27	@	IND	L	99	112	92.8	105.0	106.6	.313		.439	54.9	56.8	2.8	9.4	.374	16.3	40.6	.253	.479	12.3	73.5	.208
8	8	1978-10-29		HOU	W	134	121	115.6	104.4	115.9	.422		.554	53.1	70.0	7.8	4.9	.490	13.6	43.5	.333	.476	17.7	61.5	.223
9	9	1978-10-31	@	LAL	L	107	134	94.6	118.5	113.1	.306		.555	46.8	68.9	6.2	3.0	.529	21.2	20.0	.200	.600	13.7	75.7	.140
10	10	1978-11-03		CLE	W	110	93	105.5	89.2	104.3	.372		.606	56.4	77.3	4.8	9.4	.564	20.9	35.3	.282	.358	10.6	68.3	.160
11	11	1978-11-04	@	KCK	L	107	109	104.4	106.4	102.5	.310		.541	48.3	52.4	8.8	7.7	.483	16.8	29.3	.264	.516	16.1	65.2	.165
12	12	1978-11-09		NYK	W	116	109	100.6	94.5	115.3	.196		.523	49.0	72.5	8.7	8.0	.500	17.2	29.4	.137	.450	15.8	68.6	.190
13	13	1978-11-10	@	PHO	W	150	132	124.4	109.5	120.6	.441		.675	63.9	53.3	10.8	4.3	.645	15.9	36.7	.323	.554	17.3	83.3	.326
14	14	1978-11-11		KCK	L	113	117	104.0	107.6	108.7	.602		.508	53.0	66.7	5.5	10.5	.443	16.5	45.1	.398	.453	15.0	61.2	.326
15	15	1978-11-14	@	NYK	L	100	106	99.5	105.5	100.5	.196		.451	52.2	59.1	7.0	2.2	.431	13.3	43.4	.118	.551	18.8	64.1	.090
16	16	1978-11-15	@	PHI	L	103	109	94.5	100.0	98.7	.322		.501	44.7	65.1	8.3	7.6	.478	18.9	31.1	.189	.457	18.9	57.1	.272
17	17	1978-11-17	@	BOS	L	118	120	109.9	111.7	107.4	.409		.538	51.9	44.7	8.4	6.0	.505	16.1	40.4	.258	.512	14.9	68.8	.405
18	18	1978-11-18	@	WSB	L	114	119	107.6	112.3	105.9	.272		.494	48.4	46.9	9.4	10.3	.476	9.4	30.6	.155	.540	13.5	68.2	.287
19	19	1978-11-22		ATL	L	111	113	105.5	107.4	105.2	.573		.498	53.4	66.7	8.6	2.4	.404	13.2	38.5	.438	.548	17.1	75.0	.250
20	20	1978-11-24	@	SEA	W	103	100	99.8	96.9	103.2	.547		.554	57.1	58.3	6.8	6.5	.480	21.8	38.9	.413	.402	12.9	70.8	.283
								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	1978-11-25		SEA	L	104	110	101.9	107.8	102.0	.281		.520	48.3	68.9	13.7	5.6	.506	19.4	40.4	.157	.517	18.2	57.1	.202
22	22	1978-11-28	@	MIL	L	100	117	97.1	113.6	103.0	.507		.545	45.7	72.2	7.8	5.7	.480	20.7	26.3	.373	.552	15.4	68.8	.241
23	23	1978-11-30	@	NOJ	L	105	111	97.1	102.7	108.1	.423		.456	52.6	50.0	8.3	4.7	.392	13.5	35.8	.299	.488	15.0	76.6	.314
24	24	1978-12-01		DET	W	125	120	119.4	114.7	104.7	.413		.575	48.4	66.7	5.7	6.9	.522	13.5	39.5	.315	.490	11.6	56.0	.196
25	25	1978-12-02	@	SAS	W	104	93	104.2	93.2	99.8	.413		.587	54.1	87.8	6.0	2.2	.547	20.6	28.1	.293	.411	14.5	69.8	.211
26	26	1978-12-06		NJN	W	92	83	96.2	86.8	95.6	.698		.559	54.7	86.7	6.3	3.4	.476	24.7	35.3	.508	.391	15.6	67.3	.172
27	27	1978-12-09		MIL	W	113	103	105.4	96.0	107.2	.512		.562	53.4	67.4	4.7	3.4	.524	19.3	32.6	.329	.483	15.9	73.3	.191
28	28	1978-12-12		SAS	W	107	103	107.9	103.9	99.2	.286		.522	56.3	70.5	4.0	8.2	.484	14.2	42.9	.209	.469	13.4	68.9	.112
29	29	1978-12-15		POR	L	113	116	106.4	109.2	106.2	.346		.605	47.4	54.3	9.4	4.6	.568	20.5	25.0	.259	.506	16.4	67.5	.322
30	30	1978-12-17	@	POR	L	110	123	96.3	107.6	114.3	.562		.495	41.2	55.0	9.6	5.7	.449	17.2	25.9	.337	.483	19.1	60.5	.448
31	31	1978-12-20		NOJ	W	121	112	113.6	105.2	106.5	.443		.522	47.0	66.7	15.0	7.6	.464	7.9	32.6	.320	.506	21.9	64.9	.405
32	32	1978-12-22	@	GSW	W	107	103	101.1	97.3	105.9	.374		.505	57.8	58.5	8.5	9.9	.451	18.5	39.2	.275	.506	19.5	82.1	.259
33	33	1978-12-26		PHO	L	102	106	89.5	93.0	114.0	.568		.504	56.5	58.3	10.5	6.1	.444	23.4	38.3	.370	.500	18.5	75.6	.082
34	34	1978-12-28		CHI	L	107	111	105.5	109.5	101.4	.319		.499	55.6	67.4	5.9	2.4	.457	12.3	38.8	.223	.524	14.8	75.6	.274
35	35	1978-12-29	@	CHI	L	117	123	113.6	119.4	103.0	.459		.497	48.0	69.0	7.8	4.8	.429	9.2	39.7	.337	.476	13.0	59.5	.512
36	36	1978-12-30	@	ATL	L	87	113	81.6	106.0	106.6	.338		.512	42.9	38.9	10.3	3.8	.486	27.4	25.0	.203	.563	24.4	62.2	.288
37	37	1979-01-02	@	KCK	W	99	97	100.0	98.0	99.0	.400		.526	61.4	58.3	6.1	8.7	.450	22.3	47.4	.338	.413	11.0	72.0	.228
38	38	1979-01-03		KCK	L	101	108	92.5	98.9	109.2	.624		.466	53.3	59.4	10.1	2.6	.376	19.4	42.3	.435	.506	24.0	67.5	.390
39	39	1979-01-05	@	SEA	W	95	92	93.9	90.9	101.2	.326		.467	40.2	38.9	9.9	1.2	.404	11.3	20.0	.258	.424	19.8	61.7	.235
40	40	1979-01-06		BOS	W	127	98	126.5	97.7	100.4	.226		.621	55.3	75.9	11.0	5.9	.581	10.5	32.4	.204	.482	16.6	72.9	.188
								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	1979-01-09		WSB	W	121	90	108.1	80.4	112.0	.286		.591	53.1	51.0	13.4	11.7	.538	16.3	20.0	.253	.362	15.7	76.8	.234
42	42	1979-01-12		NYK	W	126	119	117.8	111.3	106.9	.287		.554	51.1	51.0	11.2	4.3	.505	11.6	37.0	.238	.505	13.7	65.9	.269
43	43	1979-01-14		IND	W	111	109	116.6	114.5	95.2	.488		.571	54.8	69.8	6.3	7.7	.538	11.8	35.1	.313	.495	8.1	70.2	.209
44	44	1979-01-16	@	NOJ	W	104	100	93.8	90.2	110.9	.329		.534	48.5	72.5	9.9	6.6	.471	21.7	25.0	.282	.363	16.1	70.6	.374
45	45	1979-01-17	@	SAS	L	101	119	89.4	105.3	113.0	.340		.439	50.0	73.7	4.4	4.3	.380	16.1	34.0	.250	.467	16.7	67.3	.359
46	46	1979-01-19	@	IND	W	101	98	101.4	98.4	99.6	.513		.528	61.2	58.8	6.0	3.8	.436	16.6	33.3	.423	.488	15.7	88.4	.250
47	47	1979-01-20		GSW	W	109	106	103.5	100.6	105.3	.487		.575	51.7	79.5	10.4	9.6	.500	19.5	25.6	.397	.500	13.6	76.1	.128
48	48	1979-01-22		DET	L	117	121	113.9	117.8	102.8	.356		.501	49.5	60.0	6.8	8.2	.446	12.0	44.4	.267	.529	14.9	56.4	.365
49	49	1979-01-23	@	CLE	L	107	108	113.6	114.6	94.2	.539		.569	52.9	52.6	10.6	2.1	.500	18.3	46.2	.408	.447	10.2	58.7	.255
50	50	1979-01-24	@	HOU	L	116	117	111.7	112.7	103.8	.384		.577	54.5	45.8	2.9	2.1	.558	18.6	37.1	.233	.543	12.1	69.0	.160
51	51	1979-01-26		LAL	W	119	107	115.3	103.7	103.2	.208		.514	54.5	59.6	13.6	5.2	.491	9.4	44.2	.142	.448	14.3	66.0	.219
52	52	1979-01-28		CHI	W	98	87	99.8	88.6	98.2	.178		.505	50.0	72.1	7.1	10.4	.478	13.4	28.9	.133	.406	15.7	66.1	.094
53	53	1979-01-30	@	POR	L	76	82	83.9	90.5	90.6	.291		.426	43.1	60.0	12.1	4.0	.380	19.8	35.4	.203	.366	14.5	50.0	.079
54	54	1979-02-02	@	SDC	L	100	124	90.7	112.5	110.2	.330		.480	50.6	42.1	3.6	4.2	.418	20.6	31.7	.264	.510	11.2	69.0	.271
55	55	1979-02-07		CLE	W	120	105	113.8	99.6	105.5	.367		.574	62.9	80.9	6.6	2.1	.522	15.4	38.1	.289	.474	9.6	85.1	.134
56	56	1979-02-09	@	GSW	W	106	104	103.1	101.2	102.8	.519		.546	46.1	51.2	8.8	6.4	.519	15.6	23.3	.304	.457	14.1	67.4	.191
57	57	1979-02-11	@	MIL	L	87	126	83.0	120.2	104.8	.279		.450	44.0	65.7	9.5	3.3	.407	23.1	35.4	.198	.578	17.8	55.6	.244
58	58	1979-02-13	@	CHI	W	104	94	99.4	89.9	104.6	.293		.501	44.3	61.0	8.6	6.4	.446	12.6	23.5	.239	.383	17.2	63.6	.234
59	59	1979-02-14	@	DET	L	107	111	101.8	105.6	105.1	.353		.545	51.6	60.5	5.7	4.2	.506	19.0	28.6	.247	.490	10.0	70.6	.177
60	60	1979-02-16		SDC	L	104	118	105.1	119.3	98.9	.231		.437	51.0	67.4	5.1	7.0	.398	10.5	48.4	.167	.535	15.0	55.0	.302
								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	1979-02-18		NOJ	W	115	112	113.3	110.3	101.5	.435		.568	57.7	71.7	7.9	5.4	.541	12.9	40.0	.271	.511	13.4	72.1	.196
62	62	1979-02-21		IND	W	114	109	108.6	103.8	105.0	.376		.575	54.9	73.3	2.9	8.2	.529	20.1	40.5	.282	.454	11.3	67.3	.216
63	63	1979-02-24		MIL	W	132	117	123.5	109.5	106.8	.250		.619	56.6	69.6	6.6	2.0	.583	16.5	44.7	.208	.530	13.8	66.7	.110
64	64	1979-02-25		PHI	L	111	119	95.3	102.2	116.5	.392		.488	48.1	70.7	12.0	3.2	.423	18.6	33.3	.299	.495	18.6	64.0	.263
65	65	1979-02-27		SEA	W	121	106	114.3	100.1	105.9	.316		.542	55.2	68.8	4.7	5.9	.490	13.2	42.6	.255	.446	12.4	65.5	.158
66	66	1979-02-28	@	HOU	L	97	122	95.1	119.7	102.0	.215		.414	49.5	57.5	5.9	3.7	.374	13.3	44.3	.159	.505	10.2	56.0	.131
67	67	1979-03-02	@	PHO	W	119	105	110.4	97.4	107.8	.385		.530	60.0	56.5	12.1	1.0	.479	15.1	46.0	.281	.448	15.2	74.0	.198
68	68	1979-03-04	@	LAL	W	113	99	108.8	95.3	103.9	.192		.526	55.8	64.0	4.8	0.0	.505	10.1	23.9	.131	.478	10.0	85.7	.120
69	69	1979-03-06		HOU	L	118	119	112.1	113.0	105.3	.393		.565	49.4	63.8	8.5	5.8	.528	15.4	34.1	.270	.547	16.0	66.7	.291
70	70	1979-03-11		WSB	L	98	119	89.5	108.7	109.5	.273		.442	47.5	51.2	8.2	4.3	.434	14.0	32.7	.121	.527	17.9	65.2	.226
71	71	1979-03-14		NJN	W	120	100	105.6	88.0	113.6	.418		.517	56.7	76.7	9.7	8.3	.439	15.9	38.3	.347	.417	16.0	71.9	.208
72	72	1979-03-17		ATL	W	118	111	114.4	107.6	103.2	.506		.568	54.7	65.1	2.9	9.6	.506	11.1	32.6	.376	.447	9.1	75.5	.287
73	73	1979-03-20		GSW	W	113	102	106.4	96.1	106.2	.420		.589	52.4	66.7	7.5	2.1	.556	20.0	33.3	.284	.500	18.7	68.9	.085
74	74	1979-03-23		BOS	W	137	113	122.4	101.0	111.9	.320		.600	56.0	60.7	8.0	7.2	.560	10.2	32.6	.250	.526	15.3	80.0	.113
75	75	1979-03-25		LAL	W	123	113	114.1	104.8	107.8	.568		.559	49.0	53.3	10.2	4.1	.511	12.0	31.9	.375	.495	15.8	64.7	.175
76	76	1979-03-28	@	DET	W	115	110	116.6	111.5	98.7	.425		.557	44.6	44.2	9.1	2.8	.494	11.9	37.2	.333	.454	11.4	50.0	.111
77	77	1979-03-30		SDC	W	130	121	117.9	109.7	110.3	.522		.575	51.9	52.2	5.4	1.8	.500	11.0	34.8	.413	.436	9.5	65.5	.227
78	78	1979-04-01	@	WSB	L	89	105	87.3	103.0	102.0	.326		.453	50.9	37.1	2.0	6.9	.407	21.5	36.5	.221	.446	9.8	63.8	.149
79	79	1979-04-03	@	NJN	W	110	97	104.1	91.8	105.7	.457		.498	54.5	71.8	6.6	10.0	.424	12.0	35.3	.348	.422	14.6	74.0	.233
80	80	1979-04-05	@	NYK	W	114	107	107.6	101.0	106.0	.634		.543	47.4	56.4	7.6	3.7	.476	12.5	27.7	.439	.426	10.0	66.0	.139
								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	1979-04-06	@	BOS	W	107	101	98.1	92.6	109.0	.318		.552	47.5	55.8	11.0	6.5	.506	21.8	26.3	.247	.473	20.8	66.7	.140
82	82	1979-04-08	@	PHI	L	111	112	105.9	106.8	104.8	.248		.496	49.5	50.0	5.7	5.3	.455	13.8	37.3	.188	.526	14.9	64.3	.126

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