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1988-89 Denver Nuggets Schedule and Results

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44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Doug Moe (44-38)

PTS/G: 118.0 (2nd of 25) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 116.3 (24th of 25)
SRS: 0.91 (14th of 25) ▪ Pace: 107.5 (1st of 25)
Off Rtg: 108.6 (13th of 25) ▪ Def Rtg: 107.1 (8th of 25)
Expected W-L: 45-37 (10th of 25)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 555,498 (16th of 25)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Phoenix Suns

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Nov 4, 1988 Houston Rockets W 120 117 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Nov 5, 1988 @ Seattle SuperSonics L OT 141 142 1 1 L 1
3 Wed, Nov 9, 1988 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 110 128 1 2 L 2
4 Thu, Nov 10, 1988 Portland Trail Blazers W 135 115 2 2 W 1
5 Sat, Nov 12, 1988 Seattle SuperSonics W 141 129 3 2 W 2
6 Sun, Nov 13, 1988 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 143 132 4 2 W 3
7 Tue, Nov 15, 1988 Los Angeles Lakers L 2OT 146 148 4 3 L 1
8 Thu, Nov 17, 1988 San Antonio Spurs W 139 112 5 3 W 1
9 Sat, Nov 19, 1988 Los Angeles Clippers W 134 107 6 3 W 2
10 Tue, Nov 22, 1988 New Jersey Nets W 141 106 7 3 W 3
11 Wed, Nov 23, 1988 @ Dallas Mavericks L 106 125 7 4 L 1
12 Sat, Nov 26, 1988 Chicago Bulls W 128 123 8 4 W 1
13 Tue, Nov 29, 1988 New York Knicks W 139 119 9 4 W 2
14 Thu, Dec 1, 1988 @ Sacramento Kings W OT 133 126 10 4 W 3
15 Fri, Dec 2, 1988 Golden State Warriors W 129 102 11 4 W 4
16 Sun, Dec 4, 1988 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 103 122 11 5 L 1
17 Tue, Dec 6, 1988 @ New York Knicks L OT 123 124 11 6 L 2
18 Wed, Dec 7, 1988 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 109 134 11 7 L 3
19 Fri, Dec 9, 1988 @ Miami Heat W 121 110 12 7 W 1
20 Sat, Dec 10, 1988 @ Atlanta Hawks W 133 130 13 7 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Dec 13, 1988 Houston Rockets W 126 101 14 7 W 3
22 Fri, Dec 16, 1988 @ Los Angeles Clippers L 118 121 14 8 L 1
23 Sat, Dec 17, 1988 Los Angeles Clippers W 114 99 15 8 W 1
24 Tue, Dec 20, 1988 Portland Trail Blazers L 124 127 15 9 L 1
25 Thu, Dec 22, 1988 Phoenix Suns L 118 126 15 10 L 2
26 Fri, Dec 23, 1988 @ Phoenix Suns L 107 119 15 11 L 3
27 Tue, Dec 27, 1988 Boston Celtics W 130 109 16 11 W 1
28 Fri, Dec 30, 1988 Miami Heat W 109 83 17 11 W 2
29 Tue, Jan 3, 1989 @ San Antonio Spurs L 105 129 17 12 L 1
30 Thu, Jan 5, 1989 Golden State Warriors W 131 129 18 12 W 1
31 Sat, Jan 7, 1989 Dallas Mavericks W 115 94 19 12 W 2
32 Tue, Jan 10, 1989 @ Washington Bullets L 117 120 19 13 L 1
33 Wed, Jan 11, 1989 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 106 123 19 14 L 2
34 Fri, Jan 13, 1989 @ Chicago Bulls L 99 104 19 15 L 3
35 Sat, Jan 14, 1989 Cleveland Cavaliers L 104 116 19 16 L 4
36 Mon, Jan 16, 1989 Sacramento Kings W 116 110 20 16 W 1
37 Wed, Jan 18, 1989 @ Dallas Mavericks L 92 102 20 17 L 1
38 Sat, Jan 21, 1989 Milwaukee Bucks L 107 116 20 18 L 2
39 Mon, Jan 23, 1989 @ Indiana Pacers L 102 117 20 19 L 3
40 Tue, Jan 24, 1989 @ New Jersey Nets L 115 117 20 20 L 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 26, 1989 @ Miami Heat W 129 108 21 20 W 1
42 Sat, Jan 28, 1989 Phoenix Suns W 142 138 22 20 W 2
43 Mon, Jan 30, 1989 @ Phoenix Suns L 100 126 22 21 L 1
44 Tue, Jan 31, 1989 @ San Antonio Spurs L 111 117 22 22 L 2
45 Thu, Feb 2, 1989 Atlanta Hawks W 112 103 23 22 W 1
46 Sat, Feb 4, 1989 Utah Jazz W 127 126 24 22 W 2
47 Sun, Feb 5, 1989 @ Houston Rockets L 112 124 24 23 L 1
48 Thu, Feb 9, 1989 Miami Heat W 117 92 25 23 W 1
49 Tue, Feb 14, 1989 @ Utah Jazz L 105 119 25 24 L 1
50 Wed, Feb 15, 1989 Washington Bullets W 117 106 26 24 W 1
51 Fri, Feb 17, 1989 @ Houston Rockets L 111 121 26 25 L 1
52 Mon, Feb 20, 1989 Detroit Pistons W 103 101 27 25 W 1
53 Wed, Feb 22, 1989 Dallas Mavericks W 109 106 28 25 W 2
54 Fri, Feb 24, 1989 Utah Jazz W 121 102 29 25 W 3
55 Sun, Feb 26, 1989 Philadelphia 76ers W 122 115 30 25 W 4
56 Mon, Feb 27, 1989 @ Golden State Warriors L 132 141 30 26 L 1
57 Thu, Mar 2, 1989 Houston Rockets W 113 103 31 26 W 1
58 Sat, Mar 4, 1989 @ San Antonio Spurs L 89 106 31 27 L 1
59 Mon, Mar 6, 1989 @ Detroit Pistons L 112 129 31 28 L 2
60 Wed, Mar 8, 1989 @ Charlotte Hornets W 112 99 32 28 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Mar 10, 1989 @ Miami Heat L 2OT 130 131 32 29 L 1
62 Sun, Mar 12, 1989 @ Boston Celtics L 115 121 32 30 L 2
63 Tue, Mar 14, 1989 Charlotte Hornets W 125 102 33 30 W 1
64 Thu, Mar 16, 1989 San Antonio Spurs W 119 102 34 30 W 2
65 Sat, Mar 18, 1989 Miami Heat W 111 105 35 30 W 3
66 Tue, Mar 21, 1989 @ Houston Rockets W 112 110 36 30 W 4
67 Fri, Mar 24, 1989 @ Dallas Mavericks W 114 105 37 30 W 5
68 Sat, Mar 25, 1989 @ Utah Jazz L 90 112 37 31 L 1
69 Mon, Mar 27, 1989 @ Los Angeles Clippers L 118 119 37 32 L 2
70 Thu, Mar 30, 1989 Seattle SuperSonics W 123 116 38 32 W 1
71 Sat, Apr 1, 1989 Los Angeles Lakers W OT 114 108 39 32 W 2
72 Tue, Apr 4, 1989 Sacramento Kings W 128 124 40 32 W 3
73 Thu, Apr 6, 1989 Indiana Pacers W 132 118 41 32 W 4
74 Sat, Apr 8, 1989 Utah Jazz W 110 106 42 32 W 5
75 Sun, Apr 9, 1989 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 114 120 42 33 L 1
76 Wed, Apr 12, 1989 @ Utah Jazz L 102 107 42 34 L 2
77 Thu, Apr 13, 1989 @ Sacramento Kings L 112 121 42 35 L 3
78 Sat, Apr 15, 1989 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 92 125 42 36 L 4
79 Tue, Apr 18, 1989 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 118 142 42 37 L 5
80 Thu, Apr 20, 1989 San Antonio Spurs W 136 113 43 37 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 21, 1989 @ Golden State Warriors W 139 121 44 37 W 2
82 Sun, Apr 23, 1989 Dallas Mavericks L 96 113 44 38 L 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Apr 28, 1989 @ Phoenix Suns L 103 104 0 1 L 1
2 Sun, Apr 30, 1989 @ Phoenix Suns L 114 132 0 2 L 2
3 Tue, May 2, 1989 Phoenix Suns L 121 130 0 3 L 3