1996-97 Denver Nuggets Game Log

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Record: 21-61, Finished 5th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff (4-9), Dick Motta (17-52)

Executive: Bernie Bickerstaff, Allan Bristow

PTS/G: 97.8 (13th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 104.1 (26th of 29)

SRS: -6.40 (25th of 29) Pace: 92.4 (4th of 29)

Off Rtg: 104.5 (24th of 29) Def Rtg: 111.2 (24th of 29) Net Rtg: -6.7 (24th of 29)

Expected W-L: 24-58 (24th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +7000, Over-Under 34.0

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena Attendance: 340,486 (28th of 29)

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Regular Season

Turnovers do not include team turnovers

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	1996-11-01		DAL	L	91	92	28	78	.359	3	8	.375	32	43	.744	18	47	13	9	10	20	21	35	88	.398	4	18	.222	18	26	.692	20	53	21	13	7	20	30
2	2	1996-11-03	@	SAS	W	88	79	32	81	.395	4	14	.286	20	23	.870	12	48	24	9	6	16	25	24	75	.320	6	16	.375	25	33	.758	15	47	16	9	6	19	25
3	3	1996-11-05		LAC	L	78	82	32	72	.444	3	14	.214	11	20	.550	12	43	21	6	5	22	32	31	83	.373	2	11	.182	18	24	.750	15	41	15	9	6	14	21
4	4	1996-11-07		HOU	L	108	110	38	97	.392	11	23	.478	21	25	.840	21	56	24	6	8	17	28	38	89	.427	9	22	.409	25	34	.735	13	42	23	5	4	14	17
5	5	1996-11-08		GSW	W	94	91	36	82	.439	2	11	.182	20	26	.769	13	40	26	9	6	18	19	33	74	.446	5	14	.357	20	22	.909	6	37	18	7	10	21	20
6	6	1996-11-10	@	CLE	L	86	101	33	72	.458	7	15	.467	13	14	.929	13	43	28	5	4	24	26	37	76	.487	11	20	.550	16	24	.667	10	32	26	9	7	14	20
7	7	1996-11-11	@	TOR	W	104	93	39	67	.582	8	20	.400	18	32	.563	7	40	27	8	4	26	29	30	83	.361	7	18	.389	26	34	.765	16	38	18	11	5	21	27
8	8	1996-11-13	@	DET	L	94	95	35	82	.427	10	17	.588	14	17	.824	8	38	25	6	5	13	24	37	86	.430	6	12	.500	15	21	.714	15	46	14	5	1	11	21
9	9	1996-11-15	@	BOS	W	82	80	28	81	.346	8	20	.400	18	22	.818	16	48	20	10	6	20	24	30	77	.390	1	16	.063	19	23	.826	10	41	17	6	12	18	23
10	10	1996-11-16	@	NJN	L	99	106	37	84	.440	9	22	.409	16	25	.640	8	37	25	6	6	16	28	39	89	.438	4	13	.308	24	36	.667	18	52	20	10	7	16	26
11	11	1996-11-19		MIA	L	86	104	31	72	.431	3	15	.200	21	28	.750	16	46	15	3	10	24	23	39	72	.542	9	14	.643	17	28	.607	7	30	23	12	2	15	24
12	12	1996-11-21		CHI	L	92	110	30	87	.345	6	20	.300	26	32	.813	16	48	20	11	5	16	34	40	81	.494	2	11	.182	28	47	.596	15	46	21	8	6	14	25
13	13	1996-11-23	@	POR	L	65	105	20	73	.274	1	20	.050	24	32	.750	6	26	10	11	2	17	22	40	76	.526	10	23	.435	15	23	.652	13	53	27	6	7	21	25
14	14	1996-11-26		PHO	W	117	108	44	83	.530	9	18	.500	20	24	.833	11	46	28	5	7	19	25	40	86	.465	7	16	.438	21	31	.677	11	36	15	14	4	12	19
15	15	1996-11-27	@	UTA	L	103	107	35	67	.522	12	25	.480	21	27	.778	6	36	25	4	3	19	31	39	84	.464	5	14	.357	24	30	.800	16	42	29	11	3	11	22
16	16	1996-11-29		MIN	L	103	108	35	75	.467	6	20	.300	27	33	.818	10	34	24	7	6	19	29	39	77	.506	3	9	.333	27	39	.692	13	38	18	6	6	16	23
17	17	1996-12-01	@	LAL	L	96	104	34	84	.405	7	21	.333	21	25	.840	12	41	27	6	1	18	25	40	81	.494	6	17	.353	18	30	.600	12	43	28	8	6	18	21
18	18	1996-12-03	@	GSW	L	99	114	37	78	.474	12	30	.400	13	19	.684	10	33	26	8	5	18	25	43	81	.531	7	16	.438	21	26	.808	12	38	28	10	6	14	18
19	19	1996-12-05		POR	L	104	115	34	66	.515	6	21	.286	30	37	.811	1	27	19	5	9	12	27	42	85	.494	10	25	.400	21	30	.700	14	44	23	5	2	11	27
20	20	1996-12-07		UTA	L	91	104	35	80	.438	6	17	.353	15	17	.882	14	40	22	1	5	16	27	39	76	.513	4	6	.667	22	31	.710	10	34	23	7	4	5	17
								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	1996-12-10	@	ATL	L	88	89	35	90	.389	8	21	.381	10	18	.556	18	46	16	9	5	9	25	31	74	.419	4	16	.250	23	27	.852	13	48	15	3	5	12	21
22	22	1996-12-11	@	CHH	L	97	101	32	75	.427	7	18	.389	26	33	.788	10	34	22	7	2	11	24	34	76	.447	3	11	.273	30	35	.857	14	45	19	8	2	18	25
23	23	1996-12-13	@	WSB	L	104	108	40	83	.482	13	28	.464	11	15	.733	11	38	31	4	5	15	16	45	87	.517	5	9	.556	13	19	.684	12	39	27	11	5	10	21
24	24	1996-12-14	@	NYK	L	82	89	30	74	.405	3	14	.214	19	20	.950	8	34	18	3	6	11	18	35	80	.438	8	16	.500	11	16	.688	13	44	25	8	5	13	20
25	25	1996-12-18		SAC	W	95	79	36	83	.434	7	21	.333	16	23	.696	10	48	28	9	5	9	20	30	83	.361	5	11	.455	14	19	.737	11	45	19	3	9	12	22
26	26	1996-12-20		VAN	W	108	93	39	84	.464	11	22	.500	19	24	.792	14	41	29	3	7	8	20	44	82	.537	2	5	.400	3	9	.333	8	31	25	6	5	9	22
27	27	1996-12-23	@	PHO	W	112	109	44	92	.478	11	24	.458	13	19	.684	8	45	28	6	7	15	19	49	113	.434	8	19	.421	3	9	.333	17	52	35	4	1	12	20
28	28	1996-12-26		PHI	L	89	118	34	86	.395	2	14	.143	19	23	.826	16	48	27	5	12	23	20	46	94	.489	5	13	.385	21	23	.913	13	45	22	15	6	12	21
29	29	1996-12-28	@	MIN	L	96	103	31	78	.397	5	14	.357	29	42	.690	16	43	20	10	11	20	22	38	91	.418	5	12	.417	22	25	.880	18	50	20	11	9	16	29
30	30	1996-12-30		BOS	L	102	104	39	83	.470	4	10	.400	20	23	.870	11	43	27	6	5	12	23	43	85	.506	2	6	.333	16	21	.762	10	40	24	6	3	9	19
31	31	1997-01-03		SAS	L	91	93	37	83	.446	6	15	.400	11	22	.500	14	44	25	7	12	13	18	37	90	.411	6	9	.667	13	15	.867	15	42	13	7	7	8	20
32	32	1997-01-07	@	SAC	W	109	96	44	81	.543	13	24	.542	8	15	.533	11	44	27	2	7	15	19	37	92	.402	3	12	.250	19	26	.731	21	47	20	9	7	11	10
33	33	1997-01-08		SEA	L	99	109	32	78	.410	6	19	.316	29	32	.906	9	42	25	4	8	12	19	44	96	.458	5	15	.333	16	21	.762	16	43	23	7	7	6	27
34	34	1997-01-10		IND	L	89	108	32	88	.364	7	21	.333	18	28	.643	17	44	22	10	7	14	18	41	85	.482	7	15	.467	19	21	.905	13	50	19	7	7	16	20
35	35	1997-01-11	@	DAL	L	99	104	34	80	.425	5	19	.263	26	33	.788	16	40	23	9	2	12	27	37	69	.536	7	14	.500	23	32	.719	9	37	18	9	4	15	30
36	36	1997-01-13		CHH	L	100	102	40	90	.444	9	20	.450	11	16	.688	12	43	30	2	3	9	23	40	87	.460	8	21	.381	14	18	.778	11	41	17	6	7	7	16
37	37	1997-01-14	@	PHO	L	101	110	39	89	.438	11	28	.393	12	16	.750	11	37	27	6	5	16	23	46	91	.505	2	7	.286	16	20	.800	12	43	27	7	3	13	20
38	38	1997-01-16		CLE	W	88	87	38	79	.481	8	19	.421	4	5	.800	11	40	20	5	7	17	16	38	78	.487	2	5	.400	9	13	.692	10	35	20	15	6	12	18
39	39	1997-01-18		DAL	L	104	107	37	85	.435	11	25	.440	19	26	.731	21	47	23	5	3	17	17	39	78	.500	7	15	.467	22	24	.917	9	35	23	12	4	13	18
40	40	1997-01-20		NJN	W	132	123	49	88	.557	10	21	.476	24	28	.857	8	41	41	7	9	10	25	47	94	.500	8	19	.421	21	28	.750	10	34	24	5	4	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
41	41	1997-01-22		VAN	W	94	84	41	98	.418	6	18	.333	6	9	.667	23	54	23	11	9	11	18	34	77	.442	5	12	.417	11	15	.733	9	38	21	7	9	15	16
42	42	1997-01-24	@	LAC	L	111	114	37	80	.463	11	31	.355	26	32	.813	13	40	18	8	1	18	27	40	80	.500	4	12	.333	30	36	.833	12	36	16	12	2	12	25
43	43	1997-01-25	@	VAN	W	83	82	32	75	.427	6	20	.300	13	20	.650	14	50	20	2	2	20	20	35	87	.402	2	10	.200	10	15	.667	16	46	25	7	9	10	24
44	44	1997-01-28	@	UTA	L	99	114	35	84	.417	7	21	.333	22	29	.759	12	37	18	7	7	18	26	40	79	.506	9	14	.643	25	34	.735	13	48	27	11	10	15	27
45	45	1997-01-30	@	HOU	W	113	109	46	89	.517	9	24	.375	12	15	.800	13	47	29	5	14	14	12	49	102	.480	5	15	.333	6	9	.667	14	41	33	9	4	8	13
46	46	1997-02-01		SAC	L	107	113	36	82	.439	5	18	.278	30	36	.833	12	34	19	5	7	9	25	46	87	.529	8	13	.615	13	19	.684	14	45	24	2	7	12	26
47	47	1997-02-02		ATL	W	115	104	44	90	.489	11	24	.458	16	20	.800	14	48	32	4	3	11	21	39	94	.415	13	34	.382	13	17	.765	17	41	19	8	7	8	14
48	48	1997-02-05		WSB	W	106	104	40	85	.471	6	17	.353	20	22	.909	12	44	25	12	6	17	17	42	92	.457	9	20	.450	11	18	.611	13	42	22	8	4	17	22
49	49	1997-02-11	@	SEA	L	81	108	32	70	.457	3	13	.231	14	15	.933	9	32	19	9	10	26	18	44	92	.478	4	18	.222	16	18	.889	17	39	30	18	6	16	20
50	50	1997-02-13		LAL	L	117	132	39	86	.453	12	23	.522	27	33	.818	12	50	22	6	9	19	22	45	94	.479	12	24	.500	30	38	.789	9	41	27	14	9	8	20
51	51	1997-02-15	@	MIL	L	87	92	34	78	.436	2	16	.125	17	23	.739	10	43	24	7	6	20	20	35	79	.443	2	9	.222	20	24	.833	9	42	18	12	4	15	21
52	52	1997-02-16	@	PHI	W	112	97	39	88	.443	11	24	.458	23	32	.719	14	50	27	4	7	11	17	39	94	.415	6	23	.261	13	18	.722	16	48	21	4	4	12	23
53	53	1997-02-18	@	CHI	L	123	134	44	76	.579	8	16	.500	27	33	.818	12	36	28	5	1	15	21	53	98	.541	10	21	.476	18	23	.783	20	41	42	11	2	7	22
54	54	1997-02-20	@	IND	L	68	92	24	79	.304	2	25	.080	18	28	.643	14	52	18	4	8	17	22	39	103	.379	2	9	.222	12	20	.600	22	63	22	11	9	10	24
55	55	1997-02-21	@	ORL	L	86	99	30	71	.423	7	22	.318	19	21	.905	12	43	16	3	4	21	21	37	84	.440	6	18	.333	19	29	.655	17	36	18	11	3	5	18
56	56	1997-02-23	@	MIA	L	86	95	34	79	.430	8	16	.500	10	17	.588	11	45	19	4	6	17	19	34	84	.405	11	24	.458	16	20	.800	14	45	21	9	3	12	20
57	57	1997-02-25		TOR	L	122	124	45	83	.542	11	22	.500	21	25	.840	11	37	31	11	4	22	22	47	82	.573	9	24	.375	21	24	.875	7	31	16	18	4	17	23
58	58	1997-02-28		NYK	L	108	112	39	92	.424	7	20	.350	23	28	.821	14	39	24	7	5	9	22	42	87	.483	6	17	.353	22	25	.880	16	50	21	5	5	15	26
59	59	1997-03-02		LAC	W	109	107	42	96	.438	9	26	.346	16	26	.615	17	47	20	6	11	9	19	41	88	.466	5	15	.333	20	24	.833	13	48	19	4	6	11	25
60	60	1997-03-05	@	SAC	L	100	105	33	91	.363	15	31	.484	19	29	.655	16	51	21	2	8	13	20	39	86	.453	3	10	.300	24	31	.774	13	53	21	6	7	8	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
61	61	1997-03-07	@	MIN	L	83	96	29	80	.363	5	30	.167	20	24	.833	12	46	18	7	8	18	31	36	84	.429	2	7	.286	22	33	.667	13	47	25	11	4	9	18
62	62	1997-03-11		ORL	L	91	96	35	71	.493	8	20	.400	13	16	.813	5	38	23	5	8	20	20	40	81	.494	5	14	.357	11	15	.733	6	34	20	8	7	11	15
63	63	1997-03-13		DET	L	82	102	30	75	.400	9	22	.409	13	19	.684	9	33	20	1	6	14	17	44	80	.550	4	12	.333	10	15	.667	9	44	21	11	5	11	20
64	64	1997-03-15		SAS	W	121	105	44	79	.557	15	29	.517	18	22	.818	12	34	29	6	9	8	20	42	88	.477	2	7	.286	19	23	.826	17	38	19	4	3	8	17
65	65	1997-03-17		LAL	L	94	113	33	78	.423	6	20	.300	22	31	.710	14	38	18	8	7	18	23	42	78	.538	14	23	.609	15	22	.682	7	40	15	11	5	16	23
66	66	1997-03-20	@	SEA	L	97	123	31	69	.449	16	31	.516	19	24	.792	8	36	20	8	7	31	16	50	99	.505	13	26	.500	10	15	.667	13	39	38	22	3	11	19
67	67	1997-03-21	@	VAN	L	101	108	33	86	.384	10	30	.333	25	32	.781	17	41	25	8	3	12	19	45	86	.523	2	10	.200	16	21	.762	17	49	28	8	4	13	23
68	68	1997-03-23		UTA	L	103	120	34	78	.436	6	19	.316	29	35	.829	11	32	22	8	2	13	22	50	77	.649	1	7	.143	19	27	.704	6	36	30	6	6	12	25
69	69	1997-03-26		MIN	L	100	102	36	73	.493	5	17	.294	23	27	.852	8	35	18	5	6	14	20	40	81	.494	2	6	.333	20	26	.769	9	34	23	8	8	8	22
70	70	1997-03-29	@	HOU	L	105	120	36	82	.439	9	25	.360	24	34	.706	7	45	22	4	2	11	23	43	84	.512	11	26	.423	23	27	.852	4	36	36	5	2	8	23
71	71	1997-03-30		MIL	W	99	97	32	77	.416	11	22	.500	24	32	.750	10	44	20	7	9	15	30	35	92	.380	3	7	.429	24	32	.750	15	49	22	8	11	12	23
72	72	1997-04-01		HOU	L	99	116	41	87	.471	4	18	.222	13	15	.867	9	39	22	6	5	15	14	46	85	.541	11	27	.407	13	17	.765	7	35	16	10	6	11	14
73	73	1997-04-02	@	LAL	L	85	110	35	90	.389	8	25	.320	7	18	.389	17	49	26	7	7	17	18	44	92	.478	10	21	.476	12	13	.923	11	52	32	12	8	9	17
74	74	1997-04-04		PHO	L	113	122	41	95	.432	10	28	.357	21	21	1.000	28	54	18	3	6	18	16	49	96	.510	9	19	.474	15	16	.938	14	36	32	12	6	8	15
75	75	1997-04-07		POR	L	104	110	37	79	.468	12	27	.444	18	25	.720	11	36	23	4	5	11	22	45	92	.489	6	13	.462	14	20	.700	19	50	21	4	7	10	24
76	76	1997-04-08	@	SAS	L	90	96	33	87	.379	9	27	.333	15	22	.682	19	53	23	4	9	14	16	42	109	.385	4	12	.333	8	14	.571	32	67	22	10	8	8	19
77	77	1997-04-10	@	GSW	L	107	109	44	102	.431	9	24	.375	10	15	.667	9	53	33	6	5	11	20	42	102	.412	7	18	.389	18	24	.750	18	59	27	7	7	12	16
78	78	1997-04-12	@	LAC	L	94	116	34	76	.447	7	17	.412	19	25	.760	8	35	13	4	2	19	16	47	85	.553	10	20	.500	12	16	.750	10	42	25	14	10	12	19
79	79	1997-04-14		GSW	L	93	103	35	83	.422	10	24	.417	13	19	.684	6	41	24	6	3	12	24	38	93	.409	2	12	.167	25	27	.926	16	54	15	5	3	7	16
80	80	1997-04-16	@	POR	L	63	107	21	74	.284	6	21	.286	15	20	.750	6	36	15	10	2	23	19	43	94	.457	3	13	.231	18	24	.750	18	64	21	15	2	19	15
								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	1997-04-17		SEA	L	104	108	41	79	.519	9	22	.409	13	20	.650	12	38	21	4	2	14	17	38	79	.481	9	19	.474	23	27	.852	14	39	18	8	2	12	16
82	82	1997-04-19	@	DAL	W	100	95	38	85	.447	6	18	.333	18	21	.857	9	52	25	6	5	14	16	40	93	.430	3	10	.300	12	19	.632	14	48	19	8	5	10	20

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