1977-78 Denver Nuggets Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 48-34, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Larry Brown (48-34)

Executive: Carl Scheer

PTS/G: 111.8 (6th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 110.9 (16th of 22)

SRS: 0.80 (8th of 22) Pace: 108.5 (6th of 22)

Off Rtg: 102.3 (5th of 22) Def Rtg: 101.5 (15th of 22) Net Rtg: +0.8 (8th of 22)

Expected W-L: 43-39 (8th of 22)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena

NBA 1978 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Milwaukee Bucks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (2-4) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)

Midwest Div Champs

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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	1977-10-19		MIL	W	133	115	117.7	101.8	113.0	.474		.579	54.0	57.1	8.8	6.9	.516	14.2	42.2	.368	.471	13.8	63.6	.186
2	2	1977-10-21		LAL	W	106	101	95.9	91.3	110.6	.366		.491	59.1	61.5	14.5	7.1	.419	17.6	39.2	.301	.440	20.2	83.3	.321
3	3	1977-10-22	@	DET	L	106	126	92.1	109.4	115.2	.242		.484	49.1	62.8	6.1	5.0	.434	20.4	37.7	.202	.475	14.9	59.6	.297
4	4	1977-10-25	@	IND	L	104	129	93.1	115.5	111.7	.350		.451	52.5	71.1	4.5	8.6	.380	19.5	43.3	.280	.495	9.1	64.7	.238
5	5	1977-10-26		POR	W	111	108	100.6	97.9	110.3	.489		.519	50.5	74.4	11.8	3.5	.443	15.8	25.5	.375	.471	18.9	76.1	.329
6	6	1977-10-29		BUF	W	127	111	107.0	93.5	118.7	.352		.604	50.0	72.5	11.8	4.1	.560	18.0	15.8	.275	.392	13.8	71.0	.361
7	7	1977-11-01	@	CLE	L	93	110	88.7	105.0	104.8	.388		.467	52.5	38.9	3.8	5.9	.424	20.1	34.8	.247	.441	10.4	67.3	.196
8	8	1977-11-02	@	BUF	L	100	104	95.4	99.2	104.8	.276		.513	48.3	51.2	11.5	4.8	.471	16.3	23.8	.207	.429	17.1	70.2	.381
9	9	1977-11-04	@	BOS	W	109	107	92.8	91.1	117.4	.341		.539	45.9	48.8	6.0	3.9	.489	20.4	16.7	.261	.427	15.2	67.9	.184
10	10	1977-11-05	@	PHI	L	101	132				.258		.509	40.4	61.9			.472	19.5		.191	.588	15.5		.186
11	11	1977-11-08	@	MIL	W	111	101	109.1	99.3	101.8	.354		.608	52.6	73.3	8.8	4.4	.570	18.0	25.8	.266	.467	15.1	70.2	.189
12	12	1977-11-09		NOJ	W	115	112	106.4	103.6	108.1	.194		.570	46.4	66.7	12.0	7.4	.548	19.2	31.7	.140	.489	18.0	60.5	.213
13	13	1977-11-12		KCK	W	119	114	107.2	102.7	111.0	.384		.514	54.2	77.8	9.9	5.2	.455	14.7	39.6	.293	.500	15.6	68.8	.188
14	14	1977-11-15		DET	W	123	113	111.3	102.3	110.5	.284		.575	51.2	58.8	12.7	7.6	.537	15.1	34.1	.221	.489	19.3	67.4	.250
15	15	1977-11-18		SAS	W	105	94	104.9	93.9	100.1	.165		.475	50.0	58.7	7.0	7.4	.447	12.0	40.4	.126	.379	15.6	57.4	.232
16	16	1977-11-20	@	NJN	W	125	118	112.3	106.0	111.3	.449		.533	46.9	67.4	12.6	4.5	.469	13.3	37.7	.337	.517	20.7	58.1	.292
17	17	1977-11-22	@	WSB	W	119	114	108.2	103.7	110.0	.227		.558	51.1	53.1	9.1	4.3	.505	17.1	33.3	.216	.505	16.5	66.0	.215
18	18	1977-11-23	@	ATL	L	104	105	92.9	93.8	111.9	.450		.543	51.8	63.9	9.8	2.3	.450	21.3	15.8	.400	.500	18.3	82.2	.193
19	19	1977-11-24	@	NOJ	L	129	131	122.4	124.3	105.4	.367		.567	42.6	50.0	5.7	2.9	.531	5.8	30.0	.255	.485	10.5	54.9	.301
20	20	1977-11-26		IND	W	136	123	109.5	99.1	124.2	.461		.554	56.7	50.0	9.7	5.3	.490	16.9	42.2	.353	.495	20.9	69.2	.305
								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	1977-11-27	@	PHO	L	97	115	87.7	104.0	110.6	.447		.477	47.5	68.6	9.9	2.0	.412	21.0	26.5	.318	.490	12.6	68.0	.170
22	22	1977-11-29		SEA	W	115	99	106.7	91.9	107.8	.449		.616	50.0	76.7	11.1	9.6	.551	23.1	31.0	.372	.436	20.7	60.8	.181
23	23	1977-12-02		NJN	W	126	92	108.6	79.3	116.0	.384		.544	49.6	61.2	17.2	2.7	.495	16.0	35.6	.283	.348	17.5	58.1	.125
24	24	1977-12-04	@	LAL	W	111	109	107.9	105.9	102.9	.261		.541	44.1	67.3	9.7	2.2	.533	12.8	27.9	.141	.495	16.9	58.0	.183
25	25	1977-12-07		ATL	W	123	116	116.6	109.9	105.5	.588		.611	48.3	53.7	11.4	5.4	.513	17.9	37.8	.513	.467	16.8	55.8	.326
26	26	1977-12-10		MIL	W	118	111	106.7	100.4	110.6	.422		.600	53.8	67.4	9.0	3.2	.554	21.5	34.2	.313	.474	14.9	71.4	.221
27	27	1977-12-13	@	CHI	L	96	99	95.0	98.0	101.0	.434		.486	43.1	57.9	11.9	8.3	.458	16.1	29.4	.241	.417	19.4	56.9	.345
28	28	1977-12-14	@	KCK	L	98	124	86.4	109.3	113.5	.393		.469	47.6	58.3	5.3	1.9	.404	18.7	22.6	.292	.476	9.2	73.1	.229
29	29	1977-12-16		WSB	L	112	117	91.1	95.2	111.3	.176		.481	52.6	56.3	8.1	3.2	.444	16.5	28.3	.148	.516	19.9	81.8	.200
30	30	1977-12-20	@	SEA	L	88	93	84.4	89.2	104.3	.420		.459	37.3	61.3	8.6	3.9	.383	17.2	19.2	.321	.373	16.7	53.4	.167
31	31	1977-12-23	@	GSW	L	93	98	87.2	91.9	106.6	.410		.505	48.2	57.6	13.1	4.4	.423	22.7	22.5	.346	.440	17.1	71.1	.198
32	32	1977-12-26		PHO	W	127	108	115.8	98.5	109.6	.434		.539	61.0	57.8	12.8	4.4	.455	13.2	45.1	.374	.495	16.2	77.6	.198
33	33	1977-12-28		GSW	W	130	108	115.1	95.6	112.9	.432		.575	57.5	56.0	4.4	9.3	.526	15.0	40.0	.316	.393	11.1	71.4	.224
34	34	1977-12-30	@	ATL	W	106	104	103.4	101.4	102.6	.629		.593	50.7	47.1	9.8	9.2	.486	22.5	21.9	.543	.461	16.9	75.7	.447
35	35	1978-01-03	@	WSB	W	101	100	93.5	92.6	108.0	.208		.458	48.8	54.5	13.9	3.8	.436	10.5	24.5	.129	.506	21.3	81.1	.253
36	36	1978-01-04	@	SAS	W	119	114	110.7	106.0	107.5	.526		.620	56.6	56.8	12.1	7.6	.564	19.3	33.3	.397	.522	17.1	74.4	.196
37	37	1978-01-08		CHI	W	109	104	112.8	107.7	96.6	.286		.532	50.6	58.7	4.1	6.9	.505	12.8	36.6	.187	.437	10.4	63.0	.322
38	38	1978-01-10		NOJ	W	115	110	96.7	92.5	107.7	.352		.461	52.3	67.4	13.5	5.1	.398	11.4	32.8	.269	.444	18.3	76.0	.222
39	39	1978-01-12	@	HOU	W	109	106	120.9	117.5	90.2	.421		.605	59.7	58.5	6.7	3.3	.539	17.4	48.6	.355	.500	6.6	70.3	.152
40	40	1978-01-14		LAL	W	123	112	112.8	102.7	109.0	.250		.554	57.4	73.1	5.5	3.1	.520	12.6	32.6	.190	.500	10.9	81.3	.143
								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	1978-01-17		CLE	W	104	89	99.3	85.0	104.7	.217		.516	60.0	62.2	10.5	11.5	.489	19.9	39.0	.152	.385	13.3	75.9	.156
42	42	1978-01-19	@	MIL	L	109	114	99.8	104.4	109.2	.420		.523	50.0	67.5	7.3	9.3	.455	18.1	30.4	.330	.454	11.8	68.8	.268
43	43	1978-01-22		NYK	L	141	143	108.5	110.1	117.7	.608		.573	43.5	61.7	10.8	2.0	.485	16.3	27.5	.485	.592	21.3	67.6	.276
44	44	1978-01-24	@	CHI	L	114	131	106.3	122.1	107.3	.281		.570	46.4	41.7	6.5	5.6	.539	18.0	27.9	.202	.567	11.5	65.9	.322
45	45	1978-01-25		BUF	W	121	119	101.4	99.8	108.0	.250		.524	55.2	78.0	10.1	2.1	.481	19.0	40.8	.202	.521	21.3	70.2	.198
46	46	1978-01-27		HOU	W	105	100	100.7	95.9	104.3	.374		.495	57.7	59.0	3.8	8.2	.429	15.9	34.0	.297	.505	11.6	83.0	.021
47	47	1978-01-29		PHI	L	117	118	111.9	112.9	104.5	.308		.566	38.4	69.6	13.4	3.3	.505	12.7	27.3	.275	.556	20.4	50.0	.200
48	48	1978-01-31	@	NYK	W	119	115	112.9	109.1	105.4	.368		.589	49.4	63.8	10.4	3.4	.540	16.5	34.2	.287	.562	18.8	62.8	.169
49	49	1978-02-01	@	PHI	L	101	104	89.8	92.5	112.5	.323		.447	42.9	53.8	14.2	2.3	.394	14.4	28.1	.232	.368	20.9	58.2	.460
50	50	1978-02-03		DET	W	115	102	96.6	85.7	119.1	.278		.528	50.0	74.5	10.1	5.4	.485	16.8	24.1	.216	.398	19.9	78.0	.301
51	51	1978-02-08		ATL	W	114	109	110.5	105.7	103.2	.612		.670	48.7	72.5	5.8	8.3	.597	24.8	25.0	.507	.479	15.5	62.5	.177
52	52	1978-02-09	@	GSW	L	108	119	96.9	106.8	111.5	.225		.552	52.2	65.2	9.9	2.9	.517	22.9	31.0	.180	.519	14.1	70.0	.106
53	53	1978-02-10	@	SEA	L	123	126	108.1	110.7	103.1	.416		.584	47.6	52.0	9.7	0.9	.562	16.6	29.5	.258	.487	11.4	61.0	.122
54	54	1978-02-12	@	POR	W	103	101	100.1	98.1	102.9	.429		.563	52.3	57.9	12.6	4.4	.494	18.7	28.2	.351	.495	17.4	72.3	.121
55	55	1978-02-14		WSB	W	103	98	102.1	97.2	100.8	.280		.493	48.2	58.1	6.9	4.8	.462	13.3	32.7	.183	.404	11.1	61.7	.135
56	56	1978-02-16	@	CLE	L	87	119	78.5	107.4	110.8	.333		.436	38.9	52.9	10.8	1.9	.391	18.1	17.0	.218	.486	15.0	62.8	.162
57	57	1978-02-17		POR	W	112	105	103.6	97.2	108.1	.420		.537	46.7	72.5	12.0	7.5	.455	16.1	30.4	.364	.411	13.8	59.3	.159
58	58	1978-02-19		BOS	W	118	115	109.9	107.1	107.3	.202		.576	50.0	68.6	5.6	6.9	.543	16.3	30.8	.170	.495	12.7	66.7	.149
59	59	1978-02-22		IND	L	96	99	88.3	91.1	108.7	.372		.439	50.5	64.9	7.4	6.4	.394	14.1	28.3	.234	.447	15.4	75.0	.160
60	60	1978-02-24	@	LAL	L	99	109	95.4	105.0	103.8	.236		.504	53.3	53.7	4.8	1.0	.461	19.0	33.3	.191	.500	11.8	73.3	.135
								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	1978-02-25		PHI	W	124	115	107.3	99.5	115.5	.429		.573	51.1	73.9	9.5	6.3	.505	16.3	23.8	.352	.453	15.3	74.0	.305
62	62	1978-02-28	@	IND	W	122	106	116.9	101.6	104.3	.371		.589	49.5	62.5	7.7	3.3	.539	12.7	26.2	.292	.467	14.1	68.6	.217
63	63	1978-03-01		CLE	L	104	110	92.5	97.8	112.4	.423		.452	50.0	54.1	4.4	6.7	.381	17.9	37.5	.309	.400	12.3	61.7	.248
64	64	1978-03-04		KCK	W	123	114	111.3	103.2	110.5	.505		.541	51.5	56.8	8.1	10.4	.473	15.6	42.9	.376	.481	17.0	59.3	.113
65	65	1978-03-07		PHO	L	112	126	99.3	111.7	112.8	.333		.465	67.0	60.5	3.5	6.4	.410	16.6	50.9	.248	.532	12.3	90.0	.277
66	66	1978-03-10	@	KCK	L	120	126	111.4	116.9	107.7	.551		.543	55.3	48.8	8.4	4.3	.461	11.9	34.8	.427	.522	10.8	79.5	.326
67	67	1978-03-12		CHI	W	98	95	95.1	92.2	103.0	.481		.512	52.3	74.3	15.5	6.3	.443	15.8	22.2	.354	.463	18.6	83.7	.263
68	68	1978-03-15		GSW	W	123	111	115.9	104.6	106.1	.577		.629	58.4	82.2	8.5	2.2	.577	16.3	30.0	.423	.489	13.2	76.6	.228
69	69	1978-03-17	@	NJN	L	109	111	90.3	91.9	109.4	.327		.486	55.7	50.0	9.1	9.3	.429	19.4	30.8	.255	.454	14.0	79.6	.120
70	70	1978-03-19	@	BOS	L	95	122	89.6	115.0	106.1	.461		.444	46.5	51.6	2.8	5.1	.348	13.0	29.1	.371	.495	9.4	68.2	.242
71	71	1978-03-21		NYK	L	114	115	107.2	108.2	106.3	.286		.517	52.1	63.0	12.2	11.5	.469	14.0	38.3	.224	.494	16.9	66.0	.333
72	72	1978-03-23	@	SAS	L	106	123				.163		.538	47.1	70.8		5.6	.522	20.2		.109	.573	17.2		.236
73	73	1978-03-26	@	NOJ	W	109	100	99.7	91.4	109.4	.292		.543	48.5	60.0	12.8	4.4	.506	14.5	17.8	.213	.462	17.6	75.0	.176
74	74	1978-03-28	@	NYK	L	103	106				.223		.499	55.1	59.1			.468	21.3		.160	.478	15.9		.196
75	75	1978-03-29		BOS	W	109	106	104.6	101.7	104.2	.312		.515	45.3	57.1	9.6	7.1	.452	12.4	25.0	.269	.512	16.0	66.0	.238
76	76	1978-03-31		SEA	L	109	111	105.0	106.9	103.8	.301		.517	47.6	68.2	4.8	9.1	.473	15.3	37.5	.226	.404	12.0	56.1	.313
77	77	1978-04-02		HOU	W	109	100	102.4	93.9	106.5	.379		.492	56.2	63.4	6.6	9.3	.432	15.3	36.7	.284	.402	11.4	73.2	.227
78	78	1978-04-03	@	BUF	W	104	95				.395		.515	52.8	64.1			.453	12.9		.302	.440	16.6		.250
79	79	1978-04-05		NJN	W	129	121	105.5	99.0	122.3	.467		.582	54.1	77.6	9.0	8.2	.533	19.6	29.3	.337	.515	17.1	77.3	.216
80	80	1978-04-06	@	PHO	W	111	105	108.1	102.3	102.7	.263		.503	57.6	56.5	6.8	5.3	.465	10.5	38.3	.192	.500	11.1	77.8	.117
								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	1978-04-07	@	POR	L	93	97	89.8	93.6	103.6	.627		.486	48.2	37.9	8.7	7.4	.387	19.4	28.8	.467	.368	14.0	64.5	.284
82	82	1978-04-09	@	DET	L	137	139	119.0	120.8	115.1	.356		.658	52.4	50.9	13.0	4.9	.611	17.4	30.6	.300	.549	12.7	68.8	.265

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