1982-83 Denver Nuggets Schedule and Results

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Record: 45-37, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Doug Moe (45-37)

Executive: Carl Scheer

PTS/G: 123.2 (1st of 23) Opp PTS/G: 122.6 (23rd of 23)

SRS: 0.27 (12th of 23) Pace: 112.1 (1st of 23)

Off Rtg: 109.7 (3rd of 23) Def Rtg: 109.1 (20th of 23) Net Rtg: +0.6 (12th of 23)

Expected W-L: 42-40 (12th of 23)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena Attendance: 491,253 (6th of 23)

NBA 1983 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (1-4) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 29, 1982		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		117	125	0	1	L 1	12,099
2	Sun, Oct 31, 1982		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		114	110	1	1	W 1	8,893
3	Wed, Nov 3, 1982		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	134	135	1	2	L 1	14,807
4	Thu, Nov 4, 1982		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		108	131	1	3	L 2	12,815
5	Sat, Nov 6, 1982		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		127	118	2	3	W 1	12,929
6	Tue, Nov 9, 1982		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		105	106	2	4	L 1	10,551
7	Wed, Nov 10, 1982		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		119	125	2	5	L 2	8,314
8	Fri, Nov 12, 1982		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		111	128	2	6	L 3	13,639
9	Sat, Nov 13, 1982		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		140	130	3	6	W 1	10,283
10	Tue, Nov 16, 1982		Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		136	130	4	6	W 2	3,039
11	Thu, Nov 18, 1982		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		118	107	5	6	W 3	9,640
12	Sun, Nov 21, 1982		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		129	143	5	7	L 1	17,505
13	Tue, Nov 23, 1982		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		126	136	5	8	L 2	8,518
14	Wed, Nov 24, 1982		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		129	123	6	8	W 1	13,011
15	Fri, Nov 26, 1982		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		106	127	6	9	L 1
16	Sat, Nov 27, 1982		Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		141	125	7	9	W 1	10,813
17	Tue, Nov 30, 1982		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		129	140	7	10	L 1	8,799
18	Fri, Dec 3, 1982		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		132	124	8	10	W 1	10,993
19	Wed, Dec 8, 1982		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		126	130	8	11	L 1	3,013
20	Thu, Dec 9, 1982		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		90	98	8	12	L 2	5,684
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 10, 1982		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		117	107	9	12	W 1	1,997
22	Sun, Dec 12, 1982		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		112	126	9	13	L 1	15,320	1:58
23	Wed, Dec 15, 1982		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		113	98	10	13	W 1	9,085
24	Thu, Dec 16, 1982		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		108	120	10	14	L 1	10,815
25	Sat, Dec 18, 1982		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		114	123	10	15	L 2	13,121
26	Wed, Dec 22, 1982		Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		102	146	10	16	L 3	6,439
27	Thu, Dec 23, 1982		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		135	127	11	16	W 1	12,218
28	Mon, Dec 27, 1982		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		130	128	12	16	W 2	7,730
29	Tue, Dec 28, 1982		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W	OT	155	150	13	16	W 3	7,038
30	Thu, Dec 30, 1982		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		132	145	13	17	L 1	16,474	2:14
31	Sat, Jan 1, 1983		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		127	125	14	17	W 1	7,814
32	Sun, Jan 2, 1983		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		104	122	14	18	L 1	12,666
33	Tue, Jan 4, 1983		Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		137	121	15	18	W 1	7,989
34	Wed, Jan 5, 1983		Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		118	138	15	19	L 1	7,222
35	Fri, Jan 7, 1983		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		125	97	16	19	W 1	9,122
36	Sat, Jan 8, 1983		Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		120	122	16	20	L 1	3,715
37	Tue, Jan 11, 1983		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		131	119	17	20	W 1
38	Wed, Jan 12, 1983		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		126	118	18	20	W 2	8,817
39	Fri, Jan 14, 1983		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		139	149	18	21	L 1	11,015
40	Sat, Jan 15, 1983		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		131	111	19	21	W 1	7,260
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 18, 1983		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		124	143	19	22	L 1	8,424
42	Wed, Jan 19, 1983		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		130	93	20	22	W 1	9,417
43	Fri, Jan 21, 1983		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		121	136	20	23	L 1	9,351
44	Sat, Jan 22, 1983		Box Score		New York Knicks	L		98	102	20	24	L 2	12,075
45	Tue, Jan 25, 1983		Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		119	112	21	24	W 1	8,133
46	Fri, Jan 28, 1983		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		118	109	22	24	W 2	11,736
47	Tue, Feb 1, 1983		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		124	133	22	25	L 1	17,498	2:17
48	Wed, Feb 2, 1983		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		128	135	22	26	L 2	7,141
49	Thu, Feb 3, 1983		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		126	112	23	26	W 1	4,534
50	Sat, Feb 5, 1983		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		143	136	24	26	W 2	9,133
51	Tue, Feb 8, 1983		Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		98	125	24	27	L 1	3,341
52	Wed, Feb 9, 1983		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		134	125	25	27	W 1	12,847
53	Wed, Feb 16, 1983		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		95	116	25	28	L 1	13,216	1:46
54	Thu, Feb 17, 1983	7:42p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		117	108	26	28	W 1	12,037	2:09
55	Sat, Feb 19, 1983		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		115	124	26	29	L 1	10,068
56	Tue, Feb 22, 1983		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		133	144	26	30	L 2	5,754
57	Thu, Feb 24, 1983		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		138	129	27	30	W 1	15,748
58	Sat, Feb 26, 1983		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		125	111	28	30	W 2	15,035
59	Sun, Feb 27, 1983		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		135	120	29	30	W 3	17,505
60	Tue, Mar 1, 1983		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		132	121	30	30	W 4	10,492
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Wed, Mar 2, 1983		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		128	108	31	30	W 5	6,508
62	Fri, Mar 4, 1983		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		142	138	32	30	W 6	12,666
63	Sat, Mar 5, 1983		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		126	120	33	30	W 7	12,011
64	Tue, Mar 8, 1983		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		129	118	34	30	W 8	15,033
65	Wed, Mar 9, 1983		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		122	109	35	30	W 9	10,075
66	Sun, Mar 13, 1983		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		130	117	36	30	W 10	13,188
67	Tue, Mar 15, 1983		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		139	115	37	30	W 11	12,558
68	Fri, Mar 18, 1983		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		117	147	37	31	L 1	14,268
69	Sun, Mar 20, 1983		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		106	118	37	32	L 2	13,710
70	Tue, Mar 22, 1983		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		130	117	38	32	W 1	10,588
71	Fri, Mar 25, 1983		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		131	120	39	32	W 2	14,009
72	Sat, Mar 26, 1983		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		110	124	39	33	L 1	13,143
73	Tue, Mar 29, 1983		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		129	136	39	34	L 2	12,477
74	Thu, Mar 31, 1983		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	122	39	35	L 3	17,310
75	Sat, Apr 2, 1983		Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		107	99	40	35	W 1	12,011
76	Wed, Apr 6, 1983		Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		113	130	40	36	L 1	7,130
77	Fri, Apr 8, 1983		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		132	115	41	36	W 1	10,878
78	Sat, Apr 9, 1983		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		123	105	42	36	W 2	6,237
79	Tue, Apr 12, 1983		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		116	125	42	37	L 1	10,195
80	Wed, Apr 13, 1983		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		131	112	43	37	W 1	10,609
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 15, 1983		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		137	126	44	37	W 2	15,039
82	Sun, Apr 17, 1983		Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		125	116	45	37	W 3	17,619

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Apr 19, 1983	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		108	121	0	1	L 1	11,901
2	Thu, Apr 21, 1983	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		113	99	1	1	W 1	15,903
3	Sun, Apr 24, 1983	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W	OT	117	112	2	1	W 2	14,660
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Tue, Apr 26, 1983	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		133	152	2	2	L 1	10,116
5	Wed, Apr 27, 1983	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		109	126	2	3	L 2	10,690
6	Fri, Apr 29, 1983	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L	OT	126	127	2	4	L 3	16,965
7	Mon, May 2, 1983	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		124	114	3	4	W 1	15,035
8	Wed, May 4, 1983	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		105	145	3	5	L 1	12,736	1:56

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