1987-88 Denver Nuggets Schedule and Results

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Record: 54-28, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Doug Moe (54-28)

Executive: Pete Babcock

PTS/G: 116.7 (1st of 23) Opp PTS/G: 112.7 (19th of 23)

SRS: 3.32 (8th of 23) Pace: 105.5 (1st of 23)

Off Rtg: 110.1 (8th of 23) Def Rtg: 106.3 (6th of 23) Net Rtg: +3.8 (6th of 23)

Expected W-L: 51-31 (6th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +4000

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena Attendance: 520,881 (9th of 23)

NBA 1988 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus Dallas Mavericks (Series Stats)

Midwest Div Champs

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1987-88 Denver Nuggets Menu

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Nov 6, 1987	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		139	93	1	0	W 1	11,534
2	Sat, Nov 7, 1987	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		103	99	2	0	W 2	13,223
3	Tue, Nov 10, 1987	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		123	134	2	1	L 1	10,333
4	Thu, Nov 12, 1987	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		126	113	3	1	W 1	8,271
5	Sat, Nov 14, 1987	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		130	109	4	1	W 2	11,007
6	Tue, Nov 17, 1987	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		110	120	4	2	L 1	11,461
7	Wed, Nov 18, 1987	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		106	117	4	3	L 2	11,120
8	Fri, Nov 20, 1987	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		156	142	5	3	W 1	8,831
9	Sat, Nov 21, 1987	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		97	91	6	3	W 2	6,131
10	Tue, Nov 24, 1987	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		132	104	7	3	W 3	9,547
11	Fri, Nov 27, 1987	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		119	127	7	4	L 1	17,505
12	Sat, Nov 28, 1987	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		106	98	8	4	W 1	13,400
13	Tue, Dec 1, 1987	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		101	106	8	5	L 1	16,611
14	Wed, Dec 2, 1987	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		147	120	9	5	W 1	7,779
15	Fri, Dec 4, 1987	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		105	89	10	5	W 2	17,022
16	Sat, Dec 5, 1987	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		96	109	10	6	L 1	17,007
17	Wed, Dec 9, 1987	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		124	119	11	6	W 1	14,890	2:04
18	Thu, Dec 10, 1987	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		97	113	11	7	L 1	9,499
19	Sat, Dec 12, 1987	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		131	121	12	7	W 1	9,857
20	Wed, Dec 16, 1987	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		132	113	13	7	W 2	13,834
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 18, 1987	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		114	133	13	8	L 1	7,401
22	Sat, Dec 19, 1987	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		121	117	14	8	W 1	16,611
23	Tue, Dec 22, 1987	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		119	104	15	8	W 2	8,823
24	Wed, Dec 23, 1987	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		117	129	15	9	L 1	10,071
25	Sat, Dec 26, 1987	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		115	111	16	9	W 1	12,403
26	Mon, Dec 28, 1987	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		100	108	16	10	L 1	13,007
27	Tue, Dec 29, 1987	Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		97	98	16	11	L 2	10,621
28	Fri, Jan 1, 1988	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		124	109	17	11	W 1	5,326
29	Sat, Jan 2, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		151	142	18	11	W 2	23,746
30	Mon, Jan 4, 1988	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		101	122	18	12	L 1	6,448
31	Wed, Jan 6, 1988	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		98	93	19	12	W 1	7,804
32	Thu, Jan 7, 1988	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		96	100	19	13	L 1	17,590
33	Sat, Jan 9, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		105	113	19	14	L 2	14,986
34	Mon, Jan 11, 1988	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		115	127	19	15	L 3	9,802
35	Thu, Jan 14, 1988	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		115	112	20	15	W 1	14,944
36	Sat, Jan 16, 1988	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		115	94	21	15	W 2	14,241
37	Mon, Jan 18, 1988	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		116	123	21	16	L 1	13,004
38	Thu, Jan 21, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		115	113	22	16	W 1	17,022
39	Fri, Jan 22, 1988	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		106	126	22	17	L 1	12,666
40	Thu, Jan 28, 1988	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		122	113	23	17	W 1	13,911
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 30, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		124	106	24	17	W 2	11,488
42	Wed, Feb 3, 1988	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		115	105	25	17	W 3	10,667
43	Thu, Feb 4, 1988	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		129	123	26	17	W 4	8,887
44	Tue, Feb 9, 1988	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		136	108	27	17	W 5	8,492
45	Thu, Feb 11, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		108	120	27	18	L 1	17,022
46	Fri, Feb 12, 1988	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		105	120	27	19	L 2	12,666
47	Sun, Feb 14, 1988	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		107	93	28	19	W 1	9,971
48	Wed, Feb 17, 1988	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		138	125	29	19	W 2	17,022	2:10
49	Sat, Feb 20, 1988	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		108	128	29	20	L 1	14,269
50	Mon, Feb 22, 1988	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		100	87	30	20	W 1	10,053
51	Wed, Feb 24, 1988	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		123	120	31	20	W 2	12,444
52	Fri, Feb 26, 1988	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		120	104	32	20	W 3	15,396
53	Sun, Feb 28, 1988	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		109	100	33	20	W 4	13,539
54	Mon, Feb 29, 1988	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		96	123	33	21	L 1	17,007
55	Wed, Mar 2, 1988	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		99	81	34	21	W 1	9,178
56	Fri, Mar 4, 1988	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		116	108	35	21	W 2	13,212
57	Sat, Mar 5, 1988	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		115	102	36	21	W 3	13,287
58	Mon, Mar 7, 1988	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L	OT	114	116	36	22	L 1	10,333
59	Tue, Mar 8, 1988	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		103	113	36	23	L 2	11,782
60	Fri, Mar 11, 1988	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		93	132	36	24	L 3	11,052
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Mar 13, 1988	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		108	100	37	24	W 1	11,250
62	Mon, Mar 14, 1988	Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		115	116	37	25	L 1	10,172
63	Thu, Mar 17, 1988	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W	OT	116	115	38	25	W 1	12,742
64	Fri, Mar 18, 1988	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		111	118	38	26	L 1	12,444
65	Sun, Mar 20, 1988	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		108	95	39	26	W 1	13,177
66	Tue, Mar 22, 1988	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		136	109	40	26	W 2	10,746
67	Wed, Mar 23, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		118	108	41	26	W 3	8,569
68	Fri, Mar 25, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		120	119	42	26	W 4	17,505
69	Sat, Mar 26, 1988	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		131	108	43	26	W 5	9,893
70	Tue, Mar 29, 1988	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		107	103	44	26	W 6	10,333
71	Thu, Mar 31, 1988	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		121	111	45	26	W 7	14,518
72	Sat, Apr 2, 1988	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		123	107	46	26	W 8	11,824
73	Tue, Apr 5, 1988	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		110	97	47	26	W 9	16,611
74	Fri, Apr 8, 1988	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W	OT	129	124	48	26	W 10	6,697
75	Sat, Apr 9, 1988	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		109	135	48	27	L 1	17,007
76	Mon, Apr 11, 1988	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		123	119	49	27	W 1	9,708
77	Wed, Apr 13, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		120	106	50	27	W 2	17,022
78	Fri, Apr 15, 1988	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		132	125	51	27	W 3	17,022
79	Sun, Apr 17, 1988	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		133	122	52	27	W 4	17,022
80	Tue, Apr 19, 1988	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		134	114	53	27	W 5	14,478
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 22, 1988	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L	OT	135	141	53	28	L 1	12,666
82	Sat, Apr 23, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		134	109	54	28	W 1	17,022

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Apr 29, 1988	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W	126	123	1	0	W 1	17,022	2:15
2	Sun, May 1, 1988	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L	91	111	1	1	L 1	17,022	2:14
3	Tue, May 3, 1988	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W	125	114	2	1	W 1	14,250	2:06
4	Thu, May 5, 1988	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	117	127	2	2	L 1	14,250	2:25
5	Sat, May 7, 1988	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W	115	96	3	2	W 1	16,040	2:20
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
6	Tue, May 10, 1988	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W	126	115	4	2	W 2	17,022	2:13
7	Thu, May 12, 1988	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L	108	112	4	3	L 1	17,022	2:14
8	Sat, May 14, 1988	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W	107	105	5	3	W 1	17,007	2:17
9	Sun, May 15, 1988	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L	103	124	5	4	L 1	17,007	1:50
10	Tue, May 17, 1988	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L	106	110	5	5	L 2	17,022	2:12
11	Thu, May 19, 1988	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L	95	108	5	6	L 3	17,007	2:01

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