1988-89 Denver Nuggets Schedule and Results

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Record: 44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Doug Moe (44-38)

Executive: Pete Babcock

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) Net Rtg: +1.6 (10th of 25)

Expected W-L: 45-37 (10th of 25)

Preseason Odds: Championship +2000

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena Attendance: 527,337 (16th of 25)

NBA 1989 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (0-3) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Nov 4, 1988	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		120	117	1	0	W 1	14,876
2	Sat, Nov 5, 1988	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	OT	141	142	1	1	L 1	14,269
3	Wed, Nov 9, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	128	1	2	L 2	17,505
4	Thu, Nov 10, 1988	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		135	115	2	2	W 1
5	Sat, Nov 12, 1988	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		141	129	3	2	W 2	12,401
6	Sun, Nov 13, 1988	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		143	132	4	2	W 3	12,812
7	Tue, Nov 15, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	2OT	146	148	4	3	L 1	15,198
8	Thu, Nov 17, 1988	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		139	112	5	3	W 1	10,079
9	Sat, Nov 19, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		134	107	6	3	W 2	10,405
10	Tue, Nov 22, 1988	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		141	106	7	3	W 3
11	Wed, Nov 23, 1988	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		106	125	7	4	L 1	17,007
12	Sat, Nov 26, 1988	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		128	123	8	4	W 1	17,022
13	Tue, Nov 29, 1988	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		139	119	9	4	W 2	10,387
14	Thu, Dec 1, 1988	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W	OT	133	126	10	4	W 3	16,517
15	Fri, Dec 2, 1988	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		129	102	11	4	W 4	12,922
16	Sun, Dec 4, 1988	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		103	122	11	5	L 1	12,223
17	Tue, Dec 6, 1988	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	123	124	11	6	L 2	17,104
18	Wed, Dec 7, 1988	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		109	134	11	7	L 3	13,848
19	Fri, Dec 9, 1988	Box Score	@	Miami Heat	W		121	110	12	7	W 1	14,812
20	Sat, Dec 10, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		133	130	13	7	W 2	16,202
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 13, 1988	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		126	101	14	7	W 3	12,005
22	Fri, Dec 16, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		118	121	14	8	L 1
23	Sat, Dec 17, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		114	99	15	8	W 1	12,254
24	Tue, Dec 20, 1988	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		124	127	15	9	L 1	11,700
25	Thu, Dec 22, 1988	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		118	126	15	10	L 2
26	Fri, Dec 23, 1988	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		107	119	15	11	L 3	10,274
27	Tue, Dec 27, 1988	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		130	109	16	11	W 1	17,022
28	Fri, Dec 30, 1988	Box Score		Miami Heat	W		109	83	17	11	W 2	12,214
29	Tue, Jan 3, 1989	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		105	129	17	12	L 1
30	Thu, Jan 5, 1989	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		131	129	18	12	W 1	10,649
31	Sat, Jan 7, 1989	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		115	94	19	12	W 2	17,022
32	Tue, Jan 10, 1989	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		117	120	19	13	L 1
33	Wed, Jan 11, 1989	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		106	123	19	14	L 2	15,702
34	Fri, Jan 13, 1989	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		99	104	19	15	L 3	17,869
35	Sat, Jan 14, 1989	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		104	116	19	16	L 4	17,022
36	Mon, Jan 16, 1989	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		116	110	20	16	W 1	13,672
37	Wed, Jan 18, 1989	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		92	102	20	17	L 1	17,007
38	Sat, Jan 21, 1989	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		107	116	20	18	L 2	17,022
39	Mon, Jan 23, 1989	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		102	117	20	19	L 3
40	Tue, Jan 24, 1989	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		115	117	20	20	L 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 26, 1989	Box Score	@	Miami Heat	W		129	108	21	20	W 1	15,008
42	Sat, Jan 28, 1989	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		142	138	22	20	W 2	17,022
43	Mon, Jan 30, 1989	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		100	126	22	21	L 1	10,736
44	Tue, Jan 31, 1989	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		111	117	22	22	L 2
45	Thu, Feb 2, 1989	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		112	103	23	22	W 1	15,774
46	Sat, Feb 4, 1989	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		127	126	24	22	W 2	17,022
47	Sun, Feb 5, 1989	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		112	124	24	23	L 1	16,611
48	Thu, Feb 9, 1989	Box Score		Miami Heat	W		117	92	25	23	W 1	14,935
49	Tue, Feb 14, 1989	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		105	119	25	24	L 1	12,444
50	Wed, Feb 15, 1989	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		117	106	26	24	W 1	11,471
51	Fri, Feb 17, 1989	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		111	121	26	25	L 1	16,611
52	Mon, Feb 20, 1989	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		103	101	27	25	W 1	17,022
53	Wed, Feb 22, 1989	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		109	106	28	25	W 2	11,667
54	Fri, Feb 24, 1989	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		121	102	29	25	W 3	15,334
55	Sun, Feb 26, 1989	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		122	115	30	25	W 4	16,468
56	Mon, Feb 27, 1989	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		132	141	30	26	L 1	15,025
57	Thu, Mar 2, 1989	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		113	103	31	26	W 1	11,603
58	Sat, Mar 4, 1989	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		89	106	31	27	L 1	11,940
59	Mon, Mar 6, 1989	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		112	129	31	28	L 2	21,454
60	Wed, Mar 8, 1989	Box Score	@	Charlotte Hornets	W		112	99	32	28	W 1	23,388
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Mar 10, 1989	Box Score	@	Miami Heat	L	2OT	130	131	32	29	L 1	15,008
62	Sun, Mar 12, 1989	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		115	121	32	30	L 2	14,890
63	Tue, Mar 14, 1989	Box Score		Charlotte Hornets	W		125	102	33	30	W 1	10,522
64	Thu, Mar 16, 1989	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		119	102	34	30	W 2	12,083
65	Sat, Mar 18, 1989	Box Score		Miami Heat	W		111	105	35	30	W 3	15,068
66	Tue, Mar 21, 1989	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		112	110	36	30	W 4	16,611
67	Fri, Mar 24, 1989	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		114	105	37	30	W 5	17,007
68	Sat, Mar 25, 1989	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		90	112	37	31	L 1	12,444
69	Mon, Mar 27, 1989	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		118	119	37	32	L 2
70	Thu, Mar 30, 1989	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		123	116	38	32	W 1	14,851
71	Sat, Apr 1, 1989	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	114	108	39	32	W 2	17,022
72	Tue, Apr 4, 1989	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		128	124	40	32	W 3	10,785
73	Thu, Apr 6, 1989	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		132	118	41	32	W 4	11,084
74	Sat, Apr 8, 1989	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		110	106	42	32	W 5	17,022
75	Sun, Apr 9, 1989	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		114	120	42	33	L 1	12,880
76	Wed, Apr 12, 1989	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		102	107	42	34	L 2	12,444
77	Thu, Apr 13, 1989	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		112	121	42	35	L 3	16,517
78	Sat, Apr 15, 1989	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		92	125	42	36	L 4	14,250
79	Tue, Apr 18, 1989	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		118	142	42	37	L 5	17,505
80	Thu, Apr 20, 1989	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		136	113	43	37	W 1	13,163
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 21, 1989	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		139	121	44	37	W 2	15,025
82	Sun, Apr 23, 1989	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		96	113	44	38	L 1	13,547

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG
1	Fri, Apr 28, 1989	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	103	104	1	L 1	14,471	2:21
2	Sun, Apr 30, 1989	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	114	132	2	L 2	14,471	2:06
3	Tue, May 2, 1989	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L	121	130	3	L 3	12,660	2:10

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