denver nuggets best record in the first 45 games

The Denver Nuggets had their best record in a season in their first 45 games in 1976-77, with a record of 31-14.

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denver nuggets best record in a season in the first 45 games

	TEAM	REC	DATE	SEASON	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Nuggets	1-0	10/22/1976	1976-77	DEN	@	IND	W 123-110	1.000	240	123	49	27	8	7	49	92	53.3	25	39	64.1	56.3	16	33	17	31
2	Nuggets	1-0	10/23/1976	1976-77	DEN	vs	KCK	W 120-99	1.000	240	120	49	33	18	8	43	77	55.8	34	47	72.3	61.4	10	39		27
3	Nuggets	1-0	10/28/1976	1976-77	DEN	vs	MIL	W 119-100	1.000	240	119	47	33	8	1	45	83	54.2	29	32	90.6	61.3	11	36		22
4	Nuggets	1-0	10/30/1976	1976-77	DEN	vs	PHX	W 113-107	1.000	240	113	50	30	12	6	43	91	47.3	27	41	65.9	51.8	19	31		32
5	Nuggets	1-0	11/3/1976	1976-77	DEN	vs	NYK	W 119-110	1.000	240	119	64	20	11	5	40	92	43.5	39	52	75.0	51.8	26	38		23
6	Nuggets	1-0	11/5/1976	1976-77	DEN	@	CHI	W 99-85	1.000	240	99	56	16	11	8	40	80	50.0	19	27	70.4	53.9	14	42	26	28
7	Nuggets	1-0	11/6/1976	1976-77	DEN	@	MIL	W 105-103	1.000	240	105	47	28	16	9	43	91	47.3	19	26	73.1	51.2	18	29		28
8	Nuggets	1-0	11/9/1976	1976-77	DEN	vs	GSW	W 123-117	1.000	240	123	50	29	9	6	48	89	53.9	27	37	73.0	58.4	19	31	22	24
9	Nuggets	0-1	11/11/1976	1976-77	DEN	@	BUF	L 94-105	.000	240	94	43	25	9	11	40	97	41.2	14	21	66.7	44.2	12	31		33
10	Nuggets	1-0	11/13/1976	1976-77	DEN	vs	KCK	W 128-96	1.000	240	128	62	31	13	11	46	95	48.4	36	47	76.6	55.3	20	42		21
11	Nuggets	1-0	11/17/1976	1976-77	DEN	vs	NYN	W 112-78	1.000	240	112	65	26	8	12	43	85	50.6	26	42	61.9	54.1	11	54		25
12	Nuggets	0-1	11/19/1976	1976-77	DEN	@	BOS	L 108-112	.000	240	108	44	23	6	3	44	96	45.8	20	32	62.5	49.1	10	34		27
13	Nuggets	0-1	11/20/1976	1976-77	DEN	@	NYK	L 115-120	.000	240	115	50	15	11	6	42	96	43.8	31	43	72.1	50.0	18	32		33
14	Nuggets	1-0	11/23/1976	1976-77	DEN	vs	WAS	W 117-96	1.000	240	117	66	32	17	11	51	114	44.7	15	22	68.2	47.3	33	33		20
15	Nuggets	1-0	11/24/1976	1976-77	DEN	vs	LAL	W 122-112	1.000	240	122	54	31	10	3	50	95	52.6	22	29	75.9	56.6	20	34		23
16	Nuggets	0-1	11/26/1976	1976-77	DEN	@	KCK	L 110-120	.000	240	110	52	20	11	2	41	90	45.6	28	37	75.7	51.8	20	32		31
17	Nuggets	1-0	11/27/1976	1976-77	DEN	vs	IND	W 122-113	1.000	240	122	53	28	8	4	51	99	51.5	20	27	74.1	55.0	23	30		24
18	Nuggets	0-1	11/30/1976	1976-77	DEN	@	CLE	L 93-99	.000	240	93	50	14	10	6	36	90	40.0	21	26	80.8	45.8	18	32	25	21
19	Nuggets	0-1	12/1/1976	1976-77	DEN	@	PHI	L 102-114	.000	240	102	48	22	7	4	44	97	45.4	14	22	63.6	47.8	16	32		29
20	Nuggets	1-0	12/3/1976	1976-77	DEN	@	NYN	W 126-124	1.000	240	126	42	21	11	6	47	85	55.3	32	43	74.4	60.6	17	25		31
21	Nuggets	0-1	12/4/1976	1976-77	DEN	@	WAS	L 95-100	.000	240	95	41	25	10	3	41	88	46.6	13	17	76.5	49.7	15	26		25
22	Nuggets	1-0	12/5/1976	1976-77	DEN	@	NOJ	W 117-105	1.000	240	117	58	21			46	91	50.5	25	36	69.4	54.8				28
23	Nuggets	1-0	12/7/1976	1976-77	DEN	vs	MIL	W 122-115	1.000	240	122	50	27	19	7	49	99	49.5	24	52	46.2	50.0	26	24	25	26
24	Nuggets	1-0	12/9/1976	1976-77	DEN	vs	CLE	W 104-94	1.000	240	104	52	22	11	8	37	87	42.5	30	39	76.9	49.9	16	36	21	16
25	Nuggets	0-1	12/12/1976	1976-77	DEN	@	LAL	L 83-112	.000	240	83	48	19	7	4	36	108	33.3	11	13	84.6	36.5	18	30		16
	Average								.689	240.0	113.3	50.8	27.2			44.5	92.3	48.2	24.2	33.9	71.3	52.8				25.5
	Total	31-14							.689	10,800	5,097	2,288	1,223			2,004	4,155	48.2	1,089	1,527	71.3	52.8				1,148

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The Denver Nuggets had their best record in a season in their first 45 games in 1976-77, with a record of 31-14.

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