highest assisting game by a nugget in the 80s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Fat Lever had the most assists for the Nuggets in a game, with 23 assists against the Warriors on April 21, 1989.

Interpreted as:
highest assisting regular-season game by a nugget in the 80s
NAME AST DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Fat Lever
F. Lever
23
4/21/1989
DEN DEN
@
GSW GSW
42
15
13
5
0
6
11
54.5
0
0
3
4
75.0
58.8
1
12
1
3
2 Fat Lever
F. Lever
18
4/10/1985
DEN DEN
@
LAC LAC
39
26
7
4
0
10
20
50.0
1
1
100.0
5
5
100.0
58.6
2
5
3
4
3 Fat Lever
F. Lever
18
11/6/1984
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
37
24
6
4
0
11
18
61.1
0
0
2
2
100.0
63.6
1
5
2
3
4 Michael Adams
M. Adams
17
3/12/1989
DEN DEN
@
BOS BOS
42
13
6
4
0
4
11
36.4
1
4
25.0
4
5
80.0
49.2
1
5
1
1
5 Fat Lever
F. Lever
17
12/6/1988
DEN DEN
@
NYK NYK
49
15
10
1
0
5
11
45.5
1
1
100.0
4
6
66.7
55.0
2
8
3
2
6 Fat Lever
F. Lever
16
2/26/1989
DEN DEN
vs
PHI PHI
40
16
12
2
1
5
17
29.4
0
0
6
6
100.0
40.7
1
11
1
2
7 Fat Lever
F. Lever
16
2/24/1988
DEN DEN
@
UTA UTA
43
15
10
1
1
6
18
33.3
0
0
3
4
75.0
38.0
5
5
1
3
8 Fat Lever
F. Lever
16
11/16/1985
DEN DEN
vs
LAC LAC
42
20
5
3
0
10
20
50.0
0
1
0.0
0
0
50.0
1
4
2
3
9 Fat Lever
F. Lever
16
3/30/1985
DEN DEN
vs
POR POR
37
18
4
6
2
7
13
53.8
0
0
4
5
80.0
59.2
0
4
2
2
10 Fat Lever
F. Lever
16
11/27/1984
DEN DEN
vs
LAC LAC
25
13
7
3
0
5
9
55.6
0
1
0.0
3
5
60.0
58.0
1
6
2
1
11 Rob Williams
R. Williams
16
2/17/1984
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
35
14
2
1
0
4
13
30.8
1
3
33.3
5
7
71.4
43.5
0
2
1
4
12 Alex English
A. English
16
3/19/1982
DEN DEN
vs
CHI CHI
41
29
8
0
1
13
24
54.2
0
0
3
5
60.0
55.3
6
2
2
2
13 Kenny Higgs
K. Higgs
16
3/29/1981
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
29
13
1
5
0
4
9
44.4
0
0
5
7
71.4
53.8
0
1
4
3
14 Fat Lever
F. Lever
15
3/31/1988
DEN DEN
vs
SAC SAC
38
21
10
2
0
8
15
53.3
0
0
5
5
100.0
61.0
2
8
4
3
15 Fat Lever
F. Lever
15
3/5/1987
DEN DEN
vs
SAS SAS
42
20
10
3
0
8
15
53.3
0
0
4
7
57.1
55.3
2
8
0
1
16 Fat Lever
F. Lever
15
3/21/1986
DEN DEN
vs
LAC LAC
29
17
5
3
0
7
14
50.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
53.9
2
3
2
1
17 Fat Lever
F. Lever
15
3/9/1985
DEN DEN
vs
IND IND
31
13
4
10
0
4
12
33.3
0
0
5
6
83.3
44.4
0
4
2
3
18 Fat Lever
F. Lever
15
12/8/1984
DEN DEN
@
CLE CLE
43
16
5
0
0
6
16
37.5
0
0
4
4
100.0
45.0
2
3
5
2
19 Billy McKinney
B. McKinney
15
1/11/1983
DEN DEN
@
SEA SEA
43
12
4
2
0
6
16
37.5
0
0
0
0
37.5
0
4
1
1
20 Alex English
A. English
15
3/5/1982
DEN DEN
vs
WAS WAS
37
22
11
0
3
9
18
50.0
0
0
4
6
66.7
53.3
5
6
2
5
21 Michael Adams
M. Adams
14
12/10/1988
DEN DEN
@
ATL ATL
45
34
3
3
0
12
21
57.1
1
5
20.0
9
10
90.0
66.9
1
2
4
2
22 Michael Adams
M. Adams
14
12/12/1987
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
40
22
1
1
0
9
11
81.8
2
3
66.7
2
2
100.0
92.6
0
1
4
1
23 Fat Lever
F. Lever
14
11/24/1987
DEN DEN
vs
NJN NJN
28
21
13
8
0
9
11
81.8
0
0
3
5
60.0
79.5
2
11
4
2
24 Fat Lever
F. Lever
14
11/20/1987
DEN DEN
vs
SAS SAS
36
20
5
4
0
9
19
47.4
0
0
2
2
100.0
50.3
1
4
3
3
25 Fat Lever
F. Lever
14
2/18/1987
DEN DEN
vs
LAL LAL
38
10
10
7
1
4
14
28.6
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
33.6
2
8
4
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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119.9

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DRTG

116.0

22nd

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3.9

9th

3P%

37.6

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TEAM W L PCT GB
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
5/18
DEN DEN
@
OKC OKC
3:30 PM
Last Game
DEN Nuggets

3 - 3

119

Final

107

OKC Thunder

3 - 3

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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
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Nuggets Nuggets
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Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
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2
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21
.744
3.0
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Bucks Bucks
48
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.585
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Pistons Pistons
44
38
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
3/27
UTA UTA
@
DEN DEN
93-129
Fri
3/28
SAC SAC
@
ORL ORL
91-121
Fri
3/28
BKN BKN
@
WAS WAS
115-112
Fri
3/28
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
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Fri
3/28
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
120-119

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
5/18
DEN DEN
@
OKC OKC
3:30 PM
Wed
5/21
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Fri
5/23
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Sun
5/25
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
8:00 PM
Tue
5/27
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
8:00 PM