Michael Malone has a record of 7-7 in game ones in his coaching career.

	TEAM	COACH	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Nuggets	Michael Malone	4/13/2019	0-1	DEN	vs	SAS	L 96-101	.000	240	96	46	25	8	3	37	88	42.0	6	28	21.4	16	24	66.7	48.7	13	33	10	18
2	Nuggets	Michael Malone	4/29/2019	1-0	DEN	vs	POR	W 121-113	1.000	240	121	34	22	12	7	41	81	50.6	12	29	41.4	27	31	87.1	63.9	7	27	12	22
3	Nuggets	Michael Malone	8/17/2020	1-0	DEN	vs	UTA	W 135-125	1.000	265	135	41	23	10	6	49	95	51.6	22	41	53.7	15	18	83.3	65.6	8	33	11	22
4	Nuggets	Michael Malone	9/3/2020	0-1	DEN	@	LAC	L 97-120	.000	240	97	40	20	9	5	35	83	42.2	9	36	25.0	18	27	66.7	51.1	12	28	15	21
5	Nuggets	Michael Malone	9/18/2020	0-1	DEN	@	LAL	L 114-126	.000	240	114	37	23	3	2	41	83	49.4	9	26	34.6	23	28	82.1	59.8	9	28	16	26
6	Nuggets	Michael Malone	5/22/2021	0-1	DEN	vs	POR	L 109-123	.000	240	109	48	22	3	7	47	93	50.5	11	36	30.6	4	8	50.0	56.5	11	37	8	18
7	Nuggets	Michael Malone	6/7/2021	0-1	DEN	@	PHX	L 105-122	.000	240	105	41	26	10	4	43	92	46.7	14	40	35.0	5	6	83.3	55.5	11	30	11	17
8	Nuggets	Michael Malone	4/16/2022	0-1	DEN	@	GSW	L 107-123	.000	240	107	35	26	8	3	43	93	46.2	11	35	31.4	10	13	76.9	54.2	9	26	10	22
9	Nuggets	Michael Malone	4/16/2023	1-0	DEN	vs	MIN	W 109-80	1.000	240	109	54	24	6	4	41	90	45.6	16	39	41.0	11	17	64.7	55.9	11	43	10	20
10	Nuggets	Michael Malone	4/29/2023	1-0	DEN	vs	PHX	W 125-107	1.000	240	125	49	22	14	1	48	101	47.5	16	37	43.2	13	15	86.7	58.1	16	33	9	19
11	Nuggets	Michael Malone	5/16/2023	1-0	DEN	vs	LAL	W 132-126	1.000	240	132	47	29	5	7	50	91	54.9	15	32	46.9	17	22	77.3	65.6	15	32	11	21
12	Nuggets	Michael Malone	6/1/2023	1-0	DEN	vs	MIA	W 104-93	1.000	240	104	45	29	4	4	40	79	50.6	8	27	29.6	16	20	80.0	59.2	6	39	10	8
13	Nuggets	Michael Malone	4/20/2024	1-0	DEN	vs	LAL	W 114-103	1.000	240	114	49	27	7	4	47	102	46.1	15	42	35.7	5	6	83.3	54.5	15	34	4	20
14	Nuggets	Michael Malone	5/4/2024	0-1	DEN	vs	MIN	L 99-106	.000	240	99	34	24	12	2	35	75	46.7	13	31	41.9	16	20	80.0	59.1	3	31	12	18
	Average								.500	241.8	111.9	42.9	24.4	7.9	4.2	42.6	89.0	47.9	12.6	34.2	37.0	14.0	18.2	76.9	57.7	10.4	32.4	10.6	19.4
	Total			7-7					.500	3,385	1,567	600	342	111	59	597	1,246	47.9	177	479	37.0	196	255	76.9	57.7	146	454	149	272