1980-81 nuggets fewest points allowed in a game

The Denver Nuggets gave up their fewest points in a game in 1980-81 on January 18, 1981 and on October 15, 1980 with 98 allowed.

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	TEAM	OPP PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Nuggets	98	1/18/1981	DEN	vs	HOU	L 97-98	240	97	48	21	4	5	39	93	41.9	0	0		19	25	76.0	46.6	17	31	19	22
2	Nuggets	98	10/15/1980	DEN	vs	DAL	W 133-98	240	133	48	30	13	6	47	88	53.4	1	2	50.0	38	49	77.6	60.7	17	31	24	26
3	Nuggets	107	12/10/1980	DEN	vs	DAL	W 116-107	240	116	50	29	12	7	46	97	47.4	0	0		24	27	88.9	53.3	15	35	18	30
4	Nuggets	107	11/11/1980	DEN	@	WAS	L 92-107	240	92	61	18	6	5	37	99	37.4	1	4	25.0	17	24	70.8	42.0	24	37	26	20
5	Nuggets	108	3/22/1981	DEN	vs	UTA	W 113-108	240	113	46	24	10	8	41	94	43.6	0	0		31	33	93.9	52.1	13	33	13	16
6	Nuggets	108	11/25/1980	DEN	@	SDC	L 94-108	240	94	50	26	5	4	35	87	40.2	0	4	0.0	24	41	58.5	44.7	16	34	17	23
7	Nuggets	109	3/7/1981	DEN	@	DET	W 121-109	240	121	44	15	8	3	44	82	53.7	0	2	0.0	33	45	73.3	59.4	12	32	16	28
8	Nuggets	109	2/21/1981	DEN	vs	KCK	W 129-109	240	129	45	24	13	6	50	109	45.9	0	0		29	39	74.4	51.1	18	27	13	26
9	Nuggets	109	11/26/1980	DEN	vs	SDC	W 113-109	240	113	43	20	10	5	44	89	49.4	0	0		25	33	75.8	54.6	14	29	22	29
10	Nuggets	110	1/23/1981	DEN	@	LAL	L 105-110	240	105	45	25	10	2	40	93	43.0	0	1	0.0	25	38	65.8	47.8	14	31	11	18
11	Nuggets	110	12/30/1980	DEN	vs	IND	W 127-110	240	127	53	36	9	7	52	96	54.2	0	1	0.0	23	34	67.6	57.2	10	43	17	30
12	Nuggets	111	12/6/1980	DEN	@	HOU	L 108-111	240	108	45	24	9	3	42	92	45.7	2	4	50.0	22	29	75.9	51.5	13	32	26	33
13	Nuggets	112	3/17/1981	DEN	vs	SEA	W 124-112	240	124	41	21	12	5	43	93	46.2	0	0		38	40	95.0	56.1	9	32	13	18
14	Nuggets	113	10/10/1980	DEN	vs	SAS	L 112-113	240	112	48	22	10	6	39	96	40.6	1	2	50.0	33	41	80.5	49.1	17	31	21	33
15	Nuggets	114	3/4/1981	DEN	vs	LAL	W 123-114	240	123	64	25	15	1	49	113	43.4	0	0		25	32	78.1	48.4	25	39	20	29
16	Nuggets	115	2/10/1981	DEN	vs	WAS	L 110-115	240	110	49	21	3	7	45	97	46.4	0	1	0.0	20	23	87.0	51.3	13	36	14	16
17	Nuggets	115	1/24/1981	DEN	vs	SAS	W 129-115	240	129	56	28	8	4	52	110	47.3	0	0		25	33	75.8	51.8	28	28	12	24
18	Nuggets	115	10/29/1980	DEN	@	GSW	L 109-115	240	109	50	23	7	3	41	95	43.2	1	3	33.3	26	34	76.5	49.6	17	33	23	34
19	Nuggets	116	2/6/1981	DEN	@	UTA	W 120-116	240	120	52	21	4	2	42	93	45.2	0	0		36	45	80.0	53.2	18	34	8	22
20	Nuggets	116	1/9/1981	DEN	@	SDC	W 130-116	240	130	38	25	12	2	52	90	57.8	0	0		26	33	78.8	62.2	14	24	19	27
21	Nuggets	116	10/17/1980	DEN	@	SDC	W 129-116	240	129	33	23	11	3	51	88	58.0	0	0		27	34	79.4	62.6	7	26	17	26
22	Nuggets	117	11/28/1980	DEN	@	DAL	W 119-117	265	119	59	25	6	5	41	95	43.2	0	1	0.0	37	46	80.4	51.6	19	40	17	31
23	Nuggets	117	11/5/1980	DEN	@	SEA	W 125-117	240	125	45	28	6	5	52	100	52.0	0	1	0.0	21	28	75.0	55.6	15	30	11	23
24	Nuggets	117	10/24/1980	DEN	vs	PHX	L 94-117	240	94	51	24	16	13	38	94	40.4	0	2	0.0	18	24	75.0	45.0	14	37	37	36
25	Nuggets	117	10/18/1980	DEN	@	UTA	L 115-117	240	115	48	23	7	2	46	100	46.0	0	2	0.0	23	32	71.9	50.4	21	27	14	25

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1	Thunder	64	18	.780
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3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	DEN	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	NOP	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Mon 10/26	GSW	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Wed 10/28	DEN	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	DEN	@	PHX	10:00 PM

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Jokić

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3PM Leaders

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4,039.7

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
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3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
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11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
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