Official Site of the Nuggets · Aug 28, 2017
#TheGoldenAge: 1984-85 Nuggets
The NBA didn’t see them coming.
The 1984-85 Nuggets were coach Doug Moe’s fifth team in Denver. And while he’d had some success in other seasons, this one was his best to date. It marched to 52 wins and the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs. It was a 14-game improvement in the win column from the prior season.
The Nuggets were quiet assassins, blowing through the NBA with the league’s most potent offense, while mixing in opportunistic defense. This is what that looked like:
No. 1 in the NBA in points: 120.0 per game
No. 1 in steals: 10.9/game
No. 2 in field goals made (47.3/game) and attempted (97.3/game)
No. 3 in free throws (24.6/game)
No. 2 in offensive rebounds (16.2/game)