2007–08 Denver Nuggets season explained

Team:	Denver Nuggets
End Year:	2008
Wins:	50
Losses:	32
Division:	Northwest
Division Place:	2
Conf Place:	8
Coach:	George Karl
Gm:	Mark Warkentien
Owner:	Stan Kroenke
Arena:	Pepsi Center
Playoffs:	First Round (lost to Lakers 0–4)
Bbr Team:	DEN
Television:	Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Radio:	KCKK

The 2007–08 Denver Nuggets season was the 41st season of the franchise, 32nd in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season saw Allen Iverson play his only full season as a Nugget until he was traded to Detroit midway through the next year. Despite winning 50 games, the Nuggets entered the playoffs as the number 8 seed in the Western Conference. They failed to make it out of the first round once again as they were swept by the eventual Western Conference Champion Los Angeles Lakers, led by league MVP Kobe Bryant, in four straight games. The Nuggets had the ninth best team offensive rating in the NBA.^[1]

Draft picks

Denver did not have any draft picks.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

2007-08 NBA Records
width=100	Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2
Boston	3–0	—	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–3
Charlotte	2–2	1–3	—	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–3
Chicago	2–2	0–4	3–1	—	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2
Cleveland	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2
Dallas	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	—	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–3	2–0
Detroit	4–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–0
Houston	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–0
Indiana	2–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	—	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–3	3–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	4–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Memphis	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–2	—	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–1
Miami	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–4
Milwaukee	2–2	0–4	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	2–2	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	0–4	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	1–1	—	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–1
New Orleans	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–2
New York	0–4	0–4	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	—	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–1
Orlando	2–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	—	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–2
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	3–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–0
Portland	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	—	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	—	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2
San Antonio	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	—	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–2	—	1–1	0–4	0–2
Toronto	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	1–3
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	—	2–0
Washington	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	—

October

Record: 1–0; home: 1–0; road: 0–0

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
1	31 October 2007		103–120	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (32)	19,380	1–0

November

Record: 9–7; home: 6–2; road: 3–5

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
2	2 November 2007	Nuggets	99–91		NA	Carmelo Anthony (33)	19,443	2–0
3	4 November 2007		93–88	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (23)	13,156	2–1
4	6 November 2007	Nuggets	112–119		NA	Allen Iverson (32)	19,763	2–2
5	7 November 2007	Nuggets	93–119		NA	Allen Iverson (22)	18,624	2–3
6	9 November 2007	Nuggets	118–92		NA	Carmelo Anthony (32)	20,173	3–3
7	10 November 2007	Nuggets	113–106		NA	Carmelo Anthony (32)	12,748	4–3
8	12 November 2007		100–122	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (37)	19,155	5–3
9	14 November 2007		93–110	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (25)	13,289	6–3
10	17 November 2007		83–115	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (24)	19,679	7–3
11	20 November 2007		91–112	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (26)	17,106	8–3
12	21 November 2007	Nuggets	90–101		NA	Allen Iverson (29)	17,221	8–4
13	23 November 2007		93–99	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (31)	17,097	9–4
14	24 November 2007	Nuggets	81–109		NA	Allen Iverson (18)	18,228	9–5
15	27 November 2007		112–110	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (26)	13,274	9–6
16	29 November 2007	Nuggets	99–127		NA	Carmelo Anthony (23)	18,997	9–7
17	30 November 2007		107–123	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (26)	14,230	10–7

December

Record: 8–5; home: 5–3; road: 3–2

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
18	2 December 2007		89–115	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (30)	16,386	11–7
19	5 December 2007		111–107	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (51)	19,155	11–8
20	6 December 2007	Nuggets	122–109		NA	Allen Iverson (35)	20,155	12–8
21	8 December 2007		97–101	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (23)	15,493	13–8
22	12 December 2007		99–105	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (32)	13,337	14–8
23	15 December 2007	Nuggets	91–102		NA	Allen Iverson (30)	18,797	14–9
24	16 December 2007		116–105	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (38)	13,678	14–10
25	20 December 2007		111–112	Nuggets	2	Carmelo Anthony (37)	16,157	15–10
26	21 December 2007	Nuggets	96–99		NA	Two-way tie (34)	20,644	15–11
27	23 December 2007	Nuggets	106–105		NA	Carmelo Anthony (30)	15,055	16–11
28	26 December 2007		105–125	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (29)	18,701	17–11
29	28 December 2007	Nuggets	124–120		NA	Allen Iverson (39)	20,001	18–11
30	30 December 2007		105–95	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (26)	19,362	18–12

January

Record: 9–6; home: 7–0; road: 2–6

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
31	3 January 2008		77–80	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (29)	19,155	19–12
32	4 January 2008	Nuggets	118–107		NA	Allen Iverson (33)	13,536	20–12
33	6 January 2008		96–109	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (38)	17,476	21–12
34	7 January 2008	Nuggets	115–137		NA	Allen Iverson (32)	18,422	21–13
35	11 January 2008		103–113	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (32)	16,718	22–13
36	14 January 2008	Nuggets	116–119		NA	Carmelo Anthony (35)	14,543	22–14
37	15 January 2008	Nuggets	93–104		NA	Carmelo Anthony (36)	18,235	22–15
38	17 January 2008		109–120	Nuggets	NA	Linas Kleiza (41)	15,270	23–15
39	19 January 2008		108–111	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (35)	18,196	24–15
40	21 January 2008	Nuggets	99–116		NA	Allen Iverson (24)	18,997	24–16
41	23 January 2008		100–107	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (29)	14,213	25–16
42	25 January 2008		85–100	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (30)	15,892	26–16
43	27 January 2008	Nuggets	85–90		NA	Allen Iverson (23)	20,437	26–17
44	28 January 2008	Nuggets	93–117		NA	Allen Iverson (23)	15,601	26–18
45	30 January 2008	Nuggets	106–102		NA	Allen Iverson (32)	12,043	27–18

February

Record: 8–5; home: 4–2; road: 4–3

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
46	2 February 2008		101–117	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (25)	19,391	28–18
47	4 February 2008	Nuggets	105–103		1	Carmelo Anthony (28)	20,320	29–18
48	6 February 2008		118–115	Nuggets	1	Allen Iverson (34)	16,865	29–19
49	8 February 2008		100–111	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (49)	17,078	30–19
50	10 February 2008	Nuggets	113–83		NA	Carmelo Anthony (27)	20,562	31–19
51	12 February 2008	Nuggets	114–113		1	J.R. Smith (28)	19,600	32–19
52	13 February 2008	Nuggets	98–109		NA	Carmelo Anthony (32)	17,519	32–20
53	19 February 2008		118–124	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (29)	19,894	33–20
54	22 February 2008	Nuggets	121–135		NA	J.R. Smith (43)	21,848	33–21
55	23 February 2008	Nuggets	109–115		NA	Allen Iverson (26)	16,674	33–22
56	25 February 2008		98–93	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (28)	17,901	33–23
57	27 February 2008	Nuggets	138–96		NA	Allen Iverson (31)	13,627	34–23
58	29 February 2008		104–110	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (38)	19,155	35–23

March

Record: 10–6; home: 7–0; road: 3–6

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
59	2 March 2008	Nuggets	89–103		NA	Carmelo Anthony (19)	18,168	35–24
60	5 March 2008		113–126	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (31)	18,383	36–24
61	7 March 2008		96–109	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (29)	19,821	37–24
62	8 March 2008	Nuggets	105–132		NA	Allen Iverson (28)	19,911	37–25
63	10 March 2008	Nuggets	103–107		NA	Allen Iverson (28)	18,797	37–26
64	12 March 2008		86–108	Nuggets	NA	Kenyon Martin (23)	17,318	38–26
65	14 March 2008		105–137	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (28)	17,952	39–26
66	16 March 2008		116–168	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (26)	19,155	40–26
67	18 March 2008	Nuggets	120–136		NA	Carmelo Anthony (27)	22,076	40–27
68	19 March 2008	Nuggets	113–115		NA	Allen Iverson (32)	20,674	40–28
69	21 March 2008	Nuggets	125–114		NA	Allen Iverson (26)	17,949	41–28
70	23 March 2008	Nuggets	109–100		NA	Allen Iverson (36)	19,800	42–28
71	24 March 2008	Nuggets	120–106		NA	J.R. Smith (27)	12,317	43–28
72	27 March 2008		105–118	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (32)	18,247	44–28
73	29 March 2008		112–119	Nuggets	NA	Kenyon Martin (30)	19,844	45–28
74	31 March 2008	Nuggets	117–132		NA	J.R. Smith (23)	18,422	45–29

April

Record: 5–3; home: 3–1; road: 2–2

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
75	1 April 2008		120–126	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (31)	18,870	46–29
76	5 April 2008		118–115	Nuggets	NA	Carmelo Anthony (47)	18,921	46–30
77	6 April 2008	Nuggets	147–151		2	Carmelo Anthony (38)	13,104	46–31
78	8 April 2008	Nuggets	117–99		NA	Carmelo Anthony (36)	19,060	47–31
79	10 April 2008	Nuggets	114–105		NA	Allen Iverson (33)	20,737	48–31
80	12 April 2008	Nuggets	97–124		NA	Allen Iverson (28)	19,911	48–32
81	13 April 2008		94–111	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (33)	19,720	49–32
82	16 April 2008		111–120	Nuggets	NA	Allen Iverson (21)	17,892	50–32

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates loss.

Playoffs

|-bgcolor="#edbebf"| 1 || April 20 || @ L.A. Lakers || 114–128 || Anthony, Iverson (30) || Anthony (12) || Iverson (7)||Staples Center
18,997 || 0–1|-bgcolor="#edbebf"| 2 || April 23 || @ L.A. Lakers || 107–122 || Iverson (31) || Camby (17) || Iverson (6) ||Staples Center
18,997 || 0–2|-bgcolor="#edbebf"| 3 || April 26 || L.A. Lakers || 84–102 || Anthony (16) || Camby (12) || Camby (4) ||Pepsi Center
19,602 || 0–3|-bgcolor="#edbebf"| 4 || April 28 || L.A. Lakers || 101–107 || Smith (26) || Camby (17) || Carter (6) ||Pepsi Center
19,264 || 0–4|-

Player stats

Regular season

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
77	77	36.4	.492	.354	.786	7.40	3.4	1.27	.51	25.7
24	0	14.7	.344	.316	.444	1.30	2.0	.38	.04	4.7
79	79	34.9	.450	.300	.708	13.10	3.3	1.06	3.61	9.1
70	67	28.0	.458	.349	.753	2.90	5.5	1.54	.40	7.8
54	14	10.0	.410	.318	.710	1.10	.7	.15	.06	2.8
9	0	3.3	.333	.333	.750	.70	.3	.11	.00	1.1
19	2	6.3	.536	.000	.450	1.50	.0	.00	.32	2.1
82	82	41.8	.458	.345	.809	3.00	7.1	1.95	.15	26.4
25	0	8.9	.406	.391	.821	1.50	.4	.20	.04	3.4
79	13	23.9	.472	.339	.770	4.20	1.2	.56	.24	11.1
71	71	30.4	.538	.182	.580	6.50	1.3	1.24	1.20	12.4
6	1	5.5	1.000	.000	.500	1.20	.0	.00	.83	.5
78	3	21.3	.473	.361	.708	4.30	1.2	.88	.51	5.9
16	1	16.6	.408	.000	.551	5.40	.9	.56	.88	5.3
74	0	19.2	.461	.403	.719	2.10	1.7	.84	.16	12.3

Playoffs

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
4	4	36.5	.364	.250	.828	9.50	2.0	.50	.25	22.5
1	0	3.0	.000	.000	.000	1.00	.0	.00	.00	.0
4	4	31.0	.238	1.000	.333	13.30	3.0	1.00	3.00	3.3
4	1	15.3	.286	.000	.000	2.50	3.5	.25	.25	2.0
3	0	2.7	.400	.000	.000	.30	.0	.00	.00	1.3
2	0	2.5	.000	.000	.000	1.00	.0	.00	.00	.0
4	4	39.5	.434	.214	.697	3.00	4.5	1.00	.25	24.5
4	3	30.5	.537	.214	.692	6.50	.8	.25	.00	14.0
4	4	29.5	.441	.000	.625	6.30	1.3	1.00	.50	8.8
4	0	19.5	.500	.400	.000	3.30	1.5	.75	.25	4.0
3	0	10.0	.556	.000	1.000	2.30	.3	.67	.33	4.3
4	0	27.0	.535	.318	.833	1.80	1.8	1.00	.00	18.3

Awards and records

Awards

Marcus Camby, NBA All-Defensive First Team

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

September 10, 2007	To Denver Nuggets Steven Hunter Bobby Jones^[2]	To Philadelphia 76ers Reggie Evans Ricky Sanchez
February 21, 2008	To Denver Nuggets Taurean Green^[3]	To Portland Trail Blazers Von Wafer

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Chucky Atkins	July 16	Memphis Grizzlies^[4]

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Steve Blake	July 13	Portland Trail Blazers^[5]
Jamal Sampson	October 1	Dallas Mavericks^[6]

Notes and References

Web site: Offensive Rating. NBA.com. April 30, 2021.
Web site: Nuggets Acquire Hunter, Jones from 76ers.
Web site: Denver Nuggets News Headlines.
Web site: Denver Nuggets News Headlines.
Web site: Portland Trail Blazers News Headlines.
Web site: Home.

2007–08 Denver Nuggets season explained

Draft picks

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

See also

Notes and References