2007–08 Denver Nuggets season

NBA professional basketball team season August 2023 March 2026 Denver Nuggets 2008 50 32 Northwest 2 8 George Karl Mark Warkentien Stan Kroenke Pepsi Center First Round(lost to Lakers 0–4) DEN Altitude Sports and Entertainment 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.https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced/?sort=OFF_RATING&dir=-1&Season=2007-08&SeasonType=Regular%20Season Offensive Rating NBA.com April 30, 2021 Draft picks Denver did not have any draft picks. Roster Denver Nuggets 2007–08 #5091CD #FFFFFF #00285E #FDB927 15 Carmelo Anthony SF 6 8 230 1984-05-29 Syracuse 12 Chucky Atkins PG 5 11 185 1974-08-14 South Florida 23 Marcus Camby C 6 11 235 1974-03-22 UMass 25 Anthony Carter basketball PG 6 2 195 1975-06-16 Hawaii 5 Yakhouba Diawara SG 6 7 225 1982-08-29 Pepperdine 0 Taurean Green PG 6 0 177 1986-11-28 Florida 45 Steven Hunter C 7 0 240 1981-10-31 DePaul 3 Allen Iverson SG 6 0 180 1975-06-07 Georgetown 11 Bobby Jones basketball, born 1984 SF 6 7 215 1984-01-09 Washington 43 Linas Kleiza SF 6 8 245 1985-01-03 Missouri 4 Kenyon Martin PF 6 9 240 1977-12-30 Cincinnati 21 Eduardo Nájera PF 6 8 235 1976-07-11 Oklahoma 31 Nenê PF 6 11 268 1982-09-13 Brazil 1 J.R. Smith SG 6 6 220 1985-09-09 St. Benedict's Prep (NJ) George Karl Stacey Augmon (player development) Adrian Dantley Mike Dunlap Tim Grgurich Chad Iske Doug Moe Jamahl Mosley John Welch https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DEN/2008.html April 16, 2008 Regular season Season standings DEN DEN Game log October Record: 1–0; home: 1–0; road: 0–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record 1 31 October 2007 SuperSonics 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 Timberwolves NA Carmelo Anthony (33) 19,443 2–0 3 4 November 2007 Hornets 93–88 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (23) 13,156 2–1 4 6 November 2007 Nuggets 112–119 Knicks NA Allen Iverson (32) 19,763 2–2 5 7 November 2007 Nuggets 93–119 Celtics NA Allen Iverson (22) 18,624 2–3 6 9 November 2007 Nuggets 118–92 Wizards NA Carmelo Anthony (32) 20,173 3–3 7 10 November 2007 Nuggets 113–106 Pacers NA Carmelo Anthony (32) 12,748 4–3 8 12 November 2007 Cavaliers 100–122 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (37) 19,155 5–3 9 14 November 2007 Trail Blazers 93–110 Nuggets NA Carmelo Anthony (25) 13,289 6–3 10 17 November 2007 Knicks 83–115 Nuggets NA Carmelo Anthony (24) 19,679 7–3 11 20 November 2007 Bulls 91–112 Nuggets NA Carmelo Anthony (26) 17,106 8–3 12 21 November 2007 Nuggets 90–101 Clippers NA Allen Iverson (29) 17,221 8–4 13 23 November 2007 Timberwolves 93–99 Nuggets NA Carmelo Anthony (31) 17,097 9–4 14 24 November 2007 Nuggets 81–109 Rockets NA Allen Iverson (18) 18,228 9–5 15 27 November 2007 Pacers 112–110 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (26) 13,274 9–6 16 29 November 2007 Nuggets 99–127 Lakers NA Carmelo Anthony (23) 18,997 9–7 17 30 November 2007 Clippers 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 Heat 89–115 Nuggets NA Carmelo Anthony (30) 16,386 11–7 19 5 December 2007 Lakers 111–107 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (51) 19,155 11–8 20 6 December 2007 Nuggets 122–109 Mavericks NA Allen Iverson (35) 20,155 12–8 21 8 December 2007 Kings 97–101 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (23) 15,493 13–8 22 12 December 2007 Hornets 99–105 Nuggets NA Carmelo Anthony (32) 13,337 14–8 23 15 December 2007 Nuggets 91–102 Spurs NA Allen Iverson (30) 18,797 14–9 24 16 December 2007 Trail Blazers 116–105 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (38) 13,678 14–10 25 20 December 2007 Rockets 111–112 Nuggets 2 Carmelo Anthony (37) 16,157 15–10 26 21 December 2007 Nuggets 96–99 Trail Blazers NA Two-way tie (34) 20,644 15–11 27 23 December 2007 Nuggets 106–105 Kings NA Carmelo Anthony (30) 15,055 16–11 28 26 December 2007 Bucks 105–125 Nuggets NA Carmelo Anthony (29) 18,701 17–11 29 28 December 2007 Nuggets 124–120 Warriors NA Allen Iverson (39) 20,001 18–11 30 30 December 2007 Warriors 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 Spurs 77–80 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (29) 19,155 19–12 32 4 January 2008 Nuggets 118–107 Timberwolves NA Allen Iverson (33) 13,536 20–12 33 6 January 2008 Sixers 96–109 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (38) 17,476 21–12 34 7 January 2008 Nuggets 115–137 Suns NA Allen Iverson (32) 18,422 21–13 35 11 January 2008 Magic 103–113 Nuggets NA Carmelo Anthony (32) 16,718 22–13 36 14 January 2008 Nuggets 116–119 Bobcats NA Carmelo Anthony (35) 14,543 22–14 37 15 January 2008 Nuggets 93–104 Hawks NA Carmelo Anthony (36) 18,235 22–15 38 17 January 2008 Jazz 109–120 Nuggets NA Linas Kleiza (41) 15,270 23–15 39 19 January 2008 Timberwolves 108–111 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (35) 18,196 24–15 40 21 January 2008 Nuggets 99–116 Lakers NA Allen Iverson (24) 18,997 24–16 41 23 January 2008 Hawks 100–107 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (29) 14,213 25–16 42 25 January 2008 Nets 85–100 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (30) 15,892 26–16 43 27 January 2008 Nuggets 85–90 Mavericks NA Allen Iverson (23) 20,437 26–17 44 28 January 2008 Nuggets 93–117 Hornets NA Allen Iverson (23) 15,601 26–18 45 30 January 2008 Nuggets 106–102 Grizzlies 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 Bobcats 101–117 Nuggets NA Carmelo Anthony (25) 19,391 28–18 47 4 February 2008 Nuggets 105–103 Trail Blazers 1 Carmelo Anthony (28) 20,320 29–18 48 6 February 2008 Jazz 118–115 Nuggets 1 Allen Iverson (34) 16,865 29–19 49 8 February 2008 Wizards 100–111 Nuggets NA Carmelo Anthony (49) 17,078 30–19 50 10 February 2008 Nuggets 113–83 Cavaliers NA Carmelo Anthony (27) 20,562 31–19 51 12 February 2008 Nuggets 114–113 Heat 1 J.R. Smith (28) 19,600 32–19 52 13 February 2008 Nuggets 98–109 Magic NA Carmelo Anthony (32) 17,519 32–20 53 19 February 2008 Celtics 118–124 Nuggets NA Carmelo Anthony (29) 19,894 33–20 54 22 February 2008 Nuggets 121–135 Bulls NA J.R. Smith (43) 21,848 33–21 55 23 February 2008 Nuggets 109–115 Bucks NA Allen Iverson (26) 16,674 33–22 56 25 February 2008 Pistons 98–93 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (28) 17,901 33–23 57 27 February 2008 Nuggets 138–96 SuperSonics NA Allen Iverson (31) 13,627 34–23 58 29 February 2008 Clippers 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 Rockets NA Carmelo Anthony (19) 18,168 35–24 60 5 March 2008 Suns 113–126 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (31) 18,383 36–24 61 7 March 2008 Spurs 96–109 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (29) 19,821 37–24 62 8 March 2008 Nuggets 105–132 Jazz NA Allen Iverson (28) 19,911 37–25 63 10 March 2008 Nuggets 103–107 Spurs NA Allen Iverson (28) 18,797 37–26 64 12 March 2008 Grizzlies 86–108 Nuggets NA Kenyon Martin (23) 17,318 38–26 65 14 March 2008 Raptors 105–137 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (28) 17,952 39–26 66 16 March 2008 SuperSonics 116–168 Nuggets NA Carmelo Anthony (26) 19,155 40–26 67 18 March 2008 Nuggets 120–136 Pistons NA Carmelo Anthony (27) 22,076 40–27 68 19 March 2008 Nuggets 113–115 Sixers NA Allen Iverson (32) 20,674 40–28 69 21 March 2008 Nuggets 125–114 Nets NA Allen Iverson (26) 17,949 41–28 70 23 March 2008 Nuggets 109–100 Raptors NA Allen Iverson (36) 19,800 42–28 71 24 March 2008 Nuggets 120–106 Grizzlies NA J.R. Smith (27) 12,317 43–28 72 27 March 2008 Mavericks 105–118 Nuggets NA Carmelo Anthony (32) 18,247 44–28 73 29 March 2008 Warriors 112–119 Nuggets NA Kenyon Martin (30) 19,844 45–28 74 31 March 2008 Nuggets 117–132 Suns 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 Suns 120–126 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (31) 18,870 46–29 76 5 April 2008 Kings 118–115 Nuggets NA Carmelo Anthony (47) 18,921 46–30 77 6 April 2008 Nuggets 147–151 SuperSonics 2 Carmelo Anthony (38) 13,104 46–31 78 8 April 2008 Nuggets 117–99 Clippers NA Carmelo Anthony (36) 19,060 47–31 79 10 April 2008 Nuggets 114–105 Warriors NA Allen Iverson (33) 20,737 48–31 80 12 April 2008 Nuggets 97–124 Jazz NA Allen Iverson (28) 19,911 48–32 81 13 April 2008 Rockets 94–111 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (33) 19,720 49–32 82 16 April 2008 Grizzlies 111–120 Nuggets NA Allen Iverson (21) 17,892 50–32 Green background indicates win. Red background indicates loss. Playoffs Denver Nuggets 2008 yes #5091CD #FFFFFF Denver Nuggets First round yes yes #00285E #FDB927 0 2 0 2 |-bgcolor="#edbebf" | 1 || April 20 || @ L.A. Lakers || 114–128 || Anthony, Iverson (30) || Anthony (12) || Iverson (7)||Staples Center18,997 || 0–1 |-bgcolor="#edbebf" | 2 || April 23 || @ L.A. Lakers || 107–122 || Iverson (31) || Camby (17) || Iverson (6) ||Staples Center18,997 || 0–2 |-bgcolor="#edbebf" | 3 || April 26 || L.A. Lakers || 84–102 || Anthony (16) || Camby (12) || Camby (4) ||Pepsi Center19,602 || 0–3 |-bgcolor="#edbebf" | 4 || April 28 || L.A. Lakers || 101–107 || Smith (26) || Camby (17) || Carter (6) ||Pepsi Center19,264 || 0–4 |- DEN yes 2008 Player stats Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Anthony, Carmelo Carmelo Anthony 77 77 36.4 .492 .354 .786 7.40 3.4 1.27 .51 25.7 Atkins, Chucky Chucky Atkins 24 0 14.7 .344 .316 .444 1.30 2.0 .38 .04 4.7 Camby, Marcus Marcus Camby 79 79 34.9 .450 .300 .708 13.10 3.3 1.06 3.61 9.1 Carter, Anthony Anthony Carter 70 67 28.0 .458 .349 .753 2.90 5.5 1.54 .40 7.8 Diawara, Yakhouba Yakhouba Diawara 54 14 10.0 .410 .318 .710 1.10 .7 .15 .06 2.8 Green, Taurean Taurean Green 9 0 3.3 .333 .333 .750 .70 .3 .11 .00 1.1 Hunter, Steven Steven Hunter 19 2 6.3 .536 .000 .450 1.50 .0 .00 .32 2.1 Iverson, Allen Allen Iverson 82 82 41.8 .458 .345 .809 3.00 7.1 1.95 .15 26.4 Jones, Bobby Bobby Jones 25 0 8.9 .406 .391 .821 1.50 .4 .20 .04 3.4 Kleiza, Linas Linas Kleiza 79 13 23.9 .472 .339 .770 4.20 1.2 .56 .24 11.1 Martin, Kenyon Kenyon Martin 71 71 30.4 .538 .182 .580 6.50 1.3 1.24 1.20 12.4 McCoy, Jelani Jelani McCoy 6 1 5.5 1.000 .000 .500 1.20 .0 .00 .83 .5 Najera, Eduardo Eduardo Nájera 78 3 21.3 .473 .361 .708 4.30 1.2 .88 .51 5.9 Nenê Nenê 16 1 16.6 .408 .000 .551 5.40 .9 .56 .88 5.3 Smith, J.R. J. R. Smith 74 0 19.2 .461 .403 .719 2.10 1.7 .84 .16 12.3 Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Anthony, Carmelo Carmelo Anthony 4 4 36.5 .364 .250 .828 9.50 2.0 .50 .25 22.5 Atkins, Chucky Chucky Atkins 1 0 3.0 .000 .000 .000 1.00 .0 .00 .00 .0 Camby, Marcus Marcus Camby 4 4 31.0 .238 1.000 .333 13.30 3.0 1.00 3.00 3.3 Carter, Anthony Anthony Carter 4 1 15.3 .286 .000 .000 2.50 3.5 .25 .25 2.0 Diawara, Yakhouba Yakhouba Diawara 3 0 2.7 .400 .000 .000 .30 .0 .00 .00 1.3 Hunter, Steven Steven Hunter 2 0 2.5 .000 .000 .000 1.00 .0 .00 .00 .0 Iverson, Allen Allen Iverson 4 4 39.5 .434 .214 .697 3.00 4.5 1.00 .25 24.5 Kleiza, Linas Linas Kleiza 4 3 30.5 .537 .214 .692 6.50 .8 .25 .00 14.0 Martin, Kenyon Kenyon Martin 4 4 29.5 .441 .000 .625 6.30 1.3 1.00 .50 8.8 Najera, Eduardo Eduardo Nájera 4 0 19.5 .500 .400 .000 3.30 1.5 .75 .25 4.0 Nenê Nenê 3 0 10.0 .556 .000 1.000 2.30 .3 .67 .33 4.3 Smith, J.R. J. R. Smith 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 Records Milestones Transactions Trades September 10, 2007 To Denver NuggetsSteven HunterBobby Joneshttp://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/hunter_jones_trade_091007.html Nuggets Acquire Hunter, Jones from 76ers NBA.com To Philadelphia 76ersReggie EvansRicky Sanchez February 21, 2008 To Denver NuggetsTaurean Greenhttp://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nugs_acquire_green_022108.html Denver Nuggets News Headlines NBA.com To Portland Trail BlazersVon Wafer Free agents 52% Additions Player Signed Former team Chucky Atkins July 16 Memphis Grizzlieshttp://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/atkins_signs_071607.html Denver Nuggets News Headlines NBA.com Subtractions Player Left New team Steve Blake July 13 Portland Trail Blazershttp://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Trail_Blazers_Sign_Steve_Blake-151261-41.html Portland Trail Blazers News Headlines NBA.com Jamal Sampson October 1 Dallas Maverickshttp://www.nba.com/mavericks/news/mavs_finalize_training_camp_100107.html Home NBA.com See also 2007–08 NBA season References 2 External links Category:Denver Nuggets seasons Denver Nuggets Denver Nuggets Denver