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Under the guidance of former coach Doug Moe,  shown at right with Dan Issel during the 1983 season,  the Denver Nuggets led the NBA in scoring in five consecutive seasons.  John Iacono / Sports Illustrated via Getty Images https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7053057/2026/02/17/doug-moe-former-nba-coach-dies/ By Darnell Mayberry Feb. 17, 2026 - Updated 11:12 pm EST Doug Moe, the longtime Denver Nuggets coach who pioneered fast-paced offense , has passed away at 87. Moe coached the Nuggets for 10 seasons, winning Coach of the Year honors in 1988 after guiding Denver to a 54-28 record. The Nuggets finished with a winning record in seven of Moe’s nine full seasons as head coach. pic.twitter.com/EJeDNDFdmZ    — Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) February 17, 2026 Moe also coached four seasons with the San Antonio Spurs from 1976 to 1980, finishing with a winning record in his first three seasons before being fired with the team at .500 in his final year in San Antonio. Moe’s fin...

(AP file photo) Former NBA coach Doug Moe died of cancer Tuesday at the age of 87.  Moe went 628-529 in over 15 seasons as a head coach with the Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs and Philadelphia 76ers. 18 Feb 2026 - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette EDDIE PELLS AP NATIONAL WRITER DENVER — Doug Moe, an ABA original who gained fame over a rumpled, irreverent and sometimes R-rated decade as coach of the Denver Nuggets in the 1980s, died Tuesday. He was 87. Moe’s son, David, notified several of the coach’s friends that his father had died after a long bout with cancer, Ron Zappolo, a longtime Denver TV personality and good friend of Moe’s, told The Associated Press. The Nuggets, in a social media post, called Moe “a one-of-a-kind leader and person who spearheaded one of the most successful and exciting decades in Nuggets history.” Moe went 628-529 over 15 seasons as a head coach, including stints with the San Antonio Spurs and Philadelphia 76ers. He never won a title — his most memorable run ...

https://www.nba.com/pistons/features/what-game-dalys-first-season-pistons-helped-set-nba-all-time-scoring-record Keith Langlois●@keith_langlois Web Editor June 30, 202010:01 AM EDT (EDITOR’S NOTE: Pistons.com continues its period series looking back at some of the greatest and most significant games in franchise history.  Next up: The highest-scoring game in NBA history.) Fans who bought tickets to the Pistons-Nuggets game at McNichols Arena for Dec. 13, 1983 expected to see a lot of points put up. They got their money’s worth. They got, in fact, the highest-scoring game in NBA history – and more than three hours of entertainment. There was a coaching axiom often cited in the NBA of that era: “First team to 100 wins.” The Nuggets and Pistons were the first and third highest-scoring teams in the NBA that season, Denver at 123.7 points and the Pistons at 117.1. A different standard was in order that night. “Before the game, I told (Denver coach) Doug Moe that we should make it the...