1976-77 Denver Nuggets Roster and Statistics

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50-32, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Larry Brown (50-32)

PTS/G: 112.6 (2nd of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 107.4 (14th of 22)
SRS: 4.95 (2nd of 22) ▪ Pace: 111.2 (2nd of 22)
Off Rtg: 100.7 (7th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 96.1 (1st of 22)
Expected W-L: 54-28 (2nd of 22)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 703,133 (1st of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Portland Trail Blazers

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
40	Byron Beck	C-F	6-9	225	January 25, 1945	9	University of Denver
20	Mack Calvin	G	6-0	165	July 27, 1947	7	University of Southern California
22	Gus Gerard	F-G	6-8	200	July 27, 1953	2	University of Virginia
25-44	Dan Issel	C-F	6-9	235	October 25, 1948	6	University of Kentucky
24	Bobby Jones	F	6-9	210	December 18, 1951	2	University of North Carolina
12	Ted McClain	G	6-1	180	August 30, 1946	5	Tennessee State University
11-15	Jim Price	G	6-3	195	November 27, 1949	4	University of Louisville
35	Paul Silas	F-C	6-7	220	July 12, 1943	12	Creighton University
21	Fatty Taylor	G	6-0	175	March 13, 1946	7	La Salle University
33	David Thompson	G-F	6-4	195	July 13, 1954	1	North Carolina State University
13	Monte Towe	G	5-7	150	September 27, 1953	1	North Carolina State University
10	Marvin Webster	C	7-1	225	April 13, 1952	1	Morgan State University
11	Chuck Williams	G	6-2	175	June 6, 1946	6	University of Colorado
42	Willie Wise	F	6-5	210	March 3, 1947	7	Drake University

Team and Opponent Statistics

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	19780	3590	7471	.481	2053	2783	.738	1288	2700	3988	2262	953	471	2011	2142	9233	112.6
Lg Rank		6	8	16	6	1	1	16	7	7	6	1	1	6	22	7	2	2
Opponent	82	19780	3585	7743	.463	1635	2231	.733	1269	2481	3750	2082	941	470	1944	2285	8805	107.4
Lg Rank		6	18	15	10	8	8	1	16	3	6	17	22	19	1	21	14	14

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	David Thompson	22	82	3001	824	1626	.507	477	623	.766	138	196	334	337	114	53	236	2125
2	Dan Issel	28	79	2507	660	1282	.515	445	558	.797	211	485	696	177	91	29	246	1765
3	Bobby Jones	25	82	2419	501	879	.570	236	329	.717	174	504	678	264	186	162	238	1238
4	Willie Wise	29	75	1403	237	513	.462	142	218	.651	76	177	253	142	60	18	180	616
5	Ted McClain	30	72	2002	245	551	.445	99	133	.744	52	177	229	324	106	13	255	589
6	Paul Silas	33	81	1959	206	572	.360	170	255	.667	236	370	606	132	58	23	183	582
7	Marvin Webster	24	80	1276	198	400	.495	143	220	.650	152	332	484	62	23	118	149	539
8	Jim Price	27	55	1384	188	422	.445	59	74	.797	41	143	184	208	96	14	181	435
9	Mack Calvin	29	29	625	100	225	.444	123	144	.854	19	30	49	115	27	1	53	323
10	Fatty Taylor	30	79	1548	132	314	.420	37	65	.569	90	121	211	288	132	9	202	301
11	Byron Beck	32	53	480	107	246	.435	36	44	.818	45	51	96	33	15	1	59	250
12	Gus Gerard	23	24	456	101	210	.481	38	56	.679	38	62	100	49	21	30	73	240
13	Monte Towe	23	51	409	56	138	.406	18	25	.720	8	26	34	87	16	0	61	130
14	Chuck Williams	30	21	311	35	93	.376	30	39	.769	8	26	34	44	8	0	26	100

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	David Thompson	22	82	36.6	10.0	19.8	.507	5.8	7.6	.766	1.7	2.4	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6	2.9	25.9
2	Dan Issel	28	79	31.7	8.4	16.2	.515	5.6	7.1	.797	2.7	6.1	8.8	2.2	1.2	0.4	3.1	22.3
3	Bobby Jones	25	82	29.5	6.1	10.7	.570	2.9	4.0	.717	2.1	6.1	8.3	3.2	2.3	2.0	2.9	15.1
4	Mack Calvin	29	29	21.6	3.4	7.8	.444	4.2	5.0	.854	0.7	1.0	1.7	4.0	0.9	0.0	1.8	11.1
5	Gus Gerard	23	24	19.0	4.2	8.8	.481	1.6	2.3	.679	1.6	2.6	4.2	2.0	0.9	1.3	3.0	10.0
6	Willie Wise	29	75	18.7	3.2	6.8	.462	1.9	2.9	.651	1.0	2.4	3.4	1.9	0.8	0.2	2.4	8.2
7	Ted McClain	30	72	27.8	3.4	7.7	.445	1.4	1.8	.744	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.5	1.5	0.2	3.5	8.2
8	Jim Price	27	55	25.2	3.4	7.7	.445	1.1	1.3	.797	0.7	2.6	3.3	3.8	1.7	0.3	3.3	7.9
9	Paul Silas	33	81	24.2	2.5	7.1	.360	2.1	3.1	.667	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.6	0.7	0.3	2.3	7.2
10	Marvin Webster	24	80	16.0	2.5	5.0	.495	1.8	2.8	.650	1.9	4.2	6.1	0.8	0.3	1.5	1.9	6.7
11	Chuck Williams	30	21	14.8	1.7	4.4	.376	1.4	1.9	.769	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.1	0.4	0.0	1.2	4.8
12	Byron Beck	32	53	9.1	2.0	4.6	.435	0.7	0.8	.818	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.0	1.1	4.7
13	Fatty Taylor	30	79	19.6	1.7	4.0	.420	0.5	0.8	.569	1.1	1.5	2.7	3.6	1.7	0.1	2.6	3.8
14	Monte Towe	23	51	8.0	1.1	2.7	.406	0.4	0.5	.720	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	1.2	2.5

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	David Thompson	22	82	3001	9.9	19.5	.507	5.7	7.5	.766	1.7	2.4	4.0	4.0	1.4	0.6	2.8	25.5
2	Dan Issel	28	79	2507	9.5	18.4	.515	6.4	8.0	.797	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.5	1.3	0.4	3.5	25.3
3	Gus Gerard	23	24	456	8.0	16.6	.481	3.0	4.4	.679	3.0	4.9	7.9	3.9	1.7	2.4	5.8	18.9
4	Byron Beck	32	53	480	8.0	18.5	.435	2.7	3.3	.818	3.4	3.8	7.2	2.5	1.1	0.1	4.4	18.7
5	Mack Calvin	29	29	625	5.8	13.0	.444	7.1	8.3	.854	1.1	1.7	2.8	6.6	1.6	0.1	3.1	18.6
6	Bobby Jones	25	82	2419	7.5	13.1	.570	3.5	4.9	.717	2.6	7.5	10.1	3.9	2.8	2.4	3.5	18.4
7	Willie Wise	29	75	1403	6.1	13.2	.462	3.6	5.6	.651	2.0	4.5	6.5	3.6	1.5	0.5	4.6	15.8
8	Marvin Webster	24	80	1276	5.6	11.3	.495	4.0	6.2	.650	4.3	9.4	13.7	1.7	0.6	3.3	4.2	15.2
9	Chuck Williams	30	21	311	4.1	10.8	.376	3.5	4.5	.769	0.9	3.0	3.9	5.1	0.9	0.0	3.0	11.6
10	Monte Towe	23	51	409	4.9	12.1	.406	1.6	2.2	.720	0.7	2.3	3.0	7.7	1.4	0.0	5.4	11.4
11	Jim Price	27	55	1384	4.9	11.0	.445	1.5	1.9	.797	1.1	3.7	4.8	5.4	2.5	0.4	4.7	11.3
12	Paul Silas	33	81	1959	3.8	10.5	.360	3.1	4.7	.667	4.3	6.8	11.1	2.4	1.1	0.4	3.4	10.7
13	Ted McClain	30	72	2002	4.4	9.9	.445	1.8	2.4	.744	0.9	3.2	4.1	5.8	1.9	0.2	4.6	10.6
14	Fatty Taylor	30	79	1548	3.1	7.3	.420	0.9	1.5	.569	2.1	2.8	4.9	6.7	3.1	0.2	4.7	7.0

Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Bobby Jones	25	82	2419	21.1	.605	.570	7.5	20.8	14.3	15.6	3.3	3.4	90	5.5	5.5	11.0	.219
2	Dan Issel	28	79	2507	21.2	.578	.515	8.8	19.3	14.2	11.0	1.6	0.6	96	7.1	3.8	10.9	.208
3	David Thompson	22	82	3001	19.8	.559	.507	4.8	6.5	5.7	17.7	1.6	0.9	99	7.6	3.1	10.7	.172
4	Marvin Webster	24	80	1276	16.7	.542	.495	12.5	25.9	19.4	6.5	0.8	4.7	92	1.4	2.5	3.9	.146
5	Ted McClain	30	72	2002	10.9	.483	.445	2.7	8.8	5.8	20.6	2.3	0.3	98	0.2	2.5	2.7	.065
6	Willie Wise	29	75	1403	13.3	.506	.462	5.7	12.6	9.2	13.7	1.8	0.7	97	0.7	1.9	2.5	.087
7	Paul Silas	33	81	1959	10.8	.425	.360	12.6	18.8	15.8	8.4	1.3	0.6	97	-0.2	2.8	2.5	.062
8	Jim Price	27	55	1384	11.8	.478	.445	3.1	10.3	6.8	19.5	3.0	0.5	96	0.1	2.1	2.2	.076
9	Fatty Taylor	30	79	1548	11.1	.439	.420	6.1	7.8	7.0	22.6	3.7	0.3	95	-0.3	2.5	2.1	.066
10	Mack Calvin	29	29	625	17.0	.560	.444	3.2	4.8	4.0	24.6	1.9	0.1	100	1.2	0.6	1.8	.140
11	Gus Gerard	23	24	456	16.9	.511	.481	8.7	13.6	11.2	15.7	2.0	3.4	95	0.3	0.8	1.1	.115
12	Byron Beck	32	53	480	13.2	.471	.435	9.8	10.6	10.2	10.0	1.3	0.1	99	0.3	0.5	0.8	.078
13	Chuck Williams	30	21	311	9.8	.454	.376	2.7	8.3	5.6	17.8	1.1	0.0	101	0.0	0.3	0.3	.041
14	Monte Towe	23	51	409	10.3	.436	.406	2.1	6.3	4.2	27.6	1.7	0.0	100	-0.3	0.4	0.1	.013

Playoffs

			Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
1	David Thompson	22	6	237	56	121			36	53	13	31	24	9	4		22	148	.463		.679	39.5	24.7	5.2	4.0
2	Dan Issel	28	6	222	49	96			34	45	18	58	17	5	4		20	132	.510		.756	37.0	22.0	9.7	2.8
3	Bobby Jones	25	6	187	31	64			10	17	11	35	21	17	14		25	72	.484		.588	31.2	12.0	5.8	3.5
4	Mack Calvin	29	6	112	19	40			24	29	1	9	13	1	0		13	62	.475		.828	18.7	10.3	1.5	2.2
5	Willie Wise	29	6	106	14	41			17	25	6	28	3	0	1		16	45	.341		.680	17.7	7.5	4.7	0.5
6	Ted McClain	30	6	170	19	46			6	8	5	14	27	10	2		12	44	.413		.750	28.3	7.3	2.3	4.5
7	Jim Price	27	6	158	19	53			5	8	6	24	25	12	1		18	43	.358		.625	26.3	7.2	4.0	4.2
8	Paul Silas	33	6	141	14	33			13	24	16	40	16	2	4		23	41	.424		.542	23.5	6.8	6.7	2.7
9	Marvin Webster	24	6	96	13	26			4	6	14	40	3	2	11		12	30	.500		.667	16.0	5.0	6.7	0.5
10	Byron Beck	32	5	29	3	9			2	2	2	6	1	0	0		5	8	.333		1.000	5.8	1.6	1.2	0.2
11	Monte Towe	23	1	6	2	3			0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	4	.667			6.0	4.0	0.0	1.0
12	Fatty Taylor	30	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0				1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Dan Issel	28	6	222	19.3	.570	.510	8.4	19.6	13.8	12.9	1.0	1.0	99	0.6	0.2	0.9	.185
2	David Thompson	22	6	237	17.5	.513	.463	5.7	8.2	6.9	17.5	1.7	0.9	101	0.4	0.2	0.6	.120
3	Bobby Jones	25	6	187	16.7	.504	.484	6.1	13.9	9.9	17.3	4.1	4.1	92	0.1	0.4	0.5	.135
4	Marvin Webster	24	6	96	16.0	.524	.500	15.1	29.4	22.1	4.6	0.9	6.3	93	0.1	0.2	0.3	.147
5	Mack Calvin	29	6	112	15.4	.588	.475	0.9	7.8	4.3	18.0	0.4	0.0	104	0.3	0.1	0.3	.135
6	Paul Silas	33	6	141	11.9	.471	.424	11.7	18.5	15.0	15.8	0.6	1.6	100	0.0	0.1	0.2	.057
7	Ted McClain	30	6	170	11.0	.444	.413	3.0	5.7	4.4	22.6	2.7	0.6	100	0.0	0.2	0.2	.065
8	Jim Price	27	6	158	10.7	.380	.358	3.9	12.4	8.0	22.8	3.4	0.3	97	-0.2	0.2	0.1	.024
9	Byron Beck	32	5	29	5.6	.405	.333	7.1	15.0	11.0	4.8	0.0	0.0	103	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.011
10	Monte Towe	23	1	6	20.8	.667	.667	0.0	0.0	0.0	34.6	0.0	0.0	107	0.0	0.0	0.0	.273
11	Fatty Taylor	30	1	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	107	0.0	0.0	0.0	.004
12	Willie Wise	29	6	106	9.1	.433	.341	5.9	22.5	14.0	4.1	0.0	0.5	101	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.005

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