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1977-78 Denver Nuggets Roster and Statistics

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48-34, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Larry Brown (48-34)

Points Per Game: 111.8 (6th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.9 (16th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-39 (8th of 22)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 657,673 (1st of 21)

SRS: 0.80 (8th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 108.5 (6th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 102.3 (5th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 101.5 (15th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus Seattle Supersonics
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Milwaukee Bucks

1977-78 Denver Nuggets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
20 Mack Calvin G 6-0 165 July 27, 1947 8 University of Southern California
30-52 Norm Cook F 6-8 210 March 21, 1955 1 University of Kansas
30 Jacky Dorsey F 6-7 230 December 18, 1954 R University of Georgia
31 Bo Ellis F 6-9 197 August 8, 1954 R Marquette University
30 Darnell Hillman F-C 6-9 215 August 29, 1949 6 San Jose State University
44 Dan Issel C-F 6-9 235 October 25, 1948 7 University of Kentucky
24 Bobby Jones F 6-9 210 December 18, 1951 3 University of North Carolina
45 Tom LaGarde C-F 6-10 220 February 10, 1955 R University of North Carolina
15 Jim Price G 6-3 195 November 27, 1949 5 University of Louisville
21 Anthony Roberts F-G 6-5 185 April 15, 1955 R Oral Roberts University
10 Ralph Simpson G-F 6-5 200 August 10, 1949 7 Michigan State University
5 Robert Smith G 5-11 165 March 10, 1955 R University of Nevada, Las Vegas
14 Brian Taylor G 6-2 185 June 9, 1951 5 Princeton University
33 David Thompson G-F 6-4 195 July 13, 1954 2 North Carolina State University
32 Bob Wilkerson G-F 6-6 195 August 15, 1954 1 Indiana University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19830 3548 7441 .477 2068 2705 .765 1177 2736 3913 2187 824 422 1748 2116 9164 111.8
Opponent 82 19830 3678 7799 .472 1740 2365 .736 1267 2546 3813 2248 877 524 1620 2220 9096 110.9

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 David Thompson 23 80 3025 826 1584 .521 520 668 .778 156 234 390 362 92 99 245 213 2172
2 Dan Issel 29 82 2851 659 1287 .512 428 547 .782 253 577 830 304 100 41 259 279 1746
3 Bobby Jones 26 75 2440 440 761 .578 208 277 .751 164 472 636 252 137 126 194 221 1088
4 Bob Wilkerson 23 81 2780 382 936 .408 157 210 .748 98 376 474 439 126 21 294 275 921
5 Anthony Roberts 22 82 1598 311 736 .423 153 212 .722 135 216 351 105 40 7 118 212 775
6 Mack Calvin 30 77 988 147 333 .441 173 206 .840 11 73 84 148 46 5 108 87 467
7 Brian Taylor 26 39 1222 182 403 .452 88 115 .765 30 68 98 132 71 9 77 120 452
8 Bo Ellis 23 78 1213 133 320 .416 72 104 .692 114 190 304 73 49 47 99 208 338
9 Jim Price 28 49 1090 141 293 .481 51 66 .773 30 129 159 158 69 4 101 118 333
10 Tom LaGarde 22 77 868 96 237 .405 114 150 .760 75 139 214 47 17 17 101 146 306
11 Darnell Hillman 28 33 746 104 209 .498 49 81 .605 73 166 239 53 14 37 66 130 257
12 Ralph Simpson 28 32 584 73 230 .317 31 40 .775 26 49 75 72 43 4 48 42 177
13 Robert Smith 22 45 378 50 97 .515 21 24 .875 6 30 36 39 18 3 20 52 121
14 Jacky Dorsey 23 7 37 3 12 .250 3 5 .600 5 15 20 2 2 2 3 9 9
15 Norm Cook 22 2 10 1 3 .333 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 4 2

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 David Thompson 23 80 37.8 10.3 19.8 .521 6.5 8.4 .778 2.0 2.9 4.9 4.5 1.2 1.2 3.1 2.7 27.2
2 Dan Issel 29 82 34.8 8.0 15.7 .512 5.2 6.7 .782 3.1 7.0 10.1 3.7 1.2 0.5 3.2 3.4 21.3
3 Bobby Jones 26 75 32.5 5.9 10.1 .578 2.8 3.7 .751 2.2 6.3 8.5 3.4 1.8 1.7 2.6 2.9 14.5
4 Brian Taylor 26 39 31.3 4.7 10.3 .452 2.3 2.9 .765 0.8 1.7 2.5 3.4 1.8 0.2 2.0 3.1 11.6
5 Bob Wilkerson 23 81 34.3 4.7 11.6 .408 1.9 2.6 .748 1.2 4.6 5.9 5.4 1.6 0.3 3.6 3.4 11.4
6 Anthony Roberts 22 82 19.5 3.8 9.0 .423 1.9 2.6 .722 1.6 2.6 4.3 1.3 0.5 0.1 1.4 2.6 9.5
7 Darnell Hillman 28 33 22.6 3.2 6.3 .498 1.5 2.5 .605 2.2 5.0 7.2 1.6 0.4 1.1 2.0 3.9 7.8
8 Jim Price 28 49 22.2 2.9 6.0 .481 1.0 1.3 .773 0.6 2.6 3.2 3.2 1.4 0.1 2.1 2.4 6.8
9 Mack Calvin 30 77 12.8 1.9 4.3 .441 2.2 2.7 .840 0.1 0.9 1.1 1.9 0.6 0.1 1.4 1.1 6.1
10 Ralph Simpson 28 32 18.3 2.3 7.2 .317 1.0 1.3 .775 0.8 1.5 2.3 2.3 1.3 0.1 1.5 1.3 5.5
11 Bo Ellis 23 78 15.6 1.7 4.1 .416 0.9 1.3 .692 1.5 2.4 3.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 1.3 2.7 4.3
12 Tom LaGarde 22 77 11.3 1.2 3.1 .405 1.5 1.9 .760 1.0 1.8 2.8 0.6 0.2 0.2 1.3 1.9 4.0
13 Robert Smith 22 45 8.4 1.1 2.2 .515 0.5 0.5 .875 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.4 1.2 2.7
14 Jacky Dorsey 23 7 5.3 0.4 1.7 .250 0.4 0.7 .600 0.7 2.1 2.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.3 1.3
15 Norm Cook 22 2 5.0 0.5 1.5 .333 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 David Thompson 23 80 3025 9.8 18.9 .521 6.2 7.9 .778 1.9 2.8 4.6 4.3 1.1 1.2 2.9 2.5 25.8
2 Dan Issel 29 82 2851 8.3 16.3 .512 5.4 6.9 .782 3.2 7.3 10.5 3.8 1.3 0.5 3.3 3.5 22.0
3 Anthony Roberts 22 82 1598 7.0 16.6 .423 3.4 4.8 .722 3.0 4.9 7.9 2.4 0.9 0.2 2.7 4.8 17.5
4 Mack Calvin 30 77 988 5.4 12.1 .441 6.3 7.5 .840 0.4 2.7 3.1 5.4 1.7 0.2 3.9 3.2 17.0
5 Bobby Jones 26 75 2440 6.5 11.2 .578 3.1 4.1 .751 2.4 7.0 9.4 3.7 2.0 1.9 2.9 3.3 16.1
6 Brian Taylor 26 39 1222 5.4 11.9 .452 2.6 3.4 .765 0.9 2.0 2.9 3.9 2.1 0.3 2.3 3.5 13.3
7 Tom LaGarde 22 77 868 4.0 9.8 .405 4.7 6.2 .760 3.1 5.8 8.9 1.9 0.7 0.7 4.2 6.1 12.7
8 Darnell Hillman 28 33 746 5.0 10.1 .498 2.4 3.9 .605 3.5 8.0 11.5 2.6 0.7 1.8 3.2 6.3 12.4
9 Bob Wilkerson 23 81 2780 4.9 12.1 .408 2.0 2.7 .748 1.3 4.9 6.1 5.7 1.6 0.3 3.8 3.6 11.9
10 Robert Smith 22 45 378 4.8 9.2 .515 2.0 2.3 .875 0.6 2.9 3.4 3.7 1.7 0.3 1.9 5.0 11.5
11 Jim Price 28 49 1090 4.7 9.7 .481 1.7 2.2 .773 1.0 4.3 5.3 5.2 2.3 0.1 3.3 3.9 11.0
12 Ralph Simpson 28 32 584 4.5 14.2 .317 1.9 2.5 .775 1.6 3.0 4.6 4.4 2.7 0.2 3.0 2.6 10.9
13 Bo Ellis 23 78 1213 3.9 9.5 .416 2.1 3.1 .692 3.4 5.6 9.0 2.2 1.5 1.4 2.9 6.2 10.0
14 Jacky Dorsey 23 7 37 2.9 11.7 .250 2.9 4.9 .600 4.9 14.6 19.5 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.9 8.8 8.8
15 Norm Cook 22 2 10 3.6 10.8 .333 0.0 0.0 3.6 7.2 10.8 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.4 7.2

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 David Thompson 23 80 3025 23.2 .578 .521 5.5 7.7 6.6 19.3 1.3 1.7 11.5 26.8 114 104 10.8 1.9 12.7
2 Dan Issel 29 82 2851 21.5 .571 .512 9.5 20.1 14.9 16.1 1.6 0.7 14.5 23.9 111 100 7.9 3.1 11.1
3 Bobby Jones 26 75 2440 19.8 .616 .578 7.2 19.2 13.4 14.5 2.5 2.6 18.0 16.9 113 97 5.3 3.6 8.9
4 Anthony Roberts 22 82 1598 12.2 .467 .423 9.0 13.4 11.3 9.4 1.1 0.2 12.5 22.7 96 104 0.8 1.1 1.9
5 Brian Taylor 26 39 1222 11.6 .498 .452 2.6 5.5 4.1 14.5 2.6 0.4 14.5 16.6 100 103 0.9 0.9 1.8
6 Mack Calvin 30 77 988 14.0 .551 .441 1.2 7.3 4.4 20.1 2.1 0.3 20.3 20.6 102 104 1.2 0.7 1.8
7 Jim Price 28 49 1090 11.2 .517 .481 2.9 11.7 7.5 18.9 2.8 0.2 23.9 14.8 94 101 0.1 1.1 1.3
8 Darnell Hillman 28 33 746 12.1 .525 .498 10.4 22.0 16.4 9.4 0.8 2.5 21.2 15.9 97 100 0.4 0.9 1.3
9 Bo Ellis 23 78 1213 9.1 .462 .416 10.0 15.5 12.9 7.7 1.8 2.0 21.3 14.6 91 100 -0.3 1.4 1.1
10 Robert Smith 22 45 378 10.9 .562 .515 1.7 7.9 4.9 13.5 2.1 0.4 15.7 12.9 108 103 0.5 0.3 0.8
11 Bob Wilkerson 23 81 2780 10.0 .448 .408 3.8 13.4 8.8 20.9 2.0 0.4 22.2 18.2 87 102 -1.9 2.6 0.7
12 Tom LaGarde 22 77 868 8.2 .505 .405 9.2 15.9 12.7 6.9 0.9 1.0 25.0 17.8 90 103 -0.3 0.7 0.4
13 Jacky Dorsey 23 7 37 9.2 .317 .250 14.4 40.2 27.7 6.6 2.4 2.7 17.4 17.8 76 91 -0.1 0.1 0.0
14 Norm Cook 22 2 10 3.8 .333 .333 10.7 19.8 15.4 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.5 101 103 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Ralph Simpson 28 32 584 8.1 .357 .317 4.7 8.3 6.6 16.0 3.3 0.3 16.2 19.3 79 101 -1.0 0.6 -0.4

Playoffs

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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 23 13 481 131 291 66 80 18 53 52 9 21 39 34 328 .450 .825 37.0 25.2 4.1 4.0
2 Dan Issel 29 13 460 103 212 56 65 41 134 53 7 3 39 43 262 .486 .862 35.4 20.2 10.3 4.1
3 Anthony Roberts 22 13 400 86 199 40 50 45 108 30 11 6 27 57 212 .432 .800 30.8 16.3 8.3 2.3
4 Bobby Jones 26 13 390 66 116 34 46 36 102 35 16 9 24 42 166 .569 .739 30.0 12.8 7.8 2.7
5 Bob Wilkerson 23 13 426 47 127 26 42 20 71 78 19 4 25 55 120 .370 .619 32.8 9.2 5.5 6.0
6 Ralph Simpson 28 13 225 43 95 16 23 5 19 38 4 2 21 20 102 .453 .696 17.3 7.8 1.5 2.9
7 Darnell Hillman 28 13 260 31 79 11 15 25 80 18 6 7 24 49 73 .392 .733 20.0 5.6 6.2 1.4
8 Mack Calvin 30 12 135 19 42 27 29 3 8 21 7 0 11 11 65 .452 .931 11.3 5.4 0.7 1.8
9 Bo Ellis 23 12 170 17 40 12 15 15 43 8 6 8 14 25 46 .425 .800 14.2 3.8 3.6 0.7
10 Robert Smith 22 11 96 17 26 5 7 5 9 17 6 0 8 13 39 .654 .714 8.7 3.5 0.8 1.5
11 Tom LaGarde 22 9 77 10 19 5 7 9 18 7 0 2 9 12 25 .526 .714 8.6 2.8 2.0 0.8

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Bobby Jones 26 13 390 18.0 .609 .569 9.6 16.8 13.3 12.1 1.9 1.2 15.0 15.5 119 105 0.9 0.3 1.3
2 Dan Issel 29 13 460 19.0 .544 .486 9.2 20.1 14.8 16.7 0.7 0.3 13.9 22.9 111 107 1.0 0.2 1.3
3 David Thompson 23 13 481 18.2 .503 .450 3.9 7.2 5.6 16.9 0.8 2.2 10.7 28.6 105 109 0.8 0.1 1.0
4 Anthony Roberts 22 13 400 15.6 .480 .432 11.7 15.6 13.7 10.7 1.2 0.8 10.9 23.4 104 107 0.5 0.2 0.8
5 Mack Calvin 30 12 135 16.6 .593 .452 2.3 3.7 3.0 20.1 2.4 0.0 16.7 18.3 117 109 0.4 0.0 0.4
6 Robert Smith 22 11 96 16.7 .671 .654 5.4 4.1 4.8 24.0 2.8 0.0 21.6 14.5 118 108 0.2 0.0 0.3
7 Bob Wilkerson 23 13 426 10.9 .412 .370 4.9 11.9 8.5 22.8 2.0 0.5 14.7 15.1 97 107 0.1 0.2 0.3
8 Ralph Simpson 28 13 225 11.8 .485 .453 2.3 6.2 4.3 23.4 0.8 0.5 16.7 21.1 98 111 0.1 0.0 0.1
9 Bo Ellis 23 12 170 9.6 .494 .425 9.1 16.4 12.8 5.8 1.6 2.4 23.1 13.4 93 105 0.0 0.1 0.1
10 Tom LaGarde 22 9 77 9.5 .566 .526 12.1 11.6 11.9 11.6 0.0 1.3 29.0 15.2 97 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Darnell Hillman 28 13 260 7.8 .426 .392 10.0 21.0 15.6 8.7 1.0 1.4 21.9 15.9 86 105 -0.2 0.2 0.0