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1978-79 Denver Nuggets Roster and Statistics

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47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Larry Brown (28-25), Donnie Walsh (19-10)

Points Per Game: 110.7 (9th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.5 (7th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 44-38 (11th of 22)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 603,356 (2nd of 22)

SRS: 1.24 (10th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 105.9 (13th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 104.4 (10th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.2 (11th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers

1978-79 Denver Nuggets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
41 Tom Boswell F-C 6-9 220 October 2, 1953 3 University of South Carolina
22 Geoff Crompton C 6-11 280 July 4, 1955 R University of North Carolina
31 Bo Ellis F 6-9 197 August 8, 1954 1 Marquette University
55 Phil Hicks F 6-7 205 January 31, 1953 1 Tulane University
35 Kim Hughes C 6-11 220 June 4, 1952 3 University of Wisconsin
44 Dan Issel C-F 6-9 235 October 25, 1948 8 University of Kentucky
10 John Kuester G 6-2 180 February 6, 1955 1 University of North Carolina
30 George McGinnis F-C 6-8 235 August 12, 1950 7 Indiana University
21 Anthony Roberts F-G 6-5 185 April 15, 1955 1 Oral Roberts University
11 Charlie Scott G-F 6-5 175 December 15, 1948 8 University of North Carolina
5 Robert Smith G 5-11 165 March 10, 1955 1 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
33 David Thompson G-F 6-4 195 July 13, 1954 3 North Carolina State University
32 Bob Wilkerson G-F 6-6 195 August 15, 1954 2 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 19705 3517 7311 .481 2046 2841 .720 1307 2596 3903 2166 673 416 1666 2106 9080 110.7
Opponent 82 19705 3631 7616 .477 1713 2277 .752 1218 2429 3647 2173 738 471 1529 2262 8975 109.5

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 24 76 2670 693 1353 .512 439 583 .753 109 165 274 225 70 82 186 180 1825
2 George McGinnis 28 76 2552 603 1273 .474 509 765 .665 256 608 864 283 129 52 346 321 1715
3 Dan Issel 30 81 2742 532 1030 .517 316 419 .754 240 498 738 255 61 46 171 233 1380
4 Charlie Scott 30 79 2617 393 854 .460 161 215 .749 54 156 210 428 78 30 255 284 947
5 Bob Wilkerson 24 80 2425 396 869 .456 119 173 .688 100 314 414 284 118 21 196 190 911
6 Tom Boswell 25 79 2201 321 603 .532 198 284 .697 248 290 538 242 50 51 185 263 840
7 Robert Smith 23 82 1479 184 436 .422 159 180 .883 41 105 146 208 58 13 95 165 527
8 Anthony Roberts 23 63 1236 211 498 .424 76 110 .691 106 152 258 107 20 2 65 142 498
9 Kim Hughes 26 81 1086 98 182 .538 18 45 .400 112 223 335 74 56 102 78 215 214
10 Bo Ellis 24 42 269 42 92 .457 29 36 .806 17 45 62 10 10 13 22 45 113
11 John Kuester 23 33 212 16 52 .308 13 14 .929 5 8 13 37 18 1 20 29 45
12 Phil Hicks 26 20 128 18 43 .419 3 5 .600 13 15 28 8 5 0 13 20 39
13 Geoff Crompton 23 20 88 10 26 .385 6 12 .500 6 17 23 5 0 3 12 19 26

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 24 76 35.1 9.1 17.8 .512 5.8 7.7 .753 1.4 2.2 3.6 3.0 0.9 1.1 2.4 2.4 24.0
2 George McGinnis 28 76 33.6 7.9 16.8 .474 6.7 10.1 .665 3.4 8.0 11.4 3.7 1.7 0.7 4.6 4.2 22.6
3 Dan Issel 30 81 33.9 6.6 12.7 .517 3.9 5.2 .754 3.0 6.1 9.1 3.1 0.8 0.6 2.1 2.9 17.0
4 Charlie Scott 30 79 33.1 5.0 10.8 .460 2.0 2.7 .749 0.7 2.0 2.7 5.4 1.0 0.4 3.2 3.6 12.0
5 Bob Wilkerson 24 80 30.3 5.0 10.9 .456 1.5 2.2 .688 1.3 3.9 5.2 3.6 1.5 0.3 2.5 2.4 11.4
6 Tom Boswell 25 79 27.9 4.1 7.6 .532 2.5 3.6 .697 3.1 3.7 6.8 3.1 0.6 0.6 2.3 3.3 10.6
7 Anthony Roberts 23 63 19.6 3.3 7.9 .424 1.2 1.7 .691 1.7 2.4 4.1 1.7 0.3 0.0 1.0 2.3 7.9
8 Robert Smith 23 82 18.0 2.2 5.3 .422 1.9 2.2 .883 0.5 1.3 1.8 2.5 0.7 0.2 1.2 2.0 6.4
9 Bo Ellis 24 42 6.4 1.0 2.2 .457 0.7 0.9 .806 0.4 1.1 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.1 2.7
10 Kim Hughes 26 81 13.4 1.2 2.2 .538 0.2 0.6 .400 1.4 2.8 4.1 0.9 0.7 1.3 1.0 2.7 2.6
11 Phil Hicks 26 20 6.4 0.9 2.2 .419 0.2 0.3 .600 0.7 0.8 1.4 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.7 1.0 2.0
12 John Kuester 23 33 6.4 0.5 1.6 .308 0.4 0.4 .929 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.9 1.4
13 Geoff Crompton 23 20 4.4 0.5 1.3 .385 0.3 0.6 .500 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.0 1.3

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 24 76 2670 9.3 18.2 .512 5.9 7.9 .753 1.5 2.2 3.7 3.0 0.9 1.1 2.5 2.4 24.6
2 George McGinnis 28 76 2552 8.5 18.0 .474 7.2 10.8 .665 3.6 8.6 12.2 4.0 1.8 0.7 4.9 4.5 24.2
3 Dan Issel 30 81 2742 7.0 13.5 .517 4.1 5.5 .754 3.2 6.5 9.7 3.3 0.8 0.6 2.2 3.1 18.1
4 Bo Ellis 24 42 269 5.6 12.3 .457 3.9 4.8 .806 2.3 6.0 8.3 1.3 1.3 1.7 2.9 6.0 15.1
5 Anthony Roberts 23 63 1236 6.1 14.5 .424 2.2 3.2 .691 3.1 4.4 7.5 3.1 0.6 0.1 1.9 4.1 14.5
6 Tom Boswell 25 79 2201 5.3 9.9 .532 3.2 4.6 .697 4.1 4.7 8.8 4.0 0.8 0.8 3.0 4.3 13.7
7 Bob Wilkerson 24 80 2425 5.9 12.9 .456 1.8 2.6 .688 1.5 4.7 6.1 4.2 1.8 0.3 2.9 2.8 13.5
8 Charlie Scott 30 79 2617 5.4 11.7 .460 2.2 3.0 .749 0.7 2.1 2.9 5.9 1.1 0.4 3.5 3.9 13.0
9 Robert Smith 23 82 1479 4.5 10.6 .422 3.9 4.4 .883 1.0 2.6 3.6 5.1 1.4 0.3 2.3 4.0 12.8
10 Phil Hicks 26 20 128 5.1 12.1 .419 0.8 1.4 .600 3.7 4.2 7.9 2.3 1.4 0.0 3.7 5.6 11.0
11 Geoff Crompton 23 20 88 4.1 10.6 .385 2.5 4.9 .500 2.5 7.0 9.4 2.0 0.0 1.2 4.9 7.8 10.6
12 John Kuester 23 33 212 2.7 8.8 .308 2.2 2.4 .929 0.8 1.4 2.2 6.3 3.1 0.2 3.4 4.9 7.6
13 Kim Hughes 26 81 1086 3.2 6.0 .538 0.6 1.5 .400 3.7 7.4 11.1 2.5 1.9 3.4 2.6 7.1 7.1

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 Dan Issel 30 81 2742 18.3 .568 .517 9.2 18.8 14.0 13.3 1.0 0.9 12.3 19.5 116 103 6.7 3.1 9.8
2 David Thompson 24 76 2670 19.9 .567 .512 4.3 6.4 5.4 13.3 1.2 1.6 10.4 25.9 114 106 7.4 2.1 9.5
3 George McGinnis 28 76 2552 20.6 .533 .474 10.6 24.6 17.7 16.9 2.3 1.1 17.7 29.5 101 98 2.8 4.4 7.1
4 Tom Boswell 25 79 2201 14.6 .577 .532 11.9 13.6 12.8 14.7 1.0 1.2 20.3 16.0 110 104 3.4 2.2 5.6
5 Bob Wilkerson 24 80 2425 12.0 .482 .456 4.3 13.4 8.9 16.1 2.2 0.4 17.2 18.1 96 103 0.0 2.9 2.9
6 Robert Smith 23 82 1479 11.6 .511 .422 2.9 7.3 5.2 18.3 1.8 0.5 15.6 15.9 107 105 1.6 1.3 2.9
7 Kim Hughes 26 81 1086 11.7 .530 .538 10.9 21.2 16.1 8.5 2.3 4.9 27.9 9.9 97 96 0.1 2.1 2.2
8 Charlie Scott 30 79 2617 9.8 .499 .460 2.2 6.2 4.2 22.0 1.4 0.6 21.2 17.7 95 106 0.0 1.9 1.9
9 Anthony Roberts 23 63 1236 11.2 .456 .424 9.0 12.7 10.9 12.0 0.7 0.1 10.6 19.1 101 106 0.8 1.0 1.7
10 Bo Ellis 24 42 269 12.2 .524 .457 6.7 17.3 12.0 5.0 1.7 2.5 16.9 18.6 100 101 0.1 0.4 0.5
11 Phil Hicks 26 20 128 6.5 .431 .419 10.7 12.1 11.4 8.3 1.8 0.0 22.3 17.5 84 104 -0.2 0.1 0.0
12 John Kuester 23 33 212 6.9 .387 .308 2.5 3.9 3.2 21.4 3.8 0.2 25.6 14.2 82 102 -0.3 0.3 0.0
13 Geoff Crompton 23 20 88 2.6 .416 .385 7.2 20.0 13.6 7.3 0.0 1.8 27.7 19.0 73 104 -0.2 0.1 -0.1

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 24 3 122 38 69 8 11 7 21 12 4 1 12 12 84 .551 .727 40.7 28.0 7.0 4.0
2 Dan Issel 30 3 109 24 45 25 31 7 28 10 0 0 9 15 73 .533 .806 36.3 24.3 9.3 3.3
3 Tom Boswell 25 3 120 21 35 10 13 14 27 16 3 5 6 10 52 .600 .769 40.0 17.3 9.0 5.3
4 Charlie Scott 30 3 104 20 42 8 14 2 14 10 2 2 10 11 48 .476 .571 34.7 16.0 4.7 3.3
5 Anthony Roberts 23 3 80 13 33 7 11 5 13 6 2 1 3 9 33 .394 .636 26.7 11.0 4.3 2.0
6 Bob Wilkerson 24 3 101 14 34 1 3 7 26 15 3 1 6 7 29 .412 .333 33.7 9.7 8.7 5.0
7 Bo Ellis 24 3 24 2 6 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 0 2 6 .333 1.000 8.0 2.0 1.3 0.3
8 Kim Hughes 26 3 35 1 2 1 2 3 11 0 2 0 3 8 3 .500 .500 11.7 1.0 3.7 0.0
9 Robert Smith 23 3 25 0 7 2 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 2 2 .000 1.000 8.3 0.7 0.7 1.3

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 Tom Boswell 25 3 120 21.5 .639 .600 11.8 12.2 12.0 17.8 1.2 2.2 12.8 15.4 130 108 0.5 0.0 0.5
2 Dan Issel 30 3 109 22.1 .622 .533 6.5 21.7 13.7 13.0 0.0 0.0 13.3 24.5 121 111 0.4 0.0 0.4
3 David Thompson 24 3 122 21.3 .569 .551 5.8 12.9 9.2 16.1 1.5 0.4 14.0 27.8 108 109 0.3 0.0 0.3
4 Anthony Roberts 23 3 80 11.9 .436 .394 6.3 11.3 8.7 9.9 1.2 0.7 7.3 20.2 99 109 0.0 0.0 0.1
5 Bo Ellis 24 3 24 13.4 .436 .333 4.2 14.1 8.9 5.0 3.8 2.2 0.0 11.3 113 102 0.0 0.0 0.1
6 Charlie Scott 30 3 104 11.7 .498 .476 2.0 13.0 7.2 13.1 0.9 1.0 17.2 22.1 93 109 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Kim Hughes 26 3 35 3.6 .521 .500 8.7 25.7 16.8 0.0 2.6 0.0 51.0 6.6 70 104 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Bob Wilkerson 24 3 101 12.5 .411 .412 7.0 21.2 13.7 18.9 1.4 0.5 14.5 16.2 94 107 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Robert Smith 23 3 25 0.5 .127 .000 4.1 4.5 4.3 17.3 3.7 0.0 20.2 15.6 50 106 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 David Thompson $750,000
2 George McGinnis $500,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)