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1981-82 Denver Nuggets Roster and Statistics

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46-36, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Doug Moe (46-36)

Points Per Game: 126.5 (1st of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 126.0 (23rd of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 42-40 (13th of 23)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 475,688 (9th of 23)

SRS: 0.13 (13th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 109.8 (1st of 23)
Offensive Rating: 114.3 (1st of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 113.9 (23rd of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Phoenix Suns

1981-82 Denver Nuggets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
5 David Burns G 6-2 180 July 3, 1958 R Saint Louis University
23 T.R. Dunn G-F 6-4 192 February 1, 1955 4 University of Alabama
2 Alex English F 6-7 190 January 5, 1954 5 University of South Carolina
22 Glen Gondrezick F-G 6-6 218 August 30, 1955 4 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1 Kenny Higgs G 6-0 180 January 31, 1955 2 Louisiana State University
34 Cedrick Hordges F-C 6-8 220 January 8, 1957 1 University of South Carolina
44 Dan Issel C-F 6-9 235 October 25, 1948 11 University of Kentucky
7 Billy McKinney G 6-0 160 June 5, 1955 3 Northwestern University
43 James Ray F 6-8 215 July 27, 1957 1 Jacksonville University
25 Dave Robisch C-F 6-10 235 December 22, 1949 10 University of Kansas
10 John Roche G 6-3 170 September 26, 1949 7 University of South Carolina
33 David Thompson G-F 6-4 195 July 13, 1954 6 North Carolina State University
55 Kiki Vandeweghe F 6-8 220 August 1, 1958 1 University of California, Los Angeles

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 3980 7656 .520 40 149 .268 2371 2978 .796 1149 2443 3592 2272 664 368 1470 2131 10371 126.5
Opponent 82 19830 4265 8142 .524 64 227 .282 1734 2354 .737 1358 2459 3817 2516 749 569 1476 2453 10328 126.0

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 Alex English 28 82 82 3015 855 1553 .551 0 8 .000 372 443 .840 210 348 558 433 87 120 261 261 2082
2 Dan Issel 33 81 81 2472 651 1236 .527 4 6 .667 546 655 .834 174 434 608 179 67 55 169 245 1852
3 Kiki Vandeweghe 23 82 78 2775 706 1260 .560 1 13 .077 347 405 .857 149 312 461 247 52 29 189 217 1760
4 David Thompson 27 61 5 1246 313 644 .486 4 14 .286 276 339 .814 57 91 148 117 34 29 142 149 906
5 Billy McKinney 26 81 27 1963 369 699 .528 0 17 .000 137 170 .806 29 113 142 338 69 16 115 186 875
6 T.R. Dunn 26 82 80 2519 258 504 .512 0 1 .000 153 215 .712 211 348 559 188 135 36 123 210 669
7 Glen Gondrezick 26 80 0 1699 250 495 .505 0 3 .000 160 217 .737 140 283 423 152 92 36 100 229 660
8 Kenny Higgs 27 76 49 1696 202 468 .432 4 21 .190 161 197 .817 23 121 144 395 72 6 156 263 569
9 Cedrick Hordges 25 77 1 1372 204 414 .493 3 13 .231 116 199 .583 119 276 395 65 26 19 111 230 527
10 John Roche 32 39 2 501 68 150 .453 23 52 .442 28 38 .737 4 19 23 89 15 2 29 40 187
11 Dave Robisch 32 12 0 257 48 106 .453 0 0 48 55 .873 14 49 63 32 3 4 13 29 144
12 James Ray 24 40 4 262 51 116 .440 1 1 1.000 21 36 .583 18 47 65 26 10 16 37 59 124
13 David Burns 23 6 1 53 5 11 .455 0 0 6 9 .667 1 2 3 11 2 0 8 13 16

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 Alex English 28 82 82 36.8 10.4 18.9 .551 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 5.4 .840 2.6 4.2 6.8 5.3 1.1 1.5 3.2 3.2 25.4
2 Dan Issel 33 81 81 30.5 8.0 15.3 .527 0.0 0.1 .667 6.7 8.1 .834 2.1 5.4 7.5 2.2 0.8 0.7 2.1 3.0 22.9
3 Kiki Vandeweghe 23 82 78 33.8 8.6 15.4 .560 0.0 0.2 .077 4.2 4.9 .857 1.8 3.8 5.6 3.0 0.6 0.4 2.3 2.6 21.5
4 David Thompson 27 61 5 20.4 5.1 10.6 .486 0.1 0.2 .286 4.5 5.6 .814 0.9 1.5 2.4 1.9 0.6 0.5 2.3 2.4 14.9
5 Dave Robisch 32 12 0 21.4 4.0 8.8 .453 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.6 .873 1.2 4.1 5.3 2.7 0.3 0.3 1.1 2.4 12.0
6 Billy McKinney 26 81 27 24.2 4.6 8.6 .528 0.0 0.2 .000 1.7 2.1 .806 0.4 1.4 1.8 4.2 0.9 0.2 1.4 2.3 10.8
7 Glen Gondrezick 26 80 0 21.2 3.1 6.2 .505 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.7 .737 1.8 3.5 5.3 1.9 1.2 0.5 1.3 2.9 8.3
8 T.R. Dunn 26 82 80 30.7 3.1 6.1 .512 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.6 .712 2.6 4.2 6.8 2.3 1.6 0.4 1.5 2.6 8.2
9 Kenny Higgs 27 76 49 22.3 2.7 6.2 .432 0.1 0.3 .190 2.1 2.6 .817 0.3 1.6 1.9 5.2 0.9 0.1 2.1 3.5 7.5
10 Cedrick Hordges 25 77 1 17.8 2.6 5.4 .493 0.0 0.2 .231 1.5 2.6 .583 1.5 3.6 5.1 0.8 0.3 0.2 1.4 3.0 6.8
11 John Roche 32 39 2 12.8 1.7 3.8 .453 0.6 1.3 .442 0.7 1.0 .737 0.1 0.5 0.6 2.3 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.0 4.8
12 James Ray 24 40 4 6.6 1.3 2.9 .440 0.0 0.0 1.000 0.5 0.9 .583 0.5 1.2 1.6 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.5 3.1
13 David Burns 23 6 1 8.8 0.8 1.8 .455 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 .667 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.8 0.3 0.0 1.3 2.2 2.7

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 Dan Issel 33 81 81 2472 9.5 18.0 .527 0.1 0.1 .667 8.0 9.5 .834 2.5 6.3 8.9 2.6 1.0 0.8 2.5 3.6 27.0
2 David Thompson 27 61 5 1246 9.0 18.6 .486 0.1 0.4 .286 8.0 9.8 .814 1.6 2.6 4.3 3.4 1.0 0.8 4.1 4.3 26.2
3 Alex English 28 82 82 3015 10.2 18.5 .551 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 5.3 .840 2.5 4.2 6.7 5.2 1.0 1.4 3.1 3.1 24.9
4 Kiki Vandeweghe 23 82 78 2775 9.2 16.3 .560 0.0 0.2 .077 4.5 5.3 .857 1.9 4.0 6.0 3.2 0.7 0.4 2.5 2.8 22.8
5 Dave Robisch 32 12 0 257 6.7 14.8 .453 0.0 0.0 6.7 7.7 .873 2.0 6.9 8.8 4.5 0.4 0.6 1.8 4.1 20.2
6 James Ray 24 40 4 262 7.0 15.9 .440 0.1 0.1 1.000 2.9 4.9 .583 2.5 6.5 8.9 3.6 1.4 2.2 5.1 8.1 17.0
7 Billy McKinney 26 81 27 1963 6.8 12.8 .528 0.0 0.3 .000 2.5 3.1 .806 0.5 2.1 2.6 6.2 1.3 0.3 2.1 3.4 16.0
8 Glen Gondrezick 26 80 0 1699 5.3 10.5 .505 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 4.6 .737 3.0 6.0 9.0 3.2 1.9 0.8 2.1 4.9 14.0
9 Cedrick Hordges 25 77 1 1372 5.4 10.9 .493 0.1 0.3 .231 3.0 5.2 .583 3.1 7.2 10.4 1.7 0.7 0.5 2.9 6.0 13.8
10 John Roche 32 39 2 501 4.9 10.8 .453 1.7 3.7 .442 2.0 2.7 .737 0.3 1.4 1.7 6.4 1.1 0.1 2.1 2.9 13.4
11 Kenny Higgs 27 76 49 1696 4.3 9.9 .432 0.1 0.4 .190 3.4 4.2 .817 0.5 2.6 3.1 8.4 1.5 0.1 3.3 5.6 12.1
12 David Burns 23 6 1 53 3.4 7.5 .455 0.0 0.0 4.1 6.1 .667 0.7 1.4 2.0 7.5 1.4 0.0 5.4 8.8 10.9
13 T.R. Dunn 26 82 80 2519 3.7 7.2 .512 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.1 .712 3.0 5.0 8.0 2.7 1.9 0.5 1.8 3.0 9.6

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 33 81 2472 23.1 .608 .528 7.7 18.3 13.2 9.8 1.2 1.1 10.0 26.0 123 113 9.0 0.8 9.8
2 Alex English 28 82 3015 22.2 .596 .551 7.7 12.0 9.9 19.9 1.3 2.0 13.0 25.3 118 114 8.9 0.6 9.5
3 Kiki Vandeweghe 23 82 2775 18.9 .612 .561 5.9 11.7 8.9 11.9 0.8 0.5 11.6 22.3 120 116 7.8 -0.1 7.7
4 T.R. Dunn 26 82 2519 12.1 .559 .512 9.2 14.4 11.9 8.3 2.3 0.7 17.0 10.9 114 112 2.9 1.1 4.0
5 Glen Gondrezick 26 80 1699 14.9 .559 .505 9.1 17.4 13.3 10.4 2.4 1.1 14.5 15.4 114 111 2.6 1.0 3.6
6 Billy McKinney 26 81 1963 14.4 .565 .528 1.6 6.0 3.9 21.1 1.5 0.4 12.9 17.2 115 116 3.4 -0.1 3.3
7 David Thompson 27 61 1246 17.6 .571 .489 5.0 7.6 6.4 12.5 1.2 1.2 15.2 28.5 108 116 2.1 0.0 2.0
8 Kenny Higgs 27 76 1696 10.8 .513 .436 1.5 7.4 4.5 26.3 1.9 0.2 22.0 15.9 103 115 0.9 0.1 1.0
9 Dave Robisch 32 12 257 17.9 .553 .453 6.0 19.9 13.1 15.2 0.5 0.8 9.1 21.2 120 114 0.7 0.1 0.7
10 Cedrick Hordges 25 77 1372 10.4 .525 .496 9.5 21.0 15.4 5.5 0.8 0.7 18.1 17.0 100 113 0.3 0.5 0.7
11 John Roche 32 39 501 11.8 .561 .530 0.9 4.0 2.5 20.5 1.3 0.2 14.8 14.8 114 117 0.7 -0.1 0.6
12 David Burns 23 6 53 5.3 .535 .455 2.1 3.9 3.0 22.8 1.6 0.0 34.8 16.5 89 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
13 James Ray 24 40 262 10.2 .470 .444 7.6 18.7 13.3 12.3 1.7 3.1 21.9 24.5 87 110 -0.5 0.2 -0.3

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 Dan Issel 33 3 103 32 60 0 0 12 12 8 21 5 3 1 7 10 76 .533 1.000 34.3 25.3 7.0 1.7
2 Kiki Vandeweghe 23 3 109 25 43 0 0 18 18 4 18 9 2 4 6 7 68 .581 1.000 36.3 22.7 6.0 3.0
3 Alex English 28 3 118 26 55 0 0 6 7 8 23 17 3 3 4 6 58 .473 .857 39.3 19.3 7.7 5.7
4 Billy McKinney 26 3 91 16 27 0 1 10 12 2 6 10 3 0 5 9 42 .593 .000 .833 30.3 14.0 2.0 3.3
5 David Thompson 27 3 66 15 33 1 3 4 7 4 10 6 1 0 8 8 35 .455 .333 .571 22.0 11.7 3.3 2.0
6 Kenny Higgs 27 3 54 8 21 0 2 7 12 1 3 6 3 0 5 12 23 .381 .000 .583 18.0 7.7 1.0 2.0
7 Cedrick Hordges 25 3 45 8 19 0 1 3 4 2 13 2 1 0 4 4 19 .421 .000 .750 15.0 6.3 4.3 0.7
8 T.R. Dunn 26 3 81 6 13 0 0 7 8 10 18 10 8 1 5 11 19 .462 .875 27.0 6.3 6.0 3.3
9 Glen Gondrezick 26 3 51 8 20 0 1 2 3 3 8 9 2 1 0 8 18 .400 .000 .667 17.0 6.0 2.7 3.0
10 James Ray 24 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 Kiki Vandeweghe 23 3 109 22.1 .668 .581 3.9 14.7 9.1 10.7 0.8 1.9 10.5 20.2 131 115 0.4 0.0 0.4
2 Dan Issel 33 3 103 22.0 .582 .533 8.3 14.4 11.2 7.0 1.3 0.5 9.7 27.2 117 115 0.3 0.0 0.3
3 Alex English 28 3 118 18.3 .499 .473 7.2 14.5 10.8 18.5 1.2 1.3 6.4 20.4 114 114 0.2 0.0 0.2
4 T.R. Dunn 26 3 81 14.7 .575 .462 13.2 11.3 12.3 13.3 4.5 0.6 23.2 10.3 119 109 0.1 0.1 0.2
5 Billy McKinney 26 3 91 15.3 .651 .593 2.3 5.0 3.6 13.3 1.5 0.0 13.4 15.9 125 117 0.2 0.0 0.2
6 Glen Gondrezick 26 3 51 14.2 .422 .400 6.3 11.2 8.7 20.9 1.8 1.0 0.0 16.2 114 114 0.1 0.0 0.1
7 James Ray 24 1 2 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.7 0.0 103 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Cedrick Hordges 25 3 45 10.3 .458 .421 4.7 27.9 15.9 5.4 1.0 0.0 16.2 21.3 88 112 -0.1 0.0 0.0
9 David Thompson 27 3 66 10.4 .485 .470 6.5 10.4 8.4 11.8 0.7 0.0 18.1 25.9 91 117 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Kenny Higgs 27 3 54 7.1 .438 .381 2.0 4.2 3.1 13.0 2.5 0.0 16.0 22.5 88 115 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Alex English *$722,500
2 Dan Issel *$453,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)