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1984-85 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats

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Record: 52-30, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Doug Moe (52-30)

PTS/G: 120.0 (1st of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 117.6 (22nd of 23)
SRS: 2.05 (7th of 23) ▪ Pace: 107.6 (1st of 23)
Off Rtg: 110.7 (5th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 108.4 (15th of 23)
Expected W-L: 47-35 (7th of 23)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 448,464 (12th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Utah Jazz
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus San Antonio Spurs

Midwest Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Wayne Cooper C 6-10 220 November 16, 1956 6 University of New Orleans
23 T.R. Dunn SG 6-4 192 February 1, 1955 7 University of Alabama
2 Alex English SF 6-7 190 January 5, 1954 8 University of South Carolina
5 Mike Evans SG 6-1 170 April 19, 1955 5 Kansas State University
24 Bill Hanzlik SF 6-7 185 December 6, 1957 4 University of Notre Dame
44 Dan Issel C 6-9 235 October 25, 1948 14 University of Kentucky
50 Joe Kopicki PF 6-9 240 June 12, 1960 2 University of Detroit Mercy
12 Fat Lever PG 6-3 170 August 18, 1960 2 Arizona State University
33 Calvin Natt PF 6-6 220 January 8, 1957 5 University of Louisiana at Monroe
34 Danny Schayes C 6-11 235 May 10, 1959 3 Syracuse University
20 Elston Turner SF 6-5 190 June 10, 1959 3 University of Mississippi
10 Willie White SG 6-3 195 August 20, 1962 R University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19830 3876 7976 .486 73 235 .311 2016 2568 .785 1331 2303 3634 2266 894 424 1382 2152 9841 120.0
Lg Rank 6 2 2 14 10 11 4 3 5 5 2 19 8 7 1 12 6 7 1 1
Opponent 82 19830 3775 7379 .512 64 254 .252 2027 2648 .765 1181 2628 3809 2154 670 589 1744 2178 9641 117.6
Lg Rank 6 21 15 22 4 12 3 21 20 14 14 21 22 13 10 23 1 20 22 22

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 47 35 2.44 -0.39 2.05 110.7 108.4 107.6 .491 13.2 33.6 .253 .516 17.0 66.1 .275 McNichols Sports Arena 448,464
Lg Rank 7 7 7 21 7 5 15 1 14 3 11 14 22 1 17 20 12

Totals

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 31 81 81 2924 939 1812 .518 1 5 .200 383 462 .829 203 255 458 344 101 46 251 259 2262
2 Calvin Natt 28 78 76 2657 685 1255 .546 0 3 .000 447 564 .793 209 401 610 238 75 33 190 182 1817
3 Fat Lever 24 82 82 2559 424 985 .430 6 24 .250 197 256 .770 147 264 411 613 202 30 203 226 1051
4 Dan Issel 36 77 9 1684 363 791 .459 1 7 .143 257 319 .806 80 251 331 137 65 31 93 171 984
5 Wayne Cooper 28 80 78 2031 404 856 .472 0 2 .000 161 235 .685 229 402 631 86 28 197 149 304 969
6 Mike Evans 29 81 0 1437 323 661 .489 57 157 .363 113 131 .863 26 93 119 231 65 12 130 174 816
7 Bill Hanzlik 27 80 1 1673 220 522 .421 1 15 .067 180 238 .756 88 119 207 210 84 26 115 291 621
8 T.R. Dunn 29 81 81 2290 175 358 .489 0 2 .000 84 116 .724 169 216 385 153 140 14 65 213 434
9 Elston Turner 25 81 2 1491 181 388 .466 1 6 .167 51 65 .785 88 128 216 158 96 7 70 152 414
10 Danny Schayes 25 56 0 542 60 129 .465 0 0 79 97 .814 48 96 144 38 20 25 44 98 199
11 Joe Kopicki 24 42 0 308 50 95 .526 2 3 .667 43 54 .796 29 57 86 29 13 1 28 58 145
12 Willie White 22 39 0 234 52 124 .419 4 11 .364 21 31 .677 15 21 36 29 5 2 30 24 129

Per Game

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 31 81 81 36.1 11.6 22.4 .518 0.0 0.1 .200 4.7 5.7 .829 2.5 3.1 5.7 4.2 1.2 0.6 3.1 3.2 27.9
2 Calvin Natt 28 78 76 34.1 8.8 16.1 .546 0.0 0.0 .000 5.7 7.2 .793 2.7 5.1 7.8 3.1 1.0 0.4 2.4 2.3 23.3
3 Dan Issel 36 77 9 21.9 4.7 10.3 .459 0.0 0.1 .143 3.3 4.1 .806 1.0 3.3 4.3 1.8 0.8 0.4 1.2 2.2 12.8
4 Fat Lever 24 82 82 31.2 5.2 12.0 .430 0.1 0.3 .250 2.4 3.1 .770 1.8 3.2 5.0 7.5 2.5 0.4 2.5 2.8 12.8
5 Wayne Cooper 28 80 78 25.4 5.1 10.7 .472 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.9 .685 2.9 5.0 7.9 1.1 0.4 2.5 1.9 3.8 12.1
6 Mike Evans 29 81 0 17.7 4.0 8.2 .489 0.7 1.9 .363 1.4 1.6 .863 0.3 1.1 1.5 2.9 0.8 0.1 1.6 2.1 10.1
7 Bill Hanzlik 27 80 1 20.9 2.8 6.5 .421 0.0 0.2 .067 2.3 3.0 .756 1.1 1.5 2.6 2.6 1.1 0.3 1.4 3.6 7.8
8 T.R. Dunn 29 81 81 28.3 2.2 4.4 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.4 .724 2.1 2.7 4.8 1.9 1.7 0.2 0.8 2.6 5.4
9 Elston Turner 25 81 2 18.4 2.2 4.8 .466 0.0 0.1 .167 0.6 0.8 .785 1.1 1.6 2.7 2.0 1.2 0.1 0.9 1.9 5.1
10 Danny Schayes 25 56 0 9.7 1.1 2.3 .465 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.7 .814 0.9 1.7 2.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.8 3.6
11 Joe Kopicki 24 42 0 7.3 1.2 2.3 .526 0.0 0.1 .667 1.0 1.3 .796 0.7 1.4 2.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.7 1.4 3.5
12 Willie White 22 39 0 6.0 1.3 3.2 .419 0.1 0.3 .364 0.5 0.8 .677 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.6 3.3

Per 36 Minutes

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 31 81 81 2924 11.6 22.3 .518 0.0 0.1 .200 4.7 5.7 .829 2.5 3.1 5.6 4.2 1.2 0.6 3.1 3.2 27.8
2 Calvin Natt 28 78 76 2657 9.3 17.0 .546 0.0 0.0 .000 6.1 7.6 .793 2.8 5.4 8.3 3.2 1.0 0.4 2.6 2.5 24.6
3 Dan Issel 36 77 9 1684 7.8 16.9 .459 0.0 0.1 .143 5.5 6.8 .806 1.7 5.4 7.1 2.9 1.4 0.7 2.0 3.7 21.0
4 Mike Evans 29 81 0 1437 8.1 16.6 .489 1.4 3.9 .363 2.8 3.3 .863 0.7 2.3 3.0 5.8 1.6 0.3 3.3 4.4 20.4
5 Willie White 22 39 0 234 8.0 19.1 .419 0.6 1.7 .364 3.2 4.8 .677 2.3 3.2 5.5 4.5 0.8 0.3 4.6 3.7 19.8
6 Wayne Cooper 28 80 78 2031 7.2 15.2 .472 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 4.2 .685 4.1 7.1 11.2 1.5 0.5 3.5 2.6 5.4 17.2
7 Joe Kopicki 24 42 0 308 5.8 11.1 .526 0.2 0.4 .667 5.0 6.3 .796 3.4 6.7 10.1 3.4 1.5 0.1 3.3 6.8 16.9
8 Fat Lever 24 82 82 2559 6.0 13.9 .430 0.1 0.3 .250 2.8 3.6 .770 2.1 3.7 5.8 8.6 2.8 0.4 2.9 3.2 14.8
9 Bill Hanzlik 27 80 1 1673 4.7 11.2 .421 0.0 0.3 .067 3.9 5.1 .756 1.9 2.6 4.5 4.5 1.8 0.6 2.5 6.3 13.4
10 Danny Schayes 25 56 0 542 4.0 8.6 .465 0.0 0.0 5.2 6.4 .814 3.2 6.4 9.6 2.5 1.3 1.7 2.9 6.5 13.2
11 Elston Turner 25 81 2 1491 4.4 9.4 .466 0.0 0.1 .167 1.2 1.6 .785 2.1 3.1 5.2 3.8 2.3 0.2 1.7 3.7 10.0
12 T.R. Dunn 29 81 81 2290 2.8 5.6 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.8 .724 2.7 3.4 6.1 2.4 2.2 0.2 1.0 3.3 6.8

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Calvin Natt 28 78 2657 21.8 .604 .546 7.9 17.2 12.2 12.4 1.3 0.7 11.2 24.1 121 109 8.0 2.3 10.2 .185
2 Alex English 31 81 2924 21.6 .561 .518 7.0 9.9 8.3 17.9 1.5 0.9 11.1 29.3 113 111 6.8 2.1 8.9 .146
3 Fat Lever 24 82 2559 16.7 .479 .434 5.8 11.7 8.6 29.5 3.5 0.7 15.6 19.2 106 106 2.1 3.2 5.2 .098
4 T.R. Dunn 29 81 2290 9.8 .531 .489 7.4 10.7 9.0 7.4 2.7 0.3 13.7 7.8 117 108 2.1 2.3 4.4 .092
5 Dan Issel 36 77 1684 16.9 .528 .460 4.8 17.0 10.5 10.7 1.7 1.0 9.1 23.0 111 108 2.7 1.7 4.3 .124
6 Wayne Cooper 28 80 2031 15.1 .505 .472 11.3 22.5 16.6 5.4 0.6 5.4 13.4 20.6 103 106 0.9 2.6 3.5 .082
7 Mike Evans 29 81 1437 15.6 .568 .532 1.8 7.4 4.4 21.4 2.0 0.5 15.3 22.3 109 110 1.9 1.0 2.9 .098
8 Elston Turner 25 81 1491 10.9 .497 .468 5.9 9.8 7.7 12.4 2.9 0.3 14.4 12.3 107 108 0.8 1.5 2.3 .075
9 Bill Hanzlik 27 80 1673 10.5 .495 .422 5.3 8.1 6.6 14.8 2.2 0.9 15.5 16.8 104 109 0.8 1.4 2.2 .063
10 Danny Schayes 25 56 542 12.8 .580 .465 8.9 20.2 14.2 8.1 1.6 2.6 20.4 15.0 110 106 0.6 0.7 1.2 .109
11 Joe Kopicki 24 42 308 15.3 .610 .537 9.4 21.1 14.9 11.6 1.9 0.2 19.1 18.0 114 107 0.5 0.3 0.9 .135
12 Willie White 22 39 234 10.5 .469 .435 6.4 10.2 8.2 16.4 1.0 0.5 17.9 27.1 91 112 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.035

Playoffs Totals

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 31 14 14 536 163 304 .536 0 1 .000 97 109 .890 36 56 92 63 17 5 30 40 423
2 Calvin Natt 28 15 15 508 131 238 .550 0 0 72 89 .809 31 68 99 57 8 5 31 35 334
3 Dan Issel 36 15 4 325 73 159 .459 1 1 1.000 39 48 .813 14 40 54 27 12 5 13 36 186
4 Wayne Cooper 28 15 12 321 67 143 .469 0 0 30 40 .750 34 59 93 20 8 36 19 52 164
5 Mike Evans 29 15 0 281 62 143 .434 17 51 .333 14 17 .824 3 29 32 46 13 3 36 39 155
6 Fat Lever 24 11 8 342 49 122 .402 0 2 .000 48 63 .762 23 48 71 93 26 2 34 33 146
7 Bill Hanzlik 27 15 0 310 45 92 .489 0 1 .000 30 41 .732 24 22 46 33 14 6 22 57 120
8 Elston Turner 25 15 4 358 50 102 .490 2 2 1.000 12 19 .632 30 43 73 46 17 1 26 42 114
9 T.R. Dunn 29 15 15 371 27 65 .415 0 0 14 19 .737 27 33 60 34 24 3 10 45 68
10 Willie White 22 10 3 123 27 57 .474 2 3 .667 7 12 .583 9 8 17 17 5 0 16 6 63
11 Danny Schayes 25 9 0 118 11 26 .423 0 0 14 20 .700 8 22 30 12 3 4 5 22 36
12 Joe Kopicki 24 7 0 32 6 16 .375 0 0 9 17 .529 2 11 13 3 1 1 1 5 21

Playoffs Per Game

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 31 14 14 38.3 11.6 21.7 .536 0.0 0.1 .000 6.9 7.8 .890 2.6 4.0 6.6 4.5 1.2 0.4 2.1 2.9 30.2
2 Calvin Natt 28 15 15 33.9 8.7 15.9 .550 0.0 0.0 4.8 5.9 .809 2.1 4.5 6.6 3.8 0.5 0.3 2.1 2.3 22.3
3 Fat Lever 24 11 8 31.1 4.5 11.1 .402 0.0 0.2 .000 4.4 5.7 .762 2.1 4.4 6.5 8.5 2.4 0.2 3.1 3.0 13.3
4 Dan Issel 36 15 4 21.7 4.9 10.6 .459 0.1 0.1 1.000 2.6 3.2 .813 0.9 2.7 3.6 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.9 2.4 12.4
5 Wayne Cooper 28 15 12 21.4 4.5 9.5 .469 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.7 .750 2.3 3.9 6.2 1.3 0.5 2.4 1.3 3.5 10.9
6 Mike Evans 29 15 0 18.7 4.1 9.5 .434 1.1 3.4 .333 0.9 1.1 .824 0.2 1.9 2.1 3.1 0.9 0.2 2.4 2.6 10.3
7 Bill Hanzlik 27 15 0 20.7 3.0 6.1 .489 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.7 .732 1.6 1.5 3.1 2.2 0.9 0.4 1.5 3.8 8.0
8 Elston Turner 25 15 4 23.9 3.3 6.8 .490 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.8 1.3 .632 2.0 2.9 4.9 3.1 1.1 0.1 1.7 2.8 7.6
9 Willie White 22 10 3 12.3 2.7 5.7 .474 0.2 0.3 .667 0.7 1.2 .583 0.9 0.8 1.7 1.7 0.5 0.0 1.6 0.6 6.3
10 T.R. Dunn 29 15 15 24.7 1.8 4.3 .415 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 .737 1.8 2.2 4.0 2.3 1.6 0.2 0.7 3.0 4.5
11 Danny Schayes 25 9 0 13.1 1.2 2.9 .423 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.2 .700 0.9 2.4 3.3 1.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 2.4 4.0
12 Joe Kopicki 24 7 0 4.6 0.9 2.3 .375 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.4 .529 0.3 1.6 1.9 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 3.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

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 31 14 14 536 10.9 20.4 .536 0.0 0.1 .000 6.5 7.3 .890 2.4 3.8 6.2 4.2 1.1 0.3 2.0 2.7 28.4
2 Calvin Natt 28 15 15 508 9.3 16.9 .550 0.0 0.0 5.1 6.3 .809 2.2 4.8 7.0 4.0 0.6 0.4 2.2 2.5 23.7
3 Joe Kopicki 24 7 0 32 6.8 18.0 .375 0.0 0.0 10.1 19.1 .529 2.3 12.4 14.6 3.4 1.1 1.1 1.1 5.6 23.6
4 Dan Issel 36 15 4 325 8.1 17.6 .459 0.1 0.1 1.000 4.3 5.3 .813 1.6 4.4 6.0 3.0 1.3 0.6 1.4 4.0 20.6
5 Mike Evans 29 15 0 281 7.9 18.3 .434 2.2 6.5 .333 1.8 2.2 .824 0.4 3.7 4.1 5.9 1.7 0.4 4.6 5.0 19.9
6 Wayne Cooper 28 15 12 321 7.5 16.0 .469 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.5 .750 3.8 6.6 10.4 2.2 0.9 4.0 2.1 5.8 18.4
7 Willie White 22 10 3 123 7.9 16.7 .474 0.6 0.9 .667 2.0 3.5 .583 2.6 2.3 5.0 5.0 1.5 0.0 4.7 1.8 18.4
8 Fat Lever 24 11 8 342 5.2 12.8 .402 0.0 0.2 .000 5.1 6.6 .762 2.4 5.1 7.5 9.8 2.7 0.2 3.6 3.5 15.4
9 Bill Hanzlik 27 15 0 310 5.2 10.7 .489 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 4.8 .732 2.8 2.6 5.3 3.8 1.6 0.7 2.6 6.6 13.9
10 Elston Turner 25 15 4 358 5.0 10.3 .490 0.2 0.2 1.000 1.2 1.9 .632 3.0 4.3 7.3 4.6 1.7 0.1 2.6 4.2 11.5
11 Danny Schayes 25 9 0 118 3.4 7.9 .423 0.0 0.0 4.3 6.1 .700 2.4 6.7 9.2 3.7 0.9 1.2 1.5 6.7 11.0
12 T.R. Dunn 29 15 15 371 2.6 6.3 .415 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.8 .737 2.6 3.2 5.8 3.3 2.3 0.3 1.0 4.4 6.6

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Alex English 31 14 536 23.5 .601 .536 6.7 12.1 9.2 17.4 1.4 0.5 7.9 26.8 125 112 1.9 0.5 2.4 .212
2 Calvin Natt 28 15 508 19.6 .603 .550 6.1 15.5 10.4 15.5 0.7 0.6 10.1 22.8 122 112 1.3 0.4 1.7 .164
3 Wayne Cooper 28 15 321 16.6 .511 .469 10.6 21.3 15.5 8.1 1.1 6.5 10.6 21.0 108 105 0.2 0.5 0.8 .112
4 Dan Issel 36 15 325 15.2 .516 .462 4.3 14.3 8.9 11.0 1.6 0.9 6.7 22.3 111 110 0.4 0.3 0.7 .108
5 Fat Lever 24 11 342 16.8 .488 .402 6.7 16.3 11.1 32.5 3.4 0.3 18.5 20.2 106 107 0.2 0.5 0.7 .095
6 T.R. Dunn 29 15 371 9.0 .463 .415 7.3 10.3 8.7 10.1 2.9 0.5 12.0 8.4 112 109 0.2 0.4 0.6 .084
7 Elston Turner 25 15 358 11.1 .516 .500 8.4 13.9 10.9 15.3 2.1 0.2 19.1 14.3 104 110 0.1 0.4 0.5 .062
8 Bill Hanzlik 27 15 310 11.0 .545 .489 7.7 8.2 8.0 12.7 2.0 1.1 16.7 16.0 109 110 0.2 0.3 0.5 .082
9 Danny Schayes 25 9 118 10.9 .517 .423 6.8 21.6 13.6 11.5 1.1 2.0 12.6 12.7 114 109 0.1 0.1 0.3 .104
10 Joe Kopicki 24 7 32 17.6 .447 .375 6.2 39.8 21.8 11.8 1.4 1.8 4.1 28.7 103 105 0.0 0.1 0.1 .094
11 Willie White 22 10 123 11.7 .506 .491 7.3 7.5 7.4 18.2 1.8 0.0 20.4 23.9 94 112 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.014
12 Mike Evans 29 15 281 11.3 .515 .493 1.1 12.0 6.1 21.5 2.0 0.6 19.3 24.9 94 110 -0.3 0.3 0.0 .002