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1984-85 Denver Nuggets Roster and Statistics

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

Points Per Game: 120.0 (1st of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 117.6 (22nd of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 47-35 (7th of 23)

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

SRS: 2.05 (7th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 107.6 (1st of 23)
Offensive Rating: 110.7 (5th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.4 (15th 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

1984-85 Denver Nuggets:

Roster

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

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 3876 7976 .486 73 235 .311 2016 2568 .785 1331 2303 3634 2266 894 424 1382 2152 9841 120.0
Opponent 82 19830 3775 7379 .512 64 254 .252 2027 2648 .765 1181 2628 3809 2154 670 589 1744 2178 9641 117.6

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 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

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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 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

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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 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

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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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 Alex English 31 14 536 163 304 0 1 97 109 36 92 63 17 5 30 40 423 .536 .000 .890 38.3 30.2 6.6 4.5
2 Calvin Natt 28 15 508 131 238 0 0 72 89 31 99 57 8 5 31 35 334 .550 .809 33.9 22.3 6.6 3.8
3 Dan Issel 36 15 325 73 159 1 1 39 48 14 54 27 12 5 13 36 186 .459 1.000 .813 21.7 12.4 3.6 1.8
4 Wayne Cooper 28 15 321 67 143 0 0 30 40 34 93 20 8 36 19 52 164 .469 .750 21.4 10.9 6.2 1.3
5 Mike Evans 29 15 281 62 143 17 51 14 17 3 32 46 13 3 36 39 155 .434 .333 .824 18.7 10.3 2.1 3.1
6 Fat Lever 24 11 342 49 122 0 2 48 63 23 71 93 26 2 34 33 146 .402 .000 .762 31.1 13.3 6.5 8.5
7 Bill Hanzlik 27 15 310 45 92 0 1 30 41 24 46 33 14 6 22 57 120 .489 .000 .732 20.7 8.0 3.1 2.2
8 Elston Turner 25 15 358 50 102 2 2 12 19 30 73 46 17 1 26 42 114 .490 1.000 .632 23.9 7.6 4.9 3.1
9 T.R. Dunn 29 15 371 27 65 0 0 14 19 27 60 34 24 3 10 45 68 .415 .737 24.7 4.5 4.0 2.3
10 Willie White 22 10 123 27 57 2 3 7 12 9 17 17 5 0 16 6 63 .474 .667 .583 12.3 6.3 1.7 1.7
11 Danny Schayes 25 9 118 11 26 0 0 14 20 8 30 12 3 4 5 22 36 .423 .700 13.1 4.0 3.3 1.3
12 Joe Kopicki 24 7 32 6 16 0 0 9 17 2 13 3 1 1 1 5 21 .375 .529 4.6 3.0 1.9 0.4

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 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
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
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
4 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
5 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
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
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
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
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
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
11 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
12 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

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Alex English $790,000
2 Calvin Natt $708,000
3 Dan Issel $614,000
4 Wayne Cooper $280,000
5 Danny Schayes $225,000
6 T.R. Dunn $200,000
7 Bill Hanzlik $200,000
8 Fat Lever $185,000
9 Elston Turner $100,000
10 Joe Kopicki $80,000
11 Willie White $75,000
12 Mike Evans $65,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)