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1985-86 Denver Nuggets Roster and Statistics

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47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Doug Moe (47-35)

Points Per Game: 114.8 (4th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 113.5 (19th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 44-38 (7th of 23)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 531,814 (7th of 23)

SRS: 0.89 (8th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 106.7 (1st of 23)
Offensive Rating: 107.1 (12th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.9 (9th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Houston Rockets
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers

1985-86 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 7 University of New Orleans
23 T.R. Dunn G-F 6-4 192 February 1, 1955 8 University of Alabama
2 Alex English F 6-7 190 January 5, 1954 9 University of South Carolina
5 Mike Evans G 6-1 170 April 19, 1955 6 Kansas State University
24 Bill Hanzlik G-F 6-7 185 December 6, 1957 5 University of Notre Dame
12 Fat Lever G 6-3 170 August 18, 1960 3 Arizona State University
33 Calvin Natt F 6-6 220 January 8, 1957 6 University of Louisiana at Monroe
41 Blair Rasmussen C 7-0 250 November 13, 1962 R University of Oregon
34 Danny Schayes C-F 6-11 235 May 10, 1959 4 Syracuse University
20 Elston Turner G-F 6-5 190 June 10, 1959 4 University of Mississippi
10 Willie White G 6-3 195 August 20, 1962 1 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
31 Pete Williams F 6-7 190 March 10, 1965 R University of Arizona

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 19755 3705 7868 .471 71 305 .233 1929 2416 .798 1223 2317 3540 2140 826 421 1336 2164 9410 114.8
Opponent 82 19755 3638 7404 .491 60 262 .229 1967 2693 .730 1295 2732 4027 2106 639 484 1741 2117 9303 113.5

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 Alex English 32 81 81 3024 951 1888 .504 1 5 .200 511 593 .862 192 213 405 320 73 29 249 235 2414
2 Calvin Natt 29 69 62 2007 469 930 .504 2 6 .333 278 347 .801 125 311 436 164 58 13 130 143 1218
3 Fat Lever 25 78 77 2616 468 1061 .441 12 38 .316 132 182 .725 136 284 420 584 178 15 210 204 1080
4 Wayne Cooper 29 78 78 2112 422 906 .466 3 7 .429 174 219 .795 190 420 610 81 42 227 117 315 1021
5 Bill Hanzlik 28 79 0 1982 331 741 .447 8 41 .195 318 405 .785 88 176 264 316 107 16 165 277 988
6 Mike Evans 30 81 1 1389 304 715 .425 39 176 .222 126 149 .846 30 71 101 177 61 1 124 159 773
7 Danny Schayes 26 80 13 1654 221 440 .502 0 1 .000 216 278 .777 154 285 439 79 42 63 105 298 658
8 T.R. Dunn 30 82 82 2401 172 379 .454 0 1 .000 68 88 .773 143 234 377 171 155 16 51 228 412
9 Elston Turner 26 73 0 1324 165 379 .435 0 9 .000 39 53 .736 64 137 201 165 70 6 80 150 369
10 Willie White 23 43 4 343 74 168 .440 6 21 .286 19 23 .826 17 27 44 53 18 2 25 24 173
11 Blair Rasmussen 23 48 1 330 61 150 .407 0 0 31 39 .795 37 60 97 16 3 10 40 63 153
12 Pete Williams 20 53 11 573 67 111 .604 0 0 17 40 .425 47 99 146 14 19 23 19 68 151

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 32 81 81 37.3 11.7 23.3 .504 0.0 0.1 .200 6.3 7.3 .862 2.4 2.6 5.0 4.0 0.9 0.4 3.1 2.9 29.8
2 Calvin Natt 29 69 62 29.1 6.8 13.5 .504 0.0 0.1 .333 4.0 5.0 .801 1.8 4.5 6.3 2.4 0.8 0.2 1.9 2.1 17.7
3 Fat Lever 25 78 77 33.5 6.0 13.6 .441 0.2 0.5 .316 1.7 2.3 .725 1.7 3.6 5.4 7.5 2.3 0.2 2.7 2.6 13.8
4 Wayne Cooper 29 78 78 27.1 5.4 11.6 .466 0.0 0.1 .429 2.2 2.8 .795 2.4 5.4 7.8 1.0 0.5 2.9 1.5 4.0 13.1
5 Bill Hanzlik 28 79 0 25.1 4.2 9.4 .447 0.1 0.5 .195 4.0 5.1 .785 1.1 2.2 3.3 4.0 1.4 0.2 2.1 3.5 12.5
6 Mike Evans 30 81 1 17.1 3.8 8.8 .425 0.5 2.2 .222 1.6 1.8 .846 0.4 0.9 1.2 2.2 0.8 0.0 1.5 2.0 9.5
7 Danny Schayes 26 80 13 20.7 2.8 5.5 .502 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.5 .777 1.9 3.6 5.5 1.0 0.5 0.8 1.3 3.7 8.2
8 Elston Turner 26 73 0 18.1 2.3 5.2 .435 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 0.7 .736 0.9 1.9 2.8 2.3 1.0 0.1 1.1 2.1 5.1
9 T.R. Dunn 30 82 82 29.3 2.1 4.6 .454 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.1 .773 1.7 2.9 4.6 2.1 1.9 0.2 0.6 2.8 5.0
10 Willie White 23 43 4 8.0 1.7 3.9 .440 0.1 0.5 .286 0.4 0.5 .826 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.6 4.0
11 Blair Rasmussen 23 48 1 6.9 1.3 3.1 .407 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .795 0.8 1.3 2.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.8 1.3 3.2
12 Pete Williams 20 53 11 10.8 1.3 2.1 .604 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 .425 0.9 1.9 2.8 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.3 2.8

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 32 81 81 3024 11.3 22.5 .504 0.0 0.1 .200 6.1 7.1 .862 2.3 2.5 4.8 3.8 0.9 0.3 3.0 2.8 28.7
2 Calvin Natt 29 69 62 2007 8.4 16.7 .504 0.0 0.1 .333 5.0 6.2 .801 2.2 5.6 7.8 2.9 1.0 0.2 2.3 2.6 21.8
3 Mike Evans 30 81 1 1389 7.9 18.5 .425 1.0 4.6 .222 3.3 3.9 .846 0.8 1.8 2.6 4.6 1.6 0.0 3.2 4.1 20.0
4 Willie White 23 43 4 343 7.8 17.6 .440 0.6 2.2 .286 2.0 2.4 .826 1.8 2.8 4.6 5.6 1.9 0.2 2.6 2.5 18.2
5 Bill Hanzlik 28 79 0 1982 6.0 13.5 .447 0.1 0.7 .195 5.8 7.4 .785 1.6 3.2 4.8 5.7 1.9 0.3 3.0 5.0 17.9
6 Wayne Cooper 29 78 78 2112 7.2 15.4 .466 0.1 0.1 .429 3.0 3.7 .795 3.2 7.2 10.4 1.4 0.7 3.9 2.0 5.4 17.4
7 Blair Rasmussen 23 48 1 330 6.7 16.4 .407 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.3 .795 4.0 6.5 10.6 1.7 0.3 1.1 4.4 6.9 16.7
8 Fat Lever 25 78 77 2616 6.4 14.6 .441 0.2 0.5 .316 1.8 2.5 .725 1.9 3.9 5.8 8.0 2.4 0.2 2.9 2.8 14.9
9 Danny Schayes 26 80 13 1654 4.8 9.6 .502 0.0 0.0 .000 4.7 6.1 .777 3.4 6.2 9.6 1.7 0.9 1.4 2.3 6.5 14.3
10 Elston Turner 26 73 0 1324 4.5 10.3 .435 0.0 0.2 .000 1.1 1.4 .736 1.7 3.7 5.5 4.5 1.9 0.2 2.2 4.1 10.0
11 Pete Williams 20 53 11 573 4.2 7.0 .604 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.5 .425 3.0 6.2 9.2 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.2 4.3 9.5
12 T.R. Dunn 30 82 82 2401 2.6 5.7 .454 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.3 .773 2.1 3.5 5.7 2.6 2.3 0.2 0.8 3.4 6.2

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 Alex English 32 81 3024 21.7 .562 .504 6.3 7.7 7.0 17.0 1.1 0.5 10.4 30.5 113 110 7.6 2.3 9.8
2 Calvin Natt 29 69 2007 18.6 .562 .505 6.2 17.0 11.3 11.6 1.3 0.4 10.7 23.3 113 106 3.9 2.3 6.1
3 Wayne Cooper 29 78 2112 16.3 .509 .467 9.0 21.8 15.1 5.2 0.9 5.9 10.5 20.4 105 102 1.6 3.5 5.1
4 T.R. Dunn 30 82 2401 9.4 .493 .454 5.9 10.7 8.2 8.2 2.9 0.4 10.9 7.5 114 105 1.8 3.1 4.9
5 Bill Hanzlik 28 79 1982 15.3 .537 .452 4.4 9.7 7.0 20.7 2.4 0.4 15.2 21.1 108 106 2.4 2.3 4.7
6 Danny Schayes 26 80 1654 13.4 .585 .502 9.3 18.8 13.9 5.9 1.1 2.1 15.7 15.5 114 105 2.4 2.2 4.6
7 Fat Lever 25 78 2616 15.7 .473 .447 5.2 11.9 8.4 29.4 3.1 0.3 15.5 19.9 101 104 0.9 3.6 4.5
8 Pete Williams 20 53 573 11.6 .587 .604 8.2 18.9 13.3 3.0 1.5 2.2 12.9 9.9 115 104 0.6 0.8 1.4
9 Elston Turner 26 73 1324 9.6 .459 .435 4.8 11.3 7.9 15.3 2.4 0.3 16.6 14.0 96 106 -0.3 1.6 1.3
10 Mike Evans 30 81 1389 12.4 .495 .452 2.2 5.6 3.8 17.7 2.0 0.0 13.7 25.1 98 109 -0.1 1.2 1.1
11 Willie White 23 43 343 15.1 .486 .458 5.0 8.6 6.7 21.4 2.4 0.3 12.3 22.8 102 107 0.1 0.4 0.5
12 Blair Rasmussen 23 48 330 8.7 .458 .407 11.2 19.9 15.3 6.4 0.4 1.7 19.3 24.2 88 106 -0.5 0.4 -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 Alex English 32 10 394 106 229 0 1 61 71 18 35 52 4 4 28 29 273 .463 .000 .859 39.4 27.3 3.5 5.2
2 Calvin Natt 29 10 293 66 142 1 2 46 59 17 79 28 2 3 22 25 179 .465 .500 .780 29.3 17.9 7.9 2.8
3 Fat Lever 25 10 347 59 131 8 14 17 24 15 48 53 20 2 23 33 143 .450 .571 .708 34.7 14.3 4.8 5.3
4 Danny Schayes 26 10 295 46 86 0 0 24 30 34 82 9 4 17 21 37 116 .535 .800 29.5 11.6 8.2 0.9
5 Blair Rasmussen 23 10 175 39 96 0 0 33 41 27 60 10 5 9 7 28 111 .406 .805 17.5 11.1 6.0 1.0
6 Mike Evans 30 10 204 30 82 7 29 25 30 6 20 25 10 3 13 19 92 .366 .241 .833 20.4 9.2 2.0 2.5
7 Elston Turner 26 10 196 29 54 1 1 7 8 12 29 22 7 0 5 19 66 .537 1.000 .875 19.6 6.6 2.9 2.2
8 Wayne Cooper 29 8 154 24 56 0 1 15 22 11 40 7 2 5 11 31 63 .429 .000 .682 19.3 7.9 5.0 0.9
9 T.R. Dunn 30 10 276 20 46 0 0 9 14 22 53 13 16 0 3 34 49 .435 .643 27.6 4.9 5.3 1.3
10 Bill Hanzlik 28 6 102 15 28 1 1 13 16 2 6 19 1 1 7 12 44 .536 1.000 .813 17.0 7.3 1.0 3.2
11 Willie White 23 4 21 2 7 1 4 0 0 1 3 6 1 0 2 4 5 .286 .250 5.3 1.3 0.8 1.5
12 Pete Williams 20 4 18 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 2 4 .500 .000 4.5 1.0 1.0 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 Alex English 32 10 394 17.1 .525 .463 4.4 4.7 4.6 21.4 0.5 0.6 9.7 29.1 110 116 0.5 0.2 0.7
2 Danny Schayes 26 10 295 13.7 .585 .535 11.2 17.9 14.3 4.2 0.6 3.1 17.5 16.2 111 110 0.3 0.3 0.6
3 Calvin Natt 29 10 293 17.0 .533 .468 5.6 23.2 13.9 14.5 0.3 0.6 11.6 25.8 108 110 0.3 0.3 0.6
4 T.R. Dunn 30 10 276 9.0 .470 .435 7.7 12.3 9.9 5.8 2.7 0.0 5.4 8.0 117 109 0.2 0.3 0.5
5 Elston Turner 26 10 196 13.4 .574 .546 5.9 9.5 7.6 15.2 1.7 0.0 8.0 12.7 125 112 0.4 0.2 0.5
6 Fat Lever 25 10 347 13.6 .505 .481 4.2 10.4 7.1 21.4 2.7 0.3 14.0 18.9 105 110 0.1 0.4 0.5
7 Blair Rasmussen 23 10 175 20.1 .487 .406 14.9 20.7 17.6 8.6 1.3 2.8 5.8 27.5 112 107 0.3 0.2 0.5
8 Bill Hanzlik 28 6 102 13.6 .628 .554 1.9 4.3 3.0 25.2 0.5 0.5 16.7 16.4 121 116 0.2 0.0 0.2
9 Mike Evans 30 10 204 12.1 .483 .409 2.8 7.5 5.0 16.6 2.3 0.8 12.0 21.1 103 111 0.0 0.2 0.2
10 Wayne Cooper 29 8 154 9.4 .480 .429 6.9 20.7 13.4 6.2 0.6 1.8 14.3 19.8 96 109 -0.1 0.2 0.1
11 Pete Williams 20 4 18 11.7 .500 .500 5.4 18.3 11.4 21.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.8 133 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Willie White 23 4 21 7.5 .357 .357 4.6 10.5 7.4 36.2 2.2 0.0 22.2 17.1 88 111 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Alex English $825,000
2 Calvin Natt $758,000
3 Danny Schayes $350,000
4 Wayne Cooper $300,000
5 T.R. Dunn $225,000
6 Blair Rasmussen $202,500
7 Fat Lever $185,000
8 Bill Hanzlik $175,000
9 Mike Evans $125,000
10 Elston Turner $125,000
11 Willie White $85,000
12 Pete Williams $70,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)