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1985-86 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats

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

PTS/G: 114.8 (4th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 113.5 (19th of 23)
SRS: 0.89 (8th of 23) ▪ Pace: 106.7 (1st of 23)
Off Rtg: 107.1 (12th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 105.9 (9th of 23)
Expected W-L: 44-38 (7th of 23)

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

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Wayne Cooper C 6-10 220 November 16, 1956 7 University of New Orleans
23 T.R. Dunn SG 6-4 192 February 1, 1955 8 University of Alabama
2 Alex English SF 6-7 190 January 5, 1954 9 University of South Carolina
5 Mike Evans PG 6-1 170 April 19, 1955 6 Kansas State University
24 Bill Hanzlik SF 6-7 185 December 6, 1957 5 University of Notre Dame
12 Fat Lever PG 6-3 170 August 18, 1960 3 Arizona State University
33 Calvin Natt PF 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 6-11 235 May 10, 1959 4 Syracuse University
20 Elston Turner SG 6-5 190 June 10, 1959 4 University of Mississippi
10 Willie White SG 6-3 195 August 20, 1962 1 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
31 Pete Williams PF 6-7 190 March 10, 1965 R University of Arizona

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 19755 3705 7868 .471 71 305 .233 1929 2416 .798 1223 2317 3540 2140 826 421 1336 2164 9410 114.8
Lg Rank 20 5 1 21 13 9 16 9 13 1 7 18 14 12 3 10 2 9 4 4
Opponent 82 19755 3638 7404 .491 60 262 .229 1967 2693 .730 1295 2732 4027 2106 639 484 1741 2117 9303 113.5
Lg Rank 20 19 18 12 3 10 2 14 21 1 23 23 23 11 3 21 1 16 19 19

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 44 38 1.30 -0.41 0.89 107.1 105.9 106.7 .475 13.0 30.9 .245 .495 16.9 64.1 .266 McNichols Sports Arena 531,814
Lg Rank 7 7 7 20 8 12 9 1 21 1 18 16 12 2 22 12 7

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 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

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

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

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 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 .156
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 .146
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 .116
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 .098
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 .115
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 .134
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 .082
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 .116
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 .047
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 .037
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 .070
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 -0.021

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 32 10 10 394 106 229 .463 0 1 .000 61 71 .859 18 17 35 52 4 4 28 29 273
2 Calvin Natt 29 10 6 293 66 142 .465 1 2 .500 46 59 .780 17 62 79 28 2 3 22 25 179
3 Fat Lever 25 10 10 347 59 131 .450 8 14 .571 17 24 .708 15 33 48 53 20 2 23 33 143
4 Danny Schayes 26 10 6 295 46 86 .535 0 0 24 30 .800 34 48 82 9 4 17 21 37 116
5 Blair Rasmussen 23 10 4 175 39 96 .406 0 0 33 41 .805 27 33 60 10 5 9 7 28 111
6 Mike Evans 30 10 0 204 30 82 .366 7 29 .241 25 30 .833 6 14 20 25 10 3 13 19 92
7 Elston Turner 26 10 0 196 29 54 .537 1 1 1.000 7 8 .875 12 17 29 22 7 0 5 19 66
8 Wayne Cooper 29 8 4 154 24 56 .429 0 1 .000 15 22 .682 11 29 40 7 2 5 11 31 63
9 T.R. Dunn 30 10 10 276 20 46 .435 0 0 9 14 .643 22 31 53 13 16 0 3 34 49
10 Bill Hanzlik 28 6 0 102 15 28 .536 1 1 1.000 13 16 .813 2 4 6 19 1 1 7 12 44
11 Willie White 23 4 0 21 2 7 .286 1 4 .250 0 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 2 4 5
12 Pete Williams 20 4 0 18 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 1 3 4 3 0 0 0 2 4

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 32 10 10 39.4 10.6 22.9 .463 0.0 0.1 .000 6.1 7.1 .859 1.8 1.7 3.5 5.2 0.4 0.4 2.8 2.9 27.3
2 Calvin Natt 29 10 6 29.3 6.6 14.2 .465 0.1 0.2 .500 4.6 5.9 .780 1.7 6.2 7.9 2.8 0.2 0.3 2.2 2.5 17.9
3 Fat Lever 25 10 10 34.7 5.9 13.1 .450 0.8 1.4 .571 1.7 2.4 .708 1.5 3.3 4.8 5.3 2.0 0.2 2.3 3.3 14.3
4 Danny Schayes 26 10 6 29.5 4.6 8.6 .535 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.0 .800 3.4 4.8 8.2 0.9 0.4 1.7 2.1 3.7 11.6
5 Blair Rasmussen 23 10 4 17.5 3.9 9.6 .406 0.0 0.0 3.3 4.1 .805 2.7 3.3 6.0 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.7 2.8 11.1
6 Mike Evans 30 10 0 20.4 3.0 8.2 .366 0.7 2.9 .241 2.5 3.0 .833 0.6 1.4 2.0 2.5 1.0 0.3 1.3 1.9 9.2
7 Wayne Cooper 29 8 4 19.3 3.0 7.0 .429 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.8 .682 1.4 3.6 5.0 0.9 0.3 0.6 1.4 3.9 7.9
8 Bill Hanzlik 28 6 0 17.0 2.5 4.7 .536 0.2 0.2 1.000 2.2 2.7 .813 0.3 0.7 1.0 3.2 0.2 0.2 1.2 2.0 7.3
9 Elston Turner 26 10 0 19.6 2.9 5.4 .537 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.7 0.8 .875 1.2 1.7 2.9 2.2 0.7 0.0 0.5 1.9 6.6
10 T.R. Dunn 30 10 10 27.6 2.0 4.6 .435 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.4 .643 2.2 3.1 5.3 1.3 1.6 0.0 0.3 3.4 4.9
11 Willie White 23 4 0 5.3 0.5 1.8 .286 0.3 1.0 .250 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.3
12 Pete Williams 20 4 0 4.5 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0

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 32 10 10 394 9.7 20.9 .463 0.0 0.1 .000 5.6 6.5 .859 1.6 1.6 3.2 4.8 0.4 0.4 2.6 2.6 24.9
2 Blair Rasmussen 23 10 4 175 8.0 19.7 .406 0.0 0.0 6.8 8.4 .805 5.6 6.8 12.3 2.1 1.0 1.9 1.4 5.8 22.8
3 Calvin Natt 29 10 6 293 8.1 17.4 .465 0.1 0.2 .500 5.7 7.2 .780 2.1 7.6 9.7 3.4 0.2 0.4 2.7 3.1 22.0
4 Mike Evans 30 10 0 204 5.3 14.5 .366 1.2 5.1 .241 4.4 5.3 .833 1.1 2.5 3.5 4.4 1.8 0.5 2.3 3.4 16.2
5 Bill Hanzlik 28 6 0 102 5.3 9.9 .536 0.4 0.4 1.000 4.6 5.6 .813 0.7 1.4 2.1 6.7 0.4 0.4 2.5 4.2 15.5
6 Fat Lever 25 10 10 347 6.1 13.6 .450 0.8 1.5 .571 1.8 2.5 .708 1.6 3.4 5.0 5.5 2.1 0.2 2.4 3.4 14.8
7 Wayne Cooper 29 8 4 154 5.6 13.1 .429 0.0 0.2 .000 3.5 5.1 .682 2.6 6.8 9.4 1.6 0.5 1.2 2.6 7.2 14.7
8 Danny Schayes 26 10 6 295 5.6 10.5 .535 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.7 .800 4.1 5.9 10.0 1.1 0.5 2.1 2.6 4.5 14.2
9 Elston Turner 26 10 0 196 5.3 9.9 .537 0.2 0.2 1.000 1.3 1.5 .875 2.2 3.1 5.3 4.0 1.3 0.0 0.9 3.5 12.1
10 Willie White 23 4 0 21 3.4 12.0 .286 1.7 6.9 .250 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.4 5.1 10.3 1.7 0.0 3.4 6.9 8.6
11 Pete Williams 20 4 0 18 4.0 8.0 .500 0.0 2.0 .000 0.0 0.0 2.0 6.0 8.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 8.0
12 T.R. Dunn 30 10 10 276 2.6 6.0 .435 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.8 .643 2.9 4.0 6.9 1.7 2.1 0.0 0.4 4.4 6.4

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 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 .086
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 .097
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 .096
4 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 .071
5 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 .094
6 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 .127
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 .147
8 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 .052
9 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 .116
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 .027
11 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 -0.023
12 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 .126

Salaries

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