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1987-88 Denver Nuggets Roster and Statistics

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54-28, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Doug Moe (54-28)

PTS/G: 116.7 (1st of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 112.7 (19th of 23)
SRS: 3.32 (8th of 23) ▪ Pace: 105.5 (1st of 23)
Off Rtg: 110.1 (8th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 106.3 (6th of 23)
Expected W-L: 51-31 (6th of 23)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 520,913 (9th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Dallas Mavericks
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus Seattle SuperSonics

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
14 Michael Adams G 5-10 162 January 19, 1963 2 Boston College
35 Michael Brooks F 6-7 220 August 17, 1958 5 La Salle University
42 Wayne Cooper C-F 6-10 220 November 16, 1956 9 University of New Orleans
23 T.R. Dunn G-F 6-4 192 February 1, 1955 10 University of Alabama
2 Alex English F 6-7 190 January 5, 1954 11 University of South Carolina
5 Mike Evans G 6-1 170 April 19, 1955 8 Kansas State University
24 Bill Hanzlik G-F 6-7 185 December 6, 1957 7 University of Notre Dame
12 Fat Lever G 6-3 170 August 18, 1960 5 Arizona State University
11 Maurice Martin F-G 6-6 200 July 2, 1964 1 Saint Joseph's University
31 Andre Moore F 6-9 215 July 2, 1964 R Loyola University of Chicago
33 Calvin Natt F 6-6 220 January 8, 1957 8 University of Louisiana at Monroe
41 Blair Rasmussen C 7-0 250 November 13, 1962 2 University of Oregon
34 Danny Schayes C-F 6-11 235 May 10, 1959 6 Syracuse University
22 Otis Smith G-F 6-5 210 January 30, 1964 1 Jacksonville University
30 Jay Vincent F 6-7 220 June 10, 1959 6 Michigan State University
35 Brad Wright F 6-11 225 March 26, 1962 1 University of California, Los Angeles

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19780 3770 7961 .474 192 562 .342 1841 2289 .804 1163 2442 3605 2300 832 401 1186 1982 9573 116.7
Lg Rank 9 1 1 16 3 4 4 10 19 1 14 10 10 7 1 16 1 12 1 1
Opponent 82 19780 3608 7356 .490 113 377 .300 1910 2508 .762 1179 2748 3927 2171 621 510 1606 1989 9239 112.7
Lg Rank 9 19 17 17 4 8 5 17 19 10 16 23 23 15 4 19 2 14 19 19

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 34 80 80 2818 843 1704 .495 0 6 .000 314 379 .828 166 207 373 377 70 23 181 193 2000
2 Fat Lever 27 82 82 3061 643 1360 .473 12 57 .211 248 316 .785 203 462 665 639 223 21 182 214 1546
3 Michael Adams 25 82 75 2778 416 927 .449 139 379 .367 166 199 .834 40 183 223 503 168 16 144 138 1137
4 Danny Schayes 28 81 74 2166 361 668 .540 0 2 .000 407 487 .836 200 462 662 106 62 92 155 323 1129
5 Jay Vincent 28 73 8 1755 446 958 .466 1 4 .250 231 287 .805 80 229 309 143 46 26 137 198 1124
6 Blair Rasmussen 25 79 45 1779 435 884 .492 0 0 132 170 .776 130 307 437 78 22 81 73 241 1002
7 Bill Hanzlik 30 77 0 1334 109 287 .380 3 16 .188 129 163 .791 39 132 171 166 64 17 95 185 350
8 Mike Evans 32 56 0 656 139 307 .453 36 91 .396 30 37 .811 9 39 48 81 34 6 43 78 344
9 Wayne Cooper 31 45 32 865 118 270 .437 0 1 .000 50 67 .746 98 172 270 30 12 94 59 145 286
10 Calvin Natt 31 27 7 533 102 208 .490 0 1 .000 54 73 .740 35 61 96 47 13 3 30 43 258
11 T.R. Dunn 32 82 1 1534 70 156 .449 0 1 .000 40 52 .769 110 130 240 87 101 11 26 152 180
12 Otis Smith 24 15 6 191 37 93 .398 0 0 21 28 .750 16 14 30 11 5 6 12 23 95
13 Maurice Martin 23 26 0 136 23 61 .377 1 4 .250 10 21 .476 13 11 24 14 6 3 10 21 57
14 Michael Brooks 29 16 0 133 20 49 .408 0 0 3 4 .750 19 25 44 13 4 1 12 21 43
15 Andre Moore 23 7 0 34 7 24 .292 0 0 6 6 1.000 5 7 12 5 2 1 3 4 20
16 Brad Wright 25 2 0 7 1 5 .200 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 2

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 34 80 80 35.2 10.5 21.3 .495 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 4.7 .828 2.1 2.6 4.7 4.7 0.9 0.3 2.3 2.4 25.0
2 Fat Lever 27 82 82 37.3 7.8 16.6 .473 0.1 0.7 .211 3.0 3.9 .785 2.5 5.6 8.1 7.8 2.7 0.3 2.2 2.6 18.9
3 Jay Vincent 28 73 8 24.0 6.1 13.1 .466 0.0 0.1 .250 3.2 3.9 .805 1.1 3.1 4.2 2.0 0.6 0.4 1.9 2.7 15.4
4 Danny Schayes 28 81 74 26.7 4.5 8.2 .540 0.0 0.0 .000 5.0 6.0 .836 2.5 5.7 8.2 1.3 0.8 1.1 1.9 4.0 13.9
5 Michael Adams 25 82 75 33.9 5.1 11.3 .449 1.7 4.6 .367 2.0 2.4 .834 0.5 2.2 2.7 6.1 2.0 0.2 1.8 1.7 13.9
6 Blair Rasmussen 25 79 45 22.5 5.5 11.2 .492 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.2 .776 1.6 3.9 5.5 1.0 0.3 1.0 0.9 3.1 12.7
7 Calvin Natt 31 27 7 19.7 3.8 7.7 .490 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.7 .740 1.3 2.3 3.6 1.7 0.5 0.1 1.1 1.6 9.6
8 Wayne Cooper 31 45 32 19.2 2.6 6.0 .437 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.5 .746 2.2 3.8 6.0 0.7 0.3 2.1 1.3 3.2 6.4
9 Otis Smith 24 15 6 12.7 2.5 6.2 .398 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.9 .750 1.1 0.9 2.0 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.5 6.3
10 Mike Evans 32 56 0 11.7 2.5 5.5 .453 0.6 1.6 .396 0.5 0.7 .811 0.2 0.7 0.9 1.4 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.4 6.1
11 Bill Hanzlik 30 77 0 17.3 1.4 3.7 .380 0.0 0.2 .188 1.7 2.1 .791 0.5 1.7 2.2 2.2 0.8 0.2 1.2 2.4 4.5
12 Andre Moore 23 7 0 4.9 1.0 3.4 .292 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.9 1.000 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.6 2.9
13 Michael Brooks 29 16 0 8.3 1.3 3.1 .408 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 .750 1.2 1.6 2.8 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.3 2.7
14 T.R. Dunn 32 82 1 18.7 0.9 1.9 .449 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.6 .769 1.3 1.6 2.9 1.1 1.2 0.1 0.3 1.9 2.2
15 Maurice Martin 23 26 0 5.2 0.9 2.3 .377 0.0 0.2 .250 0.4 0.8 .476 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.8 2.2
16 Brad Wright 25 2 0 3.5 0.5 2.5 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.0

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 34 80 80 2818 10.8 21.8 .495 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 4.8 .828 2.1 2.6 4.8 4.8 0.9 0.3 2.3 2.5 25.6
2 Jay Vincent 28 73 8 1755 9.1 19.7 .466 0.0 0.1 .250 4.7 5.9 .805 1.6 4.7 6.3 2.9 0.9 0.5 2.8 4.1 23.1
3 Andre Moore 23 7 0 34 7.4 25.4 .292 0.0 0.0 6.4 6.4 1.000 5.3 7.4 12.7 5.3 2.1 1.1 3.2 4.2 21.2
4 Blair Rasmussen 25 79 45 1779 8.8 17.9 .492 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.4 .776 2.6 6.2 8.8 1.6 0.4 1.6 1.5 4.9 20.3
5 Mike Evans 32 56 0 656 7.6 16.8 .453 2.0 5.0 .396 1.6 2.0 .811 0.5 2.1 2.6 4.4 1.9 0.3 2.4 4.3 18.9
6 Danny Schayes 28 81 74 2166 6.0 11.1 .540 0.0 0.0 .000 6.8 8.1 .836 3.3 7.7 11.0 1.8 1.0 1.5 2.6 5.4 18.8
7 Fat Lever 27 82 82 3061 7.6 16.0 .473 0.1 0.7 .211 2.9 3.7 .785 2.4 5.4 7.8 7.5 2.6 0.2 2.1 2.5 18.2
8 Otis Smith 24 15 6 191 7.0 17.5 .398 0.0 0.0 4.0 5.3 .750 3.0 2.6 5.7 2.1 0.9 1.1 2.3 4.3 17.9
9 Calvin Natt 31 27 7 533 6.9 14.0 .490 0.0 0.1 .000 3.6 4.9 .740 2.4 4.1 6.5 3.2 0.9 0.2 2.0 2.9 17.4
10 Maurice Martin 23 26 0 136 6.1 16.1 .377 0.3 1.1 .250 2.6 5.6 .476 3.4 2.9 6.4 3.7 1.6 0.8 2.6 5.6 15.1
11 Michael Adams 25 82 75 2778 5.4 12.0 .449 1.8 4.9 .367 2.2 2.6 .834 0.5 2.4 2.9 6.5 2.2 0.2 1.9 1.8 14.7
12 Wayne Cooper 31 45 32 865 4.9 11.2 .437 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 2.8 .746 4.1 7.2 11.2 1.2 0.5 3.9 2.5 6.0 11.9
13 Michael Brooks 29 16 0 133 5.4 13.3 .408 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 .750 5.1 6.8 11.9 3.5 1.1 0.3 3.2 5.7 11.6
14 Brad Wright 25 2 0 7 5.1 25.7 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 5.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 15.4 10.3
15 Bill Hanzlik 30 77 0 1334 2.9 7.7 .380 0.1 0.4 .188 3.5 4.4 .791 1.1 3.6 4.6 4.5 1.7 0.5 2.6 5.0 9.4
16 T.R. Dunn 32 82 1 1534 1.6 3.7 .449 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.2 .769 2.6 3.1 5.6 2.0 2.4 0.3 0.6 3.6 4.2

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 Fat Lever 27 82 3061 20.5 .516 .477 6.7 16.5 11.4 28.1 3.3 0.4 10.8 21.4 113 103 5.5 4.9 10.4 .163
2 Danny Schayes 28 81 2166 18.4 .640 .540 9.3 23.3 16.1 6.2 1.3 2.4 14.9 18.7 122 104 5.4 3.3 8.8 .195
3 Alex English 34 80 2818 19.8 .535 .495 6.0 8.0 7.0 20.5 1.1 0.5 8.8 28.4 111 110 5.3 2.2 7.6 .129
4 Michael Adams 25 82 2778 15.6 .560 .524 1.5 7.2 4.2 22.5 2.8 0.3 12.4 16.2 115 107 4.4 3.2 7.5 .130
5 Blair Rasmussen 25 79 1779 16.0 .523 .492 7.4 18.9 12.9 6.2 0.6 2.6 7.1 22.6 109 106 2.1 2.2 4.2 .114
6 T.R. Dunn 32 82 1534 8.3 .503 .449 7.3 9.3 8.2 6.3 3.0 0.4 12.7 5.2 121 106 1.3 2.0 3.2 .102
7 Jay Vincent 28 73 1755 15.6 .518 .466 4.6 14.3 9.2 11.7 1.2 0.8 11.2 27.1 103 108 0.9 1.9 2.8 .076
8 Bill Hanzlik 30 77 1334 8.2 .488 .385 3.0 10.8 6.7 14.3 2.2 0.7 20.9 13.3 97 107 -0.3 1.6 1.3 .046
9 Wayne Cooper 31 45 865 11.7 .477 .437 11.5 21.7 16.4 4.2 0.6 6.2 16.5 16.1 97 103 -0.2 1.4 1.2 .068
10 Mike Evans 32 56 656 13.7 .532 .511 1.4 6.5 3.8 16.7 2.4 0.5 11.7 21.8 105 108 0.4 0.7 1.1 .082
11 Calvin Natt 31 27 533 14.4 .537 .490 6.6 12.5 9.5 11.6 1.1 0.3 11.1 19.7 110 109 0.6 0.5 1.1 .102
12 Otis Smith 24 15 191 11.1 .451 .398 8.5 8.0 8.2 7.6 1.2 1.8 10.2 23.9 96 109 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .022
13 Maurice Martin 23 26 136 9.2 .406 .385 9.7 8.8 9.3 13.1 2.0 1.3 12.5 23.0 89 107 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.014
14 Michael Brooks 29 16 133 9.6 .424 .408 14.5 20.5 17.4 12.2 1.4 0.4 19.1 18.4 91 106 -0.1 0.2 0.0 .016
15 Andre Moore 23 7 34 15.5 .375 .292 14.9 22.5 18.5 19.7 2.7 1.7 10.1 34.0 90 102 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.007
16 Brad Wright 25 2 7 -24.7 .200 .200 0.0 15.6 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 28.6 39.0 31 110 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.677

Playoffs

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 34 11 438 116 255 0 3 35 43 31 59 48 7 3 16 34 267 .455 .000 .814 39.8 24.3 5.4 4.4
2 Danny Schayes 28 11 314 55 88 0 0 70 83 30 79 18 3 10 24 46 180 .625 .843 28.5 16.4 7.2 1.6
3 Michael Adams 25 11 406 47 130 17 54 36 41 9 36 64 18 2 23 19 147 .362 .315 .878 36.9 13.4 3.3 5.8
4 Jay Vincent 28 8 200 53 104 0 1 34 40 10 37 6 5 4 14 25 140 .510 .000 .850 25.0 17.5 4.6 0.8
5 Blair Rasmussen 25 11 277 60 127 0 0 18 20 25 71 7 1 12 6 33 138 .472 .900 25.2 12.5 6.5 0.6
6 Fat Lever 27 7 273 45 98 3 7 26 33 16 65 49 13 4 4 15 119 .459 .429 .788 39.0 17.0 9.3 7.0
7 Mike Evans 32 11 219 45 114 12 44 14 15 6 22 23 12 0 12 19 116 .395 .273 .933 19.9 10.5 2.0 2.1
8 Bill Hanzlik 30 11 212 20 56 0 8 18 26 11 29 26 5 9 14 40 58 .357 .000 .692 19.3 5.3 2.6 2.4
9 T.R. Dunn 32 11 185 11 20 0 0 4 8 11 29 3 8 0 4 20 26 .550 .500 16.8 2.4 2.6 0.3
10 Wayne Cooper 31 9 96 8 23 0 0 2 2 16 33 6 3 8 4 19 18 .348 1.000 10.7 2.0 3.7 0.7
11 Maurice Martin 23 3 9 1 5 0 1 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 .200 .000 .833 3.0 2.3 0.3 0.0
12 Michael Brooks 29 4 11 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 3 .333 .500 2.8 0.8 1.0 0.5

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 Danny Schayes 28 11 314 20.6 .723 .625 9.6 18.0 13.5 8.2 0.5 1.9 16.2 19.4 133 114 1.2 0.2 1.4 .208
2 Fat Lever 27 7 273 21.1 .529 .474 5.9 20.7 12.8 25.3 2.3 0.9 3.4 17.5 127 110 0.8 0.3 1.0 .183
3 Alex English 34 11 438 17.0 .487 .455 7.1 7.4 7.2 18.0 0.8 0.4 5.5 27.2 110 117 0.6 0.1 0.7 .072
4 Blair Rasmussen 25 11 277 15.8 .508 .472 9.1 19.1 13.8 3.8 0.2 2.6 4.2 21.0 113 114 0.4 0.2 0.6 .098
5 Jay Vincent 28 8 200 19.0 .576 .510 5.0 15.6 9.9 4.9 1.2 1.2 10.3 27.8 113 113 0.3 0.1 0.5 .113
6 Michael Adams 25 11 406 12.6 .496 .427 2.2 7.7 4.8 20.8 2.1 0.3 13.4 17.3 107 115 0.2 0.2 0.4 .053
7 Mike Evans 32 11 219 13.9 .481 .447 2.8 8.4 5.4 15.7 2.7 0.0 9.0 24.9 102 113 0.0 0.1 0.2 .038
8 T.R. Dunn 32 11 185 6.6 .553 .550 6.0 11.2 8.4 2.0 2.1 0.0 14.5 6.1 113 114 0.1 0.1 0.2 .053
9 Wayne Cooper 31 9 96 11.0 .377 .348 16.8 20.4 18.5 7.9 1.5 4.9 14.3 11.9 101 109 0.0 0.1 0.1 .059
10 Bill Hanzlik 30 11 212 7.3 .430 .357 5.2 9.8 7.3 15.7 1.1 2.5 17.2 15.8 94 114 -0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.008
11 Maurice Martin 23 3 9 12.8 .458 .200 0.0 12.8 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 11.6 39.4 94 113 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.043
12 Michael Brooks 29 4 11 16.1 .500 .500 9.1 31.4 19.5 23.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.2 139 112 0.0 0.0 0.0 .172

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Alex English $1,500,000
2 Calvin Natt $808,000
3 Wayne Cooper $650,000
4 Fat Lever $457,500
5 Danny Schayes $425,000
6 Jay Vincent $415,625
7 Bill Hanzlik $366,666
8 T.R. Dunn $350,000
9 Blair Rasmussen $300,000
10 Maurice Martin $225,000
11 Mike Evans $165,000
12 Michael Adams $160,000
13 Michael Brooks $75,000