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1989-90 Denver Nuggets Roster and Statistics

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43-39, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Doug Moe (43-39)

Points Per Game: 114.6 (3rd of 27) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 113.2 (25th of 27)
Pythagorean W-L: 45-37 (12th of 27)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 519,404 (22nd of 27)

SRS: 1.56 (11th of 27) ▪ Pace Factor: 105.4 (2nd of 27)
Offensive Rating: 108.0 (14th of 27) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.7 (7th of 27)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus San Antonio Spurs

1989-90 Denver Nuggets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
14 Michael Adams G 5-10 162 January 19, 1963 4 Boston College
11 Joe Barry Carroll C-F 7-0 225 July 24, 1958 8 Purdue University
6 Walter Davis G-F 6-6 193 September 9, 1954 12 University of North Carolina
23 T.R. Dunn G-F 6-4 192 February 1, 1955 12 University of Alabama
2 Alex English F 6-7 190 January 5, 1954 13 University of South Carolina
24 Bill Hanzlik G-F 6-7 185 December 6, 1957 9 University of Notre Dame
42 Mike Higgins F 6-9 220 February 17, 1967 R University of Northern Colorado
1 Eddie Hughes G 5-10 May 26, 1960 2 Colorado State University
45 Tim Kempton F-C 6-10 245 January 25, 1964 2 University of Notre Dame
35 Jerome Lane F 6-6 230 December 4, 1966 1 University of Pittsburgh
12 Fat Lever G 6-3 170 August 18, 1960 7 Arizona State University
21 Todd Lichti G-F 6-4 205 January 8, 1967 R Stanford University
41 Blair Rasmussen C 7-0 250 November 13, 1962 4 University of Oregon
34 Danny Schayes C-F 6-11 235 May 10, 1959 8 Syracuse University

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 19805 3716 8015 .464 228 677 .337 1737 2201 .789 1169 2532 3701 2275 814 329 1136 2047 9397 114.6
Opponent 82 19805 3589 7334 .489 164 517 .317 1939 2517 .770 1021 2846 3867 2073 613 462 1514 1911 9281 113.2

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 Fat Lever 29 79 79 2832 568 1283 .443 36 87 .414 271 337 .804 230 504 734 517 168 13 156 172 1443
2 Alex English 36 80 80 2211 635 1293 .491 2 5 .400 161 183 .880 119 167 286 225 51 23 93 130 1433
3 Michael Adams 27 79 74 2690 398 989 .402 158 432 .366 267 314 .850 49 176 225 495 121 3 141 133 1221
4 Walter Davis 35 69 0 1635 497 1033 .481 6 46 .130 207 227 .912 46 133 179 155 59 9 102 160 1207
5 Blair Rasmussen 27 81 55 1995 445 895 .497 0 1 .000 111 134 .828 174 420 594 82 40 104 75 300 1001
6 Todd Lichti 23 79 4 1326 250 514 .486 0 14 .000 130 174 .747 49 102 151 116 55 13 95 145 630
7 Danny Schayes 30 53 22 1194 163 330 .494 0 4 .000 225 264 .852 117 225 342 61 41 45 72 200 551
8 Bill Hanzlik 32 81 0 1605 179 396 .452 6 31 .194 136 183 .743 67 140 207 186 78 29 87 249 500
9 Tim Kempton 26 71 14 1061 153 312 .490 0 1 .000 77 114 .675 51 167 218 118 30 9 80 144 383
10 Joe Barry Carroll 31 30 27 719 153 354 .432 0 0 52 70 .743 51 142 193 54 28 59 78 70 358
11 Jerome Lane 23 67 46 956 145 309 .469 0 5 .000 44 120 .367 144 217 361 105 53 17 85 189 334
12 Eddie Hughes 29 60 7 892 83 202 .411 20 49 .408 23 34 .676 15 55 70 116 48 1 39 87 209
13 T.R. Dunn 34 65 2 657 44 97 .454 0 2 .000 26 39 .667 56 82 138 43 41 4 19 67 114
14 Mike Higgins 22 5 0 32 3 8 .375 0 0 7 8 .875 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 13

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 Fat Lever 29 79 79 35.8 7.2 16.2 .443 0.5 1.1 .414 3.4 4.3 .804 2.9 6.4 9.3 6.5 2.1 0.2 2.0 2.2 18.3
2 Alex English 36 80 80 27.6 7.9 16.2 .491 0.0 0.1 .400 2.0 2.3 .880 1.5 2.1 3.6 2.8 0.6 0.3 1.2 1.6 17.9
3 Walter Davis 35 69 0 23.7 7.2 15.0 .481 0.1 0.7 .130 3.0 3.3 .912 0.7 1.9 2.6 2.2 0.9 0.1 1.5 2.3 17.5
4 Michael Adams 27 79 74 34.1 5.0 12.5 .402 2.0 5.5 .366 3.4 4.0 .850 0.6 2.2 2.8 6.3 1.5 0.0 1.8 1.7 15.5
5 Blair Rasmussen 27 81 55 24.6 5.5 11.0 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 1.7 .828 2.1 5.2 7.3 1.0 0.5 1.3 0.9 3.7 12.4
6 Joe Barry Carroll 31 30 27 24.0 5.1 11.8 .432 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.3 .743 1.7 4.7 6.4 1.8 0.9 2.0 2.6 2.3 11.9
7 Danny Schayes 30 53 22 22.5 3.1 6.2 .494 0.0 0.1 .000 4.2 5.0 .852 2.2 4.2 6.5 1.2 0.8 0.8 1.4 3.8 10.4
8 Todd Lichti 23 79 4 16.8 3.2 6.5 .486 0.0 0.2 .000 1.6 2.2 .747 0.6 1.3 1.9 1.5 0.7 0.2 1.2 1.8 8.0
9 Bill Hanzlik 32 81 0 19.8 2.2 4.9 .452 0.1 0.4 .194 1.7 2.3 .743 0.8 1.7 2.6 2.3 1.0 0.4 1.1 3.1 6.2
10 Tim Kempton 26 71 14 14.9 2.2 4.4 .490 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.6 .675 0.7 2.4 3.1 1.7 0.4 0.1 1.1 2.0 5.4
11 Jerome Lane 23 67 46 14.3 2.2 4.6 .469 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 1.8 .367 2.1 3.2 5.4 1.6 0.8 0.3 1.3 2.8 5.0
12 Eddie Hughes 29 60 7 14.9 1.4 3.4 .411 0.3 0.8 .408 0.4 0.6 .676 0.3 0.9 1.2 1.9 0.8 0.0 0.7 1.5 3.5
13 Mike Higgins 22 5 0 6.4 0.6 1.6 .375 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.6 .875 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 2.6
14 T.R. Dunn 34 65 2 10.1 0.7 1.5 .454 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.6 .667 0.9 1.3 2.1 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.3 1.0 1.8

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 Walter Davis 35 69 0 1635 10.9 22.7 .481 0.1 1.0 .130 4.6 5.0 .912 1.0 2.9 3.9 3.4 1.3 0.2 2.2 3.5 26.6
2 Alex English 36 80 80 2211 10.3 21.1 .491 0.0 0.1 .400 2.6 3.0 .880 1.9 2.7 4.7 3.7 0.8 0.4 1.5 2.1 23.3
3 Fat Lever 29 79 79 2832 7.2 16.3 .443 0.5 1.1 .414 3.4 4.3 .804 2.9 6.4 9.3 6.6 2.1 0.2 2.0 2.2 18.3
4 Blair Rasmussen 27 81 55 1995 8.0 16.2 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.4 .828 3.1 7.6 10.7 1.5 0.7 1.9 1.4 5.4 18.1
5 Joe Barry Carroll 31 30 27 719 7.7 17.7 .432 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.5 .743 2.6 7.1 9.7 2.7 1.4 3.0 3.9 3.5 17.9
6 Todd Lichti 23 79 4 1326 6.8 14.0 .486 0.0 0.4 .000 3.5 4.7 .747 1.3 2.8 4.1 3.1 1.5 0.4 2.6 3.9 17.1
7 Danny Schayes 30 53 22 1194 4.9 9.9 .494 0.0 0.1 .000 6.8 8.0 .852 3.5 6.8 10.3 1.8 1.2 1.4 2.2 6.0 16.6
8 Michael Adams 27 79 74 2690 5.3 13.2 .402 2.1 5.8 .366 3.6 4.2 .850 0.7 2.4 3.0 6.6 1.6 0.0 1.9 1.8 16.3
9 Mike Higgins 22 5 0 32 3.4 9.0 .375 0.0 0.0 7.9 9.0 .875 1.1 2.3 3.4 2.3 1.1 0.0 1.1 1.1 14.6
10 Tim Kempton 26 71 14 1061 5.2 10.6 .490 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.9 .675 1.7 5.7 7.4 4.0 1.0 0.3 2.7 4.9 13.0
11 Jerome Lane 23 67 46 956 5.5 11.6 .469 0.0 0.2 .000 1.7 4.5 .367 5.4 8.2 13.6 4.0 2.0 0.6 3.2 7.1 12.6
12 Bill Hanzlik 32 81 0 1605 4.0 8.9 .452 0.1 0.7 .194 3.1 4.1 .743 1.5 3.1 4.6 4.2 1.7 0.7 2.0 5.6 11.2
13 Eddie Hughes 29 60 7 892 3.3 8.2 .411 0.8 2.0 .408 0.9 1.4 .676 0.6 2.2 2.8 4.7 1.9 0.0 1.6 3.5 8.4
14 T.R. Dunn 34 65 2 657 2.4 5.3 .454 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 2.1 .667 3.1 4.5 7.6 2.4 2.2 0.2 1.0 3.7 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 Fat Lever 29 79 2832 19.9 .504 .457 8.0 19.8 13.6 24.8 2.7 0.3 9.8 21.9 111 104 4.6 4.2 8.8
2 Michael Adams 27 79 2690 15.4 .542 .482 1.8 7.3 4.4 23.3 2.0 0.1 11.1 18.5 114 109 4.4 2.5 6.9
3 Blair Rasmussen 27 81 1995 16.0 .525 .497 8.6 23.5 15.6 5.7 0.9 3.0 7.3 20.2 110 105 2.3 2.9 5.2
4 Alex English 36 80 2211 17.9 .522 .492 5.3 8.4 6.8 15.6 1.1 0.6 6.3 26.0 110 110 3.3 1.7 5.1
5 Danny Schayes 30 53 1194 16.5 .617 .494 9.7 21.0 15.0 6.4 1.6 2.2 13.9 17.0 122 105 2.8 1.7 4.5
6 Walter Davis 35 69 1635 18.3 .533 .484 2.8 9.1 5.7 14.9 1.6 0.3 8.3 29.6 107 109 2.1 1.5 3.6
7 Bill Hanzlik 32 81 1605 10.3 .525 .460 4.1 9.7 6.8 14.0 2.2 1.0 15.4 13.7 107 107 1.0 1.9 2.9
8 Todd Lichti 23 79 1326 12.3 .533 .486 3.6 8.6 6.0 11.7 1.9 0.6 13.9 20.2 103 108 0.5 1.3 1.8
9 T.R. Dunn 34 65 657 9.8 .499 .454 8.4 13.9 11.0 7.5 2.8 0.4 14.3 7.9 113 105 0.5 0.9 1.4
10 Tim Kempton 26 71 1061 10.7 .529 .490 4.7 17.5 10.8 14.0 1.3 0.5 18.1 16.3 101 107 0.1 1.2 1.3
11 Jerome Lane 23 67 956 12.8 .462 .469 14.9 25.3 19.8 14.0 2.5 1.0 19.0 18.3 96 102 -0.4 1.6 1.2
12 Eddie Hughes 29 60 892 8.3 .482 .460 1.7 6.9 4.1 15.4 2.5 0.1 15.2 11.2 101 108 0.1 0.9 1.0
13 Joe Barry Carroll 31 30 719 13.8 .465 .432 7.0 22.0 14.0 10.4 1.8 4.8 16.9 25.2 88 102 -1.2 1.3 0.1
14 Mike Higgins 22 5 32 12.9 .564 .375 3.1 7.0 4.9 7.4 1.4 0.0 8.0 15.3 122 110 0.1 0.0 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 36 3 76 25 44 0 0 9 11 3 9 9 2 1 2 6 59 .568 .818 25.3 19.7 3.0 3.0
2 Fat Lever 29 3 113 19 51 1 7 13 14 11 32 21 8 1 5 7 52 .373 .143 .929 37.7 17.3 10.7 7.0
3 Blair Rasmussen 27 3 84 19 48 0 0 9 10 8 26 1 2 4 2 10 47 .396 .900 28.0 15.7 8.7 0.3
4 Todd Lichti 23 3 70 15 29 0 1 14 19 5 18 9 1 0 8 6 44 .517 .000 .737 23.3 14.7 6.0 3.0
5 Walter Davis 35 3 70 18 45 0 1 6 6 4 9 6 1 0 5 4 42 .400 .000 1.000 23.3 14.0 3.0 2.0
6 Michael Adams 27 3 105 13 34 6 20 7 8 0 6 18 4 0 8 10 39 .382 .300 .875 35.0 13.0 2.0 6.0
7 Bill Hanzlik 32 3 79 5 17 1 3 10 10 5 10 11 5 2 2 13 21 .294 .333 1.000 26.3 7.0 3.3 3.7
8 Joe Barry Carroll 31 3 46 9 16 0 0 2 2 1 9 3 1 5 1 6 20 .563 1.000 15.3 6.7 3.0 1.0
9 Tim Kempton 26 3 32 7 9 0 0 4 4 1 5 4 0 0 2 8 18 .778 1.000 10.7 6.0 1.7 1.3
10 Jerome Lane 23 2 14 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 1 .000 .500 7.0 0.5 0.5 1.0
11 T.R. Dunn 34 3 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 4 1 1 3 0 10.3 0.0 2.3 0.7

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 Fat Lever 29 3 113 18.5 .455 .382 8.9 19.4 13.8 25.3 3.1 0.4 8.0 21.3 106 112 0.1 0.1 0.2
2 Alex English 36 3 76 23.4 .604 .568 3.6 8.2 5.8 20.6 1.2 0.7 3.9 25.9 123 119 0.2 0.0 0.2
3 Bill Hanzlik 32 3 79 11.5 .491 .324 5.8 6.6 6.2 16.6 2.8 1.3 8.5 11.5 117 115 0.1 0.0 0.1
4 Todd Lichti 23 3 70 17.3 .589 .517 6.6 19.4 12.6 18.7 0.6 0.0 17.6 25.1 107 117 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 Joe Barry Carroll 31 3 46 16.4 .592 .563 2.0 18.1 9.6 9.2 1.0 5.4 5.6 15.1 118 113 0.1 0.0 0.1
6 Tim Kempton 26 3 32 17.1 .836 .778 2.9 13.0 7.6 18.3 0.0 0.0 15.7 15.4 143 120 0.1 0.0 0.1
7 T.R. Dunn 34 3 31 9.3 3.0 20.2 11.0 7.1 5.7 1.6 100.0 1.2 88 106 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Blair Rasmussen 27 3 84 14.5 .448 .396 8.7 22.4 15.1 1.8 1.1 2.4 3.7 25.1 98 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Michael Adams 27 3 105 9.4 .520 .471 0.0 6.0 2.8 22.0 1.7 0.0 17.6 16.8 98 119 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Walter Davis 35 3 70 10.6 .441 .400 5.2 7.5 6.3 13.3 0.6 0.0 9.5 29.1 90 120 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 Jerome Lane 23 2 14 -10.6 .129 .000 0.0 7.5 3.5 15.8 0.0 0.0 34.0 16.3 33 121 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Alex English *$1,575,000
2 Blair Rasmussen *$1,295,000
3 Danny Schayes *$1,250,000
4 Fat Lever *$1,047,000
5 Joe Barry Carroll *$875,000
6 Walter Davis *$750,000
7 Michael Adams *$600,000
8 Bill Hanzlik *$463,333
9 Jerome Lane *$350,000
10 Tim Kempton *$218,750
11 T.R. Dunn *$110,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)