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1989-90 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats

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

PTS/G: 114.6 (3rd of 27) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 113.2 (25th of 27)
SRS: 1.56 (11th of 27) ▪ Pace: 105.4 (2nd of 27)
Off Rtg: 108.0 (14th of 27) ▪ Def Rtg: 106.7 (7th of 27)
Expected W-L: 45-37 (12th of 27)

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

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

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
14 Michael Adams PG 5-10 162 January 19, 1963 4 Boston College
11 Joe Barry Carroll C 7-0 225 July 24, 1958 8 Purdue University
6 Walter Davis SG 6-6 193 September 9, 1954 12 University of North Carolina
23 T.R. Dunn SF 6-4 192 February 1, 1955 12 University of Alabama
2 Alex English SF 6-7 190 January 5, 1954 13 University of South Carolina
24 Bill Hanzlik PF 6-7 185 December 6, 1957 9 University of Notre Dame
42 Mike Higgins SF 6-9 220 February 17, 1967 R University of Northern Colorado
1 Eddie Hughes PG 5-10 165 May 26, 1960 2 Colorado State University
45 Tim Kempton PF 6-10 245 January 25, 1964 2 University of Notre Dame
35 Jerome Lane PF 6-6 230 December 4, 1966 1 University of Pittsburgh
12 Fat Lever SG 6-3 170 August 18, 1960 7 Arizona State University
21 Todd Lichti SG 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 6-11 235 May 10, 1959 8 Syracuse University

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 19805 3716 8015 .464 228 677 .337 1737 2201 .789 1169 2532 3701 2275 814 329 1136 2047 9397 114.6
Lg Rank 14 1 1 21 8 6 8 15 18 5 12 5 6 2 2 24 1 5 3 3
Opponent 82 19805 3589 7334 .489 164 517 .317 1939 2517 .770 1021 2846 3867 2073 613 462 1514 1911 9281 113.2
Lg Rank 14 25 21 23 9 8 9 23 23 18 2 27 26 16 3 23 1 17 25 25

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 45 37 1.41 0.15 1.56 108.0 106.7 105.4 .478 11.2 29.1 .217 .501 15.2 71.3 .264 McNichols Sports Arena 519,404
Lg Rank 12 12 11 11 11 14 7 2 21 1 23 23 23 4 2 19 22

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 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

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

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

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 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 .149
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 .124
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 .125
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 .110
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 .183
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 .105
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 .086
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 .066
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 .101
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 .060
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 .062
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 .055
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 .006
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 .133

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 36 3 3 76 25 44 .568 0 0 9 11 .818 3 6 9 9 2 1 2 6 59
2 Fat Lever 29 3 3 113 19 51 .373 1 7 .143 13 14 .929 11 21 32 21 8 1 5 7 52
3 Blair Rasmussen 27 3 0 84 19 48 .396 0 0 9 10 .900 8 18 26 1 2 4 2 10 47
4 Todd Lichti 23 3 0 70 15 29 .517 0 1 .000 14 19 .737 5 13 18 9 1 0 8 6 44
5 Walter Davis 35 3 0 70 18 45 .400 0 1 .000 6 6 1.000 4 5 9 6 1 0 5 4 42
6 Michael Adams 27 3 3 105 13 34 .382 6 20 .300 7 8 .875 0 6 6 18 4 0 8 10 39
7 Bill Hanzlik 32 3 0 79 5 17 .294 1 3 .333 10 10 1.000 5 5 10 11 5 2 2 13 21
8 Joe Barry Carroll 31 3 3 46 9 16 .563 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 8 9 3 1 5 1 6 20
9 Tim Kempton 26 3 1 32 7 9 .778 0 0 4 4 1.000 1 4 5 4 0 0 2 8 18
10 Jerome Lane 23 2 2 14 0 3 .000 0 0 1 2 .500 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 4 1
11 T.R. Dunn 34 3 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 2 4 1 1 3 0

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 36 3 3 25.3 8.3 14.7 .568 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.7 .818 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 0.7 0.3 0.7 2.0 19.7
2 Fat Lever 29 3 3 37.7 6.3 17.0 .373 0.3 2.3 .143 4.3 4.7 .929 3.7 7.0 10.7 7.0 2.7 0.3 1.7 2.3 17.3
3 Blair Rasmussen 27 3 0 28.0 6.3 16.0 .396 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.3 .900 2.7 6.0 8.7 0.3 0.7 1.3 0.7 3.3 15.7
4 Todd Lichti 23 3 0 23.3 5.0 9.7 .517 0.0 0.3 .000 4.7 6.3 .737 1.7 4.3 6.0 3.0 0.3 0.0 2.7 2.0 14.7
5 Walter Davis 35 3 0 23.3 6.0 15.0 .400 0.0 0.3 .000 2.0 2.0 1.000 1.3 1.7 3.0 2.0 0.3 0.0 1.7 1.3 14.0
6 Michael Adams 27 3 3 35.0 4.3 11.3 .382 2.0 6.7 .300 2.3 2.7 .875 0.0 2.0 2.0 6.0 1.3 0.0 2.7 3.3 13.0
7 Bill Hanzlik 32 3 0 26.3 1.7 5.7 .294 0.3 1.0 .333 3.3 3.3 1.000 1.7 1.7 3.3 3.7 1.7 0.7 0.7 4.3 7.0
8 Joe Barry Carroll 31 3 3 15.3 3.0 5.3 .563 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.3 2.7 3.0 1.0 0.3 1.7 0.3 2.0 6.7
9 Tim Kempton 26 3 1 10.7 2.3 3.0 .778 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.3 1.000 0.3 1.3 1.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.7 6.0
10 Jerome Lane 23 2 2 7.0 0.0 1.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.5
11 T.R. Dunn 34 3 0 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.0 2.3 0.7 1.3 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.0

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 36 3 3 76 11.8 20.8 .568 0.0 0.0 4.3 5.2 .818 1.4 2.8 4.3 4.3 0.9 0.5 0.9 2.8 27.9
2 Todd Lichti 23 3 0 70 7.7 14.9 .517 0.0 0.5 .000 7.2 9.8 .737 2.6 6.7 9.3 4.6 0.5 0.0 4.1 3.1 22.6
3 Walter Davis 35 3 0 70 9.3 23.1 .400 0.0 0.5 .000 3.1 3.1 1.000 2.1 2.6 4.6 3.1 0.5 0.0 2.6 2.1 21.6
4 Tim Kempton 26 3 1 32 7.9 10.1 .778 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.000 1.1 4.5 5.6 4.5 0.0 0.0 2.3 9.0 20.3
5 Blair Rasmussen 27 3 0 84 8.1 20.6 .396 0.0 0.0 3.9 4.3 .900 3.4 7.7 11.1 0.4 0.9 1.7 0.9 4.3 20.1
6 Fat Lever 29 3 3 113 6.1 16.2 .373 0.3 2.2 .143 4.1 4.5 .929 3.5 6.7 10.2 6.7 2.5 0.3 1.6 2.2 16.6
7 Joe Barry Carroll 31 3 3 46 7.0 12.5 .563 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.6 1.000 0.8 6.3 7.0 2.3 0.8 3.9 0.8 4.7 15.7
8 Michael Adams 27 3 3 105 4.5 11.7 .382 2.1 6.9 .300 2.4 2.7 .875 0.0 2.1 2.1 6.2 1.4 0.0 2.7 3.4 13.4
9 Bill Hanzlik 32 3 0 79 2.3 7.7 .294 0.5 1.4 .333 4.6 4.6 1.000 2.3 2.3 4.6 5.0 2.3 0.9 0.9 5.9 9.6
10 Jerome Lane 23 2 2 14 0.0 7.7 .000 0.0 0.0 2.6 5.1 .500 0.0 2.6 2.6 5.1 0.0 0.0 5.1 10.3 2.6
11 T.R. Dunn 34 3 0 31 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 7.0 8.1 2.3 4.6 1.2 1.2 3.5 0.0

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 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 .069
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 .149
3 Bill Hanzlik 32 3 79 11.6 .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 .078
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 .049
5 Joe Barry Carroll 31 3 46 16.5 .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 .099
6 Tim Kempton 26 3 32 17.2 .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 .172
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 .062
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 .008
9 Michael Adams 27 3 105 9.5 .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 -0.017
10 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 -0.340
11 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 -0.100