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1996-97 Denver Nuggets

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21-61, Finished 5th in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 97.8 points per game, Allowed 104.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 24-58)
Coached by Bernie Bickerstaff (4-9) and Dick Motta (17-52)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena / Attendance: 461,408 (28th of 29 available)

SRS: -6.40 (25th of 29) / Pace Factor: 92.4 (4th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 104.5 (24th of 29) / Defensive Rating: 111.2 (24th of 29)

1996-97 Statistics / Schedule / Game Log / Splits / Starting Lineups

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 19930 2934 6687 .439 636 1711 .372 1516 1992 .761 994 2452 3446 1889 503 487 1359 1784 8020 97.8
Opponent 82 19930 3297 7063 .467 484 1232 .393 1457 1943 .750 1086 2459 3545 1846 724 453 1057 1725 8535 104.1

Player Statistics

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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included (1961-62 season and before).

Totals

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dale Ellis G-F 6-7 205 36 82 51 2940 477 1151 .414 192 528 .364 215 263 .817 99 194 293 165 60 7 146 178 1361
2 Antonio McDyess F-C 6-9 220 22 74 73 2565 536 1157 .463 6 35 .171 274 387 .708 155 382 537 106 62 126 199 276 1352
3 LaPhonso Ellis F 6-8 240 26 55 49 2002 445 1014 .439 95 259 .367 218 282 .773 107 279 386 131 44 41 117 181 1203
4 Bryant Stith G 6-5 208 26 52 52 1788 251 603 .416 70 182 .385 202 234 .863 74 143 217 133 60 20 101 119 774
5 Ervin Johnson C 6-11 245 29 82 82 2599 243 467 .520 0 2 .000 96 156 .615 231 682 913 71 65 227 118 288 582
6 Mark Jackson G 6-1 180 31 52 52 2001 192 452 .425 48 121 .397 109 136 .801 71 200 271 641 51 9 172 104 541
7 Tom Hammonds F 6-9 215 29 81 8 1758 191 398 .480 0 2 .000 124 172 .721 135 266 401 64 16 24 88 205 506
8 Brooks Thompson G 6-4 193 26 65 6 1047 162 405 .400 97 244 .398 24 38 .632 18 78 96 179 55 2 86 125 445
9 Ricky Pierce F-G 6-4 205 37 33 10 600 120 260 .462 12 39 .308 83 92 .902 17 36 53 31 14 5 38 49 335
10 Kenny Smith G 6-3 170 31 33 2 654 87 206 .422 51 120 .425 35 41 .854 3 34 37 102 18 0 62 25 260
11 Anthony Goldwire G 6-1 182 25 27 21 612 69 176 .392 28 71 .394 31 38 .816 9 37 46 125 14 1 35 46 197
12 Sarunas Marciulionis G 6-5 200 32 17 0 255 38 101 .376 11 30 .367 29 36 .806 12 18 30 25 12 1 40 38 116
13 Darvin Ham F 6-7 220 23 35 3 313 32 61 .525 0 0 16 33 .485 29 27 56 14 8 8 21 57 80
14 Jeff McInnis G 6-4 190 22 13 0 117 23 49 .469 12 26 .462 7 10 .700 2 4 6 18 2 1 13 16 65
15 Jerome Allen G 6-4 184 24 25 0 251 21 74 .284 7 34 .206 15 25 .600 12 21 33 43 4 4 13 17 64
16 George Zidek C 7-0 250 23 16 0 88 16 33 .485 0 0 20 25 .800 10 13 23 5 1 0 4 17 52
17 Eric Murdock G 6-1 190 28 12 0 114 15 33 .455 4 10 .400 11 12 .917 1 10 11 24 9 2 11 9 45
18 Elmer Bennett G 6-0 170 26 5 0 59 4 13 .308 2 6 .333 2 4 .500 0 3 3 7 2 0 10 6 12
19 LaSalle Thompson C-F 6-10 245 35 17 0 105 3 16 .188 0 0 1 2 .500 5 21 26 0 3 6 7 26 7
20 Jimmy King G 6-5 210 23 2 0 22 2 6 .333 0 0 2 4 .500 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 6
21 Aaron Williams F-C 6-9 220 25 1 0 10 3 5 .600 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 3 4 0 6
22 Vincent Askew G-F 6-6 210 30 1 0 9 2 3 .667 0 0 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6
23 Melvin Booker G 6-1 185 24 5 1 21 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 7 0 5

Per Game

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 LaPhonso Ellis F 6-8 240 26 55 49 36.4 8.1 18.4 .439 1.7 4.7 .367 4.0 5.1 .773 1.9 5.1 7.0 2.4 0.8 0.7 2.1 3.3 21.9
2 Antonio McDyess F-C 6-9 220 22 74 73 34.7 7.2 15.6 .463 0.1 0.5 .171 3.7 5.2 .708 2.1 5.2 7.3 1.4 0.8 1.7 2.7 3.7 18.3
3 Dale Ellis G-F 6-7 205 36 82 51 35.9 5.8 14.0 .414 2.3 6.4 .364 2.6 3.2 .817 1.2 2.4 3.6 2.0 0.7 0.1 1.8 2.2 16.6
4 Bryant Stith G 6-5 208 26 52 52 34.4 4.8 11.6 .416 1.3 3.5 .385 3.9 4.5 .863 1.4 2.8 4.2 2.6 1.2 0.4 1.9 2.3 14.9
5 Mark Jackson G 6-1 180 31 52 52 38.5 3.7 8.7 .425 0.9 2.3 .397 2.1 2.6 .801 1.4 3.8 5.2 12.3 1.0 0.2 3.3 2.0 10.4
6 Ricky Pierce F-G 6-4 205 37 33 10 18.2 3.6 7.9 .462 0.4 1.2 .308 2.5 2.8 .902 0.5 1.1 1.6 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.2 1.5 10.2
7 Kenny Smith G 6-3 170 31 33 2 19.8 2.6 6.2 .422 1.5 3.6 .425 1.1 1.2 .854 0.1 1.0 1.1 3.1 0.5 0.0 1.9 0.8 7.9
8 Anthony Goldwire G 6-1 182 25 27 21 22.7 2.6 6.5 .392 1.0 2.6 .394 1.1 1.4 .816 0.3 1.4 1.7 4.6 0.5 0.0 1.3 1.7 7.3
9 Ervin Johnson C 6-11 245 29 82 82 31.7 3.0 5.7 .520 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.9 .615 2.8 8.3 11.1 0.9 0.8 2.8 1.4 3.5 7.1
10 Sarunas Marciulionis G 6-5 200 32 17 0 15.0 2.2 5.9 .376 0.6 1.8 .367 1.7 2.1 .806 0.7 1.1 1.8 1.5 0.7 0.1 2.4 2.2 6.8
11 Brooks Thompson G 6-4 193 26 65 6 16.1 2.5 6.2 .400 1.5 3.8 .398 0.4 0.6 .632 0.3 1.2 1.5 2.8 0.8 0.0 1.3 1.9 6.8
12 Tom Hammonds F 6-9 215 29 81 8 21.7 2.4 4.9 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.1 .721 1.7 3.3 5.0 0.8 0.2 0.3 1.1 2.5 6.2
13 Aaron Williams F-C 6-9 220 25 1 0 10.0 3.0 5.0 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 0.0 6.0
14 Vincent Askew G-F 6-6 210 30 1 0 9.0 2.0 3.0 .667 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 6.0
15 Jeff McInnis G 6-4 190 22 13 0 9.0 1.8 3.8 .469 0.9 2.0 .462 0.5 0.8 .700 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.4 0.2 0.1 1.0 1.2 5.0
16 Eric Murdock G 6-1 190 28 12 0 9.5 1.3 2.8 .455 0.3 0.8 .400 0.9 1.0 .917 0.1 0.8 0.9 2.0 0.8 0.2 0.9 0.8 3.8
17 George Zidek C 7-0 250 23 16 0 5.5 1.0 2.1 .485 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.6 .800 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 1.1 3.3
18 Jimmy King G 6-5 210 23 2 0 11.0 1.0 3.0 .333 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 .500 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 3.0
19 Jerome Allen G 6-4 184 24 25 0 10.0 0.8 3.0 .284 0.3 1.4 .206 0.6 1.0 .600 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 2.6
20 Elmer Bennett G 6-0 170 26 5 0 11.8 0.8 2.6 .308 0.4 1.2 .333 0.4 0.8 .500 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.4 0.4 0.0 2.0 1.2 2.4
21 Darvin Ham F 6-7 220 23 35 3 8.9 0.9 1.7 .525 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 .485 0.8 0.8 1.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.6 2.3
22 Melvin Booker G 6-1 185 24 5 1 4.2 0.4 0.8 .500 0.2 0.4 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 1.0
23 LaSalle Thompson C-F 6-10 245 35 17 0 6.2 0.2 0.9 .188 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 .500 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.5 0.4

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Vincent Askew G-F 6-6 210 30 1 0 9 8.0 12.0 .667 0.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.0 0.0 24.0
2 Aaron Williams F-C 6-9 220 25 1 0 10 10.8 18.0 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 10.8 18.0 0.0 0.0 10.8 14.4 0.0 21.6
3 LaPhonso Ellis F 6-8 240 26 55 49 2002 8.0 18.2 .439 1.7 4.7 .367 3.9 5.1 .773 1.9 5.0 6.9 2.4 0.8 0.7 2.1 3.3 21.6
4 George Zidek C 7-0 250 23 16 0 88 6.5 13.5 .485 0.0 0.0 8.2 10.2 .800 4.1 5.3 9.4 2.0 0.4 0.0 1.6 7.0 21.3
5 Ricky Pierce F-G 6-4 205 37 33 10 600 7.2 15.6 .462 0.7 2.3 .308 5.0 5.5 .902 1.0 2.2 3.2 1.9 0.8 0.3 2.3 2.9 20.1
6 Jeff McInnis G 6-4 190 22 13 0 117 7.1 15.1 .469 3.7 8.0 .462 2.2 3.1 .700 0.6 1.2 1.8 5.5 0.6 0.3 4.0 4.9 20.0
7 Antonio McDyess F-C 6-9 220 22 74 73 2565 7.5 16.2 .463 0.1 0.5 .171 3.8 5.4 .708 2.2 5.4 7.5 1.5 0.9 1.8 2.8 3.9 19.0
8 Dale Ellis G-F 6-7 205 36 82 51 2940 5.8 14.1 .414 2.4 6.5 .364 2.6 3.2 .817 1.2 2.4 3.6 2.0 0.7 0.1 1.8 2.2 16.7
9 Sarunas Marciulionis G 6-5 200 32 17 0 255 5.4 14.3 .376 1.6 4.2 .367 4.1 5.1 .806 1.7 2.5 4.2 3.5 1.7 0.1 5.6 5.4 16.4
10 Bryant Stith G 6-5 208 26 52 52 1788 5.1 12.1 .416 1.4 3.7 .385 4.1 4.7 .863 1.5 2.9 4.4 2.7 1.2 0.4 2.0 2.4 15.6
11 Brooks Thompson G 6-4 193 26 65 6 1047 5.6 13.9 .400 3.3 8.4 .398 0.8 1.3 .632 0.6 2.7 3.3 6.2 1.9 0.1 3.0 4.3 15.3
12 Kenny Smith G 6-3 170 31 33 2 654 4.8 11.3 .422 2.8 6.6 .425 1.9 2.3 .854 0.2 1.9 2.0 5.6 1.0 0.0 3.4 1.4 14.3
13 Eric Murdock G 6-1 190 28 12 0 114 4.7 10.4 .455 1.3 3.2 .400 3.5 3.8 .917 0.3 3.2 3.5 7.6 2.8 0.6 3.5 2.8 14.2
14 Anthony Goldwire G 6-1 182 25 27 21 612 4.1 10.4 .392 1.6 4.2 .394 1.8 2.2 .816 0.5 2.2 2.7 7.4 0.8 0.1 2.1 2.7 11.6
15 Tom Hammonds F 6-9 215 29 81 8 1758 3.9 8.2 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.5 .721 2.8 5.4 8.2 1.3 0.3 0.5 1.8 4.2 10.4
16 Jimmy King G 6-5 210 23 2 0 22 3.3 9.8 .333 0.0 0.0 3.3 6.5 .500 3.3 0.0 3.3 3.3 4.9 0.0 1.6 3.3 9.8
17 Mark Jackson G 6-1 180 31 52 52 2001 3.5 8.1 .425 0.9 2.2 .397 2.0 2.4 .801 1.3 3.6 4.9 11.5 0.9 0.2 3.1 1.9 9.7
18 Jerome Allen G 6-4 184 24 25 0 251 3.0 10.6 .284 1.0 4.9 .206 2.2 3.6 .600 1.7 3.0 4.7 6.2 0.6 0.6 1.9 2.4 9.2
19 Darvin Ham F 6-7 220 23 35 3 313 3.7 7.0 .525 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.8 .485 3.3 3.1 6.4 1.6 0.9 0.9 2.4 6.6 9.2
20 Melvin Booker G 6-1 185 24 5 1 21 3.4 6.9 .500 1.7 3.4 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.7 5.1 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 8.6
21 Ervin Johnson C 6-11 245 29 82 82 2599 3.4 6.5 .520 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.2 .615 3.2 9.4 12.6 1.0 0.9 3.1 1.6 4.0 8.1
22 Elmer Bennett G 6-0 170 26 5 0 59 2.4 7.9 .308 1.2 3.7 .333 1.2 2.4 .500 0.0 1.8 1.8 4.3 1.2 0.0 6.1 3.7 7.3
23 LaSalle Thompson C-F 6-10 245 35 17 0 105 1.0 5.5 .188 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 .500 1.7 7.2 8.9 0.0 1.0 2.1 2.4 8.9 2.4

Advanced

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1 Ervin Johnson C 6-11 245 29 82 2599 14.3 .543 .520 10.3 29.6 20.0 4.3 1.3 6.0 18.1 11.2 106 103 3.1 9.9 13 11 1.0
2 Mark Jackson G 6-1 180 31 52 2001 16.2 .528 .478 4.1 11.3 7.7 50.0 1.3 0.3 25.2 15.3 114 113 7.8 1.2 9 13 -2.0
3 LaPhonso Ellis F 6-8 240 26 55 2002 18.2 .529 .486 6.2 15.7 11.0 12.7 1.1 1.4 9.3 28.0 107 111 5.9 2.4 8 19 -5.5
4 Bryant Stith G 6-5 208 26 52 1788 14.4 .548 .474 4.8 9.0 6.9 12.5 1.7 0.8 12.5 20.2 110 113 5.4 1.3 7 14 -3.5
5 Dale Ellis G-F 6-7 205 36 82 2940 12.9 .537 .498 3.9 7.4 5.7 9.8 1.1 0.2 10.3 21.5 107 115 6.9 0.0 7 29 -11.0
6 Antonio McDyess F-C 6-9 220 22 74 2565 15.5 .509 .466 7.0 16.8 11.9 7.8 1.3 3.4 13.0 26.6 98 109 0.0 4.7 5 33 -14.0
7 Tom Hammonds F 6-9 215 29 81 1758 10.1 .534 .480 8.9 17.0 13.0 5.8 0.5 0.9 15.7 14.3 105 113 2.5 1.4 4 15 -5.5
8 Brooks Thompson G 6-4 193 26 65 1047 13.7 .528 .520 2.0 8.4 5.2 29.4 2.7 0.1 16.9 21.7 103 111 1.5 1.3 3 11 -4.0
9 Anthony Goldwire G 6-1 182 25 27 612 12.6 .511 .472 1.7 6.8 4.3 32.8 1.2 0.1 15.4 16.6 111 115 1.8 0.0 2 5 -1.5
10 Ricky Pierce F-G 6-4 205 37 33 600 15.3 .557 .485 3.3 6.8 5.0 9.6 1.2 0.6 11.2 25.2 108 115 1.8 0.1 2 6 -2.0
11 George Zidek C 7-0 250 23 16 88 20.3 .591 .485 13.1 16.6 14.9 10.3 0.6 0.0 8.3 24.4 125 113 0.7 0.1 1 0 0.5
12 Eric Murdock G 6-1 190 28 12 114 18.1 .588 .515 1.0 9.9 5.5 34.8 4.1 1.2 22.3 19.3 110 107 0.4 0.3 1 1 0.0
13 Kenny Smith G 6-3 170 31 33 654 12.5 .580 .546 0.5 5.9 3.2 25.9 1.4 0.0 21.7 19.5 104 115 1.0 0.0 1 7 -3.0
14 Aaron Williams F-C 6-9 220 25 1 10 19.1 .600 .600 23.1 33.8 28.5 0.0 0.0 20.5 44.4 40.2 64 94 0.0 0.1 0 0 0.0
15 LaSalle Thompson C-F 6-10 245 35 17 105 -0.9 .207 .188 5.5 22.5 14.1 0.0 1.5 3.9 29.3 10.2 44 106 0.0 0.3 0 2 -1.0
16 Vincent Askew G-F 6-6 210 30 1 9 0.9 .773 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.8 39.1 66 120 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0
17 Jeff McInnis G 6-4 190 22 13 117 14.8 .609 .592 2.0 3.9 2.9 28.5 0.9 0.6 19.6 25.4 107 116 0.4 0.0 0 1 -0.5
18 Elmer Bennett G 6-0 170 26 5 59 -1.3 .407 .385 0.0 5.7 2.9 17.8 1.8 0.0 40.4 18.7 60 114 0.0 0.0 0 2 -1.0
19 Sarunas Marciulionis G 6-5 200 32 17 255 8.1 .496 .431 5.4 8.0 6.7 16.7 2.4 0.3 25.5 27.5 85 112 0.0 0.3 0 6 -3.0
20 Jimmy King G 6-5 210 23 2 22 12.7 .387 .333 10.5 0.0 5.2 14.1 7.1 0.0 11.4 17.8 93 105 0.0 0.1 0 0 0.0
21 Darvin Ham F 6-7 220 23 35 313 8.2 .530 .525 10.7 9.7 10.2 7.1 1.3 1.7 21.8 13.8 98 112 0.0 0.3 0 3 -1.5
22 Melvin Booker G 6-1 185 24 5 21 -5.1 .625 .625 0.0 5.4 2.7 22.3 0.0 0.0 63.6 23.4 51 118 0.0 0.0 0 1 -0.5
23 Jerome Allen G 6-4 184 24 25 251 8.9 .376 .331 5.5 9.4 7.5 26.3 0.8 1.1 13.3 17.4 94 114 0.0 0.1 0 4 -2.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Bryant Stith $3,400,000
2 LaPhonso Ellis $3,294,000
3 Mark Jackson $2,900,000
4 Antonio McDyess $2,545,000
5 Sarunas Marciulionis $2,500,000
6 Vincent Askew $2,000,000
7 Ervin Johnson $1,636,000
8 Dale Ellis $1,600,000
9 Brooks Thompson $1,332,300
10 Ricky Pierce $1,200,000
11 Tom Hammonds $1,070,000
12 George Zidek $694,000
13 Jimmy King $330,000
14 Anthony Goldwire $250,000
15 Keith Jennings $247,500
16 LaSalle Thompson $247,500
17 Elmer Bennett *$247,500
18 Melvin Booker *$247,500
19 Jerome Allen $247,500
20 Eric Murdock *$247,500
21 Jeff McInnis *$220,000
22 Darvin Ham $220,000
23 Kenny Smith $190,100
24 Aaron Williams $169,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)