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1996-97 Denver Nuggets Roster and Statistics

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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), Dick Motta (17-52)

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

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)

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1996-97 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule ▪ Game Log ▪ Splits ▪ Starting Lineups

Roster

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No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
53	Jerome Allen	G	6-4	184	January 28, 1973	1	University of Pennsylvania
17	Vincent Askew	G-F	6-6	210	February 28, 1966	7	University of Memphis
14	Elmer Bennett	G	6-0	170	February 13, 1970	2	University of Notre Dame
14	Melvin Booker	G	6-1	185	August 20, 1972	1	University of Missouri
3	Dale Ellis	G-F	6-7	205	August 6, 1960	13	University of Tennessee
20	LaPhonso Ellis	F	6-8	240	May 5, 1970	4	University of Notre Dame
5	Anthony Goldwire	G	6-1	182	September 6, 1971	1	University of Houston
35	Darvin Ham	F	6-7	220	July 23, 1973	R	Texas Tech University
21	Tom Hammonds	F	6-9	215	March 27, 1967	7	Georgia Institute of Technology
13	Mark Jackson	G	6-1	180	April 1, 1965	9	St. John's University
50	Ervin Johnson	C	6-11	245	December 21, 1967	3	University of New Orleans
13	Jimmy King	G	6-5	210	August 9, 1973	1	University of Michigan
8	Sarunas Marciulionis	G	6-5	200	June 13, 1964	6
24	Antonio McDyess	F-C	6-9	220	September 7, 1974	1	University of Alabama
5	Jeff McInnis	G	6-4	190	October 22, 1974	R	University of North Carolina
14	Eric Murdock	G	6-1	190	June 14, 1968	5	Providence College
22	Ricky Pierce	F-G	6-4	205	August 19, 1959	14	Rice University
30	Kenny Smith	G	6-3	170	March 8, 1965	9	University of North Carolina
23	Bryant Stith	G	6-5	208	December 10, 1970	4	University of Virginia
6	Brooks Thompson	G	6-4	193	July 19, 1970	2	Oklahoma State University
41	LaSalle Thompson	C-F	6-10	245	June 23, 1961	14	University of Texas at Austin
55	Aaron Williams	F-C	6-9	220	October 2, 1971	2	Xavier University
25	George Zidek	C	7-0	250	August 2, 1973	1	University of California, Los Angeles

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

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	Dale Ellis	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	23	35	3	313	32	61	.525	0	0		16	33	.485	29	27	56	14	8	8	21	57	80
14	Jeff McInnis	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	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	23	16	0	88	16	33	.485	0	0		20	25	.800	10	13	23	5	1	0	4	17	52
17	Eric Murdock	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	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	35	17	0	105	3	16	.188	0	0		1	2	.500	5	21	26	0	3	6	7	26	7
20	Aaron Williams	25	1	0	10	3	5	.600	0	0		0	0		2	3	5	0	0	3	4	0	6
21	Vincent Askew	30	1	0	9	2	3	.667	0	0		2	2	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6
22	Jimmy King	23	2	0	22	2	6	.333	0	0		2	4	.500	2	0	2	2	3	0	1	2	6
23	Melvin Booker	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Brooks Thompson	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
11	Sarunas Marciulionis	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
12	Tom Hammonds	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	Vincent Askew	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
14	Aaron Williams	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
15	Jeff McInnis	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	LaPhonso Ellis	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
3	Aaron Williams	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
4	George Zidek	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Darvin Ham	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
19	Jerome Allen	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
20	Melvin Booker	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	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	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	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	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS
1	Ervin Johnson	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	1.5	3.9	5.3
2	Mark Jackson	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	3.7	0.5	4.1
3	LaPhonso Ellis	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	2.8	1.0	3.7
4	Dale Ellis	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	3.2	0.0	3.2
5	Bryant Stith	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	2.5	0.5	3.1
6	Antonio McDyess	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	1.9	1.9
7	Tom Hammonds	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	1.2	0.6	1.7
8	Brooks Thompson	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	0.7	0.5	1.2
9	Ricky Pierce	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	0.8	0.0	0.9
10	Anthony Goldwire	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	0.9	0.0	0.9
11	Kenny Smith	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	0.5	0.0	0.5
12	George Zidek	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	0.4	0.0	0.4
13	Eric Murdock	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	0.2	0.1	0.3
14	Jeff McInnis	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	0.2	0.0	0.2
15	Darvin Ham	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	0.1	0.1
16	Jimmy King	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	0.0	0.0
17	Aaron Williams	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	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
18	Vincent Askew	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	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
19	Jerome Allen	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	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
20	LaSalle Thompson	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	-0.4	0.1	-0.2
21	Melvin Booker	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	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
22	Elmer Bennett	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	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
23	Sarunas Marciulionis	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	-0.6	0.1	-0.5

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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 (*)

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