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1997-98 Denver Nuggets Roster and Statistics

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11-71, Finished 7th in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Hanzlik (11-71)

Points Per Game: 89.0 (28th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 100.8 (26th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 12-70 (29th of 29)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 483,791 (28th of 29)

SRS: -11.74 (29th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 89.7 (19th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 99.0 (28th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 112.1 (29th of 29)

1997-98 Denver Nuggets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
7 Cory Alexander G 6-1 185 June 22, 1973 2 University of Virginia
4 Tony Battie C-F 6-11 230 February 11, 1976 R Texas Tech University
3 Harold Ellis G 6-5 200 October 7, 1970 2 Morehouse College
20 LaPhonso Ellis F 6-8 240 May 5, 1970 5 University of Notre Dame
15 Danny Fortson F 6-7 260 March 27, 1976 R University of Cincinnati
21 Dean Garrett C 6-10 225 November 27, 1966 1 Indiana University
1 Kiwane Garris G 6-2 183 September 24, 1974 R University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5 Anthony Goldwire G 6-1 182 September 6, 1971 2 University of Houston
13 Bobby Jackson G 6-1 185 March 13, 1973 R University of Minnesota
30 Priest Lauderdale C 7-4 325 August 31, 1973 1 Central State University
22 Johnny Newman F-G 6-7 190 November 28, 1963 11 University of Richmond
23 Bryant Stith G 6-5 208 December 10, 1970 5 University of Virginia
14 Eric Washington G 6-4 190 March 23, 1974 R University of Alabama
32 Eric Williams F 6-8 220 July 17, 1972 2 Providence College
17 Joe Wolf F-C 6-11 230 December 17, 1964 9 University of North Carolina
25 George Zidek C 7-0 250 August 2, 1973 2 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 19730 2677 6412 .417 288 893 .323 1658 2147 .772 1040 2157 3197 1547 664 393 1311 1937 7300 89.0
Opponent 82 19730 3015 6370 .473 419 1105 .379 1817 2410 .754 1095 2401 3496 1983 662 535 1243 1782 8266 100.8

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 Johnny Newman 34 74 15 2176 344 799 .431 36 105 .343 365 445 .820 50 91 141 138 77 24 147 208 1089
2 LaPhonso Ellis 27 76 71 2575 410 1007 .407 57 201 .284 206 256 .805 146 398 544 213 65 49 173 226 1083
3 Danny Fortson 21 80 23 1811 276 611 .452 1 3 .333 263 339 .776 182 266 448 76 44 30 157 314 816
4 Bobby Jackson 24 68 53 2042 310 791 .392 21 81 .259 149 183 .814 78 224 302 317 105 11 184 160 790
5 Anthony Goldwire 26 82 32 2212 269 636 .423 63 164 .384 150 186 .806 40 107 147 277 86 7 85 149 751
6 Dean Garrett 31 82 82 2632 242 565 .428 0 0 114 176 .648 227 417 644 90 57 133 84 197 598
7 Tony Battie 21 65 49 1506 234 525 .446 3 14 .214 73 104 .702 138 213 351 60 54 69 98 199 544
8 Eric Washington 23 66 36 1539 201 498 .404 44 137 .321 65 83 .783 47 80 127 78 53 25 72 143 511
9 Cory Alexander 24 23 19 797 111 255 .435 46 112 .411 55 65 .846 10 89 99 138 45 6 65 45 323
10 Bryant Stith 27 31 15 718 75 225 .333 10 48 .208 75 86 .872 15 50 65 50 21 8 35 52 235
11 Harold Ellis 27 27 3 344 62 111 .559 0 4 .000 40 63 .635 27 23 50 18 19 4 19 53 164
12 Priest Lauderdale 24 39 0 345 53 127 .417 0 0 38 69 .551 27 73 100 21 7 17 46 63 144
13 Joe Wolf 33 57 8 621 40 121 .331 2 10 .200 5 10 .500 36 90 126 30 20 7 22 92 87
14 Eric Williams 25 4 4 145 24 61 .393 0 0 31 45 .689 10 11 21 12 4 0 9 9 79
15 Kiwane Garris 23 28 0 225 22 65 .338 5 14 .357 19 25 .760 3 16 19 28 7 1 15 22 68
16 George Zidek 24 6 0 42 4 15 .267 0 0 10 12 .833 4 9 13 1 0 2 3 5 18

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 Eric Williams 25 4 4 36.3 6.0 15.3 .393 0.0 0.0 7.8 11.3 .689 2.5 2.8 5.3 3.0 1.0 0.0 2.3 2.3 19.8
2 Johnny Newman 34 74 15 29.4 4.6 10.8 .431 0.5 1.4 .343 4.9 6.0 .820 0.7 1.2 1.9 1.9 1.0 0.3 2.0 2.8 14.7
3 LaPhonso Ellis 27 76 71 33.9 5.4 13.3 .407 0.8 2.6 .284 2.7 3.4 .805 1.9 5.2 7.2 2.8 0.9 0.6 2.3 3.0 14.3
4 Cory Alexander 24 23 19 34.7 4.8 11.1 .435 2.0 4.9 .411 2.4 2.8 .846 0.4 3.9 4.3 6.0 2.0 0.3 2.8 2.0 14.0
5 Bobby Jackson 24 68 53 30.0 4.6 11.6 .392 0.3 1.2 .259 2.2 2.7 .814 1.1 3.3 4.4 4.7 1.5 0.2 2.7 2.4 11.6
6 Danny Fortson 21 80 23 22.6 3.5 7.6 .452 0.0 0.0 .333 3.3 4.2 .776 2.3 3.3 5.6 1.0 0.6 0.4 2.0 3.9 10.2
7 Anthony Goldwire 26 82 32 27.0 3.3 7.8 .423 0.8 2.0 .384 1.8 2.3 .806 0.5 1.3 1.8 3.4 1.0 0.1 1.0 1.8 9.2
8 Tony Battie 21 65 49 23.2 3.6 8.1 .446 0.0 0.2 .214 1.1 1.6 .702 2.1 3.3 5.4 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.5 3.1 8.4
9 Eric Washington 23 66 36 23.3 3.0 7.5 .404 0.7 2.1 .321 1.0 1.3 .783 0.7 1.2 1.9 1.2 0.8 0.4 1.1 2.2 7.7
10 Bryant Stith 27 31 15 23.2 2.4 7.3 .333 0.3 1.5 .208 2.4 2.8 .872 0.5 1.6 2.1 1.6 0.7 0.3 1.1 1.7 7.6
11 Dean Garrett 31 82 82 32.1 3.0 6.9 .428 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.1 .648 2.8 5.1 7.9 1.1 0.7 1.6 1.0 2.4 7.3
12 Harold Ellis 27 27 3 12.7 2.3 4.1 .559 0.0 0.1 .000 1.5 2.3 .635 1.0 0.9 1.9 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.7 2.0 6.1
13 Priest Lauderdale 24 39 0 8.8 1.4 3.3 .417 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.8 .551 0.7 1.9 2.6 0.5 0.2 0.4 1.2 1.6 3.7
14 George Zidek 24 6 0 7.0 0.7 2.5 .267 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.0 .833 0.7 1.5 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.8 3.0
15 Kiwane Garris 23 28 0 8.0 0.8 2.3 .338 0.2 0.5 .357 0.7 0.9 .760 0.1 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.8 2.4
16 Joe Wolf 33 57 8 10.9 0.7 2.1 .331 0.0 0.2 .200 0.1 0.2 .500 0.6 1.6 2.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.4 1.6 1.5

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 Eric Williams 25 4 4 145 6.0 15.1 .393 0.0 0.0 7.7 11.2 .689 2.5 2.7 5.2 3.0 1.0 0.0 2.2 2.2 19.6
2 Johnny Newman 34 74 15 2176 5.7 13.2 .431 0.6 1.7 .343 6.0 7.4 .820 0.8 1.5 2.3 2.3 1.3 0.4 2.4 3.4 18.0
3 Harold Ellis 27 27 3 344 6.5 11.6 .559 0.0 0.4 .000 4.2 6.6 .635 2.8 2.4 5.2 1.9 2.0 0.4 2.0 5.5 17.2
4 Danny Fortson 21 80 23 1811 5.5 12.1 .452 0.0 0.1 .333 5.2 6.7 .776 3.6 5.3 8.9 1.5 0.9 0.6 3.1 6.2 16.2
5 George Zidek 24 6 0 42 3.4 12.9 .267 0.0 0.0 8.6 10.3 .833 3.4 7.7 11.1 0.9 0.0 1.7 2.6 4.3 15.4
6 LaPhonso Ellis 27 76 71 2575 5.7 14.1 .407 0.8 2.8 .284 2.9 3.6 .805 2.0 5.6 7.6 3.0 0.9 0.7 2.4 3.2 15.1
7 Priest Lauderdale 24 39 0 345 5.5 13.3 .417 0.0 0.0 4.0 7.2 .551 2.8 7.6 10.4 2.2 0.7 1.8 4.8 6.6 15.0
8 Cory Alexander 24 23 19 797 5.0 11.5 .435 2.1 5.1 .411 2.5 2.9 .846 0.5 4.0 4.5 6.2 2.0 0.3 2.9 2.0 14.6
9 Bobby Jackson 24 68 53 2042 5.5 13.9 .392 0.4 1.4 .259 2.6 3.2 .814 1.4 3.9 5.3 5.6 1.9 0.2 3.2 2.8 13.9
10 Tony Battie 21 65 49 1506 5.6 12.5 .446 0.1 0.3 .214 1.7 2.5 .702 3.3 5.1 8.4 1.4 1.3 1.6 2.3 4.8 13.0
11 Anthony Goldwire 26 82 32 2212 4.4 10.4 .423 1.0 2.7 .384 2.4 3.0 .806 0.7 1.7 2.4 4.5 1.4 0.1 1.4 2.4 12.2
12 Eric Washington 23 66 36 1539 4.7 11.6 .404 1.0 3.2 .321 1.5 1.9 .783 1.1 1.9 3.0 1.8 1.2 0.6 1.7 3.3 12.0
13 Bryant Stith 27 31 15 718 3.8 11.3 .333 0.5 2.4 .208 3.8 4.3 .872 0.8 2.5 3.3 2.5 1.1 0.4 1.8 2.6 11.8
14 Kiwane Garris 23 28 0 225 3.5 10.4 .338 0.8 2.2 .357 3.0 4.0 .760 0.5 2.6 3.0 4.5 1.1 0.2 2.4 3.5 10.9
15 Dean Garrett 31 82 82 2632 3.3 7.7 .428 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.4 .648 3.1 5.7 8.8 1.2 0.8 1.8 1.1 2.7 8.2
16 Joe Wolf 33 57 8 621 2.3 7.0 .331 0.1 0.6 .200 0.3 0.6 .500 2.1 5.2 7.3 1.7 1.2 0.4 1.3 5.3 5.0

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 Anthony Goldwire 26 82 2212 13.6 .523 .472 2.1 5.9 3.9 22.5 2.1 0.2 10.6 16.5 111 115 3.3 -0.4 3.0
2 Johnny Newman 34 74 2176 14.9 .547 .453 2.6 5.1 3.8 12.2 1.9 0.8 12.9 23.9 107 115 3.2 -0.4 2.7
3 Dean Garrett 31 82 2632 12.1 .465 .428 9.9 19.2 14.4 5.8 1.2 3.8 11.6 12.6 102 110 1.2 1.1 2.2
4 Danny Fortson 21 80 1811 14.3 .537 .453 11.5 17.8 14.6 8.0 1.3 1.2 17.1 23.1 102 112 1.5 0.4 1.9
5 Cory Alexander 24 23 797 17.8 .569 .525 1.4 13.5 7.3 32.1 3.0 0.6 18.6 19.9 108 110 1.2 0.3 1.5
6 LaPhonso Ellis 27 76 2575 14.4 .484 .435 6.5 18.8 12.5 15.9 1.4 1.4 13.4 22.9 99 111 0.7 0.7 1.4
7 Harold Ellis 27 27 344 18.1 .591 .559 9.0 8.1 8.6 10.5 3.0 0.9 12.0 20.9 114 112 0.8 0.1 0.9
8 Tony Battie 21 65 1506 13.3 .477 .449 10.5 17.2 13.7 7.6 1.9 3.4 14.7 20.2 95 109 -0.3 0.8 0.5
9 Eric Williams 25 4 145 17.0 .489 .393 7.9 9.2 8.5 16.1 1.5 0.0 10.0 28.2 104 115 0.2 0.0 0.1
10 George Zidek 24 6 42 12.7 .444 .267 10.9 26.0 18.2 4.1 0.0 3.6 12.9 25.2 95 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Kiwane Garris 23 28 225 8.7 .447 .377 1.5 8.6 5.0 21.4 1.7 0.3 16.5 18.4 92 115 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
12 Eric Washington 23 66 1539 9.6 .478 .448 3.5 6.3 4.9 9.3 1.8 1.2 11.9 17.9 96 115 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3
13 Bryant Stith 27 31 718 9.2 .447 .356 2.4 8.4 5.3 12.1 1.6 0.8 11.8 18.9 95 115 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3
14 Joe Wolf 33 57 621 5.1 .347 .339 6.6 17.6 12.0 7.9 1.7 0.8 14.9 10.8 81 111 -0.7 0.2 -0.5
15 Bobby Jackson 24 68 2042 13.6 .453 .405 4.4 13.3 8.7 29.5 2.8 0.4 17.4 23.5 92 111 -1.3 0.7 -0.6
16 Priest Lauderdale 24 39 345 10.0 .458 .417 9.0 25.7 17.1 11.6 1.1 3.7 22.6 26.8 82 108 -0.9 0.2 -0.6

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Bryant Stith $4,030,000
2 LaPhonso Ellis $3,650,000
3 Elmore Spencer $2,050,000
4 Tony Battie $1,946,880
5 Dean Garrett $1,800,000
6 Johnny Newman $1,325,000
7 Danny Fortson $1,291,440
8 Eric Williams $1,139,520
9 George Zidek $784,200
10 Bobby Jackson $694,920
11 Priest Lauderdale $630,000
12 Cory Alexander $562,380
13 Joe Wolf $480,000
14 Steve Scheffler $330,000
15 Anthony Goldwire $330,000
16 Harold Ellis *$272,500
17 Kiwane Garris *$242,000
18 Eric Washington $242,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)