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2005-06 Denver Nuggets Roster and Statistics

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44-38, Finished 1st in NBA Northwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 100.3 points per game, Allowed 100.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 42-40)
Coached by George Karl (44-38)

Arena: Pepsi Center ▪ Attendance: 702,555 (15th of 30)

SRS: 0.36 (15th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 93.9 (2nd of 30)
Offensive Rating: 105.5 (17th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.2 (13th of 30)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (4-1) versus Los Angeles Clippers

2005-06 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule ▪ Game Log ▪ Splits ▪ Starting Lineups

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
15 Carmelo Anthony F 6-8 230 May 29, 1984 2 Syracuse University
11 Earl Boykins G 5-5 135 June 2, 1976 7 Eastern Michigan University
7 Greg Buckner G 6-4 210 September 16, 1976 6 Clemson University
23 Marcus Camby C-F 6-11 220 March 22, 1974 9 University of Massachusetts Amherst
10 Howard Eisley G 6-2 177 December 4, 1972 11 Boston College
56 Francisco Elson C 7-0 235 February 28, 1976 2 University of California
30 Reggie Evans F 6-8 245 May 18, 1980 3 University of Iowa
31 Nene Hilario F-C 6-11 260 September 13, 1982 3
32 Julius Hodge G 6-7 210 November 18, 1983 R North Carolina State University
3 DerMarr Johnson F 6-9 201 May 5, 1980 4 University of Cincinnati
43 Linas Kleiza F 6-8 245 January 3, 1985 R University of Missouri
1 Voshon Lenard G 6-4 205 May 14, 1973 10 University of Minnesota
6 Kenyon Martin F 6-9 234 December 30, 1977 5 University of Cincinnati
24 Andre Miller G 6-2 200 March 19, 1976 6 University of Utah
21 Eduardo Najera F 6-8 240 July 11, 1976 5 University of Oklahoma
22 Ruben Patterson F 6-5 224 July 31, 1975 7 University of Cincinnati
9 Bryon Russell F 6-7 225 December 31, 1970 12 California State University, Long Beach
5 Charles Smith G 6-4 194 August 22, 1975 4 University of New Mexico
8 Earl Watson G 6-1 195 June 12, 1979 4 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 3078 6672 .461 350 1076 .325 1721 2312 .744 903 2486 3389 1921 698 463 1216 1863 8227 100.3
Opponent 82 19930 3070 6764 .454 530 1480 .358 1538 2090 .736 965 2469 3434 1959 586 436 1323 1911 8208 100.1

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 Carmelo Anthony 21 80 80 2941 756 1572 .481 37 152 .243 573 709 .808 122 272 394 216 88 42 218 229 2122
2 Andre Miller 29 82 82 2937 404 872 .463 5 27 .185 313 424 .738 92 259 351 674 106 18 256 213 1126
3 Earl Boykins 29 60 0 1542 271 661 .410 62 179 .346 152 174 .874 21 60 81 230 48 4 83 73 756
4 Kenyon Martin 28 56 49 1546 297 600 .495 5 22 .227 121 170 .712 93 260 353 79 43 52 72 171 720
5 Marcus Camby 31 56 54 1857 302 649 .465 1 11 .091 111 156 .712 132 536 668 115 79 184 92 158 716
6 Greg Buckner 29 73 27 1758 181 417 .434 86 243 .354 43 55 .782 31 178 209 127 87 20 52 180 491
7 DerMarr Johnson 25 58 21 924 132 306 .431 56 160 .350 34 42 .810 19 77 96 55 25 26 46 86 354
8 Francisco Elson 29 72 54 1579 151 284 .532 1 5 .200 49 74 .662 99 240 339 47 54 45 65 211 352
9 Earl Watson 26 46 10 975 121 282 .429 68 172 .395 37 59 .627 17 69 86 160 37 7 75 95 347
10 Eduardo Najera 29 64 3 1449 127 301 .422 4 12 .333 89 114 .781 128 197 325 52 53 34 54 165 347
11 Ruben Patterson 30 26 20 736 139 256 .543 1 6 .167 65 112 .580 45 45 90 67 34 9 68 71 344
12 Linas Kleiza 21 61 2 519 77 173 .445 2 13 .154 57 81 .704 38 78 116 15 10 13 16 87 213
13 Reggie Evans 25 26 2 605 43 95 .453 0 0 49 97 .505 57 169 226 15 16 5 44 71 135
14 Voshon Lenard 32 12 6 238 42 103 .408 10 35 .286 5 13 .385 2 26 28 18 8 2 11 21 99
15 Howard Eisley 33 19 0 282 30 86 .349 12 38 .316 20 24 .833 2 17 19 44 8 2 18 23 92
16 Julius Hodge 22 14 0 33 5 13 .385 0 0 3 8 .375 5 2 7 6 2 0 8 7 13
17 Nene Hilario 23 1 0 3 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
18 Bryon Russell 35 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 Charles Smith 30 1 0 2 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

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 Carmelo Anthony 21 80 80 36.8 9.5 19.7 .481 0.5 1.9 .243 7.2 8.9 .808 1.5 3.4 4.9 2.7 1.1 0.5 2.7 2.9 26.5
2 Andre Miller 29 82 82 35.8 4.9 10.6 .463 0.1 0.3 .185 3.8 5.2 .738 1.1 3.2 4.3 8.2 1.3 0.2 3.1 2.6 13.7
3 Ruben Patterson 30 26 20 28.3 5.3 9.8 .543 0.0 0.2 .167 2.5 4.3 .580 1.7 1.7 3.5 2.6 1.3 0.3 2.6 2.7 13.2
4 Kenyon Martin 28 56 49 27.6 5.3 10.7 .495 0.1 0.4 .227 2.2 3.0 .712 1.7 4.6 6.3 1.4 0.8 0.9 1.3 3.1 12.9
5 Marcus Camby 31 56 54 33.2 5.4 11.6 .465 0.0 0.2 .091 2.0 2.8 .712 2.4 9.6 11.9 2.1 1.4 3.3 1.6 2.8 12.8
6 Earl Boykins 29 60 0 25.7 4.5 11.0 .410 1.0 3.0 .346 2.5 2.9 .874 0.4 1.0 1.4 3.8 0.8 0.1 1.4 1.2 12.6
7 Voshon Lenard 32 12 6 19.8 3.5 8.6 .408 0.8 2.9 .286 0.4 1.1 .385 0.2 2.2 2.3 1.5 0.7 0.2 0.9 1.8 8.3
8 Earl Watson 26 46 10 21.2 2.6 6.1 .429 1.5 3.7 .395 0.8 1.3 .627 0.4 1.5 1.9 3.5 0.8 0.2 1.6 2.1 7.5
9 Greg Buckner 29 73 27 24.1 2.5 5.7 .434 1.2 3.3 .354 0.6 0.8 .782 0.4 2.4 2.9 1.7 1.2 0.3 0.7 2.5 6.7
10 DerMarr Johnson 25 58 21 15.9 2.3 5.3 .431 1.0 2.8 .350 0.6 0.7 .810 0.3 1.3 1.7 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.5 6.1
11 Eduardo Najera 29 64 3 22.6 2.0 4.7 .422 0.1 0.2 .333 1.4 1.8 .781 2.0 3.1 5.1 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.8 2.6 5.4
12 Reggie Evans 25 26 2 23.3 1.7 3.7 .453 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.7 .505 2.2 6.5 8.7 0.6 0.6 0.2 1.7 2.7 5.2
13 Francisco Elson 29 72 54 21.9 2.1 3.9 .532 0.0 0.1 .200 0.7 1.0 .662 1.4 3.3 4.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.9 2.9 4.9
14 Howard Eisley 33 19 0 14.8 1.6 4.5 .349 0.6 2.0 .316 1.1 1.3 .833 0.1 0.9 1.0 2.3 0.4 0.1 0.9 1.2 4.8
15 Linas Kleiza 21 61 2 8.5 1.3 2.8 .445 0.0 0.2 .154 0.9 1.3 .704 0.6 1.3 1.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.4 3.5
16 Julius Hodge 22 14 0 2.4 0.4 0.9 .385 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 .375 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.5 0.9
17 Nene Hilario 23 1 0 3.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
18 Bryon Russell 35 1 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
19 Charles Smith 30 1 0 2.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

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 Carmelo Anthony 21 80 80 2941 9.3 19.2 .481 0.5 1.9 .243 7.0 8.7 .808 1.5 3.3 4.8 2.6 1.1 0.5 2.7 2.8 26.0
2 Earl Boykins 29 60 0 1542 6.3 15.4 .410 1.4 4.2 .346 3.5 4.1 .874 0.5 1.4 1.9 5.4 1.1 0.1 1.9 1.7 17.6
3 Ruben Patterson 30 26 20 736 6.8 12.5 .543 0.0 0.3 .167 3.2 5.5 .580 2.2 2.2 4.4 3.3 1.7 0.4 3.3 3.5 16.8
4 Kenyon Martin 28 56 49 1546 6.9 14.0 .495 0.1 0.5 .227 2.8 4.0 .712 2.2 6.1 8.2 1.8 1.0 1.2 1.7 4.0 16.8
5 Voshon Lenard 32 12 6 238 6.4 15.6 .408 1.5 5.3 .286 0.8 2.0 .385 0.3 3.9 4.2 2.7 1.2 0.3 1.7 3.2 15.0
6 Linas Kleiza 21 61 2 519 5.3 12.0 .445 0.1 0.9 .154 4.0 5.6 .704 2.6 5.4 8.0 1.0 0.7 0.9 1.1 6.0 14.8
7 Julius Hodge 22 14 0 33 5.5 14.2 .385 0.0 0.0 3.3 8.7 .375 5.5 2.2 7.6 6.5 2.2 0.0 8.7 7.6 14.2
8 Marcus Camby 31 56 54 1857 5.9 12.6 .465 0.0 0.2 .091 2.2 3.0 .712 2.6 10.4 12.9 2.2 1.5 3.6 1.8 3.1 13.9
9 DerMarr Johnson 25 58 21 924 5.1 11.9 .431 2.2 6.2 .350 1.3 1.6 .810 0.7 3.0 3.7 2.1 1.0 1.0 1.8 3.4 13.8
10 Andre Miller 29 82 82 2937 5.0 10.7 .463 0.1 0.3 .185 3.8 5.2 .738 1.1 3.2 4.3 8.3 1.3 0.2 3.1 2.6 13.8
11 Earl Watson 26 46 10 975 4.5 10.4 .429 2.5 6.4 .395 1.4 2.2 .627 0.6 2.5 3.2 5.9 1.4 0.3 2.8 3.5 12.8
12 Howard Eisley 33 19 0 282 3.8 11.0 .349 1.5 4.9 .316 2.6 3.1 .833 0.3 2.2 2.4 5.6 1.0 0.3 2.3 2.9 11.7
13 Greg Buckner 29 73 27 1758 3.7 8.5 .434 1.8 5.0 .354 0.9 1.1 .782 0.6 3.6 4.3 2.6 1.8 0.4 1.1 3.7 10.1
14 Eduardo Najera 29 64 3 1449 3.2 7.5 .422 0.1 0.3 .333 2.2 2.8 .781 3.2 4.9 8.1 1.3 1.3 0.8 1.3 4.1 8.6
15 Francisco Elson 29 72 54 1579 3.4 6.5 .532 0.0 0.1 .200 1.1 1.7 .662 2.3 5.5 7.7 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.5 4.8 8.0
16 Reggie Evans 25 26 2 605 2.6 5.7 .453 0.0 0.0 2.9 5.8 .505 3.4 10.1 13.4 0.9 1.0 0.3 2.6 4.2 8.0
17 Nene Hilario 23 1 0 3 0.0 12.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.0 12.0 0.0
18 Bryon Russell 35 1 0 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
19 Charles Smith 30 1 0 2 0.0 18.0 .000 0.0 18.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 0.0

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 Carmelo Anthony 21 80 2941 22.0 .563 .493 4.9 10.7 7.8 14.3 1.5 1.1 10.4 32.0 110 108 7.0 2.7 9.7
2 Andre Miller 29 82 2937 16.4 .532 .466 3.7 10.2 7.0 36.2 1.8 0.5 19.5 20.0 107 107 3.8 2.7 6.4
3 Marcus Camby 31 56 1857 19.9 .499 .466 8.4 33.3 21.0 10.2 2.2 7.5 11.4 19.5 102 95 1.0 4.6 5.7
4 Greg Buckner 29 73 1758 11.4 .556 .537 2.1 11.7 6.9 10.8 2.5 0.9 10.5 12.6 111 105 1.8 2.1 3.9
5 Kenyon Martin 28 56 1546 16.7 .533 .499 7.1 19.4 13.3 8.8 1.4 2.5 9.6 21.6 107 104 1.8 2.1 3.9
6 Earl Boykins 29 60 1542 15.7 .513 .457 1.6 4.5 3.1 25.0 1.6 0.2 10.1 23.8 107 110 2.1 0.9 3.0
7 Francisco Elson 29 72 1579 10.1 .556 .533 7.4 17.6 12.5 4.4 1.7 2.1 17.0 10.8 105 104 0.9 2.1 3.0
8 Eduardo Najera 29 64 1449 10.9 .494 .429 10.4 15.7 13.1 5.2 1.9 1.8 13.3 12.5 106 105 1.0 1.8 2.8
9 Earl Watson 26 46 975 12.8 .563 .550 2.1 8.2 5.2 25.3 1.9 0.5 19.6 17.6 105 108 0.8 0.9 1.7
10 DerMarr Johnson 25 58 924 11.7 .545 .523 2.4 9.6 6.1 9.5 1.4 2.1 12.4 17.9 103 107 0.5 0.9 1.4
11 Linas Kleiza 21 61 519 13.2 .510 .451 8.7 17.4 13.1 4.6 1.0 1.9 7.1 19.4 109 106 0.7 0.6 1.2
12 Ruben Patterson 30 26 736 15.4 .563 .545 7.2 7.1 7.1 15.6 2.4 0.9 18.2 22.7 102 107 0.4 0.7 1.1
13 Reggie Evans 25 26 605 9.2 .490 .453 11.1 32.3 21.8 3.5 1.4 0.6 24.2 13.4 91 102 -0.4 1.0 0.6
14 Howard Eisley 33 19 282 10.0 .476 .419 0.8 7.0 3.9 23.4 1.4 0.5 15.7 18.2 98 109 0.0 0.2 0.2
15 Voshon Lenard 32 12 238 10.1 .455 .456 1.0 12.6 6.9 12.7 1.7 0.6 9.2 22.5 91 107 -0.2 0.2 0.0
16 Bryon Russell 35 1 3 16.4 0.0 38.5 19.5 43.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 211 103 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Charles Smith 30 1 2 -28.1 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.4 0 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
18 Nene Hilario 23 1 3 -54.4 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 66.7 44.8 0 114 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
19 Julius Hodge 22 14 33 4.2 .393 .385 17.9 7.0 12.4 29.3 3.1 0.0 32.6 33.3 72 106 -0.2 0.0 -0.2

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 Carmelo Anthony 21 5 193 33 99 0 4 39 52 12 33 14 4 1 15 20 105 .333 .000 .750 38.6 21.0 6.6 2.8
2 Andre Miller 29 5 182 34 77 0 0 14 17 8 22 36 5 1 16 12 82 .442 .824 36.4 16.4 4.4 7.2
3 Greg Buckner 29 5 137 23 55 10 32 7 8 3 14 6 3 1 1 12 63 .418 .313 .875 27.4 12.6 2.8 1.2
4 Marcus Camby 31 5 175 26 62 0 0 5 9 13 55 11 4 14 4 14 57 .419 .556 35.0 11.4 11.0 2.2
5 Earl Boykins 29 5 140 19 59 4 19 13 17 3 7 20 4 0 3 6 55 .322 .211 .765 28.0 11.0 1.4 4.0
6 Ruben Patterson 30 4 58 9 17 0 0 2 5 5 6 3 1 0 3 6 20 .529 .400 14.5 5.0 1.5 0.8
7 Reggie Evans 25 5 69 3 7 0 2 13 18 8 23 0 2 1 6 11 19 .429 .000 .722 13.8 3.8 4.6 0.0
8 Kenyon Martin 28 2 35 4 13 0 0 1 2 6 9 1 4 2 3 5 9 .308 .500 17.5 4.5 4.5 0.5
9 Eduardo Najera 29 4 89 3 14 0 0 2 4 4 15 2 3 0 4 13 8 .214 .500 22.3 2.0 3.8 0.5
10 DerMarr Johnson 25 3 34 3 13 1 10 0 0 2 10 2 0 1 1 1 7 .231 .100 11.3 2.3 3.3 0.7
11 Linas Kleiza 21 3 14 3 8 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 3 6 .375 .000 4.7 2.0 1.3 0.7
12 Francisco Elson 29 5 75 3 5 0 0 0 0 5 11 2 4 0 3 13 6 .600 15.0 1.2 2.2 0.4

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 Carmelo Anthony 21 5 193 10.7 .431 .333 6.2 14.4 9.7 14.3 1.1 0.4 11.0 31.2 91 105 -0.3 0.3 0.0
2 Andre Miller 29 5 182 15.3 .485 .442 4.4 10.2 6.9 40.2 1.4 0.4 15.9 24.3 98 105 0.0 0.3 0.2
3 Greg Buckner 29 5 137 14.2 .538 .509 2.2 10.6 5.8 8.6 1.1 0.6 1.7 19.1 116 106 0.2 0.2 0.4
4 Marcus Camby 31 5 175 15.9 .432 .419 7.4 31.8 17.9 11.8 1.2 6.3 5.7 17.6 98 97 0.0 0.4 0.4
5 Earl Boykins 29 5 140 11.2 .414 .356 2.1 3.8 2.9 26.3 1.5 0.0 4.3 21.8 98 107 0.0 0.2 0.1
6 Ruben Patterson 30 4 58 10.2 .521 .529 8.6 2.3 5.9 9.9 0.9 0.0 13.5 16.8 100 109 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 Reggie Evans 25 5 69 11.3 .637 .429 11.6 28.8 19.0 0.0 1.5 1.1 28.7 13.3 105 100 0.0 0.1 0.2
8 Kenyon Martin 28 2 35 10.8 .324 .308 17.1 11.4 14.7 5.1 6.0 4.5 17.8 21.2 73 92 -0.1 0.1 0.0
9 Eduardo Najera 29 4 89 -0.4 .254 .214 4.5 16.4 9.6 3.5 1.8 0.0 20.2 9.8 57 104 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
10 DerMarr Johnson 25 3 34 4.0 .269 .269 5.9 31.2 16.8 10.0 0.0 2.3 7.1 18.1 68 102 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
11 Francisco Elson 29 5 75 4.9 .600 .600 6.7 10.6 8.4 4.2 2.8 0.0 37.5 4.7 94 103 0.0 0.1 0.1
12 Linas Kleiza 21 3 14 11.1 .375 .375 7.1 28.4 16.3 30.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.1 95 105 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Kenyon Martin $10,636,364
2 Marcus Camby $9,150,000
3 Andre Miller $8,100,000
4 Earl Watson $5,000,000
5 Eduardo Najera $4,190,476
6 Carmelo Anthony $3,713,640
7 Voshon Lenard $3,520,000
8 Nene Hilario $3,039,889
9 Earl Boykins $2,750,000
10 Greg Buckner $1,670,000
11 Julius Hodge $1,148,760
12 Bryon Russell $1,138,500
13 Linas Kleiza $879,360
14 DerMarr Johnson $835,810
15 Francisco Elson $719,373
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)