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2008-09 Denver Nuggets Roster and Statistics

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54-28, Finished 1st in NBA Northwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: George Karl (54-28)

Points Per Game: 104.3 (6th of 30) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 100.9 (19th of 30)
Pythagorean W-L: 50-32 (8th of 30)

Arena: Pepsi Center ▪ Attendance: 706,165 (17th of 30)

SRS: 3.13 (8th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 94.3 (6th of 30)
Offensive Rating: 110.4 (7th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.8 (8th of 30)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Dallas Mavericks
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (4-1) versus New Orleans Hornets

2008-09 Denver Nuggets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
11 Chris Andersen F 6-10 230 July 7, 1978 6 Blinn College
15 Carmelo Anthony F 6-8 230 May 29, 1984 5 Syracuse University
12 Chucky Atkins G 5-11 160 August 14, 1974 9 University of South Florida
32 Renaldo Balkman F 6-8 208 July 14, 1984 2 University of South Carolina
7 Chauncey Billups G 6-3 202 September 25, 1976 11 University of Colorado
25 Anthony Carter G 6-1 190 June 16, 1975 9 University of Hawaii
6 Jason Hart G 6-3 185 April 29, 1978 7 Syracuse University
31 Nene Hilario F-C 6-11 260 September 13, 1982 6
5 Juwan Howard F 6-9 240 February 7, 1973 14 University of Michigan
3 Allen Iverson G 6-0 165 June 7, 1975 12 Georgetown University
30 Dahntay Jones G 6-6 210 December 27, 1980 5 Duke University
43 Linas Kleiza F 6-8 245 January 3, 1985 3 University of Missouri
4 Kenyon Martin F 6-9 234 December 30, 1977 8 University of Cincinnati
27 Johan Petro C 7-0 247 January 27, 1986 3
35 Cheikh Samb C 7-1 245 October 22, 1984 1
1 J.R. Smith G 6-6 220 September 9, 1985 4
13 Sonny Weems G 6-6 203 July 8, 1986 R University of Arkansas

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 3058 6510 .470 548 1477 .371 1891 2487 .760 905 2507 3412 1820 710 492 1257 1874 8555 104.3
Opponent 82 19730 2966 6738 .440 601 1643 .366 1742 2228 .782 991 2391 3382 1756 648 447 1265 1944 8275 100.9

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 24 66 66 2277 535 1207 .443 63 170 .371 371 468 .793 106 344 450 222 75 24 199 195 1504
2 Chauncey Billups 32 77 77 2719 403 959 .420 160 390 .410 409 448 .913 31 198 229 491 90 17 173 158 1375
3 J.R. Smith 23 81 18 2245 424 950 .446 180 453 .397 205 272 .754 43 254 297 227 78 14 150 190 1233
4 Nene Hilario 26 77 76 2510 428 709 .604 1 5 .200 266 368 .723 183 415 598 108 95 101 147 278 1123
5 Linas Kleiza 24 82 7 1824 289 646 .447 87 267 .326 148 204 .725 92 235 327 64 31 14 82 155 813
6 Kenyon Martin 31 66 66 2111 318 648 .491 14 38 .368 119 197 .604 81 314 395 132 96 74 104 201 769
7 Chris Andersen 30 71 1 1460 160 292 .548 2 10 .200 130 181 .718 163 279 442 31 41 175 69 174 452
8 Dahntay Jones 28 79 71 1426 154 336 .458 11 17 .647 110 151 .728 58 110 168 78 49 19 68 199 429
9 Anthony Carter 33 78 5 1786 167 386 .433 21 88 .239 57 78 .731 40 165 205 364 96 13 155 142 412
10 Renaldo Balkman 24 53 10 780 110 197 .558 2 7 .286 42 65 .646 86 117 203 34 47 23 35 98 264
11 Johan Petro 23 27 10 218 27 63 .429 0 1 .000 6 14 .429 15 48 63 10 3 10 13 56 60
12 Allen Iverson 33 3 3 123 18 40 .450 2 8 .250 18 25 .720 3 5 8 20 3 1 10 3 56
13 Chucky Atkins 34 14 0 115 9 27 .333 5 17 .294 4 4 1.000 0 6 6 28 2 1 10 5 27
14 Sonny Weems 22 12 0 55 8 25 .320 0 3 .000 3 8 .375 0 4 4 3 1 0 6 8 19
15 Jason Hart 30 11 0 36 5 10 .500 0 2 .000 3 4 .750 1 3 4 5 0 0 3 4 13
16 Cheikh Samb 24 6 0 24 2 13 .154 0 1 .000 0 0 2 7 9 1 2 5 2 4 4
17 Juwan Howard 35 3 0 22 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 4 2

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 24 66 66 34.5 8.1 18.3 .443 1.0 2.6 .371 5.6 7.1 .793 1.6 5.2 6.8 3.4 1.1 0.4 3.0 3.0 22.8
2 Allen Iverson 33 3 3 41.0 6.0 13.3 .450 0.7 2.7 .250 6.0 8.3 .720 1.0 1.7 2.7 6.7 1.0 0.3 3.3 1.0 18.7
3 Chauncey Billups 32 77 77 35.3 5.2 12.5 .420 2.1 5.1 .410 5.3 5.8 .913 0.4 2.6 3.0 6.4 1.2 0.2 2.2 2.1 17.9
4 J.R. Smith 23 81 18 27.7 5.2 11.7 .446 2.2 5.6 .397 2.5 3.4 .754 0.5 3.1 3.7 2.8 1.0 0.2 1.9 2.3 15.2
5 Nene Hilario 26 77 76 32.6 5.6 9.2 .604 0.0 0.1 .200 3.5 4.8 .723 2.4 5.4 7.8 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.9 3.6 14.6
6 Kenyon Martin 31 66 66 32.0 4.8 9.8 .491 0.2 0.6 .368 1.8 3.0 .604 1.2 4.8 6.0 2.0 1.5 1.1 1.6 3.0 11.7
7 Linas Kleiza 24 82 7 22.2 3.5 7.9 .447 1.1 3.3 .326 1.8 2.5 .725 1.1 2.9 4.0 0.8 0.4 0.2 1.0 1.9 9.9
8 Chris Andersen 30 71 1 20.6 2.3 4.1 .548 0.0 0.1 .200 1.8 2.5 .718 2.3 3.9 6.2 0.4 0.6 2.5 1.0 2.5 6.4
9 Dahntay Jones 28 79 71 18.1 1.9 4.3 .458 0.1 0.2 .647 1.4 1.9 .728 0.7 1.4 2.1 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.9 2.5 5.4
10 Anthony Carter 33 78 5 22.9 2.1 4.9 .433 0.3 1.1 .239 0.7 1.0 .731 0.5 2.1 2.6 4.7 1.2 0.2 2.0 1.8 5.3
11 Renaldo Balkman 24 53 10 14.7 2.1 3.7 .558 0.0 0.1 .286 0.8 1.2 .646 1.6 2.2 3.8 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.7 1.8 5.0
12 Johan Petro 23 27 10 8.1 1.0 2.3 .429 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.5 .429 0.6 1.8 2.3 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.5 2.1 2.2
13 Chucky Atkins 34 14 0 8.2 0.6 1.9 .333 0.4 1.2 .294 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.0 0.4 0.4 2.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.4 1.9
14 Sonny Weems 22 12 0 4.6 0.7 2.1 .320 0.0 0.3 .000 0.3 0.7 .375 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.7 1.6
15 Jason Hart 30 11 0 3.3 0.5 0.9 .500 0.0 0.2 .000 0.3 0.4 .750 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 1.2
16 Cheikh Samb 24 6 0 4.0 0.3 2.2 .154 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.7
17 Juwan Howard 35 3 0 7.3 0.3 0.7 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.3 0.7

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 24 66 66 2277 8.5 19.1 .443 1.0 2.7 .371 5.9 7.4 .793 1.7 5.4 7.1 3.5 1.2 0.4 3.1 3.1 23.8
2 J.R. Smith 23 81 18 2245 6.8 15.2 .446 2.9 7.3 .397 3.3 4.4 .754 0.7 4.1 4.8 3.6 1.3 0.2 2.4 3.0 19.8
3 Chauncey Billups 32 77 77 2719 5.3 12.7 .420 2.1 5.2 .410 5.4 5.9 .913 0.4 2.6 3.0 6.5 1.2 0.2 2.3 2.1 18.2
4 Allen Iverson 33 3 3 123 5.3 11.7 .450 0.6 2.3 .250 5.3 7.3 .720 0.9 1.5 2.3 5.9 0.9 0.3 2.9 0.9 16.4
5 Nene Hilario 26 77 76 2510 6.1 10.2 .604 0.0 0.1 .200 3.8 5.3 .723 2.6 6.0 8.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 2.1 4.0 16.1
6 Linas Kleiza 24 82 7 1824 5.7 12.7 .447 1.7 5.3 .326 2.9 4.0 .725 1.8 4.6 6.5 1.3 0.6 0.3 1.6 3.1 16.0
7 Kenyon Martin 31 66 66 2111 5.4 11.1 .491 0.2 0.6 .368 2.0 3.4 .604 1.4 5.4 6.7 2.3 1.6 1.3 1.8 3.4 13.1
8 Jason Hart 30 11 0 36 5.0 10.0 .500 0.0 2.0 .000 3.0 4.0 .750 1.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 13.0
9 Sonny Weems 22 12 0 55 5.2 16.4 .320 0.0 2.0 .000 2.0 5.2 .375 0.0 2.6 2.6 2.0 0.7 0.0 3.9 5.2 12.4
10 Renaldo Balkman 24 53 10 780 5.1 9.1 .558 0.1 0.3 .286 1.9 3.0 .646 4.0 5.4 9.4 1.6 2.2 1.1 1.6 4.5 12.2
11 Chris Andersen 30 71 1 1460 3.9 7.2 .548 0.0 0.2 .200 3.2 4.5 .718 4.0 6.9 10.9 0.8 1.0 4.3 1.7 4.3 11.1
12 Dahntay Jones 28 79 71 1426 3.9 8.5 .458 0.3 0.4 .647 2.8 3.8 .728 1.5 2.8 4.2 2.0 1.2 0.5 1.7 5.0 10.8
13 Johan Petro 23 27 10 218 4.5 10.4 .429 0.0 0.2 .000 1.0 2.3 .429 2.5 7.9 10.4 1.7 0.5 1.7 2.1 9.2 9.9
14 Chucky Atkins 34 14 0 115 2.8 8.5 .333 1.6 5.3 .294 1.3 1.3 1.000 0.0 1.9 1.9 8.8 0.6 0.3 3.1 1.6 8.5
15 Anthony Carter 33 78 5 1786 3.4 7.8 .433 0.4 1.8 .239 1.1 1.6 .731 0.8 3.3 4.1 7.3 1.9 0.3 3.1 2.9 8.3
16 Cheikh Samb 24 6 0 24 3.0 19.5 .154 0.0 1.5 .000 0.0 0.0 3.0 10.5 13.5 1.5 3.0 7.5 3.0 6.0 6.0
17 Juwan Howard 35 3 0 22 1.6 3.3 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 4.9 6.5 3.3 1.6 1.6 0.0 6.5 3.3

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 Chauncey Billups 32 77 2719 18.8 .595 .504 1.4 8.2 4.9 28.8 1.7 0.5 13.0 21.8 121 110 7.8 2.1 9.9
2 Nene Hilario 26 77 2510 18.8 .645 .604 8.7 18.7 13.8 7.1 1.9 3.1 14.4 18.1 120 105 5.6 3.7 9.3
3 J.R. Smith 23 81 2245 16.8 .576 .541 2.3 12.8 7.7 17.3 1.8 0.5 12.3 24.2 111 109 3.6 2.2 5.8
4 Chris Andersen 30 71 1460 18.1 .608 .551 13.4 21.6 17.6 3.2 1.4 9.3 15.7 13.4 120 101 2.5 2.8 5.4
5 Carmelo Anthony 24 66 2277 19.0 .532 .469 5.6 17.0 11.5 18.1 1.7 0.8 12.3 31.5 105 107 2.4 2.6 5.0
6 Kenyon Martin 31 66 2111 13.6 .523 .502 4.6 16.8 10.9 10.0 2.3 2.7 12.4 17.7 104 105 0.9 3.1 4.0
7 Linas Kleiza 24 82 1824 13.2 .552 .515 6.0 14.5 10.4 5.7 0.9 0.6 10.0 20.0 110 110 2.1 1.5 3.6
8 Renaldo Balkman 24 53 780 16.8 .585 .563 13.2 16.9 15.1 6.9 3.1 2.3 13.4 14.9 118 103 1.3 1.3 2.6
9 Dahntay Jones 28 79 1426 9.0 .533 .475 4.9 8.7 6.8 8.2 1.7 1.0 14.5 14.7 105 110 0.7 1.3 2.0
10 Anthony Carter 33 78 1786 10.8 .490 .460 2.7 10.4 6.7 29.9 2.7 0.6 26.9 14.3 98 107 -0.3 2.1 1.8
11 Allen Iverson 33 3 123 15.2 .549 .475 2.9 4.6 3.8 25.9 1.2 0.6 16.4 22.1 109 113 0.2 0.1 0.2
12 Juwan Howard 35 3 22 9.6 .500 .500 5.4 15.4 10.6 12.5 2.3 3.5 0.0 4.0 144 104 0.0 0.0 0.1
13 Johan Petro 23 27 218 6.3 .434 .429 8.2 24.8 16.8 7.0 0.7 3.6 15.8 16.8 88 105 -0.2 0.3 0.1
14 Jason Hart 30 11 36 9.8 .553 .500 3.3 9.4 6.5 21.8 0.0 0.0 20.3 18.3 104 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Chucky Atkins 34 14 115 8.9 .469 .426 0.0 5.9 3.0 34.9 0.9 0.7 25.8 15.0 99 113 0.0 0.1 0.0
16 Cheikh Samb 24 6 24 2.9 .154 .154 10.0 32.9 21.8 6.0 4.2 16.1 13.3 27.8 44 86 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
17 Sonny Weems 22 12 55 -3.9 .333 .320 0.0 8.2 4.2 8.7 0.9 0.0 17.4 27.9 62 112 -0.3 0.0 -0.3

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 24 16 612 146 322 24 66 119 144 26 93 65 28 10 37 60 435 .453 .364 .826 38.3 27.2 5.8 4.1
2 Chauncey Billups 32 16 619 90 197 44 94 106 117 5 61 109 20 4 31 38 330 .457 .468 .906 38.7 20.6 3.8 6.8
3 J.R. Smith 23 16 435 88 194 38 106 25 46 11 53 45 17 4 26 51 239 .454 .358 .543 27.2 14.9 3.3 2.8
4 Nene Hilario 26 16 525 69 126 0 0 46 70 37 120 42 20 10 31 65 184 .548 .657 32.8 11.5 7.5 2.6
5 Kenyon Martin 31 16 538 75 151 1 5 23 35 24 94 34 18 14 26 60 174 .497 .200 .657 33.6 10.9 5.9 2.1
6 Dahntay Jones 28 16 280 38 79 3 12 33 43 16 38 10 13 5 13 41 112 .481 .250 .767 17.5 7.0 2.4 0.6
7 Chris Andersen 30 15 328 34 54 0 1 29 44 29 95 9 5 32 8 42 97 .630 .000 .659 21.9 6.5 6.3 0.6
8 Linas Kleiza 24 14 210 31 66 17 40 18 24 8 45 7 5 1 2 17 97 .470 .425 .750 15.0 6.9 3.2 0.5
9 Anthony Carter 33 16 228 20 49 2 12 2 4 11 32 34 15 1 11 27 44 .408 .167 .500 14.3 2.8 2.0 2.1
10 Johan Petro 23 10 26 2 9 0 0 5 8 2 6 1 0 1 1 4 9 .222 .625 2.6 0.9 0.6 0.1
11 Renaldo Balkman 24 8 20 2 6 0 1 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 3 4 .333 .000 2.5 0.5 0.5 0.1
12 Jason Hart 30 9 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 1 1 5 2 .500 2.1 0.2 0.3 0.6

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 Chauncey Billups 32 16 619 22.9 .664 .569 1.0 11.0 5.9 27.9 1.7 0.6 11.1 20.6 135 110 2.8 0.4 3.2
2 Carmelo Anthony 24 16 612 24.3 .564 .491 5.0 13.3 9.1 19.8 2.4 1.4 8.8 31.5 116 108 1.9 0.6 2.6
3 Chris Andersen 30 15 328 18.4 .661 .630 10.5 24.4 17.4 4.1 0.8 8.4 9.8 11.3 136 103 0.9 0.5 1.4
4 Nene Hilario 26 16 525 15.4 .587 .548 8.4 19.2 13.7 12.4 2.0 1.6 16.5 16.3 115 107 0.8 0.6 1.4
5 J.R. Smith 23 16 435 16.9 .558 .552 3.0 11.7 7.3 18.0 2.0 0.8 10.8 25.2 109 109 0.6 0.4 1.0
6 Linas Kleiza 24 14 210 18.4 .633 .598 4.5 21.4 12.8 5.3 1.2 0.4 2.5 17.1 133 108 0.7 0.2 0.9
7 Kenyon Martin 31 16 538 12.0 .523 .500 5.3 15.8 10.5 9.9 1.7 2.2 13.5 16.3 104 108 0.3 0.6 0.8
8 Dahntay Jones 28 16 280 13.9 .572 .500 6.8 9.5 8.1 5.6 2.4 1.5 11.7 18.1 114 108 0.4 0.3 0.7
9 Anthony Carter 33 16 228 10.6 .433 .429 5.7 11.2 8.4 21.7 3.4 0.4 17.8 12.4 102 106 0.1 0.3 0.3
10 Renaldo Balkman 24 8 20 16.0 .333 .333 11.9 12.1 12.0 7.4 10.4 0.0 0.0 13.7 98 91 0.0 0.1 0.1
11 Jason Hart 30 9 19 14.1 .500 .500 0.0 19.2 9.5 36.4 5.5 4.5 33.3 7.2 116 97 0.0 0.0 0.1
12 Johan Petro 23 10 26 5.5 .359 .222 9.1 18.7 13.8 5.5 0.0 3.3 7.4 23.7 87 110 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Kenyon Martin $14,431,816
2 Carmelo Anthony $14,410,581
3 Chauncey Billups $11,050,000
4 Nene Hilario $9,680,000
5 J.R. Smith $4,985,001
6 Steven Hunter $3,862,600
7 Antonio McDyess $3,000,000
8 Johan Petro $1,939,893
9 Linas Kleiza $1,824,493
10 Renaldo Balkman $1,369,920
11 Anthony Carter $1,147,533
12 Chris Andersen $998,398
13 Dahntay Jones $926,678
14 Sonny Weems $442,114
15 Juwan Howard $51,976
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)