1974-75 Denver Nuggets Roster and Statistics

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65-19, Finished 1st in ABA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Larry Brown (65-19)

PTS/G: 118.7 (1st of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 111.4 (7th of 10)
SRS: 6.62 (1st of 10) ▪ Pace: 107.6 (1st of 10)
Off Rtg: 109.4 (2nd of 10) ▪ Def Rtg: 102.7 (3rd of 10)
Expected W-L: 59-25 (3rd of 10)

Arena: Denver Auditorium Arena ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Indiana Pacers
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-2) versus Utah Stars

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
40	Byron Beck	C-F	6-9	225	January 25, 1945	7	University of Denver
20	Mack Calvin	G	6-0	165	July 27, 1947	5	University of Southern California
22	Mike Green	C-F	6-10	200	August 6, 1951	1	Louisiana Tech University
24	Bobby Jones	F	6-9	210	December 18, 1951	R	University of North Carolina
15	Patrick McFarland	F-G	6-5	185	December 7, 1951	1	Saint Joseph's University
25	Dave Robisch	C-F	6-10	235	December 22, 1949	3	University of Kansas
44	Ralph Simpson	G-F	6-5	200	August 10, 1949	4	Michigan State University
14	Fatty Taylor	G	6-0	175	March 13, 1946	5	La Salle University
21	Claude Terry	G-F	6-4	195	January 12, 1950	2	Stanford University
32	Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	6-7	195	December 16, 1951	R	Vanderbilt University
10	Donald Washington	F	6-8	210	April 22, 1952	R	University of North Carolina

Team and Opponent Statistics

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	84	20335	3953	7764	.509	22	102	.216	2041	2546	.802	1285	2531	3816	2450	975	501	1821	2065	9969	118.7
Lg Rank		5	1	8	1	10	10	10	1	1	2	6	8	8	1	1	3	10	2	1	1
Opponent	84	20335	3809	8049	.473	112	373	.300	1629	2152	.757	1478	2325	3803	2073	954	560	1843	2128	9359	111.4
Lg Rank		5	6	9	5	8	8	6	6	7	3	9	1	2	6	10	10	1	9	7	7

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Ralph Simpson	25	82	2863	694	1374	.505	1	12	.083	303	402	.754	108	283	391	442	166	19	314	214	1692
2	Mack Calvin	27	74	2463	483	996	.485	3	16	.188	475	530	.896	36	174	210	570	140	8	279	206	1444
3	Mike Green	23	81	2557	593	1095	.542	0	4	.000	225	305	.738	282	467	749	101	85	174	203	271	1411
4	Bobby Jones	23	84	2706	529	876	.604	0	1	.000	187	269	.695	230	462	692	303	167	153	234	263	1245
5	Dave Robisch	25	84	1899	392	779	.503	0	1	.000	304	346	.879	161	342	503	153	46	48	108	205	1088
6	Byron Beck	30	84	1818	384	745	.515	0	1	.000	81	97	.835	127	216	343	106	59	14	76	270	849
7	Fatty Taylor	28	76	2018	251	586	.428	6	21	.286	129	172	.750	85	136	221	337	172	16	248	238	637
8	Jan Van Breda Kolff	23	84	1639	155	342	.453	0	3	.000	177	211	.839	121	237	358	181	48	43	122	164	487
9	Claude Terry	25	70	989	193	364	.530	10	25	.400	70	92	.761	57	83	140	111	33	2	80	82	466
10	Patrick McFarland	23	70	945	200	424	.472	2	16	.125	52	66	.788	37	83	120	116	47	5	108	60	454
11	Donald Washington	22	50	438	79	183	.432	0	2	.000	38	56	.679	41	48	89	30	12	19	49	92	196

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Ralph Simpson	25	82	34.9	8.5	16.8	.505	0.0	0.1	.083	3.7	4.9	.754	1.3	3.5	4.8	5.4	2.0	0.2	3.8	2.6	20.6
2	Mack Calvin	27	74	33.3	6.5	13.5	.485	0.0	0.2	.188	6.4	7.2	.896	0.5	2.4	2.8	7.7	1.9	0.1	3.8	2.8	19.5
3	Mike Green	23	81	31.6	7.3	13.5	.542	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.8	.738	3.5	5.8	9.2	1.2	1.0	2.1	2.5	3.3	17.4
4	Bobby Jones	23	84	32.2	6.3	10.4	.604	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.2	.695	2.7	5.5	8.2	3.6	2.0	1.8	2.8	3.1	14.8
5	Dave Robisch	25	84	22.6	4.7	9.3	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.1	.879	1.9	4.1	6.0	1.8	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.4	13.0
6	Byron Beck	30	84	21.6	4.6	8.9	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.835	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.9	3.2	10.1
7	Fatty Taylor	28	76	26.6	3.3	7.7	.428	0.1	0.3	.286	1.7	2.3	.750	1.1	1.8	2.9	4.4	2.3	0.2	3.3	3.1	8.4
8	Claude Terry	25	70	14.1	2.8	5.2	.530	0.1	0.4	.400	1.0	1.3	.761	0.8	1.2	2.0	1.6	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.2	6.7
9	Patrick McFarland	23	70	13.5	2.9	6.1	.472	0.0	0.2	.125	0.7	0.9	.788	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.7	0.7	0.1	1.5	0.9	6.5
10	Jan Van Breda Kolff	23	84	19.5	1.8	4.1	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.5	.839	1.4	2.8	4.3	2.2	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	5.8
11	Donald Washington	22	50	8.8	1.6	3.7	.432	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.679	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.0	1.8	3.9

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Ralph Simpson	25	82	2863	8.7	17.3	.505	0.0	0.2	.083	3.8	5.1	.754	1.4	3.6	4.9	5.6	2.1	0.2	3.9	2.7	21.3
2	Mack Calvin	27	74	2463	7.1	14.6	.485	0.0	0.2	.188	6.9	7.7	.896	0.5	2.5	3.1	8.3	2.0	0.1	4.1	3.0	21.1
3	Dave Robisch	25	84	1899	7.4	14.8	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	5.8	6.6	.879	3.1	6.5	9.5	2.9	0.9	0.9	2.0	3.9	20.6
4	Mike Green	23	81	2557	8.3	15.4	.542	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.3	.738	4.0	6.6	10.5	1.4	1.2	2.4	2.9	3.8	19.9
5	Patrick McFarland	23	70	945	7.6	16.2	.472	0.1	0.6	.125	2.0	2.5	.788	1.4	3.2	4.6	4.4	1.8	0.2	4.1	2.3	17.3
6	Claude Terry	25	70	989	7.0	13.2	.530	0.4	0.9	.400	2.5	3.3	.761	2.1	3.0	5.1	4.0	1.2	0.1	2.9	3.0	17.0
7	Byron Beck	30	84	1818	7.6	14.8	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	1.9	.835	2.5	4.3	6.8	2.1	1.2	0.3	1.5	5.3	16.8
8	Bobby Jones	23	84	2706	7.0	11.7	.604	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.6	.695	3.1	6.1	9.2	4.0	2.2	2.0	3.1	3.5	16.6
9	Donald Washington	22	50	438	6.5	15.0	.432	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	4.6	.679	3.4	3.9	7.3	2.5	1.0	1.6	4.0	7.6	16.1
10	Fatty Taylor	28	76	2018	4.5	10.5	.428	0.1	0.4	.286	2.3	3.1	.750	1.5	2.4	3.9	6.0	3.1	0.3	4.4	4.2	11.4
11	Jan Van Breda Kolff	23	84	1639	3.4	7.5	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.6	.839	2.7	5.2	7.9	4.0	1.1	0.9	2.7	3.6	10.7

Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Bobby Jones	23	84	2706	19.4	.626	.604	9.6	17.3	13.7	14.4	2.8	3.0	19.0	17.2	115	99	5.5	4.7	10.2	.181
2	Mack Calvin	27	74	2463	19.2	.587	.486	1.6	7.2	4.6	29.8	2.5	0.2	18.5	23.3	114	105	6.5	2.5	9.0	.176
3	Mike Green	23	81	2557	18.8	.574	.542	12.4	18.5	15.6	5.3	1.5	3.6	14.2	21.3	111	101	4.8	3.9	8.7	.163
4	Dave Robisch	25	84	1899	19.4	.584	.503	9.6	18.3	14.1	10.5	1.1	1.3	10.4	20.8	122	103	6.1	2.4	8.5	.214
5	Ralph Simpson	25	82	2863	17.3	.545	.505	4.2	10.0	7.3	21.2	2.6	0.4	16.8	24.7	105	103	3.8	3.4	7.2	.120
6	Byron Beck	30	84	1818	13.6	.539	.515	7.9	12.1	10.1	7.7	1.4	0.4	8.8	18.0	114	105	3.3	1.8	5.1	.134
7	Jan Van Breda Kolff	23	84	1639	11.9	.560	.453	8.3	14.7	11.7	12.6	1.3	1.4	21.9	12.9	110	104	1.9	1.9	3.8	.111
8	Claude Terry	25	70	989	14.3	.576	.544	6.5	8.5	7.6	14.4	1.5	0.1	16.5	18.6	110	106	1.6	0.8	2.4	.117
9	Fatty Taylor	28	76	2018	9.9	.481	.433	4.7	6.8	5.8	19.7	3.8	0.4	27.3	17.1	90	102	-1.5	2.7	1.2	.029
10	Patrick McFarland	23	70	945	12.2	.501	.474	4.4	8.9	6.8	16.1	2.2	0.3	19.2	22.6	94	105	-0.2	1.0	0.7	.037
11	Donald Washington	22	50	438	9.2	.472	.432	10.5	11.1	10.8	8.7	1.2	2.3	19.1	22.3	92	104	-0.3	0.5	0.2	.022

Playoffs

			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	Mike Green	23	13	487	112	226	0	1	53	60	54	121	14	10	21	27	51	277	.496	.000	.883	37.5	21.3	9.3	1.1
2	Ralph Simpson	25	13	471	102	214	1	6	53	68	18	65	74	22	3	55	30	258	.477	.167	.779	36.2	19.8	5.0	5.7
3	Mack Calvin	27	13	444	76	163	3	8	78	82	6	41	68	23	1	39	50	233	.466	.375	.951	34.2	17.9	3.2	5.2
4	Dave Robisch	25	13	354	73	151	0	0	46	53	27	75	22	11	8	13	31	192	.483		.868	27.2	14.8	5.8	1.7
5	Bobby Jones	23	13	428	69	129	0	1	31	40	35	111	38	12	12	31	49	169	.535	.000	.775	32.9	13.0	8.5	2.9
6	Byron Beck	30	13	278	69	134	0	0	24	28	21	50	18	4	3	21	44	162	.515		.857	21.4	12.5	3.8	1.4
7	Fatty Taylor	28	13	275	29	64	0	1	15	19	16	38	37	27	2	15	36	73	.453	.000	.789	21.2	5.6	2.9	2.8
8	Jan Van Breda Kolff	23	12	192	17	40	0	0	29	31	18	40	15	4	6	14	27	63	.425		.935	16.0	5.3	3.3	1.3
9	Claude Terry	25	12	135	23	58	1	10	3	5	5	13	13	1	1	4	18	50	.397	.100	.600	11.3	4.2	1.1	1.1
10	Donald Washington	22	4	26	5	10	0	0	1	1	2	6	2	1	2	4	9	11	.500		1.000	6.5	2.8	1.5	0.5
11	Patrick McFarland	23	5	30	2	8	0	2	2	2	1	3	2	0	0	6	3	6	.250	.000	1.000	6.0	1.2	0.6	0.4

Playoffs Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Mike Green	23	13	487	18.2	.549	.496	11.8	14.3	13.1	4.1	0.9	2.4	9.7	22.4	115	112	1.1	0.2	1.3	.128
2	Dave Robisch	25	13	354	18.5	.551	.483	8.1	14.1	11.1	8.6	1.4	1.3	6.9	20.7	121	112	0.9	0.2	1.1	.152
3	Mack Calvin	27	13	444	16.4	.585	.475	1.4	8.2	4.9	20.3	2.4	0.1	16.4	20.9	115	112	0.9	0.2	1.1	.117
4	Bobby Jones	23	13	428	14.9	.576	.535	8.7	18.5	13.6	11.6	1.3	1.6	17.5	16.2	112	110	0.6	0.3	0.9	.098
5	Fatty Taylor	28	13	275	12.8	.504	.453	6.2	8.3	7.3	16.4	4.5	0.4	17.2	12.4	108	108	0.2	0.3	0.5	.084
6	Byron Beck	30	13	278	15.1	.554	.515	8.0	10.8	9.4	9.6	0.7	0.6	12.6	23.5	110	115	0.4	0.0	0.5	.083
7	Ralph Simpson	25	13	471	15.9	.529	.479	4.1	10.4	7.2	22.2	2.2	0.4	18.4	24.8	102	112	0.2	0.2	0.4	.044
8	Jan Van Breda Kolff	23	12	192	11.9	.587	.425	9.9	11.9	10.9	9.3	1.0	1.8	20.7	13.8	115	113	0.3	0.1	0.4	.088
9	Donald Washington	22	4	26	8.5	.527	.500	8.2	16.0	12.1	10.5	1.8	4.3	27.7	21.7	87	108	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.028
10	Claude Terry	25	12	135	7.6	.415	.405	3.9	6.2	5.1	12.8	0.3	0.4	6.2	18.6	98	117	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.012
11	Patrick McFarland	23	5	30	-5.1	.338	.250	3.5	6.9	5.3	7.8	0.0	0.0	40.3	19.4	52	118	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.282

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