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1974-75 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats

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Record: 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

Western Div. Champs

Roster

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

Team and Opponent Stats

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

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 59 25 7.26 -0.67 6.62 109.4 102.7 107.6 .511 17.0 35.6 .263 .480 17.0 63.1 .202 Denver Auditorium Arena
Lg Rank 3 3 2 8 1 2 3 1 1 9 4 1 6 1 10 5

Totals

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 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 GS 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 GS 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

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 Mike Green 23 13 487 112 226 .496 0 1 .000 53 60 .883 54 67 121 14 10 21 27 51 277
2 Ralph Simpson 25 13 471 102 214 .477 1 6 .167 53 68 .779 18 47 65 74 22 3 55 30 258
3 Mack Calvin 27 13 444 76 163 .466 3 8 .375 78 82 .951 6 35 41 68 23 1 39 50 233
4 Dave Robisch 25 13 354 73 151 .483 0 0 46 53 .868 27 48 75 22 11 8 13 31 192
5 Bobby Jones 23 13 428 69 129 .535 0 1 .000 31 40 .775 35 76 111 38 12 12 31 49 169
6 Byron Beck 30 13 278 69 134 .515 0 0 24 28 .857 21 29 50 18 4 3 21 44 162
7 Fatty Taylor 28 13 275 29 64 .453 0 1 .000 15 19 .789 16 22 38 37 27 2 15 36 73
8 Jan Van Breda Kolff 23 12 192 17 40 .425 0 0 29 31 .935 18 22 40 15 4 6 14 27 63
9 Claude Terry 25 12 135 23 58 .397 1 10 .100 3 5 .600 5 8 13 13 1 1 4 18 50
10 Donald Washington 22 4 26 5 10 .500 0 0 1 1 1.000 2 4 6 2 1 2 4 9 11
11 Patrick McFarland 23 5 30 2 8 .250 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 2 0 0 6 3 6

Playoffs Per Game

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 Mike Green 23 13 37.5 8.6 17.4 .496 0.0 0.1 .000 4.1 4.6 .883 4.2 5.2 9.3 1.1 0.8 1.6 2.1 3.9 21.3
2 Ralph Simpson 25 13 36.2 7.8 16.5 .477 0.1 0.5 .167 4.1 5.2 .779 1.4 3.6 5.0 5.7 1.7 0.2 4.2 2.3 19.8
3 Mack Calvin 27 13 34.2 5.8 12.5 .466 0.2 0.6 .375 6.0 6.3 .951 0.5 2.7 3.2 5.2 1.8 0.1 3.0 3.8 17.9
4 Dave Robisch 25 13 27.2 5.6 11.6 .483 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.1 .868 2.1 3.7 5.8 1.7 0.8 0.6 1.0 2.4 14.8
5 Bobby Jones 23 13 32.9 5.3 9.9 .535 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.1 .775 2.7 5.8 8.5 2.9 0.9 0.9 2.4 3.8 13.0
6 Byron Beck 30 13 21.4 5.3 10.3 .515 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.2 .857 1.6 2.2 3.8 1.4 0.3 0.2 1.6 3.4 12.5
7 Fatty Taylor 28 13 21.2 2.2 4.9 .453 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.5 .789 1.2 1.7 2.9 2.8 2.1 0.2 1.2 2.8 5.6
8 Jan Van Breda Kolff 23 12 16.0 1.4 3.3 .425 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.6 .935 1.5 1.8 3.3 1.3 0.3 0.5 1.2 2.3 5.3
9 Claude Terry 25 12 11.3 1.9 4.8 .397 0.1 0.8 .100 0.3 0.4 .600 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.5 4.2
10 Donald Washington 22 4 6.5 1.3 2.5 .500 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 1.0 2.3 2.8
11 Patrick McFarland 23 5 6.0 0.4 1.6 .250 0.0 0.4 .000 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.6 1.2

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

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 Byron Beck 30 13 278 8.9 17.4 .515 0.0 0.0 3.1 3.6 .857 2.7 3.8 6.5 2.3 0.5 0.4 2.7 5.7 21.0
2 Mike Green 23 13 487 8.3 16.7 .496 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 4.4 .883 4.0 5.0 8.9 1.0 0.7 1.6 2.0 3.8 20.5
3 Ralph Simpson 25 13 471 7.8 16.4 .477 0.1 0.5 .167 4.1 5.2 .779 1.4 3.6 5.0 5.7 1.7 0.2 4.2 2.3 19.7
4 Dave Robisch 25 13 354 7.4 15.4 .483 0.0 0.0 4.7 5.4 .868 2.7 4.9 7.6 2.2 1.1 0.8 1.3 3.2 19.5
5 Mack Calvin 27 13 444 6.2 13.2 .466 0.2 0.6 .375 6.3 6.6 .951 0.5 2.8 3.3 5.5 1.9 0.1 3.2 4.1 18.9
6 Donald Washington 22 4 26 6.9 13.8 .500 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.4 1.000 2.8 5.5 8.3 2.8 1.4 2.8 5.5 12.5 15.2
7 Bobby Jones 23 13 428 5.8 10.9 .535 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 3.4 .775 2.9 6.4 9.3 3.2 1.0 1.0 2.6 4.1 14.2
8 Claude Terry 25 12 135 6.1 15.5 .397 0.3 2.7 .100 0.8 1.3 .600 1.3 2.1 3.5 3.5 0.3 0.3 1.1 4.8 13.3
9 Jan Van Breda Kolff 23 12 192 3.2 7.5 .425 0.0 0.0 5.4 5.8 .935 3.4 4.1 7.5 2.8 0.7 1.1 2.6 5.1 11.8
10 Fatty Taylor 28 13 275 3.8 8.4 .453 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.5 .789 2.1 2.9 5.0 4.8 3.5 0.3 2.0 4.7 9.6
11 Patrick McFarland 23 5 30 2.4 9.6 .250 0.0 2.4 .000 2.4 2.4 1.000 1.2 2.4 3.6 2.4 0.0 0.0 7.2 3.6 7.2

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 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
3 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
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 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
10 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
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