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1975-76 Denver Nuggets Roster and Statistics

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60-24, Finished 1st in ABA (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Larry Brown (60-24)

PTS/G: 121.9 (1st of 9) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 115.9 (7th of 9)
SRS: 5.46 (1st of 9) ▪ Pace: 111.2 (1st of 9)
Off Rtg: 108.7 (2nd of 9) ▪ Def Rtg: 103.4 (4th of 9)
Expected W-L: 56-28 (1st of 9)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Finals (4-2) versus New York Nets
Won ABA Semifinals (4-3) versus Kentucky Colonels

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
40 Byron Beck C-F 6-9 225 January 25, 1945 8 University of Denver
10 Jim Bradley F 6-8 215 March 16, 1952 2 Northern Illinois University
20 Roger Brown C 6-11 225 February 23, 1950 2 University of Kansas
15 James Foster G 6-1 175 December 16, 1951 1 University of Connecticut
22 Gus Gerard F-G 6-8 200 July 27, 1953 1 University of Virginia
30 George Irvine F-G 6-6 200 February 1, 1948 5 University of Washington
25 Dan Issel C-F 6-9 235 October 25, 1948 5 University of Kentucky
24 Bobby Jones F 6-9 210 December 18, 1951 1 University of North Carolina
44 Ralph Simpson G-F 6-5 200 August 10, 1949 5 Michigan State University
21 Claude Terry G-F 6-4 195 January 12, 1950 3 Stanford University
33 David Thompson G-F 6-4 195 July 13, 1954 R North Carolina State University
13 Monte Towe G 5-7 150 September 27, 1953 R North Carolina State University
10 Marvin Webster C 7-1 225 April 13, 1952 R Morgan State University
11 Chuck Williams G 6-2 175 June 6, 1946 5 University of Colorado

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 20310 4059 8036 .505 41 178 .230 2078 2667 .779 1311 2776 4087 2442 891 539 1755 1988 10237 121.9
Lg Rank 5 1 4 1 6 6 8 1 1 4 6 4 6 1 4 3 8 6 1 1
Opponent 84 20310 4027 8683 .464 113 418 .270 1567 2061 .760 1662 2578 4240 2133 952 485 1763 2287 9734 115.9
Lg Rank 5 9 9 5 8 8 1 3 3 2 9 3 7 8 9 5 1 9 9 7

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 David Thompson 21 83 3101 807 1567 .515 3 19 .158 541 681 .794 228 297 525 308 136 102 250 282 2158
2 Dan Issel 27 84 2856 752 1472 .511 1 4 .250 425 521 .816 303 620 923 201 100 56 200 266 1930
3 Ralph Simpson 26 84 3121 619 1211 .511 4 24 .167 273 350 .780 121 333 454 597 153 23 360 183 1515
4 Bobby Jones 24 83 2845 510 898 .568 0 0 215 308 .698 241 550 791 331 170 184 232 253 1235
5 Chuck Williams 29 79 2529 339 660 .514 0 4 .000 188 231 .814 41 169 210 375 115 7 180 215 866
6 Byron Beck 31 80 1586 334 646 .517 5 11 .455 97 116 .836 123 231 354 116 48 20 91 192 770
7 Gus Gerard 22 60 1185 240 553 .434 3 7 .429 111 158 .703 94 207 301 122 51 54 141 169 594
8 Claude Terry 26 79 1349 232 500 .464 13 55 .236 80 89 .899 42 110 152 146 40 5 96 116 557
9 Monte Towe 22 64 576 72 179 .402 9 42 .214 36 44 .818 6 49 55 136 37 5 81 84 189
10 Marvin Webster 23 38 398 55 120 .458 0 1 .000 55 78 .705 63 111 174 30 9 52 38 60 165
11 James Foster 24 48 352 54 145 .372 1 8 .125 39 64 .609 19 23 42 47 19 4 63 78 148
12 Roger Brown 25 37 291 28 61 .459 2 2 1.000 16 24 .667 25 50 75 22 8 22 17 63 74
13 Jim Bradley 23 7 107 15 38 .395 0 0 2 3 .667 4 26 30 11 5 5 5 26 32
14 George Irvine 27 3 14 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4

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 David Thompson 21 83 37.4 9.7 18.9 .515 0.0 0.2 .158 6.5 8.2 .794 2.7 3.6 6.3 3.7 1.6 1.2 3.0 3.4 26.0
2 Dan Issel 27 84 34.0 9.0 17.5 .511 0.0 0.0 .250 5.1 6.2 .816 3.6 7.4 11.0 2.4 1.2 0.7 2.4 3.2 23.0
3 Ralph Simpson 26 84 37.2 7.4 14.4 .511 0.0 0.3 .167 3.3 4.2 .780 1.4 4.0 5.4 7.1 1.8 0.3 4.3 2.2 18.0
4 Bobby Jones 24 83 34.3 6.1 10.8 .568 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.7 .698 2.9 6.6 9.5 4.0 2.0 2.2 2.8 3.0 14.9
5 Chuck Williams 29 79 32.0 4.3 8.4 .514 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 2.9 .814 0.5 2.1 2.7 4.7 1.5 0.1 2.3 2.7 11.0
6 Gus Gerard 22 60 19.8 4.0 9.2 .434 0.1 0.1 .429 1.9 2.6 .703 1.6 3.5 5.0 2.0 0.9 0.9 2.4 2.8 9.9
7 Byron Beck 31 80 19.8 4.2 8.1 .517 0.1 0.1 .455 1.2 1.5 .836 1.5 2.9 4.4 1.5 0.6 0.3 1.1 2.4 9.6
8 Claude Terry 26 79 17.1 2.9 6.3 .464 0.2 0.7 .236 1.0 1.1 .899 0.5 1.4 1.9 1.8 0.5 0.1 1.2 1.5 7.1
9 Jim Bradley 23 7 15.3 2.1 5.4 .395 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 .667 0.6 3.7 4.3 1.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 3.7 4.6
10 Marvin Webster 23 38 10.5 1.4 3.2 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.1 .705 1.7 2.9 4.6 0.8 0.2 1.4 1.0 1.6 4.3
11 James Foster 24 48 7.3 1.1 3.0 .372 0.0 0.2 .125 0.8 1.3 .609 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.4 0.1 1.3 1.6 3.1
12 Monte Towe 22 64 9.0 1.1 2.8 .402 0.1 0.7 .214 0.6 0.7 .818 0.1 0.8 0.9 2.1 0.6 0.1 1.3 1.3 3.0
13 Roger Brown 25 37 7.9 0.8 1.6 .459 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.4 0.6 .667 0.7 1.4 2.0 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.5 1.7 2.0
14 George Irvine 27 3 4.7 0.7 2.0 .333 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.3

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 David Thompson 21 83 3101 9.4 18.2 .515 0.0 0.2 .158 6.3 7.9 .794 2.6 3.4 6.1 3.6 1.6 1.2 2.9 3.3 25.1
2 Dan Issel 27 84 2856 9.5 18.6 .511 0.0 0.1 .250 5.4 6.6 .816 3.8 7.8 11.6 2.5 1.3 0.7 2.5 3.4 24.3
3 Gus Gerard 22 60 1185 7.3 16.8 .434 0.1 0.2 .429 3.4 4.8 .703 2.9 6.3 9.1 3.7 1.5 1.6 4.3 5.1 18.0
4 Ralph Simpson 26 84 3121 7.1 14.0 .511 0.0 0.3 .167 3.1 4.0 .780 1.4 3.8 5.2 6.9 1.8 0.3 4.2 2.1 17.5
5 Byron Beck 31 80 1586 7.6 14.7 .517 0.1 0.2 .455 2.2 2.6 .836 2.8 5.2 8.0 2.6 1.1 0.5 2.1 4.4 17.5
6 Bobby Jones 24 83 2845 6.5 11.4 .568 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.9 .698 3.0 7.0 10.0 4.2 2.2 2.3 2.9 3.2 15.6
7 James Foster 24 48 352 5.5 14.8 .372 0.1 0.8 .125 4.0 6.5 .609 1.9 2.4 4.3 4.8 1.9 0.4 6.4 8.0 15.1
8 Claude Terry 26 79 1349 6.2 13.3 .464 0.3 1.5 .236 2.1 2.4 .899 1.1 2.9 4.1 3.9 1.1 0.1 2.6 3.1 14.9
9 Marvin Webster 23 38 398 5.0 10.9 .458 0.0 0.1 .000 5.0 7.1 .705 5.7 10.0 15.7 2.7 0.8 4.7 3.4 5.4 14.9
10 Chuck Williams 29 79 2529 4.8 9.4 .514 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 3.3 .814 0.6 2.4 3.0 5.3 1.6 0.1 2.6 3.1 12.3
11 Monte Towe 22 64 576 4.5 11.2 .402 0.6 2.6 .214 2.3 2.7 .818 0.4 3.1 3.4 8.5 2.3 0.3 5.1 5.2 11.8
12 Jim Bradley 23 7 107 5.0 12.8 .395 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 .667 1.3 8.7 10.1 3.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 8.7 10.8
13 George Irvine 27 3 14 5.1 15.4 .333 0.0 2.6 .000 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 2.6 10.3
14 Roger Brown 25 37 291 3.5 7.5 .459 0.2 0.2 1.000 2.0 3.0 .667 3.1 6.2 9.3 2.7 1.0 2.7 2.1 7.8 9.2

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 Dan Issel 27 84 2856 21.8 .567 .511 11.1 19.9 15.8 9.6 1.5 1.0 10.5 24.7 116 102 8.6 3.8 12.5 .209
2 David Thompson 21 83 3101 21.1 .578 .516 7.7 8.8 8.3 13.4 1.9 1.6 11.8 25.3 116 105 9.5 3.0 12.4 .193
3 Bobby Jones 24 83 2845 18.8 .597 .568 8.8 17.7 13.6 14.2 2.6 3.2 18.3 16.5 113 99 5.2 4.8 9.9 .168
4 Ralph Simpson 26 84 3121 15.7 .555 .513 4.0 9.8 7.1 23.9 2.1 0.4 20.9 20.5 104 105 3.4 3.0 6.3 .097
5 Chuck Williams 29 79 2529 11.4 .569 .514 1.7 6.1 4.1 17.1 2.0 0.1 19.1 13.8 109 107 2.9 1.8 4.7 .089
6 Byron Beck 31 80 1586 14.9 .552 .521 8.1 13.3 10.9 9.3 1.3 0.6 11.5 18.4 112 105 2.9 1.5 4.4 .133
7 Claude Terry 26 79 1349 10.9 .517 .477 3.3 7.5 5.5 13.1 1.3 0.2 15.1 17.4 103 107 1.0 0.8 1.8 .065
8 Marvin Webster 23 38 398 18.1 .535 .458 16.5 25.5 21.3 8.8 1.0 6.4 19.8 17.9 107 97 0.5 0.8 1.3 .155
9 Gus Gerard 22 60 1185 13.1 .477 .437 8.3 16.0 12.4 12.9 1.9 2.2 18.5 23.9 93 101 -0.5 1.6 1.1 .044
10 Roger Brown 25 37 291 9.9 .517 .475 9.0 15.7 12.6 8.4 1.2 3.7 19.2 11.3 105 102 0.2 0.4 0.6 .097
11 Monte Towe 22 64 576 9.1 .476 .427 1.1 7.8 4.7 27.0 2.8 0.4 29.0 18.0 88 104 -0.5 0.6 0.1 .006
12 Jim Bradley 23 7 107 9.3 .407 .395 3.9 22.2 13.7 12.0 2.0 2.3 11.3 15.3 92 98 0.0 0.2 0.1 .067
13 George Irvine 27 3 14 -0.3 .333 .333 7.5 0.0 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.3 18.5 70 113 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.131
14 James Foster 24 48 352 4.4 .427 .376 5.6 6.0 5.8 15.8 2.3 0.6 26.7 24.9 77 105 -1.0 0.3 -0.7 -0.096

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 David Thompson 21 13 508 127 237 1 4 88 105 32 83 39 16 5 50 54 343 .536 .250 .838 39.1 26.4 6.4 3.0
2 Dan Issel 27 13 470 111 227 0 1 44 56 48 156 32 13 8 21 62 266 .489 .000 .786 36.2 20.5 12.0 2.5
3 Ralph Simpson 26 13 542 99 217 1 2 58 64 17 61 73 21 4 58 33 257 .456 .500 .906 41.7 19.8 4.7 5.6
4 Bobby Jones 24 13 431 74 127 0 0 30 41 41 112 59 16 20 34 53 178 .583 .732 33.2 13.7 8.6 4.5
5 Chuck Williams 29 13 444 62 132 1 3 39 43 11 48 48 6 5 26 31 164 .470 .333 .907 34.2 12.6 3.7 3.7
6 Byron Beck 31 13 276 42 95 0 1 28 34 19 57 11 4 1 16 41 112 .442 .000 .824 21.2 8.6 4.4 0.8
7 Gus Gerard 22 13 142 22 63 0 1 16 24 13 33 12 8 7 19 26 60 .349 .000 .667 10.9 4.6 2.5 0.9
8 Marvin Webster 23 13 155 21 50 0 0 15 28 24 71 9 1 14 15 28 57 .420 .536 11.9 4.4 5.5 0.7
9 Claude Terry 26 12 159 18 50 0 7 13 17 4 21 17 7 1 15 15 49 .360 .000 .765 13.3 4.1 1.8 1.4
10 James Foster 24 2 13 5 8 0 0 3 7 1 2 1 1 0 3 4 13 .625 .429 6.5 6.5 1.0 0.5
11 Monte Towe 22 4 30 3 8 0 0 4 5 0 0 6 1 0 5 6 10 .375 .800 7.5 2.5 0.0 1.5

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 David Thompson 21 13 508 19.3 .606 .538 6.6 9.7 8.2 11.4 1.4 0.5 15.0 25.0 115 110 1.3 0.3 1.6 .150
2 Dan Issel 27 13 470 19.3 .529 .489 10.8 22.1 16.7 9.9 1.2 0.9 7.7 22.1 116 106 1.1 0.5 1.6 .164
3 Bobby Jones 24 13 431 17.9 .614 .583 10.0 15.9 13.1 18.3 1.7 2.4 19.0 15.8 117 106 0.9 0.5 1.3 .149
4 Chuck Williams 29 13 444 11.2 .543 .473 2.6 8.0 5.4 13.8 0.6 0.6 14.7 15.2 110 112 0.5 0.2 0.6 .070
5 Ralph Simpson 26 13 542 13.2 .524 .459 3.3 7.8 5.7 18.2 1.8 0.4 19.1 21.3 101 110 0.2 0.3 0.5 .044
6 Byron Beck 31 13 276 10.2 .509 .442 7.2 13.3 10.4 5.2 0.7 0.2 12.7 17.4 105 111 0.2 0.2 0.4 .063
7 Marvin Webster 23 13 155 13.5 .457 .420 16.3 29.2 23.0 7.4 0.3 4.7 19.4 19.0 94 102 -0.1 0.2 0.2 .051
8 James Foster 24 2 13 19.3 .587 .625 8.1 7.4 7.7 14.3 3.5 0.0 21.3 41.3 94 107 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.004
9 Monte Towe 22 4 30 3.8 .490 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.4 1.5 0.0 32.9 19.3 83 114 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.082
10 Claude Terry 26 12 159 7.1 .426 .360 2.6 10.3 6.6 13.2 2.0 0.3 20.7 17.4 85 109 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.030
11 Gus Gerard 22 13 142 8.8 .408 .349 9.6 13.6 11.7 11.0 2.5 2.6 20.5 24.9 82 105 -0.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.057