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1984-85 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 52-30, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Doug Moe (52-30)

Executive: Vince Boryla

PTS/G: 120.0 (1st of 23) Opp PTS/G: 117.6 (22nd of 23)

SRS: 2.05 (7th of 23) Pace: 107.6 (1st of 23)

Off Rtg: 110.7 (5th of 23) Def Rtg: 108.4 (15th of 23) Net Rtg: +2.2 (7th of 23)

Expected W-L: 47-35 (7th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +2000

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena Attendance: 448,546 (12th of 23)

NBA 1985 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Utah Jazz (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (1-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

Midwest Div Champs

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
42	Wayne Cooper	C	6-10	220	November 16, 1956	us US	6	New Orleans
23	T.R. Dunn	SG	6-4	192	February 1, 1955	us US	7	Alabama
2	Alex English	SF	6-8	190	January 5, 1954	us US	8	South Carolina
5	Mike Evans	SG	6-1	170	April 19, 1955	us US	5	Kansas State
24	Bill Hanzlik	SF	6-7	185	December 6, 1957	us US	4	Notre Dame
44	Dan Issel	C	6-9	235	October 25, 1948	us US	14	Kentucky
35	Joe Kopicki	PF	6-9	240	June 12, 1960	us US	2	Detroit Mercy
12	Fat Lever	PG	6-3	170	August 18, 1960	us US	2	Arizona State
33	Calvin Natt	PF	6-6	220	January 8, 1957	us US	5	Louisiana-Monroe
34	Danny Schayes	C	6-11	235	May 10, 1959	us US	3	Syracuse
20	Elston Turner	SF	6-5	190	June 10, 1959	us US	3	Ole Miss
10	Willie White	SG	6-3	195	August 20, 1962	us US	R	Chattanooga

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

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Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Alex English	31	81	81	36.1	11.6	22.4	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	11.6	22.3	.519	.518	4.7	5.7	.829	2.5	3.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.1	3.2	27.9
2	Calvin Natt	28	78	76	34.1	8.8	16.1	.546	0.0	0.0	.000	8.8	16.1	.547	.546	5.7	7.2	.793	2.7	5.1	7.8	3.1	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.3	23.3
3	Fat Lever	24	82	82	31.2	5.2	12.0	.430	0.1	0.3	.250	5.1	11.7	.435	.434	2.4	3.1	.770	1.8	3.2	5.0	7.5	2.5	0.4	2.5	2.8	12.8
4	T.R. Dunn	29	81	81	28.3	2.2	4.4	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	4.4	.492	.489	1.0	1.4	.724	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.9	1.7	0.2	0.8	2.6	5.4
5	Wayne Cooper	28	80	78	25.4	5.1	10.7	.472	0.0	0.0	.000	5.1	10.7	.473	.472	2.0	2.9	.685	2.9	5.0	7.9	1.1	0.4	2.5	1.9	3.8	12.1
6	Dan Issel	36	77	9	21.9	4.7	10.3	.459	0.0	0.1	.143	4.7	10.2	.462	.460	3.3	4.1	.806	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.4	1.2	2.2	12.8
7	Bill Hanzlik	27	80	1	20.9	2.8	6.5	.421	0.0	0.2	.067	2.7	6.3	.432	.422	2.3	3.0	.756	1.1	1.5	2.6	2.6	1.1	0.3	1.4	3.6	7.8
8	Elston Turner	25	81	2	18.4	2.2	4.8	.466	0.0	0.1	.167	2.2	4.7	.471	.468	0.6	0.8	.785	1.1	1.6	2.7	2.0	1.2	0.1	0.9	1.9	5.1
9	Mike Evans	29	81	0	17.7	4.0	8.2	.489	0.7	1.9	.363	3.3	6.2	.528	.532	1.4	1.6	.863	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.9	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.1	10.1
10	Danny Schayes	25	56	0	9.7	1.1	2.3	.465	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.3	.465	.465	1.4	1.7	.814	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.8	3.6
11	Joe Kopicki	24	42	0	7.3	1.2	2.3	.526	0.0	0.1	.667	1.1	2.2	.522	.537	1.0	1.3	.796	0.7	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.4	3.5
12	Willie White	22	39	0	6.0	1.3	3.2	.419	0.1	0.3	.364	1.2	2.9	.425	.435	0.5	0.8	.677	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.6	3.3

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Alex English	31	14	14	38.3	11.6	21.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	11.6	21.6	.538	.536	6.9	7.8	.890	2.6	4.0	6.6	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.1	2.9	30.2
2	Calvin Natt	28	15	15	33.9	8.7	15.9	.550	0.0	0.0		8.7	15.9	.550	.550	4.8	5.9	.809	2.1	4.5	6.6	3.8	0.5	0.3	2.1	2.3	22.3
3	Fat Lever	24	11	8	31.1	4.5	11.1	.402	0.0	0.2	.000	4.5	10.9	.408	.402	4.4	5.7	.762	2.1	4.4	6.5	8.5	2.4	0.2	3.1	3.0	13.3
4	T.R. Dunn	29	15	15	24.7	1.8	4.3	.415	0.0	0.0		1.8	4.3	.415	.415	0.9	1.3	.737	1.8	2.2	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.2	0.7	3.0	4.5
5	Elston Turner	25	15	4	23.9	3.3	6.8	.490	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.2	6.7	.480	.500	0.8	1.3	.632	2.0	2.9	4.9	3.1	1.1	0.1	1.7	2.8	7.6
6	Dan Issel	36	15	4	21.7	4.9	10.6	.459	0.1	0.1	1.000	4.8	10.5	.456	.462	2.6	3.2	.813	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.4	12.4
7	Wayne Cooper	28	15	12	21.4	4.5	9.5	.469	0.0	0.0		4.5	9.5	.469	.469	2.0	2.7	.750	2.3	3.9	6.2	1.3	0.5	2.4	1.3	3.5	10.9
8	Bill Hanzlik	27	15	0	20.7	3.0	6.1	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	6.1	.495	.489	2.0	2.7	.732	1.6	1.5	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.5	3.8	8.0
9	Mike Evans	29	15	0	18.7	4.1	9.5	.434	1.1	3.4	.333	3.0	6.1	.489	.493	0.9	1.1	.824	0.2	1.9	2.1	3.1	0.9	0.2	2.4	2.6	10.3
10	Danny Schayes	25	9	0	13.1	1.2	2.9	.423	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.9	.423	.423	1.6	2.2	.700	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.4	4.0
11	Willie White	22	10	3	12.3	2.7	5.7	.474	0.2	0.3	.667	2.5	5.4	.463	.491	0.7	1.2	.583	0.9	0.8	1.7	1.7	0.5	0.0	1.6	0.6	6.3
12	Joe Kopicki	24	7	0	4.6	0.9	2.3	.375	0.0	0.0		0.9	2.3	.375	.375	1.3	2.4	.529	0.3	1.6	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.7	3.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Alex English	31	81	81	2924	939	1812	.518	1	5	.200	938	1807	.519	.518	383	462	.829	203	255	458	344	101	46	251	259	2262
2	Calvin Natt	28	78	76	2657	685	1255	.546	0	3	.000	685	1252	.547	.546	447	564	.793	209	401	610	238	75	33	190	182	1817
3	Fat Lever	24	82	82	2559	424	985	.430	6	24	.250	418	961	.435	.434	197	256	.770	147	264	411	613	202	30	203	226	1051
4	T.R. Dunn	29	81	81	2290	175	358	.489	0	2	.000	175	356	.492	.489	84	116	.724	169	216	385	153	140	14	65	213	434
5	Wayne Cooper	28	80	78	2031	404	856	.472	0	2	.000	404	854	.473	.472	161	235	.685	229	402	631	86	28	197	149	304	969
6	Dan Issel	36	77	9	1684	363	791	.459	1	7	.143	362	784	.462	.460	257	319	.806	80	251	331	137	65	31	93	171	984
7	Bill Hanzlik	27	80	1	1673	220	522	.421	1	15	.067	219	507	.432	.422	180	238	.756	88	119	207	210	84	26	115	291	621
8	Elston Turner	25	81	2	1491	181	388	.466	1	6	.167	180	382	.471	.468	51	65	.785	88	128	216	158	96	7	70	152	414
9	Mike Evans	29	81	0	1437	323	661	.489	57	157	.363	266	504	.528	.532	113	131	.863	26	93	119	231	65	12	130	174	816
10	Danny Schayes	25	56	0	542	60	129	.465	0	0		60	129	.465	.465	79	97	.814	48	96	144	38	20	25	44	98	199
11	Joe Kopicki	24	42	0	308	50	95	.526	2	3	.667	48	92	.522	.537	43	54	.796	29	57	86	29	13	1	28	58	145
12	Willie White	22	39	0	234	52	124	.419	4	11	.364	48	113	.425	.435	21	31	.677	15	21	36	29	5	2	30	24	129
			82		19830	3876	7976	.486	73	235	.311	3803	7741	.491	.491	2016	2568	.785	1331	2303	3634	2266	894	424	1382	2152	9841

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Alex English	31	14	14	536	163	304	.536	0	1	.000	163	303	.538	.536	97	109	.890	36	56	92	63	17	5	30	40	423
2	Calvin Natt	28	15	15	508	131	238	.550	0	0		131	238	.550	.550	72	89	.809	31	68	99	57	8	5	31	35	334
3	T.R. Dunn	29	15	15	371	27	65	.415	0	0		27	65	.415	.415	14	19	.737	27	33	60	34	24	3	10	45	68
4	Elston Turner	25	15	4	358	50	102	.490	2	2	1.000	48	100	.480	.500	12	19	.632	30	43	73	46	17	1	26	42	114
5	Fat Lever	24	11	8	342	49	122	.402	0	2	.000	49	120	.408	.402	48	63	.762	23	48	71	93	26	2	34	33	146
6	Dan Issel	36	15	4	325	73	159	.459	1	1	1.000	72	158	.456	.462	39	48	.813	14	40	54	27	12	5	13	36	186
7	Wayne Cooper	28	15	12	321	67	143	.469	0	0		67	143	.469	.469	30	40	.750	34	59	93	20	8	36	19	52	164
8	Bill Hanzlik	27	15	0	310	45	92	.489	0	1	.000	45	91	.495	.489	30	41	.732	24	22	46	33	14	6	22	57	120
9	Mike Evans	29	15	0	281	62	143	.434	17	51	.333	45	92	.489	.493	14	17	.824	3	29	32	46	13	3	36	39	155
10	Willie White	22	10	3	123	27	57	.474	2	3	.667	25	54	.463	.491	7	12	.583	9	8	17	17	5	0	16	6	63
11	Danny Schayes	25	9	0	118	11	26	.423	0	0		11	26	.423	.423	14	20	.700	8	22	30	12	3	4	5	22	36
12	Joe Kopicki	24	7	0	32	6	16	.375	0	0		6	16	.375	.375	9	17	.529	2	11	13	3	1	1	1	5	21

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Alex English	31	81	2924	21.6	.561	.003	.255	7.0	9.9	8.3	17.9	1.5	0.9	11.1	29.3		6.8	2.1	8.9	.146		4.1	-1.4	2.7	3.5
2	Calvin Natt	28	78	2657	21.8	.604	.002	.449	7.9	17.2	12.2	12.4	1.3	0.7	11.2	24.1		8.0	2.3	10.2	.185		4.2	-1.0	3.1	3.4
3	Fat Lever	24	82	2559	16.7	.479	.024	.260	5.8	11.7	8.6	29.5	3.5	0.7	15.6	19.2		2.1	3.2	5.2	.098		1.0	1.3	2.2	2.7
4	T.R. Dunn	29	81	2290	9.8	.531	.006	.324	7.4	10.7	9.0	7.4	2.7	0.3	13.7	7.8		2.1	2.3	4.4	.092		-1.3	1.1	-0.1	1.0
5	Wayne Cooper	28	80	2031	15.1	.505	.002	.275	11.3	22.5	16.6	5.4	0.6	5.4	13.4	20.6		0.9	2.6	3.5	.082		-2.1	-0.3	-2.4	-0.2
6	Dan Issel	36	77	1684	16.9	.528	.009	.403	4.8	17.0	10.5	10.7	1.7	1.0	9.1	23.0		2.7	1.7	4.3	.124		0.4	-0.7	-0.3	0.7
7	Bill Hanzlik	27	80	1673	10.5	.495	.029	.456	5.3	8.1	6.6	14.8	2.2	0.9	15.5	16.8		0.8	1.4	2.2	.063		-2.8	0.1	-2.7	-0.3
8	Elston Turner	25	81	1491	10.9	.497	.015	.168	5.9	9.8	7.7	12.4	2.9	0.3	14.4	12.3		0.8	1.5	2.3	.075		-1.7	1.1	-0.6	0.5
9	Mike Evans	29	81	1437	15.6	.568	.238	.198	1.8	7.4	4.4	21.4	2.0	0.5	15.3	22.3		1.9	1.0	2.9	.098		0.8	-0.9	0.0	0.7
10	Danny Schayes	25	56	542	12.8	.580	.000	.752	8.9	20.2	14.2	8.1	1.6	2.6	20.4	15.0		0.6	0.7	1.2	.109		-2.6	0.5	-2.1	0.0
11	Joe Kopicki	24	42	308	15.3	.610	.032	.568	9.4	21.1	14.9	11.6	1.9	0.2	19.1	18.0		0.5	0.3	0.9	.135		-1.1	-0.4	-1.5	0.0
12	Willie White	22	39	234	10.5	.469	.089	.250	6.4	10.2	8.2	16.4	1.0	0.5	17.9	27.1		-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.035		-2.8	-3.5	-6.2	-0.3

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Alex English	31	14	536	23.5	.601	.003	.359	6.7	12.1	9.2	17.4	1.4	0.5	7.9	26.8		1.9	0.5	2.4	.212		5.8	-0.7	5.1	1.0
2	Calvin Natt	28	15	508	19.6	.603	.000	.374	6.1	15.5	10.4	15.5	0.7	0.6	10.1	22.8		1.3	0.4	1.7	.164		3.9	-1.1	2.8	0.6
3	T.R. Dunn	29	15	371	9.0	.463	.000	.292	7.3	10.3	8.7	10.1	2.9	0.5	12.0	8.4		0.2	0.4	0.6	.084		-1.7	1.5	-0.3	0.2
4	Elston Turner	25	15	358	11.1	.516	.020	.186	8.4	13.9	10.9	15.3	2.1	0.2	19.1	14.3		0.1	0.4	0.5	.062		-1.6	0.4	-1.2	0.1
5	Fat Lever	24	11	342	16.8	.488	.016	.516	6.7	16.3	11.1	32.5	3.4	0.3	18.5	20.2		0.2	0.5	0.7	.095		1.1	1.4	2.4	0.4
6	Dan Issel	36	15	325	15.2	.516	.006	.302	4.3	14.3	8.9	11.0	1.6	0.9	6.7	22.3		0.4	0.3	0.7	.108		0.1	-0.9	-0.8	0.1
7	Wayne Cooper	28	15	321	16.6	.511	.000	.280	10.6	21.3	15.5	8.1	1.1	6.5	10.6	21.0		0.2	0.5	0.8	.112		-1.1	1.0	-0.1	0.2
8	Bill Hanzlik	27	15	310	11.0	.545	.011	.446	7.7	8.2	8.0	12.7	2.0	1.1	16.7	16.0		0.2	0.3	0.5	.082		-2.0	0.1	-1.9	0.0
9	Mike Evans	29	15	281	11.3	.515	.357	.119	1.1	12.0	6.1	21.5	2.0	0.6	19.3	24.9		-0.3	0.3	0.0	.002		-1.6	-1.6	-3.2	-0.1
10	Willie White	22	10	123	11.7	.506	.053	.211	7.3	7.5	7.4	18.2	1.8	0.0	20.4	23.9		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.014		-0.7	-1.8	-2.4	0.0
11	Danny Schayes	25	9	118	10.9	.517	.000	.769	6.8	21.6	13.6	11.5	1.1	2.0	12.6	12.7		0.1	0.1	0.3	.104		-3.2	0.3	-2.9	0.0
12	Joe Kopicki	24	7	32	17.6	.447	.000	1.063	6.2	39.8	21.8	11.8	1.4	1.8	4.1	28.7		0.0	0.1	0.1	.094		-1.1	-1.2	-2.3	0.0

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