1975-1976 Denver Nuggets: 60-24 .714
Previous Season Home record: 39-3 (5319 points scored, 4862 allowed) Road record: 21-21 (4909 points scored, 4872 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Larry Brown 10228 points scored (1st of 9 teams), 9734 points allowed (9th) ABA Averages: 112.5 points/game (7673.9 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Byron Beck 6'9 225 30 Denver Jim Bradley 6'8 215 23 Northern Illinois Roger Brown 6'11 225 25 Kansas Jimmy Foster 6'1 175 24 Connecticut Gus Gerard 6'8 200 22 Virginia George Irvine 6'6 200 27 Washington Dan Issel 6'8 235 27 Kentucky Bobby Jones 6'9 210 24 North Carolina Ralph Simpson 6'5 200 26 Michigan State Claude Terry 6'4 195 25 Stanford David Thompson 6'4 195 21 North Carolina State Monte Towe 5'7 150 22 North Carolina State Marvin Webster 7'1 225 23 Morgan State Chuck Williams 6'2 175 29 Colorado Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G David Thompson 83 3101 807 1567 3 19 541 681 228 297 525 308 136 102 250 282 2158 26.0 C Dan Issel 84 2856 752 1472 1 4 425 521 303 620 923 201 100 56 200 266 1930 23.0 G Ralph Simpson 84 3121 619 1211 4 24 273 350 121 333 454 597 153 23 360 183 1515 18.0 F Bobby Jones 83 2845 510 878 0 0 215 308 241 550 791 331 170 184 232 253 1235 14.9 G Chuck Williams 79 2529 339 660 0 4 188 231 41 169 210 375 115 7 180 215 866 11.0 C Byron Beck 80 1586 334 646 5 11 97 116 123 231 354 116 48 20 91 192 770 9.6 F Gus Gerard 60 1185 240 553 3 7 111 158 94 207 301 122 51 54 141 169 594 9.9 G Claude Terry 79 1349 232 500 13 55 80 89 42 110 152 146 40 5 96 116 557 7.1 G Monte Towe 64 576 72 179 9 42 36 44 6 49 55 136 37 5 81 84 189 3.0 C Marvin Webster 38 398 55 120 0 1 55 78 63 111 174 30 9 52 38 60 165 4.3 G Jimmy Foster 48 352 54 145 1 8 39 64 19 23 42 47 19 4 63 78 148 3.1 C Roger Brown 37 291 28 61 2 2 16 24 25 50 75 22 8 22 17 63 74 2.0 F Jim Bradley 7 107 15 38 0 0 2 3 4 26 30 11 5 5 5 26 32 4.6 F George Irvine 3 14 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 1.3
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Semifinals 04/15/1976 vs Kentucky Colonels W 110-107 04/17/1976 vs Kentucky Colonels L 110-138 04/19/1976 at Kentucky Colonels L 114-126 04/21/1976 at Kentucky Colonels W 108-106 04/22/1976 vs Kentucky Colonels W 127-117 04/25/1976 at Kentucky Colonels L 115-119 (2OT) 04/28/1976 vs Kentucky Colonels W 133-110 -------------------------------------------------- Finals 05/01/1976 vs New York Nets L 118-120 05/04/1976 vs New York Nets W 127-121 05/06/1976 at New York Nets L 111-117 05/08/1976 at New York Nets L 112-121 05/11/1976 vs New York Nets W 118-110 05/13/1976 at New York Nets L 106-112 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G David Thompson 13 508 127 237 1 4 88 105 32 51 83 39 16 5 50 54 343 26.4 C Dan Issel 13 470 111 227 0 1 44 56 48 108 156 32 13 8 21 62 266 20.5 G Ralph Simpson 13 542 99 217 1 2 58 64 17 44 61 73 21 4 58 33 257 19.8 F Bobby Jones 13 431 74 127 0 0 30 41 41 71 112 59 16 20 34 53 178 13.7 G Chuck Williams 13 444 62 132 1 3 39 43 11 37 48 48 6 5 26 31 164 12.6 C Byron Beck 13 276 42 95 0 1 28 34 19 38 57 11 4 1 16 41 112 8.6 F Gus Gerard 13 142 22 63 0 1 16 24 13 20 33 12 8 7 19 26 60 4.6 C Marvin Webster 13 155 21 50 0 0 15 28 24 47 71 9 1 14 15 28 57 4.4 G Claude Terry 12 159 18 50 0 7 13 17 4 17 21 17 7 1 15 15 49 4.1 G Jimmy Foster 2 13 5 8 0 0 3 7 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 4 13 6.5 G Monte Towe 4 30 3 8 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 6 1 0 5 6 10 2.5
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/24/1975 at San Diego Sails W 120-108 1-0 10/25/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 108-101 2-0 10/29/1975 vs Utah Stars W 122-117 3-0 10/31/1975 at Indiana Pacers L 99-111 3-1 11/02/1975 at Kentucky Colonels L 103-106 3-2 11/05/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 111-98 4-2 11/06/1975 at Utah Stars W 111-105 5-2 11/08/1975 vs New York Nets W 128-121 6-2 11/11/1975 vs Indiana Pacers W 126-117 7-2 11/14/1975 vs Kentucky Colonels W 117-111 8-2 11/19/1975 at Spirits of St. Louis W 119-106 9-2 11/20/1975 at Indiana Pacers L 112-117 9-3 11/21/1975 at New York Nets L 116-128 9-4 11/22/1975 vs Virginia Squires W 144-119 10-4 11/26/1975 vs Kentucky Colonels L 107-115 10-5 11/28/1975 at San Antonio Spurs W 140-136 11-5 11/29/1975 vs San Antonio Spurs W 123-112 12-5 12/06/1975 vs Indiana Pacers W 126-118 13-5 12/07/1975 at New York Nets W 123-119 14-5 12/10/1975 at Spirits of St. Louis W 146-137 15-5 12/11/1975 at Virginia Squires W 111-100 16-5 12/12/1975 at Virginia Squires W 110-107 17-5 12/15/1975 at Virginia Squires W 131-110 18-5 12/17/1975 vs New York Nets W 106-103 19-5 12/20/1975 at San Antonio Spurs L 121-132 19-6 12/21/1975 vs Indiana Pacers W 122-117 20-6 12/26/1975 vs San Antonio Spurs L 106-117 20-7 12/27/1975 vs New York Nets W 130-113 21-7 12/28/1975 at Indiana Pacers W 110-105 22-7 12/30/1975 at Spirits of St. Louis L 104-106 22-8 12/31/1975 vs Kentucky Colonels W 141-137 23-8 01/02/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 137-125 24-8 01/03/1976 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 126-115 25-8 01/05/1976 vs Kentucky Colonels W 127-120 26-8 01/07/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 118-121 26-9 01/09/1976 vs Virginia Squires W 155-128 27-9 01/12/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs W 139-122 28-9 01/13/1976 vs New York Nets W 137-113 29-9 01/16/1976 at Indiana Pacers W 124-118 30-9 01/17/1976 vs Kentucky Colonels W 137-113 31-9 01/18/1976 at Kentucky Colonels L 117-119 31-10 01/20/1976 at New York Nets L 123-134 31-11 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/23/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs W 131-123 32-11 01/30/1976 vs Virginia Squires W 126-117 33-11 01/31/1976 vs Virginia Squires W 129-117 34-11 02/01/1976 at Kentucky Colonels L 94-98 34-12 02/04/1976 vs Virginia Squires W 135-131 35-12 02/06/1976 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 123-109 36-12 02/08/1976 vs Kentucky Colonels W 116-114 37-12 02/09/1976 at New York Nets W 138-119 38-12 02/11/1976 at San Antonio Spurs W 137-133 39-12 02/14/1976 vs New York Nets W 108-103 40-12 02/15/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 118-125 40-13 02/18/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs W 142-111 41-13 02/19/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 128-123 42-13 02/20/1976 at Indiana Pacers L 101-106 42-14 02/22/1976 at New York Nets L 95-115 42-15 02/25/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 122-110 43-15 02/27/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs W 140-116 44-15 02/28/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 122-134 44-16 02/29/1976 at Kentucky Colonels W 112-111 45-16 03/01/1976 at Virginia Squires W 115-109 46-16 03/03/1976 vs New York Nets W 121-100 47-16 03/05/1976 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 137-125 48-16 03/07/1976 vs Virginia Squires W 116-101 49-16 03/09/1976 vs New York Nets W 128-112 50-16 03/10/1976 at Indiana Pacers L 119-129 50-17 03/11/1976 at New York Nets L 136-141 50-18 03/12/1976 at Spirits of St. Louis L 97-101 50-19 03/16/1976 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 111-94 51-19 03/17/1976 at Indiana Pacers W 111-108 52-19 03/18/1976 at New York Nets L 98-110 52-20 03/19/1976 at Virginia Squires W 113-108 53-20 03/21/1976 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 131-115 54-20 03/23/1976 at Kentucky Colonels L 117-118 54-21 03/24/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs L 122-135 54-22 03/26/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 138-120 55-22 03/27/1976 at Virginia Squires W 124-123 56-22 03/28/1976 at Indiana Pacers W 110-98 57-22 03/30/1976 at Spirits of St. Louis W 133-112 58-22 03/31/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 110-117 58-23 04/03/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 121-129 58-24 04/04/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 140-134 59-24 04/07/1976 at Kentucky Colonels W 130-103 60-24 |