1976-1977 Denver Nuggets: 50-32 .610
Next Season Home record: 36-5 (4784 points scored, 4247 allowed) Road record: 14-27 (4449 points scored, 4558 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Larry Brown 9233 points scored (2nd of 22 teams), 8805 points allowed (15th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Byron Beck 6'9 225 31 Denver Mack Calvin 6'0 165 29 Southern California Gus Gerard 6'8 200 23 Virginia Dan Issel 6'8 235 28 Kentucky Bobby Jones 6'9 210 25 North Carolina Ted McClain 6'1 180 30 Tennessee State Jim Price 6'2 195 27 Louisville Paul Silas 6'7 220 33 Creighton David Thompson 6'4 195 22 North Carolina State Monte Towe 5'7 150 23 North Carolina State Marvin Webster 7'1 225 24 Morgan State Chuck Williams 6'2 175 30 Colorado Willie Wise 6'5 210 29 Drake 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 82 3001 824 1626 0 0 477 623 138 196 334 337 114 53 0 236 2125 25.9 C Dan Issel 79 2507 660 1282 0 0 445 558 211 485 696 177 91 29 0 246 1765 22.3 F Bobby Jones 82 2419 501 879 0 0 236 329 174 504 678 264 186 162 0 238 1238 15.1 F Willie Wise 75 1403 237 513 0 0 142 218 76 177 253 142 60 18 0 180 616 8.2 G Ted McClain 72 2002 245 551 0 0 99 133 52 177 229 324 106 13 0 255 589 8.2 F Paul Silas 81 1959 206 572 0 0 170 255 236 370 606 132 58 23 0 183 582 7.2 C Marvin Webster 80 1276 198 400 0 0 143 220 152 332 484 62 23 118 0 149 539 6.7 G Jim Price 55 1384 188 422 0 0 59 74 41 143 184 208 96 14 0 181 435 7.9 G Mack Calvin 29 625 100 225 0 0 123 144 19 30 49 115 27 1 0 53 323 11.1 null null 79 1548 132 314 0 0 37 65 0 211 211 288 132 9 0 202 301 3.8 C Byron Beck 53 480 107 246 0 0 36 44 45 51 96 33 15 1 0 59 250 4.7 F Gus Gerard 24 456 101 210 0 0 38 56 38 62 100 49 21 30 0 73 240 10.0 G Monte Towe 51 409 56 138 0 0 18 25 8 26 34 87 16 0 0 61 130 2.5 G Chuck Williams 21 311 35 93 0 0 30 39 8 26 34 44 8 0 0 26 100 4.8
1976 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
04/20/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 100-101
04/22/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 121-110
04/24/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 106-110
04/26/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 96-105
05/01/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 114-105 (OT)
05/02/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 92-108
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 6 237 56 121 36 53 13 18 31 24 9 4 22 148 24.7
C Dan Issel 6 222 49 96 34 45 18 40 58 17 5 4 20 132 22.0
F Bobby Jones 6 187 31 64 10 17 11 24 35 21 17 14 25 72 12.0
G Mack Calvin 6 112 19 40 24 29 1 8 9 13 1 0 13 62 10.3
F Willie Wise 6 106 14 41 17 25 6 22 28 3 0 1 16 45 7.5
G Ted McClain 6 170 19 46 6 8 5 9 14 27 10 2 12 44 7.3
G Jim Price 6 158 19 53 5 8 6 18 24 25 12 1 18 43 7.2
F Paul Silas 6 141 14 33 13 24 16 24 40 16 2 4 23 41 6.8
C Marvin Webster 6 96 13 26 4 6 14 26 40 3 2 11 12 30 5.0
C Byron Beck 5 29 3 9 2 2 2 4 6 1 0 0 5 8 1.6
G Monte Towe 1 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 4.0
G Fatty Taylor 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/22/1976 at Indiana Pacers W 123-110 1-0 10/23/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 120-99 2-0 10/28/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 119-100 3-0 10/30/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 113-107 4-0 11/03/1976 vs New York Knicks W 119-110 5-0 11/05/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 99-85 6-0 11/06/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 105-103 7-0 11/09/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 123-117 8-0 11/11/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 94-105 8-1 11/13/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 128-96 9-1 11/17/1976 vs New York Nets W 112-78 10-1 11/19/1976 at Boston Celtics L 108-112 10-2 11/20/1976 at New York Knicks L 115-120 10-3 11/23/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 117-96 11-3 11/24/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 122-112 12-3 11/26/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 110-120 12-4 11/27/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 122-113 13-4 11/30/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 93-99 13-5 12/01/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 102-114 13-6 12/03/1976 at New York Nets W 126-124 14-6 12/04/1976 at Washington Bullets L 95-100 14-7 12/05/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 117-105 15-7 12/07/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 122-115 16-7 12/09/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 104-94 17-7 12/12/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 83-112 17-8 12/15/1976 at Seattle Supersonics W 117-103 18-8 12/17/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 105-127 18-9 12/18/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 111-106 19-9 12/21/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 108-94 20-9 12/23/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 123-95 21-9 12/26/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 101-103 21-10 12/28/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 110-102 22-10 12/30/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 123-106 23-10 01/02/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 145-120 24-10 01/04/1977 at Atlanta Hawks L 109-113 24-11 01/05/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 133-137 24-12 01/07/1977 at Houston Rockets W 117-107 25-12 01/08/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 119-99 26-12 01/12/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 110-99 27-12 01/14/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 116-96 28-12 01/16/1977 at Seattle Supersonics W 109-101 29-12 01/18/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 101-107 29-13 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/21/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 120-106 30-13 01/24/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 127-102 31-13 01/26/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 102-107 31-14 01/28/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 108-96 32-14 01/30/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 101-107 32-15 02/02/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 119-105 33-15 02/04/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 111-124 33-16 02/06/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 104-115 33-17 02/08/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers W 119-111 34-17 02/10/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 101-114 34-18 02/11/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 109-117 34-19 02/16/1977 vs New York Nets W 116-102 35-19 02/19/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 133-124 36-19 02/20/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 111-95 37-19 02/22/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 118-106 38-19 02/23/1977 at New York Nets L 88-91 38-20 02/25/1977 at Kansas City Kings W 130-128 39-20 02/27/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 121-100 40-20 03/01/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 110-94 41-20 03/02/1977 at Washington Bullets L 113-115 41-21 03/06/1977 at Boston Celtics L 110-112 41-22 03/08/1977 at New York Knicks W 114-108 42-22 03/09/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 125-129 42-23 03/11/1977 at Atlanta Hawks L 95-100 42-24 03/13/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 95-102 42-25 03/15/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 107-95 43-25 03/16/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 98-109 43-26 03/17/1977 vs New York Knicks L 107-115 43-27 03/20/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 133-104 44-27 03/23/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs L 120-122 44-28 03/25/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 108-112 44-29 03/27/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 115-109 45-29 03/29/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 119-105 46-29 03/31/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 110-95 47-29 04/01/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 97-107 47-30 04/03/1977 at Phoenix Suns W 124-109 48-30 04/06/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 110-95 49-30 04/07/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 94-108 49-31 04/09/1977 at Houston Rockets W 118-110 50-31 04/10/1977 at New Orleans Jazz L 125-139 50-32 |