1977-1978 Denver Nuggets: 48-34 .585
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 33-8 (4773 points scored, 4489 allowed) Road record: 14-26 (4285 points scored, 4503 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (106 points scored, 104 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 33-8 (4773 points scored, 4489 allowed) Road record: 14-26 (4285 points scored, 4503 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (106 points scored, 104 allowed)
Head Coach: Larry Brown 9164 points scored (6th of 22 teams), 9096 points allowed (16th) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Mack Calvin 6'0 165 30 Southern California Norm Cook 6'8 210 22 Kansas Jacky Dorsey 6'7 230 23 Georgia Bo Ellis 6'9 197 23 Marquette Darnell Hillman 6'9 215 28 San Jose State Dan Issel 6'8 235 29 Kentucky Bobby Jones 6'9 210 26 North Carolina Tom LaGarde 6'10 220 22 North Carolina Jim Price 6'2 195 28 Louisville Anthony Roberts 6'5 185 22 Oral Roberts Ralph Simpson 6'5 200 28 Michigan State Robert Smith 5'11 165 22 Nevada - Las Vegas Brian Taylor 6'2 185 26 Princeton David Thompson 6'4 195 23 North Carolina State Bobby Wilkerson 6'6 195 23 IndianaTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G David Thompson 80 3025 826 1584 0 0 520 668 156 234 390 362 92 99 245 213 2172 27.1 C Dan Issel 82 2851 659 1287 0 0 428 547 253 577 830 304 100 41 259 279 1746 21.3 F Bobby Jones 75 2440 440 761 0 0 208 277 164 472 636 252 137 126 194 221 1088 14.5 G Bobby Wilkerson 81 2780 382 936 0 0 157 210 98 376 474 439 126 21 294 275 921 11.4 F Anthony Roberts 82 1598 311 736 0 0 153 212 135 216 351 105 40 7 118 212 775 9.5 G Mack Calvin 77 988 147 333 0 0 173 206 11 73 84 148 46 5 108 87 467 6.1 G Brian Taylor 39 1222 182 403 0 0 88 115 30 68 98 132 71 9 77 120 452 11.6 F Bo Ellis 78 1213 133 320 0 0 72 104 114 190 304 73 49 47 99 208 338 4.3 G Jim Price 49 1090 141 293 0 0 51 66 30 129 159 158 69 4 101 118 333 6.8 C Tom LaGarde 77 868 96 237 0 0 114 150 75 139 214 47 17 17 101 146 306 4.0 F Darnell Hillman 33 746 104 209 0 0 49 81 73 166 239 53 14 37 66 130 257 7.8 G Ralph Simpson 32 584 73 230 0 0 31 40 26 49 75 72 43 4 48 42 177 5.5 G Robert Smith 45 378 50 97 0 0 21 24 6 30 36 39 18 3 20 52 121 2.7 F Jacky Dorsey 7 37 3 12 0 0 3 5 5 15 20 2 2 2 3 9 9 1.3 F Norm Cook 2 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 4 2 1.0
1977 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 9 Tom LaGarde 312 North Carolina [pick acquired from KC]
1 21 Anthony Roberts 213 Oral Roberts
3 65 Robert Smith 229 Nevada-Las Vegas
5 109 John Billups Mississippi
6 130 Jim Town Massachusetts
7 150 Willie High Alabama State
8 169 Len Saunders Florida
Traded draft picks:
#2 to PHI (Herm Harris)
#4 to GOL (Leartha Scott)
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 04/18/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 119-103 04/21/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 127-111 04/23/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 112-143 04/25/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks W 118-104 04/28/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 112-117 04/30/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 91-119 05/03/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 116-110 -------------------------------------------------- Western Finals 05/05/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 116-107 05/07/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics L 111-121 05/10/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 91-105 05/12/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 94-100 05/14/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 123-114 05/17/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 108-123Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G David Thompson 13 481 131 291 66 80 18 35 53 52 9 21 39 34 328 25.2 C Dan Issel 13 460 103 212 56 65 41 93 134 53 7 3 39 43 262 20.2 F Anthony Roberts 13 400 86 199 40 50 45 63 108 30 11 6 27 57 212 16.3 F Bobby Jones 13 390 66 116 34 46 36 66 102 35 16 9 24 42 166 12.8 G Bobby Wilkerson 13 426 47 127 26 42 20 51 71 78 19 4 25 55 120 9.2 G Ralph Simpson 13 225 43 95 16 23 5 14 19 38 4 2 21 20 102 7.8 F Darnell Hillman 13 260 31 79 11 15 25 55 80 18 6 7 24 49 73 5.6 G Mack Calvin 12 135 19 42 27 29 3 5 8 21 7 0 11 11 65 5.4 F Bo Ellis 12 170 17 40 12 15 15 28 43 8 6 8 14 25 46 3.8 G Robert Smith 11 96 17 26 5 7 5 4 9 17 6 0 8 13 39 3.5 C Tom LaGarde 9 77 10 19 5 7 9 9 18 7 0 2 9 12 25 2.8
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/19/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 133-115 1-0
10/21/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 106-101 2-0
10/22/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 106-126 2-1
10/25/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 104-129 2-2
10/26/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 111-108 3-2
10/29/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 127-111 4-2
11/01/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 93-110 4-3
11/02/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 100-104 4-4
11/04/1977 at Boston Celtics W 109-107 5-4
11/05/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 101-132 5-5
11/08/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks W 111-101 6-5
11/09/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 115-112 7-5
11/12/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 119-114 8-5
11/15/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 123-113 9-5
11/18/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 105-94 10-5
11/20/1977 at New Jersey Nets W 125-118 11-5
11/22/1977 at Washington Bullets W 119-114 12-5
11/23/1977 at Atlanta Hawks L 104-105 12-6
11/24/1977 at New Orleans Jazz L 129-131 12-7
11/26/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 136-123 13-7
11/27/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 97-115 13-8
11/29/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 115-99 14-8
12/02/1977 vs New Jersey Nets W 126-92 15-8
12/04/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers W 111-109 16-8
12/07/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 123-116 17-8
12/10/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 118-111 18-8
12/13/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 96-99 18-9
12/14/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 98-124 18-10
12/16/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 112-117 18-11
12/20/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 88-93 18-12
12/23/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 93-98 18-13
12/26/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 127-108 19-13
12/28/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 130-108 20-13
12/30/1977 at Atlanta Hawks W 106-104 21-13
01/03/1978 at Washington Bullets W 101-100 22-13
01/04/1978 at San Antonio Spurs W 119-114 23-13
01/08/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 109-104 24-13
01/10/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 115-110 25-13
01/12/1978 at Houston Rockets W 109-106 26-13
01/14/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 123-112 27-13
01/17/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 104-89 28-13
01/19/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 109-114 28-14
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/22/1978 vs New York Knicks L 141-143 28-15
01/24/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 114-131 28-16
01/25/1978 vs Buffalo Braves W 121-119 29-16
01/27/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 105-100 30-16
01/29/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 117-118 30-17
01/31/1978 at New York Knicks W 119-115 31-17
02/01/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 101-104 31-18
02/03/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 115-102 32-18
02/08/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 114-109 33-18
02/09/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 108-119 33-19
02/10/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 123-126 33-20
02/12/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers W 103-101 34-20
02/14/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 103-98 35-20
02/16/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 87-119 35-21
02/17/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 112-105 36-21
02/19/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 118-115 37-21
02/22/1978 vs Indiana Pacers L 96-99 37-22
02/24/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-109 37-23
02/25/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 124-115 38-23
02/28/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 122-106 39-23
03/01/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 104-110 39-24
03/04/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 123-114 40-24
03/07/1978 vs Phoenix Suns L 112-126 40-25
03/10/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 120-126 40-26
03/12/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 98-95 41-26
03/15/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 123-111 42-26
03/17/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 109-111 42-27
03/19/1978 at Boston Celtics L 95-122 42-28
03/21/1978 vs New York Knicks L 114-115 42-29
03/23/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 106-123 42-30
03/26/1978 at New Orleans Jazz W 109-100 43-30
03/28/1978 at New York Knicks L 103-106 43-31
03/29/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 109-106 44-31
03/31/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics L 109-111 44-32
04/02/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 109-100 45-32
04/03/1978 at Buffalo Braves W 104-95 46-32
04/05/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 129-121 47-32
04/06/1978 at Phoenix Suns W 111-105 48-32
04/07/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 93-97 48-33
04/09/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 137-139 48-34
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