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1979-1980 Denver Nuggets: 30-52 .366
Previous Season Home record: 24-17 (4503 points scored, 4464 allowed) Road record: 6-34 (4276 points scored, 4664 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (99 points scored, 112 allowed)

Head Coach: Donnie Walsh 8878 points scored (14th of 22 teams), 9240 points allowed (18th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Tom Boswell 6'8 220 26 South Carolina Bo Ellis 6'9 197 25 Marquette Alex English 6'7 190 25 South Carolina Gary Garland 6'4 180 22 DePaul Glen Gondrezick 6'6 218 24 Nevada - Las Vegas Kim Hughes 6'11 220 27 Wisconsin Dan Issel 6'8 235 31 Kentucky George Johnson 6'7 210 23 St. John's Arvid Kramer 6'9 220 23 Augustana College (SD) George McGinnis 6'8 235 29 Indiana Anthony Roberts 6'5 185 24 Oral Roberts John Roche 6'3 170 30 South Carolina Charlie Scott 6'5 175 31 North Carolina David Thompson 6'4 195 25 North Carolina State Bobby Wilkerson 6'6 195 25 Indiana
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Dan Issel 82 2938 715 1416 4 12 517 667 236 483 719 198 88 54 163 190 1951 23.8 G Bobby Wilkerson 75 2381 430 1030 7 34 166 222 85 231 316 243 93 27 193 194 1033 13.8 G John Roche 82 2286 354 741 49 129 175 202 24 91 115 405 82 12 159 139 932 11.4 G David Thompson 39 1239 289 617 7 19 254 335 56 118 174 124 39 38 116 106 839 21.5 F George Johnson 75 1938 309 649 2 9 148 189 190 394 584 157 84 67 148 260 768 10.2 F George McGinnis 45 1424 268 584 1 7 166 307 134 328 462 221 69 17 188 187 703 15.6 G Charlie Scott 69 1860 276 688 2 11 85 118 51 115 166 250 47 23 163 197 639 9.3 F Alex English 24 875 207 427 2 3 96 126 102 123 225 82 28 29 90 78 512 21.3 F Glen Gondrezick 59 1020 148 286 2 6 92 121 107 152 259 81 68 16 58 119 390 6.6 G Gary Garland 78 1106 155 356 6 19 18 26 50 88 138 145 54 4 73 80 334 4.3 C Kim Hughes 70 1208 102 202 0 0 15 41 125 201 326 74 66 77 50 184 219 3.1 F Tom Boswell 18 522 72 135 1 2 58 70 40 74 114 46 5 8 39 56 203 11.3 F Anthony Roberts 23 486 69 181 0 1 39 60 54 55 109 20 13 3 28 52 177 7.7 F Bo Ellis 48 502 61 136 0 3 40 53 51 65 116 30 10 24 24 67 162 3.4 C Arvid Kramer 8 45 7 22 0 0 2 2 6 6 12 3 0 5 5 8 16 2.0
1979 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  2   30  Gary Garland              78          DePaul                           [pick acquired from GOL via SD]
  5  102  Larry Williams                        Louisville                     
  6  122  Odell Ball                            Marquette                      
  7  144  John Johnson                          Creighton                      
  8  162  Matt Teahan                           Denver                         
  9  179  Emmett Lewis                          Colorado                       

Traded draft picks:

#1 to DET (Phil Hubbard)
#2 to PHI via NJ  (Clint Richardson)
#3 to BOS (Ernesto Malcolm)
#4 to GOL (Jerry Sichting)
#10 to CHI (Cortez Collins)

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 96-125 0-1 10/14/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 93-109 0-2 10/16/1979 vs Golden State Warriors L 106-108 0-3 10/17/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 97-125 0-4 10/19/1979 vs Kansas City Kings L 84-107 0-5 10/23/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 127-132 0-6 10/24/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 87-88 0-7 10/27/1979 vs Utah Jazz W 116-96 1-7 10/30/1979 vs New York Knicks W 121-112 2-7 10/31/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 89-97 2-8 11/02/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 113-99 3-8 11/03/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 103-130 3-9 11/07/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 113-92 4-9 11/08/1979 at Utah Jazz W 96-92 5-9 11/09/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 122-126 5-10 11/11/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 91-116 5-11 11/13/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 116-110 6-11 11/15/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 102-120 6-12 11/16/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 128-135 6-13 11/18/1979 vs Kansas City Kings L 92-109 6-14 11/20/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 124-91 7-14 11/21/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 105-84 8-14 11/24/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 101-115 8-15 11/27/1979 at Washington Bullets W 96-91 9-15 11/28/1979 at Boston Celtics L 97-119 9-16 11/30/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 118-127 9-17 12/01/1979 at New York Knicks L 112-121 9-18 12/05/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 123-107 10-18 12/08/1979 vs Utah Jazz L 103-119 10-19 12/09/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 118-131 10-20 12/11/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 127-121 11-20 12/14/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 108-112 11-21 12/15/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 98-106 11-22 12/16/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 121-123 11-23 12/19/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 114-106 12-23 12/22/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 130-128 13-23 12/25/1979 at Utah Jazz L 111-122 13-24 12/26/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 99-94 14-24 12/28/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 98-114 14-25 12/29/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 106-124 14-26 01/02/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 135-116 15-26 01/05/1980 vs Indiana Pacers W 111-105 16-26
Date Opponent Result Record 01/06/1980 at Kansas City Kings L 101-120 16-27 01/08/1980 at San Antonio Spurs L 134-137 16-28 01/09/1980 at Houston Rockets L 112-114 16-29 01/11/1980 at Kansas City Kings L 99-112 16-30 01/12/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics L 102-105 16-31 01/15/1980 vs Phoenix Suns L 99-107 16-32 01/16/1980 at Indiana Pacers L 99-117 16-33 01/18/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks W 120-111 17-33 01/19/1980 at Chicago Bulls L 108-117 17-34 01/23/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 93-118 17-35 01/26/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 100-96 18-35 01/29/1980 vs Kansas City Kings L 111-121 18-36 01/30/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 114-122 18-37 01/31/1980 vs New Jersey Nets W 127-126 19-37 02/06/1980 vs Chicago Bulls W 122-111 20-37 02/09/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 123-104 21-37 02/12/1980 vs Washington Bullets L 111-128 21-38 02/14/1980 at Seattle Supersonics L 84-93 21-39 02/15/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks W 111-98 22-39 02/17/1980 vs Houston Rockets W 112-99 23-39 02/20/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 103-116 23-40 02/22/1980 at Golden State Warriors W 122-121 24-40 02/23/1980 vs Boston Celtics L 105-124 24-41 02/26/1980 vs Phoenix Suns W 121-112 25-41 02/29/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 103-104 25-42 03/02/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 93-100 25-43 03/05/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 112-109 26-43 03/07/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers L 104-113 26-44 03/08/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics L 97-104 26-45 03/11/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 96-87 27-45 03/13/1980 at San Diego Clippers L 102-116 27-46 03/14/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 126-132 27-47 03/16/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 127-107 28-47 03/18/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 96-94 29-47 03/20/1980 at Kansas City Kings L 105-121 29-48 03/21/1980 at Chicago Bulls W 134-128 30-48 03/23/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 102-118 30-49 03/25/1980 at Utah Jazz L 91-109 30-50 03/26/1980 vs Chicago Bulls L 115-122 30-51 03/27/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks L 95-143 30-52

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