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1978-79 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Larry Brown (28-25), Donnie Walsh (19-10)

Executive: Carl Scheer

PTS/G: 110.7 (9th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 109.5 (7th of 22)

SRS: 1.24 (10th of 22) Pace: 105.9 (13th of 22)

Off Rtg: 104.4 (10th of 22) Def Rtg: 103.2 (11th of 22) Net Rtg: +1.2 (11th of 22)

Expected W-L: 44-38 (11th of 22)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

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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
41	Tom Boswell	PF	6-9	220	October 2, 1953	us US	3	South Carolina State, South Carolina
22	Geoff Crompton	C	6-11	280	July 4, 1955	us US	R	UNC
31	Bo Ellis	PF	6-9	197	August 8, 1954	us US	1	Marquette
55	Phil Hicks	SF	6-7	205	January 31, 1953	us US	1	Tulane
35	Kim Hughes	C	6-11	220	June 4, 1952	us US	3	Wisconsin
44	Dan Issel	C	6-9	235	October 25, 1948	us US	8	Kentucky
10	John Kuester	PG	6-2	180	February 6, 1955	us US	1	UNC
30	George McGinnis	PF	6-8	235	August 12, 1950	us US	7	Indiana
21	Anthony Roberts	SF	6-5	185	April 15, 1955	us US	1	Oral Roberts
11	Charlie Scott	PG	6-5	175	December 15, 1948	us US	8	UNC
5	Robert Smith	PG	5-11	165	March 10, 1955	us US	1	UNLV
33	David Thompson	SG	6-4	195	July 13, 1954	us US	3	NC State
32	Bob Wilkerson	SF	6-6	195	August 15, 1954	us US	2	Indiana

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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Per Game

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	David Thompson	24	76	35.1	9.1	17.8	.512	5.8	7.7	.753	1.4	2.2	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.4	2.4	24.0	MVP-8,AS
2	Dan Issel	30	81	33.9	6.6	12.7	.517	3.9	5.2	.754	3.0	6.1	9.1	3.1	0.8	0.6	2.1	2.9	17.0
3	George McGinnis	28	76	33.6	7.9	16.8	.474	6.7	10.1	.665	3.4	8.0	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	4.6	4.2	22.6	AS
4	Charlie Scott	30	79	33.1	5.0	10.8	.460	2.0	2.7	.749	0.7	2.0	2.7	5.4	1.0	0.4	3.2	3.6	12.0
5	Bob Wilkerson	24	80	30.3	5.0	10.9	.456	1.5	2.2	.688	1.3	3.9	5.2	3.6	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.4	11.4
6	Tom Boswell	25	79	27.9	4.1	7.6	.532	2.5	3.6	.697	3.1	3.7	6.8	3.1	0.6	0.6	2.3	3.3	10.6
7	Anthony Roberts	23	63	19.6	3.3	7.9	.424	1.2	1.7	.691	1.7	2.4	4.1	1.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	7.9
8	Robert Smith	23	82	18.0	2.2	5.3	.422	1.9	2.2	.883	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.5	0.7	0.2	1.2	2.0	6.4
9	Kim Hughes	26	81	13.4	1.2	2.2	.538	0.2	0.6	.400	1.4	2.8	4.1	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.7	2.6
10	Bo Ellis	24	42	6.4	1.0	2.2	.457	0.7	0.9	.806	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.1	2.7
11	Phil Hicks	26	20	6.4	0.9	2.2	.419	0.2	0.3	.600	0.7	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.0	2.0
12	John Kuester	23	33	6.4	0.5	1.6	.308	0.4	0.4	.929	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.9	1.4
13	Geoff Crompton	23	20	4.4	0.5	1.3	.385	0.3	0.6	.500	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.0	1.3
	Team Totals			48.1	42.9	89.2	.481	25.0	34.6	.720	15.9	31.7	47.6	26.4	8.2	5.1	20.3	25.7	110.7

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	David Thompson	24	3	40.7	12.7	23.0	.551	2.7	3.7	.727	2.3	4.7	7.0	4.0	1.3	0.3	4.0	4.0	28.0
2	Tom Boswell	25	3	40.0	7.0	11.7	.600	3.3	4.3	.769	4.7	4.3	9.0	5.3	1.0	1.7	2.0	3.3	17.3
3	Dan Issel	30	3	36.3	8.0	15.0	.533	8.3	10.3	.806	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.3	0.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	24.3
4	Charlie Scott	30	3	34.7	6.7	14.0	.476	2.7	4.7	.571	0.7	4.0	4.7	3.3	0.7	0.7	3.3	3.7	16.0
5	Bob Wilkerson	24	3	33.7	4.7	11.3	.412	0.3	1.0	.333	2.3	6.3	8.7	5.0	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	9.7
6	Anthony Roberts	23	3	26.7	4.3	11.0	.394	2.3	3.7	.636	1.7	2.7	4.3	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	3.0	11.0
7	Kim Hughes	26	3	11.7	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	1.0	2.7	3.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	1.0	2.7	1.0
8	Robert Smith	23	3	8.3	0.0	2.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7
9	Bo Ellis	24	3	8.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.0
	Team Totals			48.0	44.3	91.0	.487	21.3	29.7	.719	15.7	33.0	48.7	24.7	6.7	3.7	17.0	25.3	110.0

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	Dan Issel	30	81		2742	532	1030	.517				532	1030	.517	.517	316	419	.754	240	498	738	255	61	46	171	233	1380
2	David Thompson	24	76		2670	693	1353	.512				693	1353	.512	.512	439	583	.753	109	165	274	225	70	82	186	180	1825
3	Charlie Scott	30	79		2617	393	854	.460				393	854	.460	.460	161	215	.749	54	156	210	428	78	30	255	284	947
4	George McGinnis	28	76		2552	603	1273	.474				603	1273	.474	.474	509	765	.665	256	608	864	283	129	52	346	321	1715
5	Bob Wilkerson	24	80		2425	396	869	.456				396	869	.456	.456	119	173	.688	100	314	414	284	118	21	196	190	911
6	Tom Boswell	25	79		2201	321	603	.532				321	603	.532	.532	198	284	.697	248	290	538	242	50	51	185	263	840
7	Robert Smith	23	82		1479	184	436	.422				184	436	.422	.422	159	180	.883	41	105	146	208	58	13	95	165	527
8	Anthony Roberts	23	63		1236	211	498	.424				211	498	.424	.424	76	110	.691	106	152	258	107	20	2	65	142	498
9	Kim Hughes	26	81		1086	98	182	.538				98	182	.538	.538	18	45	.400	112	223	335	74	56	102	78	215	214
10	Bo Ellis	24	42		269	42	92	.457				42	92	.457	.457	29	36	.806	17	45	62	10	10	13	22	45	113
11	John Kuester	23	33		212	16	52	.308				16	52	.308	.308	13	14	.929	5	8	13	37	18	1	20	29	45
12	Phil Hicks	26	20		128	18	43	.419				18	43	.419	.419	3	5	.600	13	15	28	8	5	0	13	20	39
13	Geoff Crompton	23	20		88	10	26	.385				10	26	.385	.385	6	12	.500	6	17	23	5	0	3	12	19	26
			82		19705	3517	7311	.481				3517	7311	.481	.481	2046	2841	.720	1307	2596	3903	2166	673	416	1666	2106	9080

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	David Thompson	24	3		122	38	69	.551				38	69	.551	.551	8	11	.727	7	14	21	12	4	1	12	12	84
2	Tom Boswell	25	3		120	21	35	.600				21	35	.600	.600	10	13	.769	14	13	27	16	3	5	6	10	52
3	Dan Issel	30	3		109	24	45	.533				24	45	.533	.533	25	31	.806	7	21	28	10	0	0	9	15	73
4	Charlie Scott	30	3		104	20	42	.476				20	42	.476	.476	8	14	.571	2	12	14	10	2	2	10	11	48
5	Bob Wilkerson	24	3		101	14	34	.412				14	34	.412	.412	1	3	.333	7	19	26	15	3	1	6	7	29
6	Anthony Roberts	23	3		80	13	33	.394				13	33	.394	.394	7	11	.636	5	8	13	6	2	1	3	9	33
7	Kim Hughes	26	3		35	1	2	.500				1	2	.500	.500	1	2	.500	3	8	11	0	2	0	3	8	3
8	Robert Smith	23	3		25	0	7	.000				0	7	.000	.000	2	2	1.000	1	1	2	4	2	0	2	2	2
9	Bo Ellis	24	3		24	2	6	.333				2	6	.333	.333	2	2	1.000	1	3	4	1	2	1	0	2	6

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	Dan Issel	30	81	2742	18.3	.568		.407	9.2	18.8	14.0	13.3	1.0	0.9	12.3	19.5		6.7	3.1	9.8	.172		2.5	-0.1	2.4	3.1
2	David Thompson	24	76	2670	19.9	.567		.431	4.3	6.4	5.4	13.3	1.2	1.6	10.4	25.9		7.4	2.1	9.5	.171		3.7	-0.6	3.1	3.5
3	Charlie Scott	30	79	2617	9.8	.499		.252	2.2	6.2	4.2	22.0	1.4	0.6	21.2	17.7		0.0	1.9	1.9	.035		-2.3	-0.8	-3.1	-0.7
4	George McGinnis	28	76	2552	20.6	.533		.601	10.6	24.6	17.7	16.9	2.3	1.1	17.7	29.5		2.8	4.4	7.1	.134		1.5	0.6	2.1	2.6
5	Bob Wilkerson	24	80	2425	12.0	.482		.199	4.3	13.4	8.9	16.1	2.2	0.4	17.2	18.1		0.0	2.9	2.9	.058		-1.5	0.6	-0.9	0.7
6	Tom Boswell	25	79	2201	14.6	.577		.471	11.9	13.6	12.8	14.7	1.0	1.2	20.3	16.0		3.4	2.2	5.6	.122		0.8	0.1	0.9	1.6
7	Robert Smith	23	82	1479	11.6	.511		.413	2.9	7.3	5.2	18.3	1.8	0.5	15.6	15.9		1.6	1.3	2.9	.095		-1.6	0.4	-1.2	0.3
8	Anthony Roberts	23	63	1236	11.2	.456		.221	9.0	12.7	10.9	12.0	0.7	0.1	10.6	19.1		0.8	1.0	1.7	.067		-1.3	-1.5	-2.8	-0.3
9	Kim Hughes	26	81	1086	11.7	.530		.247	10.9	21.2	16.1	8.5	2.3	4.9	27.9	9.9		0.1	2.1	2.2	.098		-2.7	3.7	0.9	0.8
10	Bo Ellis	24	42	269	12.2	.524		.391	6.7	17.3	12.0	5.0	1.7	2.5	16.9	18.6		0.1	0.4	0.5	.090		-3.0	0.6	-2.4	0.0
11	John Kuester	23	33	212	6.9	.387		.269	2.5	3.9	3.2	21.4	3.8	0.2	25.6	14.2		-0.3	0.3	0.0	.000		-4.5	1.3	-3.2	-0.1
12	Phil Hicks	26	20	128	6.5	.431		.116	10.7	12.1	11.4	8.3	1.8	0.0	22.3	17.5		-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.014		-4.2	-0.6	-4.8	-0.1
13	Geoff Crompton	23	20	88	2.6	.416		.462	7.2	20.0	13.6	7.3	0.0	1.8	27.7	19.0		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.081		-6.0	-0.4	-6.4	-0.2

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	David Thompson	24	3	122	21.3	.569		.159	5.8	12.9	9.2	16.1	1.5	0.4	14.0	27.8		0.3	0.0	0.3	.120		2.6	-0.3	2.3	0.1
2	Tom Boswell	25	3	120	21.5	.639		.371	11.8	12.2	12.0	17.8	1.2	2.2	12.8	15.4		0.5	0.0	0.5	.201		5.1	1.4	6.5	0.3
3	Dan Issel	30	3	109	22.1	.622		.689	6.5	21.7	13.7	13.0	0.0	0.0	13.3	24.5		0.4	0.0	0.4	.195		3.0	-0.6	2.4	0.1
4	Charlie Scott	30	3	104	11.7	.498		.333	2.0	13.0	7.2	13.1	0.9	1.0	17.2	22.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	.001		-3.0	-0.8	-3.9	0.0
5	Bob Wilkerson	24	3	101	12.5	.411		.088	7.0	21.2	13.7	18.9	1.4	0.5	14.5	16.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	.019		-1.1	0.5	-0.6	0.0
6	Anthony Roberts	23	3	80	11.9	.436		.333	6.3	11.3	8.7	9.9	1.2	0.7	7.3	20.2		0.0	0.0	0.1	.038		-1.6	-1.1	-2.6	0.0
7	Kim Hughes	26	3	35	3.6	.521		1.000	8.7	25.7	16.8	0.0	2.6	0.0	51.0	6.6		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.021		-6.7	0.3	-6.5	0.0
8	Robert Smith	23	3	25	0.5	.127		.286	4.1	4.5	4.3	17.3	3.7	0.0	20.2	15.6		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.182		-7.5	-0.1	-7.5	0.0
9	Bo Ellis	24	3	24	13.4	.436		.333	4.2	14.1	8.9	5.0	3.8	2.2	0.0	11.3		0.0	0.0	0.1	.111		-0.2	2.5	2.3	0.0

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