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1985-86 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

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

Coach: Doug Moe (47-35)

Executive: Vince Boryla

PTS/G: 114.8 (4th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 113.5 (19th of 23)

SRS: 0.89 (8th of 23) Pace: 106.7 (1st of 23)

Off Rtg: 107.1 (12th of 23) Def Rtg: 105.9 (9th of 23) Net Rtg: +1.2 (7th of 23)

Expected W-L: 44-38 (7th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +1500

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena Attendance: 531,824 (7th of 23)

NBA 1986 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus Houston Rockets (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
42	Wayne Cooper	C	6-10	220	November 16, 1956	us US	7	New Orleans
23	T.R. Dunn	SG	6-4	192	February 1, 1955	us US	8	Alabama
2	Alex English	SF	6-8	190	January 5, 1954	us US	9	South Carolina
5	Mike Evans	PG	6-1	170	April 19, 1955	us US	6	Kansas State
24	Bill Hanzlik	SF	6-7	185	December 6, 1957	us US	5	Notre Dame
12	Fat Lever	PG	6-3	170	August 18, 1960	us US	3	Arizona State
33	Calvin Natt	PF	6-6	220	January 8, 1957	us US	6	Louisiana-Monroe
41	Blair Rasmussen	C	7-0	250	November 13, 1962	us US	R	Oregon
34	Danny Schayes	C	6-11	235	May 10, 1959	us US	4	Syracuse
20	Elston Turner	SG	6-5	190	June 10, 1959	us US	4	Ole Miss
10	Willie White	SG	6-3	195	August 20, 1962	us US	1	Chattanooga
31	Pete Williams	PF	6-7	190	March 10, 1965	us US	R	Arizona

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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Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game 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	Alex English	32	81	81	37.3	11.7	23.3	.504	0.0	0.1	.200	11.7	23.2	.505	.504	6.3	7.3	.862	2.4	2.6	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	29.8
2	Fat Lever	25	78	77	33.5	6.0	13.6	.441	0.2	0.5	.316	5.8	13.1	.446	.447	1.7	2.3	.725	1.7	3.6	5.4	7.5	2.3	0.2	2.7	2.6	13.8
3	T.R. Dunn	30	82	82	29.3	2.1	4.6	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	4.6	.455	.454	0.8	1.1	.773	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.9	0.2	0.6	2.8	5.0
4	Calvin Natt	29	69	62	29.1	6.8	13.5	.504	0.0	0.1	.333	6.8	13.4	.505	.505	4.0	5.0	.801	1.8	4.5	6.3	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	17.7
5	Wayne Cooper	29	78	78	27.1	5.4	11.6	.466	0.0	0.1	.429	5.4	11.5	.466	.467	2.2	2.8	.795	2.4	5.4	7.8	1.0	0.5	2.9	1.5	4.0	13.1
6	Bill Hanzlik	28	79	0	25.1	4.2	9.4	.447	0.1	0.5	.195	4.1	8.9	.461	.452	4.0	5.1	.785	1.1	2.2	3.3	4.0	1.4	0.2	2.1	3.5	12.5
7	Danny Schayes	26	80	13	20.7	2.8	5.5	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	5.5	.503	.502	2.7	3.5	.777	1.9	3.6	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.7	8.2
8	Elston Turner	26	73	0	18.1	2.3	5.2	.435	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	5.1	.446	.435	0.5	0.7	.736	0.9	1.9	2.8	2.3	1.0	0.1	1.1	2.1	5.1
9	Mike Evans	30	81	1	17.1	3.8	8.8	.425	0.5	2.2	.222	3.3	6.7	.492	.452	1.6	1.8	.846	0.4	0.9	1.2	2.2	0.8	0.0	1.5	2.0	9.5
10	Pete Williams	20	53	11	10.8	1.3	2.1	.604	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.1	.604	.604	0.3	0.8	.425	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.3	2.8
11	Willie White	23	43	4	8.0	1.7	3.9	.440	0.1	0.5	.286	1.6	3.4	.463	.458	0.4	0.5	.826	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	4.0
12	Blair Rasmussen	23	48	1	6.9	1.3	3.1	.407	0.0	0.0		1.3	3.1	.407	.407	0.6	0.8	.795	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.8	1.3	3.2

Per Game 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	Alex English	32	10	10	39.4	10.6	22.9	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	10.6	22.8	.465	.463	6.1	7.1	.859	1.8	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.9	27.3
2	Fat Lever	25	10	10	34.7	5.9	13.1	.450	0.8	1.4	.571	5.1	11.7	.436	.481	1.7	2.4	.708	1.5	3.3	4.8	5.3	2.0	0.2	2.3	3.3	14.3
3	Danny Schayes	26	10	6	29.5	4.6	8.6	.535	0.0	0.0		4.6	8.6	.535	.535	2.4	3.0	.800	3.4	4.8	8.2	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.1	3.7	11.6
4	Calvin Natt	29	10	6	29.3	6.6	14.2	.465	0.1	0.2	.500	6.5	14.0	.464	.468	4.6	5.9	.780	1.7	6.2	7.9	2.8	0.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	17.9
5	T.R. Dunn	30	10	10	27.6	2.0	4.6	.435	0.0	0.0		2.0	4.6	.435	.435	0.9	1.4	.643	2.2	3.1	5.3	1.3	1.6	0.0	0.3	3.4	4.9
6	Mike Evans	30	10	0	20.4	3.0	8.2	.366	0.7	2.9	.241	2.3	5.3	.434	.409	2.5	3.0	.833	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.9	9.2
7	Elston Turner	26	10	0	19.6	2.9	5.4	.537	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.8	5.3	.528	.546	0.7	0.8	.875	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.2	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.9	6.6
8	Wayne Cooper	29	8	4	19.3	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	6.9	.436	.429	1.9	2.8	.682	1.4	3.6	5.0	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.4	3.9	7.9
9	Blair Rasmussen	23	10	4	17.5	3.9	9.6	.406	0.0	0.0		3.9	9.6	.406	.406	3.3	4.1	.805	2.7	3.3	6.0	1.0	0.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	11.1
10	Bill Hanzlik	28	6	0	17.0	2.5	4.7	.536	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.3	4.5	.519	.554	2.2	2.7	.813	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.2	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	7.3
11	Willie White	23	4	0	5.3	0.5	1.8	.286	0.3	1.0	.250	0.3	0.8	.333	.357	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	0.8	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.3
12	Pete Williams	20	4	0	4.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	0.8	.667	.500	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0

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	Alex English	32	81	81	3024	951	1888	.504	1	5	.200	950	1883	.505	.504	511	593	.862	192	213	405	320	73	29	249	235	2414
2	Fat Lever	25	78	77	2616	468	1061	.441	12	38	.316	456	1023	.446	.447	132	182	.725	136	284	420	584	178	15	210	204	1080
3	T.R. Dunn	30	82	82	2401	172	379	.454	0	1	.000	172	378	.455	.454	68	88	.773	143	234	377	171	155	16	51	228	412
4	Wayne Cooper	29	78	78	2112	422	906	.466	3	7	.429	419	899	.466	.467	174	219	.795	190	420	610	81	42	227	117	315	1021
5	Calvin Natt	29	69	62	2007	469	930	.504	2	6	.333	467	924	.505	.505	278	347	.801	125	311	436	164	58	13	130	143	1218
6	Bill Hanzlik	28	79	0	1982	331	741	.447	8	41	.195	323	700	.461	.452	318	405	.785	88	176	264	316	107	16	165	277	988
7	Danny Schayes	26	80	13	1654	221	440	.502	0	1	.000	221	439	.503	.502	216	278	.777	154	285	439	79	42	63	105	298	658
8	Mike Evans	30	81	1	1389	304	715	.425	39	176	.222	265	539	.492	.452	126	149	.846	30	71	101	177	61	1	124	159	773
9	Elston Turner	26	73	0	1324	165	379	.435	0	9	.000	165	370	.446	.435	39	53	.736	64	137	201	165	70	6	80	150	369
10	Pete Williams	20	53	11	573	67	111	.604	0	0		67	111	.604	.604	17	40	.425	47	99	146	14	19	23	19	68	151
11	Willie White	23	43	4	343	74	168	.440	6	21	.286	68	147	.463	.458	19	23	.826	17	27	44	53	18	2	25	24	173
12	Blair Rasmussen	23	48	1	330	61	150	.407	0	0		61	150	.407	.407	31	39	.795	37	60	97	16	3	10	40	63	153
			82		19755	3705	7868	.471	71	305	.233	3634	7563	.480	.475	1929	2416	.798	1223	2317	3540	2140	826	421	1336	2164	9410

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	Alex English	32	10	10	394	106	229	.463	0	1	.000	106	228	.465	.463	61	71	.859	18	17	35	52	4	4	28	29	273
2	Fat Lever	25	10	10	347	59	131	.450	8	14	.571	51	117	.436	.481	17	24	.708	15	33	48	53	20	2	23	33	143
3	Danny Schayes	26	10	6	295	46	86	.535	0	0		46	86	.535	.535	24	30	.800	34	48	82	9	4	17	21	37	116
4	Calvin Natt	29	10	6	293	66	142	.465	1	2	.500	65	140	.464	.468	46	59	.780	17	62	79	28	2	3	22	25	179
5	T.R. Dunn	30	10	10	276	20	46	.435	0	0		20	46	.435	.435	9	14	.643	22	31	53	13	16	0	3	34	49
6	Mike Evans	30	10	0	204	30	82	.366	7	29	.241	23	53	.434	.409	25	30	.833	6	14	20	25	10	3	13	19	92
7	Elston Turner	26	10	0	196	29	54	.537	1	1	1.000	28	53	.528	.546	7	8	.875	12	17	29	22	7	0	5	19	66
8	Blair Rasmussen	23	10	4	175	39	96	.406	0	0		39	96	.406	.406	33	41	.805	27	33	60	10	5	9	7	28	111
9	Wayne Cooper	29	8	4	154	24	56	.429	0	1	.000	24	55	.436	.429	15	22	.682	11	29	40	7	2	5	11	31	63
10	Bill Hanzlik	28	6	0	102	15	28	.536	1	1	1.000	14	27	.519	.554	13	16	.813	2	4	6	19	1	1	7	12	44
11	Willie White	23	4	0	21	2	7	.286	1	4	.250	1	3	.333	.357	0	0		1	2	3	6	1	0	2	4	5
12	Pete Williams	20	4	0	18	2	4	.500	0	1	.000	2	3	.667	.500	0	0		1	3	4	3	0	0	0	2	4

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	Alex English	32	81	3024	21.7	.562	.003	.314	6.3	7.7	7.0	17.0	1.1	0.5	10.4	30.5		7.6	2.3	9.8	.156		4.4	-1.5	2.9	3.7
2	Fat Lever	25	78	2616	15.7	.473	.036	.172	5.2	11.9	8.4	29.4	3.1	0.3	15.5	19.9		0.9	3.6	4.5	.082		0.5	1.1	1.6	2.4
3	T.R. Dunn	30	82	2401	9.4	.493	.003	.232	5.9	10.7	8.2	8.2	2.9	0.4	10.9	7.5		1.8	3.1	4.9	.098		-1.9	2.2	0.3	1.4
4	Wayne Cooper	29	78	2112	16.3	.509	.008	.242	9.0	21.8	15.1	5.2	0.9	5.9	10.5	20.4		1.6	3.5	5.1	.116		-1.5	1.0	-0.5	0.8
5	Calvin Natt	29	69	2007	18.6	.562	.006	.373	6.2	17.0	11.3	11.6	1.3	0.4	10.7	23.3		3.9	2.3	6.1	.146		2.1	-0.8	1.3	1.7
6	Bill Hanzlik	28	79	1982	15.3	.537	.055	.547	4.4	9.7	7.0	20.7	2.4	0.4	15.2	21.1		2.4	2.3	4.7	.115		-0.3	0.7	0.4	1.2
7	Danny Schayes	26	80	1654	13.4	.585	.002	.632	9.3	18.8	13.9	5.9	1.1	2.1	15.7	15.5		2.4	2.2	4.6	.134		-2.1	0.1	-2.0	0.0
8	Mike Evans	30	81	1389	12.4	.495	.246	.208	2.2	5.6	3.8	17.7	2.0	0.0	13.7	25.1		-0.1	1.2	1.1	.037		-1.6	-1.2	-2.8	-0.3
9	Elston Turner	26	73	1324	9.6	.459	.024	.140	4.8	11.3	7.9	15.3	2.4	0.3	16.6	14.0		-0.3	1.6	1.3	.047		-2.9	1.0	-1.9	0.0
10	Pete Williams	20	53	573	11.6	.587	.000	.360	8.2	18.9	13.3	3.0	1.5	2.2	12.9	9.9		0.6	0.8	1.4	.116		-1.6	0.6	-1.0	0.1
11	Willie White	23	43	343	15.1	.486	.125	.137	5.0	8.6	6.7	21.4	2.4	0.3	12.3	22.8		0.1	0.4	0.5	.070		0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.2
12	Blair Rasmussen	23	48	330	8.7	.458	.000	.260	11.2	19.9	15.3	6.4	0.4	1.7	19.3	24.2		-0.5	0.4	-0.1	-0.021		-6.1	-2.0	-8.1	-0.5

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	Alex English	32	10	394	17.1	.525	.004	.310	4.4	4.7	4.6	21.4	0.5	0.6	9.7	29.1		0.5	0.2	0.7	.086		3.2	-2.2	1.0	0.3
2	Fat Lever	25	10	347	13.6	.505	.107	.183	4.2	10.4	7.1	21.4	2.7	0.3	14.0	18.9		0.1	0.4	0.5	.071		-0.2	0.9	0.7	0.2
3	Danny Schayes	26	10	295	13.7	.585	.000	.349	11.2	17.9	14.3	4.2	0.6	3.1	17.5	16.2		0.3	0.3	0.6	.097		-1.3	-0.5	-1.8	0.0
4	Calvin Natt	29	10	293	17.0	.533	.014	.415	5.6	23.2	13.9	14.5	0.3	0.6	11.6	25.8		0.3	0.3	0.6	.096		1.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.1
5	T.R. Dunn	30	10	276	9.0	.470	.000	.304	7.7	12.3	9.9	5.8	2.7	0.0	5.4	8.0		0.2	0.3	0.5	.094		-2.6	1.7	-1.0	0.1
6	Mike Evans	30	10	204	12.1	.483	.354	.366	2.8	7.5	5.0	16.6	2.3	0.8	12.0	21.1		0.0	0.2	0.2	.052		-0.9	-0.1	-1.0	0.1
7	Elston Turner	26	10	196	13.4	.574	.019	.148	5.9	9.5	7.6	15.2	1.7	0.0	8.0	12.7		0.4	0.2	0.5	.127		0.6	1.2	1.8	0.2
8	Blair Rasmussen	23	10	175	20.1	.487	.000	.427	14.9	20.7	17.6	8.6	1.3	2.8	5.8	27.5		0.3	0.2	0.5	.147		0.6	-0.7	-0.1	0.1
9	Wayne Cooper	29	8	154	9.4	.480	.018	.393	6.9	20.7	13.4	6.2	0.6	1.8	14.3	19.8		-0.1	0.2	0.1	.027		-5.1	-0.7	-5.8	-0.1
10	Bill Hanzlik	28	6	102	13.6	.628	.036	.571	1.9	4.3	3.0	25.2	0.5	0.5	16.7	16.4		0.2	0.0	0.2	.116		1.1	-0.3	0.8	0.1
11	Willie White	23	4	21	7.5	.357	.571	.000	4.6	10.5	7.4	36.2	2.2	0.0	22.2	17.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.023		-3.5	-0.1	-3.6	0.0
12	Pete Williams	20	4	18	11.7	.500	.250	.000	5.4	18.3	11.4	21.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.8		0.0	0.0	0.0	.126		0.8	1.9	2.7	0.0

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