1976-77 Denver Nuggets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 50-32
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 2-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Portland Trail Blazers 4-2
Coach: Larry Brown (50-32)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 703,133, Avg. 17,150 in 41 home dates

1976-77 Denver Nuggets Roster
1976-77 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 50 wins and 32 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

The Nuggets scored 9,233 points and yielded 8,805. David Thompson tossed in a team-best 2,125 points for Denver, and Dan Issel averaged 18 or more per game as well. Dan Issel racked up 696 boards. David Thompson dished out 337 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Bobby Jones added 186 steals and blocked a team-best 162 shots.

Larry Brown coached the team. The 1976-77 Denver Nuggets lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	82	82	3001	1626	824			623	477	138	196	334	337	114	53	236	2125
Dan Issel	C-F	79	77	2507	1282	660			558	445	211	485	696	177	91	29	246	1765
Bobby Jones	F	82	82	2419	879	501			329	236	174	504	678	264	186	162	238	1238
Willie Wise	F	75	25	1403	513	237			218	142	76	177	253	142	60	18	180	616
Ted McClain	G	72	58	2002	551	245			133	99	52	177	229	324	106	13	255	589
Paul Silas	F-C	81	1	1959	572	206			255	170	236	370	606	132	58	23	183	582
Marvin Webster	C	80	5	1276	400	198			220	143	152	332	484	62	23	118	149	539
Jim Price	G	55	35	1384	422	188			74	59	41	143	184	208	96	14	181	435
Mack Calvin	G	29	4	625	225	100			144	123	19	30	49	115	27	1	53	323
Fatty Taylor	G	79	18	1548	314	132			65	37	90	121	211	288	132	9	202	301
Byron Beck	C-F	53	0	480	246	107			44	36	45	51	96	33	15	1	59	250
Gus Gerard	F-G	24	21	456	210	101			56	38	38	62	100	49	21	30	73	240
Monte Towe	G	51	0	409	138	56			25	18	8	26	34	87	16	0	61	130
Chuck Williams	G	21	2	311	93	35			39	30	8	26	34	44	8	0	26	100
Totals		863	410	19780	7471	3590	0	0	2783	2053	1288	2700	3988	2262	953	471	2142	9233

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	82	82	36.6	50.7	76.6	1.7	2.4	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6	2.9	25.9
Dan Issel	C-F	79	77	31.7	51.5	79.7	2.7	6.1	8.8	2.2	1.2	0.4	3.1	22.3
Bobby Jones	F	82	82	29.5	57.0	71.7	2.1	6.1	8.3	3.2	2.3	2.0	2.9	15.1
Willie Wise	F	75	25	18.7	46.2	65.1	1.0	2.4	3.4	1.9	0.8	0.2	2.4	8.2
Ted McClain	G	72	58	27.8	44.5	74.4	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.5	1.5	0.2	3.5	8.2
Paul Silas	F-C	81	1	24.2	36.0	66.7	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.6	0.7	0.3	2.3	7.2
Marvin Webster	C	80	5	16.0	49.5	65.0	1.9	4.2	6.1	0.8	0.3	1.5	1.9	6.7
Jim Price	G	55	35	25.2	44.5	79.7	0.7	2.6	3.3	3.8	1.7	0.3	3.3	7.9
Mack Calvin	G	29	4	21.6	44.4	85.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	4.0	0.9	0.0	1.8	11.1
Fatty Taylor	G	79	18	19.6	42.0	56.9	1.1	1.5	2.7	3.6	1.7	0.1	2.6	3.8
Byron Beck	C-F	53	0	9.1	43.5	81.8	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.0	1.1	4.7
Gus Gerard	F-G	24	21	19.0	48.1	67.9	1.6	2.6	4.2	2.0	0.9	1.3	3.0	10.0
Monte Towe	G	51	0	8.0	40.6	72.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	1.2	2.5
Chuck Williams	G	21	2	14.8	37.6	76.9	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.1	0.4	0.0	1.2	4.8
Averages		863	410	22.9	48.1	73.8	1.5	3.1	4.6	2.6	1.1	0.5	2.5	10.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	6	237	121	56			53	36	13	18	31	24	9	4	22	148
Dan Issel	C-F	6	222	96	49			45	34	18	40	58	17	5	4	20	132
Bobby Jones	F	6	187	64	31			17	10	11	24	35	21	17	14	25	72
Mack Calvin	G	6	112	40	19			29	24	1	8	9	13	1	0	13	62
Willie Wise	F	6	106	41	14			25	17	6	22	28	3	0	1	16	45
Ted McClain	G	6	170	46	19			8	6	5	9	14	27	10	2	12	44
Jim Price	G	6	158	53	19			8	5	6	18	24	25	12	1	18	43
Paul Silas	F-C	6	141	33	14			24	13	16	24	40	16	2	4	23	41
Marvin Webster	C	6	96	26	13			6	4	14	26	40	3	2	11	12	30
Byron Beck	C-F	5	29	9	3			2	2	2	4	6	1	0	0	5	8
Monte Towe	G	1	6	3	2			0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Fatty Taylor	G	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		61	1465	532	239	0	0	217	151	92	193	285	151	58	41	166	629

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	6	39.5	46.3	67.9	2.2	3.0	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.7	3.7	24.7
Dan Issel	C-F	6	37.0	51.0	75.6	3.0	6.7	9.7	2.8	0.8	0.7	3.3	22.0
Bobby Jones	F	6	31.2	48.4	58.8	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.5	2.8	2.3	4.2	12.0
Mack Calvin	G	6	18.7	47.5	82.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.2	0.2	0.0	2.2	10.3
Willie Wise	F	6	17.7	34.1	68.0	1.0	3.7	4.7	0.5	0.0	0.2	2.7	7.5
Ted McClain	G	6	28.3	41.3	75.0	0.8	1.5	2.3	4.5	1.7	0.3	2.0	7.3
Jim Price	G	6	26.3	35.8	62.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	4.2	2.0	0.2	3.0	7.2
Paul Silas	F-C	6	23.5	42.4	54.2	2.7	4.0	6.7	2.7	0.3	0.7	3.8	6.8
Marvin Webster	C	6	16.0	50.0	66.7	2.3	4.3	6.7	0.5	0.3	1.8	2.0	5.0
Byron Beck	C-F	5	5.8	33.3	100.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.6
Monte Towe	G	1	6.0	66.7		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0
Fatty Taylor	G	1	1.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		863	24.0	44.9	69.6	1.5	3.2	4.7	2.5	1.0	0.7	2.7	10.3