1977-78 Denver Nuggets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 48-34
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 6-7 Lost conference finals
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Milwaukee Bucks 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Seattle Supersonics 4-2
Coach: Larry Brown (48-34)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 657,673, Avg. 16,041 in 41 home dates

1977-78 Denver Nuggets Roster
1977-78 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-7.

Denver tossed in 9,164 points and yielded 9,096. David Thompson scored a team-best 2,172 points for the Nuggets, while Dan Issel netted 18 or more per game as well. Dan Issel racked up 830 boards. Bob Wilkerson dished out 439 assists for the squad.

On defense, Bobby Jones added 137 steals and blocked a team-best 126 shots.

Larry Brown coached the team. The 1977-78 Denver Nuggets lost in the conference finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	80	80	3025	1584	826			668	520	156	234	390	362	92	99	245	213	2172
Dan Issel	C-F	82	81	2851	1287	659			547	428	253	577	830	304	100	41	259	279	1746
Bobby Jones	F	75	75	2440	761	440			277	208	164	472	636	252	137	126	194	221	1088
Bob Wilkerson	G-F	81	81	2780	936	382			210	157	98	376	474	439	126	21	294	275	921
Anthony Roberts	F-G	82	16	1598	736	311			212	153	135	216	351	105	40	7	118	212	775
Mack Calvin	G	77	16	988	333	147			206	173	11	73	84	148	46	5	108	87	467
Brian Taylor	G	39	39	1222	403	182			115	88	30	68	98	132	71	9	77	120	452
Bo Ellis	F	78	3	1213	320	133			104	72	114	190	304	73	49	47	99	208	338
Jim Price	G	49	7	1090	293	141			66	51	30	129	159	158	69	4	101	118	333
Tom LaGarde	C-F	77	1	868	237	96			150	114	75	139	214	47	17	17	101	146	306
Darnell Hillman	F-C	33	11	746	209	104			81	49	73	166	239	53	14	37	66	130	257
Ralph Simpson	G-F	32	0	584	230	73			40	31	26	49	75	72	43	4	48	42	177
Robert Smith	G	45	0	378	97	50			24	21	6	30	36	39	18	3	20	52	121
Jacky Dorsey	F	7	0	37	12	3			5	3	5	15	20	2	2	2	3	9	9
Norm Cook	F	2	0	10	3	1			0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	4	2
Totals		839	410	19830	7441	3548	0	0	2705	2068	1177	2736	3913	2187	824	422	1733	2116	9164

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	80	80	37.8	52.1	77.8	2.0	2.9	4.9	4.5	1.2	1.2	3.1	2.7	27.2
Dan Issel	C-F	82	81	34.8	51.2	78.2	3.1	7.0	10.1	3.7	1.2	0.5	3.2	3.4	21.3
Bobby Jones	F	75	75	32.5	57.8	75.1	2.2	6.3	8.5	3.4	1.8	1.7	2.6	2.9	14.5
Bob Wilkerson	G-F	81	81	34.3	40.8	74.8	1.2	4.6	5.9	5.4	1.6	0.3	3.6	3.4	11.4
Anthony Roberts	F-G	82	16	19.5	42.3	72.2	1.6	2.6	4.3	1.3	0.5	0.1	1.4	2.6	9.5
Mack Calvin	G	77	16	12.8	44.1	84.0	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.1	6.1
Brian Taylor	G	39	39	31.3	45.2	76.5	0.8	1.7	2.5	3.4	1.8	0.2	2.0	3.1	11.6
Bo Ellis	F	78	3	15.6	41.6	69.2	1.5	2.4	3.9	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.3	2.7	4.3
Jim Price	G	49	7	22.2	48.1	77.3	0.6	2.6	3.2	3.2	1.4	0.1	2.1	2.4	6.8
Tom LaGarde	C-F	77	1	11.3	40.5	76.0	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.3	1.9	4.0
Darnell Hillman	F-C	33	11	22.6	49.8	60.5	2.2	5.0	7.2	1.6	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.9	7.8
Ralph Simpson	G-F	32	0	18.3	31.7	77.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.3	1.3	0.1	1.5	1.3	5.5
Robert Smith	G	45	0	8.4	51.5	87.5	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.2	2.7
Jacky Dorsey	F	7	0	5.3	25.0	60.0	0.7	2.1	2.9	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.3	1.3
Norm Cook	F	2	0	5.0	33.3		0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0
Averages		839	410	23.6	47.7	76.5	1.4	3.3	4.7	2.6	1.0	0.5	2.1	2.5	10.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	13	481	291	131			80	66	18	35	53	52	9	21	39	34	328
Dan Issel	C-F	13	460	212	103			65	56	41	93	134	53	7	3	39	43	262
Anthony Roberts	F-G	13	400	199	86			50	40	45	63	108	30	11	6	27	57	212
Bobby Jones	F	13	390	116	66			46	34	36	66	102	35	16	9	24	42	166
Bob Wilkerson	G-F	13	426	127	47			42	26	20	51	71	78	19	4	25	55	120
Ralph Simpson	G-F	13	225	95	43			23	16	5	14	19	38	4	2	21	20	102
Darnell Hillman	F-C	13	260	79	31			15	11	25	55	80	18	6	7	24	49	73
Mack Calvin	G	12	135	42	19			29	27	3	5	8	21	7	0	11	11	65
Bo Ellis	F	12	170	40	17			15	12	15	28	43	8	6	8	14	25	46
Robert Smith	G	11	96	26	17			7	5	5	4	9	17	6	0	7	13	39
Tom LaGarde	C-F	9	77	19	10			7	5	9	9	18	7	0	2	9	12	25
Totals		135	3120	1246	570	0	0	379	298	222	423	645	357	91	62	240	361	1438

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	13	37.0	45.0	82.5	1.4	2.7	4.1	4.0	0.7	1.6	3.0	2.6	25.2
Dan Issel	C-F	13	35.4	48.6	86.2	3.2	7.2	10.3	4.1	0.5	0.2	3.0	3.3	20.2
Anthony Roberts	F-G	13	30.8	43.2	80.0	3.5	4.8	8.3	2.3	0.8	0.5	2.1	4.4	16.3
Bobby Jones	F	13	30.0	56.9	73.9	2.8	5.1	7.8	2.7	1.2	0.7	1.8	3.2	12.8
Bob Wilkerson	G-F	13	32.8	37.0	61.9	1.5	3.9	5.5	6.0	1.5	0.3	1.9	4.2	9.2
Ralph Simpson	G-F	13	17.3	45.3	69.6	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.9	0.3	0.2	1.6	1.5	7.8
Darnell Hillman	F-C	13	20.0	39.2	73.3	1.9	4.2	6.2	1.4	0.5	0.5	1.8	3.8	5.6
Mack Calvin	G	12	11.3	45.2	93.1	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.9	0.9	5.4
Bo Ellis	F	12	14.2	42.5	80.0	1.3	2.3	3.6	0.7	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.1	3.8
Robert Smith	G	11	8.7	65.4	71.4	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.2	3.5
Tom LaGarde	C-F	9	8.6	52.6	71.4	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.8
Averages		839	23.1	45.7	78.6	1.6	3.1	4.8	2.6	0.7	0.5	1.8	2.7	10.7